TSIFB Chapter 5

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穿成校草被迫营业 / Transmigrated into a School Idol and Forced to Do Business
Kabedon

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During noon the next day, there were very few people in the classroom. A voice cut through the corridor and reached the second grade’s Class 5.

“Mr He… Yan-ge… Yan-ge…”

Hearing the familiar voice, He Yan froze for half a second inside his classroom.

After a while, the voice made its way to the entrance of Class 5.

Pan Yi grabbed a boy, pointed to the door of Class 5, panting, and asked, “Is He Yan in this class?”

The boy nodded with a disorientated expression.

Before waiting for the boy to say anything else, Pan Yi released the person and rushed directly into the Class 5. He glanced at the students inside but didn’t find that familiar face among the few. He asked the person next to him, “Is He Yan not here yet?”

Since the person was Pan Yi, the girl he asked blushed and pointed to the last group of people in the fourth row near the corridor.

Pan Yi didn’t spare any time to care about the girl’s feelings and quickly walked towards He Yan. “Yan… Yan-ge?”

He Yan lifted his head.

Pan Yi took a look at the delicate brown eyes behind the lens of the glasses before his own eyes started to turn red.

The two left and went to a corner of the floor below where there were fewer people.

“When I opened my fucking eyes I found myself actually vacationing with my mom in Maldives! Shit! I clearly remembered we were in a car accident on the road, so shouldn’t I be dead? Even if we didn’t die, I should’ve opened my eyes in a Vegas hospital!

“My mum was talking about the university entrance examination, and I said, what university entrance exam? I’m turning thirty in two years! Then my mother raised her hand and knocked me in the head, rattling on about how I’m still in grade two and that I should stop dreaming! Grade two? I’m still in grade two? Why did I suddenly become a high school student?? My head is like paste right now and I can’t understand anything. I remembered how both of us went to the same high school and was so anxious I immediately booked a flight from Maldives to come back and find you! Ah, I’m really going insane!!”

He Yan leaned against the wall, waiting quietly for Pan Yi to finish venting, and when Pan Yi was reaching the end of his spiel, he asked, “You have a cigarette?”

Hearing He Yan’s calm tone, Pan Yi gradually settled. He patted down his body and surprisingly felt a pack of cigarettes, which he handed to He Yan along with a Dunhill lighter. Pan Yi had once seen his elders use this type of lighter and, thinking that it would make him seem handsome, spent a large sum of money to buy it.

After taking a glance at the cigarette brand, Pan Yi hesitated and shrunk his hand back. “There are dozens of cigarettes in one box. Ge, how about you stop smoking?”

Before Pan Yi completely pulled back his hand, He Yan had already taken the cigarettes.

“The current situation is very clear. We’re not dead.” He Yan lit the fire and began to speak.

His voice was so terrifyingly serene that it was impossible to hear any emotion.

Pan Yi froze, then nodded, and said, “I can’t be fucking dreaming, right?”

“We are alive, but the time has reversed to eleven years ago.”

Pan Yi looked at the smoke that billowed around him, feeling sour in his heart. “What the hell is going on, ah? It’s just like a dream.”

Losing consciousness in a state of pain and suffocation, it all happened in just a second.

The exact day before yesterday.

He and He Yan were in Las Vegas to talk about cooperation for a project. At night, the two of them drove a car and passed an intersection when a black car suddenly rushed towards them, as if it had no driver. Afterwards, there was only the destructive sounds, the glaring fire, and the severe pain.

“That man was fucking crazy!” Pan Yi gritted his teeth with hatred. “Actually daring to hit the road at night after getting drunk off wine, was he that desperate to greet the king of Hell? Even dragging people into his idiocy, that mindless drunkard!”

“It wasn’t a drunkard.”

“Driving a car without any regard for the law, if not a drunk, then it’s…”

Halfway through, Pan Yi suddenly paused and looked at He Yan.”Yan-ge, you know who that person was?”

“En.”

“Then, that man was…”

He Yan extinguished the remaining half of the smoke left in his hand. “You’ll find out sooner or later.”

Hearing this, Pan Yiyi ended the discussion on the topic.

He trusted He Yan.

In swimming class, Yu Baizhou changed his clothes and came out, immediately causing the girls to burst out in screams.

A slender figure unique to teenagers, the chest, abdomen and arms with a thin layer of muscles, and naturally fair and soft skin. No matter which angle one uses to appreciate him, it was all the same tempting. Not to mention the exquisite and delicate facial features, this amount of charm was enough to make people start imagining things.

Yu Baizhou listened to the squeals next to him and blushed with embarrassment.

Yu Baizhou felt astonished all over again. He didn’t expect that, when he had transmigrated, not only was his name the same as the original, even his real appearance was the exact copy. If he had to find a difference, then it would probably be that the original was slightly stronger than himself, just by a little.

“Boss!” Tu Gaoming’s voice came from the side not too far away. Yu Baizhou turned his head to look at the source of sound and found Tu Gaoming walking his way while wearing red swimming trunks with a large flowery pattern, appearing especially cheerful.

Someone shouted “Tu-ge” and asked, “How come you’re wearing such a joyful look today?”

Tu Gaoming laughed and scolded, “Get lost! This is not a good year for laozi! Do you think anyone can have the same figure as our boss?”

The people next to him laughed and the atmosphere became more lively.

Yu Baizhou laughed along with them and when someone repeatedly shouted “Tu-ge”, he somehow heard it as “Tu ba-ge*”.

[T/N: “八哥”/ba-ge: Bugs bunny]

“You’re saying he’s not taking swimming classes again? Why did he even show up?”

“Everyone says he’s a freak.”

Yu Baizhou heard the conversation of several boys next to him and only then noticed He Yan sitting in the corner.

He Yan did not change into his swimsuit, still wearing the school uniform.

“Boss, let’s go, we have to gather.”

Yu Baizhou nodded, withdrew his eyes and left.

Today’s swimming class mixed three classes together. With their class, there was also Class 3 and Class 8.

After gathering and warming up, they were free to do what they wanted.

Yu Baizhou stood beside the swimming pool, looking quietly at the rippling pool water, feeling a little dizzy.

“Yu-shao, why don’t you get in the water?”

A suffocating thug-like voice came from not far away.

Yu Baizhou turned his head and saw a strong-looking boy. Tu Gaoming happened to be heading his way, holding a towel. Before Yu Baizhou spoke up, he hastened this pace towards the teenager and said in a displeased manner, “Xu Zhihu, what the hell did you come for? Here to stir up trouble?”

The students in the school were divided in two halves. One half was the slackers bunch, led by Yu Baizhou. The other half was the sports bunch, led by Li Bei. Why was it called the sports bunch? It was because everyone in the group had tall and strong physiques.

[T/N: “学渣派” translates to ‘school slacker clique’ and “运动派” translates to ‘sports clique’; I always found ‘clique’ weird when I used it, so I used ‘bunch’]

Xu Zhihu was someone from the sports bunch, and was considered second in command.

Xu Zhihu scrutinised Tu Gaoming and said slowly, “Oh, I was wondering who this was. Turned out to be a watchdog.”

Tu Gaoming’s face was full of disgust. “Fuck, your mum is a watchdog!”

Xu Zhihu ignored Tu Gaoming, walking straight towards Yu Baizhou with his chin pointing down at the pool. “Yu-shao, how about we compare once?”

On the side, He Yan was too lazy to listen to the farce. He raised his hand to roll his lower neck and got up to head towards the common room.

Yu Baizhou stared at this Xu Zhihu. With a big chest and big limbs, he didn’t appear to be a person with a brain.

Just as he was hesitating over the match this person proposed, Tu Gaoming beside him made the minimum amount of movement needed to shake his head very slightly.

Xu Zhihu noticed this little movement and said with a smile, “Did the watchdog break from his leash? Or are you trying to help your owner by intimidating me? Are you worried about your owner turning into chicken soup*?”

[T/N: “落汤鸡”: translates to chicken soup but means ‘a person who looks drenched and bedraggled’]

Tu Gaoming rushed over and raised his voice, “You fucking try say that to laozi again!”

Unfortunately, before he fully charged into Xu Zhihu, someone stopped him mid-way.

Yu Baizhou said to Xu Zhihu, “I’ll compete with you once.”

Hearing this, He Yan paused his walk to the common room.

Upon hearing Yu Baizhou’s answer, both Tu Gaoming and Che Cong, who was carrying juice over from some distance away and heard the conversation, wore stiff expressions. Che Cong suddenly had no thirst for the juice and hurried over to stop Yu Baizhou.

The infamous school bully Yu Baizhou…was actually a very dry duck*.

[T/N: someone who can’t swim]

Although this was only a rumor in school, the insiders knew that this couldn’t be more fucking true!

Tu Gaoming gaped at their boss, completely at a loss. “Boss!”

Yu Baizhou looked at him and said, “He insulted you.”

In an instant, Tu Gaoming’s heart was so moved and so confused, but his reason urged him to continue blocking Yu Baizhou.

Che Cong subtly hinted, “Boss, we don’t particularly have many hearts*, right?”

[T/N: like in video games, you have heart-health bar that shows how close you are to dying. Humans only have one, so YBZ shouldn’t be too reckless]

Yu Baizhou nodded.

Che Cong: “So we…”

Yu Baizhou: “Compete.”

Che Cong: “……”

Yu Baizhou had no idea why they kept going against him, but he was determined to compete in this match.

Xu Zhihu was obviously surprised that Yu Baizhou had agreed to the match he asked for, but since the other party had agreed, he did not want to disappoint. The towel that hung from his body was handed to a person on the side and he asked Yu Baizhou, “Yu-shao, you choose. What will we compete in?”

“Freestyle.”

“Fine.” Xu Zhihu smiled. “Then, the 100 metre freestyle.”

Hearing the news that Yu Baizhou and Xu Zhihu were going to compete, there was not a small amount of people that went over to spectate.

With two contestants, a girl from Class 3 acted as the referee.

Xu Zhihu faced Yu Baizhou and pretended to be humble. “Yu-shao, then let us begin?”

Yu Baizhou looked confident.

The girl was ready to give the sign.

Yu Baizhou looped around and went into the water using the small stairs.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

After a few seconds, Xu Zhihu’s people laughed.

Tu Gaoming and Che Cong covered their faces in embarrassment. Please, don’t overdo it.

Che Cong slightly chased after Yu Baizhou, signaling that he chose the wrong move and should get out.

Yu Baizhou: “……”

Yu Baizhou moved his muscles around in the water, proudly raised his chin in an unnoticeable motion, then climbed up again.

Yu-ge wasn’t panicking at all.

The girl prepared to give the sign once again. Yu Baizhou stood by the pool and got into a starting position. Xu Zhihu next to him turned his head, and the grin on his face faded. “Yu Baizhou, don’t fucking think that since our boss let you off, I would do the same. The person I look down on the most is someone like you.”

Yu Baizhou coldly sneered at him. “The person I look down on the most is also a person like you.”

With a “go”, the two jumped into the pool simultaneously and the calm blue surface broke with splashes of water.

Cheers came one after another.

Xu Zhihu struggled to swim forward and was in the lead, thus receiving the loudest noise. Yu Baizhou glanced between gaps, calling him a fool in his heart.

Xu Zhihu was the first to reach the opposite side, then began his swim back.

“Xu Zhihu is guaranteed to win, right? He has already swum back that many meters, while Yu-shao has only just finished swimming the first lap.”

“I reckon.”

“Not possible for this match.”

However, the turning point that was about to overthrow everyone’s guesses had appeared at this time.

They saw Yu Baizhou execute a perfect rollover, and with a speed that was significantly faster than his initial, he exceeded Xu Zhihu with an incredible momentum.

“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Boss can actually swim?!” Tu Gaoming blurted out in disbelief.

Che Cong slapped a hand over his mouth.

“Here! Yu-shao is here!”

In the end, Yu Baizhou had been one step ahead of Xu Zhihu. He rubbed his black hair that was dripping with water twice, then turned around and leaned back, propping his arms on the edge of the pool, waiting leisurely for the ten metres Xu Zhihu had yet to complete.

“Ah ah ah ah, too handsome! Yu-shao is too handsome!!”

Are you kidding?

Yu Baizhou looked at Xu Zhihu who was still in the water, thinking in his heart, “Your Yu-ge has been swimming in the river when he was a kid. I have never lost before so how could I lose to you today? What a nice joke!”

After the competition, Xu Zhihu’s face was extremely ugly.

Tu Gaoming regained his confidence and chased them back to their classes.

Afterwards, he excitedly gave a dry towel to Yu Baizhou, and in passing, whispered the lingering doubt that remained in his heart, “Boss, when did you learn to swim?”

Yu Baizhou paused. “Ah?”

Tu Gaoming spoke quietly, “Why are you pretending with me? Haven’t you always been a dry duck?”

Yu Baizhou: “?!”

Yu Baizhou only now found out that the original owner was a dry duck?!

By now, he could only place his hands on his face and whisper to Tu Gaoming, “Actually, I can swim. Real people do not show their faces, you understand, right? You have to be low-key.”

Tu Gaoming stuck a thumb up. “Awesome! No wonder you’re my boss!”

Yu Baizhou’s smile was full of satisfaction.

Although Yu Baizhou confessed to everything discreetly, it was all heard by He Yan, who was behind them.

He Yan narrowed his eyes.

He had never forgotten the third grade graduation party.

He remembered that Yu Baizhou at that time had accidentally fallen into the water, and even an ambulance had to be called…

Finished with the race, the atmosphere was restored to peace again, with only the sounds of conversation and water.

Nearing the end of the class, Yu Baizhou, worried about crowding later, head into the dressing room to change first.

When finished with his shower, he saw a person sitting on a stool in front of a locker. Body covered entirely by the school uniform, they looked very incompatible with swimming.

It was He Yan.

His own locker was some distance away from He Yan so without thinking too much, he went to the locker and took out a clean towel, wiping off the water droplets on his body.

The locker closed a little by itself.

The young boy’s fair skin had some more beauty under the natural light, and with the gentle and smooth facial features, even the movement of bringing his arm behind enough to wipe his back brought about a slight sense of art.

There was sudden movement from the side.

In his peripheral vision, Yu Baizhou saw He Yan get up and walk towards himself.

But very soon later, he denied any thoughts that arose.

He was in a position between He Yan and the doorway, so He Yan was probably just getting up to leave.

Yu Baizhou dried down his body and was about to reopen the locker to retrieve his clothes when suddenly, the light source behind him disappeared, and a palm passed his ear and the side of his face. The half-open locker was slammed shut.

Yu Baizhou was frightened out of his skin, but before he could react, a deep voice that was accompanied by a radiating heat spoke behind his ears, “Yu Baizhou…”

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The author has something to say:

It is your responsibility to scare your wife.

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Hi guys, I’m putting a second chapter up for this week as an apology; I had picked up translating this novel although someone else (Vanilla Muse) had already begun to do so. I was only made aware that this was a disappointing act in the translation circle when they reached out to me, but that doesn’t excuse what I did. I hope that you can all forgive me and advise me on how to be a good translator, as I would hate to upset others who put their time and effort into something they love. Vanilla Muse was very kind to me when explaining the situation, so I give them all my thanks.