Chapter 5: The Tsundere Star Who Loves to Make Trouble 3
"Bai Jie Ni, help me peel an apple!"
"Bai Jie Ni, help me get a book!"
"Bai Jie Ni, help me open the door!"
"Bai Jie Ni..."
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"Yes, Senior!"
"Okay, Senior!"
"No problem, Senior!"
"Yes, Senior!"
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The above conversation can be summarized as “The daily life of a nobleman and his personal maid”!
This name was taken forward.
Because from that day on, I became Norn's full-time follower, mainly responsible for Norn's daily food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Norn seemed to be not quite used to the identity of a "nobleman" at first, but he soon became addicted to ordering me around. Not only that, even though he was injured and unable to move, he actually announced that he would go back to school the day after I took office!
"Senior, it's not very convenient for you to attend classes in this condition? How about waiting for two more days?" I blinked and looked at him hopefully.
"No!" Our distinguished Master Norn raised his head high and said to me seriously, "When you are a student, you must act like a student and overcome any difficulties. Besides, don't we still have you?" After saying that, he cast a distrustful look at me, "Are the atonement you said before all false? I knew it..."
Seeing his sad and disappointed expression, I instantly felt that I had done something terribly wrong. I quickly stood at attention and patted my chest to show my loyalty: "Don't worry, senior, as long as you need me, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"That's good." Norn nodded with satisfaction.
So, I officially started my career as a "lackey".
The main job of "dogleg" is to push him to class in a wheelchair in the morning, go to the cafeteria to get him a chili meal at noon, copy his notes and tidy up his room at night. During every break, I would run a thousand meters back and forth to ask him if he had any instructions, whether he was thirsty, hungry, or needed a back massage.
Forget about all these, the most outrageous thing is that I don't know if Norn is trying to be cool or is addicted to being a young master, he even asks me to open the door for him. Can you imagine that every time I open the door first like a personal maid, and then this young master walks out with a swagger?
His behavior directly led to a sharp increase in my workload, so that every night when I returned home under the starlight, I was so tired that I couldn't even lift my hands, and I often fell into bed and fell asleep. But after a night, the next day I was still full of energy and rushed to become the "best service staff".
As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone, and a long journey of ten thousand miles is just the first step. Sooner or later, you will have to pay for your sins...
Whenever I want to give up, the above words appear in my mind. Then, when I see Norn unable to move and having to sit in a wheelchair, I know that I still have a long way to go.
Moreover, in order to provide more considerate and thoughtful service, I also humbly sought advice from my former senior schoolmate, and with the help of three other people in the study group, I recorded the "300 Life Habits of Norn" in a small notebook in great detail and carefully, striving to enable Norn to still feel the beauty of life even when his body is temporarily unable to move.
As for what rumors about my behavior have spread in school, please, I'm busy and don't have time to listen. As long as Queen Yao Shanshan doesn't show up, I don't care what others say!
One month after entering the Ailey Academy, I finally reached a state of "turning a deaf ear to the outside world and focusing only on atonement."
What a touching transformation!
At lunch time that day, after calling Master Norn for permission, I ate something in the school cafeteria, and finally I didn't have to rush back hungry. But when I walked out of the cafeteria, I couldn't help but speed up my pace because I was afraid that the food would get cold.
Really, I don’t know why Norn likes eating chili so much. His love for chili has reached an outrageous level. Every meal must be “red all over the world”.
However, this has directly led to my stomach aching whenever I see chili peppers recently. I hated chili peppers when I was a child. Once I accidentally ate a super spicy chili pepper and ended up having diarrhea for three days. Since then, I have been afraid of chili peppers.
"Really? I don't know what delicious food there is..."
I turned my head and curled my lips in disgust, but in the blink of an eye, I bumped into someone.
"Sorry, sorry!" I apologized quickly, but when I turned around, I was stunned. It turned out to be an acquaintance.
The boy I bumped into was none other than Ai Keqi, whom I hadn't seen for days! He was still wearing the same black motorcycle suit, and it seemed that he had two more chains on him. He stood there lazily, his long bangs almost completely covering his eyes.
I was quite happy to meet a friend in such a difficult situation, but when I thought of the young man in the classroom who was still waiting for lunch, I had to put away the smile on my face. I didn't even see his expression clearly, and nodded hurriedly: "Sorry, I have something urgent to do now, let's talk later!"
After saying that, I was ready to leave with the lunch box, but before I could move, an arm came across to stop me.
"Are you in a hurry to deliver food to that guy?" Ai Keqi's voice sounded a little low.
Anyway, this is not a secret in the school, so it is not surprising that he knows it, so I nodded without thinking too much: "Yes! It's getting late, you should move aside first."
However, the arm in front of him remained motionless.
I raised my head anxiously, and my tone became a little irritable: "Aikeqi, is there something wrong with you? Can I come to you after I deliver the meal?"
I thought he must have encountered some difficulties, otherwise his face wouldn't look so grim and his lips would be almost pursed into a line.
But thinking about how difficult that guy Norn was, I really couldn't delay any longer, so I had to let Aikechi wait.
"Bai Jie Ni, are you stupid?" Suddenly, Ai Keqi seemed to explode. His hands clasped my shoulders like iron clamps, and his brown eyes were full of angry flames. "That guy is trying to make trouble for you, can't you see? You really came to get him food honestly, and you..."
His chest heaved with anger, and I felt waves of pain in my shoulders.
However, looking at his expression, I felt very warm, after all, he cared about me, but——
"No! Ai Keqi, Norn was indeed injured, and it was because of me that I got injured. I owe him this, so of course I have to pay him back!"
I tried to calm him down, but after I finished speaking I found that his face became even uglier, and the look he gave me was as if he was looking at a huge idiot, with an expression of disappointment.
"Okay! Then let's make a bet!" He finally let go of my shoulder that was almost numb from the pain, but the next moment he grabbed my arm again and pulled me quickly to the side.
"Hey! What are you doing? Ai Keqi, let me go! I don't have time to bet with you!"
My classmates kept pointing and talking behind me, and Ai Keqi in front of me was walking faster and faster. I didn’t even have time to struggle before he dragged me behind a low building next to the restaurant.
"Just stand here and don't move!" Ai Keqi stopped and looked around vigilantly. When he found that no classmates followed him, he turned around and said to me who was confused, "I said, let's make a bet. Don't you believe that Norn is trying to trick you? Then we will wait here for half an hour. If he doesn't come to you within half an hour, I will lose. Do you dare to bet?"
After saying that, he stared at me closely. He seemed to be indifferent, but the concern in his eyes revealed his emotions.
"I..." I really wanted to say that I didn't gamble, but looking at Aikeqi's expression, I couldn't say this. Besides, I was the one who caused Norn's injury. I saw him wrapped in gauze. How could he be lying?
"Aikeqi, are you overthinking it? Norn..."
"Just tell me whether you want to bet or not?" Ikeqi interrupted me rudely before I could finish. "I know you don't believe it. Are you afraid of being blamed by Norn? It doesn't matter. If I lose, I will go to see him with you. I will explain to him and apologize to him. Is that okay?"
After he said this, I clearly saw that his bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray, and his whole body exuded a kind of sadness that came from not being trusted.
I softened my heart and stammered, "It's not that I don't trust you. You are my friend. I just... I just don't want to believe that Norn lied to me."
Yes! I am so guilty that I am dying. If this is all a scam, then isn't everything I have done a joke?
Will I become a joke? I just... subconsciously want to avoid this possibility.
"Friend..." Ai Keqi repeated, his eyes seemed a little dazed, but he quickly returned to his normal state. He closed his eyes slightly, leaned against the wall beside him and stopped talking.
I didn't know what else to say, so I just kept quiet and looked around bored.
From here I can see the main entrance of the school cafeteria and the road leading to the teaching area. If Norn comes here, he will definitely not escape my eyes.
But, will he really come?
I put the slowly cooling lunch box on the ground and fell into silence.
In the feeling of anxiety, every minute became particularly difficult to endure. Ai Keqi and I sat sitting in silence, and the time on our mobile phones seemed to be going particularly slowly.
But no matter how slow you go, the half-hour limit is gradually approaching the end.
Ten minutes passed, fifteen minutes passed...
Some students finished their meal and left, while others hurried over, but Norn still did not show up.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and I couldn't tell whether I was happy or at peace.
Seeing that twenty minutes had passed, I finally had the courage to turn around and joke with Ai Keqi: "Haha! You see, you really think too much, he..."
"coming!"
Ai Keqi, who had been sitting upright since a while ago, seemed not to hear what I said at all. He kept staring at the direction of the intersection. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and two words came out of his mouth.
My heart skipped a beat and I turned around in disbelief.
In the distance, a menacing figure appeared at the intersection. The noise and screams from the roadside reminded me of a cruel fact.
It was actually Norn! He was coming! He was walking!
He claimed that he had several broken bones all over his body. Every day he stretched out his limbs like an old man waiting for me to serve him tea and water. This morning I had to work very hard to push him into the classroom in a wheelchair. Now he appeared in my sight as normal as ever, without any sign of disability.
Ahhh! I'm so angry that my whole body is shaking!
"Bai Jie Ni, you..."
Aikechi seemed to want to say something, but I couldn't hear him because I had already rushed out from the hiding corner with great anger.
"Norn!"
I shouted with all my might, wishing I could shock that damn guy to death with my voice!
How abominable! How abominable!
What's even more annoying is that even though I had clearly discovered him, the guy who was looking around didn't even have a trace of guilt on his face. The moment he saw me, he looked like he was going to blame me, and even shouted back louder than me: "Hey! Where have you been? I thought..."
What did he think? Did he think I had absconded with the lunch box? Or did he think I had discovered his trick and was not going to serve him anymore?
I stared at him with sharp eyes, to see what he could say. But he said nothing, just kept glancing behind me. Is there anything behind me?
I turned around subconsciously and found that Ai Keqi did not leave, but followed me out.
"So you're not bringing me food just to hang out with people like this?"
Noen, who was speaking halfway, suddenly shifted his attention. He stared at Aikechi as if he was an enemy, and his tone was very unfriendly.
I became even angrier. I didn't expect that this guy not only didn't repent after doing something wrong, but instead learned to turn the tables and even started a war with others.
I was so angry that I rushed over to block Ai Keqi and loudly retorted: "Don't say that about my friend, apologize to him!"
"Apologize?" Norn's expression seemed to indicate that he had heard a fairy tale. He turned his head and looked at me. His eyes were as deep as the Pacific Ocean about to be stormed. His voice became low. "You actually asked me to apologize to him?"
"Yes! That's right!" His aura couldn't scare me, and it was obviously his fault. I stood up straight and said, "You lied to me and scolded my friends. Apologize!"
"Forget it, that's fine, Bai Jieni." Ai Kaiqi patted my shoulder from behind, his tone sounding very indifferent, "I just want you to see this guy's true face. As for the apology, it's not important to me."
"Why is it not important? It's clearly his fault!" I shouted at the top of my voice.
Seeing my attitude, Norn's face turned even worse. He looked at Ai Keqi unkindly, then stared at me as if giving me an ultimatum and asked, "Bai Jie Ni, are you going back with me or not?"
"No! I won't reply! If you don't explain clearly today why you lied to me, don't even think about me forgiving you!"
The conflict here has attracted everyone's attention, and more and more people gathered around. I was hesitating whether to change the place to talk about this matter, when I saw that he had turned and left.
"If you don't want to reply, just stay here!"
Just stay! Who is afraid of who?
I kicked a small stone on the ground and hit him on the head.
He turned around and glared at me fiercely, but in the end said nothing and walked away along the path made clear by the crowd.
He really just left like that? Without even a word of explanation?
I silently lowered my arms and even my head drooped down.
Do I think too highly of myself?
"I'm sorry, I didn't know it would turn out like this." With an apologetic look, Ai Keqi shrugged and left, leaving me alone standing in the middle of the crowd.
I was so angry that I almost cried, and the crazy girls around me kept adding fuel to the fire.
"This Bai Jieni actually dared to hurt our senior Norn, it's really too much!"
"That's right! And the Ai Keqi she was with was said to be not a good person either. The two of them actually teamed up to bully poor Senior Norn. How hateful!"
"I'm sure Bai Jie Ni will regret this. That Ai Keqi is nothing compared to a toe of our senior Norn, humph!"
"Look, now even Ai Keqi has left. Sure enough, no one wants to stay with her!"
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"Shut up, everyone!"
I was so angry that I yelled at the crowd without caring about anything, breaking the mask I usually wore. Is all this my fault? Why do you always blame me for everything?
Seeing me getting angry, the surroundings fell silent for a moment, until a long-lost voice sounded -
"It's you again! Bai Jie Ni!"
“Hua La La—”
The crowd dispersed at once, and I was once again exposed to Yao Shanshan's sharp gaze.
Why? Why does Yao Shanshan always appear when something like this happens? Do I have a grudge against her?
The anger in my heart that had not yet dissipated gave me endless courage. I didn't even look at her and turned around to leave.
But her threatening voice sounded behind her: "Bai Jie Ni, accept the punishment obediently, otherwise, you know the consequences of going against the Student Union!"
The meaningful words reminded me of that gloomy laboratory, and the remaining courage disappeared immediately. I didn't want to face that darkness and fear alone.
"Oh? I'd like to know what the consequences are for going against the student council."
Just when I was about to go back and listen to Yao Shanshan's lecture, a figure who should have been kicked out of the sky by me a long time ago suddenly appeared beside me. Moreover, he grabbed my hand and pulled me behind him, and asked Yao Shanshan a question in an extremely arrogant manner.
I stared at his long silver hair in disbelief. Didn't he leave? Why did he come back? And at this time?
"You..." Yao Shanshan didn't seem to expect Nuoen to appear here. Her face flushed and she stuttered a little. "It's okay for you to be treated specially as a member of the study group, but Bai Jie Ni is not like that. Her behavior has already caused a bad influence in the school and she must be punished!"
"Go ahead and punish whoever you want. Bai Jieni is also a member of the study group now. If you have any questions, go directly to the dean. I don't have time to chat with you here!"
After saying that, without waiting for Yao Shanshan to react, Noen turned around and pulled me away.
"You guys... just wait!"
Yao Shanshan behind him shouted angrily.
"Senior Norn is so handsome!"
"Oh my god, the senior is so arrogant and domineering! So cool!"
The crazy fans who were attracted by Norn's appearance and stayed behind screamed.
I followed Norn for a long way, taking one step forward and one step back, before I finally regained consciousness.
"Hey! Why did you come back to save me?"
I haven't forgotten that he lied to me before, so my tone was naturally not very good.
But in fact, since he appeared again, my original anger has been like a punctured balloon, deflated all of a sudden. Looking at his slender back , and thinking about how he stood in front of me just now, I actually felt a little sweet in my heart.
Does this guy appear just when I need him?
But Norn, a single-celled organism, didn't seem to hear the provocation in my words at all. He didn't even turn his head and answered directly: "Of course I can only bully a fool like you. Who is that girl? She dared to touch the people in the study group, humph!"
What...what do you mean you are the only one who can bully me? How did I suddenly become a member of the study group?
This sentence made my face burn, and it felt like there were ten thousand little rabbits running around in my chest.
Does this guy know what he is talking about? I haven't forgiven him yet. Don't think you can get away with saying something that can lead to misunderstandings. I... I haven't forgotten that he lied to me.
But on second thought, he didn't force me to do anything excessive. It was a fact that I left him alone in the lab that day, and it was also a fact that he was injured while trying to save me. So we were even.
Amidst my chaotic thoughts, I couldn't help but asked in a light voice, "You haven't eaten yet? How about I go back to the restaurant with you to eat something?"
"Ah? No need, I just ran into you when I was going back to look for my lunch box, and I helped you out by the way, no need to thank me too much!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Norn took out a familiar lunch box from his arms. The familiar chili sticker on it reminded me that this was the lunch box that I had put in the corner and forgot to take.
Before I could even ask, he suddenly frowned and looked at me, complaining, "Oh! It's been so long, the chili meal must be cold, I have to go back and heat it up."
After saying that, he seemed to be displeased that I was walking too slowly. After saying "You know the way back", he ran away with the lunch box in his arms.
He just left me like that and ran away!
“Hua La La—”
My heart, which was hanging high in the sky just now, seemed to fall down in an instant and shattered to the ground.
What sweetness, what help me, in his eyes, I am not even as good as a chili pepper!
Norn, you bastard! Aaaaah!
