Battle-Worn Binary Sister

Jiang Linyuan hadn't even reached the restroom when he spotted Lin Yilin curled up in the corner.

Her face was pale, and her lips had lost their color.

"What's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

He asked.

"N-nothing..."

When Lin Yilin saw Jiang Linyuan, her little face flushed. She turned away as she spoke.

Why was this Binary Sister still keeping things from me?

"If you're not feeling well, just say so. You can head back and rest early."

"Mhm, mhm, mhm..."

Lin Yilin's face turned even redder. She didn't look sick so much as embarrassed that he'd seen her like this.

Ah, got it.

Jiang Linyuan suddenly understood.

"Did you get your period?"

Lin Yilin blushed all the way to her ears and only nodded. Why did he have to say it so bluntly? How embarrassing!

"Did you take care of it in the restroom?"

Jiang Linyuan asked again.

Lin Yilin felt like her face was about to explode. She murmured:

"Someone's in there."

The villa they rented had two bathrooms, one in the living room and another in the master bedroom, which they weren't allowed to use.

Jiang Linyuan raised an eyebrow.

"Has she been in there this whole time?"

Lin Yilin could only nod.

"I'll go check."

Jiang Linyuan sensed something was off and walked straight over to the restroom.

The door was locked.

He knocked.

"Anyone in there? I really need to use it."

"You scared me! I nearly drew my eyebrows crooked!"

"Can't you see the door's locked?"

An annoyed woman's voice immediately came from inside the restroom.

"Hold it! I'm touching up my makeup."

Touching up your makeup, my ass. Were you putting on funeral makeup?

It'd been over twenty minutes. Was she just going to squat there and not do her business?

"Can you come out for a moment? It's urgent."

Jiang Linyuan urged her.

"Can men like you just drop dead? Ever heard of letting women go first? I'm not coming out."

The woman in the restroom immediately launched into a feminist tirade.

Were you even human? Why should he have to let you go first?

Jiang Linyuan rolled his eyes.

I feel like Xiang Yu, surrounded by people singing Chu songs.

Jiang Linyuan couldn't be bothered to waste words on her.

Lockpicking Expert, activate!

"Junior, can I borrow your hairpin?"

Lin Yilin stared blankly, then nodded. She took the hairpin from her hair and handed it to him.

"What are you going to do, senior?"

"Just watch."

With his special weapon in hand, Jiang Linyuan got straight to work and picked the lock!

The woman inside kept cursing.

"Average and Confident men are so disgusting. You have no manners at all."

"Ugh, I can't stand being at the same school as someone like you."

"You in such a hurry? Then I'm definitely not opening the door."

Jiang Linyuan picked the lock.

"Are you from Dunhuang? There are so many murals there."

Jiang Linyuan pushed open the door and saw the woman smugly patting foundation onto her face.

The woman saw the door open, but before she could react, Jiang Linyuan grabbed her and dragged her out.

"Junior, you can go in first."

Lin Yilin watched, dumbfounded.

"What, do you need me to go in and help you?"

Jiang Linyuan said with a smile.

Lin Yilin's face went bright red again. She said anxiously:

"Senior..."

"Do you really need me to help?"

She didn't say another word. She hurried into the restroom and closed the door behind her.

"Ahhh! What are you doing!"

The woman he'd dragged out immediately started yelling. Powder shook loose from her trembling cheeks.

"Are you secretly filming me?"

Damn, he'd run into a truly Average and Confident woman.

Might as well challenge her to a samurai duel.

"Keep yapping and I'll slap you."

Jiang Linyuan frowned and said bluntly.

The woman looked up and recognized Jiang Linyuan. Her fierce attitude immediately wilted, and she stammered:

"What are you doing here? You go to this university too?"

Oh? To save her own skin, she was pretending to be an old acquaintance of mine?

"Sorry, I have something to do. I... I should get going."

The woman didn't keep arguing with Jiang Linyuan. She picked up her powder puff from the floor and fled in a panic.

"Did something happen here?"

Just then, Li Jianyi came upstairs after hearing the commotion. He glanced curiously at the woman, who looked as if she'd seen a ghost.

What was going on?

"That woman looks unfamiliar. Is she a new Student Union recruit?"

Jiang Linyuan looked at him and asked outright.

"Oh, her. She's a new member of the Organization Department."

Li Jianyi studied Jiang Linyuan's expression and asked tentatively:

"Did you two have a run-in?"

"If she'd kept making a scene, we would have."

Jiang Linyuan sneered.

"Haha."

Li Jianyi looked a little awkward. All he could say was:

"I think she went to the same high school as you. Go easy on her."

Same high school?

Hearing this made Jiang Linyuan feel a little more forgiving toward the woman.

Back in high school, he hadn't been as smooth in dealing with people as he was now. He'd had a short fuse and been an even more intense version of a street tough.

Near graduation, a bunch of idiots started bullying people at school. He'd gone straight at them.

It had turned into a pretty big mess, and things had gotten rather serious.

Could that woman have been someone I beat up in high school?

Jiang Linyuan thought it over.

There'd been too many people that day. He couldn't remember.

"Senior, are you okay?"

While they'd been talking, Lin Yilin had already come out. Her pale face was filled with concern.

"I'm fine."

Jiang Linyuan looked at Lin Yilin and said:

"Are you done, junior?"

What did he mean, "done"?

Lin Yilin was both embarrassed and annoyed.

After saying that, Jiang Linyuan turned to Li Jianyi again.

"President, what kind of riffraff has the Student Union been recruiting? Aren't you going to do something?"

At that, Li Jianyi immediately began to vent:

"After what happened with Wang Yun last time, the school leaders even called me in to talk. They said I needed to clean up the Student Union's image."

"Isn't that asking the impossible? We're all college students. People call me Student Union President out of respect."

"But if we're being practical, I'm nobody."

Li Jianyi shook his head with a weary sigh. Seeing Jiang Linyuan and Lin Yilin standing together, he decided not to impose and left by himself.

"Senior, is that girl going to come after you later?"

After Li Jianyi left, Lin Yilin stood beside Jiang Linyuan and asked worriedly.

Seeing how concerned Binary Sister was, Jiang Linyuan couldn't resist teasing her. He put on a miserable expression.

"Junior, my future is ruined. That girl said she'd launch an online hate campaign against me. What should I do?"

Lin Yilin was so innocent that she really believed him. She clenched her fists.

"That woman is awful! Senior, I'll always be on your side! We can call the police first, then report what happened to our counselor..."

Seeing Lin Yilin start seriously thinking it over, Jiang Linyuan kept going:

"Junior, public opinion is powerful. If I'm stuck with a bad reputation and everyone points fingers at me, it'll make things difficult when I'm looking for work or trying to get a girlfriend."

Lin Yilin's expression darkened at that.

That was true. Public opinion could kill.

If that girl really slandered Senior and spread lies about him online, even if the truth came out in the end, the harm done to him would be irreversible.

Senior did this for my sake! I have a responsibility to help him!

Thinking this, Lin Yilin lifted her head and said earnestly:

"It's okay. You can work at my family's company, Senior. I'll talk it over with Dad."

"As for a girlfriend..."

At this, her cheeks turned red. She lowered her head and stole a glance at Jiang Linyuan from the corner of her eye, murmuring:

"I... I..."

Haha, this junior was too much fun!

Looking at Binary Sister, Jiang Linyuan couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

Seeing him laugh for no reason, Lin Yilin realized he'd been teasing her. She puffed out her cheeks, her face flushed.

"Senior can grow old alone, then!"

"What about that job your dad offered me?"

"What do you mean, 'our dad'? He's my dad! And I'm not giving you a job, either! I'll ship you off to live on the streets!"

"Aw, that really hurts."

"Serves you right for teasing me!"

Lin Yilin's face was pink, and her eyes glared fiercely at Jiang Linyuan's grinning face. Her cheeks puffed up like a pufferfish.