Little Bai Hui's Story

Liu Chang'an kept checking his phone on the way home, but didn't receive any messages. When he got home, he found only Shangguan Dandan there.

"Where's Zhou Dongdong?" Liu Chang'an asked, having packed some barbecue. Logically, after such a long journey, Zhou Dongdong should be able to eat again and should be having barbecue with Shangguan Dandan right now.

"Dongdong's mom is back, Dongdong took the lamb chops to her." Shangguan Dandan was still holding a lamb rib, but wasn't eating it.

This is what Zhou Dongdong taught her: if you really can't eat anymore, but you can still hold the food where you can see it, that will make you happy.

Liu Chang'an noticed that there was another television set in his living room. Upon closer inspection, he realized it was the same one that Shangguan Dandan had moved out of the house, which she had then brought back.

"I need to plug in the cable from upstairs to watch the TV channels I want." Shangguan Dandan looked at Liu Chang'an with a hint of wariness and emphasized, "I'll be taking it back later... my TV, mine."

"Sure, if you don't mind the trouble, please feel free to do as you please." Liu Chang'an was so impressed that she used polite language. Just to watch TV, she was willing to carry such a big TV up and down the stairs. Normally, she wouldn't even carry a kettle upstairs.

Shangguan Dandan nodded solemnly, holding the ribs. She liked him to address her with respectful language, and it would be even better if his tone could be more sincere.

Liu Chang'an took a shower and returned to the living room to find Shangguan Dandan had just finished watching a program and was unplugging the power cord.

She skillfully unplugged all the cables, then glanced at Liu Chang'an and, seeing that he didn't seem to mind, quickly picked up the television and rushed downstairs.

Liu Chang'an couldn't help but think that if the beginning of the TV series "A Step into the A Step into the Past" were like that, it might be that the archaeologists found a television set and a thermos in the tomb of Empress Xiaozhao as a starting point.

Shangguan Dandan quickly came back upstairs, took the ribs and thermos she had placed on the table, and walked to the door to say to Liu Chang'an, "Good night."

"Good night." Liu Chang'an nodded.

In the morning, while Liu Chang'an was still in bed, he felt someone putting something into his mouth. When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Dongdong leaning over the bed, putting a bag of milk into his mouth.

Zhou Dongdong tore a hole in one corner of the milk carton with her teeth, stuffed the milk carton into Liu Chang'an's mouth, and began to milk him.

"You really are..." Liu Chang'an raised his hand, glaring at the child who had been bothering him since early morning.

"I'll feed you milk!" Zhou Dongdong looked up at Liu Chang'an, not afraid of Chang'an brother's raised hand.

Because Brother Chang'an always lifts things high and puts them down gently, while Mother is the one who never pretends.

"Why are you up so early?" Liu Chang'an wiped his mouth, sat up straight, and started drinking his milk.

"I ate a lot last night, and I pooped this morning, so I didn't go back to sleep!" Zhou Dongdong climbed onto the bed and jumped around on it. "Brother Chang'an, let's take Lu Si'en out for a run!"

"You rolled it?" Liu Chang'an asked, puzzled.

"The teacher said I need to run more!" Zhou Dongdong ran a few steps on the bed, then fell off.

Liu Chang'an laughed heartily, thinking, "What a foolish child who has no self-awareness."

Liu Chang'an's bed was low, so Zhou Dongdong touched her head, stood up, pouted, and went out. It didn't matter if she didn't play with her; Zhou Dongdong could take Lu Si'en running around the neighborhood.

After washing his face and brushing his teeth, Liu Chang'an, along with Zhou Dongdong, who had already forgotten her earlier unhappiness and was happily leading Lu Si'en to run around the sycamore trees, went out for a run.

Today, after running, Zhou Dongdong felt physically and mentally exhausted and wanted to ask for leave, but Zhou Shuling refused without any maternal love. He then wanted to ride his dog to school, but Liu Chang'an also refused. So, he had no choice but to walk to school as usual, wobbling unsteadily.

Liu Chang'an had classes in the third and fourth periods in the morning, and he watched TV in the living room for a while before leaving.

Winter is a season many southerners dislike, as the damp, cold air is filled with resentment towards the weather and a longing for sunshine.

Of the four seasons, Liu Chang'an is actually one of the very few people who likes the winter in the south, because he doesn't mind the chill. On the contrary, he feels that the air is filled with enough moisture, and when the wind blows, it is full of a desolate atmosphere, as if a beautiful goddess with a cold aura is reigning over him.

After crossing the intersection, I arrived near the Peace Hall. The exterior of a building next door was under renovation, and the shopping mall inside had a rather large awning displaying discounted goods to try and increase the number of customers entering the store, which had been reduced due to the renovation.

Liu Chang'an passed by and saw Bai Hui looking at a thermos from left to right.

"Good morning." Liu Chang'an greeted her proactively. The weather today was perfect for a gorgeous Lolita dress. Bai Hui was wearing adorable white gloves with a small Cupid drawn on the back of her hand, holding several arrows nocked on a bowstring. Each arrow corresponded to a finger, as if pointing any finger at someone would make that person feel struck by Cupid's arrow.

That's quite possible... If it were Bai Hui's home turf, it might indeed have that effect. Liu Chang'an had witnessed the enthusiasm of the fans in the audience when she danced.

Bai Hui turned around in surprise, quickly put down the thermos, stretched out her hand, waved five fingers at Liu Chang'an, and greeted him with a smile. "What a coincidence! You... do you usually walk this way?"

"Of course, not going this way would be a detour. I like walking, but I rarely take detours." Liu Chang'an nodded and continued walking forward.

"I'm going to school too... Let's walk together, it's on the way." Bai Hui followed.

"Aren't you going to buy that thermos?" Liu Chang'an asked.

"Ah?"

"Judging from the disgruntled look in that sales girl's eyes when you left, you must have stared at her for a long time, delaying some of her business, but in the end you didn't buy anything, so she's a little upset," Liu Chang'an said with a smile.

"Well... wait for me a moment, I'll go buy it."

Bai Hui went back and bought the thermos. After looking at it carefully, it seemed to be exactly what she wanted, so she didn't feel like she was forcing herself.

Bai Hui caught up with Liu Chang'an, jogging along, her high heels making a "clack-clack-clack" sound.

"Let's take the subway." Walking down the steps, Liu Chang'an felt a bit too tired to walk today and headed towards the subway station on his own.

Bai Hui breathed a sigh of relief. She had originally wanted to wear flat shoes, but these high heels were truly her favorite match for this dress.

Unexpectedly, Liu Chang'an didn't walk today. Bai Hui knew that since high school, Liu Chang'an had walked to and from school every day.

Back then, Bai Hui thought he was trying to save on living expenses. Thinking back to that time, and how she didn't seem to have much interaction with Liu Chang'an, Bai Hui felt a little dazed. If... if she could do it all over again, if she could be reborn with her memories intact, back to the first day of school, what would she do?

The morning rush hour had passed, but this subway station was the central transfer station of the Junsha subway, with people coming and going, passing by Bai Hui with all sorts of gazes.

Bai Hui looked at Liu Chang'an beside her, still somewhat dazed, but his face seemed to have remained largely unchanged since the first time she saw him.

If only I could go back to that year:

Bai Hui looked at Bai Xiao Hui beside her. Bai Xiao Hui was Bai Hui when she first entered high school. She was wearing a gray, black, and white striped skirt, a white uniform shirt, and a red Butterfly. Her pigtails swayed, and she had her usual slightly shy yet enthusiastic smile on her face. She was very cute...

"Who are you?" Bai Xiao Hui was surprised to see Bai Hui. The older sister in front of her was wearing a gorgeous Lolita dress and had the dreamlike figure that all girls longed for. Bai Xiao Hui was especially envious of her outfit. Girls should dress so cutely.

To her surprise, this older sister looked so much like her, almost like a grown-up version of herself, which made Bai Xiao Hui keep looking at her.

"I am you. After graduating from high school, when you went to university, you became me." Bai Hui looked Bai Xiao Hui up and down, feeling quite satisfied. It turned out that she was so cute back then. If it weren't for some unexpected twists and turns, Liu Chang'an might not have been able to smoothly get together with An Nuan!

"What did you say?!" Bai Xiao Hui forced a polite smile. This woman was dressed quite nicely and even carried a designer handbag. She never expected her to be a crazy woman!

"Really, I'm not lying to you, and nobody around here can see me," Bai Hui said.

Because it's within Bai Hui's own story, Bai Hui forces Bai Xiao Hui to believe it, and so Bai Xiao Hui believes it; Bai Hui doesn't need much explanation.

"So this is what I'll be like in the future!" Believing that Bai Hui was indeed her future Bai Xiao Hui, she jumped up and down with joy.

"Today you will meet a boy named Xiao Liu Chang'an." Bai Hui pressed her hand to her chest. After all, this wasn't exactly something to be proud of, but it was a story she had imagined, so she didn't care anymore!

"Oh, I know him. I've heard of him. He's a weirdo, always a loner, and he likes to fight. People think he's a bit slow and goofy, so they try to bully him, but he always beats them half to death. But he's a good student; he got into our school with Gao Dewei on the same score." Bai Xiao Hui looked at Bai Hui strangely. Why did this boy seem so important to Bai Xiao Hui?

"Of course he doesn't fit in, because he's the best! Why would the best person want to be with ordinary people? How could he be dull and stupid? He's very smart, practically the smartest person in the world! He's also a great fighter, but he never bullies others; it's always someone else's fault!" Bai Hui said angrily to Bai Xiao Hui, "So you had a preconceived notion about him! How could you say that!"

"Aren't I just like you?" Bai Xiao Hui was baffled by Bai Hui's anger.

"I... I... I'm correcting you right now!" Bai Hui stomped her foot, feeling a little upset. It turned out that she had heard some things about Liu Chang'an from somewhere back then, which led to this preconceived notion.

"I don't need your correction. Can't I observe for myself?" Bai Xiao Hui said dismissively.

"What kind of observation skills do you have?!" Bai Hui couldn't help but swear. "What can you observe? All you think you're so pretty, that lots of boys like you, that you're so great because you can order boys around to do this and that for you... Do you really think that's interesting?"

"You... what nonsense are you talking about? I didn't do that!" Bai Xiao Hui glared angrily at Bai Hui, she hadn't done anything like that at all... at least not as awful as what Bai Hui said.

"Anyway... you'll meet Xiao Liu Chang'an today. He'll make eye contact with you first, and then he'll tumble down the stairs." Bai Hui didn't want to argue with Bai Xiao Hui anymore, so she used the coercive force of the story setting to make her accept her criticism.

"Haha... he really is a bit dim-witted." Bai Xiao Hui laughed. "Is he really that clumsy?"

"What do you know... Don't interrupt, I'll say it again, he's not stupid at all..." A light flickered in Bai Hui's eyes, "You haven't seen the way he sings, the way his voice seems to resonate with your soul, you haven't seen his courage in risking drowning himself rather than giving up on saving someone, and you haven't seen the care and focus he puts into preparing gifts for his girlfriend... But he only ever gave me one cute doll, and everyone said it was ugly. I especially hate people who say dolls are ugly. Later, he gave me more than twenty! Actually, he can be quite gentle with me sometimes..."

"Wait! What are you doing? You mean I'm going to fall for him in the future, and he already has a girlfriend?" Bai Xiao Hui looked at Bai Hui in disbelief. "Someone like you, and you were just lecturing me!"

Bai Hui's cheeks flushed red. "This is a story, why are you interfering so much! Besides, I'm asking you to change the future, it has nothing to do with me!"

"What kind of twisted logic is that! No, I don't want to like any Liu Chang'an. I want to focus on my studies and not date until at least after I graduate from university." Bai Xiao Hui had absolutely no interest in Bai Hui's expectations.

"You stupid idiot!" Bai Hui was also angry. "You dating Liu Chang'an won't affect your studies! You just think that dating now will only hurt girls and there's no guarantee for the future. But Liu Chang'an is different. He's the best. All the boys in this school combined can't compare to one of his fingers. Do you know how happy you'd be if you dated him?"

"What you can't have always seems more alluring. You're just looking at what others have and thinking it smells better," Bai Xiao Hui said calmly.

"You... you..." Bai Hui was so angry she could hardly breathe. She realized how arrogant she had been before; no wonder Liu Chang'an didn't like her. Bai Hui shook her head, trying to calm herself down. "If you don't change your ways today, his future girlfriend will be An Xiaonuan!"

"An Xiaonuan? I know that woman. She played volleyball with Zhang Taole in junior high. She was tall and thin, like a bamboo pole, like a washboard, and always looked like she was being chased by a dog," Bai Xiao Hui said dismissively.

Bai Hui agreed with this point and nodded, but immediately reminded her, "You can't underestimate her. An Xiaonuan may not be good at anything else, but she knows how to flirt with Liu Chang'an... When you met Liu Chang'an today, An Xiaonuan was right behind you. This is a historic moment."

"You mean, Xiao Liu Chang'an met both me and An Xiaonuan at the same time, and in the end, because of today's encounter, he ended up with An Xiaonuan?" Bai Xiao Hui looked at Bai Hui suspiciously. "Is he blind? He likes that skinny guy with that face that's always being chased by a dog?"

"Cough... Objectively speaking, I also find it unbelievable, but you have to face your opponent. Putting aside everything else, you have to admit that An Nuan's face is just a little bit less attractive than yours... just a little bit." Bai Hui forced herself to be confident. In her own story, she could say whatever she wanted and set it up however she wanted.

"Actually, I don't like the name An Xiaonuan at all. I can help you, no problem. What do you want me to do?" Bai Xiao Hui was, after all, facing her future self, and she was both curious and expectant, and more than anything, she wanted to make a comparison. An Nuan was very popular.

"When he falls, you go to help him up, then pretend you can't hold him up, and the two of you fall together... Then you stare at him intently, your eyes blinking brightly, meeting his gaze without saying a word... Why aren't you wearing colored contacts? Don't your eyes look a little smaller? Let me see..."

"Wait... are you acting in an idol drama?" Bai Xiao Hui looked at Bai Hui incredulously. As a girl, she naturally liked watching classic scenes in idol dramas, but considering that the real school environment was different from that in idol dramas, she didn't think such a scene would happen in her high school.

"Mind your own business! And you're the one acting, not me!" Bai Hui looked at her, thinking she was hopeless and utterly hopeless.

"I won't do it. I'm still too young. I don't want to be in a relationship." Bai Xiao Hui crossed her arms and turned her head away. Was she really going to be this lovesick three years from now? That would be so pathetic. She definitely couldn't become like this. This woman in front of her only had a good first impression.

"This is a mandatory order, this is the setting!" Bai Hui invoked force majeure again.

"You're so lucky, you don't even know it!" Bai Hui huffed and continued, "This is just the first step. You don't need to kiss like in idol dramas! Just help him up, be as gentle as possible with him, and remember to turn around and help him upstairs so that the guy surnamed An doesn't have a chance to get close! Basically, the first day should be fine. You should also pay attention in the future, spend more time with him, and create more opportunities to be alone with him. If you find that he might be in contact with An Xiaonuan, you should sabotage it. When the time is right, you can confess your feelings, or you don't need to. He might confess to you, probably in a place like a karaoke bar... or you might just naturally get together."

"Okay." Bai Xiao Hui, having been forced to accept the situation, nodded.

"Hurry, he's here."

Bai Hui watched nervously as Liu Chang'an descended the stairs. His appearance was similar to that of three years later, but his temperament was slightly different. His face was expressionless, as if he had no interest in anything. The coldness in his eyes was something Bai Hui had never noticed before.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, his eyes seeming to gleam with a radiant light, a slight smile playing on his lips. He saw Bai Xiao Hui. Sunlight filtered through the trees, falling on her shoulders and cheeks, making it seem as if he could clearly see every detail of her soft earlobes, her long, slender, fair neck like Cygnus's... No, the Bai Xiao Hui he saw was wearing a gray-black-and-white short skirt, a white uniform shirt, a red Butterfly in her hair, her pigtails swaying gently, and a delicate yet warm smile on her face—she was incredibly cute...

He felt dizzy and stumbled down the stairs. Bai Xiao Hui exclaimed in surprise, forgetting Bai Hui's previous instructions, and still reached out to grab him.

However, Bai Xiao Hui was unable to stop Xiao Liu Chang'an's downward momentum. Instead, the two of them fell down together and ended up tangled together.

Xiao Liu Chang'an seemed completely unaffected, calmly gazing at the beautiful girl in his arms.

"Are you... alright...?" Bai Xiao Hui came to her senses. She had thought she must have fallen and hurt herself badly, but she found that she was perfectly fine. He had protected her very well.

In this situation, he actually protected her. Bai Xiao Hui's heart trembled. It was as if she didn't need Bai Hui's instructions to know what kind of feelings she should have for him in the future.

Where were those clear eyes that looked dull and dazed? That calm demeanor was clearly incredibly composed, something that children like Qian Ning and Lu Yuan couldn't possibly match.

In this situation, being close to him, feeling his breath, feeling his heartbeat, and immersing herself in his eyes, Bai Hui didn't need to change anything, right? Bai Xiao Hui's heart, which didn't want to be in a relationship, began to pound.

"Kiss him..." Bai Hui looked at him with the anticipation of watching an idol drama, holding his hands sweetly.

Who are you kissing?

"Little Liu Chang'an!"

"Who kissed him? Who is Xiao Liu Chang'an?"

Bai Hui snapped out of her daze, startled. She looked around and realized that while she was imagining going back to the past, she and Liu Chang'an had already boarded the subway. Liu Chang'an was looking at her with an expression that said, "Your mind is only filled with 'Mie Mie baa'."

Bai Hui was extremely disappointed. Xiao Liu Chang'an and Bai Xiao Hui were about to kiss... They were so close! In their own story, they would definitely kiss!

"I hate you." Bai Hui punched Liu Chang'an beside her, then shoved the thermos into his Liu Chang'an. "Hold this for me."

Liu Chang'an accepted it inexplicably. Why was Bai Hui suddenly being so arrogant towards him?

Bai Hui was naturally going to act arrogantly. After all, why didn't he pull her down with him when he fell during the first year of high school?

I'm so angry!

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Survival is easy.

Life is tough.

Our people do not desire a lowly existence, but a life lived with heads held high and pride.

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