Chapter 101
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Chapter 101: Bullied To Tears
“That’s right… it was Western cuisine,” Qin Yunxi admitted. “It was made by a chef specifically brought over from England.”
“England? Shouldn’t it have been France?” Ye Xiao’s eyes widened in surprise.
Qin Yunxi scrunched up her nose. “It was England! But what does that have to do with you?”
“Could it have been Stargazy Pie?”
Ye Xiao’s main impression of English food came from the infamous Stargazy Pie, a dish that had gone viral online. Could it be that the lady sitting before her had the rare chance to taste it?
That dish was a legendary “dark cuisine,” almost mythical in its notoriety.
“What’s that?” Qin Yunxi tilted her head. Judging by the name, could it be a rare and delicious dish in Western cuisine?
“Fishy big sister, don’t tell me you didn’t even get to eat your fill?”
“You don’t understand! That white sturgeon caviar is known as ‘Caspian Black Pearl’ and ‘Black Gold’. Just a tiny box of it costs 18,000 yuan!”
Qin Yunxi pretended to act fierce, snorting through her nose. Given the cold weather, it really did resemble the puffing of an angry bull demon from TV.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t eat seafood—farm-raised or otherwise.
“Eh~ That’s not very expensive! Only 18,000 yuan? I thought it would be 188,000 yuan!” Ye Xiao said nonchalantly.
“Do you know how much potato stew you could buy with 18,000 yuan? And that tiny box? It’s only 100 grams!”
Qin Yunxi grew visibly agitated, feeling indignant at the little girl’s carefree attitude.
“Caviar, huh? If you want to eat it, I’ll treat you someday. Eat as much as you want! Just one tiny box of 100 grams? Who would that even satisfy? If foreigners saw it, they’d think we couldn’t afford it! We’ll each have a big jar next time!”
Qin Yunxi scoffed at Ye Xiao’s boastful tone. What was a little girl doing bragging to her?
Still, as she spoke, Qin Yunxi felt a strange sense of relief, as if the weight pressing on her heart had lightened.
For the first time, she experienced a feeling she had never had before.
But as they chatted, a loud gurgle came from someone’s stomach.
Qin Yunxi’s face turned red in an instant. Thankfully, it was night, so it wasn’t too noticeable.
The corners of Ye Xiao’s mouth turned upward. “Fishy big sister really didn’t get to eat her fill, huh? Who told you to stew your steak again and feed it to… Coke, was it? Is it a cat or a dog?”
As she spoke, Ye Xiao quietly smoothed out the crumpled suicide note Qin Yunxi had discarded.
Annoyed, Qin Yunxi rubbed her stomach and shifted backward, but she couldn’t bring herself to push Ye Xiao off her lap. “Coke is a ragdoll cat, very cute. But even if I didn’t eat enough, you don’t get to mock me.”
At that moment, Ye Xiao jumped up from Qin Yunxi’s lap. She flattened the suicide note carefully and folded it neatly.
“Give that back!” Qin Yunxi reached out for the note.
Ye Xiao swiftly stepped back, dodging Qin Yunxi’s hand, and tucked the folded paper into her bag.
“??!” Qin Yunxi stared at her with wide eyes.
“I give it back to you, and then what?”
“What do you mean, and then what?”
“It’s getting late. If fishy big sister is going to jump, you’d better hurry. It’s my first time seeing someone practice diving in a park. Just thinking about it is a little exciting! Don’t worry, I’ll deliver this ‘suicide note’ to your family in one piece!”
Ye Xiao’s expression was serious as she hopped around and retrieved her coat.
Qin Yunxi hesitated to part with Ye Xiao’s coat. Her body had just started to warm up, but the cold was already creeping back in.
To be honest, after all this chaos from Ye Xiao, she no longer had the heart to go through with her suicide.
Instead, her mind wandered back over her life, and every day seemed marked by failure.
It felt like she had never dared to do what she truly wanted.
Even today, after all her preparations, treating it as her final day, she couldn’t summon the courage to take the leap at the last moment.
And now, to top it all off, her carefully written suicide note had been loudly read by a girl who looked much younger than her, mocked relentlessly, and reduced to a joke about diving practice.
Not only had she been bullied, but this little brat had even brought up things that stirred up painful memories, over and over urging her to jump.
Just how mean could she be? Did she really want to see her jump that badly?
Moments ago, when this girl sat in her lap, Qin Yunxi had felt an inexplicable warmth toward her.
Now, squatting on the ground, Qin Yunxi suddenly burst into tears.
Ye Xiao hurried over, flustered and unsure of what to do. “Big Sister, don’t cry!”
“Waahhh—” Qin Yunxi sobbed uncontrollably.
Qin Yunxi stood frozen in place, her fists clenched tightly, her face alternating between red and pale.
Ye Xiao felt a little flustered. She wasn’t unfamiliar with girls crying, but it seemed the “big sister” in front of her had been completely bullied to tears—by her.
“Big Sister, please don’t cry, okay? I was a bit over the line earlier…” Ye Xiao, for once, admitted her mistake.
“Waahhh—”
Qin Yunxi couldn’t stop crying.
Ye Xiao held out the suicide note. “Here, I’m giving it back to you.”
With a slap, the note flew out of her hand.
“Waahhh, waahhh!”
Ye Xiao squatted down beside her.
“Big Sister, weren’t we chatting just fine earlier? I just didn’t want to see someone like you, so beautiful, meet such a tragic end. I thought it’d be such a shame and got carried away trying to stop you from… um, stop you from jumping into the lake. Now I’ve apologized, okay? Please calm down, alright?”
“Waahhh! Aaahhh!”
Qin Yunxi cried even louder, letting go of all restraint.
Ye Xiao started feeling guilty, but as a girl, she didn’t have to worry too much about anyone seeing this scene.
She tentatively reached out and patted “Big Sister’s” back. This time, other than her shoulders trembling, Qin Yunxi didn’t react too strongly.
After a long while, Qin Yunxi’s emotions gradually settled.
She looked up and was met with Ye Xiao’s face—adorable yet inexplicably infuriating.
“Big Sister, why are you crying, anyway?”
Qin Yunxi swallowed, her shoulders twitching twice more. Then, as if breaking free from a cage that had trapped her soul for over a decade, she summoned all her courage and said to the cute little girl beside her, “I’m cold…”
Ye Xiao glanced at Qin Yunxi’s outfit—Lolita fashion. In the dead of winter, with snowflakes drifting down, wearing that? Of course, she’d be cold.
But Ye Xiao held her tongue, afraid that saying it might trigger another crying fit.
Qin Yunxi looked at Ye Xiao’s face, hesitated for a moment, sniffled twice, and added, “And I’m hungry…”
Her pitiful expression tugged at Ye Xiao’s heartstrings, filling her with a mix of sympathy and amusement.
“Then go eat something!”
From the suicide note, Ye Xiao had assumed this “big sister” was some wealthy heiress. But here she was, cold and hungry—both pitiful and oddly funny.
“I didn’t bring any money…”
Qin Yunxi looked up at Ye Xiao with puppy-dog eyes, her lips pouting.
Ye Xiao rummaged through her bag, then spread her hands helplessly. “I didn’t bring money either!”
Seeing the tears welling up in Qin Yunxi’s eyes again, ready to burst forth at any moment, Ye Xiao quickly pulled out her phone from her bag. With lightning speed, she opened her WeChat balance screen and held it up like a lifeline.
“…I’ll treat you to a meal!”