Absolutely Spoiled - Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Shi Yi and Yu Zhiyi had been together since they were babies, so how could they separate just like this?

Yu Zhiyi was in a dilemma. She wanted to live with her parents, but she didn’t want to separate from Shi Yi.

Because of that, she was always absent-minded.

“Boom–“

Suddenly, she came back to her senses after feeling Shi Yi’s palm on her forehead.

“How many times have I told you not to lower your head when you walk? What if I’m not by your side?”

Yu Zhiyi had the habit of thinking about things that bothered her while walking, and most of the time Shi Yi was there to protect her from knocking on various things on the road.

The little girl usually smiles when she gets into trouble, but she didn’t smile today. In a sad mood, she took Shi Yi’s hand and asked, “Brother, we won’t separate, right?”

Shi Yi: “Yiyi, what’s going on in your little head all day long?”

“A few days ago, I heard my grandmother call my mother. Grandma said that they are going to buy a house in the city, sell the one in the community, and move there.”

Hearing the little girl’s depressed words, Shi Yi’s face darkened. When he got home, he went straight to the bedroom, shut himself in, and didn’t eat dinner. Shi Yi was not a person who played childish games, so when he said he didn’t want to eat, Ning Suya thought he was just not hungry at the time. But when Shi Yi didn’t come out of his room at night, Ning Suya realised that there should be a problem, so she couldn’t help feeling worried. “Xiao Yi, open the door; it’s mom.”

[T/L: It’s fairly common in China to call younger people by the prefix Xiao, which means “small.” Mostly “Xiao is used by family members, friends, and close relatives.]

Shi Yi opened the door after a while.

“You didn’t eat when you came back today, and you locked yourself in the room. What happened?” Ning Suya asked.

“Mom, Yiyi is going to move to the city.”

“Ah…” Ning Suya never expected it to be such a big event. She thought for a while and replied in a soft voice, “Even if you separated, you would have a chance to reunite. Son, I know you have a very close relationship with Yiyi. But you are growing up, and one day you will be separated.”

 “Why must we separate?”

“Because everyone is an independent individual and will have their own life when they grow up. Even brothers and sisters will be separated. This separation does not mean that you will never see each other again, but it is just different from the way you got along when you were young.”

Shi Yi closed his eyes and muttered, “I don’t want to.” He knew what his mother meant by these words, but he couldn’t accept that.

“Mom, you are right; even brothers and sisters may be separated, but I don’t want to be separated from Yiyi.” He would not cry like a childish child; he should find a way to make them better together.

The Yu family was still planning to buy a house, so Shi Yi told himself not to worry about it too much because he was not sure if they would be able to buy one or not.

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A video of a teenager playing with the Rubik’s Cube went viral online, and the Rubik’s Cube became popular among students.

Yu Zhiyi thought the table of formulas used in Rubik Cub was magical, but she and Qiao Lezhi couldn’t convert it according to the formula.

Yu Zhiyi: “We used the correct formula, why can’t it turn back to the original position?”

Qiao Lezhi: “It’s difficult…”

While they were trying to play with the Rubik’s cube, there was loud applause from the back row of the classroom. “Wow, the monitor is awesome!”

“The class monitor restored the Rubik’s cube in ten seconds, can you believe it?”

The deputy class monitor, who had always been close to the squad leader in all aspects, also worked hard, and he took fifteen seconds.

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The school realised that activities like playing with the Rubik’s Cube would help to develop students’ brains, so to encourage students to engage in such activities, the school organised an event. Because of this, students who were interested in the Rubik’s Cube were eager to try it, so basically all signed up.

A team competition was going to be held in addition to the Rubik’s Cube single-player tournament to draw more people to the event.

Cheng Qingyu took the initiative to approach Shi Yi. “Class monitor, how about we cooperate together?”

“Ok.” Shi Yi didn’t care who his teammates were because he had confidence in his ability.

Qiao Lezhi couldn’t get used to Cheng Qingyu’s arrogance. Hearing that she was going to cooperate with Shi Yi in the competition, she made a joke on purpose. “Class monitor, our Yiyi is also going to participate in the tournament. How about collaborating once?” She obviously wanted to make trouble for Cheng Qingyu, and everyone burst into laughter.

Yu Zhiyi hurriedly pulled Qiao Lezhi back. ‘What is she telling? How can I get on the stage?”

Unexpectedly, Shi Yi still replied without hesitation. “Okay.”

When Cheng Qingyu heard that Shi Yi was going to bring Yu Zhiyi into the team, she was immediately dissatisfied. “Yu Zhiyi doesn’t know how to play at all; we’re going to a competition to win prizes, so don’t take it carelessly.”

“I’m ok with that,” Shi Yi replied.

“No! I definitely don’t want to team up with her!” Cheng Qingyu’s goal was to win the championship, and she didn’t want to be held back.

Shi Yi: “Then don’t form a team with me.”

“Let me just say, you are still sensible and know who is the best teammate candidate,” Cheng Qingyu replied with confidence.

Unexpectedly, Shi Yi refuted. “I mean, I’ll form a team with Yiyi, and you, the deputy class leader, find another master.”

Cheng Qingyu: “????”

Classmates: “????”

Qiao Lezhi: ‘Wow…’

Yu Zhiyi: “Eh, don’t argue; I don’t want to participate in this game.”

Shi Yi spread his hands, not giving her a chance to refuse. “That’s not good; I’ve already chosen you as a teammate; if you don’t participate, what will happen to my team competition?”

That was how Yu Zhiyi was pushed onto the competition stage.

Seeing other people’s teams cooperating tacitly and operating at the same time, Yu Zhiyi held the Rubik’s Cube in her hand, shaking her hands, and muttered, “Brother, I’m sorry for you.”

“Hold on, don’t worry, we can win.”

Cheng Qingyu had formed a team with another student, and when she passed by Shi Yi’s seats, she gave the two of them a very meaningful look, as if to say, I will definitely win!

The results of Cheng Qingyu’s group were really good. Both she and her teammate finished within 20 seconds, and the longest time was only 18 seconds.

When the timing started, Shi Yi picked up the Rubik’s Cube and turned it quickly, so that others couldn’t even see his movements clearly. And Yu Zhiyi just stood there without touching her Rubik’s Cube.

“Huh……”

“Why is she not doing it?”

While Cheng Qingyu was waiting to watch the show, Shi Yi had already completed his own Rubik’s cube and then picked up Yu Zhiyi’s Rubik’s cube and turned it quickly. The total time to complete the two Rubik’s cubes was only fifteen seconds.

“Wow!” The audience was stunned and couldn’t believe their eyes.

Cheng Qingyu was dumbfounded. “This…how is this possible?”

When someone asked Yu Zhiyi why she didn’t move at that time, how could she answer? Before going on stage, Shi Yi said to her, “After going on stage, you don’t need to do anything; Brother will help you finish it.”

Yu Zhiyi believed in Shi Yi.

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As Christmas was approaching, students were exchanging greeting cards.

“Yiyi, I will send you a greeting card, and you will also send me a greeting card,” Qiao Lezhi said.

Yu Zhiyi nodded.

After school at noon, she ran to the small shop near the school alone. She definitely wanted to give Shi Yi a fancy greeting card, so she bought a bit of an expensive card for him. Then she used all her knowledge storage capacity and seriously wrote a large verse.

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“I heard that many parents abroad will pretend to be Santa Claus and give gifts to their children on Christmas Day.”

“If there is a Santa Claus, what presents do you want?”

During the break, everyone gathered together to chat.

“I want to buy a set of toys, but unfortunately, my mother won’t buy them,” one said.

“I want a big gift pack of snacks!” another one said.

“Class monitor, what about you?”

Shi Yi said casually, “A Walkman.”

‘It turned out that the Christmas gift my brother wanted was a Walkman. Yu Zhiyi thought.

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During the holiday, Yu Zhiyi went out alone and found a place that sold Walkmans.

The ones that were too expensive couldn’t be bought, but the ones with simpler functions cost more than a hundred yuan. She didn’t have much pocket money, so she was unable to buy one.

“Little friend, this is the last one left. If you like it, hurry up,” the shop owner said.

“Sister, can you save it for me? I will come to buy it as soon as possible.” After saying that, Yu Zhiyi went home, knocked open the ceramic piggy bank she had kept for several years, and took out three fifty-dollar bills from it.

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Shi Yi was really not interested in the Christmas atmosphere in the class. In his opinion, those people sent greeting cards just for fun, and they were not complacent about the number of greeting cards they received. There was no real sincerity in it.

On Christmas Day, many greeting cards were stuffed in his drawer, and the question he was thinking about was: Where should I leave these things? So troublesome!

So he simply stuffed them all into his schoolbag and threw them away after school.

When Yu Zhiyi saw that scene, she asked hesitantly, “Brother, don’t you like so many people sending you greeting cards?”

“It’s not interesting.” He really didn’t want to accept it.

“But… oh…” She also prepared a greeting card, but it turned out that Shi Yi didn’t like it.

Hearing the sigh of the little girl next to him, Shi Yi said again. “If I take all these home, my house will fill with them.”

The little girl bowed her head silently.

“I see that your school bag is bulging. Could it be that you have received a lot?” Shi Yi suddenly picked up her school bag and asked.

Yu Zhiyi protected the school bag vigilantly.

Seeing her anxious look, he wanted to see who sent those things inside. “Come on, let brother see what greeting cards you have received.”

“Don’t!” She clutched her school bag tightly and didn’t let go.

“It’s terrible; Yiyi has grown up, and there is a secret between you and me.”

Seeing that Yu Zhiyi didn’t want to reply, Shi Yi grabbed her school bag directly.

Seeing that her secret was about to be revealed, Yu Zhiyi stretched out her hand, but Shi Yi grabbed it.

“Little girl, can you beat me?” He arrogantly opened the zipper of her school bag.

Yu Zhiyi panicked. “That’s my schoolbag!”

“Stingy guy. Okay, if you don’t want to show me, I’ll return your school bag.”

When handing over the school bag, Shi Yi let go of his hand before Yu Zhiyi could hold it.

This accident caused the school bag to fall to the ground, and a greeting card inside fell out.

Shi Yi’s eyesight was excellent, and he saw the three words clearly on the envelope of the greeting card at a glance: Gift – Shi Yi.

End of chapter 11