Absolutely Spoiled - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

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The moment Shi Yi saw his name on the envelope, he thought someone had borrowed Yu Zhiyi’s hand to send him a greeting card. But after a few seconds, he recognised the handwriting on the envelope of the greeting card was clearly Yu Zhi herself.

Yu Zhiyi never thought that such an accident would happen, and she felt so embarrassed. So she quickly bent down, picked it up, and stuffed it into her bag.

Shi Yi looked at her with a slight smile and asked, “It is mine, right? Don’t you want to give it to me now?”

Yu Zhiyi still didn’t move and muttered, “You won’t like it.”

“Who said I don’t like it?” The little girls’ remarks surprised Shi Yi.

“You…you don’t like to take greeting cards from others.” ‘After throwing away so many greeting cards, you even said that greeting cards are boring, so you just don’t like them.’

“Of course I am not interested in other people’s greeting cards, but you’re different.”

Upon hearing this, the little girl looked up happily and no longer avoided his eyes.

Shi Yi lightly smiled and tapped the back of Yu Zhiyi’s hand, signalling for her to let go of her bag. “Brother, help you carry your school bag,” he said, and he took the bag without giving Yu Zhiyi any room for rejection. Then he opened the bag and took the envelope. “I must keep this greeting card.”

Yu Zhiyi’s mood was like riding a roller coaster, and she became more courageous and said, “Brother, I still have a Christmas present for you!”

“Huh?” ‘ There seemed to be a lot of surprises today, Shi Yi thought.

“It’s in the school bag.” Shi Yi was currently holding her school bag, which Yu Zhiyi pointed at.

Shi Yi lowered the school bag so that Yu Zhiyi could open it.

She found a rectangular packing box and took it out with a smile in her eyes. “Look!” The little girl happily showed him the present she had carefully prepared. “Last time in class, I heard you say that you liked the Walkman as a Christmas present, and I will give it to you.”

‘Oh! It turned out to be that.’

The little girl blinked her watery eyes and asked, “Brother, do you like this gift?”

Shi Yi took the gift with a smile, took a step forward, hugged Yu Zhiyi, gently rubbed her little head, and said in a very gentle voice, “I like it very much; thank you, Yiyi.”

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When he returned home, he unpacked the box, took out the Walkman, and installed the memory card.

Ning Suya saw that her son was doing something without changing his clothes, so she took a close look and saw that he was holding a Walkman. Seeing the colour of it, she was a little puzzled. “I remember the Walkman you bought the day before yesterday was blue, right? Why is it silver and black now?”

“Changed,” Shi Yi replied.

“Has it changed?” Ning Suya took a closer look, feeling something odd. “This one doesn’t look as good as your previous one; how much is it?”

“Mom, stop asking questions.”

“How can I not ask? You bought it for five or six hundred yuan—so expensive! Now you have changed it again…” 

Seeing that his mother was not going to stop until she got to the bottom of it, Shi Yi finally decided to tell the truth. “This is a gift from Yiyi. I don’t know how much it is, but I like it very much.”

Ning Suya: “…” Okay, she understood again. Whenever Yu Zhiyi gave something, even if it was a stone, in Shi Yi’s eyes, it was inlaid with gold!

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It was April, and they were in the  second semester of their second year of junior high school. At this time, Ruan Qing suddenly brought Yu Xinyan back to live for half a month.

[T/L : Yu Xinyan is Yu Zhiyi’s younger sister.]

Ruan Qing and Yu Xinyan’s sudden arrival surprised Yu Zhiyi. Both grandma and mother kept it from her, and when she asked, they only said, “Children don’t understand the things of adults.”

She knew that adults do not want to involve children in these matters, or they really thought that she was too young to understand things. But she had no parents around since she was a child, and she was particularly sensitive to family matters. So she was sad to hear such words.

She would also feel jealous when she observed other people’s kids acting foolishly and clinging to their parents. She would also feel envious when she observed that Yu Xinyan, her younger sister, could beg her mother for things. But she was always wary, worried that her request could annoy her parents and make them dislike her.

She frequently visited Shi’s home and had gotten used to Shi Yi’s relationship with his parents, which was quite different from her relationship with her own.

When she came from school, she saw her younger sister playing outside the yard.

8-year-old Yu Xinyan was supposed to attend primary school, but her mother requested a leave of absence and picked her up to bring her home. Yu Xinyan appeared to be a young princess because she was dressed in lovely clothing and had her hair tied up.

As soon as Yu Zhiyi saw her, she looked at her younger sister with envy in her eyes.

“Brother, do you know?” She said it suddenly. “I envy her so much.”

“Yiyi….” This was the first time Shi Yi lost the ability to speak.

“Yanyan has always been with our parents, and our mother knows everything about her. Maybe I grew up so fast that my mother forgot that I am 14 years old this year.” Yu Zhiyi’s mother also bought her a dress, but she couldn’t wear it. It was too small for her. After thinking for a while, she turned her head to look at Shi Yi and said, “I still have a lot of homework today; I left two questions that I can’t do. Brother, teach me later.”

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Midterm exams were coming.

The math class representative held the English book and cried bitterly. “Ah, why is there such an anti-human subject as English? I can’t understand it; it’s absolutely impossible!”

Actually, the math class representative’s English score was not bad, but because of his deskmate, Shi Yi, he was under a lot of pressure.

“Since the last parent-teacher meeting, my parents knew that my deskmate was number one in the grade. They threatened and lured me and said that if I could get the number one spot in the class in any major exam, they would reward me with 2,000 yuan,” he said.

“Hahaha, if you kill the class monitor, you will be number one,” a classmate said in a joke.

“How is it possible?” Just as he was thinking, Shi Yi suddenly knocked on his desk.

Shi Yi: “Make a deal?”

The math class representative: “What?”

Shi Yi: “Let you take the first place in the exam, and we will divide the reward.”

The math class representative said, “Really? Are you willing to give me the first place, class monitor?”

Shi Yi: “The first is for you, and the money is for me.”

The math class representative said, “It’s easy to say!” The title of the first place was simply a dream of others.

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The representative of the mathematics class became the top student in the class following the results of the midterm exam. He was so ecstatic that he wanted to celebrate with fireworks. “Class monitor! Class monitor… I’m grateful for you.”

Shi Yi looked at the results and said, “No thanks, as long as the money is there.”

The math class representative fulfilled his word and gave the 2,000 yuan he had earned to Shi Yi with joy.

 Shi Yi took out half of it, saying, “This is enough; you can keep the rest for yourself.”

 “Do you wish to retake the final exam, class monitor? The math class representative asked.

 Shi Yi: “Hehe.”

No one else was aware that the two were working in secret.

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Shi Yi’s grade plummeted on the midterm exam, but the teacher not only didn’t bother him but actually showed concern for him. “Shi Yi, I heard that you didn’t feel well in the English exam this time, and you didn’t even write a composition; you have to pay attention to your health in the future.”

“Understood, thank you, teacher.” Shi Yi, who had written less English composition because of “uncomfortableness”, was given special care by his teacher, and Ning Suya even strengthened the management of his diet.

No one criticized him.

But there was a little girl who was so nervous. “Brother, did you feel unwell on the day of the exam? You didn’t even tell me. Brother, what happened to you that time? Are you still feeling uncomfortable now?” She remembered that when she went home after the midterm test, she didn’t notice anything, and she regretted it to death!”

Seeing the worried look on Yu Zhiyi’s face, Shi Yi was so entangled that he lowered his head and whispered a few words in her ear.

Yu Zhi’s eyes widened suddenly. ‘It turned out that…’

“Your brother is a top student at school, so I’ll tell you about this alone, so you can’t bring it up again. Do you understand?”

“Yeah! I got it,” the little girl said obediently.

Shi Yi: “Seeing how obedient you are, I have decided to give you a reward.”

Yu Zhiyi: “What?”

Shi Yi took her to the shopping mall and went straight into a women’s clothing section.

There were a wide variety of clothes in the store, which were most popular with little girls.

Only then did Yu Zhiyi realize that Shi Yi was actually going to buy her a gift. The clothes in this shop were a bit expensive, so she didn’t want to buy anything.

The little girl was about to leave when Shi Yi directly stopped her at the door, saying, “I was lucky enough to draw a 100 yuan exchange coupon, but it is for girls’ clothes; my family members are not suitable, so I can only use it for you.” He looked at Yu Zhiyi seriously and said again, “The exchange voucher of 100 yuan cannot be wasted!”

When Yu Zhiyi didn’t believe it, Shi Yi took her to ask the shop clerk himself.

The shop clerk admitted that it was true and said, “But you can buy clothes for girls with this.”

Yu Zhiyi agreed with Shi Yi after listening to the shop clerk’s words.

The shop clerk pointed out several pieces to her, and Yu Zhiyi chose the cheapest one among them. “Brother, does this look good?” She turned around in a circle, and the skirt fluttered like blooming petals.

Shi Yi felt that the little girl looked very cute. “Well, it looks good.” He then urged Yu Zhiyi to go in and change the skirt. Taking advantage of the time when the little girl entered the dressing room, Shi Yi directly lifted the bear bag he had selected before and said, “Skirt, and this.”

“Ok, the total payment would be 300 yuan,” the shop clerk said.

Seeing the boy being so generous to his sister, even the boss couldn’t help but praise him. “You are such a good brother.”

Shi Yi just smiled and said nothing.

When Yu Zhiyi came to the counter, Shi Yi paid the money and hung the bear bag on her body.

Holding the pearl chain of the bag, Yu Zhiyi looked confused. Seeing her look, Shi Yi quickly said, “This is something from the store. Well, the boss said you are cute, so he gave it to you for free.”

Yu Zhiyi didn’t believe that!

The boss appeared in time. “This is not expensive. Don’t worry, it’s not worth much.”

Yu Zhiyi shook her head again and again. “I don’t want this anymore.”

Shi Yi: “I’ve already paid.”

Yu Zhiyi frowned and asked the boss of the shop. “Can you retreat?”

The boss shook his head. “I’m sorry, your brother has already cut off the tag just now, and the product will not be returned.”

After the shop owner’s rejection, what else could she say?

Yu Zhiyi discussed it with Shi Yi. “Brother, I will return the money to you when I save enough pocket money next time.”

This time he didn’t refuse and just said, “Okay, don’t worry.”

Just like that, she happily went home with her shopping bag and bear bag. She couldn’t wait to change into the little dress and share the happy news with her mom and grandma.

However, her younger sister stopped her when she put on a new dress and left with a bear bag. “Sister, this little bear looks so good, I want to play with it!”

End of chapter 12