I Really Don’t Want to Fall in Love with the Female Supporting Character [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Approaching

Shen Yubai took a step back to mask the panic in her heart, but her eyes remained fixed on Xi Jiang’s peaceful sleeping face. It felt as if a massive void had been opened in her soul—a hole carved by greed and desire.

Memories of past misfortunes interwove in her mind, making it hard to breathe.

Being hit by a car while crossing the road, being bitten by dogs, being struck by falling flowerpots and trash…

Even her two closest relatives had changed countless jobs because of her, until she insisted on moving out to live alone.

A light seemed to congeal in her eyes. If it were true that getting closer to Xi Jiang meant her luck would improve, she could do it.

Her face began to burn. Shen Yubai nervously gripped the edge of the table.

She could be friends with her; they were both girls anyway, so being a bit intimate shouldn’t matter…

Didn’t she say she would agree to anything she wanted?

Struggling to pull her gaze away, Shen Yubai let out a breath. Remembering something, she suddenly opened her phone and searched for keywords.

“How to get close to someone?”

She opened the entries.

Stranger A: Just go for it directly! Stranger B: You should find out what type she likes first. Stranger C: Show off your advantages.

Why were these answers so strange? Shen Yubai frowned. Show off advantages? She had nothing but bad luck.

She asked as soon as the thought occurred.

“What if I have no advantages?”

“How is that possible?” To her surprise, a reply came back quickly. “If you’re a man, you have a man’s advantages. If you’re a woman, it’s even easier. Brush against them “accidentally,” use your “physical advantages”—do you understand?”

Brush against her accidentally? Could she really get closer to Xi Jiang that way? It sounded somewhat reasonable. Shen Yubai felt she half-understood, and her gaze drifted back to the phrase “physical advantages.”

She set her phone down, stared at Xi Jiang for a few seconds, and then slowly leaned toward her…

The moment their faces touched, the soft, smooth sensation made Shen Yubai feel she finally grasped the meaning of the word “close.” She squinted her eyes and rubbed gently. Xi Jiang’s eyelashes tickled her cheek, itchy yet comfortable.

In that moment of warmth, she suddenly saw Xi Jiang open her clear eyes, looking at her in a daze. Shen Yubai instantly sprang back, retreating several steps.

She seemed to have been a bit… too intentional.

Silence spread through the room.

Shen Yubai’s neck stiffened and her cheeks were bright red. She didn’t dodge Xi Jiang’s gaze but looked straight back, her tone stiff: “I thought you had a fever. I was testing your temperature.”

“Mhm~” Xi Jiang smiled, and the atmosphere instantly lightened. She remained leaning on the table, her lashes drooping in a languid manner. She naturally used a fingertip to gently rub her own lips, curving them into a slow smile. “Thank you, little sister. I feel much better after that nap.”

“Only…” Her gaze shifted to that fingertip, looking a bit annoyed. “I don’t know why, but this finger hurts a little.”

As soon as she said it, Shen Yubai swallowed hard—she watched as Xi Jiang naturally put that fingertip into her mouth and sucked it once, bringing out a trace of moisture.

For some reason, Shen Yubai’s legs went weak for a split second. She braced herself against the table, her spirit feeling scattered. Xi Jiang immediately stood up, making a move to support her, her worried glance shifting to the unopened takeout on the side.

“You need to eat well, little sister~”

Shen Yubai dodged in a panic, not daring to look at her again. She turned her back and hurriedly responded.

Xi Jiang stood in place and didn’t step forward again, only saying with a light laugh: “Hurry up and eat. I’m going to work.”

She walked toward the door, the auspicious clouds floating beside her.

“Hahaha, Xiao Bai is so innocent.”

“You definitely can’t guess what she just did~”

“Did she wash her hands?”

“She did; our Little Xi is very clean, hahaha.”

“Your ex-girlfriend is at the door.”

Xi Jiang raised an eyebrow slightly and opened the door. Sure enough, she saw Xu Lingling about to knock. Seeing Xi Jiang emerge from Shen Yubai’s room, Xu Lingling backed up two steps in disbelief, her eyes flashing with a look that seemed to have caught someone cheating.

She had originally come to ask Shen Yubai to comfort Qin Yue, as Qin Yue’s condition had been very poor lately. But seeing Xi Jiang now, she forgot everything else. She didn’t believe for a second that there was nothing between them—after all, Xi Jiang had walked her home before.

How could a mere delivery person hook up with Shen Yubai!

Xi Jiang’s face remained expressionless, though she let out a cold “tsk” in her heart and walked straight past her.

She left Xu Lingling staring at her uniformed back, gnashing her teeth and muttering about “ugly people causing trouble.”

Xu Lingling went straight to Qin Yue’s room to vent about it.

“That delivery worker was my junior high classmate. She followed me all the way to A University. I didn’t expect her to change her target the moment she saw Shen Yubai. How could someone like that be worthy of Shen Yubai? I have to help Shen Yubai mess with her, I can’t let her succeed!”

Hearing this, Qin Yue’s face turned ghastly. Shuddering, she immediately pushed Xu Lingling toward the door: “Don’t… don’t…”

Don’t involve me!

The door slammed shut.

Xu Lingling stamped her feet in annoyance.

When Xi Jiang delivered a package and knocked, only a hand reached out from the door, the sleeve rolled up just to the wrist. She looked with an amused smile at the small package—not even as big as a palm—and then gently supported the hand with her own palm.

As their differing temperatures met, a strange emotion surged in her heart, but she simply placed the package in the girl’s palm and supported her hand to make her grip it. She reminded her gently, “There you go, little sister.”

Shen Yubai didn’t know why she was being so awkward; she just quickly shut the door and stared blankly at the package in her hand.

She had always felt the name “Xi Jiang” was familiar and had a faint suspicion in her heart. So, she had asked her mother to mail over a cherished item.

It was a USB drive containing a recording of her first childhood friendship.

She remembered watching it until junior high. Later, feeling that the memory only made her more lonely, she had put it away.

She opened the USB and clicked play. The picture was a bit blurry, but the sound was clear, gradually stirring up those seemingly forgotten feelings.

“Come, Yubai, look at the camera.” “Our Yubai is so brave.”

A girl with a large head and a small body sat quietly on a long, tiled infusion table. There was a mole between her brows, her petite nose was red, and she wore a headband with rabbit ears over her long curls, looking as exquisite as a porcelain doll.

Her eyes were moist as she calmly looked at the camera. Standing behind her was a smiling Auntie Xiaowu, who comforted her: “It’s okay. We only had to find the vein four times today; yesterday at this time, it was already six.”

“Mhm.” The girl nodded obediently. The nurses across from her all looked at her with smiles, and she held out her hand, which was covered in blue and purple needle marks.

As she watched the nurse in the pink uniform prepare the supplies and tie a rubber tourniquet around her wrist, another girl was carried over. She had two messy little tufts of hair and was also very quiet. A thin-haired elderly person beside her praised: “Our Little Xi is so great!”

Yubai stared at her. Even when the needle went in, the girl only frowned. But then, as the steel needle in the nurse’s hand was revealed, the quiet girl suddenly burst into a loud wail.

“I don’t want it! Wuwuwu~” Her tears flowed out in torrents, her mouth pouted, and she shook her head desperately. It was truly comical.

It really is her…

Watching the little person in the video—a miniature version of Xi Jiang—crying so tragically, Shen Yubai actually burst into laughter. She froze for a moment and habitually pulled back her smile, but the mirth in her eyes did not fade as she continued to stare at the screen.

The elderly person didn’t know how to comfort her and glanced sideways, trying to distract the girl: “Little Xi, look at the little sister next to you. She’s even younger than you and hasn’t cried at all.”

Hearing this, the girl turned her tearful eyes. The moment she saw the “little sister,” she gave a hiccup and opened her eyes wide: “You’re so pretty~”

The nurse took the opportunity to insert the needle. It seemed to hurt; the girl turned her head to look, and after the initial shock came a piteous cry. She pointed her tiny finger at the back of her hand for the sister to see, her childish voice trembling: “It went in! It went in! It’s so scary, hic~”

When the two girls were carried down, Xi Jiang was still sobbing. She moved her short legs closer to Shen Yubai, her chubby little hand reaching out to hold hers: “My name is Xi Jiang. Xi like the stream, Jiang like the river. What’s your name?”

“My name is Shen Yubai. Don’t touch me, I’ll dislodge the needle.” Shen Yubai carefully held up her hand, her face stern as she pouted and blew air onto her hand.

Xi Jiang obediently stayed further away. With tears still in her eyes, she smiled: “I know the word for ‘White’ (Bai)!”

The two were placed in adjacent seats. As the adults began to chat, Xi Jiang leaned in again, pouting her lips and opening her misty eyes wide: “I won’t touch your hand. I’ll just kiss your face.”

“No, I’m very unlucky. You’ll dislodge your needle too.”

“I’m not afraid. I’m super lucky; I’ll give some to you.”

Xi Jiang held onto Yubai’s neck with her chubby hands and gave her a heavy mwah on the cheek.

The kissed little girl sat there stunned, her mouth pouting. Before she knew it, she was kissed again, this time on the lips.

Xi Jiang’s smile seemed brighter than the sunlight outside: “This way, you’ll be even luckier~”

The little girl was dazed. After a long while, she asked in a soft, waxy voice: “Is it soft?”

“Soft and sweet! Do you want to try?”

Shen Yubai didn’t expect to turn beet red just from watching a video. There were seven clips in total. After that day, Xi Jiang came extra early every day to wait for her so they could get their shots together. While getting the injection, Xi Jiang would stare at her and cry, as if that would make it not hurt. On the days she was there, Yubai never dislodged her needle again.

“Here, today’s Good Luck Kiss~”

“One isn’t enough, I want two.”

“Grandmother doesn’t let me eat candy, but you’re sweeter than candy.”

The two little toddlers were always whispering mysteriously on camera.

“Shh, Mommy went to the bathroom. This is called a camera. Let’s play with this.”

That day, Xi Jiang seemed unable to lift her spirits. She whispered: “What should I do if my mom and dad hit me?”

“Ah…” Shen Yubai wrinkled her small face, her obsidian-like pupils darting around. “Then you act more obedient, and then find someone who likes you to secretly tell on them.”

“Your luck is so good, would anyone really not like you?”

“If they don’t want you, I want you. Come home with me, okay?”

Later, the adults said goodbye. As if sensing something, Shen Yubai wouldn’t let go of the small hand, her eyes full of reluctance: “Xi Jiang, will you still come here to wait for me tomorrow?”

“I will. I’ll wait for you for a lifetime.”

Children don’t understand “a lifetime,” but it was the most sincere vow. After the video ended, Shen Yubai sat there quietly, her heart feeling sour and restless.

An encounter of only a few days, yet it was the most beautiful one. Amidst the “Don’t play with her, she’s unlucky” and “Don’t get close to her,” this was the most sincere kindness Heaven had ever bestowed upon her.

After all these years, they met again. No—in her previous life, she hadn’t seen her for her entire life. They had missed each other…

Fortunately, she was reborn…

Now… she felt like she wanted to get even closer to Xi Jiang. She wanted to know her more, to be near her.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, Shen Yubai finally moved. She thought for a while and searched for “Get Close” on a webpage, but accidentally clicked into an advertisement. The moment the screen popped up, it showed two people in a passionate kiss, with glimpses of tongues and naked bodies.

In twenty years, Shen Yubai had never encountered such things. Even regarding high-scale photos, she had only seen people kissing in public. Her reflex was to exit immediately, but her whole body felt hot. Her head was full of Xi Jiang’s face and those chaotic images, and she couldn’t help but think of four words.

So close…

No! Shen Yubai shook her head, fanning her hot cheeks with both hands. Xi Jiang was so gentle and kind; she must never let her know she had ever harbored such “filthy” thoughts.

She opened the video again to wash her brain.

But once certain thoughts appear, they are impossible to dispel…

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