Chapter 69: Can’t a Girl With a Good Personality Also Be Incredibly Beautiful?
There’s a kind of spicy called Jiangxi Spicy.
What they call "mild spicy," "little spicy," or "just a bit spicy", in places where people can’t eat spicy food at all, is basically a deadly amount.
But… could something good come out of something bad?
Looking at the cute and gentle-looking girl in front of him, who was blowing cool air on his tongue, Xia Changyu really wanted to say ‘My life has been worth it just for this moment.’
But what he didn’t know was that Lin Yibai had actually thought about scraping his tongue to help with the pain. Sadly, she gave up that silly idea. As a girl, there was no way she could grab someone’s tongue and scrape it, it was just too awkward!
So instead, she poured some white liquid… ahem, milk, from the bottle in her hand to rinse the spicy burn from Xia Changyu’s tongue.
She gently explained, “Just hold on a little longer. Milk can help with the spiciness.”
Then she handed him the rest of the milk.
Clearly, she had gone through this painful experience before.
Xia Changyu took the milk and followed Lin Yibai’s advice, starting to rinse his mouth.
She said, “If your stomach feels bad too, just drink the milk after rinsing. If it doesn’t, then spit it out, it’s okay! I promise I won’t say you’re wasting food.”
Hoo~
Hoo hoo~
Xia Changyu finally started to feel a bit better, though he was still a little shaken.
He looked at the milk in his hand…
Then looked at the calm girl standing nearby…
And then looked at her red lips.
That same small cherry-like mouth was the one that had just blown cool air on his tongue to help with the pain.
Xia Changyu said, “You saved my life again.”
Lin Yibai waved her hand casually and said, “I already warned you, never ever question the Jiangxi people’s understanding of chili peppers. They can boil plain water in a pot, and it still turns into spicy soup!”
Pfft~
Xia Changyu laughed.
And he was sure it was a genuine, happy laugh.
When he realized they were still inside the boys' restroom, he quickly led her out of there.
He said, “Sorry you had to see me like that.”
Lin Yibai shook her head and said, “What’s there to be embarrassed about? The first time I ate Jiangxi-level spicy, I probably looked even worse than you!”
“You’re such a good person. I know you’re just saying that to make me feel better, right?”
“Believe me, I’m telling the truth.”
“Okay. I believe you.”
“......”
But judging from the way Xia Changyu looked, he clearly didn’t believe her at all.
Lin Yibai had no idea what she did to make this annoying love rival suddenly have such a strong good impression of her, like he was seeing her through rose-colored glasses.
All she did was blow on his tongue…
And give him a bottle of milk that cost three yuan…
Yet Xia Changyu looked like he was really eager to return the favor and show his gratitude.
That look in his eyes and his attitude were so strong, Lin Yibai couldn’t ignore them. She rubbed her forehead and said, “You really don’t have to… sigh, forget it. If you really want to thank me, then later can you teach me how to do makeup?”
“It would be my greatest honor.”
“Thank you.”
“No, thank you instead.”
“You’re thanking me for nothing,” Lin Yibai said, her head aching from frustration. After a while, she sighed and said, “Fine, whatever. If you really want to thank me, then just teach me more about makeup later.”
The two of them returned to the classroom.
Xia Changyu didn’t dare touch that cold spicy noodle dish again. He learned a painful lesson, if you’re not good at handling spicy food, don’t try to show off in front of the spicy masters from Jiangxi.
Then, he saw Lin Yibai take out a makeup box from her backpack. It was one of those cheap eyeshadow palettes with many colors that cost around ten or so yuan.
If Xia Changyu remembered correctly, he had once bought a similar palette for Gu Xiaoxue, but that one cost at least ten times more than the one Lin Yibai was holding. Sadly, just after he gave her the gift, Gu Xiaoxue reposted a video.
That video basically said that giving someone a cheap eyeshadow palette was low-class and tasteless.
So, he gave up after that.
After a moment, Xia Changyu said, “That eyeshadow palette… doesn’t look very good.”
He swore he didn’t mean to insult her.
He was actually thinking, if she got upset, that would be the perfect excuse to buy her a better one.
But Lin Yibai didn’t seem to care at all.
Maybe even she thought the quality was bad. Still, she gave a very practical answer that came from her “boyish” way of thinking.
“It’s just something cheap to practice makeup with. What more do you want?”
Xia Changyu was speechless. He found that he couldn’t argue with that.
So he changed the topic and asked Lin Yibai for some makeup remover.
“Makeup remover?” Lin Yibai looked confused. She held out her hands and said, “What are you talking about? I don’t have that stuff. I’ve never even used it before.”
“No makeup remover? Then how do you take off your makeup?”
“I just go to the sink and wash my face, done!”
She sounded so reasonable that Xia Changyu couldn’t argue again. So he tried one more time.
“But still, you need makeup remover! You said you want to learn makeup, right? You can’t start fresh unless you remove what’s already on your face.”
Lin Yibai tilted her head.
He couldn’t help but tilt his head too, scratch his own, and even wanted to reach out and check if she had a fever.
Did the spicy food mess with her brain?
After thinking for a while, she finally said, “What are you even talking about! I’m not wearing any makeup. This is just my natural face.”
Xia Changyu asked, “I mean, maybe you used a little bit of foundation or something?”
From what he knew about makeup, many girls think light makeup still counts as a “natural look.”
He thought Lin Yibai was the same. And honestly, he had already prepared himself.
After all, she looked too perfect.
He couldn’t believe someone with such a great personality could also be naturally this beautiful.
So even if she looked a little worse without makeup, Xia Changyu thought that would be totally okay.
There are so many videos online showing how makeup can turn someone average into someone stunning. He had seen it with his own eyes.
But still, it didn’t stop Lin Yibai from thinking that this boy was clearly acting crazy.
“Foundation? Makeup? What makeup?” Lin Yibai rolled her eyes and said, “If I knew how to do that stuff, why would I need to ask you for help?”
So… she was truly not wearing any makeup at all!!
To prove she was telling the truth, Lin Yibai even grabbed his hand and rubbed it against her face.
Then she told him to pinch her cheek. “Go ahead, pinch it! Then you’ll believe me. I’ve really never worn makeup. But just so you know, you can only pinch once!”
Xia Changyu gently pinched her cheek, it was soft.
And then he suddenly realized…
What some people need makeup to achieve...
Was where Lin Yibai naturally started from.