I'm In A Shuraba Every Time I Open My Eyes: Chapter 16

ARC 1: FIRST BATTLEFIELD (16)

Jian Ning finally left under Bai Xiyue's urging.

After experiencing such a thrill, she decided to go back and practice a few more times.

If two people can circle her at such a time, then a third one could show up at any time.

Fortunately, it was Chen Qingzhu and Jian Ning. If Yan Yushan or Shang Junzhuo was here, they wouldn't have been nearly as kind.

Chen Qingzhu walked out with the guitar on his back and planned on taking the bus back.

Meanwhile, Jian Ning was driving out of the parking lot when he saw Bai Xiyue's cousin still waiting at the bus stop.

He thought for a moment then decided to honk the horn.

While Bai Xiyue was in the middle of practicing, she heard the system sound an alarm in her mind again.

[System]: Host, Boyfriend No. 3 and Boyfriend No. 4 have met.

Bai Xiyue almost kicked her legs from under herself. She immediately asked about the situation.

[Bai Xiyue]: Didn't the two of them leave at different times? How did they meet up?

There were at least a few minutes in between. How did they end up running into each other?

[System]: No. 3 was waiting for the bus and No. 4 drove over and offered him a ride. No. 3 has already entered the car.

Bai Xiyue's brain hurt, but after making a calm analysis, she knew she couldn't do anything about it, especially since they've already left.

The identity she set up was still there. It wasn't a big problem. Things should be fine.

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The atmosphere in the car was somewhat uncomfortable.

Chen Qingzhu cautiously held the guitar in the back seat. Whenever Jian Ning looked over, he offered an awkward smile.

In this silence, he felt little bit self-deprecating.

He has nothing, absolutely nothing to give Bai Xiyue.

He couldn't even openly declare his relationship in front of her friends.

While Chen Qingzhu was feeling a bit sad, Jian Ning was feeling a bit upset.

If he knew this would happen, he wouldn't have worn female clothing for the next few days. He should have worn men's wear and explained his relationship to this little cousin. That way, he could have gone back with them and chance upon a meeting with his in-laws.

He was so unlucky.

Last time at the restaurant, he had also been wearing women's clothing when Bai Xiyue was having dinner with her brother. He missed the opportunity to reveal his identity two times in a row. Jian Ning was very depressed.

The inexplicable embarrassment disappeared when the car arrived at the entrance of the university.

Chen Qingzhu got out of the car holding the guitar and thanked Jian Ning.

Jian Ning responded with an aloof wave of his hand.

In fact, he didn't dare to speak much at all.

Bai Xiyue was drinking water when the system told her that nothing happened. She screwed on the bottle cap and thought, 'As expected'.

Today's practice was all right. Bai Xiyue changed clothes and went home.

In preparation for her dinner with Yan Yushan, she took a shower, changed her outfit, then put on some light makeup.

She felt a bit stressed at the thought of having to meet him.

Yan Yushan had the strongest momentum. That cold face that silently stared at people through his glasses made one feel indescribably flustered.

Bai Xiyue couldn't see through him. Judging from the last time the car overturned, Yan Yushan seemed to be a quiet hunter who waited for his prey to jump into his pit.

The man didn't work overtime today. After it was over, he went to the supermarket to buy ingredients.

Once he arrived home, he took off his western suit and rolled up his sleeves to prepare dinner. When Bai Xiyue arrived, Yan Yushan was cutting vegetables in the kitchen.

The sound of the kitchen knife clacking on the cutting board gave her pause, but she relaxed into the kitchen.

"What food did you buy today?"

"I got there a bit late so there wasn't much left."

Yan Yushan placed the chopped green onion, ginger, and garlic on a plate then took out some defrosted chicken wings.

"Let's see, braised fish, cola chicken wings...what kind of meat is this?"

Bai Xiyue looked at the ingredients on the cooking table and pointed to a piece of red meat in a container.

"It's beef. Wait out there, I'll call you over in a while."

Yan Yushan skillfully chopped the beef into pieces and spoke with his back turned to her.

"Okay."

Bai Xiyue nodded. She slipped into her house shoes and walked out.

She went to sit on the sofa. After glancing at the financial newspaper on the table, and sat cross-legged to play on her phone.

If this was before, the original owner would definitely not sit like this in Yan Yushan's house.

After all, ladies don't sit like this, but Bai Xiyue was in a 'fuck this' mood. She was going to sit comfortably.

This world seemed to have overlapped with her previous world. There were mobile games she used to play before.

Bai Xiyue can be regarded as a game fanatic. Before entering the entertainment circle, she wanted to pursue her dream to join the e-sports circle, but after going into acting, she couldn't find the time to play computer games. So, she switched to mobile ones instead.

Whether it was offline or online, MOBA or card games, historical or fantasy, she played them all.

Yan Yushan came over to tell his girlfriend that dinner was ready when he caught sight of her sitting cross-legged as she frowned over a mobile game.

"This game is playing me."

Bai Xiyue looked at the ten consecutive R draws on the screen and made a sound of not believing in this evil.

She has never had such a black hand. She was normally at the Asian level and occasionally drifted to European, but today she seemed to have ground straight to Africa. The luck was awful. Even after spending three thousand in the game, no SSR appeared. She practically unlocked the African Onmyoji Achievement¹.

Bai Xiyue thought about all the things that happened since she came to this world. It seemed she didn't have much luck in anything.

"Time to eat."

Despite her unusual behavior, Yan Yushan's expression did not change.

"Just a minute."

Bai Xiyue was still frowning as she tested the fringe of danger.

It was not that she was trying to collapse suddenly, she was easing into it.

She drew a few more times. There were SRs and Rs, but no SSR.

This game was no fun.

When Yan Yushan brought out all the dishes, Bai Xiyue was still drawing something on the phone with wrinkled brows.

"What's the matter?"

"Come over and draw any pattern on the screen."

She handed her phone and ordered a consecutive summon for him to draw a pattern.

Yan Yushan wrote the word 'moon', then the screen suddenly went black.

To Bai Xiyue's dumbfoundment, an animation appeared.

Yan Yushan's ten consecutive daws were two SSRs, five SRs, and three R cards. This was practically European.

Bai Xiyue was a little choked. She stared at Yan Yushan's hand and suddenly felt an urge to take it apart.

Yan Yushan made braised fish, cola chicken wings, red wine stewed beef, and lotus root ribs soup.

The light shone on his slightly icy face. It would have been hard to believe he prepared this table of food had it not been for the apron around his waist.

"Did you have fun in Quxi yesterday?"

Yan Yushan placed a chicken wing in her bowl. the reflected glasses made it difficult to see the color of his eyes.

"I did have fun. She and I hadn't seen each other for a long time. We were roommates back in college but went our separate ways after graduation. Meeting up has been hard, so we had a lot to talk about. We felt the former times were golden."

Bai Xiyue's face had a relaxed expression as she uttered serious nonsense.

"You were by the hospital today. Did a friend get sick?"

"Yes, but it's not a big problem. What about you, why were you there today?"

"I also went to visit a friend. He got gastrointestinal bleeding from drinking. After that, I stopped by that restaurant for lunch."

"I might not have been paying attention to my surroundings. I didn't see you there." Bai Xiyue said vaguely. Yan Yushan's craftsmanship wasn't bad at all. The smell, appearance, and taste was pretty good.

Out of all the four boyfriends, Doctor Shang was the best at cooking. He could steam, deep-fry, stir-fry, stew, make noodles from scratch, even desserts.

After ending this topic, there didn't seem to be anything else to say.

Bai Xiyue didn't try to force a topic but instead let the atmosphere remain quiet.

She wanted Yan Yushan to slowly realize that she was not the person he wanted.

If the original owner was in love with someone else, Yan Yushan would actually be more inclined to marry her.

The character she performed was very suitable for a male chauvinist's wife.

Attractive, gentle, intellectual, well-spoken, and shy.

But the original owner wasn't perfect. Yan Yushan said before that he had found some clues, and the fact that she couldn't cook didn't suit this personality.

The original owner was keen on acting but didn't want to make a full commitment. She learned photography because it was interesting and let herself be spoiled by Shang Junzhuo's cooking.

Thanks to the original owner's lack of cooking skills, Bai Xiyue was able to slowly collapse this character.

After the meal, Bai Xiyue washed the dishes.

Yan Yushan went to the study. According to the previous model of interaction, the original owner would take out a book and read it in his study. While Yan Yushan worked, she would accompany him and occasionally make a cup of coffee for him.

But Bai Xiyue didn't want to do that sort of thing, so she chose to stay in the living room and decisively took out her cell phone.

Yan Yushan glanced at her thoughtfully but didn't say anything.

After he closed the door, Bai Xiyue finally glanced in that direction then reclined on the sofa to keep playing the game.

The city lights were bright outside the window and the dotted fluorescence connecting the city was gorgeous to look at.

Bai Xiyue was a little tired from playing so she simply put her phone on silent and charged it. Since it wasn't clear when Yan Yushan would come out of the study, she went to take a shower first.

While she was drying herself, the system suddenly made a sound.

[System]: Host, your phone rang.

[Bai Xiyue]: It's okay, I muted it.

[System]: But No. 2 came out and saw it. He is one step away from your phone.

[System]: No. 3 is the one calling.

Little milk dog?

Bai Xiyue's heart shrank. She immediately tossed the towel aside and put on a set of silk pajamas. Before the belt was even fastened, she had already opened the bathroom door and slid into her slippers.

When she arrived in the living room, Yan Yushan had just picked up her phone and was unplugging it from the charger.

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1. T/Nthis spiel is actually a gamer terminology used to grade levels of luck, especially when playing games with gacha (loot box) mechanisms. The lighter the 'skin color', the better the luck and vice versa. Also, for those who don't know, 'Onmyoji' is a popular RPG game↩︎

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My gamer vocabulary is non-existent so I was very confused the first time I read through this chapter.