During Jiang Yi’s second year of high school, a new student transferred to her class.
The new student was tall and slender, with fair skin and raven-black hair cascading over her shoulders like crow feathers. Standing at the front of the classroom, she greeted everyone softly: “Hello everyone, I’m Jiang Sixian.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Yi heard a chorus of wolf-whistles and excited shouts from the male students.
Jiang Yi, sitting in the back row, glanced up at the new student and clicked her tongue: “What a beauty.” Just as she made this observation, the homeroom teacher called her name: “Jiang Yi, move your books. Jiang Sixian will be your new deskmate.”
As soon as the teacher announced this, all eyes in the classroom turned to Jiang Yi. Under the envious gazes of her classmates, Jiang Yi lazily responded, “Got it.” She then bent down to move her textbooks from the adjacent desk, wiped the surface clean, and made space for her new classmate.
The new deskmate carried her bag over and sat down beside Jiang Yi, nodding slightly as she said, “Thank you.”
Jiang Yi grinned, “No problem!”
After sitting alone for a whole year due to her height, Jiang Yi finally had a deskmate. Though she wouldn’t admit it, she was quite pleased with this arrangement. During the long break, the homeroom teacher pulled her aside to the office and instructed, “Jiang Sixian has some health issues, so take care of her when you can. Later, take her to get her new textbooks and uniform.”
Jiang Yi acknowledged this and went straight to the materials office without waiting for her new deskmate, collecting everything as instructed.
When she returned to the classroom before the next period, her new deskmate was surrounded by a crowd of students trying to strike up conversations, creating a lively atmosphere.
The new deskmate seemed uncomfortable with the attention, answering questions slowly like a timid chipmunk under scrutiny. Jiang Yi found this amusing for some reason.
She propped herself against the back of her chair and began shooing away the students crowding their shared desk: “Shoo, class is starting. Get back to your seats.”
The students sitting at their desk grumbled about her being stingy as they dispersed.
Once everyone had left, Jiang Yi placed the books on her deskmate’s side of the table and raised an eyebrow with a smile: “Your textbooks. The teacher asked me to get them for you.”
The new student looked up at her blankly. Jiang Yi’s gaze softened as she took in the girl’s delicate jawline: “You wear size 170, right? For the uniform… you’re about 170cm tall? I didn’t get the wrong size?”
Jiang Sixian nodded obediently: “Thank you, Jiang…”
Seeing her hesitate, Jiang Yi filled in for her: “Jiang Yi. My name is Jiang Yi.”
Jiang Sixian pursed her lips into a smile: “Thank you, Jiang Yi.”
With this pleasant beginning, Jiang Yi got along quite well with her new deskmate.
Students sitting in the back row inevitably slacked off during class. Jiang Yi’s usual routine involved wearing Bluetooth earbuds, watching shows on her phone while spinning a pen, and half-listening to the lecture.
Several times when she was nearly caught by the discipline teacher, Jiang Sixian beside her would warn her just in time, saving her on multiple occasions.
After a few such incidents, Jiang Yi was impressed: “You’re amazing, deskmate. How do you always know when Old Chen is coming to catch me?” She leaned closer to tease her: “Do you have radar on your head or something?”
As Jiang Yi approached, Jiang Sixian caught a whiff of her vibrant, sunlit scent and instinctively leaned back, replying shyly: “You’re always playing around in class… I was worried you’d get caught…”
Before she could finish, Jiang Yi already understood. Jiang Sixian had been keeping watch over her during class, afraid she’d be caught by the discipline teacher. Realizing this, Jiang Yi smiled: “Thanks, my good deskmate.”
From then on, to avoid troubling Jiang Sixian, Jiang Yi resisted the urge to slack off and rarely played with her phone during class.
Without her phone to distract her, Jiang Yi developed a new habit during lectures—lying on the desk and staring at her deskmate.
There was no denying that her new deskmate was a genuine beauty. Just sitting there taking notes, she looked like a painting.
At first, the new deskmate was shy and would turn away from Jiang Yi’s gaze. Once she grew somewhat accustomed, she would tap Jiang Yi’s hand with her pen and say shyly, “Stop looking. Take notes.”
Jiang Yi propped her chin on her hand and sighed: “Now I understand why your desk is always covered in love letters. If I were a boy, I’d confess to you every day too.”
Jiang Sixian glanced at her with an unreadable expression. After a pause, she said, “Don’t tease me.”
Jiang Yi shrugged sincerely: “I mean it. If I were a boy, I’d definitely have a crush on you.”
Usually after saying this, Jiang Yi would obediently turn back to her notes.
Jiang Sixian watched the back of her head silently before returning her attention to the blackboard and continuing her notes.
Soon, the sports festival arrived. Jiang Yi, who struggled academically but excelled physically, became the star of the track field.
During the 1500-meter race, the stands were filled with girls screaming hoarsely: “Jiang Yi! Jiang Yi! I want to have your babies!”
That afternoon, Jiang Sixian sat in the bleachers in her slightly oversized uniform, watching the tall figure cross the finish line. A gloomy thought crossed her mind: So what if she’s not a boy? Plenty of girls like her anyway.
This thought flashed through her mind and quickly disappeared.
After seeing Jiang Yi cross the finish line, Jiang Sixian got up and returned to the shade under a tree at their class’s base camp, flipping through a book idly. Soon, a panting Jiang Yi ran over to her.
As she approached, Jiang Sixian caught the scent of fresh grass and warm sunshine coming from her.
Jiang Yi bent down in front of her with a bright smile: “Deskmate, deskmate! Did you see? I just won the 1500-meter race! I’m not completely useless, right?”
Jiang Sixian looked up at her smiling face and froze for a moment before averting her eyes shyly: “Mm, I saw. You’re amazing.”
Jiang Yi’s happiness was simple—a single compliment made her as joyful as a puppy wagging its tail: “Really? I think I’m pretty awesome too!”
With that, Jiang Yi grabbed Jiang Sixian’s hand and pulled her up: “Come on, you’ve been sitting here all day without checking out the class booths. Let me take you to get some good food.”
As she was pulled up, Jiang Sixian’s face turned even redder. She nodded and followed Jiang Yi, saying softly, “Okay.”
That afternoon, Jiang Yi took her around the school, buying all sorts of delicious snacks. But due to her poor health, Jiang Sixian could only take small bites, leaving the rest for Jiang Yi to finish.
That evening, Jiang Yi in her sports uniform pushed her bicycle to escort Jiang Sixian to the school gate, watching as she got into the luxury car that usually picked her up before waving goodbye: “See you tomorrow, Jiang Sixian.”
Jiang Sixian leaned out the window, nodding with a smile: “See you tomorrow.”
Jiang Yi stood by her bicycle at the school gate for a long time, watching the car carrying Jiang Sixian drive away before mounting her mountain bike and pedaling leisurely home.
They went their separate ways that evening. Jiang Yi never knew how long Jiang Sixian had secretly watched her from the car window.
Winter came quickly. After the season began, Jiang Sixian fell ill and was hospitalized.
As her deskmate, Jiang Yi found out and brought a stack of homework to the hospital. Jiang Sixian was surprised to see her. After greetings were exchanged, Jiang Yi raised the bag in her hand with a smile: “Deskmate, let’s do homework together.”
Though Jiang Sixian wasn’t feeling well, she agreed. That night, they finished their homework together.
For several days in a row, Jiang Yi brought homework to the hospital. Noticing that Jiang Sixian’s parents were rarely around, Jiang Yi started staying until after 9 pm before rushing home.
With Jiang Yi’s help, Jiang Sixian recovered quickly without falling behind in her studies. During final exams, she performed normally and surpassed the class monitor to take first place.
After winter passed, spring arrived quickly. As their friendship deepened, Jiang Yi began inviting Jiang Sixian out on weekends.
Since Jiang Sixian couldn’t handle crowded places, Jiang Yi often brought her to her own home. When they had nothing else to do, Jiang Yi would play video games while Jiang Sixian watched.
Sometimes, they shared personal thoughts. Jiang Yi told Jiang Sixian that her parents thought she was too difficult to raise, so they had another daughter—as if giving up on their first attempt and starting fresh.
Jiang Sixian confided that her parents were divorced. She had been assigned to her father, but he was always too busy for her. She actually wanted to live with her mother, but her mother wasn’t well-off enough to support her.
Beyond their personal circumstances, they talked about trivial class matters and their dreams for the future.
One day during summer break, Jiang Yi pulled Jiang Sixian onto the bed and asked, looking at her: “Jiang Sixian, have you thought about what you want to do in the future?”
Jiang Sixian paused, then said shyly: “Don’t laugh at me… I actually want to be a police officer.”
Jiang Yi was surprised: “Oh? Why?”
Jiang Sixian replied: “Because… it’s cool. People with a sense of justice are really cool. I want to be someone cool!”
Jiang Yi gave her a thumbs up: “What a noble ambition! May your dream come true!”
Jiang Sixian smiled faintly before asking softly: “What about you, Jiang Yi? What do you want to be?”
After some thought, Jiang Yi declared boldly: “I want… to be a doctor! A great doctor! May all good children in the world be free from illness and suffering!”
Jiang Sixian burst into laughter at this. She lay on the bed giggling for a while before pressing her face against Jiang Yi’s hand and murmuring: “Jiang Yi, you’re really wonderful.”
Unfortunately, neither of their dreams would come true.
After their third year began, Jiang Sixian’s health deteriorated. That autumn, she underwent major surgery and was confined to the hospital, unable to return to school.
Jiang Yi visited when she could. Looking at Jiang Sixian’s pale face, her eyes filled with heartache: “Jiang Sixian, get better soon. After the college entrance exams, let’s go to our dream universities together and leave this city.”
Jiang Sixian nodded, tears glistening in her eyes: “Okay.”
But Jiang Yi didn’t know then that Jiang Sixian might not be able to take the exams.
On the evening after the final exam, Jiang Yi received a call from Jiang Sixian. Her voice was weak: “Jiang Yi…”
“I’m sorry…”
“I…”
Before she could finish, the call disconnected abruptly. Standing in the noisy crowd with her backpack, Jiang Yi suddenly felt icy cold. She called into the phone unconsciously: “Jiang Sixian… Jiang Sixian…”
But no one answered on the other end—only endless, desolate silence.
It took Jiang Yi a long time to realize this was Jiang Sixian saying goodbye.
Jiang Sixian had been born with congenital heart disease. The transplant surgery had failed, and that summer, she left Jiang Yi’s world forever.
Four months later, Jiang Yi was hit by a car while saving a child, her body shattered.
In that moment, she felt her soul lifted by some mysterious force. Hazily, she passed through layers of clouds until she reached a palace made of white mist.
In her daze, she heard voices conversing: “Another child under eighteen. We should send her to the paradise to experience a lifetime.”
“Where should we put her?”
“Ah, I know! One of her classmates arrived here four months ago. Let’s send her to that paradise.”
Someone questioned: “Are you sure? That’s an ABO novel world—it’s quite dramatic. She sacrificed herself to save someone. Do you really need to make her life so melodramatic?”
The first voice chuckled: “I think this child would want to go to that world. Even if it’s a bit dramatic, she’ll get to see the person she wants to see.”
As these words faded, Jiang Yi suddenly felt herself being pushed off the clouds. As she fell, she heard someone whisper in her ear: “Go. Jiang Sixian is there. Go find her.”
Jiang Yi shuddered—Jiang Sixian?!
Just then, an angry roar came from above the clouds: “You scoundrel! You didn’t erase this child’s memories! That’s against the rules!”
The chuckling voice replied: “I erased them! I erased her memories of that other girl!”
“But you added things you shouldn’t have!”
“Ah, that’s just the setting of that novel paradise. I had to add them. Isn’t it good for lovers to reunite? Why are you so old-fashioned?”
The argument faded as Jiang Yi continued falling, falling, until she landed in a warm, damp passageway.
Her memories began fading—everything about Jiang Sixian sank to the depths of her consciousness, leaving no ripples.
Much later, accompanied by chaotic noises, Jiang Yi was squeezed out of the passageway.
She felt herself being lifted and saw light amidst the confusion. In that moment, she realized she had been reborn.
Once again, she was Jiang Yi in this world.
But she didn’t know that this reborn world would bring her even more surprises.
Author’s Note:
This concludes the story! To readers who purchased the full book, please consider leaving a five-star review! This was actually a hidden setting from the beginning—the idea that all underage children would experience a lifetime in a novel’s paradise.
Yes, it was that mischievous god’s doing again.
“Short White” officially concludes today!
Let me recommend a forthcoming work—it’ll start around National Day, by an author I really like, Liu Suiye. Please check out her page and add her new book to your collections!
“Transmigrated as the ‘Father’ of a Tragic Heroine” by Liu Suiye
ABO setting.
Jiang Chu transmigrates one day to find she’s become the scummy Alpha mother of a novel’s tragic heroine, destined to be retaliated against by the heroine’s lovers and beaten to death.
To avoid this fate, Jiang Chu decides to steer clear of her destiny—absolutely not sleeping with the heroine’s mother, Gu Lingjun, and definitely not creating the heroine.
But man proposes, god disposes—she still ends up in Gu Lingjun’s bed.
After that night, Jiang Chu resolves to turn over a new leaf and become a good person and mother for survival’s sake.
But then, the novel’s Gu Lingjun transmigrates back from a rebirth timeline and discovers her wife Jiang Chu is actually scum!
One desperately trying to be good, the other convinced it’s an act.
Two people holding scripts suddenly find the plot has changed!
Wait, wasn’t Jiang Chu supposed to be trash? How did she become a devoted wife overnight?!
Liu Suiye is an author I’ve loved for seven or eight years. Her characterizations are vivid and lively—I’m also really enjoying her current serial Rouge Mistake. When I love something, I’ll keep recommending it, so I hope more people will come to like and support her new work!
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