Who Wants to Love Bad Girls - Chapter 6

When Chi Jianyue woke up the next day, she felt groggy and had a slight headache. It took her a moment to remember what had happened the night before. As she walked out of her room, she saw Zhuang Xiao in her own living room and asked in confusion, “What are you doing here?”

Zhuang Xiao looked at her as if she had rolled her eyes and said, “Young Miss, I went through a lot of trouble to bring you back from ‘kilig’ last night. Did you forget already?”

‘kilig’…

As Zhuang Xiao mentioned it, fragments of memories quickly pieced together in Chi Jianyue’s mind. She paused in the middle of buttering her toast, her expression clearly indicating that she remembered something. Zhuang Xiao, curious as ever, leaned in closer with an eager expression, “I’m just curious, we had plans at the ‘Garden,’ so how did you end up at ‘kilig’ all by yourself?”

“I went the wrong way,” Chi Jianyue replied calmly as she poured herself a glass of milk.

Zhuang Xiao and Chi Jianyue had known each other for over a decade, and she understood Chi Jianyue’s personality the best. The more nonchalant Zhuang Xiao appeared, the more there was something going on.

“Oh~ It seems ‘kilig’ is like a labyrinth. Once you go in, you can’t come out. I’ll have to experience it myself next time.”

With a mischievous glint in her eyes, Zhuang Xiao started her usual habit of rambling. Chi Jianyue was too lazy to dwell on this issue with her. After all, it was just an accident and there wouldn’t be a next time.

She still smelled of alcohol, hadn’t changed her clothes yet, and it was evident that Zhuang Xiao had only brought her back last night without doing anything else. Chi Jianyue was fastidious about cleanliness, and her appetite for breakfast diminished. She muttered, “I’m going to take a shower,” and attempted to leave.

“Wait!” Zhuang Xiao called out to her, restraining herself from being too playful. With a hesitant expression, she asked, “A-Yue, have you ever considered the possibility…that you don’t like men?”

?

“What do you mean?”

Zhuang Xiao couldn’t help but recall the scene of her friend struggling with a woman last night. There was an indescribable sense of ambiguity between them. She recognized the woman as Mama-san Ting Wan from ‘kilig.’ Those who frequented the nightlife scene had heard her name to some extent. She was a mysterious, beautiful, and dangerously alluring woman.

“Didn’t you say before that you’ve never liked Yang Yunsong?” Whether it was said out of frustration or a genuine question, what Zhuang Xiao was certain of was that her friend was astute in other matters but rather dull in matters of the heart. “You were together for two years, at least. If you didn’t like him, why did you stay with him for so long?”

“It just felt right…? And he had been good to me before. There wasn’t really a reason to break up,” Chi Jianyue didn’t understand the connection between all of this.

“Have you two ever…you know?” Zhuang Xiao asked with a hint of curiosity.

“……”

Seeing Chi Jianyue’s evasive gaze, Zhuang Xiao knew the answer. She was always straightforward in her speech. “If you truly like someone, you will have a physical desire for them. Making love comes naturally in that case. So, after being together for two years, you…never felt any desire for him?”

Desire…

Although Chi Jianyue may be slow in matters of the heart, she wasn’t foolish. Since entering puberty and experiencing the changes in her well-developed body, she had naturally felt that kind of longing. She had even searched online out of curiosity, but it never went beyond that.

The most intimate contact she had with Yang Yunsong was just kissing. After an initial attempt, she realized it didn’t live up to the dizzying and enchanting descriptions in novels, so she lost interest in it. Occasionally, when he tried to slip his tongue inside her mouth, she would furrow her brows, and Yang Yunsong would smartly back off.

Thinking about it now, it’s no wonder he said those things when they broke up.

Zhuang Xiao sighed. “Miss, maybe you might be attracted to women too?”

Chi Jianyue inexplicably thought of that woman who smelled so intoxicating, who smiled gently yet seemed suffocatingly oppressive. She turned away completely and left without looking back, leaving behind the words, “Then why don’t I spend more time looking in the mirror?” leaving Zhuang Xiao facepalming.

The girl in the mirror had a natural beauty, tinged with a hint of fatigue from the hangover. But her heavenly charm was still undeniable. Zhuang Xiao at least cherished this face and helped Chi Jianyue remove her makeup.

As the short skirt fell to the ground, Chi Jianyue turned her head to grab her earring. It was then, while looking at the reflection in the mirror, that she noticed the subtle discomfort she had felt after waking up—her left earlobe was empty, and she couldn’t find the other earring anywhere.

“Zhuang Xiao, did you see my earring?”

“No, I was actually going to ask you about it.”

Chi Jianyue’s jewelry was all quite valuable, but this pair of everyday earrings wasn’t so precious that she would go out of her way to retrieve it if lost. Usually, if she couldn’t find something, she would just forget about it.

But…

She guessed the most likely place it could have fallen, and thinking back to what Zhuang Xiao had said earlier, she pondered.

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Miss is straightforward in her words and thoughts.