"Heyyyy, Yinyin! Wake up!"
Ugh...noisy...
"What?.." I say while walking over to open the door.
"Don't you have to go now?" She says while hitting my back looking at me with concern.
I forgot about that.
Right after she said that I went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.
The water was warm, hearing the water hit the ground felt so... calming.
Im too caught up studying so much that I forget to sleep a good amount.
Is there more to life other than studying and working? I can't seem to find anything other than taking care of Chenyao.
Well, I don't have many classes today, I should probably start looking for a good place to celebrate her birthday and pick out a good gift.
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Miss Zhu's classes are really long, but whatever it's not like I can skip them.
Today I had...3 classes...
Not much, but I should get going to see what to buy, I know I have a lot of time left but still, I want to buy her something great.
I know there's a shop that sells her favorite character of a...cartoon? Honest I don't know much about it, but I know it's a cat.
Its kinda popular and always gets sold out so I should hurry...
When I got there, there were barely any.
While looking at them, I saw the cat.
As soon as I touched it, someone else already grabbed it.
"Oh! Wait aren't you that medical student that has the best grades?!" The guy said with amusement.
"Huh? What?" I was confused, but I was more focused on the plush.
"Ah, sorry for saying it loudly and suddenly, I'm Xian Yi Fei, from business administration. Do you like this show?"
"Honestly, no. But I need it, its...a gift for someone really important to me."
"Ah, I'm buying it for my sister because she likes it..uh maybe we can make a deal since the restock is going to take a while.." He said nervously.
Deal? What deal??? Is this another weirdo?
"What's your deal?"
"Well, I know this sounds kinda dumb but, can you maybe help me take care of my sister? I know you are also studying but..if you have some free time, could you like..babysit her?"
His face is red, definitely embarrassed for this.
Taking care of a girl I don't know...that's kinda what I did with her...
But this is a younger person, not an adult...
I really need to get this for Chenyao.
But doing that...
"Fine, I agree, now please let me get that for my friend."
"Ah really? Thank you so much...uh.."
"Li Shiying."
"Thank you so much, Li Shiying. See you."
He says while smiling.
More work to do huh.
Atleast I don't have to worry more about the gifts.
That first interaction was ...weird.
Kinda embarrassing too, over a plush.
Whatever, its not like this is going to go on for a long time.
Its just like babysitting right? Don't have to do much, unless if it's a baby, that's way more annoying.
Still, was it stupid if me to just say yes to a stranger like that?
Yes it was.
But was it worth it?
If it's for Chenyao, absolutely.
I wonder what that girl is like, is she a troublemaker or something? Or maybe one of those that always want to go out and end up running away...or...no, I don't think it will be something like that...
But if it is, then I will do the best, the best I will ever do.
Im actually a little uneasy about this, could this be a lie? Is that girl having that kind of problem? Ahh... Why am I even overthinking this?
Whatever, its not the time to worry about this for now, I have to find a great place and study more.
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As soon as I got home, I went straight to my desk.
I need to study more.
No matter what.
I need to be useful.
Looking at my textbook, I notice that I haven't been resting well lately.
Chenyao will worry more...
I really need to focus on both studies and myself, but doing both at the same time is stressful, its hard to keep up, sometimes even the studies will fuck you over.
Would my parents feel better if I was a professional? Or will they still be disappointed and all just because I'm a woman?
I think they just wouldn't even look at me, in the end, people don't change. They don't see that they are in the wrong, neither want to accept it.
I'm always thinking of Hua Chenyao, its not because I'm attracted to her or anything like that, its because I see her as my sister, and she sees me as her sister too, the only family we have is eachother, no one else, its unfair, truly unfair.
If only those adults could understand.
Xian Yi Fei... Same age as us... Different major though, he doesn't seem suspicious or weird.
Ugh, Li Shiying, not everyone is like the people you met in the past, stop thinking about it, stop over thing, stop remembering, stop comparing.
Just.
Ugh.
Let's see... What do I have for tomorrow...
Class, then a little break...another class...another one...and then work...
Talking about work... I need to focus on that too, we need to pay rent and all...
Wait, I didn't even give that guy my number to talk about the babysitting...
Ah whatever, he already kinda knew me, he could probably just ask anyone about it.
Its pretty late huh...the sky is beautiful today, I could stare at it for hours but... I really need to sleep.