Chapter 13 Part 1- Karma of Lying to a Child

Translated by: Jellylynn

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Edited by: Lynn

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Names mentioned in this chapter (which can also be found in the glossary ):

-俞知乐(yú zhī lè)- Yu Zhi Le, the female protagonist.

-余子涣(yú zǐ huàn)- Yu Zi Huan, the male lead

“What about me?” Yu Zhi Le put up a front and desperately tried to appear a little more natural. However, her gaze drifted involuntarily, just not on Yu Zi Huan.

Yu Zi Huan was too occupied to notice her abnormality because his head was also down as he didn’t dare to look at Yu Zhi Le.

“Is irregular menstruation… a very serious illness?” Yu Zhi Huan’s fair cheeks flushed. He knew little about this aspect. Although he was shy, he was unwilling to avoid talking about it out of concern for Yu Zhi Le’s health condition.

Yu Zhi Le froze for a moment. Hearing the hesitation and shyness in his tone, her wandering gaze finally drifted over to meet his flickering eyes. It was as if a thin layer of blush was applied to his face, making his face appear fair. Yu Zhi Le unconsciously wanted to tease him.

Yu Zhi Le looked at Yu Zi Huan with a straight face and acted as if she was being earnest and said, “En, it’s very serious. It is possible that I will die.”

Yu Zi Huan drew in a cold breath. His eyes no longer wavered, but full of spirits and clear as he glared at Yu Zhi Le. He grabbed her wrist and said, “Let’s go to the hospital now.”

Yu Zhi Le was dragged along for several steps before she found a chance to say, “Hey, hey, hey. Don’t be in such a hurry.”

Yu Zi Huan didn’t turn around. His small body was still struggling to drag Yu Zhi Le, who was half a head taller than him. But he still stubbornly marched forward. Yu Zhi Le couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst out laughing, “Sorry, sorry, sorry. I was lying to you. It’s not that serious.”

Yu Zi Huan stopped on his feet and looked back at her suspiciously. Yu Zhi Le said again with a straight face, “Didn’t you hear what the old Chinese doctor said just now? He will only prescribe me medicine if it doesn’t come in a few days. This means it is not a big issue.”

Yu Zi Huan speechlessly released Yu Zhi Le’s wrist. He stood silently and did not look at her.

“Are you angry again?”

Yu Zhi Le walked towards him and bumped his shoulder. Yu Zi Huan stumbled but stood firm and turned around. He lowered his head and still did not look at her.

Yu Zhi Le bent down and inched her face towards the front of Yu Zi Huan. She blinked her big eyes and said innocently, “I’m not entirely lying to you. Irregular menstrual cycle is indeed serious, but my situation is not critical.”

How could that not be critical? If she was really pregnant with Jesus, she would be in labour soon. Yu Zhi Le inwardly complained. Ever since she met Yu Zi Huan, her skill of telling lies with her eyes open had improved.

“You know that menstruation is a sign that a girl is growing up, right?” Yu Zhi Le intentionally cleared her throat. She originally wanted to say that it was a sign of development, but in the end, she changed her expression to a milder one.

Yu Zi Huan’s face showed a hint of a blush. After seeing his shy appearance, Yu Zhi Le’s originally somewhat unnatural tone gradually eased because of her sudden sense of superiority as an experienced person, “Simply put, whether the menstruation cycle is normal or not is also one of the criteria to gauge whether a girl is healthy or not. If the menstruation is irregular, the emotional instability and irritability caused by the endocrine disorder is very bad, let alone the fact that it can lead to infertility and the various physical discomforts that accompany it…”

Yu Zhi Le unknowingly digressed. And when she realised that, Yu Zi Huan was already looking up, listening to her lecture on ‘irregular menstruation’ with great seriousness. Facing his almost inquisitive eyes, she was embarrassed again. Only after a brief pause did she go back to the original topic, “So, it is really not easy to be a girl, you know?”

She patted her hands on Yu Zi Huan’s shoulders and acted as if she was magnanimous. “I don’t even pick on you when you always make me angry. But that is because I give in to you. Other girls might not give in to you. And as a man, you should take good care of the girls around you. How will you get a wife if you are always angry about the little things?”

Yu Zhi Le admired herself for how much the topic had digressed to reach this point.

However, on the surface, Yu Zhi Le still maintained her pretence of righteousness. Facing a somewhat baffled and confused Yu Zi Huan, she once again patted him on the shoulder encouragingly with the mesmerizing smile of an old cadre comforting the masses.

Yu Zi Huan seemingly understood and nodded his head. “En. I get it.”

Yu Zhi Le saw that what she had said was effective and that Yu Zi Huan was not angry anymore. A hint of happiness was barely shown when she was frightened by his following words.

“I didn’t know you struggled so hard every month before, and I didn’t consider your feelings.”

Yu Zhi Le let out a dry laugh. She never expected Yu Zi Huan to have a clear head and brought back to the original topic.

Yu Zi Huan bit his lower lip and lowered his head. He said in a softer voice than earlier, “I won’t be angry in the future. I’ll give in to you. So you should also get better, okay? Don’t let… the irregularity get any worse.”

Yu Zhi Le looked at his discreet stealthy glance and suddenly felt touched. It was similar to the mentality of an old mother when a well-raised son finally understood. She hurriedly shook her head to toss away this horrible empathy. She stretched her arms and playfully wrapped her arms around his neck, “As long as you behave yourself. My cycle will definitely not be irregular anymore.”

But Yu Zhi Le would often rub her belly late at night and tell herself to relax. She prayed for her ‘aunt’ to come but she never came to bestow a favour on her. She couldn’t help but feel that it was really wrong to lie to children.

This was probably karma.