Give Me Another Smile

ard her deskmate's words.
Then, frowning unhappily, she asked, “When did I get a friend?”

Yin Zhao-an's deskmate pouted when she heard Yin Zhao-an's words.
Then, in an aggrieved tone, she said, “If she's not your friend, why would you go home with her every day…”

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“What?! Where is she?!” Yin Zhao-an instantly snapped awake, her abrupt reaction giving her deskmate a scare.
Then, the deskmate stiffly pointed at the sports field.

When the deskmate saw that Yin Zhao-an had already arrived downstairs, a song's melody suddenly came to her mind.
“If this isn't…” Cough, cough…considered a friend.[1]

…

“Tang-Tang!”

Tang Yu instinctively shuddered and gripped the edges of her shirt with her dirty hands when she heard Yin Zhao-an's voice.

After running up to Tang Yu, Yin Zhao-an took a moment to catch her breath before she asked, “It's almost time for class.
Why did you come out here by yourself?”

“…”

Yin Zhao-an grew a little confused when she saw the person before her keeping her head down and staying silent.
After wiping her sweaty hands on her shirt, she tentatively reached for Tang Yu's delicate face and lifted it.
“What's wrong? Why aren't you talk—”

Before Yin Zhao-an could lift Tang Yu's face entirely, she felt something warm and moist sliding past her fingers.
Although Yin Zhao-an didn't know what kind of expression the person before her was currently making, she knew that her own expression had turned incredibly ugly.

Tang Yu fell into a little daze when she felt Yin Zhao-an gently wiping her tears away.
Then, she heard a helpless and childish sigh coming from above her, which was then followed by the following words:

“Why won't you ever tell me anything?”

…

Tang Yu was still in a daze when she stood in the school's faculty office.
In the meantime, Yin Zhao-an had already found the head teacher for Tang Yu's classroom and explained the whole situation to the other party.
She also reported the names of those who threw Tang Yu's schoolbag into the dustbin.
The teachers in the faculty office were taken aback when they heard about Tang Yu's experiences.
Some of them got angry, while some found the situation unbelievable.

Tang Yu's head teacher was a balding middle-aged man.
After he finished listening to Yin Zhao-an's tale, he looked toward the silent Tang Yu and asked, “Is this true?”

Just as Tang Yu was about to nod, Yin Zhao-an stepped in front of her to shield her.
Then, Yin Zhao-an said, “There is a surveillance camera in the classroom, so you can check it yourself, Teacher.
I promise I did not lie about any of this.
Also…”

Pausing, Yin Zhao-an turned to look at Tang Yu, a flash of tenderness that she didn't notice appearing in her eyes.
Then, she continued:

“My Big Sister is a little introverted and doesn't like to speak.
So, I hope you can be more considerate of her, Teacher.”

When the balding head teacher heard Yin Zhao-an's words, he couldn't help but nudge his glasses and take a closer look at the two girls before him.
Then, in a confused tone, he asked, “She is…”

Without hesitation, Yin Zhao-an repeated, “She is my big sister.”

…

TL Notes:

[1]If this isn't: The song referenced here is “If This Isn't Love(如果这都不算爱)” by Jacky Cheung(张学友).