Rebirth: Exclusive Love in the End of the World-Chapter 46 - Extra Dream of Love Part 1
Chapter 46: Chapter 46 Extra: Dream of Love, Part 1
Chapter 46 -46 Extra: Dream of Love, Part 1
The sun sloped in the west, and the noisy campus returned to tranquility, with students leaving the school gate with their backpacks in twos and threes, the surrounding scenery shrouded in the warm hues of the evening, blending into a hazy unity.
Only Han Jiaojiao remained in the classroom by herself.
She clung to her workbook, turning her head to watch the sunset outside the classroom window, blazing like a flame. However, she knew very well in her heart that this flame would soon disappear, to be replaced by the coming night.
Whenever this happened, she wished time would slow down a bit more, that the sunset would last a little longer… a bit longer…
“Jiaojiao, why are you still here?” Su Xue came in with her backpack. “If I hadn’t seen your family’s bodyguard at the school gate, I’d have thought you’d gone home.”
“I… I wanted to finish my homework before leaving,” Han Jiaojiao flipped through her workbook.
Su Xue approached, disbelief on her face, “Liar, I saw you finish your homework during the study period.”
Han Jiaojiao pursed her lips and remained silent.
Seeing her like this, a mix of curiosity and concern filled Su Xue. “Jiaojiao, what’s wrong? I can tell. Every day after school, you dawdle and refuse to leave, what’s the reason?
Han Jiaojiao didn’t know what to say. Or maybe, she simply couldn’t bring herself to say it.
She didn’t know when it began, but the way her brother looked at her felt strange… a bit uncomfortable…
After their parents died, this feeling seemed to intensify. She was still young, unable to articulate the reason or discern the root cause, but something about him made her subtly afraid.
The thought of going home and facing his gloomy face, and those deep, dark eyes made her involuntarily fearful…
Unable to help resisting, she resisted going back to that home.
Su Xue was her good friend and had asked her several times. Unable to hold back, Han Jiaojiao confided, “I’m a bit afraid of my brother…”
Surprised, Su Xue immediately looked her up and down, even grabbing her hand to inspect it, asking, “Did he hit you?”
Han Jiaojiao, somewhat amused, pulled back her hand, “What are you thinking? He didn’t hit me.”
“Then why are you afraid of him?” Su Xue couldn’t understand.
Han Jiaojiao thought seriously for a while and then slowly said, “… he always has a stern face, and when he looks at me, it’s also very gloomy and scary…”
Su Xue still looked baffled, “But that doesn’t make it scary enough for you not to want to go home. If you think he’s scary, just go to your room and don’t look at him.”
Yes, indeed, it wasn’t enough to make her not dare to go home…
Han Jiaojiao tilted her head, frowning, “Actually, I can’t quite explain that feeling, maybe… maybe it’s because he’s too strict with me.” After a long thought, she figured that was probably the only reason.
Su Xue agreed and nodded vigorously, “Your brother is indeed too strict with you.”
To this, Su Xue could relate all too well. Han Jiaojiao was followed by several bodyguards no matter where she went, even when she visited Su Xue’s house, those bodyguards would wait by the door.
Once, while they were out shopping, they encountered a vendor selling roasted corn. The wafting aroma drew them in, both of them drooling with desire, eagerly preparing to buy some to eat, when Han Jiaojiao’s bodyguard suddenly came over and said, “Miss, the young master has instructed that you may not eat these street snacks, they aren’t clean.”
Su Xue was very angry. She exclaimed how this could still be happening in today’s world, likening it to ancient times when personal freedom was non-existent. Just eating a piece of roasted corn needed to be controlled; that was too excessive! So many people on the street were eating without issues, so why couldn’t they? After her lengthy rant, the bodyguard did not intervene further, but Han Jiaojiao had lost her appetite for the roasted corn. She told Su Xue that she didn’t feel like eating it after all, and they might as well forget it…
Another time, Su Xue and Han Jiaojiao had agreed to join the school’s tennis club, but the very next day Han Jiaojiao, with great embarrassment, told Su Xue that she couldn’t go because her brother had found out about it and disapproved. The reason was that he found the club’s attire… the skirts were too short.
Things like these were really too numerous to count.
Han Jiaojiao lay her head on the desk and let out a long sigh, “When will such days come to an end…”
Su Xue was very sympathetic, “You can only wait until you’re eighteen.” Han Yi was still Han Jiaojiao’s guardian.
Alas, there were still three years…
Would everything change after three years? Han Jiaojiao felt it was somewhat surreal.
She lay her head on the desk and murmured, “Actually, I’m afraid he has other reasons.”
“What else?” Su Xue asked her.
Han Jiaojiao glanced at her, her tone hesitant, “If I tell you, you might not believe it.”
Young girls couldn’t resist such words. Su Xue immediately said, “Just tell me, go on, I’ll definitely believe you!”
Han Jiaojiao looked around and, seeing that there really was no one nearby, whispered to Su Xue, “Do you remember when we sneaked off to the grand theater to watch the performance?”
“I do.” Of course Su Xue remembered; Han Jiaojiao’s brother had a rule that she had to be home before eight o’clock at night, yet the performance didn’t start until eight, and in order to watch it, they had gone to great lengths to ditch those few bodyguards.
“After we entered, I had been seated for less than three minutes when my brother found me.”
Su Xue nodded; she remembered that too.
Han Jiaojiao just quietly stared at Su Xue for a while, and Su Xue eventually couldn’t help but ask, “What happened next?”
Han Jiaojiao looked troubled and said, “Don’t you find it odd? The theater lights were all turned off, and the audience was in complete darkness, so how did he find me in such a short time?”
Su Xue froze, a little slow to react.
Han Jiaojiao continued, “And there was that other time, when we shook off the bodyguards to go to the amusement park, and suddenly it started to rain. He came to the amusement park to pick me up, and with the park so huge and crowded, how did he find me?”
Su Xue’s eyebrows furrowed deeply, “Now that you mention it, it does seem very strange… Could it be that your brother has installed a tracker on you?”
Han Jiaojiao’s face showed a bitter smile, “Maybe.”
Each time she went out, her clothes and shoes were different, and even the bags she carried varied. How could he possibly have planted a tracker ahead of time? Actually, Han Jiaojiao already had a vague idea, but seeing Su Xue’s nervous look, she didn’t really want to say it out loud… After all, saying it wouldn’t change anything, would it?
—The idea that her brother could somehow sense his sister’s location was downright fantastical.
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At this moment, Su Xue seemed to have settled on the thinker theory, and she felt outraged on behalf of Han Jiaojiao, thinking Han Yi’s actions were too excessive.
“Doesn’t he understand privacy?! That’s way too much!”
Su Xue angrily finished speaking and suddenly had an idea. She took Han Jiaojiao’s hand, “You can’t just accept things passively; you should fight to reclaim your rights! Come on, let’s go sing at the KTV!”
“Ah? No way, I have to be home by eight.”
“Come on, have some opinion of your own, it’s time he knew you won’t let him push you around! Let’s go, let’s go, the first step to claiming your rights to freedom and privacy starts today!”
