Transmigrating into a Book: Beating Up the Little Tyrant Today

"Believe it or not, if you return it now, she'll definitely think you're planning to go against her."

The eel asked, puzzled, "Can't I just not want it?"

"That's just how she is. If things don't go the way she expects, she'll turn shady."

Blizzard patted the eel and said, "Don't worry, she wouldn't be that kind. She must have her own ulterior motives."

"You don't know, last time I came to Hainan for training, I bought a drink and found out I won a free bottle, but I only remembered it when I got back to Beijing."

"The team's convenience store wouldn't give me a refund, so I just threw it away. I didn't expect to see Qiu Shiyue pick it up when I turned around."

"You know, as soon as I got off the train in Hainan, I saw her running to the convenience store to exchange my bottle cap."

"So it's unusual for her to spend so much money on things, but these are real pearls... I want to see just how generous she can be. Next time I see her, let's do this..."

Blizzard whispered about his plans.

"Is this okay? Won't it be a bit of a rip-off?" the eel asked.

Blizzard snorted, "We're not stealing or robbing, what are we afraid of?"

Sasha listened for a long time before asking, "I've never seen you wear any jewelry. You know about pearls?"

"Okay."

However, her music teacher from her previous life, Jiang Yang, had given her a pearl bracelet, saying that Xiao Mei didn't like it anymore and that he had given it to her.

She didn't dare accept the money because she didn't know the price. She only found out after checking that it was only forty or fifty yuan, so she knew a little bit about it.

I could afford to pay him back, so I accepted it without hesitation and treated him to meals at the school cafeteria a few times as a way of returning the gift, while also teasing him for giving this to Xiaomei.

Xiao Mei is a true "rich, beautiful, and fair-skinned" princess who is allergic to silver jewelry, so it's no wonder that no one would be interested in her.

She would offer him free advice, subtly finding out what Xiaomei liked and then relaying it to him. The only reward was treating her to a meal.

Jiang Yang readily agreed.

*

That afternoon at the training ground, there were more sparring partners practicing with Qiu Shiyue.

Each athlete has a different playing style, so I played against Qiu Shiyue one by one and taught her the techniques.

By the time they finished their round, it was already past 5 p.m., almost lunchtime. Eel gave Blizzard a wink, and Blizzard nodded in response.

Sasha whispered to Blizzard, "How can I get angry with you without sounding fake?"

The eel on the other end handed the pearl necklace to Qiu Shiyue: "I can't accept something for nothing. I feel it's not right for me to take it. You should take it back."

Qiu Shiyue pushed the box back: "Are you afraid it's fake? I personally picked these out and delivered them to everyone. I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that I haven't bought anything for everyone over the years. Please forgive me if I was ignorant in the past."

Seeing how earnest she was, Eel hesitated: "But I saw that Blizzard and Sasha didn't receive it. We're such good friends, it's not appropriate for only me to wear it."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Sasha.

The time has come.

Blizzard, with his back to them and facing Sasha, spoke without opening his mouth: "I ate the three big chicken legs you hid in the box while you were away."

Sasha's eyes widened, requiring absolutely no acting skills; her face was filled with sorrow.

We agreed that she would start dieting after she finished eating, right?

She rolled her eyes and stormed off, her footsteps so powerful they seemed to slam a hole in the ground.

"See?" Eel spread her hands. "This morning they weren't happy when they saw me holding the necklace. After I left, I heard them arguing, saying that if it weren't for the other person, they would definitely have received a gift. Now everyone else has one except them."

"Really?" Qiu Shiyue was a little skeptical. "They're as close as conjoined twins, how could they get angry over a necklace?"

Her intelligence suddenly kicked in, and the eel, staring at her, almost forgot what it was about to say.

noon--

"What if Qiu Shiyue doesn't believe me?"

Blizzard said, "The thing she really wants to see is me and Sasha bickering. If she sees us angry, she'll definitely believe it."

"If she really doesn't believe you, you can just say... say that I like Big Head, and that you can't stand Sasha and Big Head teaming up for mixed doubles, and that their relationship is in jeopardy."

"The pearl necklace was just the trigger. Sasha not only stole my man, but also made me feel unwelcome and unable to receive any gifts. That's the kind of person she is; she'll definitely believe it."

Eel and Sasa's jaws fell to the ground.

Eel: "Is this reason really that outrageous?"

Sasha: "You're pushing yourself way too hard!"

“We might find it outrageous, but Qiu Shiyue can believe it. In her mind, Da Tou is so outstanding that everyone covets him. She thinks that others think the same way. If you put yourself in her shoes, my statement won’t seem so outrageous.”

"Hiss—" Sasha shivered. "I'm a little confused."

Blizzard laughed and said, "If she really doesn't fall for it, we won't lose anything. It's just a matter of saying a few more words."

……

The eel came to its senses and said what it had been expected.

Qiu Shiyue fell silent after hearing this.

Just when Eel thought Qiu Shiyue also thought those words were outrageous, she suddenly stomped her foot and sighed:

"She's really good at hiding things; even I was fooled. Blizzard never lets me get close to Brother Tou, and I thought it was because she didn't want me to interfere with his training, but it turns out she had ulterior motives all along!"

eel:"……"

Qiu Shiyue's eyes darted around, and she made up her mind.

She didn't react for the next two days, and the eel thought it had failed.

Another day passed, and unexpectedly, Qiu Shiyue gave her a pearl bracelet. Compared to the necklace, the bracelet had fewer pearls, but they were larger and rounder.

Even someone like her, who's not an expert, could tell it wasn't cheap.

Qiu Shiyue said, "You can pass on a message to Blizzard: I don't have any deep-seated hatred for her. If possible, I'm willing to be good friends with her. She can have such a good thing too, as long as she doesn't go against me."

Between Blizzard and Sys, Sys is still a bit more dangerous.

The way Da Tou looks at Blizzard and Sasha is completely different.

I can't speak for others, but Blizzard is definitely having a one-sided crush.

After some initial refusal, Eel finally accepted the gift after many people saw her unable to refuse and Qiu Shiyue forcefully stuffed it into her pocket.

Back in my dorm, I showed it to Blizzard for a thorough look. Afraid I might have misjudged it, I found a blogger online to take a look and confirmed that it was worth around seven or eight hundred, if not more. The more I looked at it, the happier I became.

Qiu Shiyue knew she was furious, but she had no reason to go back.

Meanwhile, the more she looked, the more something seemed off, so she asked the blogger another question.

"I'd like to ask if there's a saying that pearls become more realistic the more you wear them?"

Blogger: "...Are you here to make fun of me?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant. It's just that I used to have a string of low-quality pearls, about forty or fifty yuan, visibly rough, but they became shinier and rounder after I wore them, and I felt they looked better than this bracelet... I always thought the pearls were shiny because I sweat a lot, and rounder because my wrists rubbed them..."

Blogger: "Do you think you're a clam?"

"..." This person's words are really sharp. "So you're saying it's impossible?"

Blogger: "If it were possible, you should have been kidnapped long ago and made to grind inferior beads for people. Even the oysters would have to go out of business."

"..."

"Take a picture and show it to me, I'm quite curious."

Blizzard thought for a moment, "There might not be a chance."

This bead won't appear for at least several years; it's nowhere to be found now.

I closed the chat window with the blogger and told them the real price of the eel bracelet.

"She's quite generous."

Blizzard nodded: "Qiu Shiyue is really willing to go to great lengths to drive a wedge between me and Sasha."

Then she put down the bracelet: "But her generosity was targeted."

"The members of Team One, like Da Meng and the others, received genuine beads; I've seen them. The sparring partners of Team Two only received beads worth a few dozen yuan, the kind that can be even cheaper wholesale."

Eel gestured for Blizzard to be quiet, then pointed to his phone; Qiu Shiyue was calling.