Jian Sichun straightened her back, staring directly at Shi Hai's face with a stern expression, much like a criminal awaiting a judge's sentence.
She thought that being alone with Shi Hai was difficult to control herself, but she just had to hold out until Shi Hai's mother returned!
She must endure!
"Talking... that's fine. So, let's talk about you?"
"Okay!"
Jian Sichun's nervousness was so evident that her voice rose several notches.
"My name is Jian Sichun! I'm twenty years old! I'm a second-year student in the animation department of the Art Academy!"
"My interests include drawing (lewd) pictures, cosplay, singing, and dancing. My special skill is high-intensity gaming livestreams!"
"I'm 165cm tall, weigh 48kg, and from top to bottom I'm eighty–"
"Stop!"
Shi Hai quickly interrupted.
He almost heard numbers that would be forever etched in his mind.
"We're not on a blind date; there's no need to be so formal..."
Besides, even on a blind date, no one would report their measurements.
Jian Sichun revealed all her personal information primarily to let Shi Hai know about her hobbies.
"By the way, you're in the animation department?"
Here it comes!
That curious look in his eyes!
Their connection began because they shared common interests!
When it came to discussing anything related to the otaku world, Jian Sichun prided herself on being able to talk for days without repeating herself.
After all, she was a genuine otaku.
Jian Sichun always loved playing games and watching anime, and she also enjoyed challenging hardcore games and niche games, creating and uploading strategy videos.
In her past life, Jian Sichun was an online content creator with over a million followers, focusing on livestreaming and video uploads.
Shi Hai acted as her content planner, scriptwriter, and video editor.
They were a team, occasionally including Shi Hai's little sister and mother in their vlogs, making their channel lively and engaging.
"That's right! I'm in the animation department! I'm very good at drawing!"
"That's impressive."
Although Shi Hai also liked watching anime and playing games, he wouldn't necessarily call himself an otaku.
Shi Hai just enjoyed 'reading stories.'
He could watch anime with Jian Sichun, watch TV dramas with his mother, read web novels alone, and often visit the library to find regular novels.
He was interested in any story that captured his attention.
"So, you wear an eye patch because of this? Are you imitating a character from an anime?"
"Uh, actually, this eye patch is..."
"If it's a sensitive topic, you don't have to tell me."
"It's not that... I'll take it off and show you."
"Is that okay?"
"Yes, it's fine if it's you."
Jian Sichun removed her eye patch and lifted her bangs.
Then, what appeared before Shi Hai was...
An orange-yellow iris, shimmering faintly with a golden hue.
"Just to clarify, I'm not wearing colored contact lenses!"
"Yeah, colored contacts don't look this vivid..."
Colored contact lenses in real life are more like enhancements to one's natural eye color. Many times, if you don't look closely, you might not even notice them.
But Jian Sichun's right eye was too striking.
"So, it's real heterochromia?"
"To be precise, it's called heterochromia iridum. It's quite common in wild animals, but very rare in humans. Only 0.01% of people have it."
This little factoid was something Shi Hai had told her in the future.
"So, wearing the eye patch isn't because your vision is impaired?"
"No, I've had it checked many times as a child. The doctors said it doesn't affect my vision, and I don't have color blindness. It's a congenital condition caused by genetic factors."
"I see. So, if it's not a vision problem, is it because you've been discriminated against?"
"Well... because my eyes are different colors, I was called a freak by my classmates... since then, I've been wearing an eye patch."
"Sorry, if it's uncomfortable to talk about, you can stop."
This was opening someone else's wounds, so Shi Hai apologized first.
Jian Sichun had indeed been very conscious of this issue.
It was almost a psychological trauma.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have been wearing the eye patch even in college.
And this psychological trauma was completely healed after meeting Shi Hai.
She now wanted to hear Shi Hai say those words again.
"It's okay. Actually, it's not that bad. After entering college, people around me stopped caring about it."
That was a lie.
In her past life, Jian Sichun had a fight with her roommate over copying her designs. Her roommate used her eye as an attack point to insult her.
So Jian Sichun couldn't stand it and went to cry to Shi Hai, who then took her home.
"Moreover, my dad always said my eyes were pretty and cool, like I was a chosen princess or something..."
As a child, Jian Sichun genuinely believed those words.
Then she naturally developed a chuunibyou (middle school syndrome), with odd behavior and gothic-style dress.
This caused her to lose the right to make friends throughout her entire high school period.
In reality, chuunibyou gives people the impression of being a weirdo, always saying strange things and failing to communicate properly. Who would want to be friends with such a person?
Because her entire high school time was spent alone and lonely, Jian Sichun resolved to find like-minded people by applying to the animation department.
She didn't find anyone in the department, but she met Shi Hai.
"Indeed, I agree with your father. Heterochromia is a moe point."
"—!"
Shi Hai had said similar words to her in her memory.
"Is that so? Isn't it weird?"
"I think it's very attractive. It has that special charm."
"That special charm?"
Jian Sichun's lewd radar started beeping again.
Her mind was already imagining Shi Hai approaching and lifting her chin.
However, Shi Hai, oblivious to such thoughts, said something that made her fall flat.
"Yes, the charm of chuunibyou."
"Ugh!"
In the end, she was still considered a chuunibyou!
Jian Sichun pounded the table and stood up, shouting.
"I wear the eye patch precisely to avoid being seen as a chuunibyou!"
"But wearing the eye patch makes you look like a chuunibyou anyway..."
"But there's nothing I can do! I've tried wearing black contact lenses, but they don't cover well enough, and there's still a color difference... I wish my left eye was as subtle as my right."
"Your left eye is heterochromatic too?"
"Yes, actually, my left eye has a bit of a color deviation... Look closer."
"Okay..."
Shi Hai leaned in a little closer.
"Closer! You can't see clearly from that far away!"
Jian Sichun directly pressed both hands on his cheeks, pulling him in front of her.
Close enough to feel each other's warm breath on their skin.
Though she couldn't taste, she could at least smell his scent, right? Enjoying Shi Hai's scent, Jian Sichun asked.
"Look closely, it's a bit reddish, right?"
"Indeed... it's dark red, but from a distance, it looks almost black."
"Exactly, so the left side is fine, but the right side is too obvious."
After letting go of Shi Hai and seeing him sit back, Jian Sichun felt a bit unsatisfied.
However, after a close encounter with Shi Hai, she could temporarily suppress her impulses.
"I can't cover both eyes, right?"
"Well... that would be another moe point."
Shi Hai thought that obscured eyes could also have a certain mysterious beauty.
And Jian Sichun had indeed worn a full-face eye patch for her cosplay of the Fire Keeper and 2B.
"However, wearing an eye patch with heterochromia beneath still screams chuunibyou."
"But I'm really not chuunibyou! My words are normal, and my clothes are normal too, right?"
As she spoke, Jian Sichun stood up and twirled around.
Today, she wore a loose hoodie with a hood, a short skirt, and long socks, leaning towards a cute style.
Shi Hai stroked his chin, seemingly puzzled.
"So... you're really not chuunibyou?"
Afraid that Shi Hai wouldn't believe her, Jian Sichun heavily nodded, placing her hand on her chest and solemnly swearing.
"I swear on my life, I'm really not chuunibyou! I graduated from it long ago!"
"I see..."
This was the confirmation Shi Hai wanted.
Because with the vital clue that "Jian Sichun is not chuunibyou," he could draw a conclusion.
Shi Hai decided to go straight to the point.
"So, you're a reincarnator?"
The instant she heard those words, Jian Sichun gasped.
She felt her heart stop beating.
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