Face Blind
Half-past six in the morning.
The drill ground was already full of students, and although everyone was not familiar with each other, there was still a lot of noise.
Zhi Ying took a cup of soy milk and a bag of buns from the cafeteria and navigated through the crowd.
She was about 1.7 meters tall (5'7"). She was taller than both an average girl and a boy who had not yet fully developed. When passing through the crowd, she also caught the attention of teachers passing by on the rostrum.
Class One was in the innermost part of the drill ground, and Class Two was close by. Everyone automatically lined up from shortest to tallest. Zhi Ying went straight to the back of the line of Class Two.
"Zhi Ying, good morning!" A familiar voice sounded from behind.
Zhi Ying turned around and stared at the person's face for a while, then said, "Morning, Zhao Qian."
"I'm so sleepy…" Zhao Qian pointed to the dark circles under his eyes that didn't exist, "I got up at six o'clock, and it took me twenty minutes to get here."
"Do you want to eat some buns?" Zhi Ying asked, raising the bag in her hand.
"What kind of stuffing? I don't eat meat." Another familiar voice came from the front.
"Bean paste and noodles." Zhi Ying turned around with the buns again.
"Li Ge, everything is about first come, first served." Zhao Qian hummed, and before Li Ge came over, he quickly grabbed a bun and stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Ge's moving target was too big; Han Jiaojiao saw it at a glance.
"I want some too!" Han Jiaojiao immediately ran over from the girls in front.
The four of them were eating steamed buns together, just like when they were drinking milk together yesterday.
Zhi Ying took a bite of the bun and sipped the soy milk. It felt more comfortable to eat compared to the other three people who were only eating the dry buns.
The buns from the cafeteria were too thick and firm.
Zhi Ying lowered her head to sip her soy milk, not thinking much, but then the surroundings suddenly became quiet. When she looked up, she saw Li Ge and the other two were all looking in the same direction.
She didn't see anything.
Zhi Ying didn't know what was going on, so she turned her head and looked around. She found that the people in Class Two had the same appearance as her friends, looking towards the opposite side.
Looking again, Zhi Ying still didn't find anything. On the contrary, she recognized the senior who showed her the way last time. Was she also a freshman in high school?
Zhi Ying still had a strong impression of her. After all, it was the first time she met a girl her age who was taller than her.
"Hello, hello." A teacher on the rostrum tested the mic.
"Please put the garbage in your hands into the trash cans outside the drill ground. The first mobilization meeting of the first year of high school will be held soon. Teachers are requested to stand at the front of their respective classes. "
Zhi Ying finished off the last bit of her soy milk. She saw the trash can next to the exit of Class One, and went through and threw away her trash.
The classmate who was showing her the way stood at the end of the line, and as Zhi Ying passed by, she ran into her naturally.
"Classmate, thank you for showing the way last time." Zhi Ying scratched her head embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I took you as a senior sister before. I didn't mean to call you older than you are."
Girls didn't like being called "old," and Zhi Ying felt that if she was unhappy, it would be normal.
"…" Jing Wei always felt that his temper was not bad. Because of his appearance, he needed to cultivate himself, so his emotions were basically always neutral.
But every time he saw this girl, it made him feel… unpleasant.
"I'm a male. Can't you tell?" Jing Wei frowned, his expression unchanged.
Zhi Ying was stunned.
She raised her face and looked at the face that looked pixelated on the other side and fell silent.
Facial blindness was not a disease, but it could kill people when it occurs.
In fact, it wasn't Zhi Ying who discovered she had facial blindness for the first time. It was her parents.
At the age of five and a half, Zhi Ying was at the mall with her parents, and she went to hold hands with a stranger who wore the same coat as her father. It was revealed then.
In fact, she had been dealing with it very well over the years, looking at people's hair and voices to distinguish between genders. The voice was the most helpful in determining who was who for Zhi Ying.
But Jing Wei hadn't spoken the last time he showed the way, and his long hair reached his waist. His hair was smoother than that of ordinary girls.
Of course, Zhi Ying had taken him as a female.
"I'm sorry." Zhi Ying dropped these words and ran back to her class in embarrassment.
"Please be quiet, students." The teacher on the podium began to speak.
Zhi Ying didn't listen. Instead, she kept peeking at Class One from time to time. She felt that she was a failure. This was another major mistake after mistaking a stranger for her father at the age of five and a half.
This time, she even had the wrong gender!
Fortunately, many people in Class Two were sneakily looking in the other direction, so Zhi Ying's small movements were not obvious.
After the meeting, it was the instructors' turn to lead their own teams.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Han Jiaojiao ran to the back of the team and stood in front of Zhi Ying. She turned her head and looked excited: "Zhi Ying, what did you just say to Jing Wei!"
"Who?" Zhi Ying looked at Han Jiaojiao blankly.
"Jing Wei!" Han Jiaojiao stomped her feet anxiously and pouted in the direction of Class One, "Just the guy that is best looking, the one with long hair."
"…Well, nothing." Zhi Ying tried to muddle through.
"I clearly saw you talking to him earlier." Han Jiaojiao couldn't believe it, "Do you know him?"
"Impossible. Zhi Ying is a local. How could she know a transfer student from another place?" Li Ge quietly appeared on the other side.
Zhi Ying nodded in agreement. "Last time he showed me the way in the school, I just thanked him."
As she happened to run into him, she wanted to say hello. Zhi Ying thought it was basic etiquette, although the two did not know each other.
As a result, she misidentified his gender.
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A/N
For plot needs, ZhiZhi is blind all the way to the neck, she can't see someone's Adam's apple. 乛v乛
[2]His name is Jing(静) Wěi(伟) .
Jing(静) pronounced as 'CHEENG' and means "calm or still/stable."
Wěi(伟) pronounced as 'WEY' and means "great."