Immature

Propping her legs on Qin Feiyu's messy desk, Zhu Hua flicked through his slow laptop and swept through the data.

Looking at her health history from the recent accident till now, she took a deep breath and looked at the reflection of her self on the propped up mirror.

Folding down her glasses, she looked at the paper white skin and the yellowish hair- mimicking her brother as best as she could. The silvery white lashes cast a shadow over the impenetrable but dull eyed gaze.

The red blood vessels around her pupils are particularly dazzling, added with the lazy and domineering posture gives a kind of oppressive allure.

Rubbing the ends of a strand and sniffing it, a little hint of chemicals remained although overpowered by the smell of peppermint flavoured shampoo.

"Partial... Albinism?" She murmured swivelling her chair ignoring his intrigued look and walked over to the sink and rinsed her face with cold water. Like an actor wipes away the stage make up after the show.

The water droplets decorated her face like cascading diamonds as she created a parabolic arc , tossing a way the used tissue into the trash can. A handsome part in the swept back hair revealed the ambiguous face with a sharp jawline and pearlescent skin, a little red from the violent washing.

'Really... what a beautiful brat.'

"What's wrong?" He asked looking up from the checklist as he stocked the medicine cabinet with drugs.

"I don't look Chinese?"

"Is that a bad thing?"

"But I don't look like my parents at all." She whispered stubbornly, considering doing a DNA test secretly.

Locking up the metal cabinet with a key, throwing away the plastic wrap and cardboard he laughed with a smirk.

'Am I becoming your personal psychiatrist now?'

Feeling her low spirits he sighed and said seriously.

"I don't know whether you notice it, but what you do and say are different to how you feel... aren't they?" He spoke quietly just so that she could hear, not minding that she turned her face away from him.

Crossing his arms as the strong arm muscles in his doctors coat bulged, holding a poker face he spoke concisely directly hitting Zhu Hua's soft spot mercilessly.

"Do you think that your albinism is the reason why your parents hate you-or because of... that? There doesn't have to be a reason for people to hate another."

"You came to this school, dyed your hair and hid your face with prescription glasses that you don't need-"

"It's an act."

"How long do you plan on playing this role? He attends a vocational school in city B and doesn't have interactions with people in the capital. He hangs around with gangsters and doesn't learn properly, why are you pretending to be something your not?"

She said nothing but clenched her hand.

"How much is the Liu families affection worth?" The razor blade nails dig into the flesh of her palm.

"Your background itself the Xie family is unusual, your grandfather himself doesn't look exactly Chinese. At least he doesn't feel a sense of inferiority like you."

Blood dripped down the back of her hand, staining the cuff of her white shirt. Her head burning up with the insults she listened to, as anger swept over her and her breathing became disorderly.

"Don't hurt the people who care most about you for people who wouldn't come to visit when your sick and dying."

Her eyes dilated at his words and swallowed the lump in her throat with guilt.

"Your showing the world that your embarrassed about the only person whose helped to raise you. How long are you planning on being the pawn for the Liu family?"

Unable to stop herself she slammed a metal kidney on to the floor her swollen, red eyes glaring at him with ferocity. Throwing a sloppy punch towards him, as her hand trembled and bled out. He held down her wrist and blocked her attacks tiring her out.

"You're so angry that you would hurt yourself, which part was it that became so unbearable for you?"

"I'm not his pawn." She emphasised clearly.

"And your not a stand-in." Pushing him away and slipping out of his hold, she wanted to leave but Dr. Qin tried to grab on to her wrist once more.

But she ended up punching the wall behind him and raising her head viciously.

"What else do you have to say?"

"If you're suffering go to a psychiatrist, You're not a clown that you should hide your sorrow behind a smiling face."

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Stiffening she hung her head low and removed the clenched hand the mauled hand cast a bright red splatter, like children playing with paint.

"You... purposely."

"But it would be also good if he doesn't take over Xie group y'know?" He said sheepishly with a playful smile.

"Old fox-bastard, I know!"

"You could have killed me- ah really! Look at this wall and your hand tsk, tsk." Holding the medicine box and pulling her along to clean up the wound.

"Well it's no wonder you don't do Military practice/physical education, it would have been assault." He said like a dog wagging his tail. "But they even do stuff like horse riding and archery."

"Horse riding?" Sighing with annoyance.

"Are you going to continue going against dress code? Or do I have to report you?"

"Just let the shampoo/ dye mixture finish." She whined. "Don't you know how expensive it was to get a hair dye that wouldn't affect the colour and lustre of your original hair?"

"No."

"What about schoolwork?" He asked sternly watched as she struggled to open up a lollipop and place it before him, with an attempt to feed it to him.

"Actually the only reason why I agreed to it in the first place was because I can stay in China whilst eating... and pooping for free." She said looking at his displeased face.

"I bought a lot manga and reconfigured my computer so I can play games all weekend." Quickly dodging his finger flick with a smirk.

"Do you know how tiring it is being this handsome? What if girls started to scream about me... I wouldn't be able to take it."

"Alright! I'm sorry I've never met anyone as narcissistic or lazy as you- but you have to admit I would make an amazing psychiatrist."

"No but you would make an amazing hypochondriac." She said nodding her head with a smile.

"I'll tell Shou Yi on you." Leader of the black dragon squad, another one of grandfathers students.

"He's not in China though." She said with a blatant smirk. "And I'm a girl."

"Ah? Who cares about gender in the military brat!"

'Huh you just wait, you'll get tortured by Ayi later.'