Chapter 9
So You're Actually Such a Top Student!
Bai Xiaodie took the phone. "Actually, the eight of us don't know what the ninth personality is like either. She appears frequently, but she has never left a diary entry or a video."
"Then how are you sure she has appeared?"
"Take today as an example," Bai Xiaodie said. "I was originally lying in bed, then suddenly, my vision went dark. When I regained consciousness, I was already in a taxi. That's how I knew a personality swap had occurred in between. Then I checked if there were any saved videos on my phone, and finally found out you were injured by Bai Shengnan."
Shen Fu nodded secretly. So that was how it was.
Bai Xiaodie added, "Based on our years of verification and deduction among the eight of us, we are certain there is one more personality. She seems unwilling to communicate with us and is extremely mysterious."
"How interesting. I originally thought your childhood and adolescence were exceptionally lonely, but I didn't expect you to have so many little companions." Shen Fu patted Xiaodie's head.
"But in reality, my understanding of them is very limited. After all, we can't talk directly; we can only communicate through text and videos, and even then, only what they want me to know. I have no idea if they do things behind my back."
Shen Fu shook his phone and smiled. "Then should we tell them about your confession to me today?"
"Of course, but actually, they haven't appeared in a long time, so I don't know if they'll watch it." Bai Xiaodie held her phone, preparing to record a video. No matter how strained their relationships were, she still insisted on recording videos for her sisters to see.
"August 27th. I am Bai Xiaodie. Today is the 99th day of my marriage to Mr. Shen. I'm not here to show off, but just to tell everyone one thing: my husband already knows about your existence. Please don't panic. He has calmly accepted all of this, and I am very grateful."
At this point, Shen Fu also entered the frame. Despite the bandage on his head, his handsome looks were hard to hide.
"Hey, hello everyone. I'll just consider you my sisters-in-law. I must have interacted with some of you before. The few times Xiaodie brought up breaking up with me were probably your masterpieces, right?"
"What? I mentioned breaking up with you?" Xiaodie was suddenly shocked.
Shen Fu smiled. "That was their doing behind your back. Fortunately, it didn't last long, and by that night, you acted as if nothing had happened. At the time, I thought you were just in a bad mood because of your period."
Xiaodie paused the recording. "I'm sorry, hubby. You must have been very angry back then."
"Of course, I was mad as hell! I didn't even write that day. Think about how much energy I had!"
Xiaodie immediately offered her sweet lips as a belated apology. Shen Fu took the opportunity to press the record button, capturing this moment as well.
"Oh, what are you doing?" Xiaodie shyly backed out of the frame, but the clip had already been recorded.
Shen Fu chuckled. "I just want them to see how much we love each other. They can't tear us apart!"
"Actually, most of them are quite nice, they just don't have an emotional foundation with you. If someone suddenly appeared, claimed to be my boyfriend, and kept hugging and kissing me, I definitely wouldn't accept it either."
"That's true. But have you ever thought about integrating them?" Shen Fu looked at his wife seriously. "Your college major was mathematics, but you also minored in psychology. It must have been to deal with your own condition, right?"
Bai Xiaodie shook her head. "I studied psychology just to coexist better with them, and even establish direct contact with them."
"So you actually have feelings for them?"
"If you read their diaries, you'll know that they are also living souls, each with their own hobbies, personalities, thoughts, and even backgrounds. I know about personality integration; my mentor also suggested I do it. But wouldn't that be like committing murder?"
Shen Fu didn't agree that it was murder, but he understood Xiaodie's kind-hearted nature.
"You said your mentor knew about your condition?"
Bai Xiaodie nodded. "Before Professor Yun passed away, I confessed to her. She suggested I try personality integration and said she could introduce her prize student to help treat me."
"Professor Yun knew, but does Wan Zitian know?" Shen Fu asked again.
"I didn't dare tell her. However, she knows that every time an exam comes up, I seem to turn into a completely different person."
"So every time there's an exam, someone else takes control of your body?" Shen Fu was curious. "Who is it? And why only during exams?"
"Yes, her name is Bai Kao'er. She's the quiet one from earlier. A very magical thing is that she can learn whatever I learn in class, but she is much more focused than me. Aside from exams, she has no other hobbies."
"So..."
"So," Bai Xiaodie said embarrassedly, "from childhood to adulthood, I have never sat for an exam myself. She always completed them for me, including that Sichuan Province Science Top Scorer title."
Shen Fu covered his mouth in shock. "So you're actually a fake top student! Little Bai Bai, your glorious and majestic image in my heart has suddenly become so much more down-to-earth!"
Bai Xiaodie waved her hands frantically. "It's not like that! Actually, my academic performance is also very good. Even if I'm not as formidable as a provincial top scorer, I could still easily get into Tsinghua or Peking University. It's just that whenever a blank exam paper is placed in front of me, she seizes control and doesn't give me a chance to take it."
Shen Fu beat his chest. "Why don't I have an exam-loving personality! I'm dying of envy!"
Bai Xiaodie sighed again. "I wish so much that I could take an exam fair and square just once. Even my bank recruitment exam was taken by her, and she scored first place again."
This was truly a case of the well-fed not understanding the starving.
Speaking of hunger, "Wife, have you finished cooking? If not, let's talk while we eat."
Bai Xiaodie pointed awkwardly at the kitchen. "Actually, I didn't cook anything. I saw you coming in with the police, so I pretended nothing was wrong and acted like I was cooking, but I only peeled two tangerines. I'll go make something now."
Shen Fu pulled her back. "Don't go to all that trouble, let's just order takeout. Tell me more about your other personalities. Who knows, I might have to deal with them in the future."
"But have you written your ten-thousand-word update for today?"
"I wrote a chapter on my phone while at the hospital and already published it. Today doesn't count as a hiatus, plus I added a cover image. Qidian readers are all good people, they'll understand."
Seeing the intense curiosity in her husband's eyes, Bai Xiaodie had no choice but to keep chatting with him.
But this was also very good. At least it was better than him looking at her with fear or as if she were a mental patient.
What touched Bai Xiaodie was that when it was time to sleep at night, Shen Fu still dared to sleep with her. She had thought he would have a psychological shadow for a long time.
However, Bai Xiaodie refused. "I'd better sleep in the living room. What if Bai Shengnan appears again?"
"What's there to fear? My head is already injured. If we sleep tonight, she won't have any extreme reaction."
Bai Xiaodie still disagreed. Clutching her blanket, she backed away and said, "Don't try to fool me. Your hands and feet are always restless when you sleep. Many times, I clearly wore pajamas, but they mysteriously vanished the next morning. Wasn't that all your doing~"
"You have such an understanding husband and you're still not happy," Shen Fu muttered. "Then I want a kiss before sleeping."
Bai Xiaodie didn't hesitate at this. She wrapped her arms around Shen Fu's neck and gave him a long kiss, ending with, "Goodnight, hubby~"
Shen Fu turned and walked to the living room. "Goodnight my foot! This is the first time we've slept in separate rooms in 99 days of marriage. Only this once! Tomorrow is our 100th anniversary, we must sleep together!"
Two hours later, at 12:01 AM, Shen Fu ran to the master bedroom clutching his pillow. It was now their 100th wedding anniversary. Sleep together, sleep together!