2 – Getting the School Belle’s Contact Information
Although there were occasional noisy conversations and footsteps outside, the building remained surprisingly quiet, with not a single person entering.
Su Yun hid in a small corner out of sight, observing the scenery on this floor.
It was very clean here, the white porcelain tiles on the floor had a slightly shiny reflection under the lights.
There was no trash around, and no cleaning tools placed in the corners, nothing at all.
Only a few closed doors and fully stocked display cabinets along the wall by the stairs made it feel somewhat dreamlike.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, let’s go for a walk,” a graceful figure appeared from the stairs after a while.
She hurried over to Su Yun’s side, bringing a waft of fragrance.
Su Yun noticed that the other girl had a fine sheen of sweat on her forehead, likely from rushing because of her.
Indeed, dreaming is nice.
Someone cares about you.
“Um.” Perhaps because of the dreamlike state, Su Yun began to see this beautiful young girl as a grown-up.
She stepped out first and noticed several girls approaching.
They were all neatly dressed, in identical skirts, their chatter a bit loud.
“Bye, Xuejie.” As they got closer to Su Yun, several of them said, all with smiles on their faces.
“Bye, you all did well today,” Qin Xue waved to them.
Su Yun didn’t know them, so she simply walked past them.
She thought it was just a simple farewell among friends, but as those girls moved to the back, she heard them say,
“Xuejie found a new one again, this one seems prettier than the last?”
“Small and quite cute, I almost wanted to pick her up just now.”
“Don’t think about it, if you dare, Xuejie will expel you.”
Su Yun could only catch a few vague sentences from the girls’ noisy chatter.
What does it mean to find a new one again?
Su Yun didn’t understand and continued walking alone.
At this time, the playground was nearly empty, with only the usual runners remaining.
She raised her head to gaze at the dark sky, as if enveloped in a warm embrace.
“Are you looking for stars?” Just as Su Yun was enjoying the moment, a voice nearby brought her back to reality.
Oh, right, she wasn’t here alone this time.
“No, just looking at the sky.” Su Yun replied indifferently.
“Oh, let me see, the sky is dark, and there’s nothing at all?” Qin Xue looked up with interest, as she hadn’t really looked at this sky before.
“Mm.”
“Is your mood still not good? Tell me that scumbag’s name, and I’ll help make him infamous, let you vent, how about that?”
“Ah?”
“I don’t have a boyfriend…”
“I thought… well, why the bad mood?”
“I’m not in a bad mood, just came out for a walk…”
“Oh, I see.”
For a moment, an awkward air filled the space.
Su Yun wasn’t very good at talking, as her previous life had revolved solely around studying, avoiding any unnecessary chatter.
In internet slang, she would be called a bookworm, someone overly focused on studying.
Even so, Su Yun still hadn’t achieved the results she wanted, and had completely transformed into the kind of person she used to dislike.
Qin Xue kept observing Su Yun’s face, and shortly after finishing her sentence, she noticed the other girl’s little lips had slightly pouted.
Pfft…
“Um, what’s your name, little sister? I’m Qin Xue; you can call me Qin Xue, Xiao Xue, or Xuejie, either works.”
“Mm?”
Su Yun thought for a moment.
“Su Xiaoyun.”
“Can I call you Little Yun, then?”
“…Sure.”
It was the first time Su Yun heard someone call her sister with such a warm tone.
She was afraid to look up, feeling as if her disguise might be discovered.
“Little Yun, don’t you usually come here to walk instead of going to class?”
“Mm.”
From there, they chatted back and forth until suddenly Qin Xue said,
“Do you have something you haven’t accomplished or realized, and it’s stuck in your heart?”
“?” Su Yun looked at Qin Xue in surprise.
She felt as if this stranger she had just met had seen through her heart.
“No.”
“Okay.” Qin Xue seemed a bit disappointed.
As time passed, the playground grew completely deserted.
“It’s getting late, can you give me your contact information, so we can keep in touch?” Qin Xue asked.
“…Okay.” Su Yun hesitated before agreeing.
QQ and WeChat felt too masculine, so she gave her phone number.
As for keeping in touch…
The dream should be waking up soon.
After saying goodbye to this beautiful girl who made others envious in reality, Su Yun stood on the playground without moving.
She sat down on the stone steps, looking at the sky.
It was time to end this.
At that moment, Su Yun raised her delicate hand and pinched her cheek.
“It hurts, ah.” She couldn’t help but exclaim, not expecting that a random pinch would be so painful.
“Hmm? Why am I still here?” Opening her eyes to see the same dark sky, Su Yun pinched herself harder.
“I’m still here…”
It hurts so much, why hasn’t she gone back yet?
It couldn’t be that she had to die to wake up from the dream, could it? That would be too scary.
Then Su Yun started to pinch herself all over, experiencing the pain all over her body.
She even asked a person stretching their legs on the steps if she was dreaming, sounding a bit crazy.
Though her question was odd, the other person patiently told her it wasn’t a dream and asked if she felt dizzy and needed to go to the infirmary.
For the first time, Su Yun felt how gentle strangers could be.
But then she also realized a serious issue.
It seemed…
Her dream had really come true.
“???” After being startled, Su Yun’s crimson eyes brightened a bit more. She instinctively took out her phone and called her parents.
If this wasn’t a dream, her parents’ phone should connect, right?
“Beep… Baby, what’s wrong? You calling because you miss Daddy and Mommy?” The familiar gentle voice of her mother came from the other end.
Even as she grew up, her mom always called her baby.
“I… cough cough… um, I was wondering what you guys are doing now?”
“Why does your voice sound like that?”
“I’ve been coughing a lot lately, my throat hurts a bit.”
“Did you eat something too hot again?” The voice on the phone grew noticeably anxious.
Then came a series of reminders, and her mother’s tone became a bit angry.
The same question could be asked five times or more.
It took Su Yun a while to hang up.
But she felt relieved; she could still contact her parents.
Then she glanced at the additional contact in her phone, her emotions feeling a bit complex.
If she had known this was reality, she wouldn’t have had the courage to chat with someone she just met for so long.
“What have I done, ah ah…” Su Yun clutched her head on the steps, roaring like a dragon.
But at least this counts as half of a dream achieved. That girl was really pretty, with a great figure, and her tone was so gentle when speaking to her.
A perfect beauty.
Even if she turned back into a boy later, just seeing this contact could bring her some comfort.
“No, what strange thoughts am I having?”
“…”
Su Yun’s expressions changed a lot on the steps. Thankfully, there was no one around; otherwise, someone would surely record and post it online.
But she had no other thoughts now.
The urgent matter was to buy a mask, hat, and contact lenses to hide her white hair and red eyes.
……
Then Su Yun really went to buy them. After being at school for half a year, she knew where the shops were.
A round hat contained her hair, then she used the hood of a coat to cover her neck, and black contact lenses concealed her red eyes…
This series of operations was very troublesome; she searched online more than ten times along the way.
By the time she arrived at the dormitory, it was already eleven o’clock.
“Click.”
Pushing the door open, Su Yun saw her four roommates gathered together, apparently looking at something.
“Send me the photos later.”
“Call me bro.”
“Bro.”
Su Yun wasn’t curious; she felt secretly pleased and hurriedly rushed to her spot amid the confusion.
She thought that if she slept, she might turn back.
“Su Yun, it’s a shame you didn’t go to the playground today; you don’t know, there were many good-looking people.”
“Look at this photo; this one is said to be the school belle, definitely good-looking, her legs are so thin.”
“Send me the photos, dad!”
“Just join the gossip group, and you’ll have them.”
“No one pulled me in.”
In no time, the dorm was filled with noise, their excitement resembling a distribution of spoils.
But besides Su Yun, there was also one person who remained very calm.
He was currently lying on the bed opposite Su Yun, motionless.
This good buddy was in a sorry state, having been infatuated since the semester began, thinking it was a mutual attraction, only recently discovering he was one of the girls’ infatuated admirers.
That girl was from their class, looking quite pure and cute, standing over one meter five, attracting many fans, and the admirers spanned beyond their class.
People shouldn’t be judged by their appearance.
So pitiful.
Su Yun sighed for him.
She noticed that there were messages in the WeChat group on her phone.
Opening it, she found numerous pictures shared in the dorm group.
The initial photos featured a row of girls in skirts on the podium, showcasing their slender, fair thighs, all with confident smiles.
Su Yun felt a sense of familiarity, yet it seemed she hadn’t actually seen them before.
Continuing to scroll down, she saw an individual photo.
If those earlier photos felt somewhat familiar, this one was definitely familiar to Su Yun.
With a high ponytail, tall stature, and a cold glint in her eyes.
It was Qin Xue.
The photo seemed to be a candid shot of Qin Xue taken from below the stage.
“Um, who’s that in the last photo?”
“Oh, Su Yun, you don’t know? This is our school’s school belle; there’s a ranking established, and she’s recognized as such.”
“But I say, I still prefer the one dancing in the middle; she’s cuter.” Someone next to her replied immediately, staring intently at the screen.
“Confusing a little girl for a treasure in youth, only to realize later that mature women are more charming; you’ll definitely regret it later. Don’t you like those long legs and figure?”
“I don’t like it; I heard she has a boyfriend already, so don’t daydream.”
“You @#$”
Then they began a heated debate.
“…”
Su Yun didn’t care whether she preferred little girls or mature women, just looking at the photos on her phone felt a bit surreal.
Did she really talk to the school belle?
Moreover, it seemed she had often replied coldly earlier, not knowing what to say.
Just as she was lost in thought, Su Yun felt a slight ache in her calves.
There was a tingling sensation, prompting her to scramble onto her bed.
“By the way, didn’t a ghost appear at school?” Some discussion could be heard beyond the bed curtain.
It seemed today’s event had indeed been noteworthy.
Slowly, after removing her mask and hat, Su Yun closed all the curtains.
“Ding.” Not long after lying down, her phone received a message.
She extended her slender fingers from her coat to lightly tap the screen to unlock it.
(Qin Xue: Do you have class tomorrow at 5 PM? Come to the playground; I want to talk to you about something.)
“Something?”
Su Yun hesitated on whether to reply.
After all, she might turn back tomorrow morning.
(Qin Xue: You have class tomorrow afternoon, right? I’ll come find you in your class; I have nothing to do anyway.)
Before long, another message came through.
Su Yun didn’t have time to think about how the other person knew she had class; her mind went blank.
Ah?
Don’t come, sister.
“By the way, Su Yun, why did your voice sound weird just now?” Someone asked again from outside the bed curtain.
Ah… it’s over.
