Chapter 31: There Really Is a Ranking of Beauties
“Keling?!
“Mhm, it’s me. Didn’t expect that, huh~”
Keling grinned smugly.
I actually had some guesses, but I didn’t expect Keling to show up at this moment—no, it’s precisely because it’s this kind of moment that she would appear.
“How did you get here? With your scores, you shouldn’t be able to get into this university.”
“That’s why I’m ‘studying abroad’.”
“I’m a student at Stanford University, and now I’m studying abroad at Shan Shui University.”
“It’s probably because of the Ji Family’s connections. After all, your college entrance exam scores are what they are. You can’t directly attend the same university as me, so you used this roundabout way. Plus, it’s a double room. Juncheng, you should move in too. Applying should be fine.”
As soon as she said this, the surroundings erupted in an even greater commotion.
In the eyes of others, this was a blatant invitation to live together.
…Or rather, even if I wanted to explain, there would be no way to.
As expected, Li Nai also misunderstood.
“I remember you’re Zi’ai’s sister too, right, Juncheng? You and…”
Li Nai clearly said this with great reluctance. Looking at Keling’s overly intimate way of calling me “brother-in-law” so familiarly…
After all, Xinran had openly declared her girlfriend status in front of her. As a sister,
To make an invitation to live together at this point was too much.
“Hmph! Of course! We have a great relationship, a very close one!”
Keling’s smile grew brighter, and her arms around me tightened.
Xinran’s embrace became much firmer than before, but her reaction wasn’t as intense as last time. She just froze for a moment, then turned her face away. I found this a bit unexpected. I thought Li Nai would immediately question me about what was going on.
Last time it was with Xinran, and this time it’s with… it seems like I have deep ties with her.
The character design might be very ironic, but from an outsider’s perspective, it looked like I was… dating both sisters.
Does Li Nai already completely see me as a scum who would do such things to not be surprised anymore?
Or is she too lazy to say anything because she gave up?
“You’re… Keling…?”
“Hm? Who are you? Do I know you?”
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“Hey, Keling, your attitude is too bad.”
This directly exposed Keling’s displeasure.
This kind of clearly resentful tone… I wonder why she’s so displeased.
Perhaps it’s because Yuhui is sitting next to me, occupying the space beside me…
“…But, I know you. I heard Zi’ai-jie and Xinran-jie mention you before.”
Zi’ai was always her top priority.
However, as soon as Yuhui mentioned Zi’ai-jie, Keling’s eyes widened immediately.
I think I understand what’s going on now.
In my original world, Yuhui was my childhood friend with Xinran. After moving to D city…
…they moved away. In this world, Yuhui became Zi’ai’s and Xinran’s childhood friend. Keling not knowing her makes sense, too.
That’s not right!
In this world, Keling and Zi’ai are biological sisters! Xinran is the one who’s not related by blood—Xinran clearly emphasized this!
Then why doesn’t Keling know Yuhui?
What’s going on here?
“They said they were going to have a new sister, and then not long after… I was envious of you back then. I really wanted to know…”
“Why wasn’t I that Xiao Bai for them!”
“I see. The situation is clear.” Keling’s expression softened considerably.
Keling also let go of me, her attitude clearly much better. She walked over to Yuhui, took her hands, and said:
“That’s great! I didn’t expect you to… Zi’ai-jie always told me that because she was taking care of a girl named Xiao Bai before I arrived, she could accept me so quickly.”
“She always wanted to meet you too!”
“Zi’ai-jie said that?”
Yuhui’s eyes moistened, looking very moved.
“Mhm! She looked for you afterwards, but you had already moved.”
In that small town they lived in…
“I happened to be sick then. My parents, thinking of me, moved to a place with more people.”
“It was extremely dangerous after all.”
Indeed, somnolence and sleepwalking can be quite dangerous.
If you suddenly fall asleep or start sleepwalking in the streets of a big city,
That’s a serious problem.
In reality, keeping Yuhui at home would have prevented any danger, but Yuhui’s parents wanted to…
…There’s no reason for them to want to keep her completely confined.
“So, in conclusion, it’s fate that we can meet here—you were saying you wanted to go out just now, so…”
If the four of us go, it might be easier to split the bill.
“What about Lily? I remember Lily teaches at this university too.”
“Teacher Lily said she doesn’t have time to go out recently.”
“Then it’s just the four of us going then~”
“Then… my presence here is just to ruin the mood. And it actually turned into an outing for ‘everyone’,”
The gazes of the people around me could kill me a hundred times over…
“I’ll just continue eating my now-cold rice bowl.” The surrounding crowd showed no signs of dispersing.
They started discussing where to go.
It was decided to discuss it in the group chat, and they would disband for today.
After another fifteen minutes, Li Nai saw that I had finished eating. So, like a miserable wild boss, I quickly made my escape.
I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, finally free from the burden.
After saying goodbye, I left.
It was naturally Ah Bing and Ah Zhai.
As soon as I opened the dorm room door, two fingers landed on my shoulders.
“You two are still here!”
“Nonsense! With such explosive news, how could we miss it!”
“Damn it, you brat… I thought you were the most ordinary one in our dorm, but who knew that a master could be hidden so well. You’re actually a lady-killer! From now on, I’ll call you Brother Cheng! Brother Cheng! Please teach me your ways.”
Ah Zhai looked at me with admiration, as if I were a hidden master, and was already clamoring to become my disciple.
“No, no, you’ve misunderstood…”
“You’re a real shi-eater! Not only do you know Senior Li Nai, one of the school’s four great beauties, but you also know Bai Yuhui and An Keling, who are getting a lot of attention right after enrolling. When did you make your move? I haven’t seen you leave the dorm much.”
Ah Bing’s words contained two terms that were too out of place, making me want to complain.
“Four great beauties… Six flowers… Only in modern campus novels would there be such beauty rankings. Who would be so bored…”
Boko pushed up his glasses and said with a pretense of profundity.
“I made that list.”
“I took over from a senior and updated the latest beauty ranking based on current observation data. Thanks to you, Juncheng, I obtained some very valuable black material just now.”
The photos showed Li Nai and Yuhui, and Keling… I…
We all looked at his computer. Boko seemed to be editing a photo.
…was already cut out.
“Boko, you don’t seem like the type to be interested in this.” “Of course. And my sexual orientation…”
“You might misunderstand me. As a man, I…”
“…so that you can sleep soundly. Right?”
Saying this, Boko gave me a wink with his eyes, which sent a chill down my spine and made me shiver.
“Understood!”
“Right! That’s true!”
If Boko were truly not interested in women at all, then I, who live opposite him, would be the most afraid.
“Please continue to maintain your interest in women.”
“…But in reality, I just like ranking and quantifying things. Making everything orderly makes me feel happy, both physically and mentally.”
Ah Zhai exclaimed, striking his fist into his palm.
“Oh~ So you’re a fellow OCD sufferer!”
“It’s already common knowledge that even if you’re not interested in women, Shan Shui University also has a nickname called ‘Dangerous Water University,’ ‘Beauty and Disaster.’ It has been like this since ancient times. People started making this beauty ranking, listing the top ten beauties in the school.”
“The ‘disaster’ in ‘Beauty and Disaster’.”
“What’s wrong? Ah Zhai?”
“And that expression looks strangely familiar. I think I just saw Keling suddenly appear.”
Ah Zhai’s expression became very subtle.
“She had that same expression when she suddenly appeared.”
“No, it’s just that when I heard ‘disaster,’ I thought of my sister…”
“My sister’s nickname is also ‘Disaster’.”
“Holy crap, you life winner actually have a sister too…”
“…A childhood friend and a sister, too. The country owes me everything you have!”
“Damn it! Ah Zhai, don’t expect me to carry you to higher ranks anymore!”
“Please, won’t you?~”
Ah Bing and I almost spat out our food. It was too disgusting. Let’s get back to the original topic.
“Speaking of which, weren’t we criticizing Brother Cheng earlier? How did we end up talking about this? Hello, Boko, since you made this list, are there any among them who are better than me? Originally, two of the Four Great Beauties graduated, and one is a teacher. Of the Six Flowers, four have graduated. We’ve supplemented them, and finally, the new selections are complete.”
“Indeed!”
I also became slightly interested and leaned over to watch Boko’s computer.
“First are Bai Yuhui and An Keling, whom we mentioned earlier.”
“Bai Yuhui’s junior and senior high school are unknown. She seemed to have been ill until she enrolled in university, which is why her skin is so pale, giving her a delicate and fragile appearance, like Lin Daiyu. Among the new students, Kai…”
“Lin Daiyu has nothing to do with being weak. She’s the strongest woman I’ve ever met. —But they don’t understand Yuhui. It’s normal for them not to know.”
“She went to Shan Shui High School, the same high school as you, Juncheng, right?”
“Yes, we were high school classmates.”
“I see, close proximity gives you an advantage!”
“An Keling is a beauty with extremely high appeal. The three An sisters are also quite famous, but…”
“I heard An Keling has two older sisters, and they have the same identity as her—transfer students. It seems the other two didn’t come to Shan Shui University. Boko, which high school are you familiar with?”
“The other two newcomers are Yun Qingqiong and Han Chun’ai,” Boko said.
“Uh, Little Chun, she’s my childhood friend…”
“…They’re all explosive…”
“I’m despairing of this dorm full of life winners…”
“…She’s a graduate of the local Shan Shui High School… Juncheng, you…”
“The other two of the Six Flowers are Yin Shiyao and Su Zhixia from the second year, also graduates of our high school.”
“Maybe.”
“Full of beauties? I think it’s full of Anomalies! Speaking of which, Anomalies don’t seem to lack good looks. That’s the truth.”
After finishing with the Six Flowers, Ah Bing continued to ask.
“What about the Four Great Beauties?”
“There are two newcomers. One is called Xia Chang. Her appearance is outstanding, but more importantly, she has an elegant temperament that others don’t have.”
“Ah Zhai, you scoundrel…”
“I remember she was going to take the college entrance exam in the capital… why isn’t she here?”
“The Class Monitor seems to have entered her own world, muttering to herself while spacing out.”
Boko continued.
“You might not expect who the last one is…”
“That’s right, it’s the recently popular super singer, Lanhua. There are rumors that Lanhua will be affiliated with our school.”
“Lanhua is coming too? It’s really because of me… Shan Shui University is definitely becoming a second battlefield.”
“Lanhua! Excellent! I’ll get her autograph then!”
“Look at this photo, she’s a natural stunner.”
“One of the Four Great Beauties is a rather special person, Teacher Yang Li…”
“—This is too seductive! She’s dressed so modestly!”
“That’s a racial talent, a charm attribute.”
“Even though she’s human now, her power hasn’t weakened.”
“The last one is Yue Lianshui from the second year, the Young Miss of the Ji Family. I haven’t collected much information about her, but the Young Miss of the Ji Family…”
“Are you here too?
“Can I see you again?”
