On the third day, Xia Xi had completely transformed into the image of a silver-haired little loli.
No, there was still one part of her that hadn’t changed. That was where her dignity resided.
I don’t know if the system did it on purpose or what, but on this third day, it just went ahead and left her ‘little buddy’ behind.
“Xiao Xi, I have some good news and some bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?”
Luo Xinyu, wearing her thin, somewhat see-through pajamas, asked Xia Xi while flipping through a book in her hand.
“Huh? What kind of good news and bad news could there be?”
Xia Xi casually picked up a pack of small cookies, tore open the wrapper, and started munching on them with a crunch, crunch, crunch.
“Let me hear the good news first~”
Even though the old saying goes that you should save the best for last, Xia Xi didn’t want that. If you can be happy first, why wouldn’t you be? Forget ‘no pain, no gain’ – she wanted the gain first, and then she’d talk!
“The good news is, I used my family’s connections to get those people who were bullying you locked up. From now on, you should be able to have some peace and quiet at school.”
Bullying? What bullying?
Xia Xi felt like her brain wasn’t working properly.
And besides, she was someone almost ready to graduate from university. Did she even need to go to high school?
Seeing Xia Xi remain silent, Luo Xinyu let out a soft sigh.
She knew that being bullied had caused Xia Xi a lot of psychological trauma, so her heart ached for her.
But Xia Xi was thinking something completely different.
She had no idea what kind of life path the system had rewritten for her, so she didn’t feel anything about these made-up experiences.
As for that ‘bullying incident,’ once the seven days were over, it would probably disappear without a trace.
“And the bad news?”
After hearing the good news, it was naturally time for the bad news.
“The bad news is… the school is requiring you to come back to class today.”
Luo Xinyu looked at the petite little thing in front of her, her face full of reluctance.
This feeling was strange. Clearly, the other person was also a girl, and such a young one at that, but every time she saw her, her heart would start pounding faster, like a deer crashing around inside her chest.
“What? I have to go to high school?!”
Xia Xi never expected that, even though Xia Yue had already finished her entrance exams, she would be the one going back to school.
Entrance exams are usually earlier than high school graduation exams. That means classes for students other than the third-years weren’t over yet. Which also means… her current identity as the ‘little sister’ was still an underclassman!!!
“Can I not go?”
Xia Xi looked at Luo Xinyu with eyes full of hope.
“No, you can’t. You still have to go to school. But don’t worry, I applied for you to be a day student. You can come home every night, and I’ll personally drive to pick you up.”
Even though she could come home every night, Xia Xi was still feeling a bit gloomy. She had already experienced high school life inside Bai Xiaocha’s body, and it wasn’t just boring – it was mind-numbingly dull! She even had to be on guard all the time against surprise inspections from teachers or the dean.
Having no other choice, Xia Xi finally returned to campus after lunch.
She just had to tough out the next four days. Then her identity would revert back to being the older brother, and everything about her attending high school would disappear from people’s memories.
“Yo, finally decided to show up at school?”
As soon as she entered the classroom, a few girls surrounded her.
These girls didn’t look like high school students at all. They looked more like those street thugs.
First of all, the other students in the classroom were all wearing their school uniforms and had their own student ID cards hanging around their necks. But these girls were different. Not only did they have earrings, but their clothes were also quite revealing.
For example, one of them was wearing a micro-skirt. I have no idea who she was trying to seduce in this school.
Secondly, they all had lollipops sticking out of their mouths. If that was all, it wouldn’t be that strange, since plenty of people eat lollipops. But the way these girls ate their lollipops was different – it kind of looked like they were smoking a pipe.
“Our big sister is talking to you. Are you mute?”
One of the girls stepped forward and shoved Xia Xi.
“I heard you got those two useless guys, Zhang San and Li Si, sent to juvenile detention? Tsk, tsk, you’ve got some nerve, don’t you?”
The leading girl reached out and patted Xia Xi lightly on the cheek a few times, her expression full of mockery.
Looked like these were the masterminds behind the bullying.
But didn’t Luo Xinyu say that the ones who bullied her had already been locked up?
Did that mean only those two boys had been bullying her before, and not these girls?
“Scram.”
Not wanting to overthink it, Xia Xi coldly uttered the word ‘scram’ and then tried to enter the classroom to find her seat.
After hearing the word that came out of Xia Xi’s mouth, the faces of all these troublemaking girls immediately turned cold.
“You think you’re so tough. Do your parents know? Oh, I remember now – you don’t have any parents. Tsk, tsk, tsk, an orphan like you dares to put on airs here!”
The leading girl raised her hand, as if she was about to slap Xia Xi across the face.
Xia Xi’s eyes narrowed, and she called out to the system in her mind.
[Optional Quest 1: Just a Bunch of Puppets!
Use temporary hypnosis to get back at the people who want to harm the host.
Reward: Temporary Hypnosis (distributed in advance)]
[Optional Quest 2: Polarity Reversal
Use the body-swapping ability to swap bodies with the leading girl, and then use her body to bully Xia Xi’s body, letting her truly experience what it feels like to be bullied.
Reward: Title “Masochist,” Ability “When the body is injured, the brain will experience a certain degree of pleasure”]
Looking at these two optional quests, Xia Xi decisively chose Quest One.
After all, the reward for Quest Two was way too ridiculous. There’s no way she wanted to become a masochist!
And besides, the whole idea of Quest Two – swapping bodies and then bullying herself – was absolutely insane!
Actually, Xia Xi didn’t even need to ask the system for an optional quest. She previously had a passive skill that could make anyone hostile to her dizzy. But she felt these girls were just too arrogant and needed to be taught a lesson.
With a single thought, before the girl’s hand could land on her face, Xia Xi’s hypnosis skill successfully took effect on the whole group.
Watching the blank looks gradually appear on these girls’ faces as their focus dissipated, Xia Xi let out a cold snort.
“Each of you slap yourselves twenty times. Now!”
As her voice fell, these originally extremely arrogant girls all raised their hands and started slapping their own faces.
For a moment, the sound of pa, pa, pa echoed through the classroom, leaving the other students completely stunned.
To be honest, these other students weren’t exactly good people either. Although they didn’t participate in the bullying, they didn’t stop it either. They just stood by and watched coldly.
But Xia Xi didn’t plan on doing anything to those onlooking students. After all, the saying ‘none of my business, none of my concern’ is only human nature. Other people aren’t obligated to risk their own safety to help you.
