Su Nuo had a dream.
In the dream, she returned to the days when she worked part-time at Computer City.
Sometimes it was extremely busy there, and sometimes so quiet that she grew bored, unable to close a single deal for a long time.
Once, the Elder Brother who brought her in sighed and said business was getting harder.
Everyone was buying cheap goods online, and customers at the store were getting fewer and fewer.
Because there were so few people, they had to make more on each sale just to pay rent and survive.
But because they charged more, even fewer people came—a vicious cycle.
Su Nuo glanced at a customer looking at a computer nearby, wondering whether it was sadder for the Elder Brother whose industry was being crushed by the times, or for the customer about to be overcharged.
In the end, she concluded: she was the saddest one of all.
That day, she worked so late there were no more buses back to her rented room.
The Elder Brother kindly let her sleep in the showroom.
The night was rainy and gloomy, her shoulder joint ached faintly, and she tossed in and out of half-dream, half-wakefulness…
“Hey? Can you hear me? Wake up!”
A soft, cute girl’s voice sounded in her ear.
The scene before her eyes shifted, and both Computer City and the rainy night vanished, replaced by the face of a cute little girl.
Su Xiao Nuo looked at her with concern.
“Did you have a nightmare? You don’t look well, and you’re all sweaty.”
“Sort of.”
Su Nuo touched her forehead with her hand.
Sure enough, there was a bit of sweat.
“Then sleep a little longer,”
Su Xiao Nuo said seriously.
“Today is an Elective Course. It’s okay if you don’t go.”
Su Nuo was silent for a while, then softly responded.
For the first time in so many years, someone cared whether she slept well.
It felt strange, but somehow relaxing.
She unlocked her phone with her fingerprint and checked the time.
It was Friday morning at eight o’clock.
She was alone in the Dormitory; Lin Chu Xi was nowhere to be seen—probably out for breakfast.
Su Nuo got out of bed, washed her face, wiped her forehead and neck, and felt much more refreshed.
Above the faucet was a not-too-big, not-too-small mirror.
In it, a beautiful girl with bright eyes and white teeth, flawless even without makeup, stared back at her.
“You said last time I should look in the mirror more every day,”
Su Nuo remembered the conversation from yesterday.
“Then what?”
Yesterday, when Su Xiao Nuo was sharing the Training Manual for Cute Girls, she had just said this line when Lin Chu Xi returned, so the rest was left unheard.
“Right, just look in the mirror. Look carefully.”
So Su Nuo continued staring.
The pretty little face grew cuter the longer she looked, the small mouth slightly open, giving an air of dazed innocence.
“And then?”
“And then—can’t you tell? That’s what a cute girl is,”
Su Xiao Nuo said as if it was obvious.
“Once you realize it, you’ll know what to do. It’s a feeling.”
“……”
Su Nuo pursed her lips speechlessly.
So this was some kind of Heart Technique being passed on to her?
“Don’t rush. Look a little more every day, let the understanding build up. You’ll get it naturally.”
Su Xiao Nuo sounded very confident, like she really knew.
Su Nuo didn’t argue about real or fake, but faced a new problem:
“Tomorrow, I have to meet someone. I need some fast methods.”
The appointment with the Rich Big Sister was tomorrow, Saturday morning.
Hearing this, Su Xiao Nuo also seemed troubled.
“How about… learning to act cute?”
“How do you act cute?”
Su Nuo blinked.
A beginner pretty girl couldn’t do this.
“Well, it depends on the situation, just, anyway…”
Su Xiao Nuo hesitated for a long time and couldn’t explain, finally sighing.
“Maybe let’s see what clothes to wear tomorrow first.”
Things like acting cute—without a specific scene or target, even a cute little girl couldn’t teach it.
“Then, for now… wait.”
Su Nuo took a few steps back.
Suddenly, she realized something more important—the two bunnies on her chest were too active, bouncing up and down.
“Why am I not wearing a bra?”
The reason was simple.
When Su Xiao Nuo was still alive yesterday, she had taken it off for comfort while playing â—‹.
Two minutes later, Su Nuo sat on the bed, holding a pure white, large-cup bra in her hand, her expression serious.
“How do you wear this thing?”
“It’s easy! You just take this part in your hand, lift it up like that, then pull this like this, and finally that part…”
Click.
The Dormitory door opened.
Lin Chu Xi walked in with two servings of breakfast.
She was bringing breakfast for Su Nuo for the first time, to thank her for fixing her computer yesterday.
She looked up and found Su Nuo busy.
Busy… putting on a bra?
It felt strange.
For three years, Su Nuo always hid from her when putting on underclothes.
Now, she was sitting up and doing it right in front of her, completely unconcerned.
And why was she doing it so slowly, all by the book, like a running computer program?
A streak of snow-white spilled from the edge, incredibly soft.
Lin Chu Xi suddenly came to her senses and quickly looked away.
She really wasn’t staring on purpose.
It was just that Su Nuo looked a bit troubled.
But then again, no matter how troubled she was, Lin Chu Xi couldn’t exactly go help her put it on.
The girl set down the breakfast and decided to sit and wait quietly.
In fact, Su Nuo was already trying very hard.
And, strangely enough, though Su Xiao Nuo kept saying “this and that,” she actually managed to understand.
It was just that she was unpracticed and needed to follow the steps one by one.
Now there was support at her chest, the bunnies had a home, and instantly she felt much more comfortable.
“Hu~~… Lin Chu Xi? When did you get back?”
She stretched, noticing her roommate sitting below.
“Not long ago, just now,”
Lin Chu Xi changed the topic directly.
“I brought you breakfast. Want to come down and eat?”
Su Nuo hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
“Okay.”
The two of them sat together, pretending nothing had happened.
Su Nuo felt it was strange, as a girl with a big chest, to struggle half the day putting on a bra.
Lin Chu Xi also felt it was strange, as a girl, to watch another big-chested girl putting on a bra.
Breakfast came from the cafeteria’s Breakfast Window.
Compared to the Main Window, it was more refined—and more expensive.
The white, soft Chinese pastries looked very appetizing.
“Thank you for helping me fix the computer yesterday,”
Lin Chu Xi used the chance to ask,
“Su Nuo, when did you learn so much about this stuff?”
Su Nuo took a small bite of the sweet pastry and answered casually.
“I just picked up a bit before. Not a lot.”
Seeing that she didn’t want to elaborate, Lin Chu Xi didn’t press. She was a very polite girl.
After all, she was the Dormitory roommate of the “Arrogant Performer” Su Xiao Nuo, and for three years, had never gotten angry at her for playing like no one else was there.
The two quietly finished breakfast.
After the pastries, Su Nuo drank the small boxed Strawberry Milk, and was about to get up when Su Xiao Nuo suddenly spoke.
“Try on the clothes for tomorrow in front of Lin Chu Xi so she can see how they look!”