“Being suddenly forced to cross over as a girl is bad enough, but now I have to make an interactive choice too…”
Xia Mengxi stared helplessly at the lines of text before her.
Her intuition warned her that these options came with terrible side effects-like Option A’s frail constitution.
What if she needed to run from danger but ended up gasping for breath after just a few steps?
She’d be nothing more than a lamb waiting for slaughter!
As for Option B, those two crucial characters were obscured by question marks, radiating uncertainty and unease.
Was this what the ‘deity’ had called a golden finger?
If possible, she’d rather not choose either.
But with this timed decision, she had to pick before the countdown ended.
“Option B seems suspicious, but Option A is outright dangerous… So I’ll go with B!”
Faced with known versus unknown risks, Xia Mengxi didn’t conservatively choose the former’s debilitating side effects. Her decision hinged on the deity’s earlier mention of ‘rewinding.’
Those words implied one thing: while pursuing five beauties, she’d encounter unavoidable crises.
To overcome them, she’d need to ‘rewind’ time and make different choices—making a robust physique for escape absolutely vital.
Speaking of which… where was that necklace the deity mentioned?
Xia Mengxi touched her fair neck, finding no jewelry.
Scanning the room, her gaze landed on a handbag resting on the desk and there it was: a butterfly pendant necklace.
“Is this the rewinding tool…?”
Naturally, she put it on immediately.
There was no time to figure out how it worked after her selection, the floating text transformed into an hourglass.
She realized this wasn’t just about choosing within the time limit; she had to complete the selected task before the sand ran out.
Without delay, Xia Mengxi donned the necklace, hurriedly changed out of her pajamas, and struggled into the white thigh-highs on the chair and the school uniform hanging nearby.
Seeing her reflection in the full-length mirror made her lips twitch-this was her first time wearing feminine attire.
Though honestly… it didn’t feel much different from her usual T-shirt and shorts, except for the unsettling emptiness beneath the skirt.
The white thigh-highs were strange too-comfortable yet uncomfortable simultaneously.
Why keep them on if they’re uncomfortable?
Because removing them made her acutely aware of breezes brushing her bare legs, which felt even worse.
Better to endure the stockings.
“Crap, changing took too long! I need to hurry!”
The floating hourglass-tracking her gaze—already had its upper chamber half-empty.
No more dwelling on her transformed body; Xia Mengxi grabbed her handbag and rushed out.
Upon opening her front door, she came face-to-face with the person named in her chosen option-Lin Xue’er.
Since this was their first meeting in Xia Mengxi’s eyes, she couldn’t help but freeze momentarily when their gazes met.
Fortunately, her reflexes were quick enough to immediately greet the other girl based on the choice she’d made earlier.
“G-good morning, Xue’er! You’re as beautiful as ever today!”
Damn it! If you can’t speak properly, just shut up!
The words had barely left her mouth when Xia Mengxi regretted them so much she wanted to slap herself.
She’d been enthusiastic alright, but the problem was—this wasn’t something girls normally said to each other first thing in the morning!
Luckily, the long-haired girl standing outside the courtyard gate didn’t seem suspicious, otherwise Xia Mengxi wouldn’t have known how to explain herself.
“Hehe, good morning Xiao Xi. You’re still as adorable as ever today.”
Xia Mengxi barely registered the compliment, completely captivated by the smile of this girl she was meeting for the first time.
A beautiful girl with a Madonna-like smile—who could possibly resist that? She was no exception.
“What’s wrong, Xiao Xi? Is there something on my face?”
“Ah, n-no! I’m just still a bit sleepy!”
Blushing, Xia Mengxi quickly made her excuse and hurried out the door to stand beside Lin Xue’er.
Since the ‘deity’ hadn’t mentioned any consequences for failing the mission, Xia Mengxi decided during their walk to school that she’d better complete it—just to avoid any terrible outcomes.
When it came to winning someone over, the first step was naturally to understand them.
Even though she’d never been in a relationship, she’d learned that much from dating sims.
“So… Xue’er, are you looking forward to life at the new school?”
“Mhm, I am. After all, I get to be at the same school as you again.”
“Ha… Is that so? I hope we can make some new friends.”
“……”
Had she said something wrong?
The girl beside her suddenly stopped walking, her face darkening.
Seeing this, Xia Mengxi’s heart skipped a beat.
“W-what’s wrong, Xue’er? Don’t you want to make new friends at school?”
“No. I don’t.”
The gentle expression Lin Xue’er had worn earlier was gone, replaced by an emotionless stare.
That eerie calm before the storm unmistakably signaled her anger.
Not good!
When she first saw Lin Xue’er, Xia Mengxi had instinctively pegged her as the gentle type-which was why she’d chosen this approach.
Turns out, the girl was completely different beneath the surface.
“All I need is you, Xiao Xi. I don’t need any new friends.”
A single sentence had instantly frozen the atmosphere.
Xia Mengxi wanted to slap herself for the second time that morning-she really was the queen of killing conversations!
Desperate to fix her mistake, she racked her not-so-bright little brain.
If the other girl valued their relationship this much, did that mean it’d be easy to win her over?
With that thought, she forced herself to calm down and turned to Lin Xue’er with a smile.
“I feel the same, Xue’er. You’re all I need too.”
The words worked like magic-Lin Xue’er’s gloomy expression immediately brightened, her radiant smile putting even the morning sun to shame.
What made Xia Mengxi’s heart skip a beat even more was what came next.
“Xiao Xi, I like you the most!”
Even though she knew this wasn’t a confession but just an expression of friendship, Xia Mengxi’s breath still hitched in that moment.
After all, hearing such words from a beautiful girl was simply too overwhelming.
It seemed the so-called “divine” conquest mission had absolutely no difficulty at all-right now, she might as well be the protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel.
“ It seemed the so-called “divine” conquest mission had absolutely no difficulty at all-right now, she might as well be the protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel.”
Oh my dear sweet summer child, so draped in cashmere and innocence