No wonder last time when I dressed her in white socks, she was so reluctant. Turns out she doesn’t like white; she prefers black.
“Stop!” Luo Shuangyue’s loud voice rang out. “Can you two at least be a bit considerate of the feelings of the person involved when discussing this kind of thing?”
Having your own preferences publicly discussed—especially in front of your sister and girlfriend—felt like a form of cruel torture.
Ah!
“Then, brother, do you like white or black?” Luo Shuangxing tilted her head, a playful ‘this is really interesting’ expression on her face.
Luo Shuangyue’s face flushed red. How was she supposed to answer that?
No matter what she said, it seemed problematic!
“Come on, brother, what do you like~ Tell me, don’t be shy.” Luo Shuangyue kept her lips tightly sealed, refusing to say a word.
She couldn’t say anything. Even if she really liked black, it couldn’t come from her mouth! This time, she could only choose to avoid this cowardly topic.
“I have something to do, I’m going back to my room first!” With a swift motion, Luo Shuangyue stood up and quickly escaped from her own place of punishment, running three steps in two into her room.
Bang!
As the door slammed shut heavily, Luo Xiangxing gave Xia Mo a triumphant ‘yay’ hand gesture.
Seeing this naughty sister flee in panic was immensely satisfying.
As for the answer to that question just now? Luo Shuangxing wasn’t that concerned. She thought whether her sister wore white or black, she’d have her own unique charm.
As long as the foundation was good, anything would look beautiful.
“Xia Mo, the clothes prepared for sister will need your help.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll prepare everything carefully. I won’t let you down.” The two girls smiled at each other, understanding passing silently between them.
Time quickly passed to the morning of the first day of school.
Luo Shuangxing got up early, carrying the carefully prepared clothes she and Xia Mo had made, and knocked on Luo Shuangyue’s door.
To keep the surprise until the last moment, she hadn’t revealed a single hint to Luo Shuangyue, only telling her last night to be ready, as she would bring the clothes over this morning.
As for what the clothes looked like, Luo Shuangyue had absolutely no idea.
Still in her pajamas, Luo Shuangyue sat on the bed, watching her sister enter the room carrying an exquisitely wrapped box, which she solemnly placed in her hands.
“Trust me, sister, you’ll definitely like it.” After handing over the box, Luo Shuangxing fluttered out of the room, giving Luo Shuangyue a wink before leaving.
Luo Shuangyue waved her hand in mild annoyance, chasing away her little sister who never seemed to stop thinking about something.
As for what the clothes looked like, she wasn’t all that curious.
After all, she had already pried a bit with Xia Mo a few days ago; Xia Mo said it was something suitable for daily wear, not a flashy long dress.
No matter how wild Luo Shuangxing was, she wouldn’t make Luo Shuangyue wear a huge gown to school.
So this time, the style was probably low-key luxury with subtle elegance.
The box was beautifully wrapped, without a brand name, but just by the packaging, Luo Shuangyue could confidently say the clothes inside wouldn’t be cheap.
No need to worry about fit either.
A few days ago, Xia Mo had dragged Luo Shuangyue over to her place to take all her measurements.
This outfit was tailor-made; there wouldn’t be any problems.
Undoing the satin ribbon on the box, Luo Shuangyue opened it and took out the contents one by one.
The dress, small accessories, socks, boots—almost everything she’d need was included.
The key long dress, just as Luo Shuangyue expected, wasn’t the kind that would immediately stun people.
It was something you had to appreciate slowly to understand its charm.
As expected from clothes approved by Xia Mo, Luo Shuangyue felt completely comfortable wearing it.
She took off her pajamas and slipped on the long dress, then stood in front of the mirror and swayed a couple of times.
She had to admit, she really did look better in feminine clothes.
The black dress was adorned with beautiful silver floral patterns along the hem.
If one looked carefully, the entire dress was embroidered with butterfly-like patterns.
The small accessories paired with the dress further highlighted these features—petals, butterflies. Luo Shuangyue suspected that when Xia Mo prepared this outfit, she wasn’t thinking of her but of Lord Dark Moth.
Knock knock knock!
“Brother, hurry up! If you don’t come out soon, I’m coming in to help you get dressed!”
Luo Shuangxing’s impatient voice came from outside the door.
Shaking off her wild thoughts, Luo Shuangyue skillfully put on the matching socks and boots.
As for the tiny accessories, she casually picked a few hairpins and clipped them into her hair.
Done, all set.
While putting on the socks, Luo Shuangyue clearly felt this pair was different from any she had worn before—much more comfortable and better looking.
The surface of the socks was embroidered with faint patterns of fluttering butterflies.
No doubt, these were clothes prepared for Lord Dark Moth.
The boots were black with a slightly raised heel, which finally gave Luo Shuangyue some height difference compared to Luo Xiangxing.
It made her look more like Luo Shuangxing’s older sister.
Before Luo Shuangxing’s patience ran out, Luo Shuangyue had finished getting ready and opened the door to come out.
“Wow!” At the first glance of Luo Shuangyue, Luo Shuangxing couldn’t help but exclaim.
She circled around Luo Shuangyue three times on the left and three times on the right, her face filled with amazement.
“This is just too beautiful!”
Although the base tone of the clothes was a joint decision between her and Xia Mo, and she had seen the outfit in advance and imagined how Luo Shuangyue would look in it, seeing it in reality was beyond imagination.
Now standing before her was Luo Shuangyue—a girl surpassing the limits of human imagination.
She wasn’t transformed, yet Luo Shuangxing felt the dreamlike aura one usually only sees after transformation.
Such beauty, could this really belong to an ordinary person?
With such good conditions, her brother still clung stubbornly to his male clothes all day long—truly ungrateful!
“Enough spinning around, aren’t you afraid you’ll be late?” Luo Shuangyue placed her hand on Luo Shuangxing’s shoulder to stop her from continuing.
If she spun a few more times, she really would be late!
Luo Shuangxing’s school wasn’t large, and the student body was painfully small.
Each grade had only about five classes of twenty students each.
With three grades total, there were only about three to four hundred students.
Because Luo Shuangxing was in the hellish final year of high school, she was among the first students to arrive, which made the campus feel especially empty and lacking in atmosphere.
Walking a few minutes along the tree-lined avenue away from the teaching building, you might encounter a teacher or a staff member.
But that was only when you were far from the teaching building. Near the teaching building itself was lively.
Over a hundred students, their parents dropping them off, and various subject teachers crowded the first floor of the teaching building, making it somewhat noisy.
After sending her sister into the classroom, Luo Shuangyue stood quietly in the corridor outside the classroom like an untouched fairy. She could leave anytime now, but something had caught her attention.
She had seen the Class Monitor and Xiao Yi—whom she’d met once before—walk together to the office at the end of the corridor.
Hmm, that was interesting. It was normal for the Class Monitor to visit the office, but what was Xiao Yi doing there?
Could it be—the legendary transfer student shrouded in countless secrets was about to appear?
Driven by curiosity, Luo Shuangyue stepped toward the office and peeked inside. Sure enough, the two girls were standing beside a female teacher’s desk, talking with her.
Sharp-eyed Luo Shuangyue even saw Xiao Yi pull something out and show it to the teacher, who immediately smiled kindly at her.
Was it the Certificate of Transfer? Or something else…
“You are…”
Before Luo Shuangyue could finish her thoughts, a somewhat aged voice suddenly sounded behind her.
Uh-oh! Too deep in thought, she had forgotten where she was! Luo Shuangyue’s heart jumped. Her behavior didn’t look very innocent.
Who would stand outside a teacher’s office sneaking a peek inside like some troublemaker?
Turning around, she saw a spirited old man with white hair.
“Luo Shuangyue?” Upon seeing her, the old man blurted out a name.
Luo Shuangyue was completely stunned. Of all people, why did it have to be this teacher?
Yes, this was the veteran teacher who had taught Luo Shuangyue for three years, and now was Luo Shuangxing’s teacher too. This was also the teacher who was called when Luo Xiangxing’s homework book got soaked and her parents were contacted.
Back in the day, Luo Shuangyue had been quite famous in the class—after all, she had a girl’s face, but the roster listed her gender as male, and she wore boys’ clothes all the time. Which teacher wouldn’t remember her?
Before, the teacher hadn’t recognized her from behind, but now seeing Luo Shuangyue’s face, he immediately recognized this beautiful girl—the same Luo Shuangyue.
“You… you’ve changed quite a bit.” The teacher studied her with a complicated look, feeling he should say something but unsure what exactly.
If he told Luo Shuangyue not to wear dresses, it wouldn’t fit.
Yet the current Luo Shuangyue looked natural and seamless, almost as if she was meant to be this way.
After much thought, the teacher could only say this one sentence.
“Ahem, Han Lao, things are a bit complicated.” Luo Shuangyue’s expression was awkward. Being caught by her old teacher wearing dresses was an embarrassment beyond words.
“Then no need to explain. I don’t really understand young people’s matters anyway.” Han Lao waved his hand. He thought Luo Shuangyue looked better now—less out of place.
Seeing her now, the old doubts he had resurfaced.
Luo Shuangyue had been his student, and he hadn’t dared ask before, but now that she’d graduated, he felt it was harmless to ask.
“Just be honest with me. Are you really a girl?”
Luo Shuangyue showed a conflicted expression but finally nodded hard.
After all, she was a girl now. The past few years of cross-dressing as a boy was easier to accept than being a boy dressed as a girl now.
Seeing her confirmation, Han Lao’s expression turned enlightened. No wonder there was no boy who looked so feminine—Luo Shuangyue had always been a girl dressing as a boy.
“I have some family reasons that are hard to explain, so sorry, Han Lao, for keeping this from you for so long…” Luo Shuangyue clasped her hands together, apologetic.
“It’s nothing, nothing. You didn’t cause me any trouble. You did so well on exams back then—you made me look good too.” Han Lao smiled in relief and then asked, “You were just standing outside the door, what were you looking at?”
At that, Luo Shuangyue suddenly had a good idea. Her current identity made it difficult to inquire directly about Xiao Yi, but Han Lao could do it.
A transfer student causing discussion among teachers was normal, right?
So she decided to ask Han Lao to help her find out.
“It’s like this. There’s a kid in the office I know…” Luo Shuangyue explained her curiosity.
After hearing her, Han Lao’s expression grew odd. He felt like there was a major secret hidden behind her words.
A normal twenty-one-year-old girl wouldn’t just casually ask a teacher to investigate a student’s identity, worried about a potential issue.
“Shuangyue, have you gotten some kind of job these years?” Han Lao began to hint.
Luo Shuangyue understood and blinked, pressing her finger to her lips softly.
“Yes, I have some work, but I can’t say what exactly.” She then pointed toward the sky.
“It’s about that.”
Han Lao got it—Luo Shuangyue had been recruited by the Magic Department. Truly, a genius shines wherever she is.
“But this is just my personal suspicion for now. Han Lao, please keep this quiet.” Luo Shuangyue said seriously.
From her explanation, the story became that the mysterious Xiao Yi suddenly appeared beside her sister.
Because Luo Shuangyue worked in the Magic Department and had sensitive instincts, she began suspecting Xiao Yi, wondering if the girl’s background hid some conspiracy.