Chang Hansui was walking down the street when she noticed that the people who had resumed their normal activities kept staring at her for some reason.
Her heart skipped a beat.
‘Could it be… that when I came out of the bathroom earlier, I forgot to zip up my pants?!’
She instinctively lowered her head to check, but her hand froze halfway.
‘Wait, that can’t be right. Back there I was completely absorbed in gaming and never even went to the bathroom. What zipper was I supposed to have pulled?’
“Hello?”
Standing about two steps behind her was that girl in the pretty A-line skirt and white blouse, clutching a designer handbag… wasn’t this Liang Hai, the fiancée from the blind date that hadn’t gone so well?
“Hello…”
Why had she come back?
Hadn’t she just said she needed to return to the restaurant to handle some hundred-billion-yuan business?
Could it be… that another face-slapping novel plot had been triggered?
‘One hour ago, broke me got mercilessly invited out and humiliated by a rich young lady. One hour later, she was driving a luxury sports car all over the streets looking for me, eyes red, acting spoiled and begging me not to leave…’
While Chang Hansui’s brain was locked in an internal struggle, Liang Hai continued with concern: “Are you Chang Hansui?”
Chang Hansui froze for a moment, then nodded, “Yeah, that’s me. What’s up?”
“Come with me and get in the car first?”
‘Huh?!’
Chang Hansui sucked in a sharp breath.
Was the domineering rich-lady-falls-in-love-with-me face-slapping plot really about to play out?!
Just as she was full of doubts and preparing to decline with some reserved politeness—
Liang Hai sighed, offered no further explanation, and simply took out her phone from her bag.
She switched on the front camera and held the screen up in front of Chang Hansui.
“How about you take a look at yourself first?”
Chang Hansui warily shifted her gaze to the reflective phone screen.
In her original understanding, the face reflected there should have belonged to a civil-engineering bro.
From spending senior year baking under the sun and mixing concrete on construction sites, the skin was a somewhat rough bronze.
From living on takeout and staying up late every day recently, there was a mild double chin and faint dark circles.
Above the lips there might still have been a ring of blue stubble that hadn’t been shaved clean yet.
Yet…
What the phone screen showed right now was a completely different face.
A girl’s face that looked like she had just gotten into university, still untouched by the world.
Delicate, soft features.
Amber eyes holding pure, clear stupidity and shock.
The originally messy short hair had somehow become shoulder-length, silky purple long hair that still carried a faint scent of body wash.
The clearly defined male Adam’s apple at the collarbone had vanished without a trace.
Chang Hansui felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She stared fixedly at the girl on the screen—so pretty it was impossible to look away—and even her breathing stopped.
She had indeed exited the game.
She had indeed released the “Magical Girl Liuli” form.
But…
No way…!!
It was actually irreversible…
Chang Hansui carefully looked Liang Hai up and down with concern.
“Are you okay? Did you get hurt at all?”
Liang Hai tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and answered naturally: “After you left, I left right after as well. Handling the business was just a simple discussion with the restaurant manager about scheduling the follow-up meeting. I happened to be driving and spotted you on the road…”
Chang Hansui lowered her head slightly, eyes a little evasive.
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing. I couldn’t just stand by and watch a cute girl looking so miserable out on the street.”
Liang Hai sighed and let her gaze fall on Chang Hansui.
“Speaking of which, did you really not notice at all that the clothes on your body are already hanging loose and baggy? That men’s suit and vest you wore to the date… now that they’re on you, they really don’t fit at all.”
Chang Hansui froze, then looked down.
‘Holy crap.’
The custom-tailored men’s clothes, now worn on this girl’s body, looked exactly like a kid sneaking into an adult’s wardrobe.
The collar gaped open, the sleeves stuck out a length too long.
Chang Hansui forced a dry laugh and hurriedly tugged the collar tight.
“Ahaha… maybe I got too scared by the commotion of the monster attack earlier. I was so nervous I just wanted to get home as fast as possible and didn’t notice…”
She really hadn’t noticed—but the reason she hadn’t noticed was purely because the glass-rubbing earlier had been too intense.
“Come with me first.”
A few minutes later.
Chang Hansui sat in the passenger seat of that silver-gray supercar, still a bit dazed.
This was the first time in her life she had ever sat inside such a luxurious sports car.
The enveloping feel of the genuine leather seats, the soft blue high-tech glow of the center console—everything radiated the charm of money.
Even if the city speed limit was only 40 km/h, just being able to sit in this cool supercar and listen to the engine sound already made Chang Hansui feel like her life was complete.
And then there was this exquisite little villa…
She never expected there would be a place like this so close to her rental apartment.
The rich lady had way too many shining points to list.
After they entered the villa, Liang Hai quickly went upstairs and brought down a clean set of clothes for her.
“Since your current height and bone structure are a bit taller and more slender than mine, my clothes might be a little short on you. I could only grab some clothes my older sister left here. Please forgive me.”
Chang Hansui hurriedly accepted them with both hands, waving them in flustered gratitude: “No no no, the fact that you’re even willing to lend me women’s clothes already makes me endlessly grateful!”
Even while saying that, Chang Hansui felt the soft fabric in her hands and silently shed tears inside: ‘Rich lady’s big sister’s clothes… I don’t even dare imagine the price. Whatever I do later when I put them on, I absolutely mustn’t tear them.’
Liang Hai crossed one leg over the other, leaned her body slightly forward, rested her chin on her interlaced hands, and took a sip of lemon water.
“So, why did you turn into a girl? This is truly unprecedented.”
Cold sweat instantly broke out on Chang Hansui’s back.
This… how was she supposed to explain this?
Tell the truth?
Tell her: Because I spent every day on my own forum using alt accounts to post crazy, trashy takes, a busybody magical creature sheep came knocking and threatened me. And because the dumb little essays I wrote caused Mizuki Hana to get hurt offline, my conscience couldn’t take it, so in the end I had no choice but to put on the bracelet and transform into a magical girl to save the day?
First of all, her own identity absolutely could not be exposed.
Second, she had guarded that alt account for so many years—there was no way she was going to spill everything just because the other girl lent her a little skirt.
No way, no way.
But then what was she supposed to do?
Chang Hansui took a deep breath. Her brain’s CPU spun at full speed.
“I… after we parted ways, I was actually planning to take the subway home. But on the way, I suddenly ran into that weirdo with the giant left hand…”
While speaking, Chang Hansui waved her hands around and acted it out: “He suddenly threw a left hook straight at me! That whooshing sound of the wind! I figured if I took that punch head-on I’d be flat on the ground for sure. So I decisively did an extreme slide and slipped right under him.”
Liang Hai raised an eyebrow slightly, “And then?”