My best friend might have a ton of flaws, but that’s no big deal.
As long as I’m around and he listens to me, marrying a rich and beautiful woman and reaching the peak of life is just a matter of time, right? So first, we need to shave Lin An’s beard…
Anyway, everyone knows what a seventeen or eighteen-year-old guy’s beard looks like.
It makes you look older, dumber, awkward, and definitely not attractive to girls.
So what’s the situation with Lin An?
Everyone knows about pretty boy idols, right? A lot of them looked totally clueless when they were seventeen or eighteen.
But later on, they all turned into those pretty boys.
Xia Hua wasn’t saying Lin An was a pretty boy idol, but she did believe he’d have that kind of god-tier face in the future.
In fact, in some ways, Xia Hua thought he’d be way better than those pretty boys.
“If he changed his hairstyle and shaved his beard, he might actually be pretty handsome!” Xia Hua said to Tang Wanhui, a girl she’d just met. She was trying to step into the role of ‘Little Matchmaker.’
No need to say much— just help my best friend get started. He can give me a red envelope for matchmaking later.
Too bad Lin An right now… well, he really wasn’t much to speak of.
Tang Wanhui flat-out rejected the idea, firm and righteous.
With a look that said “are you trying to set me up for disaster?” she muttered, “There’s no way I’d like that guy. By the way, you keep talking about him— don’t tell me you like him?”
“Of course not!” Xia Hua swore that was absolutely impossible.
“Exactly! Why would anyone go for that ‘old boy’?”
“Pfft~” Xia Hua burst out laughing, spraying out a mouthful of cola.
All you seventeen- and eighteen-year-old boys, did you hear that? The beard you treasure so much for the first time— shave it off already! “Old Boy” was supposed to be a song, but now girls are using it to describe you.
And honestly, Xia Hua thought the comparison… really made sense!
If Tang Wanhui hadn’t said it, it would’ve been fine. But now!!
The more Xia Hua thought about it, the more Lin An really did seem like an “old boy.”
“I think you’re a good person,” Tang Wanhui said, patting Xia Hua on the shoulder and looking like they were already close friends. “There are so many handsome guys in the world—don’t waste your time on that old boy.”
“How about I introduce someone to you?”
“If he’s not handsome, you can hit me.”
“Uh…” Hissss~ Xia Hua took in a sharp breath.
She hadn’t even started her matchmaking mission, and someone else was already trying to set her up.
Whatever. Let’s just leave this for now. Her goofy best friend was still way too much of a goof.
Xia Hua decided she’d wait until she finished transforming him before introducing him to a cute girl.
She checked the time— almost time for her part-time job.
Xia Hua was about to set down the cold cola bottle and head off.
She was just about to call Lin An when suddenly…
Chen Kairun appeared in her line of sight, flanked by two sketchy-looking guys.
Xia Hua recognized them— they were wearing the uniform from No. 8 High.
And what kind of place was No. 8 High?
One brick could knock out a bunch of troublemakers over there.
Sensing something was off, Xia Hua quickly ducked into the bushes to hide.
The two No. 8 students stopped in the shadows at the corner of the teaching building across the field.
Chen Kairun went over to the edge of the basketball court and said something to Lin An, and then— unbelievably— Lin An actually followed him without protest?
“You’ve got to be kidding me. He just let himself get tricked like that?” Xia Hua scratched her head.
“My best friend is way too easy to fool. This is giving me a headache! What now? If I don’t step in, Lin An’s probably going to get wrecked today.” Xia Hua frowned. After all, she was in a girl’s body now.
She wasn’t scared of trouble, but she wasn’t about to walk into a trap either.
A girl’s body really isn’t suited for fighting.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have ended up trapped by Chen Kairun last time, almost hanging herself from that crooked tree in the southeast corner of the school.
If Xia Hua hadn’t seen those two troublemakers from No. 8 before,
She might’ve just pretended nothing was happening.
“That’s why girls shouldn’t fight… but that doesn’t mean they can’t fight.” Xia Hua stood up and said goodbye to Tang Wanhui, who was still trying to introduce her to hot guys.
She thought for a second, then picked up the unopened cola she’d meant to give to Lin An.
And she also packed the empty glass bottle she’d finished, tucking it neatly into her backpack.
She looked in the direction where Lin An had been dragged away and murmured softly, “That day, the reason I hid behind Lin An was because he’s my best friend. I thought I could leave the problem to him to handle.”
“But that doesn’t mean I’m afraid of trouble.”
“And it definitely doesn’t mean girls are bad at throwing hands.”
“On the contrary…”
“My martial virtue is overflowing.”
“At least among girls, I’d say mine is pretty exceptional…”
Xia Hua showed a strange smile. What? Never seen a girl with overflowing martial virtue?
Then just think of me as a guy. Even if I’m using a girl’s body to do something so… martial, there’s only one thing to say right now—
Screw it! He dared to lay a hand on my best friend?
Then let him get a taste of this girl’s overflowing martial virtue!
She quietly followed behind Chen Kairun and his crew.
It’s not that Xia Hua didn’t want to go call a teacher or anything.
But have you ever seen a one-sided student beatdown go on long enough for a teacher to show up in time?
Nope. It’s usually a flurry of punches and kicks, lasting maybe ten to twenty seconds at most.
If it goes on any longer, even the bullies start worrying they’ll go too far and end up seriously hurting someone.
And maybe even kill them by accident.
Judging the situation, Xia Hua knew that by the time she got a teacher,
Those guys would’ve already finished beating up Lin An and walked away without a care.
“I heard you think you’re hot stuff!!”
“…What’s it got to do with Xia Hua? Meddling… looking for trouble…” Vaguely, Xia Hua could hear Chen Kairun swearing, and it sounded like he even mentioned her name.
That’s when it all clicked— Lin An was innocent.
And he’d probably been dragged into this mess because of her.
Which made Xia Hua even more determined to intervene.
She pulled out the employee cap she wore for her part-time job and put it on, tugging the brim low.
Glancing toward Chen Kairun and the others, she saw they were heading toward the deserted science building.
“Can’t let them get inside.”
“If they do, I won’t have a way to stop them,” Xia Hua assessed.
It was after school, but also the time when student clubs were meeting.
So there were still some students around this path— people passing by from time to time.
Xia Hua sped up her pace, but moved like someone in a hurry to get home or to a club activity, quickly closing the distance between herself and Chen Kairun’s group.
Then she reached into her backpack and pulled out the two glass cola bottles.
“ε=(´ο｀*))) Sigh!!”
“I was a kind person once…” Xia Hua said to herself, remembering some of those rather… questionable mukbang videos.
Today’s performance: a bottle to the head.
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