Chapter 126: Bet You Didn't Expect This, Now I’m a Girl Too, and I Also Get “Immune to Hurt”?
The next day, the clothes she ordered had arrived.
She had saved up a full week’s worth of “transformation energy,” so once again, Lin Yibai turned into a girl.
Just how amazing does someone’s body need to be to wear a dress like that, a white dress with spaghetti straps, body-hugging fit, and a front slit?
Lin Yibai didn’t really understand.
From her simple guy point of view, most girls didn’t really look good in those kinds of dresses. A lot of them ended up looking like country girls.
She quietly asked herself, “Can I really pull it off? Am I able to wear that and look good?”
She looked at her reflection in the mirror, beautiful, cute, and with a hint of aloofness.
So... maybe? Maybe she could?
Lin Yibai carefully examined the dress for a long time. The more she looked, the more it resembled the one worn by Tohko Amano, the book-eating girl from that light novel. Should she also carry a book to pretend she was the literary type?
Forget it! Tohko Amano had super long twin ponytails. Lin Yibai had short hair.
Still, she wanted to make it in time for the evening performance invite, so she had to get ready quickly.
That afternoon was only for elective classes, and her dorm mates had skipped class to go work part-time.
When the delivery guy brought the dress this morning, Lin Yibai quickly washed it and hung it on the balcony to dry.
Half a day was enough for it to be clean and dry.
She read through some online tips about how to wear this type of dress.
“You have to pull the dress over your head from the bottom… When using the bathroom, lift the skirt… You can also wear a shawl over your shoulders...”
But some of the answers made her suspicious.
Were these really written by girls? Couldn’t they just be clueless guys pretending to know stuff?
Whatever, time to head out.
Before she left, Lin Yibai quickly wrote a funny note to her dorm mates:
"Dear brothers, I’m off to my hometown again to inherit the inheritance of my second cousin’s aunt’s younger sister’s brother’s dad’s uncle’s grandpa’s cousin’s husband… I’ll treat you to Crazy Thursday chicken when I’m back!"
She disappeared like this almost every week.
At this point, she didn’t bother coming up with believable reasons anymore. Believe it or not, up to you!
She looked in the mirror one last time and adjusted the top of the dress.
Lin Yibai finally noticed the real difference between herself and Tohko Amano.
“I’m definitely not like her with that airport-flat chest. Mine are... very big... sigh, I’ll have to deal with it for a moment.”
She wore a mask when leaving the dorm.
Even then, people still stared at her strangely. After all, a perfect-looking girl was walking out of a boys’ dorm, wasn’t that weird?
Online comments exploded:
"Which major is she from? I want her full info in 5 minutes!"
"Shut up, dude. You think you have a chance with a beauty like that?"
"Amazing figure, amazing aura. I’d give her 9 out of 10, leaving 1 point so she doesn’t get too proud."
"Nine points? Old joke. And how do you know what she looks like under that mask?"
"Does what’s under the mask really matter?"
"Doesn’t it?"
"When the lights are off, does it still matter?"
"...Fair point."
She didn’t want to admit it, but sometimes guys could really be inappropriate with this kind of talk.
Still, when you think about it differently. If guys are already thinking about you like that, maybe it just means you’ve got real charm.
Most girls wouldn’t even be in their fantasies.
As Lin Yibai walked past them, she gave a cold little “hmph” and said softly.
“Lights off? Why turn off the lights? Isn’t beauty something meant to be seen and admired?”
She still didn’t take off her mask. But her beautiful voice amazed everyone.
It was a shame such a beautiful girl will probably go out to meet someone tonight. She totally looked like she was heading out for a date. They’d heard that on weekends, the hotels around here were always... "noisy.”
When she reached the nearby music school, she noticed it was pretty small, maybe about the size of a normal high school.
Art schools usually aren’t as big as traditional colleges with tens of thousands of students.
If you had to compare, it was about the same size as just one or two departments in a regular university.
Following the address, Lin Yibai arrived at the theater. But what she saw made her feel a little confused.
She noticed that the people walking in and out were older and looked quite elegant. She couldn’t help but say, “Wasn’t this supposed to be a casual performance just for students? Like a welcome party or a musical show?”
But now it seemed like regular students couldn’t even get through the door. What was going on?
Lin Yibai took out her QR code ticket and scanned it. It worked, but now she felt nervous and didn’t want to go in alone.
In a situation like this, shouldn’t we wait for our friend first?
She quickly typed on her phone and sent a message:
“Xia Changyu, where are you?”
Ding-dong~
[Just arrived at the school gate.]
“Come quickly. Something’s not right here.”
[?]
A short while later, Xia Changyu came running over, out of breath, sweat on his forehead.
Seeing him like that, Lin Yibai felt a little guilty. It’s such a hot day, maybe she shouldn’t have rushed him.
Xia Changyu was still panting a bit, but when he saw the girl in the white dress standing in the sunset light, he could only regret that he didn’t come sooner.
She had short hair that was just the right length, a beautiful and delicate face with slightly furrowed brows, and red lips slightly open, as if she were worrying about something. Her white shoulders led down into a long white dress.
The slit at the front of the long dress would occasionally reveal a flash of pale skin, showing off her shapely and slender legs, making Xia Changyu unable to stop himself from secretly swallowing.
He was thinking maybe he should apologize, but then he thought, for what?
He wasn’t late. He hadn’t made her mad.
And then—ahhh—
Lin Yibai pulled out a wet tissue and gently wiped his sweaty forehead.
She said softly, “I told you to come quickly, not to run over here like that!”
Her gentle, half-blaming tone actually made him feel even warmer inside. He couldn’t help but smile like an idiot.
Not far away, Xia Zhilan, wearing a formal dress, saw this and smiled with satisfaction. All that effort... was finally worth it.
She walked over and greeted the two of them with a playful smile.
“You two! Not bad! Really not bad!”
Lin Yibai quickly tried to explain. “Wait, Sister Xia, don’t misunderstand! It’s not what you think!”
But Xia Zhilan understood completely. As his mom, of course she wished it was what she thought. But sadly, her silly son didn’t know how to act.
While the three of them were chatting by the entrance, a familiar cold voice cut in.
It was the online streamer, Xie Xinyi, whom they hadn’t seen in a while. She frowned and said, “Hey hey hey, what kind of people are you? Who are you even? What are your qualifications to be here? This place isn’t for just anyone to walk into!”
Lin Yibai: “?”
Xia Changyu: “Shut the hell up.”
Xia Zhilan frowned slightly, clearly annoyed. She replied, “Classmate, please mind your words. I was officially invited by your school to take part in this performance.”
“Invited?” Xie Xinyi gave a mocking laugh. Holding up her livestream selfie stick, she said with a sarcastic tone.
“Wow, everyone hear that? Now anyone thinks they’re some kind of star. Saying she was invited by the school to perform. I’m also part of the show, and I didn’t hear about her during rehearsals. And that old hag thinks she’s worthy?”
Xia Changyu raised his hand and almost slapped her across the face.
Swearing is one thing, but insulting someone’s mom to their face is crossing the line.
But there were too many people around, and she was livestreaming, that slap would definitely cause a big problem.
Lin Yibai could already imagine the headlines: “One slap sends livestream straight to the trending page.”
She quickly reached out and knocked his hand away. Maybe she used too much force, her own hand felt a bit numb afterward.
Then, without thinking, she pulled Xia Changyu behind her, standing in front of him.
Now it was fair. They were both girls now.
Your “damage immunity”... is now my “damage immunity.”