Volume 1 Chapter 12: First Day at School, and My Desk Mate Is…
On the second day, just after waking up, Lin Lin ran into the first scary thing of her new life.
Well, it went like this.
As soon as she woke up, Lin Lin glanced at the calendar on her phone.
The big word “Monday” almost made her black out on the spot.
Ah—
Monday, Monday, just want to rest.
Monday already? So I have to go to school?
Waaah, I only turned into a girl last night, and now I have to go to school as a girl already.
The girl suddenly got a headache. How was she supposed to deal with this?
Luckily, the system had changed her identity in this world to female. Otherwise, going to school like this would really be impossible.
But…
Thinking about it, she felt a little excited too.
After turning into a girl, she couldn’t possibly… couldn’t possibly still be a nobody at school, right?
And last night, when she secretly checked herself in the bathroom mirror, her current looks were, well…
If she had to give a score, she’d give it a hundred points!
The kind of beauty that works both in anime and real life, the kind that would even make her old self’s heart race. The type everyone likes.
Ahem… that praise is a bit scary.
Anyway, this time, her school life probably wouldn’t be so dull anymore, right?
Hoo~
While she was thinking, the alarm she had set earlier rang. The girl easily turned it off and forced herself out of bed.
She glanced at the clock and froze.
W-Why is it six o’clock?
Her alarm was always set for seven!
Huh?
Why did the alarm get set one hour earlier after she turned into a girl?
What kind of stupid setting is this? How can precious sleep time be cut like this?
Tsk!
The girl flopped back into bed right away.
Whatever, I’ll sleep for another hour. Mmm…
As for the alarm, she’d wait until her brother acted as a human alarm clock and woke her up.
With that, she closed her eyes and stayed in bed.
She even rolled over once in a while, thinking about life and deep philosophy or something.
But…
Very soon, she realized something was wrong.
Hiss—
Why does my hair feel like it exploded?
When she touched it with her hand, it felt messy, like a bunch of weeds.
It definitely wasn’t like this yesterday, was it?
Uh…
Could it be that her female self set the alarm one hour earlier because…
She needs to wash her hair?
N-No way, right?
Hmm…
Touch it again?
Hiss—
That horrible feeling made Lin Lin feel nervous.
Anyway, sleeping again usually doesn’t feel that good.
So… maybe she should go check in the bathroom?
After making up her mind, she quietly climbed out of bed again, tiptoed to the bathroom, and then…
She stared closely at her sleepy reflection in the mirror and rubbed her head.
Hey, she still looked like a pretty girl last night. How did she wake up with such messy hair and a tired face today?
This…
So now that she’s a beautiful girl, she really can’t skip fixing herself up every morning anymore… right?
Being a girl is such a hassle!
The girl sighed helplessly. Looking at her messy hair, she had no choice.
She had to wash her hair.
Ah…
For some reason, memories of daily life as a girl suddenly appeared in her mind. Lin Lin sorted through those memories, and then…
She was shocked.
W-W-W… what?
Washing hair takes this long for girls with long hair?
There’s hair care, drying it, washing your face in the morning, and that’s not even all, there’s skincare too?
Not to mention makeup…
Luckily, Lin Lin didn’t plan to wear makeup for now. Washing her hair and doing basic cleaning would be enough.
But still—
Isn’t this way too troublesome?
The girl took a sharp breath.
This…
So being a beautiful girl really takes this much effort?
Help, she was already starting to regret it a little.
Especially the hair washing.
Long hair is really this hard to deal with?
If you don’t wash it, it just goes wild… making you look like someone who’s been living on the street for three days.
Ah…
Looking at the messy hair in the mirror, the girl even had the thought: should I just cut it short?
But…
That idea was quickly pushed away.
Because she remembered how she looked in the mirror last night.
She was a long-hair lover. Hehe…
Her long-haired self was really, really pretty!
Well, Lin Lin’s natural looks were very good. Even with short hair, she would probably still look nice and short hair would be much easier to wash.
But…
I like long, straight black hair!
Let’s keep it like this for now. We’ll talk about it later.
So…
The girl picked up the shower head, her face serious, and began a major operation!
………………………
“Ugh—”
After struggling through everything using the basic life knowledge she had as a girl, she finally walked out of the bathroom, holding onto the wall.
So tired…
Completely exhausted.
Phew…
But at least, after all that effort, her hair was finally neat.
She walked into the living room and saw that her parents had already prepared breakfast and were calling her to come eat.
Her little brother was also there, biting into a slice of bread while secretly glancing at Lin Lin from time to time.
“Xiao Lin, come eat!” her mom called.
Hearing that, the girl nodded and walked to the table weakly. She sat down and muttered tiredly, “Washing my hair is so tiring.”
As she spoke, she picked up a slice of bread, put a sausage in it, and stuffed it into her mouth.
“Haha, that’s because you love being pretty and keep your hair so long,” her mom said with a smile.
Her dad stayed quiet, while Lin Yu quietly added,
“You don’t even wash it that often. Don’t you usually just tie it up because it’s annoying—”
“Cough, cough!”
The girl cut off her brother’s teasing with an annoyed cough. Of all things to bring up.
She looked at her family sitting at the table, then thought about her current identity as a girl, and suddenly felt a little emotional.
Ah…
This is nice. Her family was still with her, and everything was almost the same as before. That was really good.
After quickly finishing breakfast, the girl put on her school uniform. The school uniform in Huadu City was a bit different from other places.
The girls’ uniform was based on the style from Japan, similar to a sailor uniform, but the skirt was much longer than in anime, reaching about knee length.
The first time she ever wore a skirt on purpose, it turned out to be a school uniform.
Lin Lin swayed left and right. No matter how she moved, it felt awkward, though she couldn’t say exactly what was wrong.
In the end…
She could only walk out of the house with that uncomfortable feeling.
After walking a few hundred meters and reaching the main street, she finally understood.
The awkwardness wasn’t because the clothes didn’t fit.
It was because—
She was openly wearing girls’ clothes outside!
So, even though her gender had already changed to female, Lin Lin still walked all the way to school with a strange sense of embarrassment, as if she were escaping.
Unfortunately, even after entering the classroom, that feeling didn’t go away.
It actually got worse because of her classmates’ looks.
Damn…
Wait a second! Was she even in the right class?
Lin Lin was starting to get confused about which class she belonged to in this world, and which seat was hers.
Following her old memories, she walked to her seat and looked up at the person sitting next to her.
Then—
She froze.
Gao…
Gao Liang?!