Volume 1 Chapter 14: A Beautiful Girl Like Me Must Have Lots of Friends, Right?
After sitting down and tidying up her schoolbag, Lin Lin folded her hands together and sat up straight.
Hmm…
She had to admit, it felt pretty good.
The girl lifted her head and puffed out her chest, feeling great about herself. For a moment, she was very satisfied with the results of washing her hair this morning.
Thinking about it carefully, since she was now a beautiful girl…
If she just sat tall at her desk and read seriously, wouldn’t she become a bright and eye-catching sight in the classroom?
What? You’re asking where “tall” comes from at 155 cm?
Her eyes casually drifted to her desk mate. The 180 cm tall, top-student, sworn enemy sitting beside her.
Uh…
Compared like that, she really couldn’t be called tall…
No, impossible.
It must be a problem with the angle.
By the way, where did this inner commentary even come from? Why were such strange thoughts popping into her head, like random chat messages flying across the screen?
This…
Did I stream too much?
Ahem, that’s not important. She could always find other angles.
For example, she looked pretty cool right now, didn’t she?
She had just shut down the class’s tough girl earlier. Thinking about it now—yeah, that was impressive.
Didn’t that instantly give her the image of a cold, untouchable beauty?
She could already feel many classmates looking at her. Hehehe~
Those looks must be full of admiration, crushes, or an urgent desire to shout, “Lin Lin, can we be friends?!”
Ahh, being a beautiful girl is really such a burden~ Hohoho~
While Lin Lin was feeling great about herself, suddenly…
Faintly, she seemed to hear quiet whispers in the classroom.
“Hey… that girl sitting next to Gao Liang looks kind of weird…”
“Yeah… she even talked back to Han Kui earlier. Wow… she’s pretty brave. What was her name again… Lin Ling?”
……………
Hey, wait a second.
First of all, my name is Lin Lin, okay? Can you not mix up the sounds?
Ugh—
Something felt wrong. What were these whispers coming from?
Th-th-this… I’m not imagining things, right?
Could these be my classmates’ opinions of me?
Huh? I’m a beautiful girl, how am I getting this kind of review?
“She’s pretty, but she feels so gloomy and quiet. Sometimes she seems kind of unstable. A really strange person.”
“Yeah, if she were more normal, she probably wouldn’t be so lonely. Too bad, her personality is messed up.”
“Chuachuachua!”
…
“Hey, did you hear that? There was some weird sound effect.”
“Ah… yeah, I think so. Hey, that girl is looking this way! Lower your voice, lower your voice!”
Feeling Lin Lin’s resentful stare, those chattering classmates quickly shut up and held their books upside down, pretending to study seriously.
Lin Lin’s mouth twitched.
This…
Their acting was way too bad.
She looked around the classroom again at the gazes directed toward her. Most of them were similar to those gossiping classmates.
There was no admiration. No affection.
Instead, there was more… confusion, doubt, the look people give to someone strange, or…
No interest at all.
This…
Lin Lin instantly lost her energy. She slumped forward and rested her head on the desk. The confidence she had just built, thinking she could rely on her looks after becoming a beautiful girl, collapsed in an instant.
Why… even after becoming a beautiful girl…
Why is it still like this?
From the looks of it, my reputation in class isn’t very good. I’m clearly good-looking, but people think my personality has problems…
So this is the kind of evaluation I get?
Usually gloomy too…
Could it be that the whole timeline has changed, and I…
I still don’t have any friends at school?
“No way? No way? No way?”
Could it be that even after becoming a beautiful girl, I still don’t have a single friend in class?
How is that possible?
Heh.
And so, the girl began to wait patiently.
Holding onto the thought, “A beautiful girl like me will definitely have friends no matter how bad my personality is,” she started her patient “waiting for friends” from the moment morning reading class ended.
I don’t believe that during this break, not a single person will come to play with me. I’m obviously so pretty.
The girl nodded confidently, then kept glancing at the clock hanging in the classroom.
Ten minutes left…
Hmm, everyone is still sitting at their seats. It looks like they’re all chatting where they are.
Come to think of it, it’s usually easy to become friends with the people in front of and behind you. I’ll just wait for someone nearby to talk to me.
Nine minutes left…
Why did the person in front of me run to the other corner of the classroom to play with someone else?
Uh…
Someone, please come over and play with me.
Seven minutes left…
Heh, my friends must have gone to the bathroom. No need to rush. They’ll probably come say hi soon. After all, it’s still early in the morning.
Four minutes left…
I’m getting anxious, I’m really getting anxious. Did my imaginary friends fall into the toilet or something? Why hasn’t anyone come yet? Am I really a loner?
One minute left…
I…
I…
Lin Lin sat there in a daze, falling into despair.
No… there’s no hope. Only one minute left. There’s no way anyone in this world will come to look for me now.
Heh…
Fine, I’ll accept reality…
“Um, Lin Lin?”
Suddenly, Gao Liang, who had just come back from the hallway, tapped Lin Lin on the shoulder.
Lin Lin froze.
In that instant, a huge struggle and resistance rose up inside her.
Two groups of little people in her head were fighting fiercely, one side saying “I refuse to accept that I’m still a friendless, socially anxious shut-in,” and the other saying “I don’t want to get involved with my lifelong enemy.” In the end…
Lin Lin lifted her head as if grabbing onto the last lifeline, tears welling in her eyes.
Ah, that’s right. Gao Liang is my desk mate after all. Desk mates naturally get closer, right?
Besides, in this life I’m already a girl. That whole Xiao Ling incident probably doesn’t count anymore, hahaha…
There’s really no choice. Even though I really don’t want to admit it, having a friend is better than having none, right?
Classmate Gao Liang, please, say good morning to me! I’m begging you!
“Um…”
Gao Liang pointed at the narrow space between the desks in front and behind and said, “Can you let me pass through?”
“Tch—”
Huh?
Gao Liang watched with his own eyes as the girl’s expression changed instantly. Just a moment ago she looked cute and pitiful, how did she suddenly look so annoyed?
Lin Lin stood up speechlessly, made space for him, and let him walk through.
She sat back down, and only when the class bell rang did Lin Lin…
Finally accept reality.
This…
Isn’t this exactly the same as my last life?
Damn it!
She was grinding her teeth in frustration when suddenly, Gao Liang poked her again.
“Um, the homeroom teacher wants you to go to her office after class.”
“You… can’t you ever bring some good news for once?”