Volume 1 Chapter 74: Still Not Accepted
The countdown was connected to her life, so Bai Muxue always remembered the numbers on it clearly. When the number truly reached zero, would she die? Or... would there be an ending even worse than death?
Bai Muxue did not know, and she did not want to know.
Because of that, even though she never showed it, she had always been keeping track of the changes in the countdown days. She was afraid that one day, if she calculated the days wrong, she would fall into a disaster that could never be fixed.
“When I was at the amusement park before, something like this also happened... I clearly remembered the countdown was only thirteen days, but somehow it became twenty-four days.”
“And now it happened again... it suddenly added another eight days.”
Did something happen to that girl Shen Jingyi?
Or was it... Amber?
After thinking about it, Bai Muxue felt that compared to Shen Jingyi, the famous girl in the band was more likely.
After all, she had just played a prank on that girl this afternoon.
Damn, could it be that she got so upset because of my little joke, and now she is secretly cursing me behind my back?
‘Annoying Xiao Xue! How dare you scare me! How dare you scare me!’
A scene suddenly appeared in her mind of someone squatting in a corner, holding a voodoo doll, stabbing it with needles while muttering curses.
Bai Muxue could not help but feel a chill.
“Uh, come to think of it... it was only a small note. Could it really give me eight whole days of negative emotions?”
A new doubt appeared in her heart.
Before, she had done something much worse to Shen Jingyi, yet she had not absorbed that much negative emotion.
Amber would not hate her that much... right?
“Forget it. Thinking about this now... is just a waste of time.”
The most important thing now was to deal with Liu Li as soon as possible and drag out that so-called mastermind behind everything!
Bai Muxue shook her head. As if making up her mind, she threw all her doubts aside and once again placed the brooch into the music box.
“If possible, I really don’t want to transform...” the girl sighed quietly in her heart.
“My, my, but Young Miss, you have no choice, do you?”
A familiar soft laugh from Sylvia suddenly sounded beside her ear.
Before Bai Muxue could say anything, her vision was swallowed by endless black flames.
“This is the duty you must carry, and the fate you need to change...”
The black flames wrapped around her small body layer by layer.
But from behind, a soft touch reached her. Sylvia was still resting against her shoulder, gently brushing Bai Muxue’s cheek with her hand.
It was strange. The moment Sylvia touched her, the emotions rising in Bai Muxue’s chest calmed down. Her heartbeat became steady again, and a peaceful feeling spread through her whole body.
“So...”
[Embrace your power, Young Miss.]
Sadly, this calm did not last long.
As the flames before her slowly scattered, and a skeleton arm pierced through her chest, an unbearable sharp pain and burning heat instantly spread from her chest to the rest of her body.
Heh... maybe I have already gotten used to it.
Bai Muxue thought silently as she closed her eyes.
Light and shadow overlapped. The black flames slowly disappeared, and the blood-red countdown quickly dropped to twenty-six days.
Under the dark night sky, with the bright moonlight shining above, the black gothic skirt fluttered in the wind.
[Magical Girl Kaguya, transformation complete.]
………………
Meanwhile, on the other side...
Tang Xingwan had just finished bathing and drying her hair. Holding an ice cream in her hand, she covered her mouth and yawned.
Her soft skin, smooth like white jade, was slightly red from the hot water. Every part of her glowed with a healthy pink color.
“This is bad... I already didn’t sleep yesterday, and today I turned on the computer early in the morning and spent the whole day farming dungeons. If this keeps going, won’t I really die suddenly?”
Uh, come to think of it, I think I only slept three hours the day before yesterday too?
I originally planned to catch up on sleep today... After all, there would be many chances to watch Stardust’s performances later. But if I died from overwork, that would be the end for real...
But in the end, I did not sleep, did not watch the live show, and wasted the whole day. What exactly was I doing all day?!
“And I only ate one piece of bread today... I think there is still some leftover food in the fridge. I’ll heat it up later...”
“I’m tired! Let the world end!”
After swallowing the last bite of ice cream, the girl cried out and threw herself onto the bed, rolling around.
Seriously... if Dad saw me like this... he would probably be very angry, right?
Ever since Dad passed away, it feels like I’ve been spending every day in a confused and empty way...
“If you’re angry... you can come into my dream and scold me as much as you want. I don’t mind...”
The girl lifted her head from the pillow and spoke softly.
She let out a gentle sigh, then picked up the phone beside the bed and looked through it out of boredom.
Oh right, speaking of the live show... Xiao Xue should have gone to watch it today, right? I wonder if she liked it.
Thinking this, Tang Xingwan opened her chat with Bai Muxue. She found that Bai Muxue had actually sent her many messages and photos... but she had been too focused on gaming to notice.
“Mm, I already left the concert venue. It was really good. Especially the lead singer’s voice, it sounded wonderful. The fans around me also seemed very passionate.”
“No wonder Xingwan likes them so much. I can understand it now.”
Hehe, Xiao Xue really understands Miss Shuying’s charm. I knew I judged her right!
Lying on the bed and reading Bai Muxue’s praise, Tang Xingwan could not help showing a proud smile.
After all, it was because she watched Shuying perform before that she came to love the whole group.
“Eh, wait... speaking of that, Xiao Xue’s health should be fine now, right? Since she was able to go watch the show.”
Too bad Xiao Xue did not send a selfie or something... I wonder if her condition has improved.
Thinking of how weak someone looked yesterday, worry appeared on Tang Xingwan’s pretty face.
A selfie... For a rich young lady like Xiao Xue, she should take a lot of photos, right?
With sudden interest, Tang Xingwan opened Bai Muxue’s social media page and looked through her photo album, wanting to learn more about the girl’s life this way.
“Ohoho... the social media of a noble rich girl. Will there be mansions, luxury cars, diamonds, and fun things like that?”
Excitement shined in Tang Xingwan’s eyes.
Sadly, her hopes disappeared quickly.
Other than a few scenery photos and food photos, there was nothing else on Bai Muxue’s page.
“Strange. Xiao Xue looks like the kind of rich girl who travels abroad all the time. Why is her page full of scenery photos?”
Normally, for a rich young lady like Xiao Xue, shouldn’t her page be full of luxury cars, giant villas, or selfies wearing famous brands and expensive jewelry?
“All scenery photos... Why does this feel like the page of some older uncle or auntie...”
It only lacked some silly fake educational videos being shared!
Tang Xingwan puffed her cheeks and complained in her heart.
Or maybe!
Behind Miss Bai’s confident and cheerful outside appearance, there is actually a lonely and cold heart! So that’s why...
— “I don’t like selfies, because I should not exist in this world.”
“No! I will melt your cold heart!”
Ehehe... A story about a cold-on-the-outside rich young lady and a lively, cheerful commoner beauty? What a classic setup!
Tang Xingwan’s thoughts ran wild again. In her mind, she had already imagined a youthful romance story hundreds of thousands of words long.
After amusing herself on the bed for quite a while, Tang Xingwan suddenly felt bored and stopped imagining things.
She quietly stared at the ceiling in a daze, and the smile on her pretty face slowly faded.
Feeling something in her heart, she suddenly sighed, then slowly sat up from the bed and took out a faintly glowing red music box from the bedside drawer.
“Come to think of it, I’ve already been actively helping people like the contract said... so why still can’t I transform?”
“Is it because I still haven’t been accepted? Or am I not qualified...?”
The night had grown deep.
This girl, who was usually always cheerful, now rarely showed a trace of sadness on her pretty face.