Finally surviving evening self-study, Lin Yi dragged her exhausted body back to the dorm.
The dormitory conditions at Zhuming Girls’ High School were quite good, and Lin Yi was considered lucky, having drawn the only double room.
It had a loft bed with a desk below, a private balcony and bathroom, air conditioning, a washing machine, and Yan Jianxing, the grade’s recognized sunny beauty, as a roommate.
She couldn’t ask for more.
She had mooched a meal off Yan Jianxing’s meal card for dinner.
When evening self-study ended, Yan Jianxing said she needed to go to the gymnasium to retrieve a forgotten bag and told Lin Yi to go back to the dorm first.
Conventionally speaking, after being reborn as a beautiful girl, the plot points of entering the beautiful girl’s boudoir and sharing a room with her were unavoidable perks.
But right now, Lin Yi could only say that simply being alive was a success; she had no energy for any improper thoughts.
The delayed effects of the afternoon’s entrusted running session were hitting her.
Every two steps she took now, her calves ached terribly.
It was probably due to a lack of usual exercise, combined with a deficiency in electrolytes like potassium, sodium, and calcium, leaving her on the verge of cramping at any moment.
“Right, that Blue Bottle Oral Liquid.”
She opened her schoolbag and, sure enough, found a small bottle of oral liquid, as if it was always supposed to be in her bag.
No one knew how the System had manifested it.
Inserting the straw, she finished it within three seconds.
Lin Yi felt as if some kind of change had occurred in her body.
Whether it was a placebo effect or if the stuff was genuinely effective, her whole body hurt less, and the symptoms of dizziness and blurred vision had also improved somewhat.
Only after her five senses returned to normal operation did she realize she seemed to have entered an incredible place.
It was filled with fragrance.
In her previous life, Lin Yi had been single for over thirty years since birth.
Forget a girl’s room, she hadn’t even entered a clothing store that carried the scent of girls.
Moreover, next to the washing machine on the balcony, there were Yan Jianxing’s workout clothes from earlier today, as well as some mysterious silk garments.
So careless!
How could such treasures be discarded so casually!
“No, I can’t just stare at these things, it’s too impolite!”
[Detected host urgently needs improvement: As a protagonist, your primary goal is always to maintain cleanliness and hygiene. If you can’t even clean your own room, how can you manage the world? You absolutely cannot allow any dirty things within your sight; they must be cleaned up thoroughly!]
[Task: Clean your residence, clean all clothing. Rewards will be issued based on the post-cleaning condition.]
—Hah, System, is this right?
According to the System’s misplaced cognition, then at this moment, this dorm room was “Lin Yi’s residence.” Cleaning the residence meant cleaning the entire dorm, and cleaning the clothing included Yan Jianxing’s…
Before Lin Yi could even think it through properly, her sleeves were already rolled up.
Ah, System, you’ve really gotten me into trouble!
It’s all your fault, all your fault.
Now Lin Yi could only sweep the floor with tears in her eyes, wipe the tables with tears in her eyes, take out the trash with tears in her eyes, and wash the clothes with tears in her eyes.
Wait, shouldn’t underwear be hand-washed, not put in the washing machine?
Wait, shouldn’t socks not be washed with underwear, requiring separate water changes?
So Yan Jianxing is a cute little bear fruit pie type, pure pure~
After about half an hour of busy work, the entire dorm was sparkling clean, emitting a citrus fragrance.
And Lin Yi, at this moment, began to feel aches in her back and legs again.
[Detected task completion. You successfully turned the residence into a young lady’s boudoir, filled with fragrance as if two super beauties had lived there. Evaluation grade: Flawless. Additional reward added.]
—I reckon this room is literally lived in by two beautiful girls, so what?
[Basic Reward: Stamina Potion2 (Effect: Restores stamina points); Additional Reward: Clear Mind Black Tea1 (Effect: Increases concentration for four hours after consumption). Rewards have been delivered to your schoolbag.]
[Skill Unlocked: Housekeeping Lv.1]
So skill enhancement requires completing tasks to unlock, with a maximum level of Lv.5, and there’s no set limit to the number of skills one can possess.
This was Lin Yi’s first time completing a System task.
She opened her schoolbag and, sure enough, found two potions that looked like Stamina Potions from a JRPG game, along with a can of black tea drink.
The Stamina Potion was a lifesaver. Otherwise, Lin Yi couldn’t imagine being able to stand up tomorrow after running plus cleaning.
She didn’t hesitate and immediately drank one Stamina Potion.
In about ten seconds, the fatigue in her body was completely swept away.
Lin Yi even stretched: “Amazing. This refreshing feeling is like the morning of New Year’s Day when you put on new underwear.”
“Forget it, time for a shower.”
The bathroom had a dry-wet separation.
Lin Yi stood in front of the mirror, confirming once again that her body had indeed turned into that of a girl.
The unadorned, stunningly beautiful face showed slight fatigue, but it couldn’t hide the astonishing aura. Lin Yi’s appearance and skin were beyond words.
Everyone admires the full bloom of spring, but the plum blossoms on the branch just before the frost ends are the most fitting description for Lin Yi.
This wasn’t a dream.
She had truly been reborn as a female high school student.
Her new life was right now.
She would continue to live on as Lin Yi.
“Since I’ve borrowed your body, I must be responsible for your life.” Lin Yi reached out a finger, wiping the misty condensation off the mirror.
“This is the last, and most important, promise I make as a man.”
Strangely enough, after making this resolution, the previous sense of unfamiliarity with this body lessened considerably.
Things like showering and blow-drying her hair, relying on the fusion of memories, no longer felt awkward.
She was Lin Yi, and could only be Lin Yi.
“I’m back!”
The dorm door pushed open.
Yan Jianxing looked at Lin Yi, who was tilting her head to blow-dry her hair, then looked around the dorm, and took a step back.
Lin Yi turned off the hair dryer, puzzled.
“What’s wrong? Standing outside, come in.”
Yan Jianxing shook her head.
“No, I’m afraid I’ll dirty the dorm floor.”
?
“What should I do, Lin Yi? I really want to take a shower right here in the hallway and only dare to enter after I’m all fragrant.”
“That’s completely unnecessary.” Lin Yi made a welcoming gesture.
“Welcome home, my young lady.”
“Hehe.”
Even so, Yan Jianxing took off her sneakers, tiptoed in, then walked around Lin Yi and asked, “Is there still hot water?”
“There is, definitely enough for a shower.”
“Great, wait for me to come out clean, okay?”
What kind of wild words are these.
After her shower, Lin Yi checked the time.
There was still half an hour left, so she decided to read for a while.
After all, the Monthly Exam was tomorrow.
If her Monthly Exam results were worse than the entrance exam, the school and Old Class Teacher would call her guardian.
This was unacceptable to Lin Yi.
She didn’t really want the nominal guardian in her host family to know about her difficulties.
The bathroom door opened, releasing a puff of steam.
Lin Yi felt a fragrant shower gel scent rush into her nose.
She looked back.
Yan Jianxing’s high ponytail had now become shoulder-length hair, and her delicate, well-proportioned figure walked out wrapped only in a bath towel.
Amidst the hazy steam, the girl stretched out her snow-white, slender legs and, looking at the drying rack on the balcony, asked, “Lin Yi, did you… wash my clothes too?”
Lin Yi used her book to cover half her face, responding softly, “It was just convenient. If you dislike it…”
“No, no, it’s not that I dislike it.”
Whether it was from just showering or some flutter in the young girl’s heart, but Lin Yi believed it was more the shyness from having one’s intimate garments washed by someone else.
In any case, Yan Jianxing, holding the two corners of her bath towel with both hands, had a face like peach blossoms, her eyelashes fluttering lightly like startled butterfly wings.
“It’s just… next time, I’ll do it myself…”
Being alive is truly wonderful, to be able to witness a beautiful girl’s shyness.
Lin Yi felt she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.
“A-as repayment!”
Yan Jianxing quickly grabbed a hairband from the desk, tied up her waterfall-like hair, then placed a hand on Lin Yi’s shoulder.
“Lin Yi, tomorrow morning, I’ll wake you up.”
Oh, oh, a beautiful girl’s wake-up service?
That sounds enjoyable.
“And then?”
“And then, come with me for a morning run. Five o’clock, it’s a date!”
Retracting her previous statement, Lin Yi’s face turned ashen.