Chapter 9: I’m Naturally Beautiful, and I’m a Hypocrite Too
Chapter 9: I’m Naturally Beautiful, and I’m a Hypocrite Too
Lei Yating secretly laughed until her shoulders shook.
Who would have thought the delinquent girl in the lower bunk spoke so filthily?
“What’s wrong with entertaining yourself? Just admit it openly. There’s no need to act like one of those feudal-era women with bound feet and turn pale at the mention of sex.”
Pei Ye’s tone was indifferent, but her words were infuriating enough to drive people mad.
Fortunately, the original Xiao Hong had never been close with her roommates and had always been aloof toward them. Now that Pei Ye had taken her place, nobody suspected anything.
Who would care about the emotional journey of a delinquent girl destined to fall into ruin?
“Bah! What are you looking at!”
Lei Yating instinctively hugged the Divine Water tightly.
That action attracted the attention of the other roommates, including skincare enthusiast Bai Xiaoxiao.
“Floral water?”
Lei Yating’s mouth twitched.
“No, Divine Water.”
Bai Xiaoxiao burst out laughing.
“You call that Divine Water? Come on, don’t tell me you bought some low-quality skincare product promoted by internet influencers.”
What was Divine Water?
With the financial means of students like them, they could only barely scrape together enough money for a beginner’s set. Did she think Bai Xiaoxiao had never seen Divine Water before?
The thing in Lei Yating’s hand held 300 millilitres, its design vaguely imitated the original, and the liquid inside was mint green. How was that Divine Water?
Bai Xiaoxiao held back her laughter, but even a blind person could understand the contempt in her eyes.
Lei Yating’s face darkened.
“This is medicinal cosmetics made by my relative, a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. According to them, it used to be supplied to imperial consorts. That’s what deserves to be called Divine Water. What do you know?”
A treasure secretly crafted by the Hundred Flowers Fairy from dew collected from precious flowers of the Heavenly Court.
How could mortal products compare?
She had only managed to get it because her hand speed had been fast enough.
Bai Xiaoxiao did not believe a word.
Curling her lip, she said, “These days everything advertises itself as all-natural or made from imperial court recipes. That kind of trick only fools country bumpkins like you who don’t understand anything. If ancient palace cosmetics were really so effective, then why do those photos of late Qing dynasty consorts circulating online look so ugly? Besides, can those medicinal cosmetics even be absorbed by the skin?”
Pei Ye watched the drama unfold from the side, waiting for heroine Lei Yating’s first face-slapping victory.
“Tsk, it’s still uncertain who the real country bumpkin is.”
Lei Yating might have been reborn, but her personality had not become much steadier. She was remarkably skilled at provoking people and arguing.
Bai Xiaoxiao asked in return, “What do you mean by that?”
Lei Yating pointed at the cosmetics organizer on Bai Xiaoxiao’s desk, which contained a beginner Divine Water set worth over six hundred yuan.
“Let’s compare them. We’ll see whether your foreign brand works better or whether my relative’s medicinal cosmetics are more miraculous.”
“If you lose, then what?”
Lei Yating did not believe she could lose.
“The loser buys takeaway meals for the winner for a month and fetches hot water for half a semester.”
Bai Xiaoxiao gritted her teeth.
“Fine. Mine is an authentic product bought from the flagship store. Who’s afraid of whom?”
The conflict between the two young women was intense. The smell of gunpowder filled the air, and it looked as though a battle was about to erupt.
As a result...
Pei Ye looked at the two girls pressing Divine Water-soaked pads against their faces and sighed inwardly.
The question was this.
The novel The Peerless Good-for-Nothing Little Celestial Master Has a Red Packet Group described this scene brilliantly, with excellent pacing and tension. Reading it felt satisfying.
But after witnessing it in person...
Emmm...
There was always an indescribable sense of adolescent cringiness about it.
Her tired smile revealed traces of awkwardness and embarrassment.
A few minutes later.
Bai Xiaoxiao’s Divine Water performed quite well.
After using it, her skin felt dry and comfortable, and even looked a shade brighter.
She had been using Divine Water since her third year of high school. Her skin had always remained delicate and fair. The clogged pores she once suffered from had disappeared completely, and acne had long since said goodbye.
Among everyone in the dormitory, aside from Xiao Hong, her skin condition was the best.
She had thought victory was guaranteed.
But then...
“Wow!”
“You’re kidding!!!”
“No way, where did those pimples go? Yating, did you use concealer?”
“I took photos. Have any of you noticed that Yating’s pores have become much finer too?”
“Amazing. This effect is unbelievably amazing. Yating, does your relative have any more Divine Water? Sell me a bottle, pleeease~~~”
The roommates were all drawn over. Even the gaming addict who had been playing games came over to watch Lei Yating’s face.
Bai Xiaoxiao’s expression changed completely.
Lei Yating smiled while looking in the mirror.
Her ears were filled with her roommates’ astonished exclamations and praise.
Some of them even suggested that they should try it themselves.
She had wanted to agree, but the bottle only held 300 millilitres, and there was no telling when the Hundred Flowers Fairy would send another red packet.
She had to use it sparingly.
Thus Lei Yating refused on the excuse that the medicinal cosmetic ingredients used by her relative were extremely expensive.
“How much does a bottle cost to make?”
Lei Yating glanced sideways at Bai Xiaoxiao and smiled.
“I don’t know. My relative only said it used several thousand yuan worth of precious medicinal ingredients.”
Upon hearing that, the roommates abandoned the idea.
If the production cost alone was several thousand yuan, then a retail price would surely exceed ten thousand.
Pei Ye did not join the excitement.
She lowered her head and looked at the System Records.
[16:29, Heroine Lei Yating used Divine Water, Lifespan -1 day]
Judging from the amount in the bottle, if Lei Yating continued soaking her face with it every time, finishing the entire bottle would reduce her lifespan by at least two months.
“Xiao Hong, would you like to try some?”
Lei Yating asked with a smile.
The other roommates’ expressions became somewhat ugly.
Lei Yating had refused them but was asking Xiao Hong instead. Wasn’t that a slap in the face?
At the same time, it was also Lei Yating’s way of showing off while conveniently drawing some hatred toward Pei Ye.
Pei Ye replied, “No thanks. I’m naturally beautiful.”
Everyone: “...”
Perfect.
She had successfully drawn the hostility of all six roommates.
Lei Yating spat in annoyance and silently cursed heaven for being unfair.
Xiao Hong was so lacking in self-respect and ambition, yet she had been given a beautiful face and flawless skin.
What a waste!
Lei Yating loved eating, especially spicy food.
Her pores were large, she had a great deal of acne, and her face was covered with acne scars of varying depths.
Her bare-faced appearance was barely worth six points, but it had been dragged down to the level of four points.
But she had Divine Water.
Sooner or later, she would completely outshine Xiao Hong!
Fuming, Lei Yating climbed back to the upper bunk.
While browsing novels about red packets on Green Jiji to satisfy her cravings, she also kept one eye on the activities in the Heavenly Court Immortals Group, afraid she might miss a red packet sent by an immortal.
She had not been reading long when her phone suddenly rang.
The caller ID had been changed to Big Pig Hoof Scumbag Boyfriend.
No.
Ex-boyfriend!!!
“Hello? Why are you calling me?”
Worried about disturbing her roommates, Lei Yating climbed down from her bed and went to the washroom to answer the phone.
Pei Ye’s hearing was absurdly sharp.
While playing Landlord, she listened to the conversation between Lei Yating and her ex-boyfriend.
In Pei Ye’s view, there were many suspicious aspects to Lei Yating’s so-called rebirth.
Whether the ex-boyfriend was actually a scumbag also deserved a question mark.
However, Lei Yating had already formed a preconceived opinion. Naturally, she gave her ex-boyfriend no chance to explain himself.
She coldly announced the breakup and hung up.
Unwilling to accept it, the ex-boyfriend called several more times.
Each time, Lei Yating hung up after only two rings.
“Can you block those scam-marketing calls? They’re annoying as hell!”
Pei Ye kicked the upper bunk with her long leg, making Lei Yating’s bed shake.
She completely exploded in anger and hurled a pillow down.
Unexpectedly, Pei Ye reacted quickly and threw it right back.
“Xiao Hong, are you freaking sick in the head?!”
Her own Landlord game music was blasting loudly, yet she kept complaining after only two rings of a phone call.
Pei Ye replied coldly, “I’m not sick, but I’m a hypocrite.”
Lei Yating stared with wide eyes in shock.
She was so stunned by the pillow hitting her that she forgot to get angry.
In the end, she cursed a couple of times, hugged her pillow, and continued reading red packet novels.
Human life was not worth getting angry over.
Idiots were even less worth it!