“I’m heading out!”
As the security door locked with a click, the once-warm house instantly fell into a dead silence.
No, that wasn’t right.
There was still one person in the house.
Su Ruanruan’s hand on the doorknob stiffened. Although she desperately wanted to flee the house, she thought of her underwear that had vanished right after she bought it yesterday. She steeled herself and turned around, looking toward the dark corner of the living room.
The heavy curtains were drawn tight, allowing not a single sliver of sunlight to penetrate the room. Only the screen of a high-end computer in the corner emitted a faint blue light, reflecting a massive silhouette.
That was her younger sister — Su Xiaoxiao.
Unlike their mother, who possessed the face of a top-tier “Legal Loli” and looked as if she would never grow up, the 17-year-old Su Xiaoxiao was practically a “gene mutation” in this family.
She was far too tall.
She stood at least 175 cm. In this twisted female world where “delicate and petite” was the absolute aesthetic standard, such height was instead viewed as a form of “vulgarity.”
Moreover, her development was… far too excessive. Even a gray tracksuit as loose as a sack could not hide the staggering curves of her chest and her exaggerated waist-to-hip ratio. Her face was the mature, cold type of a refined older sister, with deep features, a high bridge of the nose, and a sharp jawline.
If she were in the world of Su Ruanruan’s previous life, she would be a top-tier supermodel or a cool, mature beauty who could definitely charm thousands of girls.
But in the eyes of the current Su Ruanruan, who had awakened the memories of her past life, this large body represented only one thing — absolute suppression of combat power.
At that moment, Su Xiaoxiao was hunched over, her large frame huddled in a gaming chair like a giant poisonous mushroom trying to hide itself.
She wore headphones, and her fingers clattered against the keyboard. She showed no reaction to her sister’s gaze.
Su Ruanruan swallowed hard.
The gates of her memory were nudged, and the sharp, mean “Mesugaki” remarks she had made before her awakening repeatedly echoed in her mind:
‘Hey, giant, don’t block my light!’
‘You’re like a telephone pole. It’s disgusting. No wonder you have no friends.’
‘Don’t tell people you’re my sister when we go out. It’s embarrassing. Look at your chest—it’s swollen like a cow’s. Isn’t it heavy?’
Su Ruanruan felt a surge of suffocation, wishing she could travel back to yesterday and give herself two slaps.
In the past, she had relied on her “soft and cute loli” appearance, which fit mainstream aesthetics, to humiliate her sister to the extreme.
And Su Xiaoxiao had never resisted. She had always quietly hidden herself in the shadows, even hunching her back year-round to hide her figure, living like a humble shadow.
But now… the rational, adult Su Ruanruan knew all too well that if Su Xiaoxiao ever retaliated, she could crush Su Ruanruan with a single hand!
“U-Um… Xiaoxiao…”
Su Ruanruan mustered her courage, but her voice trembled due to the innate cowardice of her body.
“Did you see the… strawberry-patterned panties I bought yesterday? I thought I hung them on the balcony, but I can’t find them…”
The fingers clicking the keyboard came to a sudden halt.
The blue light from the screen reflected on Su Xiaoxiao’s cold yet gloomy face, looking exceptionally eerie.
She didn’t turn around. She only tilted her head slightly, her messy long hair covering most of her face, revealing only one dull eye. Her voice was hoarse and low, as if squeezed from her chest.
“I didn’t see them.”
Her tone was flat and indifferent, carrying a chill that kept people a thousand miles away.
“Who would pay attention to something a child would wear? The wind probably blew them away.”
After a pause, she added another sentence, her voice carrying a trace of heavy breathing that was hard to detect.
“Just get to school. I’m starting a raid. Don’t be an eyesore here.”
If it were the lawless Su Ruanruan of the past, she would have kicked the trash can and pointed at her sister’s nose, calling her a “big idiot.”
But the current Su Ruanruan was a complete coward. Being coldly barked at by a 175 cm “giant,” her top-tier Weak Receiver body instinctively felt a shivering sense of oppression. Her legs felt a bit weak.
“S-Sorry… I’m leaving now…”
Su Ruanruan grabbed her schoolbag and rushed out of the house in a panic, as if escaping a monster.
***
It wasn’t until the security door closed again and the sound of footsteps completely disappeared from the hallway that the “giant shadow” in the corner of the living room finally moved.
Su Xiaoxiao slowly took off her headphones and tossed them onto the desk.
She stood up, her once-hunched back gradually straightening. Under that oversized tracksuit was a devilish figure that was considered an “anomaly” in this warped world but was actually incredibly hot.
She walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and watched the petite, delicate figure downstairs run away in a panic through a crack in the heavy curtains.
“Heh…”
A low sigh, carrying a trace of a twisted smile, escaped her lips.
Su Xiaoxiao turned around. On that cold face despised by the world, a hair-raising obsession and fanaticism surfaced.
She reached out her long, slender hands and slowly reached into the bottomless pocket of her sweatpants.
She pulled out a small wad of white fabric. The edges had delicate lace, and a bright red strawberry was printed in the center.
“Haa…”
“Sister… so small… so cute…”
“A Mesugaki sister… how wonderful…”
***
St. Lilith’s Girls’ Academy.
This elite noble girls’ school, known as the top in the Federation, looked magnificent in the morning light. But to Su Ruanruan, who had just merged her memories, the open school gate looked like a giant mouth waiting to devour flesh and blood.
Carrying her bag, she took every step with extreme difficulty.
Before she even entered the gate, the piercing whispers around her pricked her like needles.
“Hey, look, isn’t that Su Ruanruan?”
“Tsk, why is she acting like a turtle hiding in its shell today? Usually, her chin is pointed at the sky, right?”
“Did you hear? This girl is actually broke. All those brand names she used to wear were from a Qingliu Loan! It seems she can’t pay it back now.”
“She deserves it! Using her cute looks to cheat people out of food and drinks and calling us ‘small fry.’ I want to see how she dies today. I heard Lin Lie is already waiting for her at the gate.”
Upon hearing the name “Lin Lie,” Su Ruanruan’s already weak knees lost all strength, and she almost knelt on the ground.
The “Mad Dog” debt collector who said in a text message that she would sell her to a club to pay off the debt… she was actually here?!
‘No… I can’t be caught…’
Su Ruanruan trembled all over, clutching her schoolbag tightly as she tried to slip in along the wall. As long as she reached the teaching building, as long as she was under the teacher’s watch…
However, to a predator, the prey’s wishful thinking was usually redundant.
The moment one of her feet stepped into the school gate’s perimeter —
*Thud!*
A loud sound rang out.
A long leg wearing black studded combat boots, accompanied by a sharp wind, slammed hard against the wall in front of her, cutting off her path.
A thick, aggressive scent of cedar and tobacco, mixed with a wild and unruly pheromone aura, instantly enveloped the petite Su Ruanruan.
“Yo, isn’t this our noble Queen Su?”
A playful voice came from above, carrying a trace of a cruel smile.
Su Ruanruan stiffly looked up.
Against the light, a tall girl was looking down at her. She had wild short blonde hair, arrogant earrings, and her school shirt was carelessly unbuttoned by two buttons, revealing a deep cleavage and sun-kissed, healthy skin.
Lin Lie.
The school bully, the woman with the nickname “Mad Dog.”
Although she wasn’t as “massive” as Su Xiaoxiao, she was still 172 cm tall — a standard and explosive “predator” physique. Currently, she had an unlit cigarette in her mouth, and her golden, beast-like pupils looked at Ruanruan like a white rabbit caught in a trap. Her gaze was full of amusement.
“What? You don’t even greet your creditor? You were quite good at acting cute when you were borrowing money from me, weren’t you?”
Lin Lie suddenly leaned in, her high-impact face enlarging in Su Ruanruan’s shrinking pupils.
“S-Small fry…”
Su Ruanruan’s mind went blank. She subconsciously tried to mimic her previous “Mesugaki” tone to put on a brave front, attempting to use that arrogant mask to push the other person away.
But the moment the words left her mouth, she felt despair. Because of this body’s excessive fear of danger, what should have been an insulting term turned into a soft, trembling whimper.
Combined with the corners of her eyes turning red, it didn’t sound like she was insulting anyone; instead, it sounded like she was acting spoiled and aggrieved in a very specific context.
The air froze for a second.
Lin Lie was stunned for a moment. Then, as if she had discovered a new world, her golden eyes narrowed slightly, emitting a dangerous light.
“Huh?”
She reached out and unceremoniously pinched Su Ruanruan’s soft cheek with her rough, calloused fingertips, squeezing hard enough to make Su Ruanruan cry out in pain.
“This reaction isn’t right…”
Lin Lie looked at the girl before her, whose body was shivering, whose eyes were rapidly turning red, and whose eyelashes were already wet with crystalline tears.
Where was the once insufferable, arrogant Su Ruanruan?
Right now, she looked… so easy to bully. So much so that one would want to… completely break her.
“S-Sorry… it hurts… let go…” Su Ruanruan grabbed Lin Lie’s wrist with both hands, trying to push her away. But that tiny bit of strength was no more than a cat’s scratch to Lin Lie, who fought year-round.
“It hurts? I haven’t even started collecting the debt, and you’re already screaming?”
Lin Lie licked her canine teeth, the playfulness in her eyes gradually turning into a certain sadistic desire.
Not only did she not let go, but she also pulled Su Ruanruan’s cheek more wickedly until a tempting red mark appeared on that porcelain skin.
“Where is the 250,000 you owe me, Su Ruanruan? Today is the final deadline.”
“What? I… I clearly only borrowed 100,000…”
Su Ruanruan’s eyes widened in horror, and tears finally fell uncontrollably. In her memory, her predecessor had indeed only taken 100,000 from Lin Lie. How did it double in the blink of an eye?!
“Huh? 100,000?”
Lin Lie acted as if she had heard the greatest joke in the world and let out a short, mocking sneer.
“Cutie, you didn’t think I was running a charity, did you?”
Lin Lie leaned close to Su Ruanruan’s ear. Her warm breath brushed against the sensitive hollow of Ruanruan’s neck, triggering a flurry of goosebumps.
“Jiuchushisangui is the friendship price for friends. For a bad kid like you who… used to point at my nose and call me a ‘vicious dog,’ I naturally have to use a special calculation.”
“Late fees, mental distress fees, and the precious time I wasted trying to corner you… shouldn’t all of that cost money? With compound interest, it’s reached 250,000. I’ve already rounded down for you. What, are you planning to default?”
“N-No… it’s not that… but I really don’t have that much money…” Su Ruanruan shook her head in despair, her tears wetting Lin Lie’s fingers.
“No money? Since you have no money to pay back right now…” Lin Lie’s gaze slowly swept over Su Ruanruan’s slender, white neck and delicate collarbones. “Why don’t we go somewhere quiet to talk about what part of your body we can use as collateral?”
With that, Lin Lie ignored the gazes of everyone around them. She reached out and grabbed Su Ruanruan by the back of her collar, lifting her up like a helpless kitten and dragging her toward a secluded corner of the teaching building.
“N-No! Let me go! Help…” Su Ruanruan cried out in despair, her feet kicking fruitlessly in the air.
But the surrounding students just watched coldly. Some even wore satisfied smiles as if justice had been served; no one was willing to stand up for the once high-and-mighty “Mesugaki.”
Her wrist felt as if it were being clamped by red-hot iron tongs, and her bones let out a groan under the pressure. Su Ruanruan was dragged stumbling down the hallway, the scene before her shattering through her tears.
“L-Let me go… please…”
Her pale fingertips clawed at Lin Lie’s arm, but she couldn’t even leave a red mark.
“Shut up. If you keep making noise, I’ll plug your mouth right now.”
Lin Lie didn’t look back. Her voice carried an irritability from being annoyed, as well as a certain… irrepressible excitement.
“No one usually goes to the Old School Building ahead. It’s the perfect place to talk things over ‘deeply.’ If you’re still disobedient when we get there, I don’t mind collecting some ‘interest’ first.”
The Old School Building.
Those three words were like a bucket of ice water, dousing the last glimmer of hope in Su Ruanruan’s heart.
In her memory, that was not only the school’s recognized “lawless land,” but also a hell for countless weak students. Once dragged inside, behind those rusted iron doors, no one would ever come to save her, no matter what cruel “punishment” occurred.
Despair flooded her like a rising tide, and the sensation of suffocation made Su Ruanruan’s vision turn black.
It was over.
This time, it was really over.