Finally making it through evening self-study, Lin Yi dragged her exhausted body back to the dorm.
The dormitory conditions at Zhuming Girls’ High were quite good, and Lin Yi was lucky enough to have 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—widely recognized as the sunny, beautiful girl of their grade—as her roommate.
She couldn’t ask for more.
She had mooched a meal off Yan Jianxing’s meal card for dinner.
At the end of evening self-study, Yan Jianxing said she needed to go to the gymnasium to retrieve a forgotten backpack and told Lin Yi to head back to the dorm first.
Logically speaking, after being reborn as a beautiful girl, entering a beautiful girl’s private room and sharing a space with her should be an inevitable, delightful part of the experience.
But for Lin Yi right now, just being alive counted as a success.
She had no energy for any improper thoughts.
The after-effects of the supervised afternoon run were kicking in.
Every few steps she took, her calves ached terribly.
Probably due to a lack of regular exercise and a deficiency in electrolytes like potassium, sodium, and calcium, she was teetering on the edge of a cramp at any moment.
“Right, that blue bottle of oral solution.”
She opened her backpack and, sure enough, found a small bottle of oral solution.
It was as if it had always been there.
No one knew how the system had manifested it.
Inserting the straw, she finished it in three seconds.
Lin Yi felt as if her body had undergone some kind of change.
Whether it was a placebo effect or the stuff actually worked, the overall pain in her body lessened, and the dizziness and blurry vision improved somewhat.
Only after her senses returned to normal operation did she realize she had entered a rather extraordinary place.
It was fragrant.
In her previous life, Lin Yi had been single for over thirty years.
She hadn’t even been in a girl’s room, let alone a clothing store that carried the scent of girls.
Moreover, next to the washing machine on the balcony were Yan Jianxing’s workout clothes from today, along with some mysterious, silky fabrics.
How careless! How could she just leave treasures lying around like that!
“No, I can’t just stare at these things. It’s so impolite!”
[Detected that the host urgently needs improvement: As a protagonist, your primary goal is always to maintain cleanliness and hygiene. If you can’t even keep your own room clean, how can you handle greater tasks? You must never allow any dirty things within your sight. They must be thoroughly cleaned!]
[Task: Clean the residence. Clean all clothing. Rewards will be issued based on the post-cleaning condition.]
—Hah, System, is this right?
If following the system’s skewed perception, then this dorm room was currently “Lin Yi’s residence.”
Cleaning the residence meant cleaning the entire dorm, and cleaning the clothing included Yan Jianxing’s…
Before Lin Yi could fully process the thought, her sleeves were already rolled up on their own.
Oh dear, System, you’ve really done me in!
It’s all your fault, all your fault.
Now, Lin Yi had no choice but to mop 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, aren’t you supposed to hand-wash underwear, not put it in the washing machine?
Wait, aren’t socks not supposed to be washed with underwear?
Do I need to separate them and change the water?
So Yan Jianxing is a cute little bear fruit pattern kind of girl, pure pure~
After about half an hour of busy work, the entire dorm was sparkling clean, emitting a citrus fragrance.
And Lin Yi, right at this moment, started feeling aches in her back and legs again.
[Task completion detected. You have successfully turned the residence into a young lady’s boudoir, filled with fragrance as if two super beautiful girls have lived here. Evaluation grade: Flawless. Additional reward granted.]
—I mean, isn’t this room literally occupied by two beautiful girls?
What’s the big deal?
[Basic Reward: Stamina Potion x2 (Effect: Restores Stamina Points); Additional Reward: Clear Mind Black Tea x1 (Effect: Increases focus for four hours after consumption). Rewards have been delivered to the backpack.]
[Skill Unlocked: Housekeeping Lv.1]
So, skill enhancement required completing tasks to unlock, with a maximum level of Lv.5, and there was no upper limit set on the number of skills one could possess.
This was Lin Yi’s first time completing a system task.
She opened her backpack and, sure enough, found two potions that looked like stamina potions from a JRPG game, along with a can of black tea.
The stamina potions were a lifesaver.
Otherwise, Lin Yi couldn’t imagine being able to stand up tomorrow after running and cleaning.
Without hesitation, she 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, just after putting on a new pair of underwear.”
“Alright, 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 transformed into that of a girl.
Her unadorned, stunningly beautiful face showed slight fatigue, but it couldn’t hide her astonishing aura.
Lin Yi’s appearance and skin were beyond words.
Everyone praises 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 high school girl.
Her new life was right here, right now.
She would continue living, as Lin Yi.
“I’ve borrowed your body, so I must take responsibility for your life.”
Lin Yi reached out a finger, wiping away the misty condensation on the mirror.
“This is the last, and most important, promise I make as a man.”
Strangely, after making this resolution, the initial unfamiliarity with this body lessened considerably.
Things like showering and blow-drying her hair, aided by the fusion of memories, no longer felt awkward.
She was Lin Yi, and she 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 feel like I need to shower right here in the hallway, keep washing until I’m nice and fragrant before I dare enter.”
“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?”
“Yes, definitely enough for a shower.”
“Great! Wait for me to come out all clean, okay?”
What kind of wild talk is that.
After her shower, Lin Yi checked the time.
There was still half an hour left.
She decided to read for a bit.
After all, the monthly exam was tomorrow.
If her monthly exam results were worse than the opening exam, the school and the homeroom teacher would call her guardian.
That was something Lin Yi could not accept.
She didn’t really want the nominal guardian from 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 waft into her nose.
She looked back.
Yan Jianxing’s high ponytail had now become shoulder-length hair.
Her exquisite figure was wrapped only in a towel as she walked out.
Amidst the hazy steam, the girl stretched out her snow-white, slender legs and, looking at the clothes drying rack on the balcony, asked, “Lin Yi, did you… wash my clothes too?”
Lin Yi used her book to shield her face, responding softly, “It was just a convenient thing. 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, Lin Yi believed it was more likely the shyness from having her intimate clothing washed by someone else.
In any case, Yan Jianxing pinched the two corners of her towel with both hands, her face peach-blossom pink, her eyelashes trembling like startled butterfly wings.
“It’s just… next time, let me 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 thanks!”
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 wake-up service from a beautiful girl? That sounds enjoyable.
“And then?”
“And then, come with me for a morning run. Five o’clock. It’s a deal!”
Retracting her previous statement, Lin Yi’s face turned ashen.
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