Chapter 79

Hua Xin turned on the tap and gently splashed the cold water on her face. "A... completely new me." "A... me that nobody knows." She murmured softly. Water droplets slowly dripped into the sink, and the girl watched quietly as all the water flowed away through the drain. Yes. Only Xia Yan knew she used to be a boy. No one else knew her true identity, and similarly, no one cared about her. And she herself only had Xia Yan as a friend. But now... she was a girl. No one knew her origins, not even... her true identity? She didn't want Xia Yan to discover she was deceiving him. Hua Xin really wanted to protect her friendship with Xia Yan, to protect this precious, rare memory in the last part of her life. So... the girl looked up, gazing at herself in the mirror, while gently wiping her wet face with a towel. When she looked up again, Hua Xin's eyes were incredibly resolute and calm. Xia Yan ... absolutely couldn't know this?! And Xia Yan couldn't date other women?! So there was only one solution. The girl let out a soft sigh, her steps unsteady as she walked back to her bedroom. Unlocking her phone, her fingers trembled as she scrolled through the messages. "Lao Shui x99+ Xia Yan x7..." Hua Xin's lips twitched. The resolve that had just appeared in her eyes had now turned into deep disgust and shame. Why is this guy's mind filled with nothing but women?! Don't his brothers matter?! You can send 99+ messages to your girlfriend but not to your brothers? Wait... the girl paused. Was she just... jealous of herself? Uh... Hua Xin silently scrolled through the messages from Lao Shui, scrolling through a long string of phrases like "Wife, wife, why aren't you talking to me?" The chat history stopped at a photo. The girl clicked on the photo, somewhat dazed, and saw Xia Yan making a funny face. "Didn't you say you wouldn't send me photos?" "Why did you have to wait until I found out before sending them to me, it's such a coincidence." "So ugly..." Although he was handsome, Hua Xin still silently cursed, but there was no disgust in her eyes, only a firm conviction in her choice. Exiting the photo, there was another item that she recognized very well. It was Peace Buckle Bracelet that Hua Xin had bought herself to give to Xia Yan and his "little girlfriend." Lao Shui: "Wife?... This is a gift from my best friend. I've shown you the photos you most wanted to see, wife. If you don't want to meet, just give me your address, and I'll mail it to you. This will look absolutely amazing on your wrist..." Best friend... best friend... This seemed to be the last finger that broke Hua Xin. The girl's breath hitched, and then she gently typed on the keyboard. "I just fell asleep..." Her soul was definitely still that purebred, tough, and iron-blooded Hua Xin, comparable to Tyson. But now, in order to protect everything she has now... to fight against those bad women who are eyeing Xia Yan ... as a friend, as a friend, she has an obligation to keep Xia Yan away from them?! So... she's not continuing to deceive Xia Yan ... but helping him! That's right... once a good girl appears, the "Invincible Cat Fist" will leave... and they'll still be good friends... as long as it's like this for the next four years... The girl continued slowly, replying, "And..." "The bracelet..." "Pretty nice (aesthetically proud)." 74. A married man's wife is facing her husband, but he doesn't know? "Prison flower?..." "Prison flower!!!!" "Ah?" The girl looked up as if waking from a dream, but immediately lowered her head slightly, as if she didn't dare to look directly at her friend. Xia Yan suddenly whispered in front of Hua Xin, then waved his hand in front of her, pointing helplessly at the notebook she was holding upside down. "Be serious..." "Finals are in two weeks, Mr. Hua from Shanghai, you don't want to fail, right?" After saying that, he turned his gaze back to the exam paper in his hand, but when he saw the Peace Buckle Bracelet on his left wrist, a clear smile flashed in his eyes. He gently shook the jade buckle, but in his mind, he was thinking about how to give the other half of the bracelet to his Cat Wife... A red string symbolizing "love" was tied on her fair and delicate wrist. The visual impact of red and white was like putting a pure black, heavy, rusty collar on her slender, fair neck. The long iron chain extended from it to his hand, and finally he pulled it forward hard, watching the girl's body tremble due to the sudden movement. His eyes were full of disgust and resentment... He wrote a "C" (Sage) in the options on the exam paper. Xia Yan swallowed silently, then continued writing on the exam paper as usual with one hand, but the other hand quietly reached under the table. (Adjusting the trajectory.) "Oh, oh..." Hua Xin didn't notice Xia Yan's strange behavior. She quickly turned the notebook in her hand upside down, staring blankly at Xia Yan's handwriting. Her mind wasn't on studying at all; she was about to have her soul leave her body again. (Accounting is a discipline that studies financial information processing... or is it a discipline that makes you a good buddy and girlfriend to Xia Yan?...) "?" The girl punched her thigh, barely managing to calm herself down. What was she thinking...? It's been a week already, why can't she adjust...? Although she was with Xia Yan these past few days, it was the same as usual, but it wasn't quite the same as before... as if there was an invisible barrier between them. Although online she was still pretty much the same as before with "Lao Shui." Hua Xin sighed softly in her heart. She had clearly made up her mind, but she still hadn't taken that step. Now she was barely maintaining the "girlfriend" persona, but even when interacting with Xia Yan as a good friend, she felt a little lost. "... Let's just keep the status quo... It's already good enough. Nothing's happened this past week, right? It's alright." The girl adjusted her posture to be comfortable, clinging to a sliver of hope, a sense of melancholy creeping into her heart. A feeling of resignation constantly eroded her resolve. "Whatever, male or female... I'll just get by." She'd live like this for another four years... until graduation and returning home... "What a coincidence, you're still studying as diligently as ever." A soft, elegant voice, not too loud, not too soft, was just loud enough for the two studying in the corner to hear clearly. The woman's attire, radiating wealth, and the sparkling, expensive crystal pendant around her neck... Dao... Dao Leren?! Hua Xin stared intently at the bag slung across Liu Ruoyun's waist. Although she didn't recognize luxury brands, she recognized the CHANEL logo... Luxury brands, super expensive luxury brands. The only luxury brand she'd ever used was Dabao SOD Honey, which she'd secretly used as a child. She remembered clearly that it smelled wonderfully good on her face. "What brings Miss Liu to the library?"