Are You Magical Girls All Pixiu?

As the alarm rang, it was time for afternoon classes.

Her apartment was not far from school, only a little over a ten-minute walk.

She crawled out from under the covers and let out a sleepy yawn. The sun was blazing outside, making her not want to leave her room at all.

She could not be bothered to fold the bedding, so she tossed it aside. Living alone meant she did not need to worry about too many troublesome things. Besides, she rarely let anyone come to her home to look around.

Bare-legged and barefoot, she shuffled drowsily to the sink and splashed water on her face to wake herself up. The water washed away some of her makeup, revealing her somewhat round face in the mirror once more.

She rubbed her eyes in the mirror, looked at that face utterly devoid of masculine traits, and let out a faint sigh.

Too lazy to put on pants, she walked over to the vanity bare-assed and plopped down. Looking at herself in the mirror, she picked up her makeup pencil and carefully reapplied the makeup that had been washed away.

With each stroke of the pencil, the face in the mirror gradually gained sharper lines.

Eyebrows really were a magical feature. Once she drew them thicker and fuller, her entire face seemed to change.

Of course, adding a beard would work even better, but she had never grown one, nor did she particularly want to draw one on herself. Whenever she thought of Sun Feiliu's scruffy, unshaven face, she felt a surge of disgust from the bottom of her heart.

She was not old enough to be an uncle yet, and she had no desire to become one either.

She put down the pencil and patted her face.

Though it looked somewhat angular, it still felt soft and springy to the touch.

But today's process of becoming a girl ended once her makeup was done.

The moment she rose from the vanity, she was already Fu You in the eyes of outsiders.

Another important reason she disliked physical contact with others was that once someone touched her body, some of her secrets would be exposed without effort.

Fortunately, Jiangyang No. 2 High School was a major school, and the students were generally well-mannered. That was also an important reason she had remained undiscovered until now.

After finishing her makeup, she returned to the bed, put on her pants and shoes, checked her appearance in the mirror one more time, then slung her backpack over her shoulder, shoved one hand into her pocket, and headed for school.

On the way, she ran into a few classmates who were also heading to school. She greeted some and ignored others. Most of them looked lifeless; hardly anyone going to school at noon was in high spirits.

Liu Rui was actually waiting for her at the school gate.

Was this junior being a little too proactive? she muttered inwardly.

Was it simply because she was his senior, or had he found out she was a girl?

If it was the latter, then he was too pitiful.

First of all, if he treated her as a girl, he was bound to hit a wall.

Second, sooner or later, he would follow in her footsteps, and his progress would likely be very fast.

For healing-type Magical Girls, power was always strongly linked to "love." The more intense that love was, the more powerful the strength it could produce. A Magical Girl's power came from the World Tree. When the World Tree sensed a Magical Girl's thoughts, it granted power matching them.

Influenced by the World Tree, immersed in love, and continuously nurtured within the Cradle, she would ultimately become the final Fruit once fully mature—a woman capable of giving birth to the next generation of Magical Girls.

In the end, it did not matter whether one had originally been male or female. As long as they were not pigs or nonhuman, they would not be chosen. Even pigs could possibly become cute girls.

Liu Rui merely greeted her. Seeing that Fu You did not say much to him, he handed her a bottle of cola.

Fu You froze for a moment, but still accepted the cola and walked into the campus with him.

Since they had already received the timetable, even if Meng Yu wanted to switch seats with Fu You, she no longer had an excuse.

Liu Rui was extremely popular in class. With his slight foreign ancestry, his height of over 1.8 meters, and that fair, handsome face, he perfectly struck the hearts of many girls in the class.

Class 3 of the second year already had more girls than boys. Fu You had not moved from her seat, yet seven or eight girls had already come over from behind to strike up conversations.

It was not just boys who tended to be repressed at school; girls were the same. Seeing such a distinctive boy, they pounced like wolves and tigers, each wanting to become friends with Liu Rui.

Everyone had the right to pursue beautiful things. Girls naturally did too.

Girls who were normally used to being shy turned talking to Liu Rui into a social test. If Liu Rui noticed them, it proved they were charming. As for everything else, it was not so important.

Striking up conversations was more like a game.

This noise made Fu You deeply uncomfortable. She sat in front of Liu Rui, and when the girls gathered around him, she inevitably ended up surrounded too.

Yet while those girls clung to Liu Rui, Liu Rui took the initiative to cling to her. The moment class ended, he came to her side and asked if she wanted to go to the bathroom with him.

Hearing the words "go to the bathroom," Fu You stared at Liu Rui in speechless disbelief.

Liu Rui had not realized anything was wrong. He smiled brightly, like sunshine.

Fu You flatly refused Liu Rui and waved him away in annoyance, but Liu Rui would not give up. "Come on, let's go together. I don't know where the bathroom is."

In a building this small, how could he not know where it was?

The room at the very end of the third floor was the boys' restroom.

But the girls gathered around them did not look like they planned to leave, and she felt there would be no peace if she kept lingering here. So she simply stood up and headed for the boys' restroom with Liu Rui.

When they reached the entrance, Fu You stopped.

Liu Rui asked, "Aren't you going in?"

Fu You leaned against the railing and glared at Liu Rui with an expression that could practically kill.

She had thought Liu Rui suggested going to the bathroom just to help him out. Who would have thought this idiot actually intended to use the bathroom with her?

Only then did Liu Rui seem to wake up. He scratched his head, then quickly walked into the restroom by himself.

"Isn't that the boy from Class 3? He looks so fierce."

The girls nearby secretly watched her and whispered among themselves. When her gaze landed on them, they hurriedly scattered, murmuring as they went, "Who's that blond boy beside him? He's so handsome!"

"Yeah, yeah. I've never seen a boy who looked so much like a male lead."

"But that boy beside him, the one called Fu You, is really fierce! I heard he got into a fight outside school before and sent three people to the hospital. One of them even ended up in the ICU!"

"Really?"

"It's true! He was even taken to the police station! He missed class for several days."

"He looks like some little punk. Why hasn't the school expelled someone like him?"

She leaned against the railing and silently listened to those rumors, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly.

The police station wanted to lock her up?

This school was her cage.

She had always hated being exposed before everyone. She was not only allergic to pink; she was also allergic to crowds. The restroom was also a crowded place. She hated it here, especially the boys' restroom.

After Liu Rui came out of the restroom, he quietly asked her whether she needed to use it.

She privately thought Liu Rui was an idiot and said nothing.

But Liu Rui whispered, "If I become a girl too someday, would I not need to use the bathroom either?"

Fu You fell silent for a moment. "Like a pixiu?"

Liu Rui said, "A ball? What ball? Is it plugged up?!"

Fu You suddenly felt that she really should not have spoken.

She truly did not want to explain, so she turned and walked toward the classroom.

Liu Rui said, "Wait for me. Senior, doing that must be really hard, right?"

Fu You truly did not want Liu Rui to catch up. Walking with someone like him made her feel as though the entire school's intelligence plummeted into a despairing abyss the instant he opened his mouth.

[Beep—]

A shrill screech cut through the noise.

Her wristband suddenly lit up red.