The School Beauty Rankings

Chen Ze hurried back to the dorm. He still had to move his luggage over. His roommates were all out doing who knew what, and not one of them was there. That was just as well; it saved him from having to say goodbye to them.

By the time he finally finished, it was completely dark. Looking at his newly rented home, he couldn't help letting out a long breath! It was a decent place, with one bedroom, a living room, and a bathroom.

It was a twelve-story apartment building, and Chen Ze's apartment was on the eighth floor. The beautiful landlady lived next door to him. Considering he would be tutoring her daughter, that was quite convenient.

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for completing the task. Attribute Points +5, Empathy Points +5,000!" The system's mechanical voice rang out.

"Finished another one! Hehe!" Chen Ze had long since made up his mind. Without hesitation, he put all the Attribute Points into charm. His status panel refreshed immediately afterward.

Name: Chen Ze

Gender: male

Age: 18

Height: 173 cm

Constitution: 40

Physique: 50

Temperament: 60

Charm: 75 (delicate and handsome)

Skill: View the Other Person's Information Lv1

"Ding~ The system has added the Attribute Points for the host. The changes are expected to be completed within one day. Please keep up the good work!"

"Ding~ The system has issued the host a new task: find a part-time job within three days. Task rewards: +5 Skill Points for any skill, +5,000 Empathy Points. Does the host accept?"

"Accept!"

"Looks like I need to make finding a job my priority!" Chen Ze picked up his phone and searched online for part-time jobs suitable for college students.

There were plenty of jobs, but most only hired women. The main reason was that men in this world were too frail to handle many kinds of work. Suddenly, one listing caught Chen Ze's attention.

It read: Words Among the Flowers Café is hiring several part-time staff members. Men and women welcome. Pay: 50 yuan per hour. Interested applicants, please come to No. XX on So-and-so Commercial Street for an interview!

"This one's pretty suitable for me. If I work four hours in the evening, that's two hundred yuan a day. I'll go take a look tomorrow!"

Chen Ze had done similar work in his previous life, so it wouldn't be difficult for him.

The night passed without incident! The next day, Chen Ze arrived at the classroom early.

As soon as he entered, Chen Ze heard a wave of whispers. He seemed to catch something about a "school beauty."

His long-legged loli deskmate was already in her seat. Looking at the giant loli, who stood over 180 centimeters tall, Chen Ze couldn't help clicking his tongue to himself.

He'd been in too much of a hurry to get a good look yesterday. Seeing her today, he finally knew what a treasure of a girl was!

The loli deskmate was wearing a light green dress today, her hair tied in two long pigtails, with a bow perched on her head like a dancing butterfly. If one ignored her height of over 180 centimeters, she looked just like an innocent little girl next door.

"Good morning, Classmate Zheng!" Chen Ze glanced at the loli's chest without leaving a trace and marveled inwardly. They're really huge!

"G-good morning, Classmate Chen." The loli was as shy as ever. Red to the tips of her ears, she looked like a cooked prawn as she desperately lowered her head.

Looking at the loli, who made him want to tease her, Chen Ze decided to do just that and deliberately leaned a little closer.

"Classmate Zheng, why do you keep looking down? Is there something on the floor?"

The loli surely didn't know what was on the floor, because her head was nearly buried in her chest by now! He remembered a great master in his previous life once saying, "If she looks down and can't see her toes, she's a peerless beauty." This moment was the perfect illustration!

"N-n-nothing!" Feeling his warm breath by her ear, Zheng Yanxi was so embarrassed she could barely speak, and she stammered out her answer.

"Classmate Zheng, I heard them talking about some school beauty rankings just now. What's that about?" Seeing that the loli couldn't even raise her head, Chen Ze stopped teasing her and deliberately made conversation.

"C-Classmate Chen, haven't you looked at the school forum? You're the school beauty they're talking about!" The loli calmed her nerves a little and raised her head as she stammered out the words. But as soon as she saw Chen Ze's delicate, handsome face, she turned away again in embarrassment.

"Huh! You're saying I'm the school beauty?" Perhaps it was a cultural difference: words used to praise women in his previous life had all become words used to praise men in this world!

"Y-yes! Just take a look at the school forum and you'll see," the loli said timidly.

Chen Ze hurriedly took out his phone and logged onto the school forum. Sure enough, he found a pinned post. Its title proclaimed: New school beauty! Disagree? Come argue!

He clicked on it, and there were pictures to prove it. The photos had probably been uploaded by the people who had secretly photographed him yesterday. The post read: This new school beauty is a junior in Class XX of the third year. He just arrived at school yesterday... Even his name and identity had been dug up. There were more than a thousand comments below.

"Wow! What a beautiful junior! And I think he's not even wearing makeup!"

"He's this good-looking without makeup? Wouldn't he be even prettier with it on? Wow! I really want to put a ring on him!"

"School beauty, are you here? Are you still looking for admirers? I'm good in bed and a master at licking!"

Chen Ze read the comments with his face burning red. Most praised his looks, though there was no shortage of snide remarks either!

"Who knows if the original poster photoshopped those pictures? Maybe he's actually an ugly freak!"

"Yeah, yeah! Who knows if the original poster is just hyping him up? Maybe they found the pictures online and are deliberately stirring up discussion."

Although quite a few people replied that they had seen him with their own eyes, others still didn't believe it.

This female-dominated world was strange. It seemed to favor women more, giving them not only strong bodies but also looks far superior to those of women in his previous life. Overall, the average woman was at least a seven out of ten.

Men, on the other hand, looked relatively ordinary. Not only were they physically weaker, but even their height had been cut down. As a result, Chen Ze's seven-out-of-ten looks were enough to earn him a place among the school beauties.

Chen Ze opened the so-called school beauty rankings and found four boys' profile pictures on the list. There had originally been four school beauties, but Chen Ze had pushed the one in last place off the list. In other words, Chen Ze was now ranked fourth.

Chen Ze finished reading in bewilderment and noticed the loli stealing glances at him. He couldn't help teasing her. "Classmate Zheng, do you think I'm pretty? These school beauty rankings seem to have overestimated me!"

"I think you're quite... pretty. Don't sell yourself short, Classmate Chen." The loli glanced at Chen Ze as she spoke.

Just then, the class bell rang, bringing their conversation to an end. Both of them were somewhat distracted throughout the morning's classes. Chen Ze had only just arrived and wasn't quite used to this female-dominated world, while his loli deskmate would steal a glance at him from time to time, then lower her head with a blush.

"Ding-a-ling!" School was finally out!

After eating, Chen Ze hurried out of school. He still had to interview for the part-time job at noon. After all, he hadn't paid the deposit on the apartment yet!