You Will Become a Beautiful Woman

"It's better to be alone, with fewer troubles. I can eat and sleep whenever I want, and no one can stop me," Rosendo said happily.

Looking at the girl in front of him who grew up with him since childhood, Rosendo was deeply moved. He already knew her name - Vanessa. She was his neighbor's daughter, and they had been through thick and thin together over the years.

Rosendo held Vanessa's small hand and looked into her eyes affectionately. He said gently, "Vanessa, thank you for your help all these years. Don't worry, I won't let anyone bully you again."

Vanessa nodded gratefully. "I believe you," she said.

Rosendo observed the house they were living in now - the lime on the walls had peeled off here and there, giving it an old-fashioned look. The house was practically empty; there wasn't even an electrical appliance except for a gas stove used for cooking rice dishes which was considered as their most valuable possession. This tiled house was rented by Rosendo and Vanessa together for only $100 per month - very cheap indeed.

Rosendo and Vanessa rented a house outside the gate because they needed to make money. Whenever they had no classes, they would go out to find work, such as washing dishes for others, doing temporary jobs, working as hourly workers in domestic companies, bringing back parts that needed processing from nearby small factories for processing or becoming private tutors. They did anything legal that could earn them money. It was all due to their difficult living conditions! If Rosendo and his friends didn't make money, who would support them through college?

As for Vanessa's family situation: Her father has poor health condition so he couldn't do heavy work while her mother did all household chores alone relying solely on their small piece of land which couldn't support Vanessa's university education fees!

Therefore she needs to be self-reliant, earn money to support herself and also give a few hundred dollars every month to her father for medicine. Both Rosendo and Vanessa were poor children who had to work hard for their future.

Vanessa was worried that Rosendo might have some after-effects from his memory loss, so she dragged him to the hospital for a check-up. They did an ultrasound scan which cost around one hundred yuan but found nothing wrong with him. As for why Rosendo lost his memory, even the doctor didn't know.

To celebrate that he had no after-effects, Vanessa bought a pound of pork on their way back home and prepared it as a nutritious meal for Rosendo.

Back at home, Vanessa cooked like a virtuous wife while Rosendo sat motionless in the living room thinking about how they should live in the future. Although he wasn't afraid of hardship, he didn't want to live without knowing where his next meal would come from. He must find a way to change their situation by earning more money so they could afford better housing conditions; most importantly, he wanted to buy some ingredients used in making beauty products so that he could cure Vanessa's scars and acne.

At this moment, Vanessa walked out of the kitchen with a delicious dish and overheard Rosendo's words. Curiously, she asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Just thinking about how to make money," Rosendo replied.

Vanessa placed the cooked food on the table and said to Rosendo, "Don't we earn enough money now? Do you urgently need money? If you do, I have 1,000 here. You can take it."

"No need. I was just casually thinking about what could be more profitable," Rosendo said. He knew that Vanessa was in a worse situation than him and he wouldn't take a penny from her even if he were starving because her money was intended for her brother's tuition fees.

"Oh well then let's think about it after we eat!" Vanessa sweetly smiled.

Rosendo shared an apartment with Vanessa and took advantage of her by having her do his laundry and cook for him. She even helped him find his job. Touched by all that she had done for him, he silently vowed to help this poor girl live a happy life as if she were his own sister.

"Your cooking is so delicious! Whoever marries you will definitely be the happiest man in the world." Rosendo wolfed down the food made by Vanessa; it was his first time eating such tasty food in his life.

He thought back to those foods similar to fertilizers in Future Century; suddenly his heart became brighter as he realized there wasn't anything wrong with living in the 21st century except for slightly inferior technology compared to Future Century - everything else was great: natural food, clean air and simple people - all very good things indeed! It would definitely be a century worth enjoying!

"I'm so ugly though...who would want to marry me?" joked Vanessa with a smile.

Rosendo stopped eating hastily and said seriously to Vanessa, "Nana, I have a way to make you beautiful because your facial features are very good. It's just that you have so many pimples on your face. Don't worry; when I create a skin treatment medicine, you will become a super beauty."

"Then I'll wait for you to successfully turn me into a great beauty! But for now, hurry up and eat. We still need to go to Letha's house for tutoring!" Vanessa smiled at Rosendo.

"Tutoring? Did I do tutoring before?" Rosendo asked curiously.

"Forgetful of your memory loss again? Actually we often go out for tutoring jobs where we can earn 10 per hour - it's really not bad work at all!

Recently Letha invited us over to his house for tutoring; if we teach well enough he will hire us for one month with an hourly rate of 50 each. I'm responsible for teaching his daughter piano while you're in charge of teaching his son how to read since his daughter is already doing well academically but doesn't know how to play the piano yet and since you don't know how either, it falls on me." Vanessa reminded him with a smile.

"Oh, then let's finish eating quickly and go," Rosendo said eagerly. He wanted to earn some money quickly so he could buy some decent clothes and make acne treatment medicine.

After finishing their meal, Rosendo and Vanessa went out together. Following a small note with an address on it, Vanessa led Rosendo to a luxurious apartment building. "Miss. Letha's home is in room 301 of this building ahead of us. Let's go up!" Vanessa pointed at the building in front of them and said to Rosendo.

"Okay," replied Rosendo.

When they arrived at room 301, Vanessa rang the doorbell. The door was quickly opened by a glamorous beauty: "It's you guys! Come on in."

"Hello," sweetly greeted Vanessa to the beautiful woman named Letha.

Out of politeness, Rosendo took a step forward and naturally extended his right hand. Seeing that Rosendo wanted to shake hands with her, Letha immediately reached out her white-as-jade right hand and shook hands tightly with him. With a smile on his face, Rosendo said: "Hello Miss Letha, I'm Rosendo and I'm here as your children's tutor."

Seeing such gentlemanly behavior from Rosendo made Vanessa stunned for a moment - he used to be very shy before and rarely greeted others or acted like such a gentleman.