Chapter 2

Zou Kexin and Song Yueran went to the bathhouse to take a bath, so now it's just me and her in the dorm.

When my eyes met hers, Wu Shanshan didn't shy away. She stared at me and said, "Be honest, you bought that body fat scale, right?"

In an instant, all the hairs on my body stood up, and I didn't know how to respond.

Seeing my reaction, Wu Shanshan let out a dismissive sneer as if to say "I knew it", and slammed her backpack heavily onto the table.

"I don't understand you people who get fat at the slightest bite. You're so blessed yet always yelling about losing weight. Either your brain's really got issues, or you're just being a pure green tea bitch, it makes me sick!"

She was so rude, if it were someone else, they might have started a fight right on the spot with her.

But I met a tragic end at Wu Shanshan's hands in my past life, and I know her mental state isn't normal at all. If I tear things apart now, she might just grab the fruit knife on the table and stab me.

Right now, the urgent task is to lessen some of her hostility towards my body shape.

After thinking of a strategy, I sighed and suddenly started to cry.

"Shanshan, it's not like you think. I have my difficulties; I just never had the courage to tell anyone."

Facing Wu Shanshan's questioning gaze, I said tearfully, "I actually went for a check-up at the hospital before, and the doctor said I already have early-stage diabetes. If I can't control my weight, it's life-threatening. So I have to sneak medicine pills into a vitamin C bottle and take them secretly, crying under the covers every night."

Wu Shanshan's pupils widened sharply, and she looked at me with a complicated expression: "How could it be? You're still so young..."

"Yeah, this kind of illness is becoming common among young people now. What can I do, being naturally fat?"

To add credibility, I rambled on about all the troubles that come with being overweight.

By saying all this, I just wanted her to understand that there are pains in being skinny, and there are troubles in being fat too.

Compared to me, at least her life is more convenient, without worrying about not finding suitable clothes to buy.

After talking until my mouth was dry and parched, Wu Shanshan's expression finally softened a bit.

She tugged at the corners of her mouth with a smirk that was anything but genuine: "Originally I thought you were making a fuss over nothing, but it turns out you've really got a condition."

Not a hint of sympathy, but rather a kind of sinister glee.

Preserving my life is paramount, so I didn't argue with her, and still had to accompany her with a smile.

Just then, the dorm room door was pushed open again.

Zou Kexin and Song Yueran came in boisterously; from their expressions, it seemed like they were hiding something.

"Girls, I've got good news to share with you."

After a bout of exaggerated winks, Zou Kexin nudged Song Yueran forward: "Our dear Yueran is off the market, and it's the weekend tomorrow. Her boyfriend is treating our dorm to a big feast, everyone must come!"

"I need to go home to get a change of clothes tomorrow, so I won't be going."

Before Wu Shanshan could say anything, I was the first to refuse.

In my last life, Zou Kexin had a hand in the abuse and killing I endured, so this time around I have no desire to associate with her at all. I just hope my family quickly writes an application so I can rent a place off-campus.

"That's not acceptable; we agreed from the start that whoever got into a relationship must treat, everyone has to come. How can you go back on that?"

Zou Kexin immediately dismissed my thoughts.

Song Yueran's expression also showed some displeasure. She said with a stern face, "Exactly, Zhao Xue, your home is local, it doesn't matter when you go back, right?"

"My boyfriend is a well-known second-generation rich kid at our school, Wang Chengyu. We're going to the Kempinski Hotel tomorrow, don't you want to experience that?"

She asked me with a bit of pride.

I hesitated for a moment, naturally still wanting to refuse.

"Yeah, and there will be lots of handsome guys there too. Don't you want to find someone?"

Zou Kexin continued to persuade me.

Before I could speak, Wu Shanshan suddenly spoke up.

"Is Liu Xu going too?"

She grinned, looking somewhat excited.

That already gaunt face appeared a bit eerie.