The Glamorous Show-off - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Three days before freshman year started, I finally joined our class group chat.

The second I entered, Zheng Xinyu let out a groundhog-level shriek.

[AHHHHHHHH Ranran!!!]

[Wuwuwuwu, I finally found family!!!]

[Everyone, this is my bestie. None of you are allowed to bully her, okay!]

At the time, I was out eating with my best friend Chen Xuan, and I had my phone on speaker.

The instant Chen Xuan heard Zheng Xinyu’s voice, she shuddered in disgust and shoved her goosebump-covered arm in front of me. “Sister Zheng’s style is as strong as ever.”

I gave two dry little “haha”s through a smile that didn’t reach my eyes. “Yeah, sure, just keep spoiling her.”

I sent Zheng Xinyu a “hehe” sticker, casually changed my group nickname to my own name, then put my phone down.

Throughout the meal, my WeChat notifications kept going off.

I didn’t even have to think to know Zheng Xinyu was working her magic again.

I ignored it, but Chen Xuan was a die-hard fan of attention-seeker literature.

“Ranran, is Sister Zheng spreading her charm again? Stop eating already and check the group chat!”

Under Chen Xuan’s eager gaze, I was forced to open the chat.

In less than ten minutes, there were already 99+ messages.

I tapped to jump back to the first message, only to find they were all about me.

[Whoa! So you’re the one who got first place in the major!]

[Top student, show us a pic!]

[Pic pic pic!]

[Camping here!]

[……]

After one person started it, more than a dozen messages flooded in asking me to post a photo.

And while I wasn’t looking, Zheng Xinyu had already stepped in to block them for me: [Don’t make things hard for my bestie. I’ll post two of mine to make up for it!]

I mean, I’ve heard of taking drinks for someone, but taking photo requests for someone? That was a first.

Zheng Xinyu immediately sent two pictures. In one, she was pouting and posing like a bunny. In the other, she was going for sexy in little black stockings.

[Okay, I’ve posted them now. You guys can’t make things hard for Ranran anymore!]

Along with Zheng Xinyu’s sugary, cutesy voice message, Chen Xuan burst out laughing.

Yes. It was those exact two photos that let Zheng Xinyu successfully have eight online boyfriends at the same time.

As for why she only ever posted those two, obviously it was because those were the ones edited the hardest-and looked the least like her.

What she was most proud of was the “beauty mark” at the corner of her eye. Aside from not editing out that mole, she had practically swapped out her entire head.

Generally speaking, those two photos paired with her sweet, coquettish voice made it pretty easy to capture a few suckers.

For example, right then and there, several male classmates eagerly started fawning over her.

[Goddess!]

[So pretty so pretty so pretty!]

[We’re all bros from now on, so none of you fight me for her!]

[I’ll send red packets to everyone. Anyone who claims one, please automatically withdraw from the competition!]

[……]

Then red packets started raining down in the group.

Not only were none of the boys willing to click and claim them, they even competed to send more, which let me, the latecomer, reap the benefits.

Out of seven red packets, I got the best-luck draw four times, for a total of six hundred thirty-one yuan and twenty-five cents.

Guys, who understands this feeling!

Chen Xuan and I immediately decided that after finishing our skewers, we’d go sing karaoke, and after karaoke, we’d come back for more skewers.

La la la la la.

Chen Xuan snatched my phone and roared a voice message into it: [Sister Zheng, you are my god!]

Her worship of Zheng Xinyu instantly shattered the eardrums of several boys.

[Top student, you…]

[SOS.JPG]

[Hahahahaha, now I know why Xinyu posted pics for the top student. She’s beautiful and kind!]

[That voice… I imagine the person must also be… shh.JPG]

This time, it was my turn to laugh out loud.

Chen Xuan simply shrugged. “For Sister Zheng, I’m willing to be the green leaves.”

The three of us had been roommates for two years, and Chen Xuan had spent all two of those years playing straight man for Zheng Xinyu.

She absolutely loved it.