Chapter 9: Change

  In the mirror, there is a very beautiful girl with smooth and shiny hair, black with a layer of blue light, skin as white and smooth as jade, long and elegant eyebrows, big eyes quietly gazing at some place, as if all the spring water is flowing quietly. But once she moves her gaze, she exudes an aura that is awe-inspiring, carrying an unmistakable nobility. Her nose is straight, her lips are a very light pink color, which makes people feel a bit cold, but also evokes sympathy.

  Tang Xiao knew that this person was herself, the five senses had not changed, but yet they had changed, just like a blurry painting, suddenly being re-outlined.

  After watching for half a day, until she felt cold, Tang Yao shivered and put on the bathrobe that was ready on one side to blow dry her hair. Touching her smooth hair like water, she thought about growing out her hair in the future. In her past life, she had always envied those people with long flowing hair, they really looked like princesses and attracted attention.

  She glanced at the clock and found that it was already past ten o'clock. She thought for a moment, deciding to send her entry first, then go to school.

  She opened the closet, only to see that it was full of those conservative and tacky clothes, without a hint of youthful spirit. Even Auntie wouldn't look out of place wearing them. Tang Jiao sighed, thinking to herself that back then, she wasn't lacking in aesthetic sense, but rather because of her mother's influence.

  Lin Qiujie was kept as a mistress, and in an era where even divorced women were gossiped about, this was a huge scandal. However, all the ugliness could be covered up with money. Lin Qiujie and Chuchu, although one was a mistress and the other an illegitimate daughter, both had Shi Zhengyang as their backing. The common people didn't dare to provoke the powerful, so they directed all their firepower at Tang Yao instead, calling her a little fox spirit behind Lin Qiujie's back. This scared Tang Yao into not daring to dress well or look pretty anymore. She didn't dare tell Lin Qiujie, and even if she did, it would be useless, because Lin Qiujie was very weak-willed. She knew she was in the wrong for being a mistress, so even when people scolded her, she wouldn't retort.

  Tang Wan didn't want to make her mother sad, and not dressing up wouldn't cost more money, which could also alleviate her mother's burden. She didn't want to be a drag on her mother. So she always wore very simple and conservative clothes, and with her ordinary appearance, she became even less noticeable.

  Tang Wan finally wore her school uniform, a white short-sleeved shirt and a blue skirt that reached her knees, making Tang Wan look pure and lovely with her pigtails.

  In order not to make others feel that she had changed too suddenly and felt strange, Tang Yao still wore glasses, but they were no longer nearsighted. She felt dizzy and could only find an old pair of glasses, which was also a large black frame, but even more ugly. However, after Tang Yao put them on, she still thought she looked better than before. Only after taking a closer look did she realize that her skin was too snowy white, not the pale it used to be, but with a jade-like glow. Her hair was no longer the messy and dry grass-like it used to be, but like the highest quality black silk thread, smooth and shiny from root to tip, lightly swaying and flying with every move, truly eye-catching.

  When a person's skin and hair improve, it can really make them beautiful. Tang Yao thought the water in the space was truly amazing, from now on she would drink that water every day and also use that water to bathe. After all, girls don't not love beauty, especially a girl who has never been beautiful before, when she has the chance to become beautiful, she will never want to be ugly again.

  Lin Qiujie got up after eight o'clock, and heard that her younger daughter Chuchu had already gone to school. Her older daughter Tang Jiao was still in the room, thinking about calling her down to have breakfast together. Suddenly, she heard footsteps coming from the stairs, looked up, and suddenly realized that something was different about her older daughter today. It wasn't until she walked right in front of her that she realized what it was - usually, her older daughter walked with a slight stoop, but today she was standing up straight, her gait elegant, no less refined than any noble lady she had ever seen.

  "Are you going out?" Lin Qiujie saw Tang Yao wearing a light blue lotus leaf hat on her head, almost covering her entire face, and holding a bag in her hand. She asked with concern: "Does the wound on your body still hurt? If it hurts, don't go to school, I'll definitely let you enter Yingdi High School later."

  "Let's see how I did! Mom, today I want to go to school and apply for a leave of absence. The exams are coming up soon and the school doesn't have any new lessons to teach, every day is just review after review, I don't want to go anymore, I want to study at home. Plus, my leg and hand are injured, I need to rest well too, the doctor suggested that I rest at home for two weeks."

  Lin Qiujie thought for a moment, nodded, she knew that her eldest daughter's grades were not good at all, and she didn't expect her to advance by relying on real talent and learning, so it didn't matter whether she went to school or not.

  "Can you go alone? Do you want me to accompany you?" Lin Qiujie looked at the time and said, "I still have an hour, we can make it if we hurry."

  Tang Yao shook her head: "No need, I can handle it myself. If not, mom can go again later. Besides, I have to buy some things on the way, and there won't be enough time."

  Lin Qiujie gave up upon hearing this and said: "Let's have some breakfast before we go!"

  "No, I'll just eat something on the road. Goodbye, Mom."

  Lin Qiujie watched her daughter's departing figure, thinking that this daughter seemed to have changed, but it was a change for the better. She was very pleased in her heart. This time she married into the Ji family, the Ji family did not want to accept Tang Yao, but she thought her daughter was still young and living alone was not suitable, so she had been asking Ji Shengyang, but Ji Shengyang refused to give in. Originally, she also wanted to give up, but now it seems that she can try again, maybe if she entered the Ji family, she could become a real rich lady, which would be beneficial for herself too.

  Tang Wan left home and went to the post office to mail her entry. She thought that if everything goes smoothly, she should be able to get the results in a month.

  After taking a bus for two stops, Tang Yao arrived at her own middle school which she had left for fifteen years.

  Tang Wan attended Linhai City No. 3 Middle School, which is also a good school with beautiful campus environment and strong faculty, but Tang Wan didn't like it here, the memories left to her were not pleasant, and part of that was due to this obese class teacher in front of her.

  "Do you want to play truant?! What time is it now?! It's the critical moment when fire burns your eyebrows! You actually want to play truant?! Do you think you're a genius?! You're a backward student who drags others back! At this moment, you should be desperately keeping up with everyone's progress and striving to get into high school! Now go back to class and make up for the homework of these few days. Don't waste any more words!"

  Tang Wan and her class teacher scolded, then said softly: "I have a hospital certificate here, the doctor suggested that I rest for two weeks."

  "The doctor suggested you rest for two weeks, are you going to rest? Then he told you not to take the college entrance exam today, aren't you also not going to take it?! Normally I tell you to study hard, why don't you listen?! You're really good at learning bad things, at a young age you don't know how to study hard, all you know is how to be lazy! Are you not planning on taking the high school exam?! Let me tell you, vocational school isn't easy to get into either, with your terrible grades, even if you rest for two more weeks, or just two more days, it's still hard to say if vocational school will accept you without paying money! Su Zhi Li's sharp and piercing words came out one after another, suddenly, he sneered and said: "Right, I heard your mom is someone's mistress, of course they have the money to buy your education..."

  "What did you say? Apologize!"

  The weather was already very hot, Su Zhili was sitting under the fan, but he kept sweating. However, for some reason, when he heard Tang Yao's words, he shivered and felt a chill, as if today's Tang Yao was somehow different. But he didn't think about what made her different, this unremarkable poor student couldn't catch his eye, and that slight palpitation was washed away by the anger of being asked to apologize by a student.

  "What did you say? Are you asking me to apologize?" Su Zhi Li slapped his hand on the table and stood up, with even more sweat breaking out on his Mediterranean-like forehead. Although he knew that his words were somewhat inappropriate, there were two colleagues in the office right now, how could he tolerate a student being so insolent.

  "With such poor grades, you can only go to a vocational school. I'm telling the truth, are you afraid of it? Everyone knows you're the daughter of a mistress, why should I apologize? You're the one who should be apologizing!"

  Tang Wan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. She looked at the man in front of her, who was once someone she feared greatly. It was he who had believed others' false accusations that she cheated, making her stand in class for a week. From then on, she didn't dare to strive for good grades anymore, and her originally good grades plummeted, leading to her later mediocrity! Originally, she thought she had been reborn and wouldn't let him ruin her future again, so she ignored him. But he actually insulted her mother. She was no longer the Tang Wan of her past life who didn't dare to speak out against others' insults towards herself and her mother. The current her desperately wanted to draw a line between herself and the Tang Wan of her past life, and naturally wouldn't tolerate this anymore.

  I will be admitted to Yingdi High School.

  "You'll get into Yingdi High School—" Su Zhili suddenly widened his eyes and asked, "What did you say? Yingdi High School?"

  At this time, not only several teachers but also a few students in the classroom looked up at the girl. One of them, a boy who had just come in and was staring at her, was inexplicably surprised, feeling that Tang Yao seemed to have changed somehow!

  Come on, votes! I'm holding onto my clothes and continuing!