CHAPTER 790: CHAPTER 794: THE UNDERACHIEVER’S RED PACKET GROUP (PART 1)

Dorm 403 was a four-person room, and everyone was a student from the sophomore Experimental Class Seven of high school.

One would think that a few girls of the same age, having lived together from the first year of high school, would have formed a good relationship.

In fact, that was indeed the case, just not for Yu Xiaohua.

Su Li, Shi Tong, and Lin Yaoguang, who had gone home for a holiday today, were close to each other, but Yu Xiaohua was the odd one out.

It wasn’t that the others ostracized her, rather it was her strange pride and the conspicuous inferiority complex that made the others uncomfortable.

They were all from the same class, and the others had tried countless times to include Yu Xiaohua in their group, but to no avail.

When they eventually gave up, Yu Xiaohua’s occasional resentment and dissatisfaction were inexplicable, as if now.

Just a moment ago, Shi Tong had asked not only Su Li but also Yu Xiaohua. Yet, from the scene Su Li was witnessing now, Yu Xiaohua probably felt bitter again.

She was always like this, carrying a gloomy face every day, looking like a pitiful figure bullied by others.

Su Li knew that probably her lofty pride was acting up again, most likely feeling like Shi Tong, who had asked her first then Yu Xiaohua, did so as an afterthought, as if they didn’t care about her at all.

With bad skin, poor family background, and poor academic performance; in her eyes, they were from another world entirely.

Just from looking at Yu Xiaohua’s silent figure, Su Li could guess most of her thoughts.

Because more than once under the shadows on Yu Xiaohua’s face, she had seen those jealous gazes.

However, overthinking is an illness, and Yu Xiaohua was probably deeply afflicted.

The simple campus life prioritizes temperament and compatibility in student relationships.

Yu Xiaohua didn’t seem to grasp this, she was like a mouse hiding in a dark corner.

If, and I mean if, Yu Xiaohua had not undergone a strange transformation, she would have been one of those students in the school who was unremarkable and easily overlooked.

After graduation, everyone would part ways, and it’s quite possible no one would remember that such a girl had existed.

Even her dormmates Shi Tong and the others, years later, might vaguely recall: Oh, I actually lived in the same room with her for three years.

But if ’if’ exists, then it has nothing to do with Su Li.

Su Li put down the book in her hand, lifted the corner of the bed curtain again, and began to scrutinize Yu Xiaohua from across the way.

In the dorm, besides Yu Xiaohua with her basic cotton gauze mosquito net, everyone else used tent-like bed curtains.

These bed curtains are advantageous because once you draw the curtains, you have a small world of your own with private space and convenience.

Unlike Yu Xiaohua’s, which not only let mosquitoes in but also left her every move exposed to everyone else’s eyes.

At first, Yu Xiaohua just sat silently, occasionally wiping away tears while keeping her head down.

This stubborn silence, it seems, often occurs in students from impoverished families.

Isn’t there a saying, "The child of a poor family matures early"?

Indeed, during the entire first year of high school, she was exactly like that, but under the other dorm mates’ loving care, she seemed to change a lot.

And now, as if her silence had become unbearable, Su Li was still indifferent, which made it even harder for Yu Xiaohua to accept.

The silent grievance turned into a faint sob.

In the space where only two people were present, it was noticeably obvious, even if Su Li wanted to ignore it, it was impossible.

Why do you turn your back, if you’re really afraid of others noticing, just shut your mouth, why make any noise at all.

Moreover, this kind of baseless sorrow and seasonal depression make the people around them especially exhausted.

No wonder the others wanted to stay as far away as possible.

The most accurate way to sum up Yu Xiaohua was that she was brimming with negative energy.

Su Li didn’t immediately react upon hearing the noise but quietly and thoughtfully sized up Yu Xiaohua again.

At the time, this classmate looked plain, slightly stocky, and her acne-scarred chin carried deep-seated self-esteem issues.

Yet, it was such a girl, poor in academics and looks, not particularly pleasant in character, who pushed the original-self into an irredeemable situation.

From the memories of the original-self, Yu Xiaohua’s change seemed to begin at the start of their senior high school year.

Just one summer vacation later, Yu Xiaohua’s appearance gradually changed significantly.

Not only did her skin become fairer and smoother, but she also slimmed down, there seemed to be no change in her facial features at a glance, but upon closer inspection, there was a world of difference.

It was said she had gotten plastic surgery, but such a theory isn’t plausible in such a short period, and her face bore no marks of surgery, not to mention her family couldn’t afford such expenses.

Later on, in their interactions, the changes became more pronounced, and she quickly transformed into a stunning beauty.

Not only that, Yu Xiaohua also seemed to have activated cheat codes, acing tests and topping the ranks each time.

Uncomprehending, people could only attribute this to her late ’blossoming’.

Some individuals blossom late, but once they do, their learning pace skyrockets.

In truth, even with Yu Xiaohua’s improvements, she was of no real concern to others.

You have your broad avenues and I have my narrow path, yet some choose not to follow their own paths but instead squeeze onto someone else’s. It seemed they believed this would prove something, but the reasons for such unhealthy psychology were baffling.

And the original-self was the unfortunate one targeted by this yandere.

After Yu Xiaohua’s appearance improved strikingly and she rose to become a top student, she quickly became celebrated as the beauty queen of the school.

The original-self and she became known as the twin flowers of the school.

But Yu Xiaohua didn’t seem content with this and instead always sought to outshine the original-self.

The original-self didn’t care about such things; she had no need to compete with anyone.

No one knew of her distinguished family background. Even without the advantages of beauty or academic prowess, she could live well.

Some people are destined to be the winners in life from birth, but because of Yu Xiaohua’s insanity, the original-self met with a terrible fate, and even her family suffered.

In high school, Yu Xiaohua’s antics seemed minor, always just striving to be one step ahead of the original-self, without doing anything too extreme, but after graduation, the true horror of this person came to light.

It’s a mystery how Yu Xiaohua, from her meager family background, managed to connect with the top echelons of society.