Eldest Miss?
Second Miss…?
Where? Where’s the rich babe?!
Bah! What rich babe!
Hearing that peculiar title of “Eldest Miss,” Ye Zhibai—who had once been so dirt-poor—couldn’t help but twitch her brow on instinct.
Of the two maids, one bolted off like she’d won five million bucks in the lottery and couldn’t wait to share the thrill, vanishing in a gust of wind.
The other, who looked barely twenty, charged straight into the hospital room!
Then… she slammed to a halt.
The maid had been bubbling with excitement moments ago, but the moment she drew near Ye Zhibai, it was like someone had doused her with a bucket of ice water. A chill ran from her head to her toes.
The oppressive aura radiating from Ye Zhibai’s icy, aloof expression was overwhelmingly intense, her presence utterly unapproachable.
The Eldest Miss is still so frosty as ever, she thought.
What the maid didn’t know was that Ye Zhibai simply couldn’t control her expressions yet.
—Truth be told, she was panicking hard!
In two lifetimes, this was her first time seeing real maids!!
Even sensing that faint chill, the maid couldn’t hold back her grateful words to the heavens any longer.
“Eldest Miss! We’ve always believed you’d wake up! You… you really did! I’m gonna bawl my eyes out!”
Huh?
Ye Zhibai blinked blankly, glancing left and right.
There was no third person in the room.
No way… is “Eldest Miss” referring to me?!
Compared to when she’d first awakened, Ye Zhibai’s body felt far lighter now.
She could even lift a finger, pointing dumbly at herself.
Ye Zhibai had no choice but to believe what that damn Light Orb had told her, but she clearly remembered the orb saying it would transfer her body onto some “God’s Creation”… and that this God’s Creation was being protected by a major clan?
So why was she lying in a hospital?
And from the maid’s reaction, this body had been vegging out here on death’s door for ages?!
No way, she’d finally snagged a live one—she had to get the scoop.
Ye Zhibai had a ton of questions burning to burst out, but as she parted her lips slightly, she realized…
“Uh… I…”
Speaking was so damn hard.
It took time for her soul to fully sync with her flesh.
Tch, is this what that bastard Light Orb meant? Speech and movement would be inconvenient for a while?
Ye Zhibai hadn’t even said anything real—just squeezed out a meaningless syllable from her throat.
Yet that alone made the maid’s eyes fly wide open.
It was like she’d witnessed another miracle!
“Th-the Eldest Miss… spoke?!”
Was I mute before or something?!
Ye Zhibai was utterly shocked.
But in the maid’s eyes, she hadn’t changed expression at all.
The Eldest Miss had always been like this since childhood—silent, expressionless, face perpetually cold.
Whatever nonsense, Ye Zhibai shoved it aside for now!
She just needed one key item, fast.
Ye Zhibai tried propping herself up on her elbows. She could see her silver hair shifting with the motion, trailing forward like shimmering silk.
“Mir… ror?”
“Eldest Miss…?”
The maid realized she was asking for something, but her voice was too faint. The maid leaned in close, straining to hear.
Ye Zhibai repeated the simple word, haltingly.
“Mirror… do you… have… one…?”
This time, the maid caught it crystal clear!
“A mirror…? Right away, Eldest Miss! Hold on! I’ll grab one for you! Ahh… this is a miracle, a total miracle! I wonder how thrilled the Second Miss will be when she hears you’re awake… Heaven bless the Eldest Miss! Heaven bless the Eldest Miss! Heaven bless the Ye Family!”
I’m just asking you to fetch a mirror… why are you hyped up like this?
Talk about action-oriented—this maid had dashed out less than a minute ago, and who knew where she’d pulled a small hand mirror from.
The mirror had a pink frame, decked out with frilly decorations.
It screamed “belonging to a teenage girl.”
Ye Zhibai’s tough-guy heart took a critical magic-damage hit!
Never mind that for now.
Gathering intel came first.
At first, her pride flared—she wanted to grab it herself—but alas, in her current state, Ye Zhibai couldn’t even hold the mirror steady.
She had to let the maid do it, holding the frame reverently with both hands, bowing at the waist to position it steadily right in front of Ye Zhibai’s face.
Ye Zhibai slowly poked her head forward for a peek.
When her reflection stared back from the glass…
Ye Zhibai was stunned.
Is… this me?
Ye Zhibai’s face was usually blank, but confronted so directly with her own visage…
A flicker of surprise finally crept into her features.
Pity the maid was bowed low in respect and missed it.
Those slightly widened, profound purple eyes shimmered with a magical allure, sparkling like pools that could draw anyone in—charming, vivid, alive.
Her exquisite, stunning face was flawlessly delicate, skin soft and fine as if it might burst under a breath. Cherry-pink lips, straight out of a manga beauty.
A beauty so breathtaking it could steal one’s breath, still shedding the last traces of childhood, edging toward subtle maturity—like a green apple, tart yet enticing. And the long silver hair she’d already glimpsed without the mirror cascaded along her cheeks like the purest snow of early winter, cool to the touch, a feast for the eyes. From the mirror’s angle, peering down at her full form, the pure white cotton nightgown draped her body like an elf from a winter fairytale.
Paired with her near-expressionless face—icy and aloof, unapproachable.
Yet pitiably fragile, stirring protective instincts.
Ye Zhibai tried smiling to shift her vibe, but she realized expression control was tough. Even forcing a grin just pulled her lips into a stiff, unnatural smirk.
…Another side effect of incomplete soul fusion?
Judging by her face, she looked about high school age.
As a med student in her last life, Ye Zhibai eyeballed the legs from this angle—with legs that long, standing up she’d probably hit around 5’4″.
No joke… she’d never laid eyes on a girl this stunningly gorgeous in her previous life—one so beautiful it made you hold your breath!
The maid held the mirror aloft respectfully, tears impossible to hold back.
“Have you… remembered things from before the coma? You’re as beautiful as ever… You’ve been out for over two years now. Your birthday’s coming up in a few days—you’ll be turning nineteen this year…”
Nineteen? About what she’d guessed.
Wait…!
You said this body’s been asleep for two years?!
Before Ye Zhibai could process the shock…
~~~
Whirrr!!!
“?”
A massive rotor-blade roar erupted outside the window, shattering her thoughts.
Rotor… blades?
Ye Zhibai looked up toward the window.
That shocking flash froze in her mind.
Just outside the window… at point-blank range.
A helicopter had zipped past.
Haha… so many side effects to rebirth? Hallucinations now?
Hospitals weren’t exactly heliports.
“Eldest Miss! That must be the Second Miss! Don’t worry…! Your family’s here to see you—you’re not alone!”
So stop getting all emotional on your own from start to finish! I don’t even know what you’re worked up about!
It wasn’t long before urgent footsteps pounded down the hallway.
The kind only flat-out sprinting could produce.
The teary-eyed maid who’d held the mirror hastily wiped her cheeks and schooled her face into utter solemnity.
—Pure reverence now.
Hands clasped before her, she retreated to the room’s corner and stood at attention.
Not daring to utter another word.
This was the posture for greeting someone of utmost importance.
Good lord… keep crying instead—this is making me nervous!
She arrived before she was seen—her voice echoing from the corridor, drawing nearer, frantic and trembling with anxiety.
“Sis! Sis!!”
Then, an “angel” entered Ye Zhibai’s view.
The “fairy” had run too hard; her foot brakes failed, and she nearly skidded right out at the doorway.
But with killer reflexes, she grabbed the doorframe and pulled off an almost-drift emergency stop!
The momentum rivaled that truck that had smashed Ye Zhibai flat!
She was terrified!
The girl snapped her head up impatiently, a tear gleaming in her bright blue eyes. They locked gazes across the space with Ye Zhibai’s purple ones.
In that instant… time nearly stopped.
This “fairy” saw Ye Zhibai propped against the wall on the bed, eyes wide open.
Tears welled up in hers instantly!
As for Ye Zhibai… she went numb.
Numb—one, literally, from sitting duck-legged too long and her legs tingling.
Two, numb beyond belief!
Did this world seriously have this many gorgeous girls?!
The girl before her clocked about 5’5″, with ink-black hair spilling to her waist like a cascade of night. Delicate features, ocean-blue eyes, clad in a black-and-white JK uniform.
Ye Zhibai’s first impression? “Fairy”—like a celestial maiden descended from the Ninth Heaven, serene and elegant, a sight for sore eyes.
Cough… assuming she hadn’t barreled in like a runaway dump truck.
There were also the black knee-high socks that went perfectly with the JK uniform she wore, hugging her slender legs snugly.
That tantalizing strip of bare thigh—the absolute territory—between the tops of the socks and the hem of her white uniform skirt was nothing short of mesmerizing.
Peeking out from beneath the socks was a pair of glossy black leather Mary Janes.
With looks like that, she’d be the undisputed campus beauty queen at any school.
In just a few short minutes, Ye Zhibai had laid eyes on two girls so stunning they could steal a person’s soul.
She’d accomplished something she never had even once in her entire previous life.
Talk about an eye-opener.
Uh… two of them?
Yep.
The girl standing before her was the second.
So… who was the first beauty?
Wasn’t it… me?
Oh. Never mind, then.
