Chapter 252 – N95 Mask
TN: Sorry guys had a fked up finger, but now I’m back! Posting all the chapters now.
Xiao Qin completely ignored the uncertainty of her dreams and said firmly: “I’ll set a small goal first. Let’s start with conquering all Chinese shoujo manga readers!”
How is that a small goal! Are you telling me you’re also planning to defeat Disney, DreamWorks, and Studio Ghibli by yourself? Instead of relying on your non-existent drawing skills, you might be more successful in training assassination techniques and assassinate the upper echelons of company members (including Miyazaki Hayao).
“Hmph, I won’t be discouraged even if Ye Lin classmate laughs at me!”
Xiao Qin perked her mouth and confidently began scribbling in her notebook.
“As long as I’m determined to become a mangaka, my character would be a childhood friend who is a mangaka! What a hipster character! My popularity will definitely skyrocket!”
Who can you even compare with? Even if there was someone to compare to, you would get 0 votes! Also, what’s so hipster about a girl who can only draw carrots? Is that even a carrot?
Xiao Qin rested her chin on the end of her pencil and it seems her thoughts have drifted far away.
“What kind of story should I write? A pair of twins who simultaneously falls in love with the female protagonist? No, it’s already been done by Cipher…”
“How about a girl cross-dresses as a boy and enters a male-only school, that doesn’t seem unique either…”
“A story where the male protagonist was too much of a playboy and the female protagonist who loved him hacked him to death with a machete…” she said as she looked towards me with a warm and beautiful smile, yet it felt like someone poured a bucket of ice water over my head.
“Ah, I don’t think it would pass regulations because of the violence. How would I be able to steal the ratings of other cartoons? Let’s keep this only if I can’t think of anything else…”
After she listed tens of stories and rejected each one, she bit on the eraser end of the pencil and frowned.
“Who knew writing a story would be this difficult! I thought authors could write out anything with a smack on their forehead!”
No shit! You even have to rack your brains to write an exciting non-original story, let alone a completely original story!
“Ah, the story is so difficult, I should design the characters first! Of course the male protagonist will be based on Ye Lin classmate…”
Xiao Qin buried her head and began to scribble. She had to erase multiple times for every stroke she made. I’m not sure what kind of terrible character will be born if it was based on me.
We received an unfortunate message after our daily eye exercises: “In order to deal with the airborne sand and dust in Dong Shan, the school will give each student an N95 mask, but it will cost ¥10 for material fees.”
“Material fees my ass!” The math representative was a short and skinny boy, “I’ve seen the exact same one in supermarkets for ¥7.90!”
“That’s right!” Loud Mouth followed in suite and stood up, “It’s also really small. I have to force it on and it hurts my ears!”
Not sure who added a line: “That’s because your face is too fat!” The students broke into laughter.
“Who said that? Which bastard said it? Come out and fight me!” Loud Mouth swept across the crowd with a terrible gaze and no one laughed anymore.
But the mask topic was not over.
“No! We can’t let the school take advantage of us!” The rear guard of the class basketball team, Xu LiJun stood out and appealed to everyone, “We should boycott it! Let the school know we’re not idiots!”
“Well said!” Someone added, “This time it’s face masks, next time it’ll be bed sheets!”
Eunuch Cao pinched his throat and pretended to be a girl: “That’s right! It would be so embarrassing if the school forced me to buy translucent bras!”
In the midst of the chaos, Xiao Qin was unmoved and was still designing her characters and ignored her surroundings.
Xiao Qin muttered happily: “Unruly and wild eyes, arrogant and unyielding mouth, lecherous nostrils…”
What kind of crap are you making! How can nostrils even be lecherous? The line about the nostrils completely ruined the atmosphere!
Teacher Yu and Shu Sha were right around the corner, but when the teacher heard the ruckus in our classroom, he timidly feigned a stomachache and told Shu Sha to handle the rest.
The class leader had no choice. After a long sigh, she appeared in front of the disgruntled students.
Loud Mouth was the first one to speak up: “Class leader, I don’t have any objections towards you, but this school is too shady! I can’t even wear the face mask properly!”
This time around, no one said she had a large face.
The math representative also spoke: “They’re charging ¥10 for something that costs ¥7.90, and they called it material fees, how shameless!”
The class leader bit her lip as she was in a difficult position. She finally spoke after muttering something: “I know everyone isn’t satisfied with the school, but… has a considerable amout of students opened the mask and put it on?”
“That’s right!” Loud Mouth replied in a muffled voice, “How would I know it doesn’t fit if I don’t try it!”
The class leader had an ‘as expected’ expression, “Face masks are hygienic tools, so you you already wore it, then you can’t return it! The other classes were also not satisfied with the masks, so they decided to refund anyone who did not open the package. You’re out of luck if you already opened it!”
“Huh?” Loud Mouth was stunned, “So I’m out of luck?”
Xiong YaoYue put on her face mask, it seems it was a perfect fit for her.
Xiong YaoYue spoke through the mask in a strange voice: “Class leader, why didn’t you tell us something that important earlier?”
The class leader blinked with guilt and for some reason looked in my direction.
“I found out about it when the vice-principal was speaking to all the class leaders. I wasn’t able to make a call, so I sent a text to Ye Lin and Niu ShiLi…”
Huh!? I quickly pulled out my phone and sure enough there was an unread text sent 10 minutes ago: “Tell everyone don’t open the face mask packages or you can’t return it.”
Damn, why didn’t I feel the vibration! Although I usually keep the phone on silent, it should at least vibrate! Isn’t this phone a successor of vibrators! What’s the point of keeping it if it doesn’t vibrate!
I took a closer look: it’s because it’s almost out of batteries! I wanted to check its long battery life so I never charged it for a week, but now its vibrations can’t even lift up dust! I couldn’t live up to the class leader’s expectations!
But the class leader also sent a text to Niu ShiLi, so why did the number one loyal dog glasses bro not respond?
Niu ShiLi sat dispirited at his desk. His hands were rested on his desk with palms facing up as if he couldn’t even move a finger.
“Class leader, I’m sorry. I forgot my phone at home.”
Niu ShiLi apologized with a crestfallen face.
Niu ShiLi is usually always neat and tidy, not like Xiong YaoYue who always forgets things every day. But based on his current fatigue and muscle soreness, he must have gone through hell’s training with Captain Guo SongTao over the weekend! He’s determined to make me drink Fu Yan Jie!
Some of the girls still had a few words to say to the class leader.
“Class leader, why did you send those texts to those stinkin’ unreliable boys, instead of to us girls?”
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