Chapter 9: – Bad Makeup Skills
Today is Monday, but the schedule for courses is relatively relaxed, so there are no classes in the morning.
Since there are no classes and Lin Jin woke up early, he began to consider whether he should go outside and find a temporary room to try out his makeup skills or learn from it. If it's just light makeup, he feels like he should be able to handle it.
However, considering his wallet, Lin Jin abandoned that idea and spent the entire morning watching videos on his computer. Occasionally, he casually chatted with Wu Min and Wen Xuan. Then, to his surprise, he saw the extrely annoying Zhu Dong returning to the dormitory.
Without paying him any attention, Lin Jin simply paused the video and stared straight at him. When he entered the dormitory, everyone fell silent, and the atmosphere, which had been filled with individual activities, instantly beca tense.
However, Zhu Dong showed no signs of embarrassnt. He opened the cabinet, took out hangers and other items, then turned around and left.
"This guy has the nerve to co back" Lin Jin scoffed, ordered takeout for himself, and then looked up to ask Wu Min, "What classes do we have this afternoon?"
"What? Are you finally going to attend class?" Wu Min exclaid as if he had seen a ghost. "We have English and ideological and political education in the afternoon. Are you going?"
"Forget it, I'm skipping class. Just let them know" Lin Jin said. He had never been interested in studying and was the type of student who didn't want to attend classes. In the past, when he skipped classes, he would often go out to do part-ti jobs. But now, he was thinking that once they left in the afternoon, he would have the opportunity to learn makeup. The video he was currently watching was also about makeup."
"I knew you wouldn't go to class. You don't even have to tell , I'll help you cover for it" Wu Min shook his head helplessly. "I'm going out to eat. Do you want
to bring you so food?"
"No, it's alright. I just ordered takeout."
Yawning, Lin Jin climbed back onto the bed, planning to stay there until the delivery arrived before deciding to get up. Opening the phone, he suddenly noticed that his wallpaper had been changed to a black cat, though he wasn't sure when it happened.
Stunned for a few seconds, he realized that the black cat on the wallpaper was actually moving. It glanced at Lin Jin and then he tapped on the Hearthstone ga on his phone. It was only then that Lin Jin noticed his Hearthstone ranking had sohow been elevated to the most formidable Legend rank by this black cat.
"What's going on?" Lin Jin looked bewildered.
"What's wrong? I'm helping you play the ga and you're still not happy?" A white speech bubble appeared above the black cat's head as it leisurely crawled around and controlled the ga on the phone. It said, "I just realized that I can actually co out from there. Rember to download more TV shows, movies, and such on your phone in the future. I want to watch."
"Where do you co up with so many things..." Lin Jin sighed helplessly, feeling like his worldview had been refreshed over and over again in these past few days.
"How are you doing with your tasks? It's already been a day" the black cat confidently defeated the enemy, then looked up and reminded Lin Jin outside the screen, "Although the weekly tasks have a whole week deadline, and the punishnt isn't too harsh, besides the main tasks and weekly tasks, I'll occasionally give you temporary tasks. So, you need to make sure you seize the ti to complete the tasks and don't fall behind."
"You're the boss, you have the final say..." Lin Jin's mouth twitched. He couldn't believe that transforming into a girl was considered a mild punishnt according to the strict black cat. If that wasn't considered harsh, then what would be?"
As the black cat was playing on the phone, Lin Jin dared not touch any of the apps on his phone, fearing that a challenging task would suddenly appear. He had initially planned to read a novel and see how the characters in the story would handle a situation like his. At least he could gain so insights or inspiration from it.
Doing nothing but watching the black cat play gas, Lin Jin sat on the bed like a corpse after having eaten. His mind was filled with random thoughts and cluttered ideas.
If Dad found out about my situation, I would be in big trouble, wouldn't I? And if my little brother found out... he might not be too happy about it either.
Lin Jin cos from a single-parent family.
The father had a successful career in his early years and married a beautiful wife, who was also Lin Jin's mother. However, later on, the father's career took a turn, leading to him being laid off early. Despite having saved so money, he didn't consider buying a house for his two children. Instead, he developed a gambling addiction, followed by an alcohol addiction. Due to his gambling habits, the family's savings were squandered away. Under the influence of alcohol, he started verbally abusing his wife and children. Eventually, his mother couldn't bear such a life anymore and left the family when Lin Jin was ten years old, taking his nine-year-old younger brother with her. Although the divorce proceedings still have not been finalized, Lin Jin is indeed living as a single-parent household. The father is currently very useless. Even though the mother has separated from him, he still appears lifeless. In fact, it is the mother who single-handedly supports Lin Jin's living expenses and tuition fees. This father, apart from verbally abusing him, does nothing and relies solely on the support of others to get by.
"If Dad finds out..." Lin Jin's heart trembled with fear. His father had always favored boys over girls, and if he were to truly transform into a so-called goddess, he feared that he would be beaten to death the mont he stepped foot at ho.
"Don't worry, don't worry."
The black cat in the phone grinned, and Lin Jin wondered if it had any good ideas, like subtly making his father believe that he was originally a girl, just like in those novel plots?
"At most, your dad will only beat you half to death, he won't kill you. After all, you're definitely not born to your neighbor, Mr Wang."
"You go." Lin Jin raised an eyebrow, not knowing why he had foolishly walked into its trap."
After waiting for a while, all of Lin Jin's roommates had already gone to class. It was only then that he got off the bed and walked to the balcony to check if anyone in the neighboring dormitory had skipped class like him. He noticed that the back door of the neighboring dormitory was locked, which relieved him. He then took out a parcel from the cupboard, and upon opening it, he found various small items of unknown use, except for a makeup mirror.
Lin Jin's morning spent watching makeup tutorials wasn't in vain. At least he recognized blush and concealer, so he started applying various powders and creams onto his face using the makeup mirror. Once all the costics were applied, Lin Jin stood up and took a glance at himself in the dormitory's full-length mirror.
“.…..”
Holding the makeup remover, Lin Jin quietly glanced at the dormitory building across from his, checking if there was anyone in the corridor. Seeing that it was empty, he swiftly moved to the edge of the balcony's washbasin and began splashing water onto his face recklessly.
"What is this? Isn't it supposed to be like how they showed in the video" Lin Jin's face turned extrely unpleasant. It seed like he had just seen a ghost. "This isn't what they said..."
"With my appearance, isn't it enough to just apply so concealer and blush to look beautiful?" Lin Jin gritted his teeth in frustration. He didn't necessarily hate the makeup tutorial video he watched in the morning, but he blad the black cat as the main culprit.
"If I have the chance, I would definitely chop it into pieces and feed it to the pigs!"
Translator note: Mr. Wang, or Lao Wang or Old Wang, ans a neighbor whom your mother or wife is having an affair with. Kind of like how we use the term Karen when talking about a person who is annoying and asks for the manager.
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