Chapter 327: |
As expected, she really was a Transformation System protagonist.
Once he confirmed Ren Jiaojiao’s details, Wang Haoran was certain—this wasn’t just some tomboyish girl putting on an act. Her every movement, every crude gesture, screamed one thing: this wasn’t a girl being careless—it was a grown man wrapped in a beautiful woman’s skin.
Transformation System. The term alone made his jaw tighten. The soul of a man transmigrated into a female body. The paths differed, but the essence was the same. And this one’s main quest? Disgusting enough to make his teeth ache.
Thank the heavens he uncovered the truth early. If he waited and if she actually managed to gather ten super-beautiful girlfriends… it would’ve been over. She’d revert to her original male body, and all ten girls would instantly max out Favorability.
And that thought made Wang Haoran’s stomach churn.
“We’re going swimming,” Ren Jiaojiao suddenly announced with glee, her voice bright but carrying a smug undertone. “But not you. You don’t get to come.”
She reached for Qin Yunhan and Mu Zhaozhao’s hands, clearly trying to drag them along with her.
But before she could make contact, Wang Haoran flicked his fingers, sending a hidden pulse of Internal Energy toward her ankle.
There was a sharp yelp as Ren Jiaojiao crumpled to the ground, clutching her foot.
“Looks like no swimming for you today,” Wang Haoran said with feigned sympathy, barely suppressing a smirk.
Ren Jiaojiao glared at him, then turned her pitiful gaze on the girls. “Can you two help me to the infirmary? Please?”
“I’ll do it,” Wang Haoran said immediately.
“As if. You think I’m gonna let you cop a feel? Not a chance,” she sneered.
But Wang Haoran’s expression darkened. “Neither of you should touch her,” he told the girls, voice firm.
“What gives you the right to say that?” Ren Jiaojiao shot back, incredulous. “You two really going to listen to this guy?”
But Qin Yunhan stepped forward, arms crossed. “Please. With his face, you think he needs to take advantage of you? He was just trying to help, and you spit in his face. That’s on you.”
“Exactly,” Mu Zhaozhao chimed in. “He meant well.”
Ren Jiaojiao blinked, stunned. She did not expect both girls to side with him. Her plan to “accidentally” grope them under the guise of leaning for support—gone in an instant.
She hesitated, then bit her lip. “Okay… I’m sorry. Can you help me now?”
Wang Haoran’s lips curled in a lazy smile. “Nah. I’m not in the mood anymore.”
Her face flushed with anger, but with both girls watching, she didn’t dare throw a tantrum. Not now.
Just then, two girls from her class happened to walk by. She waved them down and let them carry her off toward the infirmary.
“Should we go check on her?” Mu Zhaozhao asked softly.
Wang Haoran nodded. “Yeah. Let’s go.”
At the infirmary, the school doctor confirmed a simple sprain and handed her a bottle of bruise lotion. Her classmates helped her hobble back to the dorm, but Wang Haoran casually stepped forward.
“Let me carry that for you,” he said, offering to hold the bottle.
The girl who handed it over blushed so hard she nearly lost her balance. “T-Thank you!”
Wang Haoran simply smiled. Once he was behind the group and out of sight, he twisted the bottle open. From his pocket, he produced a thin vial—one of several potent blends Shao Wanwan had given him earlier. He hadn’t used them all so this time is perfect.
He emptied a few drops into the bruise lotion, shook it once, and sealed it tight.
A gift in return for that spiked drink she tried to make him swallow.
He originally held back, thinking Ren Jiaojiao was just another female lead—but now that he knew she was a sleazy man disguised as a beauty, all bets were off.
Back at the dorm, Ren Jiaojiao collapsed into the spare bed and skipped her afternoon classes. She rubbed the ointment in herself, and not long after, passed out in exhaustion.
She didn’t stir until dusk.
When she finally woke, the pain in her ankle had completely vanished. She grinned in relief, then waited a while for Mu Zhaozhao to return so they could eat together.
But the girl never came. She had no way to contact her, and eventually, her hunger won out.
Ren Jiaojiao threw on her shoes and stepped into the hallway.
A group of girls passed her… then stopped in their tracks.
“What are you looking at—huh? Never seen a goddess before?” she started to snap, her tone slipping into the old arrogant bravado—before she caught herself and corrected the phrasing.
She stormed down the stairs, but the stares didn’t stop. More students passed her, each giving her the same strange, shocked expression—as if they’d just seen a cryptid.
She rubbed her chin, then suddenly winced. The stubble was rough. That shouldn’t be right…
She froze. She was in a female body. How the hell did she grow a beard?
With trembling hands, she pulled out her phone and turned on the front camera.
The reflection that stared back made her stomach drop.
It was still her face. Sort of. But now, that face was sporting a sparse mustache, a faint Adam’s apple, and a much rougher skin texture. Her arms looked thicker. Her waist had filled out. Even her legs were sprouting coarse, manly hair.
She looked like… a mutant.
Panicked, she glanced around. Several girls had their phones out. Recording.
She roared and bolted, shoving past them and running back to the dorm, heart pounding in her chest.
But it was too late.
In less than ten minutes, the campus forum exploded.
Even with her new features, she was still recognizable as Ren Jiaojiao. The fallen campus flower.
What had once been a sweet-faced school belle was now trending as “the girl who turned into a hairy uncle.”
Seeing the storm online, Wang Haoran smirked and got to work. He pulled in Liu Hua, Lu Ming, and Wei Zhihang—his loyal crew—and had them flood the forum with manufactured rumors:
“Ren Jiaojiao caught some bizarre disease! Highly contagious! Female students beware!”
It was absurd, but fear didn’t need logic. Panic spread like wildfire.
By nightfall, the entire dorm floor had evacuated. No girl dared stay inside.
The school, under pressure, called in a medical team. In full hazmat gear, they escorted Ren Jiaojiao out of the dormitory.
Media crews had already gathered.
The whole thing was captured on video, published across every news platform. Headlines lit up:
“Campus Belle Contracts Strange Mutation Disease—Shocking Photos Inside!”
Within hours, the entire internet knew her name.