I never thought my journey to beauty would begin with a cross necklace carelessly thrown onto Kate Harrison’s pet dog by Adam Sullivan. As I stormed out amidst the laughter of everyone around, I heard someone say, “Adam, Celeste Carter is just your fangirl. She’ll be back in less than half an hour.” They were wrong. I had originally become Adam’s admirer only to exchange points for beauty. The system told me there were two ways to become beautiful: either win Adam’s heart or become a top student. Not willing to study hard, I chose the first option. But now I’ve come to my senses. If I have the determination to pursue Adam, why not aim for something better? Why not try for Harvard or Yale? However, just as I was about to participate in the academic competition and win a gold medal, Adam lost it. “You’re giving up on liking me because of this guy, aren’t you?” he asked, pointing at the cold-faced academic genius whose arm he had just broken. I slapped him right across the face. Now that I’ve become a great beauty, why would I want him when I could have any guy I want? On Adam’s birthday, I presented him with a carefully prepared gift. It was a cross necklace I had carved myself. I had trekked through an entire forest to cut down a branch from a violet wood tree to carve it. Being a chubby girl, the long hike nearly killed me. But for Adam, I was willing to go all out. Halfway through, I was panting like a dog, unable to go on. “Come on, host! How else will you get through this forest to cut down the violet wood branch? How will you make the cross necklace without cutting down the tree? How will you win Adam’s heart without a gift? And how will you become beautiful without winning Adam’s heart?” the system encouraged me. I thought the system made sense. So I gritted my teeth and pushed on to the top, successfully cutting down the violet wood branch. But when I had carefully set up the venue and waited for Adam and his friends to arrive, I immediately noticed the prom queen by his side. Kate Harrison, standing next to him, had carefully styled her hair and applied the most fashionable makeup, making her features even more stunning. They looked so good together. But I still wanted to give it a shot. “Happy birthday, Adam,” I said, presenting the painstakingly carved violet wood cross. “What’s this?” Adam took it casually, seemingly not caring much. “It’s a cross necklace, isn’t it? Celeste, you’re so thoughtful!” Kate praised me with a smile. “Adam, you must keep it safe. Celeste even went to the forest to cut down violet wood to carve this cross for you. Her gift is really heartfelt,” Kate added. “You went through the forest? You actually went through the forest for this crappy cross? Are you out of your mind?” Adam seemed angry when he heard Kate’s words. “I just heard that violet wood is the best material for making crosses, so…” I took a deep breath and decided to say it. “Adam, I like you.” As soon as I said those words, everyone around us exploded. “Hahaha, Adam, your little follower just confessed to you!” “Hahaha, Adam, she really likes you, she actually said it out loud!” Adam’s face darkened. “Celeste Carter, are you trying to disgust me on my birthday?” He pinched the corner of my cross, looking indescribably angry. “Have you watched too many romantic dramas? You deliberately went through the forest to find a branch, wanting to tell me how much you love me? Have you looked in the mirror? Do you think you’re worthy?” I really hadn’t expected Adam to say such things. I knew he might not like me, might reject me. But how could he, who once pulled me out of the whirlpool, joke about my appearance and push me back into the abyss? Adam almost shouted these words. “Hahaha, isn’t it embarrassing? Adam, you’re being liked by Celeste Carter, you’re not clean anymore!” His buddies burst into laughter. I could barely maintain my expression, almost crying. “Adam, how can you say that to Celeste? It’s obvious she genuinely likes you. She must have thought you had feelings for her too, to have the courage to confess in public…” Kate’s words were very suggestive. Sure enough, after hearing this, Adam became even more furious. “I like her? I have feelings for her? I’m not blind!” Adam was so angry that even the veins on his forehead were throbbing. At that moment, Kate’s Chow Chow came trotting towards the crowd. Kate picked it up and gave it a kiss. “Say hi to daddy, tell him not to be angry. It’s his birthday, he should be happy.” Daddy… Isn’t this Kate’s dog? I got it. It turns out that before I knew it, Adam had already started being a dad to Kate’s dog. “Xiuxiu, come here,” Adam said, his previously angry expression suddenly changing to a gentle one as he patted the Chow Chow’s head. So his attitude towards me was worse than towards a dog. The next second, I saw him casually put the cross necklace I had worked so hard to carve around the dog’s neck. “Here, you can play with this,” he said to the dog. “Yo, Adam, you gave your follower’s gift to the dog to play with. She must be furious!” his friends laughed. I was indeed furious. For this cross necklace, I had shed so much sweat, walked so far, and trekked through the forest. And he casually gave it to the prom queen’s dog. I was both angry and heartbroken. Although it was because of the beauty system that I had decided to pursue him, my feelings for him were genuine. This one action of his was like stepping on my face. I may not be good-looking, but I have my dignity. Since he looked down on me so much, there was no need for me to chase after him anymore. I stormed out amidst everyone’s laughter. “Adam, Celeste Carter is just your fangirl. She’ll be back in less than half an hour.” They were wrong. After this incident, I decided not to like Adam anymore. His allowing me to exist, tolerating me being close, wasn’t necessarily because he discovered my inner beauty or had feelings for me. Perhaps, he just saw me as a tool he could summon at will and dismiss just as easily. I was too stubborn, still wanting to try one more time. I had carefully prepared the birthday venue for him, prepared a birthday gift. I confessed in public on his birthday. Only to embarrass myself. Kate’s laughter came through, mixed in with the crowd, so jarring. Kate Harrison was a transfer student. Due to her pretty face, she caused quite a stir as soon as she arrived at school. She had flowing long hair, lively and delicate features, and a curvy figure. Ever since she came, Adam had become much colder towards me. Before, when I ran errands for him, he would still allow me to stay and hang out with his little group. At that time, I would still comfort myself, thinking that although Adam was cold in personality, he surely wouldn’t be someone who only cared about appearances. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have stood up for me when classmates mocked me, nor would he have specially allowed me to stay by his side. Yes, there were no other girls around him, only me. I was full of hope about winning his heart. But after the prom queen came, everything changed. I became a true errand girl. Adam wouldn’t let me stay, nor would he take me along to activities anymore. He would make me bring him an umbrella to the basketball training hall on a rainy day, but wouldn’t let me stay for dinner with his good buddies. He would make me take my well-organized class notes to him, but wouldn’t invite me to do homework together. The mockery from the surrounding classmates became even worse. “Celeste Carter, you don’t really think Adam Sullivan likes you, do you?” “Only a beauty like Kate Harrison is a match for him. Give up already.” I didn’t believe it and stubbornly continued to be nice to him. “Celeste Carter, go buy some cold medicine from the school infirmary,” I saw Adam’s message and thought he was sick. I rushed to the school infirmary and ran all the way to buy cold medicine for him, delivering it to his classroom. “Yo, Adam, your little follower is here,” his buddies teased. Adam barely lifted his eyelids and took the cold medicine from my hand. “Adam, are you sick? Are you okay?” I asked concernedly. “Hahaha, Adam, did you hear that? Your little follower is worried about you!” his friends laughed. But Adam didn’t pay any attention to me. He just poured the cold medicine into a cup, then went to get a cup of hot water. After doing all this, he walked straight out of the door and went to Kate’s classroom. “Kate, quickly drink the medicine.” I was stunned. So Adam wasn’t sick at all. He made me run errands to buy medicine, just for Kate. “Adam, how could you do this? I thought you were sick…” Kate looked at Adam, then at me. “Did Celeste buy the medicine? Thank you on Adam’s behalf!” What kind of relationship did she have with Adam? What right did she have to thank me on Adam’s behalf? “Celeste Carter, aren’t you annoying? It’s just asking you to help buy some medicine, why are you making such a fuss?” Adam looked at me impatiently. His tone and expression when talking to me were completely different from when he talked to Kate. I panicked. “System, he seems to really like Kate.” “Host, do you want to choose the other way to become beautiful?” the system asked. I couldn’t make up my mind at the moment, so I just went back to my own classroom. Passing by the window, I saw my reflection. Small eyes, flat nose, protruding mouth, and a big face. I was really ugly. So even Adam would fall for a pretty girl, right? But as long as he likes me, I would immediately become very beautiful. Yes, I was bound to the beauty system. The system told me there were two ways to become beautiful: either win Adam’s heart or become a top student. Not willing to study hard, I chose the first option. Adam was the most popular boy in our school. He was handsome, had a good figure, and came from a well-off family. Most importantly, he had never mocked me. He even stood up for me when I was ridiculed by classmates. “Is it fun to make fun of someone’s appearance?” he had said. At that time, I was pushed to the ground by a group of mean girls, my eyes stinging from pepper spray. It was Adam who pulled me up and took me to the infirmary. “Don’t be afraid, you’ve done nothing wrong,” he had said. His voice was so deep and charming. I almost immediately heard my heart pounding. So when the system appeared, I was ecstatic. The existence of the system seemed to provide a more legitimate reason for me to like Adam. Becoming beautiful for the person you love sounds very romantic. I chose the first way to become beautiful almost without hesitation. I even fantasized about how surprised Adam would be when he found out I had become a great beauty after we got together. Would he be happy? But now, I had been his fangirl for over a year. Chasing someone one-sidedly is very tiring. After being Adam’s fangirl for so long, the beauty progress bar hadn’t changed even a bit. This meant I should change my strategy. With the determination to win Adam’s heart, why not do something else? Why not try for Harvard or Yale? I immediately summoned the system. “I want to change methods, choose the second option.” “Alright, host has chosen to become beautiful through studying. If the host improves by 30 ranks in the next small test, you will gain 10 beauty points.” With a new direction and goal, I felt endless motivation in my heart. “Study hard, strive to become a top student, let’s go!” As the new week began, I became even more hardworking. I would circle the knowledge points I didn’t understand and ask the teachers after class. I also made full use of break times, hardly ever leaving the classroom. Adam and I weren’t in the same class. If I didn’t actively seek him out, we wouldn’t have any interaction at all. I don’t know if he noticed anything unusual, but one day after the morning exercises, he stopped me. “Why haven’t I seen you these past few days? Are you angry?” I didn’t respond. Adam looked at me uncomfortably, “What I said on my birthday was indeed a bit harsh, but it’s only because you went too far.” I went too far? I just publicly expressed my feelings, how was that going too far? Indeed, being confessed to by someone you don’t like or even dislike is not a pleasant thing. But I didn’t care anymore. Seeing that I wasn’t speaking, Adam assigned me a task on his own. “I have a basketball game tomorrow afternoon, remember to buy water and tissues for everyone and bring them over.” He left without waiting for my answer. But there was no way I would go. I now had to focus all my energy on studying. As long as I study hard, not only can I become a top student, but I can also become beautiful. Why didn’t I realize this good thing earlier? Adam means nothing. When it was time for club activities the next afternoon, I was still sitting in my seat studying like a monk in deep meditation. “Celeste, Adam has a game today, aren’t you going to watch?” my deskmate asked softly. I shook my head, “No, and I won’t be going in the future either.” By the time I finished a set of exercises, almost everyone had left the classroom. The outdoor basketball court downstairs was bustling with noise, with cheers and applause coming from time to time. But none of this had anything to do with me anymore. The girl sitting behind me was the top student in our class, and she was also sitting in her seat doing homework. I looked at her, then at the blank questions on my exercise sheet. “Hey, top student, can you help me with this?” I thick-skinned asked for her help. The expected ridicule and sarcasm didn’t come. She just gently took my exercise sheet, looked at the questions, and started explaining softly. In her eyes, I seemed to be just an ordinary classmate, no different from anyone else in the class. When she finished explaining, I understood. It turns out that communicating with people isn’t that difficult. Not everyone likes to make fun of others’ appearances. Since that’s the case, why should I care so much? I started to enjoy studying. Just then, a message came on my phone. It was from Adam. “Where are you?” Although I wasn’t planning to go watch his game anymore, I couldn’t let them go thirsty because of me. “I’m not going. Ask someone else to buy water for you.” After sending this message, I immersed myself in knowledge again. In this small test, I indeed advanced 30 ranks as planned. “Congratulations, host has completed the goal. Beauty value +10, current beauty value 15.” Wow, only now did I realize that my original appearance was only worth 5 points. After the system’s announcement, I immediately went to the bathroom to look in the mirror. I felt… my skin wasn’t as yellow as before, and I seemed to have lost some weight. “If the host improves by 50 ranks in the next small test, you will gain another 15 beauty points.” Improving another 50 ranks would put me in the top 100! Although it’s a bit challenging, I can’t back down. So I studied even harder, even reviewing French vocabulary or knowledge points while eating and using the bathroom. “Celeste Carter has made great progress this time, everyone should learn from her,” the homeroom teacher praised me publicly for the first time in a long time. This feeling was quite wonderful. I was inwardly delighted, still replaying the teacher’s words in my mind. Unexpectedly, I ran into Adam in the stairwell. “Celeste Carter, you’ve grown bold, haven’t you? You dare to not come to the basketball game and even block me!”
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