I Just Want to Freeload on Your Luck

Ch 18

The corridor was so quiet that they could hear each other breathe.
When Zhao Mingxi first transferred here, she always wore a mask due to a facial injury. Even while she was eating she would be seated at a corner with He Yang. Thus, no one would've thought that she had an appearance which would far exceed a celebrity's.
Based on everyone's knowledge and experience, there were many with beautiful eyes, but rarely was there anyone who would look good upon taking off their masks.
So how could Zhao Mingxi be an exception?
Furthermore, there was another reason as to why E Xiaoxia was very certain that Zhao Mingxi was either ugly or average looking—
It was because Zhao Yuan had never refuted her when she said this!
Every time, Zhao Yuan would just furrow her brows and reprimand her softly, "Don't talk about Mingxi like that."
This sentence could be understood in two ways. One: 'You're wrong. Mingxi is actually very beautiful.', and two: 'Zhao Mingxi already feels inferior due to the injury on her face and appearance, so you shouldn't talk about her like this. She'll feel worse if she hears it.'
Obviously, a normal person would think of the latter.
Moreover E Xiaoxia.
Thus, for the past year, E Xiaoxia held the assumption that Zhao Mingxi was not only ugly, she also liked to steal Zhao Yuan's things; that she was bad in her studies and was very thick-skinned.
It was only at this moment when E Xiaoxia understood the reason why Shen Liyao would ignore every other girl except for Zhao Mingxi.
Why despite Zhao Mingxi's pursuit, he would only put up a cold farce instead of pushing her away like how he did with herself as well as countless other girls.
Why whenever she spoke of Zhao Mingxi's appearance, Zhao Yuning would ask her to take a look at herself in the mirror first— Turns out, Zhao Yuning meant what he said literally!
It was because Zhao Mingxi was special. She was so gorgeous that no one could compare to her.
Her actions of riling people up and calling Zhao Mingxi ugly in front of so many people was as if she was a clown who had never looked at her own reflection before.
E Xiaoxia went deathly pale. She suddenly felt as if she had become the subject of a joke!
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A good majority of people were there because they were curious upon seeing how the corridor outside the International Class was filled with people. They did not know what was actually going on.
Someone couldn't help but to exclaim, "This is the most beautiful girl in your school? She is definitely worthy of the name. She's so pretty!"
The person beside him came back to his senses and replied, "It's not her. She's currently ranked 2nd in the contest."
"Oh my God! If she's in 2nd place, then the one in 1st place must be some other-worldly beauty. Who is she?"
Someone in the crowd pointed to Zhao Yuan. "Over there. I think she came here too."
"..." The one who asked for the person in 1st place went quiet immediately.
They couldn't help but to ask in a small voice, "—Just this?"
A lot of people's attention turned to focus on Zhao Yuan.
She was pretty, but between her pure and innocent delicateness and Zhao Mingxi's bewitching beauty, she would definitely pale in comparison.
The color on Zhao Yuan's lips was gradually fading.
She almost couldn't maintain her expression as she desperately wanted to hit E Xiaoxia.
How could there be such a dumb person? She didn't ask her before making a move and just did her own thing. In the end, she even implicated her.
Zhao Yuan couldn't stay here any longer. She turned around and pushed against the people behind her, trying to escape.
Meanwhile, some people who knew the true story snapped out of their trance. They started to stare at E Xiaoxia. "E Xiaoxia, you used us."
The one who spoke was a boy from the Evergreen Class.
A short while ago, Zhao Yuan's friends and E Xiaoxia suddenly yelled out in the Evergreen Class, "I can't believe that Zhao Mingxi from the International Class has around 2,900 votes. They must be bots, right? Everyone knows she's ugly."
After that, E Xiao took the lead and brought a bunch of people to the International Class to mock her. A lot of people weren't sure of the situation, hence they decided to follow them.
They originally thought that she was really ugly, yet now they know that she's actually a goddess.
As to who ignited and fanned the fire, it was obvious.
Those within their friendship circle understood what was going on. The looks that they gave E Xiaoxia as well as the friends around her were filled with shock, mockery and satire.
"How terrifying of her to do such a thing out of envy. In the end, she only managed to shoot herself in the foot."
Someone whispered, "Do you think this has something to do with the current school beauty? Isn't E Xiaoxia quite close to her?"
The people who came to fan the fire were all Zhao Yuan's friends, including E Xiaoxia and Pu Shuang. No one would believe them if they were to say that this had nothing to do with Zhao Yuan.
Seeing as how the fire was spreading in her direction, Zhao Yuan became utterly discomfited. If she doesn't draw the line between her and E Xiaoxia today, the news of this incident might just reach Zhao Yuning's ears soon.
And if it reaches Zhao Yuning, their whole family will know too.
She allowed her thoughts to settle before turning to face the crowd. Using a condemning tone, she said to E Xiaoxia, "E Xiaoxia, what do you think you're doing? Was the previous incident of triggering my allergy not enough that now you want to hurt Mingxi too?"
"An allergy incident?"
"What happened there?"
"Oh my God, what kind of person is E Xiaoxia? Her targets are all pretty girls. Could it be because she's jealous?"
The moment Zhao Yuan said this, she lost everyone's attention.