Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"This is clearly a school occupying a hilltop and robbing everyone!" Lin Ruofei said indignantly.

Ding Yilin shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No one forced us to come at knifepoint. We came voluntarily, so it can't be considered robbery!"

"My goodness!" Lin Ruofei shook her head and said, "With vegetable prices like this, won't three or four people starve to death every day because they can't afford to eat?"

"Anyway, I didn't see anyone starve to death when I was in junior high school," Ding Yilin said with a smile. "In this Yucai School, everyone has their own way of surviving!"

After looking at the recipe for a while, Lin Ruofei took out her phone from her pocket and dialed Lin Ruoxuan's number:

"Big Head Xuan, I'm warning you, return my money to me immediately, or I'll kill you without mercy!"

"No money," Lin Ruoxuan on the other end of the phone maintained his shameless attitude, "You can take my life!"

"Let me tell you, the food in the cafeteria here is ridiculously expensive. A plate of stir-fried tofu costs 15 yuan," Lin Ruofei said in a low voice. "You only left me 100 yuan, which isn't enough for three days with my appetite. If you don't want to sever ties with me, at least give me back some of the money!"

"If you don't have money, just eat less and consider it a way to lose weight!" Lin Ruoxuan said, and then resolutely hung up the phone.

"Hello! Hello!!..." Lin Ruofei called "hello" several times, but it had no effect. The phone was still beeping with a busy tone.

"I think this Da Tou Xuan is a money-grubber!" Lin Ruofei tucked her phone away, gritting her teeth as she said viciously, "He even dared to steal my money! I'll teach him a lesson!!"

"Forget it!" Ding Yilin, standing to the side, said with a smile, "You're making it sound like a real thing. To thank you for helping me carry my luggage, I'll treat you to lunch!"

"That wouldn't be right!" Lin Ruofei hurriedly waved her hand and said sincerely, "I really didn't help you carry your bag to get anything in return!"

"I'm inviting you to dinner because I genuinely want to be friends with you!" Ding Yilin said sincerely. "If you keep being so polite with me, I'll get annoyed. You can always treat me to dinner later when you're rich!"

Seeing that she couldn't persuade Ding Yilin otherwise, Lin Ruofei had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Ding Yilin ordered shredded pork with eggs and braised eggplant, and also asked for two servings of rice for five yuan each. Both dishes were served on plates that Ding Yilin had gestured as small, and each plate was only half full.

Lin Ruofei only ate half a meal of the 70-yuan lunch.

"I just looked at the floor plan hanging at the main entrance. The public bathroom is also in this Building 4, it seems to be at the far end over there..." Ding Yilin suddenly remembered something, then changed his mind, "Right, the bathrooms in the dormitories have water heaters, so you don't need to know where the public bathroom is!"

"Otherwise, I wouldn't need to know where the public bathroom is!" Lin Ruofei thought to herself. "With my status, how could I dare to strip naked and shower with everyone else!"

"Is there nothing to do this afternoon?" Lin Ruofei turned to Ding Yilin and asked, "Can we do whatever we want now?"

“Hmm,” Ding Yilin nodded and said, “I saw on the admission notice that the opening ceremony is at eight o’clock tomorrow morning.”

"I wonder if we'll be in the same class." Lin Ruofei sincerely hoped that she and her new best friend would be in the same class, so that they could look after each other.

“We’ll find out when we get back to the dorm,” Ding Yilin replied. “I just checked the dorms, and just like our junior high school, there’s a little loudspeaker on the wall. When you get back, turn it on, and someone should announce the class assignments over the loudspeaker after 1 p.m.

“Oh, is that so?” Lin Ruofei nodded. “You have a cell phone, right? Let’s exchange numbers so we can call each other if anything comes up.”

Ding Yilin immediately took out his phone and exchanged phone numbers with Lin Ruofei.

After returning to their dormitory building, the two parted ways and went back to their respective rooms to pack their luggage.

After returning to dormitory 609, Lin Ruofei quickly found the switch for the small radio that Ding Yilin had mentioned and turned it on.

No other students from dormitory 609 had arrived yet. Lin Ruofei figured that her roommate, who hadn't shown up yet, must have been delayed by something.

Adhering to the principle of humility, Lin Ruofei reserved the best-positioned double bed by the window for her roommate whom she had not yet met.

After resting on the bed for a while, Lin Ruofei got up, opened the small wardrobe, and began to pack her daily necessities.

"Looks like I'll have to pack my own things next time," Lin Ruofei muttered as she rummaged through her change of clothes. "Luckily I'm alone now, otherwise if my male roommates saw this bag full of pink women's underwear, they'd think I was a pervert!"

As Lin Ruofei was rummaging through her bag, she suddenly spotted her long-lost cow-print pajamas.

This is a white fabric pajama set with black polka dots, cow horns on the hood, and a cow tail on the back.

"Ah... my favorite cow-print pajamas!" Lin Ruofei exclaimed happily, "I accidentally lost this treasure during our third move, and it broke my heart for half a month. But now, thank goodness! I can have it again!!"

"But... if I wear it, won't my male roommate think I'm too effeminate? And if that reveals my true identity, that wouldn't be good..."

Just as Lin Ruofei was debating whether or not to wear the big cow-print pajamas to bed, a voice suddenly came from the loudspeaker:

"Attention, new students! The class assignments will be announced over the loudspeaker. I will read out each student's name and class twice. Please listen carefully: Sun Zhihe, Sun Zhihe, Class 5, Grade 1; Xia Wenyuan, Xia Wenyuan, Class 1, Grade 1..."

Yu-Tsai High School enrolled ten classes this year, with about forty students in each class. It took the male student on the school's loudspeaker a full hour to finish reading the class assignment list.

"The classrooms for the first year of high school are all in Building 3. Classes 1 to 4 are on the first floor, classes 5 to 8 are on the second floor, and classes 9 and 10, as well as the teachers' offices, are on the third floor. After the opening ceremony tomorrow, please return to your assigned class and report to your homeroom teacher. That's all for the broadcast."

The announcement board added at the last moment before shutting down: "Students who didn't hear clearly can come to the broadcasting room on the sixth floor of Building 4 to ask. Director Huang of the Academic Affairs Office reminds all students: Tomorrow morning at 8:00, all teachers and students must attend the opening ceremony in the conference room on the fourth floor of Building 4. Those who are late will have 10 points deducted; all students must wear school uniforms, and those who do not wear school uniforms will have 10 points deducted."

After listening to the broadcast, Lin Ruofei learned that she and Ding Yilin had been assigned to Class 2 of the first year.

"Hey, Ding Yilin," Lin Ruofei excitedly dialed Ding Yilin's number, "This is great! We're in the same class!"

“Yes,” Ding Yilin said with a smile, “That way we can take care of each other!”

"How's your packing going?" Lin Ruofei asked Ding Yilin with concern. "Do you want me to come upstairs and help you pack?"

"No need," Ding Yilin quickly replied, "We have a small shared wardrobe in our dorm room, so most of our clothes are still kept in boxes and don't need much tidying up."

“You must be tired after a busy morning,” Ding Yilin continued. “Take a shower and get some rest. I’ll invite you to the cafeteria for dinner tonight.”

"Okay, sure." Lin Ruofei hung up the phone.

Just as Ding Yilin had said, there was an electric water heater in Gao Qin's bathroom. After heating the water for a while, Lin Ruofei took her toiletries and enjoyed a comfortable hot shower.

After taking a shower, Lin Ruofei changed into a clean set of clothes and sat on the single sofa in front of the French windows.

Looking out the window, Lin Ruofei could see the football field downstairs and the teaching buildings not far away. Peeking westward, she could see a large artificial hill with a long corridor and pavilions, as well as a sizable artificial lake.

"Wow! This school is really high-class!" Lin Ruofei exclaimed. "They even built a miniature Summer Palace on campus! It's so luxurious! I should take Ding Yilin to stroll around the artificial hill later..."

At that moment, the warm sunlight shone on Lin Ruofei, who leaned comfortably against the sofa and fell asleep without realizing it...