Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"Are you out of your mind?" Gao Qiang frowned and said repeatedly, "There's something wrong with you! Absolutely something wrong with you!! Who helps others without leaving themselves a way out?"

"I just wanted to help Sister Fen at the time!" Lin Ruofei hurriedly explained, "That's just how I am; I never think about the consequences when I help others."

"To be honest, you..." Gao Qiang suddenly asked with a mysterious expression, "Have you taken a liking to Xiao Fen?"

"You're crazy!" Lin Ruofei ignored Gao Qiang and walked up 'Qianji Mountain' on her own.

"Tell me, have you fallen for Xiaofen? Did you really fall in love with her at first sight?" Gao Qiang persisted in pressing him.

Lin Ruofei stopped answering Gao Qiang and just kept muttering to herself, "Let's not have fried noodles today, okay? Let's try something else. What do you think we should eat? How about something spicy..."

By the time Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang finished lunch and walked down from 'Qianji Mountain', there were only twenty minutes left before class started.

Since Gao Qiang had given most of his money to Jin Sufeng and was not wealthy, Lin Ruofei told Gao Qiang that she had decided to temporarily go to the cafeteria with Ding Yilin for meals.

As they parted ways in front of the teaching building, Gao Qiang suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said to Lin Ruofei, "Don't forget to have a meeting at the playground in front of the dormitory at seven o'clock tonight. All of us in the group need to have a meeting to discuss the 'school anniversary season'."

"What's there to discuss?" Lin Ruofei said dismissively, "It's just a running and jumping competition!"

"Remember, see you at the playground at 7 p.m., don't be late!" Gao Qiang shouted again.

"Okay." Lin Ruofei waved her hand and then turned and walked into the No. 3 teaching building.

Just as she waved and turned away, Lin Ruofei completely forgot about the meeting scheduled for 7 p.m. on the playground in front of the dormitory building.

People are always like this: they will never forget the things they care about, but they will forget the things they are not interested in as soon as they drop them!

Because the math teacher had something to do the next day, the two math classes from the following morning were temporarily moved to this afternoon's self-study period.

Watching the math teacher scribbling math problems on the blackboard, Lin Ruofei suddenly felt that the math book she was holding was becoming more and more like a book written in a foreign language.

"Starting tonight, I need to focus on math!" Lin Ruofei began making a study plan while eating with Ding Yilin in the cafeteria: "First, I'll understand the math textbook, then I'll thoroughly study the problems in the workbook, and then I'll do a few more math practice tests..."

"Why are you suddenly working so hard?" Ding Yilin asked curiously.

"I have to put in some effort!" Lin Ruofei said worriedly. "If I keep going like this, I'm afraid I'll be last in next month's exam!"

"So you're afraid of having your parents called in!" Ding Yilin said with a smile. "Then you'd better study hard!"

After returning from the cafeteria, Lin Ruofei went straight to her dormitory and took out her math book to study.

It seems Zhang Yang missed class again, which left Lin Ruofei feeling puzzled, envious, jealous, and resentful!

What puzzled Lin Ruofei was: if she didn't want to go to class, why did she come to school in the first place?

Envy, jealousy, and hatred arise from the fact that once you're at school, you can skip class whenever you want, which is incredibly frustrating!

Lin Ruofei sat on the sofa with her math book in hand, forcing herself to start reading. She didn't know how long she read—five minutes…ten minutes…maybe even longer…

Anyway, when Zhang Yang kicked Lin Ruofei's calf hard, waking her up from her sleep, the math book in Lin Ruofei's hand had already fallen to the ground.

"You're really something! You've barely read a book before you're snoring!" Zhang Yang said disdainfully. "You're really good learning material!"

"None of your business!" Lin Ruofei retorted defiantly.

“I didn’t want to bother with you,” Zhang Yang said fiercely, “but if you keep snoring, I’ll have to punish you according to the dormitory rules!”

"Tch, all they know is to use that stupid 'room rule' to intimidate people!" Lin Ruofei said, pouting.

Although Lin Ruofei was unconvinced, she didn't dare to confront Zhang Yang directly. After thinking it over, Lin Ruofei suddenly remembered the rest hall she had visited last night and the 'Tao Hua Three Sisters' she had promised to meet again.

"That should be a good place to study, at least I can snore freely while reading!" With that thought, Lin Ruofei picked up her math book and toiletries, opened the dormitory door, and went out.

Yesterday, because she was afraid of making a scene, Lin Ruofei went to bed without even washing her face. This morning, because she woke up late, she still didn't have time to wash up before going to school, and she was 'dirty' all day!

Tonight, Lin Ruofei was smarter; she decided to bring her toiletries to the restroom in the lounge to take care of everything.

When Lin Ruofei arrived at the rest hall at the right end of the corridor, the three Tao brothers had not yet arrived. By the time Lin Ruofei finished washing up and came out of the restroom, the three Tao brothers had already put on face masks and were sitting on the first row of chairs.

"Brother Lin, so you've already arrived!" The eldest brother, Tao Yushun, exclaimed happily upon seeing Lin Ruofei.

"Come sit down with us, Brother Lin!" Tao Yusheng, the second brother, invited Lin Ruofei to sit down between the three of them.

"Hmm... okay." Lin Ruofei had originally planned to tell the three Tao brothers that her primary task in coming to the rest hall was to study math, but after seeing the eager looks in their eyes, she felt embarrassed to refuse.

Lin Ruofei had barely settled into her seat when Tao Yuxin, the third brother, put his arm around her shoulder and said happily, "Brother Lin, the TV series is about to start, let's watch it together!"

"Hmm... okay." Actually, Lin Ruofei wanted to say that she wanted to scratch the wall whenever she saw this 'Princess' TV series, but seeing the Tao brothers' high enthusiasm, she had to swallow her words.

But there was one question that Lin Ruofei couldn't hold back for a long time, and finally asked it out:

"I'm saying... why did that male classmate call you three brothers 'the Tao Hua Three Sisters' yesterday?"

As soon as Lin Ruofei spoke, the smiles on the faces of the three Tao brothers vanished.

"I get so angry just thinking about it!" said Tao Yushun, the eldest brother. "It's all because of that brat Zhang Yang!"

“Brother Lin, you must have noticed by now,” the second brother, Tao Yusheng, interjected, “The three of us brothers don’t have any other hobbies. We just like to take care of our skin and do some beauty treatments…”

"Everyone has a love for beauty, it's not a problem...it's not a problem..." Lin Ruofei hurriedly said ingratiatingly.

"But no matter how much we three brothers love to look good, we're still real men!" Tao Yuxin, the third brother, said angrily. "What's infuriating is that Zhang Yang, that brat, always says in front of the whole class that we three brothers are just being vain and acting like sisters, not brothers at all. So the nickname 'Tao Family Three Sisters' has spread among all the students in the school."

"Brother Lin, tell me, don't the three of us brothers look like 'real men' at first glance?" Tao Yuxin, the third brother, asked Lin Ruofei in a shrill voice.

"Without a doubt...without a doubt..." Lin Ruofei said against her will; "Very pure...very pure..."

"See? I knew Brother Lin would be fair and tell the truth!" Tao Yuxin, the third brother, said with satisfaction.

"How dare Zhang Yang, with his pathetic appearance, criticize others?" Lin Ruofei shouted angrily, "A perfectly normal man like him is wearing more perfume than a woman! I think he's the sissy one!"

"Exactly!" Tao Yusheng, the second brother, nodded wildly and said, "He's clearly a man, but he has long hair and dyed it such an ugly color. He really has a problem with his taste!"

“It’s not just a matter of having a bad sense of aesthetics!” The eldest brother, Tao Yushun, quickly interjected, “This brat either doesn’t come to school for months on end, or when he does come, he doesn’t wear his school uniform and only knows how to act cool and stylish. You can tell he has psychological issues too!”

"You three brothers are in the same class as that brat Zhang Yang, right?" Lin Ruofei said with a wicked smile when she saw the three brothers nod at the same time, "That way, we'll have plenty of opportunities to get revenge on him!"

After hearing Lin Ruofei's words, the three Tao brothers deflated like punctured balloons, losing the fiery fighting spirit they had displayed when denouncing Zhang Yang.

"Sigh, it's because we don't dare to take revenge on him that the three of us brothers are so frustrated!" Tao Yuxin, the third brother, said disappointedly, "Because this kid is too powerful, the three of us brothers can only swallow our anger."

"Brother, you're mistaken!" Lin Ruofei suddenly stood up, raising her arms and shouting, "A true man would rather be beaten to death than be bullied! We should do everything in our power and fight the enemy without hesitation, we should..."

Just as Lin Ruofei was shouting like a warrior, someone suddenly grabbed her raised arm from behind...

A voice then loudly complained:

"You brat, still chatting nonsense here. Everyone's been waiting for you for ages. Didn't we tell you to have a meeting at 7 p.m. on the playground in front of the dorm?"

Lin Ruofei didn't need to turn around to know: the one who was holding her was Gao Qiang.

"Oh dear, I completely forgot about such an important meeting!" Lin Ruofei quickly smiled apologetically, holding up her math book and turning her head to say, "Actually, I'm not here to chat; I'm here to study!"

"Put your studies aside for now!" Gao Qiang grabbed Lin Ruofei's arm tightly, pulling her outside while angrily saying, "We're just waiting for you!"

"You must be Gao Qiang from Class 6 of Senior Three, right?" Tao Yushun, the eldest brother, put his arm around Gao Qiang and then said with a smile, "I recognize you!"

“I recognize the three of you too…” Gao Qiang pursed his lips and said, “The ‘Tao Hua Three Sisters’ from Class 1, Grade 12!”

"Oh!" Lin Ruofei hurriedly stopped Gao Qiang, saying, "It should be 'the three Tao brothers'!"

Before Gao Qiang could answer, the eldest brother, Tao Yushun, interjected, "Actually, it doesn't matter what we call you now. We three brothers are already used to it. You've come at the right time; we three brothers have been looking for you too!"

At this moment, the three Tao brothers had become so used to being called the "Tao Hua Three Sisters" by all their classmates that they were indifferent to it, and had even come to accept it calmly.

Therefore, 'habit' is a terrible thing. No matter how much you disliked, were unwilling, or even resented a person or thing at the beginning, just because of the word 'habit,' you will eventually naturally become unconditionally accepted.

"I heard you might not have much fun during this year's 'school anniversary season'..." said Tao Yushun, the eldest brother, in a sarcastic tone.

"What do you mean?" Gao Qiang asked expressionlessly.

"Now the whole Yucai Boys' High School knows that your capable partners from previous years have all been poached by a freshman this year," Tao Yusheng, the second oldest, quickly chimed in. "I heard that your group only has eight people now, including Brother Lin!"

Gao Qiang stared silently at the three Tao brothers, waiting for them to get to the point.

"Oh dear! That's terrible!" Tao Yuxin, the third brother, said, feigning concern. "If there are only eight people, then we can't participate in big events like football and tug-of-war, which require a large number of participants! And most importantly... we can't participate in the 'treasure hunt' either!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Qiang let out a long sigh of relief, looking as if he knew what was going on.

"I said..." Lin Ruofei interrupted curiously, "What is the 'treasure hunt' activity? What kind of treasure are we looking for?"

However, the other four people present acted as if Lin Ruofei didn't exist at all, and none of them answered her question.

"Tsk tsk... What a pity! The school stipulates that each team must send ten members to participate in the 'treasure hunt'!" The leader, Tao Yushun, shook his head and said, "Who doesn't know that 'treasure hunt' is your forte? In previous years, you were the undisputed big winner of the 'treasure hunt'..."

"that is……"

"that is……"

Tao Lao Er and Tao Lao San echoed in unison.

"Alright!" Gao Qiang waved his hand calmly and said, "Now you can get to the point!"

"Our conditions are very simple," said Tao Yushun, the eldest brother, unable to hide his excitement. "Aren't you very familiar with Hong Wei, the leader of the drama club? As long as you talk to Hong Wei, we can get the three of us brothers into the drama club..."

"And at least one of us should get a lead role in the 'Anniversary Season' performance!" Tao Yusheng, the second oldest, hurriedly added, "Only then will the deal be considered a success!"

“That’s not something I can decide,” Gao Qiang said with a troubled expression. “You all know that Hong Wei has very strict requirements for actors, I’m afraid the three of you…”

"You'd better think carefully before you answer," Tao Yusheng, the second brother, pressed on. "Now the whole school knows that you've got your hands on that freshman with 'connections.' Apart from the three of us brothers who risked our lives to join your group, I'm afraid no one else would dare to offend that freshman!"

Gao Qiang thought for a moment, then said, "Let me think about it. I'll reply to the three of you tomorrow."

After Gao Qiang finished speaking, he pulled Lin Ruofei away from the rest hall.