The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

Thanks to the effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, Grandma's health has improved a lot, and even her old age ailments have improved. Yesterday, on a rainy day, she was still wondering why her joints didn't hurt anymore.

Su Ran took her grandmother to the hospital for a check-up, and now it's time to pick up the report.

I never expected to run into someone I didn't want to see.

Hospital corridor.

"Xiao Chi, slow down! My ankle is all twisted, are you trying to send me to my death by walking so fast?"

The girl launched into a tirade of complaints at the boy who was supporting her.

"Whose fault is this? You were walking properly, where did your eyes go? Couldn't you see that big step? You fell down, who else can you blame?"

The boy scolded her, but his tone was also full of concern.

"That whole stretch of road is flat, right there—Goose? Su Ran?" The girl was just explaining when her eyes suddenly caught sight of a familiar canvas bag, and a name instantly popped into her mind.

Su Ran was scanning a code to print a test report when she suddenly heard someone call her name. She turned around and saw a familiar face.

Before she could turn around and leave, the girl suddenly forgot about her injured foot and hopped over.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Su Ran, it really is you! When did you come to Kyoto? Why didn't you tell me?"

Su Ran's eyes were filled with sarcasm. Why didn't she tell her? Didn't she know what was going on?

The pretty girl in front of me is Zhou Yun, who was once Su Ran's best friend.

Standing next to Zhou Yun was Zhou Yun's younger brother, Zhou Chi, who never gave Su Ran a kind look.

It was this best friend who altered her college application! She changed her first choice to a private vocational college, making her, who ranked third in the province, a laughing stock!

After reporting the incident to the police and discovering that Zhou Yun was the culprit, she desperately pleaded with Su Ran, using their six-year friendship as leverage, claiming that she was being threatened and had no other choice, and begged Su Ran to sign a letter of understanding.

Not long after Su Ran softened and signed the agreement, Zhou Yun disappeared. According to the Zhou family, someone sponsored her to study in Kyoto.

Haha, what do you mean by being threatened?

He was simply greedy for the benefits others offered him!

She was once one of Su Ran's most trusted people, but now Su Ran feels no hatred or disgust towards her, only indifference.

The hatred stemming from the alteration of her college application choices negated any kindness she had shown Su Ran.

Zhou Yun was clearly unaware of this; she still enthusiastically believed that she was Su Ran's only friend.

She was absolutely convinced of this.

After all, throughout her entire high school years, she was the only person who could be called Su Ran's best friend.

“Su Ran, why aren’t you saying anything? Are you still holding a grudge about that? I’ve already said that I was forced into this situation. You know how powerful Liu Nana’s family is. They can practically control everything at school. If I didn’t do what she told me to do, my brother and I would have been in big trouble.”

She looked very aggrieved.

"So you accepted Liu Nana's 'kind offer' to let you study in Kyoto? Don't you think it would be more accurate to describe your 'being forced into this situation' as a 'transaction'?"

Su Ran couldn't help but ask back.

What a convenient excuse for being 'forced into a corner'!

Using the requirement to study in Kyoto to alter someone else's application sounds like someone who has suffered a great injustice.

Zhou Yun, whose mask had been exposed, was shocked and a guilty look flashed across her face. Then, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks, making her look pitiful.

"Su Ran, how dare you speak to my sister like that?! Over the years, besides my sister, who else has paid any attention to you, you ugly monster!"

Zhou Chi couldn't bear to see his sister being bullied, so he stood up for Zhou Yun. He had disliked Su Ran for a long time. She was so ugly, and only his sister was kind enough to play with her. So what if she changed her college application? She could just take the exam again.

Zhou Chi's shout was loud, and soon the surrounding pedestrians' attention was drawn to the three of them, especially Su Ran, who was wrapped up tightly.

Su Ran felt as if everyone's gazes were tangible, piercing through her clothes and peeling away layer after layer of her flesh.

Unlike the gazes during live streams, these were real, tangible, and terrifying real-life stares.

Su Ran tried to calm her breathing and told herself to get used to it. She would face more attention in the future, and she couldn't let that make her timid.

"Su Ran, I know you must have misunderstood me. It's okay, I won't blame you. Let's be good friends again, okay?" Zhou Yun wiped away her tears and looked at Su Ran with sincere eyes.

Her heartfelt words moved those around her, and sympathetic glances lingered on her, while their eyes toward Su Ran were filled with reproach.

One older woman even said, "They're all young people, and they easily quarrel over trivial matters. You'll only know what conflict is when you enter society. Once you talk things out, everything will be fine. There's nothing you can't make up about."

"Oh dear, this girl looks so pitiful. Don't cry, Auntie will give you a tissue."

"Exactly, and this child is wrapped up so tightly, it's obvious that he has a rather extreme and eccentric personality."

Su Ran felt a surge of anger rising within her, her fingers trembling as she clenched into fists. She glared at those who were trying to reconcile them and coldly questioned them:

"If your child or grandchild ranked third in the province in the college entrance examination, but their college application was changed by someone else, could you still reconcile with that person?!"

Suddenly, everyone fell silent, and the way they looked at Zhou Yun and the others changed.

They definitely don't want their children's college application choices to be altered, especially since the third-ranked student in the province would have had their studies arduous.

They finally achieved such good grades, only to have them altered. Even killing the person who altered them wouldn't be enough to appease their anger.

This is something that can affect a child's entire life!

Zhou Yun and her brother's faces darkened.

Then the older sister gave her younger brother a look.

The younger brother immediately understood.

No matter the occasion, Zhou Yun is never the one who makes the biggest joke.

and so……

Zhou Chi stepped forward. Although the boy was not tall, he was quick and agile. He suddenly appeared next to Su Ran without anyone noticing.

Before Su Ran could react, her mask was forcibly pulled off.

A smile appeared in Zhou Yun's eyes.

See? Su Ran is always there to cover up her flaws; she can only ever be a foil.

As the masks fell down, the face revealed was not the one the siblings remembered.

The skin on that face looked perfectly smooth, without any pits or pores. The acne scars and blackheads had all disappeared, leaving only faded scars to prove that the face belonged to Su Ran.

But... this scarred face is kind of pretty.

Those light-colored scars, like tiny flaws on a piece of jade, though imperfect, still made others marvel at how beautiful her natural features were!

Compared to her natural beauty, those scars seem insignificant, adding a touch of poignant beauty and making her a woman full of stories.

If these scars disappeared, one can imagine how stunningly beautiful she would be!

Zhou Yun seemed to have been provoked, shaking her head frantically: "No, you're not Su Ran! You're not! How could a face that's so ugly be Su Ran!"

Zhou Chi stared blankly at Su Ran, never expecting that in less than a month, this ugly monster in front of him had undergone such a dramatic change!

A commotion erupted around them, with people saying, "Why are these two siblings taking off people's masks?"

Soon someone arrived and told them not to make a loud noise in the hospital.

Su Ran picked up the mask, threw it into the trash can, and walked out of the hospital openly and honestly.

The two siblings were left staring blankly, while Zhou Yun kept repeating, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, she is not Su Ran."