Well, since I am to become an Earthling, I must remake myself completely, from head to toe.
"Ye Xiyang, let me tell you, I’ve liked Lin Yichen since I was a child, and he doesn’t even like you. The only reason he’s with you is because you kept pestering him—he couldn’t stand it anymore, so he agreed to be your boyfriend. He and I grew up together, we’re childhood friends; just by that alone, he likes me more than he likes you…”
Bang—
A white sedan careened off the overpass. Inside, a girl screamed, “Dad, Mom—”
“Ah—”
“Xiao Qi, you’re awake?”
Xiao Qi was drenched in cold sweat, her chest heaving as she sat dazed on the shore, her large eyes blank.
A white cat beside her nuzzled her arm, calling her, “Xiao Qi.”
“Huh?” Xiao Qi finally came to her senses.
She stood up and gazed out at the boundless sea. “How did I end up here?”
The white cat sighed. “A week ago, you threw away your signal device to save a man. Now we can’t contact headquarters, and we can’t go back.”
At these words, Xiao Qi finally remembered: a week ago, she had seen a man in a car accident and used her supernatural powers to save him. Afterward, the car suddenly exploded. Afraid the man would be injured, she used her powers again, but she underestimated the blast’s force and was thrown into the sea. The signal device around her neck must have been lost at that moment.
“I’ll go look for it now.”
She had just lifted her leg to leave when she glanced at the white cat by her side. “Wait, who are you? Since when can cats talk?”
“I’m not a cat. I’m your personal secretary, Cang Baili. I’ve always been by your side. When you were blasted into the sea, I went in with you and washed up on shore. My neural core was eaten by a cat, so now I can only communicate with you by controlling this cat. I’m using low-frequency sound waves; only you can hear me.”
“Oh, then let’s go look for my signal device first.”
They searched until nightfall, but the device was nowhere to be found.
“Xiao Qi, could the signal device have fallen into the sea?”
Xiao Qi was a little lost. “Forget it, let’s stop looking for now. Let’s find somewhere to rest.”
New to Earth, Xiao Qi was fascinated by everything. She looked at the endlessly varied passersby, then at herself.
Her burlap clothes were unspeakably hideous.
She stood out among Earth’s people like a sore thumb.
Standing at the entrance to a clothing store, her eyes sparkled as she stared at the mannequin’s outfit in the window.
“Wow, the clothes on Earth are so pretty.”
Xiao Bai poked his head out of her pocket, “Xiao Qi, do you want to wear them?”
“Of course…”
Xiao Qi stretched out her hand, closed her eyes, and suddenly, the white dress from the mannequin appeared on her.
She spun around. “How do I look? Pretty, right?”
“Wow, you actually look…” Xiao Bai trailed off.
“What?”
“With your stunning features, those captivating eyes, those forever-rosy lips, that explosive figure, every little movement… You’re absolutely gorgeous, but…” Xiao Bai frowned, “Do you have any money?”
“Money?”
“The Earth Survival Handbook clearly says we must resist the corruption of Earth’s inferior civilization, especially as Capetonian Star people, so you can’t wear Earthling clothes. And you don’t have any money.”
“But since I’m on Earth, I should blend in. If I don’t disguise myself as an Earthling, how will we ever find the signal device?”
“But you don’t know where it is.”
“That’s why we keep looking!” Xiao Qi’s big eyes spun. “Wait, could the device be with that man?”
“Then we should find him. Do you remember what he looks like?”
Xiao Qi tried to recall the scene when she saved the man, knocking her head gently. “I don’t really remember his face. He was injured on his chest, and when I saved him, I touched his chest muscles…” At this, Xiao Qi’s expression turned dreamy. “Mmm… the feel of those eight-pack abs…”
“Xiao Qi, run!”
“What’s wrong?”
“The shop assistant seems to have noticed the clothes you’re wearing.”
“Oh!” Xiao Qi used her powers and dashed away.
She skipped joyfully down the street and caught a glimpse of herself in a shop window. She stared for a long time, feeling something was off.
Touching her waist-length hair, she glanced at the hairstyles of other girls on the street. “Well, if I’m going to be an Earthling, I need to start from head to toe.”
There was no shortage of hair salons in the city; she spotted one at a glance.
“Artistic Hairdresser?” What a curious name.
“What kind of hairstyle would you like, miss?” the hairdresser asked.
Xiao Qi blinked. “You’re the expert. However you think it’ll look best, do it that way.”
“Fantastic,” the hairdresser said, a strange glee lighting up his face. “I can finally let my creativity run wild.”
Half an hour later, Xiao Qi stared into the mirror.
Oh no, this hairstyle…
The ends were uneven. “It looks like… it was chewed by a dog.”
The hairdresser fell silent.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you like it?” The hairdresser glared at her fiercely, scissors gleaming in his right hand, hair dryer roaring in his left.
He was so intimidating.
Xiao Qi, who could bend or yield as the situation demanded, smiled. “Actually, on closer look… it’s quite nice.”
“Of course it is,” the hairdresser declared, so proud that even his hair bristled. With a grand flourish, he twirled his tools in a graceful arc. “You don’t have to pay for your head.”
Xiao Qi instinctively shrank back, eyeing him in terror. “You want my head?”
“…Miss, do I look like a butcher?” The hairdresser was exasperated. “I meant your hairstyle is free of charge. I won’t take your money.”
Xiao Qi was a bit stunned and blurted, “Is it because you think you ruined my hair and feel too embarrassed to charge?”
“Didn’t you just say it looked good?” he said, lifting his scissors meaningfully.
Xiao Qi immediately smiled with sincerity. “It looks great, really great. It’s just that not charging on Earth seems a bit odd.”
“You say that like you aren’t an Earthling yourself,” the hairdresser muttered, then adopted a lonely air. “Sigh, none of you customers appreciate priceless art. I’ll have you know, in my shop, only ruined hair gets charged—because that’s a failed piece, not art…”
Xiao Qi couldn’t make sense of this artistic logic at all.
After leaving the salon, she touched her uneven hair ends, feeling even stranger.
She couldn’t help glancing repeatedly at the shop windows as she walked by. The mannequins’ hairstyles looked just like hers.
She stared at the glass for a long time.
“Ye Xiyang!”
“Ye Xiyang!”
Just as she was fixated on the mannequin, a tall, upright figure suddenly embraced her, enveloping her in a heady masculine scent.
Xiao Qi was stunned. Where did this man come from?
“Ye Xiyang,” Lin Yichen held her tightly as if he’d recovered a lost treasure, his voice trembling, “You’re finally back. Thank goodness, you’re back…”
“Hey? Let go…” Xiao Qi tried to push him off, but he didn’t budge. With a sudden burst of strength, she forced Lin Yichen back a few steps.
She immediately scanned him from head to toe.