Chapter 32 Chapter 32: The Goddess Ranking
Back when they were living together in high school, during the time when there was a PS4 in the rental apartment, this was exactly how things were. Even if they didn’t get back until after ten at night, they would still play together for an hour or two before going to sleep, and then the next day they’d spend morning self-study—and even the entire morning—collapsed on their desks catching up on sleep.
So sometimes Shu Yuxin really couldn’t understand it. Why was it that they were both “sleeping immortals” in class, yet Jiang Zixuan always ranked near the top of the class, while she barely scraped by?
This guy was already rich, and on top of that his grades were this good—there was simply no justice in the world.
But those complaints and bits of jealousy had now become part of the beautiful memories of high school. Compared to that time, perhaps the only thing that hadn’t changed at all was how time seemed to fly whenever they played games.
It felt like they’d only been playing for a short while, yet it was already past midnight. Drowsiness crept in quietly. Shu Yuxin lazily yawned and handed the controller to Jiang Zixuan. “You play.”
“Sleepy?” Jiang Zixuan picked up his phone to check the time. It really was quite late.
“A little…” Shu Yuxin leaned back on the sofa and yawned again.
Seeing her yawn nonstop, Jiang Zixuan simply saved the game and exited. “It’s late. Go to sleep.”
That said, neither of them had showered yet.
“Go shower first, hurry up.” Jiang Zixuan reached out and nudged Shu Yuxin, then picked a comedy video on the TV to play. Perhaps influenced by her, he couldn’t help yawning too.
Shu Yuxin just nodded but didn’t get up right away. She seemed to be thinking about something, then suddenly asked, “Hey, do you know what that confession wall thing is?”
“Confession wall? Yeah, I know. What, trying to hook a rich guy?” Jiang Zixuan shot her a sideways glance.
“Do I look like someone that bored?” Shu Yuxin said irritably. “I heard people mention the goddess ranking on the confession wall before. I’m kind of curious.”
Jiang Zixuan thought about it for a moment and smiled. “Oh, that. It’s basically a school belle ranking. And it’s not just a goddess ranking—there’s also a male god ranking.”
“Were you on it?”
“Me? Ha. I got nominated, but didn’t make the final list.”
“Pull up that confession wall. I want to see it.” Shu Yuxin was interested now, no longer sleepy, and leaned over to urge him.
Jiang Zixuan wasn’t as energetic. He checked the time again and pushed her lightly. “Alright, it’s late. Go shower.”
“Just let me see it first.”
“Go shower first.”
“Let me see it first! It won’t even take a few minutes!” Shu Yuxin got stubborn again.
Jiang Zixuan had a headache. “Fine, fine. You go shower first. When you come out, I’ll give you my phone. The confession wall is a public account—you have to register and stuff. I haven’t done it before, so setting it up now is kind of a hassle.”
That explanation finally convinced Shu Yuxin. She nodded, got up, and ran to the bedroom to grab some clothes.
Regarding showering, there seemed to be a widely accepted saying online that girls always take much longer to shower than boys, often an hour at a time. But clearly, Shu Yuxin wasn’t one of them. Whether before or now, her showers always consisted of only the most basic steps, with almost no extra procedures. As a result, she didn’t spend much time in the shower.
When Shu Yuxin came out of the bathroom, Jiang Zixuan was still sitting on the sofa, looking at his phone. The expression on his face was hard to describe—it wasn’t quite a smile, but it definitely looked strange.
“Did you find it? The goddess ranking?” Shu Yuxin walked straight over and sat beside him, looking at his phone screen.
Then she froze.
On the screen was a very simple table that looked like an ordinary personal profile. But the person in the photo at the top right of the table was someone Shu Yuxin knew all too well—herself.
More precisely, it was her on a bright, sunny afternoon during military training, wearing an army uniform, squatting by the roadside, drinking water while staring off into space.
The photo was taken at a very high level. The angle, composition, lighting—almost every factor had been perfectly handled. With some finishing touches in post-processing, the candid shot had been turned into something that felt like an artistic photograph. Even Shu Yuxin herself, knowing full well that the girl in the photo was her, couldn’t help thinking, This girl is really damn pretty.
Thankfully, she held that thought in.
“Didn’t expect it—your popularity’s pretty high. Third place,” Jiang Zixuan glanced at her and teased, “This is a combined ranking of two universities, you know. That’s impressive.”
“Bullshit. I didn’t even know this thing existed…” Shu Yuxin grabbed the phone and examined it closely. “Aren’t they just bored out of their minds?”
This profile about her was surprisingly detailed. It had her name, school, major and class, dorm location, height, weight… it even listed her measurements.
“What the hell, they even have my measurements. I don’t even know my own measurements…” Shu Yuxin was stunned.
She really didn’t know them. At most, she knew her height and weight. When buying clothes before, everything had been handled by her mom—she was only responsible for trying them on.
Jiang Zixuan found it pretty interesting. “I heard about the confession wall during military training. Supposedly the people in charge of this stuff are all seasoned veterans. Just by looking, they can estimate a girl’s stats with like eighty or ninety percent accuracy. I don’t know how reliable it is… want to measure yours now?”
“You really have nothing better to do, do you?”
“I’m just kidding.”
Back to the point—besides her basic body data, the profile also had some other interesting sections, like… “Goddess Evaluation.”
The original evaluation read: “A high, untouchable flower—admire from afar only. Extremely cold aura, keeps people at a thousand-mile distance. Difficulty of pursuit is high. Heroes, think carefully.”
“Cold? Ha, that’s hilarious,” Jiang Zixuan joked from the side.
Shu Yuxin tugged at the corner of her mouth. “They’re completely talking out of their asses. No wonder I always felt some people looked at me weirdly.”
“Hey,” Jiang Zixuan thought for a moment, then suddenly asked a very interesting question, “If those people found out that this ‘cold goddess’ ran off right after military training to live outside campus with a guy, what do you think they’d say?”
Shu Yuxin kicked him straight off the sofa. “Go take your shower!”
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