Chapter 20
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Volume 1 + Chapter 20: School Maid
“Hmm, not bad. It actually suits you quite well.”
Bai Yuxuan examined Ouyang Qianxue with an appreciative gaze.
Ouyang Qianxue was wearing a Katyusha-style headdress, paired with a black-and-white frilly apron. The black garter stockings were the perfect finishing touch, accentuating the slender lines of her legs.
To make housework easier, Ouyang Qianxue had tied her golden blonde hair into twin tails, making her already youthful appearance even more petite and adorable.
“Why does this maid outfit feel even more embarrassing than a real one?!” The girl’s cheeks flushed slightly from shyness, making her look even more charming—so much so that even Bai Yuxuan, a girl herself, was momentarily stunned.
“That’s because this outfit is designed for cosplay. It prioritizes cuteness over practicality,” Bai Yuxuan explained after snapping out of her daze.
“So you’ve been planning to humiliate me like this from the start?”
“What kind of nonsense is that, School Belle? I just wanted you to look pretty. How is that humiliation? And as a maid, shouldn’t you address me more respectfully instead of using casual ‘you’?”
“Then what should I call you?”
“Obviously, ‘Master.'”
“In your dreams! Me, call you ‘Master’? You must be delusional—”
Click.
Before Ouyang Qianxue could finish, the shutter sound of a phone camera cut her off.
Bai Yuxuan was holding up her phone, aimed directly at Ouyang Qianxue.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
“Nothing much. I just thought it’d be a shame not to capture such a precious moment. After all, it’s not every day you get to see the famous Sakura Academy Belle in a maid outfit. Look.” Bai Yuxuan turned her phone around, displaying a clear photo of Ouyang Qianxue in full maid attire.
“Give that to me!” Seizing the opportunity, Ouyang Qianxue lunged for the phone—but Bai Yuxuan had already anticipated this, tucking it into her chest and leaving Ouyang Qianxue grasping at air.
“Ah, I wouldn’t bother if I were you. I’ve already uploaded the photo to my cloud storage. Even if you take my phone now, it’s too late.”
“So you’d better obey me properly. Otherwise, who knows? A post titled ‘The School Belle is My Maid’ might just appear on Sakura Academy’s forum tomorrow. Oh, and it’ll include this very photo as an attachment.”
“You—!” Ouyang Qianxue’s face turned red with fury.
“Still not calling me ‘Master’? Should I post it now?”
“No, no! M-Mas…”
“Mas?”
“Master!” Ouyang Qianxue finally blurted out in defeat.
“Mmm~ That sounded so good. Hearing the most popular girl in Sakura Academy call me ‘Master’—as you said, it does feel like living in a dream. Hahaha!”
“You bastard!” Staring at Bai Yuxuan’s smug face, Ouyang Qianxue seriously considered smashing the nearby trash can over her head.
“Alright, now that I’m satisfied, go do some actual maid work. This place has been my solo living space for a while—clean it up.”
“Fine!” Ouyang Qianxue stormed off to tidy up the rooms.
Meanwhile, Bai Yuxuan opened her laptop and began handling some company work.
—
An hour later, Bai Yuxuan stretched her arms.
(Someone like Ouyang Ouyang Qianxue, a pampered young lady, must be terrible at housework.)
She stood up, intending to inspect Ouyang Qianxue’s cleaning progress—and maybe mock her a little. But when she reached the rooms, she was speechless.
Every room was spotless. The furniture and floors gleamed as if freshly waxed.
“I didn’t expect her to be this capable…”
As she walked further, she noticed a basin placed outside her study.
“Oh no!”
Panic set in. That’s when she remembered—she’d forgotten to put it away.
—
Five minutes earlier…
Ouyang Ouyang Qianxue had entered Bai Yuxuan’s study to clean.
“Hmph! That bastard Bai Yuxuan, humiliating me like this… Just you wait, I’ll get my revenge!”
As she wiped down the bookshelves, an idea struck her.
“Teenage boys always hide those kinds of magazines, and a loner like Bai Yuxuan is no exception. If I find something like that… Even he wouldn’t stay calm if his secret stash got exposed!”
Her search led her to a wooden box tucked in the corner of the shelf.
“Hah! Found it!”
She opened it—only to find a photo album inside.
“What? Just an album?”
Flipping through it, she saw pictures of Bai Yuxuan from elementary school onward, mostly competition award photos.
“So he’s been this impressive since childhood…”
But something felt off.
“His eyes… They’ve always looked this sharp. And… cold. Like winning didn’t make him happy at all.”
Strangely, there wasn’t a single family photo in the entire album. A flicker of curiosity about Bai Yuxuan’s past stirred in Ouyang Qianxue.
“This is—!”
Near the end, a photo slipped out.
It showed a black-haired girl in a princess gown. Ouyang Qianxue felt an odd familiarity—until she noticed those same icy eyes.
“This is Bai Yuxuan! I never knew he had this kind of hobby!”
In her mind, she immediately labeled Bai Yuxuan as a crossdressing weirdo.
Bang!
The study door flew open. Bai Yuxuan stood there, her gaze freezing over.
“So you found it after all.”
—
That photo was something Bai Yuxuan had taken in secret. A reminder—to herself—that she was still a girl, that she wasn’t just her father’s puppet.
She never expected her deepest secret to be exposed like this, least of all by her rival.
“Hah! Who would’ve thought the top delinquent of Sakura Academy was into crossdressing?!” Ouyang Qianxue smirked.
“What?”
“Don’t play dumb. That’s you in the photo, right? I never pegged you as the type to—ugh—crossdress!”
“Pfft—HAHAHA! So that’s what you think?”
Bai Yuxuan burst into laughter, relief flooding her.
(I thought I was done for… But she interpreted it like this?)
“You—! How can you laugh when your perverted hobby’s been exposed?!”
“What’s there to fear? Are you going to tell people?”
“Why wouldn’t I?”
“Oh? So you’ll say you saw my ‘crossdressing photo’ at my house? Then how will you explain why you were in my home in the first place?”
“Tch…”
“But I, on the other hand, can freely post your maid photo online without a care.”
In one swift motion, Bai Yuxuan pinned Ouyang Qianxue down onto the chair by the desk.
“Wh-What are you doing?!”
“Just punishing a naughty little maid who snooped into her master’s secrets.”
A wicked grin spread across Bai Yuxuan’s face as she loomed over the trapped Ouyang Qianxue.
