Xiao Su from the Department of Chinese Literature was terrified and upset when she saw that she had mistakenly uploaded Luo Huai’an’s photo to the post for selecting the school beauty.

However, her classmate didn’t notice her embarrassment and kept pulling her aside to talk, “I’ve never seen anyone so beautiful. If the photo wasn’t photoshopped, she must be the most beautiful girl on campus this year.”

Her classmate was amazed. “I don’t know who uploaded the photo. Whether it was uploaded by the person in the photo herself or by someone else, it is a benefit to society.”

Her classmate was immersed in her own world and kept talking for a long time. Puzzled, she found that Xiao Su has not responded, so she turned to look at her. She was surprised to find Xiao Su holding her head with both hands, her face buried on the desk, trembling, with an expression of great pain.

Her classmate immediately grew worried about her health and asked quickly, “Are you okay? Why do you look like you’re about to cry?”

“I feel so bad!”

“What’s wrong?” Her classmate asked puzzlement.

Xiao Su raised her head and asked her, with a look of wanting to cry but unable to, “How many people have liked this photo now?”

The classmate didn’t know why she asked this question. She looked at Xiao Su in confusion, then took out her phone and reported the vote count truthfully, “It’s over 5,000 votes, and there’s a huge gap with the second place.”

“How can there be more than 5,000 votes? There are less than 10,000 votes in a year level.” Xiao Su was dumbfounded when she heard the number of votes. “Is this selection a joke? The votes for the school beauty last year were only over 1,000.”

At this moment, the person behind her suddenly patted her shoulder. “Are you talking about the school beauty selection?”

“Yeah.”

The person behind her grew very excited, as if she had found a companion. “I never paid attention to this matter before. I always  thought it’s boring. Anyway, I definitely wouldn’t be chosen for the promotional video so who cares. But yesterday, my roommate suddenly showed me that person’s photo. Holy shit, she’s so beautiful. I would feel guilty if I didn’t vote for her. Have you voted yet? Hurry and vote. I’ve asked all my roommates to vote.”

After hearing her words, the classmate were amazed. “No wonder there are over 5,000 votes. Because of her, the voting this year has attracted much more attention.”

Xiao Su: “???”

Was it too late for her to cancel her ID and run away now?

… …

It was indeed too late: many people had already seen this photo.

Xiao Su was chagrined, angry, and anxious, feeling that something was amiss. She had gone to the Eighth Cafeteria and noticed many people inside. She was definitely not the only one who had seen Luo Huai’an. Why hasn’t anyone noticed yet that Luo Huai’an wasn’t a student but a cafeteria operator?

Things turned out just as Xiao Su expected—many freshmen did discover this.

When Zhang Jiusi clicked on the link forwarded by his roommate Zhao Jing and saw Luo Huai’an’s photo, he was stunned for a moment.

His memory told him that Luo Huai’an was the operator of the Eighth Canteen, but her photo appeared in this post. It was magical and unrealistic. Was there a bug in his memory?

After Zhang Jiusi confirmed that his memory was correct, he was still confused. “Is it possible that students can also become cafeteria owners?”

Zhao Jing shook his head and said firmly, “Of course not. I asked her the day I first came to school, and she is not a student here.”

Zhang Jiusi instantly figured out the key point. “That means someone posted this by mistake.”

Zhao Jing still shook his head. “I don’t think it was a mistake. The person who uploaded this photo must have done it on purpose. Honestly, don’t you think she is very beautiful?”

Zhang Jiusi thought about it, and a blush appeared on his face. “Indeed, indeed.”

She was the most beautiful person he has ever seen in his life, so beautiful that it even made him wonder if he and she were of the same species.

Zhao Jing felt like he had guessed the truth. “So that person deliberately uploaded this photo in order to get us to vote for her.”

Zhang Jiusi was still puzzled. “But the selected school belle must be a student. The cafeteria operator is not a student, so how can she be elected as the school belle?”

After hearing what he said, Zhao Jing shook his head seriously, looking calm and composed. “The cafeteria staff are also part of the school. Why can’t they be elected as the school belle? You are too discriminatory. Go and vote. I voted for her too.”

Zhang Jiusi: “…”

Zhang Jiusi was not a person who was content with what he had. The more he thought about it, the more interesting it seemed to him. He took out his mobile phone and cast a vote for Luo Huai’an on the voting link.

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

This situation happened over and over among many freshmen.

Class 1 of the Chinese Department, where Tan Mengmeng served as class monitor, had become loyal customers of the Eighth Canteen ever since they’d started group purchase of mung bean soup. They’d noticed the blunder, but instead of pointing it out, they excitedly voted and then engaged in a heated discussion in the class group chat.

[Boss, I voted for you. Can you sell me an extra bowl of mung bean soup? There are too many people lining up to buy it.]

[When I smelled the aroma of the pepper pancakes, tears immediately streamed down my face. If the boss could leave me a portion of the pepper pancakes, I’d get everyone in the dorm to vote for you.]

[Hahaha, the person above, this is our class group, she can’t hear you even if you call out boss here!]

[Person above, don’t mention this to the boss. Wait until things are more settled before telling her.]

[What evil intentions! But I’m also looking forward to the expressions of those who don’t know the truth when it’s revealed.]

… …

Freshmen students made up the bulk of customers in the Eighth Cafeteria, and many seniors were still unaware of the operator’s identity. Last time, the freshmen were careless and were tricked by the seniors, but now things have taken a turn for the better. 

Brothers and Sisters, here’s our chance for revenge!

Most of the old students were unaware of Luo Huai’an’s identity, and only the freshmen knew about it. However, these freshmen had no intention of revealing it to the public, but instead hid the secret tightly, deciding to let the cafeteria operator secretly become the school beauty and watch everyone be stunned.

Some senior students who had been to the Eighth Canteen actually knew the truth, but they also wanted to watch the fun—not only did they not point out the mistake, they also cast their own votes.

So Xiao Su could only sadly find that the number of votes for the photo she uploaded kept increasing, and the increase was simply astonishing.

Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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