Gender-swapped Beautiful Girl, the Godly Rich System Takes Me to New Heights!

26: Unexpected disasterLei Jun casually picked up a fashion magazine from the table and flipped through it, but her ears were unconsciously catching the conversation between the two.

”...Xiao Ya, it’s not that I’m telling you.”

The flashy woman hung up the phone and finally turned to the short-haired woman.

”Your personality is too stubborn. After spending so many years in the military, what do you know besides standing at attention?”

”It’s not that easy to find a job now. I want to be a streamer, can you do that?”

The short-haired woman, called Xiao Ya, raised her head and said in a low voice, ”I can learn.”

”Learn?”

The flashy woman sneered.

”You’re almost thirty, you learn everything half a beat slower. Besides, look at your hands, they’re covered in calluses, you don’t even know to apply hand cream. Which company would want you?”

Xiao Ya quietly tucked her hands, which were resting on her knees, further back.

Her hands indeed didn’t look like a woman’s hands; her knuckles were more prominent than usual, and there were many calluses, traces left by years of training.

She had just been honorably discharged last year. She originally planned to find a job based on her own abilities, but the resumes she sent out either disappeared without a trace or she was rejected during interviews by interviewers citing ’lack of work experience’ or ’too rigid a personality’.

Her family was extremely anxious and, after pulling many strings, managed to contact a distant cousin, who was the flashy woman in front of her, hoping she could help make a connection.

”Cousin, I know finding a job is hard,” Xiao Ya pleaded softly. ”Please ask again for me. Even a logistics or security job would be fine; I’m not afraid of hard work.”

”Security?” Her cousin scoffed. ”You’re a woman, you want to do security?”

”If people see my cousin doing that kind of work, where would I put my face?”

Just then, the cousin accidentally glanced at Lei Jun sitting on the side.

Instantly, she was stunned and exclaimed excitedly.

”Oh my goodness!”

She didn’t give Lei Jun any time to react.

”Interested in being a streamer? Just based on your face and temperament... I’m telling you, you can easily make hundreds of thousands a month!”

”I guarantee, within three months, I can make you the top sister on the platform!”

”Then, just let a few top big spenders gift you presents—sports cars, yachts, the Carnival!”

”That money comes easier than the wind blowing!”

”Little sister, listen to your cousin’s advice, while you’re young, you must seize the opportunity to make money!”

She was looking for a negative example to add persuasiveness to her theory.

She pointed to Xiao Ya sitting nearby.

”Look at her!” the cousin said with disdain. ”Stinking soldier girl!”

”She got brainwashed in the army, she doesn’t have a bit of femininity!”

”Her skin is bad, she doesn’t even know how to put on makeup!”

”Someone like her wants to learn to be a streamer? Dream on!”

”She’s not even a real woman, and she wants to earn money? Maybe in the next life!”

These insulting words already made Xiao Ya clench her fists, her face turning ashen.

But the cousin seemed unsatisfied and intensified the humiliation.

”I say, her parents are brainless too!”

”Why did they send her to be a soldier in the first place?”

”She’s a girl; her best years were wasted!”

”Now she turns into this tomboy and throws her at me, and she still wants me to find her a good job?”

”Does she deserve it? Her whole family has problems!”

”Shut up!” Xiao Ya, who had been silently enduring, suddenly stood up, her body trembling violently with anger.

She could tolerate the insults to herself for the sake of the job referral, but such vicious slander against her parents and family was unbearable!

There was a crisp ’slap’ sound.

Xiao Ya swung her arm fully around and delivered a solid slap across her cousin’s face.

The cousin was completely stunned by the blow.

”Ah, you dare hit me!”

She lunged at Xiao Ya, flailing wildly.

But Xiao Ya was a veteran who had received formal training; her skills were far beyond what the cousin could match.

Xiao Ya easily sidestepped, then used a slight push and pull, causing the cousin to stumble and crash into the nearby coffee table.

”Crash!”

Several bottles of high-end sparkling water and glass cups meant for guests were on the table. When the cousin hit it, they immediately tipped over.

And Lei Jun, who was sitting nearby as a purely innocent bystander, had no time to dodge. Her expensive silk trousers were instantly splashed with a large patch of sticky soda.

Lei Jun: ”...”

She looked down at her ruined pant leg, then looked up at the two people wrestling and overturning things in front of her, feeling speechless.

This was truly an unprovoked disaster!

As expected, watching a fight carries risks; one must be cautious when gossiping!

The huge commotion finally alerted the staff in the salon.

Several store assistants and the manager rushed over, frantically pulling the two still-tussling women apart.

Xiao Ya looked guiltily at the conspicuous stain on Lei Jun’s trousers, quickly stepped forward, and bowed deeply.

”I’m sorry, I am truly so sorry for getting your pants dirty!”

Lei Jun didn’t speak, merely glancing faintly with her eyes at the cousin next to her, who was clutching her burning cheek.

The cousin immediately shrieked.

”What are you looking at me for? She pushed me! If it weren’t for this crazy woman starting something, would I have hit the table?”

”If anyone pays, it should be her!”

Xiao Ya took a deep breath and said firmly, ”Madam, it is indeed my responsibility. How much were these pants? I will compensate you.”

”Sixty-eight thousand. Are you sure you want to pay?”

”Sixty... sixty-eight thousand?” Xiao Ya’s pupils contracted sharply.

The money she had wasn’t even enough for the rounding digit.

Her previous resolve was instantly crushed by reality.

She could only stand frozen, her face flushed red, unable to speak.

When the cousin heard the price, her eyes nearly popped out.

Fearing she might get implicated, she ignored the pain on her face and her disheveled state. She shouted, ”It has nothing to do with me,” grabbed her bag, and quickly fled the scene.

Lei Jun looked at the helpless Xiao Ya, her gaze sweeping over the military green suitcase by Xiao Ya’s feet, comparing it with the figures of the two women.

Their heights were similar, and their shoulder width and waist measurements were close enough.

She pointed at the suitcase: ”Do you have a spare pair of pants in there?”

Xiao Ya was stunned for a moment, then nodded, ”Yes... yes, but...”

Her suitcase only contained military training trousers and a few casual outfits.

”Let me see them.”

Xiao Ya hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a pair of slightly faded military camouflage pants from the box and handed them over.

Lei Jun took the pants and held them up, finding that their heights and builds were indeed similar.

”I’ll go try them on.”

She took the pants and headed toward the restroom.

A while later, Lei Jun emerged wearing the pants.

The camouflage pants fit her surprisingly well, creating a strange mixed-style look with the silk top she was wearing.

She asked the store assistant for a clean shopping bag, placed the expensive, soiled silk trousers inside, and then walked over to Xiao Ya.

She pointed to the pants on her legs.

”These pants will count as your compensation to me.”

”That won’t do,” Xiao Ya waved her hands anxiously. ”These camouflage pants aren’t worth much. I must compensate you for those trousers!”