"Hmm, not bad. You actually look the part," Bai Yuxuan remarked, eyeing Ouyang Qianxue.

Qianxue wore a Kokoshnik-style headband and a black-and-white ruffled apron dress. The black thigh-high stockings were the perfect finishing touch, accentuating her slender legs. For practicality, she’d tied her golden hair into twin tails, making the already youthful-looking Ouyang Qianxue appear even more petite and adorable.

"This maid outfit feels way more embarrassing than a real one!" The girl’s cheeks flushed slightly with shyness, enhancing her delicate beauty. Even Bai Yuxuan, another girl, found herself momentarily stunned.

"That’s because it’s made for cosplayers—cuteness over practicality," Bai Yuxuan explained, snapping out of her daze.

"So you planned to humiliate me all along?"

"What? School Beauty, I asked you to dress nicely. How’s that humiliation? And as a maid, you shouldn’t address me as ‘you’."

"How *should* I address you?"

"Master, of course."

"Never! Calling you ‘master’? You must be dreaming—"

*Click!* Before Qianxue could finish, the sound of a phone camera shutter cut her off. Bai Yuxuan stood there, phone pointed at her.

"What are you doing?!"

"Just preserving this precious moment. A photo of Cherry Blossom Academy’s School Beauty in a maid outfit? Rare." Bai Yuxuan flipped the phone around. The screen clearly showed Qianxue in her outfit.

"Give that to me!" Qianxue lunged for the phone, but Bai Yuxuan had anticipated her move. She tucked the phone into her chest, leaving Qianxue grasping at air.

"Save your energy. I’ve already backed it up to my cloud storage. Even if you grab my phone now, it’s too late."

"So you’d better obey. Or tomorrow, a post titled ‘Our School Beauty Works as My Maid’ might appear on Cherry Blossom Academy’s forum—with this photo attached."

"You—!" Qianxue’s face burned crimson.

"Still not calling me ‘master’? I’m posting now."

"No, wait! Mas—"

"Mas?"

"Master!" Qianxue finally gave in, voice tight with resignation.

"Mmm~ Hearing ‘master’ from Cherry Blossom Academy’s most popular girl? Using your words—it feels like living the dream. Hahaha!"

*Damn it!* Qianxue glared at Bai Yuxuan’s smug grin, itching to smash a trash can into her face.

"Alright, since I’m satisfied, go do your maid duties. I’ve lived alone here. Clean the place up."

"Fine!" Qianxue stormed off to tidy the rooms.

Bai Yuxuan opened her laptop to handle company work.

An hour later, she stretched.

*(A spoiled heiress like Ouyang Qianxue must be hopeless at chores.)* She stood to inspect—and mock—Qianxue’s work. But at the room doors, she froze.

Every room gleamed. Furniture and floors shone as if waxed.

"Didn’t expect her to be this capable." Bai Yuxuan walked on, then spotted a water basin outside her study.

*Oh no!* Panic hit her. She’d forgotten to put *that* away.

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*Five minutes earlier.*

Qianxue entered Bai Yuxuan’s study, muttering, "That bastard Bai Yuxuan... humiliating me like this. I’ll get revenge." She wiped the bookshelves.

*Teenage boys always hide those kinds of magazines. A loner like her must have some too. If someone saw them... even Bai Yuxuan couldn’t stay calm.* She began searching the shelves.

In a corner, she found a wooden box.

"Gotcha!" Inside lay a photo album.

"Just photos?" She flipped through pages of Bai Yuxuan receiving awards at competitions.

"So she’s been this talented since childhood..." Qianxue kept turning pages.

"But her eyes... always so fierce. So cold. Like she wasn’t happy winning." She noticed something odd—no family photos. A trace of curiosity stirred.

*This!* Near the end, a photo slipped out.

A black-haired girl in a princess gown. The face looked familiar... until Qianxue saw those icy eyes.

*It’s Bai Yuxuan! She’s into cross-dressing?!* Qianxue mentally tagged her as a closet transvestite.

*Bang!* The study door flew open. Bai Yuxuan stood there.

"So you found it." Her gaze turned glacial.

That photo was Bai Yuxuan’s secret—a reminder she was still a girl, not her father’s puppet. Now her rival had uncovered it.

"Haha! Cherry Blossom’s top delinquent enjoys dressing as a girl!" Qianxue laughed.

"What?"

"Don’t play dumb. That’s you, right? A pervert who likes wearing women’s clothes!" Qianxue paused. "Pervert!"

"Hahaha! So *that’s* what you think?" Bai Yuxuan threw her head back laughing.

*(I thought I was doomed... but she misunderstood completely.)* Calm returned.

"You! How can you laugh after your fetish gets exposed?!" Qianxue stared in disbelief.

"So what if it’s exposed? Will *you* dare tell anyone?"

"Why not?"

"Tell them you saw my cross-dressing photos at my house? How would you explain *why* you were here?"

"...!"

"But *I* have no problem posting your maid photo online." Bai Yuxuan pinned Qianxue onto a chair beside the desk.

"W-What do you want?!"

"Punishing a disobedient little maid who tried to snoop on her master’s secrets." Bai Yuxuan grinned wickedly down at her.