Chapter 29: Miss Kate's Lady Training (Part 1)

  "Hey, you guys never said that before!"

  Facing everyone's teasing, Catherine could only weakly protest a couple of sentences.

  "Because we didn't know you were so selfless back then, Kate." Lily said with her arms crossed.

  "As my model, you should show more charm, rather than throwing it away." said Lisa.

  "Herman Uncle thinks you have great star potential, Kate, you can't just give up like that." Ida also said.

  Don't I love myself?

  I'm giving up on myself?

  Catherine was at a loss for words.

  Everyone burst out laughing... It was obvious they were teasing Catherine.

  "Sisters, I think you should learn from Jenny, this game is really good."

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, Catherine suddenly glanced at Jenny who was playing Tetris.

  "Katie, did you think we were joking?"

  Lily said again.

  "Huh... isn't that right? And you guys didn't mention this before. Besides, I've always been like this, and you guys haven't said anything."

  Catherine was slightly dissatisfied

  "It's okay when I wear pants, but when I wear a skirt, walking like this is just too..." Lily said with a shrug.

  "Indeed, it seems we never noticed before... Oh my god, Kate actually has such a huge flaw!"

  Lisa also seemed to have discovered a new continent.

  "Oh..."

  Catherine could only sigh.

  For some reason, Catherine suddenly remembered that night in Seattle.

  Is it because I walk like this that those people...

  Catherine looked down at her own body.

  Compared with a year ago, her body has begun to exude more and more feminine charm, she is advancing from a child to an adult.

  To be honest, Catherine also cares about her body. Since she became a woman, she didn't want to be an ugly girl first, and then she didn't want to be a "spring brother". No matter what, being able to look pretty is already very good. She doesn't expect to change back to a man on the surface either. After all, no matter how you say it, that's just a "high imitation" rather than an "authentic product". Catherine may be counterfeiting herself, but she doesn't want to turn herself into counterfeit goods.

  She thought she had paid enough attention to her image, but didn't realize that in front of her partners, she still had a lot of shortcomings.

  "Kate, I think it would be better if you wore gloves in your daily life, so that way, you won't hurt your hands." Lily looked at the calluses on Catherine's hands, seemingly more heartbroken than she was.

  "Don't worry, Kate. As long as you take care of them, all these cocoons can be gotten rid of." Ida patted her shoulder.

  "Perhaps I have already designed one or two pieces of clothing that can correct posture."

  Lisa also said.

  Three people surrounded Catherine, constantly discussing her appearance until a burst of cheerful music suddenly erupted on the TV.

  "Huh?"

  Everyone looked up at the screen and saw the three big letters "WIN".

  Jenny... did you clear Emma's block?!

  Catherine looked at her incredulously, but found Jenny looking relieved.

  Are you kidding me?

  Although the highest speed is still some distance from the breathtaking speed of Tetris in 21st century Russia, wanting to clear it for the first time... isn't that just too fake?!

  "This game is really hard." Jenny rubbed her eyes, "But it's indeed very fun, 'video games'...hmm, what a great thing."

  "Huh? Honor students like playing games too?" It seemed that in her impression, Jenny didn't really like playing games, so Lily was somewhat astonished.

  "There's nothing, I just don't like moving, but for things that can be done while sitting, I think it's not bad." In some sense, this is similar to Catherine's laziness.

  "Let me play with it for a bit."

  It seemed like Jenny was having a lot of fun, so Lily also joined in.

  However, she obviously didn't know how to play the game and didn't even look at the instruction manual that Jenny had opened beside her. Soon, she started playing on her own and got a "Game Over" in an even shorter time.

  However, she doesn't seem to want to end it here, but instead continues to start the game. She seems to be enchanted by this game - this is also the charm of Tetris... or should I say Emma's block?

  But others seem to still be focused on Catherine.

  "You seem to be talking about Kate? What's wrong with her?"

  Jenny seems interested too.

  "We hope Kate can become a bit more ladylike." Lisa replied.

  "Why can't I be sexier?" Catherine rolled her eyes.

  "Elegance and sensuality are not mutually exclusive, Kate. What you need is a certain je ne sais quoi." Ida replied.

  "Maybe."

  Catherine didn't want to argue anymore.

  She has actually been paying attention to her image, but some things are not that easy to change.

  She was still learning ballet, and what's most likely to happen when you learn ballet is that your feet turn outward.

  For men, duck feet or even pigeon toes are normal, but for girls, it's quite ugly. Usually, it's not a big deal, but now that we think about it, everyone realizes that Catherine indeed has this "problem".

  "Kate, what do you think of ladies?"

  "Shuffle? How is it? If you say shuffle itself...it's okay."

  In response to Jenny's question, she replied as follows.

  "So you want to be a lady?"

  "If you're referring to surface level."

  Every move and gesture could be as elegant as a lady, which was indeed very good, but Catherine did not want to become a lady from the heart.

  "I think... you mean, you want to be elegant like a lady, but don't want to change yourself?"

  Jenny's father was a psychologist and she immediately analyzed Catherine's mind.

  Catherine nodded in agreement.

  "So, this requires action, in fact, everyone can come, would you like to try too?"

  "It sounds quite interesting," Ida replied.

  "It seems not bad." Lisa also agreed somewhat.

  "Just wait till I get past this hurdle!"

  Lily is still struggling in the second level.

  "To put it simply, there are roughly two ways to acquire a lady-like demeanor. One is to genuinely identify with it and consciously change oneself. The other is through external coercion, allowing the brain and spine to form a reflex arc."

  "Ladies... I think you may be getting a little hungry?" Old White interrupted the chatter of the crowd, standing at the door with a smile.

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