A few days later, the growth hormones arrived, and Millie seemed even more anxious.

She held onto my hand tightly with her round arms, and her double chin kept trembling.

"Cora, can you lend me some more money? I've ordered too much takeout food these past few days, and my allowance is not enough.

"I know you won't refuse me."

Before that, she didn't stop ordering more than a dozen takeouts every day to gain weight. When the allowance her parents gave her was not enough, she shamelessly asked me to lend her some more money.

She even said, "We're fellow villagers, so it's like being family. It's not a big deal for family members to borrow money from each other."

After getting into university, she was the only one I could call a friend. For the sake of the so-called friendship, I could only grit my teeth and lend her money. Sometimes, when I didn't have enough money, I would take on part-time jobs as a tutor.

But when I asked her to repay the money, she became impatient.

"It's not like I wouldn't pay it back. Why are you rushing me?"

But in the end, I couldn't get any of the money back.

Looking back, I was really stupid, sacrificing my life for the unequal relationship.

I didn't want that kind of friendship anymore.

"Aren't you doing this for your boyfriend? Let him pay.

"Didn't he say that he couldn't live without you? You just bought him a pair of 3,000-dollar sneakers last month. I believe he would give you the money."

Millie hesitated and said, "But he's a man. He has a lot to spend money on. It's not good to do this..."

I turned my head slightly and rolled my eyes imperceptibly.

How did I not notice that she was so hopelessly romantic before?

Taking a deep breath to fight the nausea, I held her sweaty hand and advised her, "How about this? Just say you need it for your meeting. I believe he can afford the money."

Millie thought for a moment and texted the man as I said.

Maybe it was true love, or maybe it was just the excitement of them being newly in love, the man transferred Millie 200 dollars through WhatsApp after a while.

He texted Millie. [Spend it all!]

Seeing that, Millie shook my body excitedly.

"See, Cora, my boyfriend loves me so much!"

Haha, I can see that you love him a lot too.

After a few days, Millie quickly got bigger like an inflated balloon after eating the meals to which I added hormones. Even walking became a bit difficult for her.

On the eve of meeting her boyfriend, she was choosing clothes in the dorm and asked me which one was better.

I sat silently and occasionally responded with a few words. At that moment, the door was opened and another roommate, Isabel Peterson, came in with a cold face.

She threw her phone hard on the table, but the phone fell to the ground beside me.

After thinking for a moment, I bent down to help her pick it up.

The phone screen was lit up, and I accidentally caught a glimpse of her WeChat interface, with a heart as the nickname.

But the avatar of that chat partner seemed a bit familiar.

"Why are you holding my phone!"

Isabel's face changed. She quickly snatched the phone from my hand. Seeing Millie trying on clothes, she said with a mocking smile, "Being so fat, it doesn't matter what you wear. Why bother dressing up?"

Millie was so angry that she was panting heavily, but Isabel quickly stormed out.

Isabel was a rich girl in the city, looking down on every roommate, especially me, whom she saw as a show-off for studying in the library from morning till night.

In my previous life, I had almost no interaction with her, and I couldn't understand why she would listen to Millie and deceive me to the rooftop in the end.

"I don't know why she's so high and mighty. Bah!"

After cursing, Millie picked up a pink dress and showed it to me, ordering me as usual.

"Cora, can you help me check in for the last class tomorrow? I want to skip class and go on a date with my boyfriend."

I looked at her quietly and smiled in the end.

"Sure."

The next day, I went to the classroom with my backpack, and the teacher was calling the roll.

"Millie Torres, is Millie Torres here?"

I looked at my phone and didn't say anything.

One message after another popped up on my WhatsApp.

"Ah, I'm so excited, Cora! I'm finally going to meet my darling. I'm sure he will be fascinated by my figure.

"By the way, I won't be coming back tonight. Remember to cover for me during roll call."

It was typical of Millie. She would shamelessly make any request to me. What was ridiculous was that, in my past life, I obediently followed every request of hers for the hard-earned friendship.

Sometimes I would reflect on why I had no friends, but I couldn't figure it out.

With an ordinary family background and ordinary looks, what else could I do besides relying on studying hard to change my fate? But every time my other roommates saw me studying, they always mocked me.

"Oh, the nerd is studying again. Can you leave us a way out?"

"She has to rely on scholarships to live, unlike us."

Maybe it was because I'd been isolated for too long that I desperately sought that bit of ridiculous friendship.

But in the end, it was because of that that I met my demise.

Maybe it was all wrong from the beginning.

I remained silent and when the person in charge of roll call asked where Millie was, I said nothing.

The next day, Millie ran back to the dorm crying.

After class, as soon as I opened the door, Millie rushed towards me like a mountain.

"What should I do, Cora? My darling said I'm not fat enough and haven't reached his standards."

The tear marks on her face looked somewhat terrifying due to the mottled foundation. I dodged her hand and took a few steps back.

Every part of Millie's body is fat except for her eyes.

What disgusting fetish does her boyfriend have?

"How about you eat more?" I asked tentatively, but she hesitated.

"But I've been getting tired after walking a few steps in the past few days, and I feel a bit difficult to breathe. Can I really eat more?"

It would be strange if she didn't have difficulty breathing.

"Well, it's up to you. As long as you don't mind making your boyfriend angry," I casually said.

What I said indeed provoked her determination. "Okay, then I'll continue eating more! Otherwise, my darling will get angry."

Afterward, she quickly ordered some takeout and yawned sleepily.

"I'll take a nap. Bring me the takeout later."

Her bossy attitude was exactly the same as it used to be in my previous life, which made me clench my fists in anger.

But when I thought about the remaining hormones, I finally agreed.

"Okay."

It's the last time I'll do it for you.

A few days later, her boyfriend who lived near the school suggested going out to buy her a big gold chain. They arranged to meet at the school gate.

At that time, I happened to be coming back from a part-time job outside the school. What I saw was her holding hands with a thin man. Compared to her fat figure, the man looked a bit pitiful.

I quickly lowered my head and walked away, trying to avoid the two of them.

"Excuse me!"

A bicycle rushed past me, and I quickly moved to the left to avoid it but accidentally bumped into someone.

It was Millie's boyfriend.

"I'm sorry."

After saying that, I was ready to leave, not wanting to look at the couple any longer.

Unexpectedly, a strong force grabbed my arm and prevented me from leaving, and then I felt a sharp pain on my face.

Millie, who slapped me, stared at me fiercely with her triple chin.

"Who allowed you to touch my darling? Do you like him?"