Chapter 108: 107. No Marriage No Way
Because the new counselor dragged out the time, class ended about ten minutes later than usual today.
Wen Yang was called by the counselor for a chat again, and by the time they finished lunch and returned to the dorm, it was almost one o’clock.
As usual, when he pushed open the door, Wen Yang found himself blocked outside.
“Shao Qing and the others aren’t back yet?”
“Probably out messing around with Wang Jie again…” Ning Chu muttered in dissatisfaction behind him, “Sooner or later, Wang Jie will be led astray by him.”
Wen Yang actually envied Wang Jie’s treatment deep down, but didn’t dare to say it in front of Ning Chu.
He pulled out his key from his pocket, unlocked the door, and as he entered, Hei Dou immediately meowed and ran towards him, circling around his feet.
Though it’s usually Ning Chu who takes care of the little black cat, for some reason, Hei Dou preferred playing with him instead.
Just as he was about to squat down to pet Hei Dou’s little head, he noticed that Ning Chu had already picked Hei Dou up.
“I feed you, take care of you, and I’m responsible for cleaning your litter! You ungrateful little monster have never been this affectionate with me!”
Ning Chu scolded Hei Dou, a hint of crisis blossoming in her heart.
What if Hei Dou turned into a cat girl later and only repaid Wen Yang?
She was still thinking about marrying Hei Dou off to Zhang Shaoqing; that guy was rich, so Hei Dou would never be mistreated.
“You better be nicer to Zhang Shaoqing from now on, or how will he have the heart to buy you cat food?”
Hei Dou didn’t understand at all, struggling to jump out of her arms and scurrying into the corner of the dorm where it disappeared.
“Foolish cat.”
Ning Chu mumbled, her attitude wavering between neutering Hei Dou and marrying her off to Zhang Shaoqing.
The former would eliminate future troubles and conveniently test what the punishment would be for disrupting the plot, while the latter would secure a good future for Hei Dou and also get Zhang Shaoqing a wife.
Not thinking too much, she went to wash her face in the sun, yawning as she crawled onto her bed.
“Taking a nap?”
“Yeah, wake me up at one fifty.” She turned to sit at the head of the bed, her feet dangling in the air, looking utterly exhausted. “I can still sleep for an hour… be quiet, don’t disturb me.”
“Alright, alright, alright.”
Wen Yang watched as Ning Chu lazily stretched and burrowed into her blanket, and his mind started racing with ideas.
Now that Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie didn’t know where they had gone to play, Ning Chu looked like she could fall asleep at any moment.
So, the skills he hadn’t used for two months…
Not that he was particularly lecherous, but a normal, young, strong man always has some physiological needs.
Washing underwear every day and having inappropriate dreams was tough, especially when there was a beautiful girl nearby, often unintentionally enticing him.
Wen Yang justified himself in his heart, feeling quite guilty as he sat at the computer searching for materials, his gaze drifting towards Ning Chu’s bed.
If he got caught, his image in Ning Chu’s eyes would probably be ruined.
“No way, not feeling it…”
He muttered softly, flipping through movie scripts or novels quickly, but who knew if it was due to panic or guilt? Normally responsive to even the slightest movement, his ‘little brother’ was now utterly unresponsive.
Could it be that it had gone limp?
With a furrowed brow, Wen Yang continued searching for materials.
Ning Chu lay on the bed, still feeling sleepy. She was initially full of drowsiness, but the incessant clicking of the mouse jolted her from her light sleep.
She shut her eyes, wanting to ask Wen Yang to be quieter, but then worried that if she spoke, all her sleepiness would vanish.
So annoying~
She had already told Wen Yang to keep it down!
After ten minutes, Ning Chu opened her eyes, her drowsiness completely gone. Furious, she peeked over the edge of the bed and saw Wen Yang intently sitting at the computer, leaning forward. She couldn’t figure out what he was doing that made him click so much.
Sneaking down from the bed, slipping on her slippers, she stormed over to Wen Yang’s side, only to see he hadn’t even noticed her presence.
Wen Yang suddenly caught a whiff of a light feminine fragrance, and when combined with the doujins he was flipping through on the computer, he finally completed the ‘straightening up.’
His eyes lit up, thinking he had discovered some new XP content, and hurriedly downloaded it onto his phone.
“What are you doing?”
The sudden voice from behind startled him, causing him to stiffen, then a little head peeked over his shoulder, glancing at the screen and gasping: “Wow~”
“……”
Ning Chu smiled at the awkwardly frozen Wen Yang, teasing, “What website is this~? Send me one, this comic style looks pretty good~”
Wen Yang was already scared silly, stammering his defense, “I-I was just looking casually…”
“Just look! I’m not stopping you.”
Better to look at something like this than to go out flirting with women.
“Aren’t you supposed to be sleeping?”
“You were clicking away, and even if I tried, you woke me up!” Ning Chu shot back at him irritably.
“Um…”
Wen Yang quickly closed the webpage, feeling guilty, not daring to meet Ning Chu’s gaze: “Not looking anymore, not looking anymore, just go sleep.”
“I was already not sleepy because of you!”
Ning Chu rolled her eyes at him, hopelessly wandering to the balcony: “Washing my face, let’s game together later.”
“Gaming, huh…”
“That co-op game.”
Upon hearing he wouldn’t be grounded, Wen Yang perked up, hurriedly booting up the game and grabbing a controller from Zhang Shaoqing’s drawer.
In no time, Ning Chu had washed her face and was sitting next to Wen Yang, dragging a chair.
She balanced on one foot on the chair, leaning against the nearby ladder, picking up the controller, ready to kill everything in sight.
“Wait! Work with me! Are you dumb?!”
“Weren’t you the slow one?”
“Are we playing or not?!”
“This isn’t my fault at all, you just didn’t sync up with me.”
“I’m so pissed! You’re dragging me down!”
When Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie returned with bags in hand, they were met with the loud bickering of Ning Chu and Wen Yang.
They pushed the door open, surprised to find Ning Chu and Wen Yang arguing passionately over their game.
What were they playing that got them so worked up?
“What game has you two so excited? You guys look like you’re about to break up!”
Ning Chu turned around, fire in her eyes, “This jerk pushed me off on purpose!”
“Weren’t you the one who pushed me first?”
“That was an accident!”
After several rounds of bickering with Wen Yang, she finally put down the controller and calmed down enough to ask, “Where have you two been?”
“We drove to the pet hospital to buy some things for Hei Dou,” Zhang Shaoqing explained. “Cat litter box, cat litter, cat cans, cat treats, barriers…”
Ning Chu paused for a moment: “Is that your dowry for Hei Dou?”
“What dowry?” Zhang Shaoqing squatted down, starting to assemble the cat litter box, “You picked her up and didn’t even take care of her properly.”
Ning Chu was extra laid-back with raising cats, using a water bowl for a litter box, disposable bowls for food, no storage for cat food, and an old piece of clothing as a cat bed. This time, Zhang Shaoqing was finally making up for all the equipment.
“Quit daydreaming, install those cat barriers on the front and back doors.”
“With this, Hei Dou won’t have a chance to not marry you~”
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