Chapter 189: 188. New Props
Knock knock knock!
“I swear! Why are you locking the door?!”
“Are you guys doing something shady in the dorm? Count me in!”
Early in the morning, Ning Chu was woken by the heavy knocking, yawning as she tried to stretch, only to find her right hand gently held in Wen Yang’s palm.
She pulled her hand back, propped herself up, and leaned over to look at Wen Yang, who was sleeping head-to-head with her, yawning repeatedly.
“So noisy~”
“Um.” Wen Yang opened his eyes, and most of his vision was filled with Ning Chu’s youthful yet charming face. Seeing her caught off guard with teary cornered eyes, he couldn’t help but lift his hand and lightly stroke Ning Chu’s cheek.
“What are you doing?! Go open the door!”
With one hand gripping the side rail of the bed, he swiftly jumped down, landing lightly on his feet.
Ning Chu envied his cool dismount but glanced down at her thin arms and legs… well, if it were her, she would have fallen pretty hard.
“Locked the door at night?!” Zhang Shaoqing barged in, loudly complaining, “What dirty deeds did you guys do last night?!”
Wang Jie followed, looking slightly out of it, yawning occasionally, and the greasy look in his hair suggested he had pulled an all-nighter.
“I’m going to wash my face and get some sleep.” He dropped what he was holding and stretched his way to the balcony.
“Sounds pathetic~ How are you going to satisfy your girlfriend in the future?”
Zhang Shaoqing sat in front of the computer, legs crossed, slouching back, eyeing Ning Chu, who was peeking from the bed.
No matter how you looked at her, she looked like just a little girl.
He playfully teased in a flirtatious tone, “Ning Chu, why is your face so red?”
Because she felt guilty…
She had shared a bed with Wen Yang last night, although it was only for a few minutes.
But the “dirty deeds” Zhang Shaoqing referred to nearly happened.
Ning Chu flopped back down on the bed. “None of your business!”
“Didn’t you say you were going to find a hotel?” Wen Yang, leaning by Ning Chu’s bed, asked Zhang Shaoqing, “Why does it look like you stayed out all night?”
“Opened an eSports hotel, thought I’d win a match and then sleep…”
“And you ended up staying up all night?”
“Don’t even mention it! Damn! What kind of ghostly monsters were my teammates? Weekends are not for gaming, elementary school kids are coming out everywhere!”
Zhang Shaoqing looked miserable, venting to Wen Yang about his 0-16 teammates and the hour-long comeback game, not to mention three people leaving within the first ten minutes…
“So, did you sort out things at home?”
His complaints halted: “No.”
“I don’t want to be controlled by my mom every day, and I definitely don’t want to get set up for marriage so early.” He clicked his tongue. “I haven’t even met any club models or experienced those外围 chicks, and here my mom is pushing me into a grave—does my mom have a grudge against me?”
Wen Yang couldn’t really advise on Zhang Shaoqing’s family issues, only able to encourage, “Stop thinking about club models every day, or you’ll ruin your health.”
As a small royal text main character, telling someone not to get involved with girls?
Ning Chu peeked over the bed, feeling proud that her nurturing was progressing.
“Like I actually looked for one.”
Zhang Shaoqing yawned, holding a cigarette, shaking his leg, and asked, “Did my mom come by later?”
“Nope.”
“That’s good. I was thinking of skipping class and hiding from her.”
Seeing Zhang Shaoqing’s expression and attitude, Ning Chu felt relieved.
He didn’t look like someone who would darken because of family issues; at least his mood seemed decent, probably because he had fun outside yesterday.
She could do nothing about family matters, so she comforted him from a brotherly perspective: “It’s okay, you can hide for a couple of days; I’ll mark you present in class.”
“We’ll see.”
Wang Jie, looking sleepy, came back from the balcony, climbed into bed, and reminded, “I’m going to sleep now, keep it down.”
“I’ll have a smoke and then catch some Z’s.”
Zhang Shaoqing stretched, cigarette in his mouth, picked up his lighter, and headed out, but before he could leave the dorm, Wang Jie’s heavy snoring blasted from behind.
He rubbed his ear despairingly; Wang Jie was great everywhere else, but his snoring was hard to deal with.
Wen Yang had planned on getting some extra sleep too, but after hearing the snoring, he abandoned that thought, grabbed his toiletries, and followed him to the balcony.
The smoke on the balcony made Wen Yang frown, not appreciating the smell, and as he stood at the sink washing up, he suggested, “How about you smoke outside in the hallway? The clothes are all smelling like your smoke.”
“It’s fine.”
Zhang Shaoqing leaned against the railing, puffing away. He pulled out a glasses case from his pocket, thought for a moment, and asked Wen Yang, “Hey! Aren’t you curious if Ning Chu is a boy or a girl?”
“A boy.”
“Don’t joke around! Where does she look like a boy?!”
He chuckled, leaning forward, and used a teasing tone, “Wen Yang, I have a way for you to find out.”
“Yeah?”
“Look!” Zhang Shaoqing excitedly handed over the glasses case. “If you wear these, you can see through Ning Chu’s…”
Before he could finish, Wen Yang grabbed the glasses case.
“Wow~ and you say you’re not curious? You’re so impatient.” Zhang Shaoqing grinned, sitting back on the sink, smoking while encouraging, “Go take a look, figure out if it’s a boy or a girl. You’re close with Ning Chu; if she finds out, you’ll just get beaten up.”
“Where did you get this?”
“Just wandered around yesterday and bought it from a roadside stand. I tried it out~” Zhang Shaoqing’s grin became even more lewd, “And it works, for real.”
“If you use this to look at girls~ tsk tsk.”
Wen Yang looked at him, his expression a mix of complexity, as if he were looking at a scumbag pervert.
“I thought it was fake! Who knew it really works!”
Zhang Shaoqing was irritated by the judging look and spat, “Hurry up and see if Ning Chu is a boy or a girl! Quit wasting time! If you’re scared, give it back to me!”
“Why should I do it because you’re too scared?”
He flicked the cigarette butt, crushed it underfoot, shook his outerwear, and raised his head. “A gentleman!”
“Ning Chu!”
“What the hell! What are you doing?!”
Zhang Shaoqing was stunned, never expecting Wen Yang to betray him face-to-face!
Panicking, he grabbed Wen Yang, “Wait! At least look before you tell Ning Chu!”
“Ning Chu! Shaoqing got some weird glasses from somewhere!”
“You idiot! You can’t be my brother anymore!”
Ning Chu, playing with her phone on the bed, jolted upright.
No way! Not again!
She hurriedly wrapped herself in her blanket, feeling insecure, trying to shrink back into her bed, hoping that whatever that thing was couldn’t see through the blanket and just expose her.
The villain in the story sure would be having a blast!
Ning Chu loudly exclaimed, “Give it to me! I’m confiscating it!”
“What the hell! Why confiscate it?!” Zhang Shaoqing wailed, “I paid for it!”
“Who knows what you’re going to use it for!”
Wen Yang chimed in, “He already used it to look at girls; that’s already pretty perverted.”
“That was an accident!”
“And he was planning to use it to look at you…”
Ning Chu scoffed, “Pervert!”
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