Chapter 257: Brother Neighbor
“She’s a girl… and still with Wen Yang…”
“Why didn’t I think of that?”
“Yeah, she’s way prettier than average girls. How did I miss that?”
Wang Jie was having a bit of a life crisis, confused and mumbling to himself while drooping over his desk in class.
He clearly wasn’t that clueless.
“What’s going on?”
Ning Chu wondered if this was just the inertia of the plot.
After all, even though she’d been living with boys in the dorm, enjoying her happy life, Wang Jie had never noticed anything.
Fortunately, up to this point, none of the plots had developed smoothly; she had disrupted them all cleanly.
The love triangle ending had already been changed by her.
It turned into a pure love 1V1… no escaping from it.
Wang Jie turned to examine Ning Chu’s face, frowning as he sighed.
At this point, even if Ning Chu dressed like a boy, she couldn’t hide that feminine figure. They clearly lived under the same roof, yet he had never noticed.
Plus, Ning Chu and Wen Yang were always making eyes at each other, so it was obvious something was up.
“Am I really that dumb?”
“Yes, you are,” Zhang Shaoqing replied decisively.
After morning classes, Ning Chu went with Wen Yang to the cafeteria for lunch like usual.
Just as she sat down, her phone buzzed with a video call reminder.
“Mom! I’m home now!”
When the call connected, a big face appeared on the screen, Hei Dou excitedly shouting, “Grandma is getting dinner ready for me! It’s all meat!”
“It’s sister…”
Ning Chu patiently corrected Hei Dou’s title, glancing around to ensure no classmates overheard.
She’d become a university student with a daughter under twenty… that’s just too extreme.
In ancient times, people didn’t get married at thirteen or fourteen like this.
“Sister~”
“Are you getting along over there?” Ning Chu casually asked, then turned to Wen Yang, “I’m craving fried chicken legs.”
“Alright, I’ll go get some.”
This was Hei Dou’s first time using video chat; even her chubby face couldn’t fit the whole phone screen: “Yeah! The house is so big~ and there are so many snacks~”
Seeing Hei Dou’s joyful smile on the screen, Ning Chu relaxed her worried feelings.
She was concerned that the cat girl might go through a shock in the new environment.
For cats, severe stress can be deadly.
“He Dou! Come eat lunch!”
“Coming!”
Her mother’s voice echoed from the phone, and Hei Dou’s figure disappeared from view.
Ning Chu didn’t hang up the video and set her phone aside.
“How’s it going?” Wen Yang sat next to her, seeing her phone on the table, “Where is she?”
“She’s gone to eat; looks like she’s doing well.”
“That’s good.”
Today, Wen Yang only got one plate of food, along with two separate bowls of rice. He broke the disposable chopsticks and handed them to Ning Chu, asking, “Is Hei Dou going to school later?”
“Yeah, she has to go to school.”
“That’s tough,” he shook his head. “She used to just lounge in the house every day, with someone to scoop her litter, and didn’t have to worry about food or sleep.”
By that logic, Hei Dou really was in a tough spot.
From being a cute little cat to a cat girl, she now had to read, socialize, and earn money… all sorts of worries would soon descend upon Hei Dou.
Whereas before, she just ate and slept without a care in the world.
“Sister! I’m going to eat!”
Hei Dou suddenly popped back onto the screen, “Brother-in-law! Bye!”
As the video call ended, Wen Yang paused, mumbling, “Didn’t she used to call me Dad or Brother?”
“Must be what my mom taught her?”
With Hei Dou gone, most of the plot characters at school had given up on Wen Yang, so Ning Chu didn’t have to worry about bumping into a few scheming foxes every day, allowing her to focus on disrupting the plot.
The novel she signed a contract with was officially published two days ago; even without a weekend part-time job, she would still earn a steady few hundred bucks.
Everything was getting on track, and she could finally enjoy her university life~
Ning Chu cheerfully shook her waist while eating lunch.
As she played with her phone, another message notification popped up.
“Isn’t Hei Dou eating?” she murmured. “My mom wouldn’t let her play on her phone while eating, right?”
Even though her mom loved to watch dramas and scroll through short videos during meals…
Opening the message, her phone screen switched to the chatting software, revealing a familiar yet slightly unfamiliar account.
“Hei Dou?” Wen Yang leaned in to look at her screen, “Who is it?”
“Um… it’s the neighbor brother from childhood.”
Ning Chu sighed, putting down her chopsticks and resting her chin in her hand. “He got discharged from the army, it’s been years, and now he wants to hang out.”
She remembered that before she transmigrated, during her freshman year, this neighbor brother also retired around this time.
Due to not finding his desired job after discharge, he came to the city where she was studying to hang out for a few days with friends he hadn’t seen in years, and to look for a job at the same time.
At that time, she naturally accepted the invitation, spending two days with him on the weekend and helping him find a job. The two had kept in touch and had a good relationship.
Although they were encountering something from the past again, the situation was completely different now…
She was already a succubus, and the plot after meeting the neighbor brother surely wouldn’t unfold like before.
“He doesn’t know you’re a girl, right?”
Ning Chu worriedly nodded, “Maybe I shouldn’t go?”
“But not going doesn’t seem right…”
After all, he was a childhood playmate, an older brother who always looked after her.
Plus, she didn’t want to lose a friend she could connect with just because of her refusal.
Seeing her hesitate, Wen Yang decided for her: “Then go! Just in time, I’ll also be working part-time in the city center this weekend.”
“If you run into any trouble, call me, and I’ll get there quickly.”
Ning Chu agreed, feeling relieved.
After realizing this was a parallel world, she had anticipated meeting old friends as a woman.
This was just the first time.
She couldn’t keep avoiding every reunion, right?
“The question is how to explain it.” She pondered, “What if I just say I like wearing women’s clothing?”
“Then when you’re going to marry me later, that explanation would fall apart.”
“Who says I’m marrying you… What if I just wear men’s clothing? He hasn’t seen my old self in years anyway.”
But Wen Yang was worried about another aspect: “What if he falls for you?”
“???”
“No, it’s better not to go then.”
His possessiveness towards Ning Chu suddenly spiked, looking just like her as he said, “You running off alone to meet a guy, I can’t relax about it.”
“This… then you should go with me!”
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No extra chapter today; got caught while driving! Had to revise…
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