Chapter 343. The Truth
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Wen Yang pulled over a nearby blanket and covered the small demoness, who was completely bare.
Ning Chu was still a bit dazed, her brain lagging, lips slightly parted, cheeks flushed with vibrant pink, and breathing rapidly.
This time, she didn’t faint, but she was so weak she couldn’t get up.
Fortunately, she wasn’t too picky; there was nothing more outrageous written in the little royal novel, nothing like “getting out” or anything.
Otherwise, forget about being weak—she might as well have vanished altogether.
As her slightly scattered pupils gradually regained clarity, she realized Wen Yang had been staring at her, making her curl up shyly, tugging the blanket to cover her fair skin.
“Why are you staring at me like that…?”
Although she had been quite forward just moments ago, afterward, she turned into a bashful little girl.
Wen Yang liked this shy and easily flustered look of hers and couldn’t help but tease, “How about we do it again?”
“Absolutely not!”
Recalling how Ning Chu had shivered and dared not make a sound, yet her face had written joy all over it, Wen Yang suddenly felt he had the energy for a rematch, but unfortunately, the little demoness wasn’t too keen.
He didn’t push it, standing up to ask, “Should I carry you to take a shower?”
“I can do it myself.”
“It’s not like I’ve never bathed you before.”
The last time ended with her fainting during his wild antics…
Ning Chu shook her head in refusal, carefully standing up, but her legs gave out and she plopped down onto the floor.
Wen Yang helplessly walked over and effortlessly tossed her over his shoulder, ignoring her long legs kicking wildly, and headed straight for the bathroom.
“No! I can wash myself!”
“Don’t touch anything!”
“Hey!”
In her clear-headed state, being thoroughly washed inside and out by Wen Yang made Ning Chu’s sense of shame nearly explode.
“Done.”
She rushed out of the bathroom, grabbed a towel hanging on the wall and wrapped it around herself, quickly diving back under the covers.
Wen Yang emerged from the bathroom, glanced at the blushing Ning Chu and suddenly realized this was a great opportunity for some inquiries.
Actually, “interrogating” her during a double date might yield better results, but at that time, he hadn’t been in the right mindset, and looking back, he missed an interesting play.
But that felt a bit too premeditated, somewhat vile…
Wen Yang deliberately didn’t wear any underwear as he returned to the edge of the bed; Ning Chu stole a glance and immediately turned away, sheepishly inching away from him.
“Pervert.”
Though she turned her head away, Ning Chu’s eyes were still rolling around, clearly lingering in his direction.
“Ning Chu, there’s something I want to ask you.”
“I don’t want to talk to a pervert… Just so you know, I’m not coming back; I’m dead tired.”
If it weren’t for the sight of her waist wriggling under the covers, Wen Yang might’ve almost believed the demoness’ words.
He took a moment to organize his thoughts before asking, “I’ve noticed that whenever I encounter something, you often seem to know about it in advance. Is that right?”
“Eh?”
“It’s just like you wrote in the novel; I’m merely the male lead in your story… or in the little royal novel.”
Ning Chu froze for a moment, her heart racing as she averted her gaze.
Without any deliberate hiding, she had already anticipated that Wen Yang would become suspicious, but she hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly.
If he hadn’t seen the autobiographical novel she wrote, then he might not have considered this direction at all; it was just too outrageous.
“I’ve seen you read the royal novel in the dorm; the main character shares my name.”
Mentioning the little royal novel made Ning Chu feel a rush of shame, like her dark past had been exposed… but having just enjoyed intimacy with this man, and being forced to be bathed inside and out…
It didn’t feel so hard to accept after all.
Wen Yang cautiously observed her, noting that Ning Chu was only turning her head away and didn’t dare look directly, her eyes flickering with unease, yet no particularly intense reaction.
After a small sigh of relief, he curiously and anxiously asked, “I can’t really be the main character from your little royal novel, right?”
“Hmm…”
Ning Chu hesitated, unsure whether to tell a little white lie to put Wen Yang at ease or simply lay out the truth.
She worried Wen Yang might have a meltdown and give up.
After a moment of silence, she chose once again to trust Wen Yang, believing in his emotional resilience.
“You don’t need to think too much about it… You’re completely different from the character in the book.” Ning Chu turned to the side, mumbling softly, “You’re kind of similar to what you guessed.”
Wen Yang blinked, momentarily stunned as to how to respond or what expression to wear.
“Let me show you…” Ning Chu picked up her phone from the pillow, unlocked the encrypted document, and handed it to Wen Yang, her face turning red as she reminded him, “This is something I wrote randomly before; don’t laugh at me…”
“……”
After a few hours, Wen Yang read through Ning Chu’s little royal novel from start to finish. He put down the phone and looked over at Ning Chu, who was seated at her desk, distractedly playing “Billion Zombies.”
The writing was quite good and had various styles, almost making him want to pull Ning Chu in and experience the plot from the book…
Perhaps noticing his gaze, Ning Chu paused her game, anxiously looking back, stammering, “Um… how was it?”
“What do you mean how?”
“What do you think now…” Ning Chu shyly lowered her head, her feet resting on the chair, curling up with her knees hugged to her chest, her voice tiny like a mosquito, “I didn’t know when I was writing; otherwise, I would have made you a rich second generation.”
“And then you’d be a rich young lady, huh?”
“?”
She looked confused, her head tilting up.
How could he still be in the mood to joke around?
Realizing her life had merely been a pre-planned “character setup,” and her previous struggles were just whimsically arranged “settings,” it wasn’t just hard to accept; her worldview should’ve crumbled, and she should be way less… optimistic, right?
“You, you…”
Wen Yang interrupted her inquiry: “Didn’t you say it? I have nothing to do with the character in the book.”
“I’m not that type of manwhore, the male lead in a royal novel who spends every night in revelry; it’s just a name that’s the same.”
“Besides, you don’t even know if you’re a character from some book or game either, right?”
Ning Chu hesitated for a second, suddenly feeling a bit panicked, glancing up to the ceiling before quickly reacting and chuckling, “True too.”
She took the initiative to sit next to Wen Yang, lightly sighing, “I thought you’d have a hard time accepting this.”
Wen Yang took a deep breath, distinctly feeling Ning Chu’s skin cool as jade, clearly catching a hint of the faint but captivating fragrance of a young girl…
Whether he was a character from a novel or if this world solely existed as a fictional story, he truly lived, his previous life was undeniable, and his feelings for Ning Chu weren’t scripted; he had long abandoned the role assigned in the book and even managed to win over the author.
“Not bad, from being a character casually manipulated by an author to being the one losing his mind over the author…”
“Shut it! You’re a pervert!”
She indignantly covered Wen Yang’s mouth with her hand.
She had just been so worried, yet this guy was still thinking about teasing her!
Wen Yang removed her hand, leaning down to meet her shy eyes, speaking gently, “I am your male lead; you probably can’t escape me now.”
“Ugh~” Ning Chu blushed and turned her head away, her tone filled with disgust, “Just because you’re the main character doesn’t mean you have to be bound to the author…”
So if that’s the case, didn’t she already have quite a few boyfriends?
“By the way, I saw in the last chapter that Shao Qing said he would become a girl, right? When’s that happening?”
“……”
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