Chapter 475. Gathering
As it approached nine o’clock, a girl with wolf ears and a swaying gray tail burst out of the school gate, chattering away.
Once she reached the giant banyan tree by the school entrance, she looked around a couple of times but didn’t see her promised companions. Her tail, once flicking with energy, gradually came to a halt as she turned back with a sullen expression, eyeing the succubus dressed in a pure white gown, looking like a proper lady.
“It was supposed to be nine o’clock! Not a single person is here!”
Lily slowly walked over to Yan Xinya, maintaining her icy expression and coldly replied, “Mm.”
“What about Ning Chu and Wen Yang? Shao Qing and Qian Qian are supposed to be here too! They’re all flaking out!”
The wolf girl, unable to sit still, was perturbed even more by the recent mating season, causing her to become even more restless. After waiting for just a few minutes, she lost her patience, pacing around the banyan tree without stopping, whining, “It’s already nine o’clock! Where is everyone? Where are they?!”
She resembled someone with ADHD, tugging at the banyan’s roots and kicking empty milk cartons on the ground.
Soon, she noticed a bus approaching from afar. “Here it comes, here it comes!”
When the bus pulled up to the stop, Yan Xinya eagerly stared at the back door, and familiar twin ponytails with flat red hair appeared in her sight.
“Qian Qian! Over here!”
“Where’s Ning Chu?”
As Qian Qian jumped off the bus, a large dog came bounding toward her, startling her for a moment, before she pointed back into the bus.
Yan Xinya turned to look, only to see Ning Chu disembarking gracefully in high heels.
“Wow~ Ning Chu looks super ladylike today~”
Hearing Wolf Girl’s words, Ning Chu proudly lifted her nose. “Of course~”
She was wearing high heels she wasn’t accustomed to, so she didn’t dare walk briskly like usual, but didn’t that just make her seem elegant and refined?
“Is everyone here yet?”
Wen Yang followed closely behind Ning Chu, scanning the area with inquiry.
“We’re still missing Shao Qing and Qian Qian.”
He nodded, “Shao Qing just texted, he said Qian Qian couldn’t get up because she overslept, so we should go ahead.”
“Oversleeping~” Ning Chu smirked cheekily.
It was clear that Qian Qian had gone through a legendary battle last night, but unlike Ning Chu, who could easily restore her strength with minimal downtime, Qian Qian, being a cat girl, had a much harder time waking up.
Oversleeping was perfectly normal; I suppose Zhang Shao Qing was too weak in the knees to even get up.
“Shall we head straight to the train station?” Yan Xinya glanced at the time. “There’s still plenty of time before the tickets at ten o’clock.”
“Let’s grab some breakfast first?” Qian Qian rubbed her little belly. “I’m a bit hungry.”
Ning Chu had already had a hearty breakfast to wake Wen Yang up earlier, so she wasn’t particularly hungry now but still nodded, “Alright, let’s find a place to eat.”
Most shops outside the campus were tightly closed in the morning, but the group quickly found one that specialized in breakfast.
Inside, several delivery workers were busy, and the tables were piled high with takeout orders.
The five of them walked in, found an empty table, and placed their orders. Ning Chu sat beside Wen Yang, playing with her phone, though her gaze frequently drifted towards Lily.
Both being succubi, their underlying rivalry had ignited ever since Lily had started subtly wearing light makeup in class.
Though Lily had also put on some makeup today, it was clear that Ning Chu was outshining her this time!
They were similar in height, but today she had specifically worn high heels, adding a few centimeters to her five-foot-six frame, ensuring she towered over Lily by a head!
Lily’s eyes subtly glanced at her, laced with a hint of envy, which undoubtedly fueled Ning Chu’s pride even more.
“I can’t even tell what you two are fighting over,” Wen Yang found their hidden rivalry amusing and leaned down to whisper in Ning Chu’s ear, “You’re clearly on good terms, and you used to be a man.”
“……”
Ning Chu’s smug expression instantly stiffened.
Right! I’ve only been a woman for half a year! How can I compare myself to Lily, who’s the real deal?!
Lily is prettier, has a better figure, and is more “succubus” than I am. It really isn’t a good thing for me to catch up to her in this aspect, right?
She fell silent for a moment, feeling a sense of humiliation, and kicked Wen Yang under the table in annoyance. “Mind your own business!”
Well, there was no going back now that she had fallen to this state. As long as she didn’t get pregnant or give birth, it would be fine.
“Let me tell you, Lily’s house is huge! Over 200 to 300 square meters! There are four single bedrooms!”
Yan Xinya was trying to divvy up the rooms. “Let’s discuss how to split this up. Lily can have her own room, and Ning Chu can share with me…”
“Why isn’t it Ning Chu and Wen Yang sharing?” Qian Qian interrupted her allocation.
“That won’t work; we still need to sleep at night, right?”
“……”
Ning Chu raised her head, flustered and indignant. “Don’t be ridiculous! That’s impossible!”
She wasn’t that desperate! And she certainly wasn’t that shameless to get cozy with Wen Yang in someone else’s house!
What if some accidental sounds leaked out and everyone heard? She would probably die of embarrassment in this little group.
“You’re a succubus with a boyfriend; mine’s just a reasonable assumption!”
She shot a glare at Wolf Girl in anger, just as the server brought the breakfast to their table, quickly shifting the topic, “Let’s eat quickly so we don’t miss our ride.”
Breakfast was simple: soy milk, fried dough sticks, and Chinese pancakes—about as common as a breakfast gets in the country.
Ning Chu added some sugar to her soy milk, tearing the fried dough into little pieces and soaking them in the soy milk, saying, “Let’s call for a ride. Two cars will be enough.”
“Sure.” Wen Yang immediately took out his phone to order a ride.
“Speaking of which, has Wang Jie been on leave for the whole week?” Yan Xinya asked while operating her phone to call a ride. “What has he been up to? We haven’t seen him in ages.”
“Something came up at home.” Ning Chu hadn’t expected Wolf Girl to be interested in the reclusive nerd. “I thought he didn’t have any presence at all.”
“No way~ Every Monday, it’s a fixed program where we tease him for being so weak he can hardly walk; it’s hilarious!”
Though Wolf Girl wouldn’t chime in on teasing Wang Jie, she always perked up her ears to listen when Zhang Shao Qing or Wen Yang teased him.
“What’s going on? It sounds serious?” Qian Qian also chimed in curiously.
“His personal matters, I won’t get into it,” Ning Chu said, not planning to spill Wang Jie’s business. “He should be back by next Monday.”
She and Wen Yang had been keeping an eye on the situation lately, but after Wang Jie borrowed money and went to find his girlfriend, he’d been unreachable. Online, he always dodged questions.
If it weren’t for the fact that Zhang Shao Qing had driven him, she would have suspected he ran off with the money.
“Hurry up and eat; the car is almost here.”
“Really fast?”
“Just 300 meters away.”
Hearing Wen Yang’s prompt, Ning Chu quickly picked up her soy milk and fumbled to swallow the soaked fried dough.
Wen Yang looked a bit worried. “Did you eat your lipstick?”
“Ah?” Ning Chu turned to Lily, worriedly asking, “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine……”
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