Chapter 175: 174. Trouble is Brewing
Zhang Shaoqing strolled into the classroom with his hands stuffed in his pockets, all nonchalant-like.
His eyes landed on Ning Chu sitting in the front row, next to a host of stunning girls.
We’ve got a fox girl, a wolf girl, and even a succubus~
Top-tier ladies!
I must say, Ning Chu fits right in among these girls. Even though she’s still in simple boy’s clothes, her feminine youthful face stands out, not losing to the succubus beside her at all. Paired with her petite stature and slim build, she looks almost indistinguishable from a girl.
Just… a tad flat.
Zhang Shaoqing couldn’t help but think that Ning Chu would be better off as a girl.
“Tsk~ Looking pretty enough, huh? That fox must be Ning Chu’s bestie now?” He turned to Wang Jie with a smirk, “So, should we sit next to Ning Chu or find our own spot?”
“Either is fine, I guess?”
“Then of course we’re squeezing in next to Ning Chu! What if a girl crushes on us!”
“I have a girlfriend.”
“I don’t!”
Zhang Shaoqing hopped over to Ning Chu’s side and plopped down with a grin that screamed “I’m here to please”: “You’re here early, huh? Have you eaten breakfast yet?”
Ning Chu rested her head on the desk, lethargically glancing at Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie.
It was obvious this two-faced guy had an ulterior motive.
Otherwise, Zhang Shaoqing was normally the type to greet her with a mockery that would make her fume.
Not in the mood to entertain Zhang Shaoqing, Ning Chu shifted into a more comfortable position and continued to lie on the desk.
“I see how it is, ignoring me, huh?” Zhang Shaoqing complained as he sat down, “I brought you breakfast! Ungrateful wolf!”
“That was my breakfast…” Wang Jie mumbled, nudging a bag of breakfast towards Ning Chu’s desk, “Wen Yang said you were low on blood sugar and lazy, so I brought breakfast this morning.”
Ning Chu hadn’t eaten breakfast, but mainly because she wasn’t in the mood.
But they brought food, so she had to eat something, right?
“Thanks.”
She yawned, sat up a bit straighter, and lethargically munched on the food.
“Didn’t sleep well last night?”
“Yeah, not really used to it.”
“Then go back to the dorm, why hang out with all these girls?” Zhang Shaoqing always had a way of spitting out nonsense, “You were already kinda feminine and hanging out with a bunch of girls, are you prepping for surgery in Thailand?”
Ning Chu twitched her mouth, about to argue back, but then she heard the two-faced guy continue blabbing: “Hey! Someone in class saw you wandering around the girls’ dorm, and even the counselor knows.”
“Ah?”
Suddenly alert, her heart raced: “How does the counselor know?”
“Someone took a photo and posted it in the group, saying they saw a guy in the girls’ dorm multiple times, and it really made her feel unsafe.”
What the heck! Who did that?!
Ning Chu immediately turned to Lin Li, hoping it wasn’t this bad woman!
“What are you looking at? What does it have to do with me?” Lin Li rolled her eyes at Ning Chu, “We were all out playing last night, I even drank, there’s no way I would have time to report you!”
Yan Xinya leaned closer, her wolf ears hiding in her hair, an expression of guilt written all over: “Seems like getting caught having someone of the opposite sex staying over results in at least a warning, right?”
“!!”
Ning Chu’s face froze. Wait, why are these students so double-standard?!
In the boys’ dorm, girls wander in and out all the time, yet they hear rumors of girls staying over without a care!
Zhang Shaoqing was completely unfazed: “It’s fine, it’s just a warning, what’s there to be afraid of?”
If he got in trouble, he wouldn’t be so cavalier.
Ning Chu felt utterly wronged. What’s wrong with a girl staying in the girls’ dorm?
But her student ID still says “male,” and this matter was only known by a few close beast-eared girls and Wen Yang.
Wang Jie chimed in with some reassurance: “I checked; a verbal warning is just a scolding and writing a reflection.”
Ning Chu let out a sigh of relief. Just a scolding isn’t too bad; in her younger days, she probably got scolded more times than she could count, and writing reflections was child’s play.
“But if you get caught again, it might go on your record…”
“……”
Now there’s a problem! Wen Yang hasn’t come back yet. If the counselor gives a warning and makes her write a reflection, she’ll have to stay in the boy’s dorm for the next few days!
Between punishment and chastity, Ning Chu would undoubtedly choose the latter.
There’s no protagonist halo here; any trouble in the boy’s dorm could lead to way more than just chastity issues! It could even escalate into a silver party!
“Ugh…”
With Wen Yang gone, all kinds of trouble came knocking!
Ning Chu picked at her breakfast absentmindedly before lying back down on the desk, unlocking her phone and checking the message from Wen Yang.
“Good morning.”
Just get to the point instead of sending such vague texts like we’re in a romance! Isn’t he bored?
Ning Chu grumbled in her heart and cheerily replied “Good morning.”
She eagerly awaited Wen Yang’s response, but after a moment of silence, her phone remained still. She then slumped back on the desk again.
Today, Uncle Wen Yang was going to have surgery, so he was probably busy.
Having not slept well last night, she planned to catch up on some sleep this morning.
It wasn’t that she was worried about perverts; after last night’s escapade, she realized the world of Small Royal Text wasn’t as terrifying as she imagined.
At least it wasn’t so bad that without the protagonist halo, a pervert would random “refresh” next to her.
She wouldn’t be kidnapped in broad daylight or get on a ride-share to face a creep, or wake up to find a pervert in the dorm.
Public places felt pretty safe.
This gradually restored her sense of security, but for some reason, she found herself hoping even more for Wen Yang to return…
“Ning Chu!”
Initially thinking it was the teacher calling her name, she looked up only to see almost the entire class staring at her.
Stunned, she felt a sense of foreboding and turned to the corridor.
Sure enough, it was that old witch…
“The old witch is looking for you.” Zhang Shaoqing got up and moved aside, stifling a laugh, gloating, “Karma is here~”
“Pay me ten bucks for every hundred words of a reflection I write,” Lin Li jumped at the business opportunity.
Ning Chu let out a tired sigh.
Should she explain the situation to the counselor?
But that would mean the counselor would call her parents.
And she wasn’t ready to face her parents…
Her head felt a bit chaotic as Ning Chu soullessly walked to the corridor, facing the counselor’s fierce glare, and felt a chill run down her spine.
“Look at you, waltzing in and out of the girls’ dorm like it’s nothing, staying overnight. What were you up to?”
“Can’t you just climb over the wall? Even sneaking around would’ve worked!”
“……”
“Just making things difficult for me!” The counselor shot a glare at Ning Chu, “Come to my office!”
Ning Chu, feeling defeated, followed the counselor.
Sounds serious, huh… Never been punished before, I have no experience!
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