35. Lunch Break
It looks like that bad woman isn’t just a plot character.
If she were, then logically when Wen Yang lost all interest in Glasses Girl, any related plot would have been thrown off, and Ning Chu would be punished.
But nothing strange was happening to her.
When her takeout arrived at noon, Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie had already returned to the dormitory.
“Whoa! Did you fall hard?” Zhang Shaoqing exclaimed, staring wide-eyed at Wen Yang’s palm and knee all smeared with ointment. “So what, you still going to participate in the Sports Meeting?”
“Not participating, I told the instructor already.” Wen Yang lifted his leg, “I twisted my foot too, can’t put any effort into it.”
“Are you okay?” Wang Jie asked worriedly. “Have you been to the medical room?”
“Been there, I’ll be fine in a day or two, not a big deal.”
Saying a day or two was a bit of a stretch, considering after just a few hours of resting, the pain in Wen Yang’s ankle had already significantly lessened.
“Good thing Ning Chu isn’t participating either. You should take care of Wen Yang more these couple of days.” Zhang Shaoqing turned to look at Ning Chu, who was busy eating lunch. “Hey! You should take care of your husband~”
“Get lost!”
“Why so feisty today? Aunt Flo coming for a visit?”
Wen Yang figured Ning Chu was just in a bad mood.
Thanks to his tumble, nearly all the girls in school now knew he existed, and Ning Chu’s previously sour tone was clearly her worrying that he might get seduced by another woman.
After knowing each other for so long, Ning Chu still didn’t trust his character one bit.
After a meal that was mainly recorded in a food review video, Ning Chu stretched and prepared to get some sleep.
With the absence of the loudspeaker’s chatter at noon, she estimated she could catch a two-hour nap to recharge for the harassment from the Vixens later.
“Wen Yang, I’m taking a nap.”
To prevent Wen Yang from going out flirting with girls during her lunch break, she’d always remind him.
“Okay, I’ll catch some Z’s after I finish eating.”
It was only Wednesday, and Wen Yang’s meals had turned into instant noodles with hot dogs again.
He had spent most of the two hundred bucks he earned from his weekend job on Ning Chu’s small skirts; the leftover money only lasted a couple of days. Now he was back to scraping by.
Thank goodness Ning Chu reminded him about the bad woman every day; else, when that loan app promotion showed up, he might have seriously considered getting a loan.
“Hard-earned money spent on skirts… at least Ning Chu has to wear them, right?” Wen Yang mumbled to himself, brainstorming how to coax Ning Chu into wearing the small skirts.
After several potential strategies that he feared might annoy her popped into his head, Yan Xinya suddenly came to mind.
Getting Yan Xinya to help would be perfect; even if Ning Chu was put off, it would be directed towards Wolf Girl, not him.
So he immediately grabbed his phone, found Yan Xinya’s chat icon, and was about to type a message when he suddenly froze.
His social app was linked to Ning Chu.
Quickly switching over to text message…
“Ning Chu, want to go out this afternoon? I also invited Xinya and Lily.” Wen Yang looked up at Ning Chu on her bed. “You in?”
“Your foot okay?”
“I can walk normally.”
Ning Chu pursed her lips; she didn’t want to go shopping with Wen Yang alone, as that seemed like a date, but with Yan Xinya and Lily, it felt different.
Drowsiness wrapped her mind like quicksand, making her too lazy to think.
“Fine.”
“Nice! One guy taking out three girls for fun.” Zhang Shaoqing turned around, teasing as usual, “Must be nice to be handsome.”
Wen Yang was packing up his lunch box, “Ning Chu is a guy.”
“Ah, right, right~ a trap.” Zhang Shaoqing ribbed him, “Wen Yang, are you planning to chase that Wolf Girl or the Succubus? Want me to be your wingman?”
He patted his chest seriously, “My wingman skills are 100% certified!”
“Pass.”
“Wait, don’t you trust your bro?”
Curiosity sparked, Wang Jie turned around too. “Yeah, I’ve noticed those two girls sticking around you guys a lot lately.”
“But it looks more like Ning Chu’s friends,” he added, “Being good-looking is different. Still single, but at least she has two friends.”
Wen Yang didn’t want to reveal Ning Chu was a girl, so he casually brushed it off, “Just friends hanging out, nothing more.”
“Then can I tag along? I happen to be single too.”
“Forgot about Ling Ling so soon?” Ning Chu chimed in.
Zhang Shaoqing’s face darkened, “Why bring that up?”
“Shush, I’m trying to sleep.”
The dorm quieted down for all of two minutes.
It was Zhang Shaoqing again, he quietly asked Wen Yang, “Hey, hey! Don’t go to sleep just yet.”
“What’s up?”
“So, which one do you like? Wolf Girl or Succubus?”
“Neither,” Wen Yang replied firmly.
“Bro~ stop playing!” Zhang Shaoqing said knowingly, kicking up his legs and suggesting, “I reckon the Succubus is better; I’ve heard she’s a wild one in bed, but that Wolf Girl? She’d probably knock you out with a single punch.”
“Hey, that Succubus from class always has a straight face; you can tell she’s hard to approach. How did you start flirting with her?”
Wen Yang rubbed his temples, not wanting to get caught up with a pervert, and promptly crawled into bed.
Sitting on the edge, he instinctively glanced over at Ning Chu.
Ning Chu was always a terrible sleeper; she lay flat on her back, her head tilted on the pillow, the quilt kicked aside, her short sleeves riding up and exposing her belly and waist, legs awkwardly posed with no semblance of sleep etiquette.
Catching a glance at the other two guys down below, noticing no one was watching him, he quietly reached over half his body onto Ning Chu’s bed, gingerly pulling up the quilt, trying to cover her.
Don’t want her to catch a cold from the draught.
More importantly, he hoped Zhang Shaoqing or Wang Jie wouldn’t develop any weird thoughts about Ning Chu.
Suddenly, Ning Chu’s eyes shot open, her bright large eyes staring straight at Wen Yang.
“Sleeping so lightly?”
“…”
She looked at Wen Yang attempting to crawl onto her bed and genuinely couldn’t grasp where he got his audacity from.
Broad daylight! The other two roommates were still awake!
“Cover yourself properly, don’t catch a chill.” Wen Yang said calmly, promptly retreating back to his own bed.
“…”
Ning Chu fell silent, pulling the quilt over herself, suddenly feeling wide awake.
She wasn’t sure whether Wen Yang actually intended to cover her with a quilt or if he had other plans, but one thing was for certain—if Wen Yang truly had a mind to sneak into her quilt, that would be incredibly convenient.
“Maybe I should get a bed curtain… at least I’d feel safer.”
Ning Chu rolled over and immediately placed an online order.
“Also need to bring lunchtime Hypnosis Spray to bed, keep it under the pillow… Shaoqing’s wrench could really be useful too…”
Next time this kind of situation pops up, she won’t care if it’s a misunderstanding. First, she’ll spray Wen Yang with the Hypnosis Spray, then pull out the wrench for some serious interrogation.
