55. Dormitory
“Kids! Daddy’s home!”
In the early morning, the dormitory door was kicked open, and Zhang Shaoqing strutted right in.
“WOW! It feels just like coming home when I return to the dorm!”
He spun around to shut the gate behind him, making sure Black Bean didn’t sneak off and get lost, then lifted his head to quickly scan the room.
“Why’s no one paying attention to me?”
He glanced up at Ning Chu, who was perched at the head of her bed, her face practically shouting “socially awkward”: “Hey! Where’s Wen Yang?”
“He’s in the bathroom.”
“Then your boyfriend isn’t lost, so why the long face?”
“……”
Zhang Shaoqing grumbled as he approached the bed, tiptoeing while waving a bag of breakfast in front of Ning Chu: “Wanna eat? I brought rice rolls from outside school.”
Ning Chu just lifted her head for a split second, yawned, and shook her head.
“You’re a piece of work.”
She was entirely focused on how to survive the next few days without Wen Yang. Since coming here, she had never been apart from him for long, and the thought of him leaving filled her with unease.
At some point, she realized she had become dependent on Wen Yang.
Ning Chu hugged her little legs and rested her chin on her knees, curling up into a ball.
“This early, huh?” Wen Yang walked in from the balcony, casually greeting Zhang Shaoqing.
“Hey, rice rolls, Ning Chu doesn’t want any, so you better eat up.”
“Got it.”
He grabbed two portions of rice rolls from Zhang Shaoqing and then turned toward Ning Chu: “You really don’t want any?”
Ning Chu perked up, waving her hands dismissively: “I don’t like rice rolls, you can have them.”
“You’ll get low bl**d sugar if you skip breakfast.”
“Then why don’t you go buy me something from the cafeteria?”
“Sure.”
As soon as Wen Yang left the dorm, Ning Chu slumped again, sulking and staring at her phone.
Zhang Shaoqing turned back to look at her and spat, “You think you can just show me your sour face, huh?”
She just didn’t want to look too gloomy in front of Wen Yang.
That would make it seem like she absolutely couldn’t live without him.
“Hey! Ning Chu.” Zhang Shaoqing suddenly fished something out of his pocket, waving it like he just found gold, “I went to a wedding yesterday and discovered a treasure!”
“!!!”
NO WAY! Is that the villain’s prop coming back?
She still hadn’t gotten a chance to use that hypnosis spray!
Ning Chu bolted up, leaning over her bed with a tense look: “What is it?”
“Just kidding!” Zhang Shaoqing opened his hand, revealing nothing.
“……”
How childish can you get?
He reminded her of those little boys in elementary school who loved to tease girls.
Ning Chu shot him an exasperated look: “You’re insane.”
But this little commotion lightened her mood quite a bit.
Anyway, Wen Yang’s leave was next week. Who knows? Maybe he’d decide he didn’t want to go after all.
It’d be better to think about whether Wen Yang would run into any romantic subplots when he went to the cafeteria for food.
Just as this thought crossed her mind, her expression froze.
Fire surged in her belly, her face rapidly turning a shade of flirtatious pink, and her skin quickly blushing crimson.
Oh no!
She flopped back onto her bed, dove under the covers, biting her lip and gripping the quilt tightly to calm herself down.
Fortunately, after releasing some stress earlier, this punishment wasn’t too intense. She could handle it for now.
“Wen Yang…”
Ning Chu gritted her teeth and endured it.
She should really be concerned about the unannounced punishments when Wen Yang wasn’t around!
This time, it just happened to be while on the bed, where diving under the covers could hide her; next time, who knows?
She had trained Wen Yang so well that he firmly refused any flirty girls he met, which meant she often found herself accepting unexpected punishments.
“Hey! Ning Chu, what do you want for lunch? We could do a group discount?”
Zhang Shaoqing leaned over, tiptoeing to peek at the bulging quilt on Ning Chu’s bed: “I saw a new place opened! Want to try it for lunch?”
“……”
At this moment, Ning Chu couldn’t even open her mouth.
If she spoke, her tone would definitely come out all sweet and flirty, raising red flags.
Now that she was alone with Zhang Shaoqing, who knew what this guy would do if he discovered her situation…
“Ugh! You’re ignoring me again!”
Zhang Shaoqing stomped away, grumbling as he plopped in front of the computer: “I even brought breakfast for you guys, and you won’t eat or even acknowledge me.”
“Hey! Wen Yang’s getting hit on by girls at the cafeteria!”
He suddenly shouted with enthusiasm.
“……”
“Well!” Noticing Ning Chu’s lack of response, Zhang Shaoqing begrudgingly returned to his computer.
About ten minutes later, Wen Yang came back, carrying Ning Chu’s breakfast.
“I got you some braised noodles. Time to get out of bed for food.” He placed the breakfast on the table, turning back to remind, “Shao Qing, I topped up the electricity bill yesterday, send me fifty.”
“Sure. But you should see what’s up with Ning Chu, I’ve tried talking to her for ages, and she won’t even look my way.”
He glanced up towards the bed, spotting Ning Chu poking her little head out from under the covers, her cheeks all rosy and adorably cute.
Isn’t that a good thing?
“Come on down for a meal.”
“Mhm.”
Ning Chu had survived the punishment, but now she was worried that Wen Yang might notice the water mark on her bottom, hesitating as she sat up and dangled her feet off the edge of the bed.
She caught a glimpse of Zhang Shaoqing, who was busy playing on the computer with his back to her, and she seized the opportunity to quickly climb down from the bed.
“Whoa! You didn’t pee the bed, did you?!”
As soon as she hit the floor, Ning Chu heard that chill-inducing tease.
She froze, and her brain short-circuited.
Oh no! Not good!
But Wen Yang reacted quickly, stepping in front of her to block Zhang Shaoqing’s line of sight, immediately providing her with a suitable cover story: “She probably drank too much water and spilled on herself.”
“Yeah, that’s right!”
Ning Chu threw a grateful glance at Wen Yang, grabbing a pair of pants in a hurry and darting toward the bathroom.
As for the water mark? Well, Wen Yang had already seen it when she practically begged him to do something about her. Some embarrassment still felt acceptable.
Besides, Wen Yang knew her succubus identity and could understand her situation.
“Changing pants and going to the toilet? Aren’t you making a big deal about it?”
Wen Yang shot a glance at the still-grumbling Zhang Shaoqing, feeling tense.
He feigned a casual demeanor while testing the waters with Zhang Shaoqing: “Do you think Ning Chu could actually be a girl?”
“You’ve been watching Little Emperor Wen too much, or are you interested in crossdressers now?”
Wen Yang let out a sigh of relief.
Even though this guy continually teased Ning Chu about being a girl and suggested she go to Thailand or something, he clearly hadn’t realized that Ning Chu really was a girl.
A succubus, nonetheless…
Wen Yang rubbed his nose in frustration.
Didn’t succubi typically have random bursts of urges every few days? Why was Ning Chu having one or two every day?
And living in the boys’ dorm? That was too risky.
What if Zhang Shaoqing or Wang Jie found out and had thoughts about Ning Chu…
That could not happen!
