Chapter 217: Good Bros
This rental apartment, at first glance, seems pretty clean, but it looks like it hasn’t been rented out for a while—there’s a fine layer of dust on the tabletop.
Ning Chu and Wen Yang bought some daily necessities at the village supermarket, and as soon as they got back to the apartment, they started a cleaning spree that lasted until past ten in the evening. Exhausted, they flopped down on the sofa.
The two-person sofa should have enough space for both of them, but with Wen Yang’s towering height—nearly six-foot-three—Ning Chu could only sit close to him, with their arms pressed together, feeling a bit squashed.
“We should grab the quilt and pillow from the dorm. If we buy new ones, it’ll cost a fortune.”
“Let’s just order the bed sheets online… We’ll make do tonight.”
Ning Chu muttered as she browsed for the prettiest bed sheets on her shopping app, when suddenly her phone rang.
“Who is it?”
“Zhang Shaoqing… Don’t say anything; he thinks you’re at Wen Wen’s place.”
She had been expecting Zhang Shaoqing’s call and was ready. As soon as she answered, she shot out a commanding, “Hello? What’s up!”
“The dorms are locked, are you coming back tonight?”
“I’m sleeping at Xinya’s dorm tonight. Not coming back.”
“Dude! You and Wen Yang are like two peas in a pod! Once you have a girlfriend, you forget your roommate, huh? Jerkwad!”
“Cough~”
Ning Chu put her phone on speaker and glanced at the “jerkwad” next to her, seeing Wen Yang innocently shrugging.
Zhang Shaoqing’s voice dropped conspiratorially. “Hey, did you know? Wen Yang got a girlfriend who looks just like you.”
“Oh really? He just got her while I was out the last few days?”
“I reckon so! You sound pretty chill about it. Aren’t you getting jealous with a girl going after Wen Yang?”
Ning Chu calmly explained, “Jealous? I’m just worried he’ll get tricked by some bad woman. Look at those girls who are actively approaching him—are any of them sane?”
“Well, are you gonna…”
“I’ll go meet that woman tomorrow.”
With that, Zhang Shaoqing cackled, successfully stoking the drama, channeling his inner villain.
Ning Chu thought he was being childish and rolled her eyes. “I’ve been living in the girls’ dorm for a while now. I’m not going back.”
“Wait! You’re a girl, aren’t you?”
“If I were a girl, would I have gotten a verbal warning from the instructor?”
“Dude! So you’re throwing a silver party in the girls’ dorm?!”
“Jealous much? Bye!”
After hanging up on Zhang Shaoqing, Ning Chu sighed in relief, leaning weakly against Wen Yang’s shoulder, grumbling, “Seriously, at this rate, we can’t keep this a secret.”
“Should we clarify it at some point?” Wen Yang casually wrapped his arm around her waist.
Being so close, Tingling sensations shot through Wen Yang, fueled by the subtle fragrance of youth wafting from Ning Chu. After being pent up for a long time, he was suddenly feeling a whole lot taller.
Ning Chu remained oblivious, staring straight at the TV, mumbling, “Originally, I thought it wouldn’t matter if he knew I was renting.”
Zhang Shaoqing long suspected she was a girl; even if he found out for sure, he probably wouldn’t react much.
But if he discovered she had also successfully hooked up with his roommate… well, that sounded too bizarre.
“Whatever, I’m too lazy to think about it. I’m going to shower and sleep.”
After all, she wouldn’t be going back to the boys’ dorm anytime soon! It’d be best if her friendship with Zhang Shaoqing faded away gradually.
Rising with a yawn from Wen Yang’s thigh, Ning Chu walked sluggishly to the wardrobe, her eyes slightly red and glistening with fatigue. Tomorrow she’d have to revert to being that “man” again.
Though being a “man” was somewhat liberating, being a “woman” gave her an even greater sense of satisfaction.
She couldn’t define that satisfaction or explain that feeling.
Grabbing a short-sleeve shirt and shorts as makeshift pajamas, Ning Chu turned and headed into the bathroom.
The bathroom was a bit cramped, lacking any wet and dry separation. There was nowhere to put her clean clothes, so after looking around, she ended up hanging them on the hook behind the door, worrying that they might get wet.
After tossing her female outfit into the sink, Ning Chu glanced down and noticed a somewhat underdeveloped little tail curling around from her backside to her tummy.
“…”
She had unknowingly learned how to control this new appendage.
Though it wasn’t fully developed, that tail was already quite sensitive. Just a few gentle touches could send jolts of pleasure up her spine.
“Who knows, it might even grow horns… Maybe even little wings.”
Counting her blessings, Ning Chu figured she came out ahead.
She lost one exterior accessory and gained an interior one, plus a tail to boot.
The scary part was that she once found it hard to accept becoming a woman, yet now she actually kind of liked that tail.
After all, her mother had one too…
Wen Yang, yawning on the sofa, was half-heartedly watching the latest popular period drama on the TV, though his focus was entirely on the water sounds coming from the bathroom.
His mind couldn’t help but picture Ning Chu, in all her fair-skinned glory, showering. He pinched his nose, feeling quite a bit more awake.
The problem was, he had no clean clothes to wear…
He wondered if Ning Chu would mind.
He really hoped she wouldn’t make him sleep on the couch or the floor!
Unlike the dorms where privacy was nonexistent, this rental was just for the two of them, a lonely man and a lonely woman. They wouldn’t be disturbed.
Wen Yang felt a bit restless, imagining all sorts of scenarios that might unfold.
As a somewhat inexperienced guy, he was feeling a little anxious.
After nearly twenty minutes, Ning Chu sauntered out of the bathroom at a leisurely pace.
Hearing the door open, Wen Yang looked up immediately.
The freshly showered girl had skin that looked even dewy, with damp strands of hair sticking to her cheeks, giving off a delightful, carefree vibe. Her wet short sleeves clung to her chest, outlining her cute little figure, and he could even see the faintest hint of two rosy points.
Ning Chu sat at the end of the bed, tilting her head as she gently dried her hair with a towel. Her alluring, well-proportioned thighs were tightly pressed together, and a few droplets of water trickled down their curves.
Wen Yang’s breathing suddenly became quite heavy.
“Where’s the hairdryer…”
Ning Chu complained, “Sleeping with wet hair is supposed to give you headaches, you know.”
“I was going to buy one earlier, but the village supermarket didn’t have it, so let’s just make do tonight.”
“Alright then.” She tossed aside her towel and fell back onto the bed. “Good thing it’s not too cold tonight; I can sleep without a quilt.”
Wen Yang was starting to feel restless; he cautiously got up and sat at the edge of the bed.
To avoid getting caught, he had already straightened up and turned his body sideways, making sure not to face Ning Chu directly, fearful she might get startled.
“Let it dry naturally before sleeping,” Ning Chu was playing with her phone and casually asked, “Aren’t you going to shower?”
“I don’t have any clothes to change into…”
“Hmm, how about my old underwear? You can wear it, right? You’ve been outside all day; you can’t just not wash up!”
“It’s probably too small.” Sure enough, feeling dismissed, Wen Yang hurried to the bathroom, saying, “Guess I won’t change, then.”
“Hold on, let me get my old underwear for you to try.”
Ning Chu now had proper women’s underwear and didn’t need those old boxers anymore.
Now they’d be the kind of bros sharing the same underwear!
