030. Rain
Suddenly, the sky turned overcast, with the scorching sun blocked by dark clouds, and the wind began to stir restlessly.
Ning Chu instinctively looked up at the sky, watching as the thick black clouds gathered at an observable speed, completely engulfing the sun.
Awesome~
He followed the instructor’s commands, marching in step with his classmates, feeling like he could almost cry out of joy.
The entire week of military training had been under bright sunshine, torturing him to the point of tears. Finally, a rainy day had come!
He felt a cool sensation on his forehead; small raindrops started falling, causing the students to stir excitedly, but soon enough, the instructors barked orders to maintain order.
Even if the rain wasn’t heavy, at least he wouldn’t be training under the blazing sun today!
Within ten minutes, the light drizzle turned into a steady rainfall, and the military training had to pause, with students being moved under the trees for shelter.
“If it rains any harder, don’t we get to skip military training?” Wang Jie was clearly the happiest among them, sitting cross-legged on the ground and gazing up at the cloud-filled sky, his tone filled with hope, “Let it pour for five days and nights! Then we won’t have to do military training this week!”
“Hmm, they’ll probably make it up later?” Ning Chu sat on the circular flowerbed under the tree, unable to hide his own excitement.
Wen Yang brought back the bread and bottled water Han Jingye had prepared, plopping down beside Ning Chu. Before Ning Chu could say anything, a girl, blushing and head down, timidly handed him a thermos.
“I… I made sour plum soup.”
“This…”
He barely had a chance to refuse before the thermos was thrust into his hands.
The girl panicked and dashed away, blending back into the group of girls, quickly surrounded and teased about her bravery.
“How nice~ We get to drink sour plum soup made by a girl~”
Ning Chu felt a pang of jealousy, almost bursting with vinegar.
Why didn’t he transmigrate into the protagonist! Clearly, he was the author of this novel, so why was he stuck as a minor supporting female character who gets overlooked by the main character!
If he were the main character, he surely wouldn’t bristle at the plot like this. After all, back when he was writing, he was fully immersed in Wen Yang’s shoes, seeing himself as Wen Yang.
“Want some?” Wen Yang grinned, offering the thermos to him.
“That’s a gift from a girl for you~”
The teasing tone made Wen Yang a bit awkward: “I don’t like sour plum soup, though.”
“Then give it to me.” Zhang Shaoqing suddenly popped up from nowhere, snatching the thermos and gulping down half of it. “Burp!”
Ning Chu shot him a disdainful glance.
Ugh!
The wind on the playground grew more frantic, whipping the clothes around. Someone’s hat was swept away, carried off the field and into the nearby bushes.
Unfortunately, the girls on the playground were all wearing military training uniforms, not the short skirts they usually wore.
Ning Chu lowered his head, pressing his hat down.
The circular flowerbed was now filled with students, leaving Wen Yang and Zhang Shaoqing squeezed closer to him, while he noticed he was running out of space and nearly touching their shoulders.
Wow, he’d already been pushed to the side by the boys.
He had no choice but to stand up and give up some space to his classmates.
Seeing he had nowhere to go, Wen Yang patted his thigh, signaling for him to sit down.
“Tch!”
Ning Chu dismissively turned his head away.
Even though he was still a purebred macho man, he definitely didn’t have any interest in intimate physical contact with the male leads or villains.
Not even side-by-side! Much less sitting on their laps!
Raindrops fell through the thick branches, splattering down on the people seeking shelter.
The instructor took out his phone to ask for guidance from the higher-ups and, moments later, announced in a booming voice, “Military training is paused!”
“Yay!”
With cheers erupting from the students, the instructor continued without a hint of expression, “In half an hour, I will conduct a dormitory hygiene and safety inspection with the school leaders! Dorms that do not pass will be punished with five laps tomorrow.”
“Phew~”
“Dismissed!”
The hygiene inspection got moved up because of the rain.
Ning Chu recalled the chaotic scene in the dormitory and his head started to throb; the dorm had only been tidied up on the first day of school. No one had taken the initiative to clean in the following weeks.
But strangely, there also didn’t seem to be any trash on the dorm floor.
“Let’s go, let’s go, time to clean up!”
“Is my hairdryer considered a high-powered appliance? I hope it won’t get confiscated!”
The surrounding students clamorously left in groups, heading towards the dorm building.
“We should go too,” Wen Yang stretched, “What happened to that girl? The thermos is still with me.”
“She’s hiding over there, watching you,” Zhang Shaoqing pointed at the girl not far away, teasingly saying, “She’s probably after your WeChat, laying the groundwork for future nighttime escapades?”
Ning Chu felt a jolt, instinctively turning to look at Wen Yang.
If what Zhang Shaoqing said was true, wouldn’t Wen Yang lose his virginity in no time!
For some inexplicable reason, seeing Wen Yang’s slightly nervous expression, a strange sense of guilt washed over him, as if he was betraying his roommate…
“I’ll go return it for you!” Ning Chu dashed out, grabbing the thermos and sprinting towards her.
Seeing that petite figure run away, Zhang Shaoqing smirked and nudged Wen Yang, teasing, “Look at him, scared to d*ath you’ll talk to other girls.”
“Stop it.” Wen Yang shot him a glare, “If Ning Chu hears that he’ll get angry and sulk.”
“Yeah, yeah~”
“Alright!” Ning Chu rushed back, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, “I gave it back to her!”
He quickly sensed something odd in Wen Yang’s expression and the expectant look in Zhang Shaoqing’s eyes.
His smile became a bit stiff, realizing his action might have been misinterpreted, so he fumbled for an excuse, “I think that girl is quite pretty… and she seemed shy.”
“Oh come on! She’d be half a head taller than you in high heels!”
“Not that exaggerated!”
He kicked out his leg, and Zhang Shaoqing hopped away dramatically.
“Hey~ Missed!”
This was the first time Ning Chu had seen a shy and introverted girl in this setting! Just look at the other girls; every one of them was fiercer than the last, and one misstep could make a meal out of Wen Yang!
Usually, girls like that really are shy, but in the Little Emperor Wen’s world, such characters are super sensitive, especially in bed… A fat raindrop suddenly hit his forehead, and a large wet patch formed, yanking him back from his strange thoughts.
“Wang Jie! Back to the dorm!”
The rain began to intensify, as water from the leaves streamed down heavily, and the trees no longer provided adequate shelter.
Ning Chu and the others didn’t have umbrellas either, so the four of them ran in the rain towards the dorm building for ten minutes.
By the time they reached the lobby of the dormitory building, their clothes were basically soaked through. Ning Chu, lacking stamina, found his throat dry and was panting heavily, bending over to rest his hands on his knees.
“Where’s Wang Jie?”
However, when Wen Yang asked and he turned back, he realized Wang Jie was still far behind the dormitory, running out of breath.
This guy had even worse endurance than him!
