073. Class Time
Little Emperor Wen was basically void of plot—just a simple setup, a battle, and then the end.
Ning Chu carefully reviewed the segments of the story related to him once more.
The protagonist accidentally barges into the bathroom, discovering a woman taking a shower. She shows little resistance; after a moment of shyness, she coyly becomes his comrade-in-arms…
The book didn’t suggest that the woman was particularly resistant either.
So, does this mean that prior to this plot point, there was already some emotional groundwork laid between the woman and the protagonist?
In real life, this would mean that there were already feelings between Ning Chu and Wen Yang, so when they accidentally stumbled upon each other’s gender, it naturally blossomed into a comradely partnership.
Thinking about this, Ning Chu mentally tortured himself.
If he were a girl and Wen Yang barged in while he was showering, discovering his gender, would he just be shy, flipping a switch into co-op mode without any mental barriers?
No way!
The result was obvious! Unless Wen Yang forced it, there was no way he would just give in!
That’s huge! It could be life-threatening, you know?!
So, it seems like there’s still some time before that plot kicks in?
The holiday was over. Bright and early, Ning Chu munched on the beef jerky Wang Jie brought for breakfast, wearing the same gloomy, withdrawn expression.
Since Wen Yang started acting rebellious yesterday, he had barely spoken a word.
First, to reduce communication with Wen Yang and cultivate a dislikeable image to keep Wen Yang from liking him even more.
Second, because he was genuinely feeling down.
His body showed no signs of being feminized! Nor was there any sign of punishment! This meant the plot triggered yesterday hadn’t completely collapsed.
That bad woman who played basketball was still thinking about Wen Yang!
“Ah~ Time for class already~” Zhang Shaoqing jumped off his bed, squatting down to play with a cat while grumbling, “d*mn it! I haven’t been to a proper class in ages, and now I suddenly feel all out of sorts!”
Wang Jie asked curiously, “Why’d you dye your hair black?”
He returned late last night, and the other two were already asleep.
“Heh~ I was thinking of dyeing it green! But the hairstylist talked me out of it.”
Green…
Clearly, the childhood crush’s rejection left a deep psychological scar on Zhang Shaoqing.
Wang Jie felt something was off about him and turned to Ning Chu, “What’s up with the beef jerky? Over a hundred for a pound.”
“Um…”
“Why do you look so down too?” Wang Jie didn’t understand what had happened over the holiday and glanced at the equally gloomy Wen Yang. He sighed and headed towards the balcony, muttering, “What’s up with you guys today?”
It had only been a short break, but his roommates were getting weirder by the minute.
Ning Chu looked prettier and more alluring. His chest muscles seemed even more exaggerated. Wen Yang was clearly lost in thought, his gaze often drifting towards Ning Chu, as if he were looking up to him. And Zhang Shaoqing looked normal yet like a volcano ready to explode.
After the four in the dormitory took turns washing up and getting ready, they headed toward the teaching building.
With ten minutes left before class, groups of students filled the path between the dorms and the lecture halls.
“D302, D302… Here we are.”
Though it wasn’t his first time at the teaching building, finding the classroom still took some effort. By the time Ning Chu and his friends walked in, the back row of the tiered classroom was already occupied, leaving only the first three rows empty.
How realistic…
Resigned, he sat in the third row and finally lifted his eyes to the teacher at the podium.
It was a middle-aged man with a bald head and a potbelly.
Surprisingly, in the world of Little Emperor Wen, there was even a random passerby whose looks were below average.
Ning Chu suddenly recalled the common chubby nerd characters in those doujin works… God knows why those doujin artists love to use creepy guys as protagonists. Whenever he came across that kind of work, he was never interested.
Before class started, he glanced back at his classmates.
His childhood crush Ling Ling, athletic girl Shan Shan, the sickly fox Lin Li, Yuan Yuan, and the bar twin sisters…
Wow, all his “enemies” were gathered together.
Almost simultaneously, as Ning Chu’s gaze fell on them, the girls who had previously been interrupted by his actions shot him icy glares, making him quickly turn back, burying his face in his desk like a quail.
For Wen Yang’s virginity, he had offended quite a few people!
Yet Wen Yang still didn’t remember his good deeds and was being rebellious, possibly even harboring a grudge.
Ning Chu deliberately chose to sit at the edge of the row, with the aisle on his right and Wang Jie, the reliable background character, on his left. After all, Wang Jie was the only guy in the plot who hadn’t tried to make a move on him.
As for Wen Yang… that expression yesterday, which seemed like he wanted to confess, scared him so much that he didn’t dare get too close anymore.
And Zhang Shaoqing…
Ning Chu stole a glance at Zhang Shaoqing, who was staring intently at Ling Ling with an icy glare, his face turned as dark as coal.
Yikes! Is he plotting something?!
One Wen Yang was already enough trouble for Ning Chu, and now it seemed Zhang Shaoqing was having his own issues.
“One of you guys is really not making things easy…” He sighed and pressed his face into the desk.
“Attendance!”
As the bell rang, the teacher at the front suddenly perked up, enthusiastically shouting, which immediately silenced the noisy classroom.
This was their very first class of the semester.
The classroom was packed. After the teacher called attendance and confirmed everyone was present, he skipped self-introduction or establishing order, and opened the PPT to dive right into the lecture.
Professional theory class.
Such classes were always the most boring. Within ten minutes, chaos began to brew in the classroom as disinterested students chatted and played games, turning the classroom into a noisy mess.
Amidst the clamor, Ning Chu could faintly hear discussions about him from the back.
“Could he really be a girl? Just look at him—he seems to have a chest; it can’t just be pecs, right?”
“What pecs?”
“Didn’t you say you were gonna write a story about Ning Chu and Wen Yang? Have you finished it?”
“Huh?”
“Wen Yang got monopolized by him! He wouldn’t even give out his number when asked, and several girls were planning to date Wen Yang, but then he suddenly pops up, preventing Wen Yang from going!”
Ning Chu yawned, continuing to glance at the PPT while half-listening to the class.
It wasn’t anything too outrageous; he just worried that the girls might team up to target him.
He heard that girl-on-girl bullying in school could be much worse…
Now that he was in college, he shouldn’t run into that kind of nonsense, right? The book hadn’t mentioned such a plot point.
“Ning Chu.” Wang Jie suddenly leaned over and whispered, “What’s up with Shao Qing? He looks off.”
Ning Chu glanced at Zhang Shaoqing and shook his head helplessly, “He probably got a little triggered seeing Ling Ling.”
“Huh?”
Wang Jie didn’t even know who Ling Ling was.
“Just a girl he likes getting taken by someone else.”
