221. Dormitory Supervisor
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Ning Chu has always thought that school health checks are just a formality, completely pointless. After all, no one she knows has ever discovered anything serious during those checks besides color blindness.
During lunch, after class, Ning Chu strolled toward the dormitory building with her roommate. Ever since her gender on school records was changed to female, she couldn’t saunter back to the dorms like usual…
Up front, Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie were deep in discussion about which character to pull from the new gacha in their game—one was all about the XP grind and the other was into power levels. They debated endlessly and finally concluded that they would splurge on their first roll later.
Meanwhile, Ning Chu had her hands stuffed in the pockets of her coat, casually walking alongside Wen Yang, “Once I’ve got the bedding and pillows sorted, I’ll call Lily and Xinya to make a quick trip to the rental place to haul everything over.”
“Hmm, but what are you gonna say if Shaoqing asks? Moving to the girls’ dorm?”
“Hmm… I’ll just say I’m dating Xinya and moving out?”
Wen Yang shot back without hesitation, “No way.”
“Come on~ just a little white lie.”
“Still no.”
Ning Chu looked up to find Wen Yang’s gaze filled with possessiveness.
Is this karma for me?
Mutual jealousy keeping each other in check isn’t half bad. Even if falling for Wen Yang was an unexpected twist of fate, Ning Chu didn’t think she could ever like any other guy, so she possessed a strong caution toward the male species, meaning Wen Yang’s control over her felt practically nonexistent.
As usual, they stepped through the front door of the dormitory, and Ning Chu unconsciously glanced at the dormitory supervisor sitting by the door, puffing on a cigarette.
The supervisor was getting on in years but retained her curiosity for knowledge, likely still practicing her English with some of the female students.
She started off wanting to learn English, but somewhere down the line it turned into a practical lesson.
After all, it was a rare 1V1 pure love scenario; although there was quite the age gap… Ning Chu had no intention of butting in; she was more interested in how the Little Emperor Wen side story would pan out without her involvement.
Noticing Ning Chu’s gaze, the dorm supervisor looked up.
“Hey! You there, what’s a girl doing at the boys’ dorm?!”
“…”
Ning Chu froze mid-step.
Excuse me?! We’ve talked before, haven’t we?! You seriously forgot?!
And I didn’t report you for flirting with female university students! I didn’t affect your English studies! Why the sudden “grateful but vengeful” treatment?!
Staring as the supervisor marched over, Ning Chu had a dazed expression, turning to Wen Yang beside her with a confused look.
“She’s from my dorm, a boy.” Wen Yang explained to the supervisor.
“A boy?”
“Yep! We exchanged a few words in the laundry room recently, remember?”
Ning Chu quickly chimed in for backup.
The dorm supervisor frowned, pondering for a moment before shaking her head. She then turned to Ning Chu, extending her hand, “Then show me your Student ID.”
Seriously, what kind of memory is that?! You could have a private tutor and still struggle with English!
Ning Chu, of course, didn’t have her Student ID on her.
Only at the start of the semester did she actually carry it for gate checks—now that the security had slacked off, she’d grown too lazy to remember where she stashed it in the dorm.
“I need to go upstairs and look for it…”
“Nope.” The supervisor scrutinized Ning Chu with a judging eye, muttering, “What a pretty girl, but so careless…”
Ning Chu’s lips twitched, sensing more and more curious glances from students around. She helplessly covered her face, muttering, “Really am a boy…”
Up ahead, Zhang Shaoqing suddenly realized Ning Chu and Wen Yang had disappeared from behind him. He halted, turned around to see the supervisor blocking Ning Chu.
He barely suppressed a laugh and, driven by the thrill of drama, grabbed Wang Jie and sprinted back for a front-row seat.
Just observing, of course—he was not volunteering to help explain.
Wen Yang frowned, suppressing his irritation, “Alright, I’ll go upstairs to help you… Shaoqing! You go help Ning Chu find it!”
He was worried that if he left, Ning Chu wouldn’t have anyone to back her up.
“Got it! Ning Chu, where’s your Student ID?”
“I don’t know! Try the drawer or the closet!”
“Such a temper~” Zhang Shaoqing grumbled and darted upstairs.
He bolted up several floors, gasping for breath as he flung the dorm room door open, dashed to Ning Chu’s desk, and began rifling through the drawers, searching high and low for the Student ID—but it was nowhere in sight.
“Did she seriously toss it in the closet?”
He turned to the closet, peered inside at the neatly folded clothes, and reached deep inside.
His hand came across an admission notice from the start of the semester.
“What the heck?”
Zhang Shaoqing blinked, dutifully searched again in the closet and drawers, but found no Student ID, his gaze landing on the drawer that Ning Chu had locked.
Without further ado, he called Ning Chu, “Hey, where’s the key to your drawer? I’ve looked through everything else.”
“Under the pillow…” Ning Chu suddenly remembered.
Oh no! That drawer has some peeping props in it! Is Zhang Shaoqing going to sneak off with them?!
Not to mention her sanitary napkins and tampons! She gulped, wondering if they would be discovered when he rummaged through.
She should have asked Wen Yang to help find her Student ID instead!
Zhang Shaoqing unlocked the drawer, only to glance at the glasses case inside.
Even though he felt tempted to take a peek, he hesitated for a moment before dutifully picking up the Student ID inside.
“Well, it really was locked in here.”
He muttered, shutting the drawer and returning Ning Chu’s admission notice back into the closet. But as he pulled his hand back, he accidentally disturbed a coat.
A few cylindrical objects tumbled out of the coat with a clatter.
He froze for a second, reaching down to pick one up, squinting at the packaging. There were a few English words he didn’t understand.
The pink packaging definitely looked like something girls would use…
“What’s this for?”
Without much thought, he grabbed the Student ID and dashed downstairs.
“Coming, coming!”
Zhang Shaoqing panted, handing the Student ID to Ning Chu, “Here you go! You should have said it was in the drawer! I flipped the place upside down!”
Noticing Ning Chu’s expression was a bit stiff, he assumed it was from her earlier spat with the supervisor and didn’t think much of it. “Now you’re all set, right? This really is exhausting—took a lot out of me.”
The supervisor took the Student ID, looking closely at the photo that showed a boyish face, then glanced at Ning Chu’s girlish face, trying to find any similarities.
Not to mention they had a crowd of students ready to vouch for Ning Chu’s male identity.
“Alright, you can go in.” The supervisor awkwardly turned her head aside, “My bad.”
“It’s alright…”
The real issue wasn’t with the supervisor; it was Zhang Shaoqing.
Ning Chu forced a smile, glancing nervously at Zhang Shaoqing.
Good thing today she was just here to grab her things and bolt; it wouldn’t be a huge deal if he figured out her gender.
What worried her more was that her relationship with Wen Yang would also be discovered!
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