250. Sneak Attack
In the afternoon gym class, Wang Jie looked utterly exhausted, prompting the PE teacher to raise an eyebrow in concern.
After roll call, they did the customary two laps of slow jogging. Wang Jie kept pace with the group for one lap, but by the second, he was so weak he could barely keep moving. He leaned on Wen Yang’s shoulder, his lips pale and his calves trembling, as if he might drop dead at any moment.
“Is your girlfriend… a bit too intense?”
Wen Yang was torn between feeling sympathy for Wang Jie and envying him. All he could do was pat his shoulder and say, “Honestly, you should exercise more. Don’t just laze around in the dorm.”
Otherwise, you’ll be drained dry, right?
Wang Jie weakly nodded, “Yeah.”
“You really need to get your mojo back~” Wen Yang shook his head disapprovingly, “You don’t want your girlfriend looking down on you.”
“I’m going to take it easy for a couple of days…”
Finally completing two laps with the group, Wang Jie plopped down on the ground.
He breathed heavily; though he felt utterly spent, there was still a hint of pride and bragging in his tone. He looked up at Wen Yang and asked, “What’s the progress with you and your girlfriend?”
“Just one step away. Teach me how you got it done.”
Wen Yang sat down beside Wang Jie, eager for tips. His gaze remained fixed on Ning Chu, who was playfully wrestling with Yan Xinya and Lily in the distance.
He wasn’t really in a rush; after all, he hadn’t been dating Ning Chu for long, and given that his girlfriend was a little succubus, who knew when she might get ahead of herself? He hadn’t even mentioned it, and she could have him pinned on the bed, completely at her mercy.
But what if Ning Chu really held firm to her last line of defense…?
“Well, I…” Wang Jie’s pale face turned slightly red as he bashfully mumbled, “It just sort of happened naturally.”
“How do you mean?”
“She made the first move…”
Wen Yang was taken aback. Is your girlfriend also a succubus?
Wang Jie sighed, somewhat pained, “God knows she’s that intense. She’s usually so quiet.”
“……”
“Now she keeps saying we should get married after college, and I’m probably going to meet her parents this New Year.”
He looked a bit nervous, “I wonder if her mom and dad will like me.”
Wen Yang patted his shoulder reassuringly, “Don’t sweat it. You’re not bad; just don’t get too tense, or you won’t do well.”
Wang Jie might not be a quintessential heartthrob, but he had decent features and a straightforward personality. As long as his family wasn’t a mess, he shouldn’t have too many issues meeting the parents.
After a brief rest, the PE teacher called for everyone to gather for the next activity.
“We have a long-distance run today: boys will run a kilometer, and girls eight hundred meters.”
“Boys need to finish in four minutes and thirty-three seconds to pass, and girls in four minutes and twenty-three seconds.”
As students trickled in, the teacher organized them: “Boys, come up first.”
In the crowd, Ning Chu sighed in worry.
Though her fitness level hadn’t dropped too much due to her femininity, she was still about average for girls.
Now, she had to run a kilometer at the boys’ standard.
Passing was completely out of her reach.
As expected, after two and a half laps, despite her best effort, Ning Chu only managed to complete it in about five minutes.
But the one responsible for recording the results was her boyfriend…
She barely had time to catch her breath before jogging over to Wen Yang, peering at her score.
“How did I do?”
Wen Yang glanced at the teacher in the distance and whispered, “You passed.”
“Mm~” Ning Chu nodded happily, then turned to look at the remaining students on the track.
Some couch potatoes were struggling—so out of shape they were worse off than her, and several were still leisurely jogging or walking on the track.
Including Wang Jie.
That guy was bringing up the rear, looking as pale as a ghost. He swayed slightly, making everyone worry he might end up on the news.
“Poor guy~”
Just after getting drained by his girlfriend for two days, now he had to tackle a kilometer run.
Ning Chu couldn’t care less about Wang Jie’s plight and turned back to Wen Yang, asking, “What’s for dinner tonight?”
“Let’s see, could be Black Bean and you? I’m not picky.”
“I’m not picky either.”
Wen Yang shot her a skeptical look, responding, “Right, you’re not picky.”
“By the way, my mom’s coming in a couple of days to take Black Bean away…”
“Do you want to at least meet her?”
Seeing Wen Yang’s suddenly tense expression, Ning Chu teased, “You’re going to meet her eventually, so what’s there to be afraid of?”
Wen Yang hadn’t expected this; he had just been comforting Wang Jie not to be nervous about meeting the in-laws, and now he was confronted with the same dilemma.
He quickly understood Wang Jie’s mindset, feeling anxious and flustered: “Uh… let’s see how it goes then? I should prepare a gift or something.”
“Actually, you don’t need to; my mom doesn’t even know I’m dating anyone.”
Ning Chu wasn’t inclined to let her mother know about her private relationships, particularly since her mom likely thought she hadn’t been a girl for long and now suddenly had a boyfriend. That acceptance was just too fast to handle.
It was indeed pretty fast…
Just two months ago, she was still a boy.
Now she had completely toppled into her current situation.
If this continued, no matter what, she’d be drinking milk every day, even before reaching a certain… level of embarrassment.
Wen Yang’s buried sense of inferiority resurfaced, and he worriedly asked, “What if she thinks I’m not good enough for you…”
Noticing the furrowed brows on Ning Chu’s face, he quickly lifted his spirits: “There’s still over three years in college; I’ll work hard.”
“That’s right~” Ning Chu finally nodded in satisfaction. “And it’s not like my mom’s dating you; why do you care so much?”
“My family isn’t exactly wealthy either; we all rely on my brother’s salary to get by. He only makes a few thousand a month, so you’re definitely better off.”
But it seemed Ning Chu’s grandfather was quite wealthy; she heard that the house they lived in now was part of the dowry her grandfather gave to her mother.
If her mom hadn’t been so high-strung, they wouldn’t have toiling away for half their lives just for two kids.
With only a gym class before four o’clock, attendance was taken one last time, and the day’s courses wrapped up.
Ning Chu dashed to the cafeteria and grabbed two cups of milk tea, each handing one to Wen Yang. Sipping their drinks and laughing, they made their way out of school.
She had to hurry back to keep an eye on Black Bean; the foolish cat might get into trouble.
“By the way, we need to start preparing for that group project soon; it’s due next week.”
“No worries, I’m almost done by myself.”
“So fast?”
Wen Yang had confidence in his studies and nodded, “I’ve finished the PTT; I’ll show you when we get back.”
“You handled the workload for four people all by yourself…”
If only she’d had such a classmate as a group member in her previous life, Ning Chu would not have developed such a hatred for group assignments.
Exiting the school gate, she glanced around, not spotting any classmates, then happily linked her arm with Wen Yang’s, “Just in time! My novel’s internal review passed!”
“As long as I keep updating steadily once it’s published, I can earn at least a few hundred a month!”
“A big-time author, huh~”
“Of course!”
Ning Chu puffed her chest proudly: “If it gets popular, I’ll sell the novel rights! Then I’ll never have to worry about food and drink…”
Suddenly, her smile froze.
“Never worry about food and drink?”
Wen Yang noticed Ning Chu had rooted her feet to the ground, looking perplexed, and he glanced down to follow her gaze.
“Mom…”
He instantly felt a jolt, following Ning Chu’s line of sight to see a beautiful lady smiling at them from the roadside.
Didn’t she say she was coming in a couple of days?!
