067. Is This Mr. Lin? 【More Chapters with Monthly Support】
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In the evening, Lin Nan, feeling nostalgic, decided to order takeout for the first time in ages.
Usually, outside the first few weeks of school, he would go to the cafeteria alone to eat. But with his increasingly feminine face and figure, he couldn’t help but attract attention while walking down the street. Plus, after the psychological trauma of yesterday’s dream, Lin Nan thought it was high time to treat his fragile little heart with some takeout. His three roommates had mysteriously vanished to who-knows-where, leaving him all alone in the room.
His relationship with the neighboring dorm was decent, but it wasn’t like they frequently dropped by for tea. As for the other dorms? Forget about it—he’d never been there.
Yawning, Lin Nan sat in front of his computer, sensing the crushing boredom.
He was the living embodiment of the paradox: longing for break during school, and yearning for school during break.
Aimlessly browsing through game livestreams while checking his phone for updates on his order, he realized that it had been nearly an hour and his food still hadn’t arrived.
Just as he was about to nudge the delivery person, there was a knock on his door.
Excited, Lin Nan sprang up and dashed to the door, ready to snatch the takeout, only to see the delivery person’s hand j*rk back a little.
Baffled, he looked up and found the delivery person seriously asking, “Mr. Lin?”
Nodding, Lin Nan reached out again.
“Mr. Lin?” The delivery person scrutinized Lin Nan’s face once more, repeating the question.
“Uh, yeah…” Lin Nan was thoroughly perplexed.
“Mr. Lin?” The delivery person was nothing if not persistent, asking for a third time.
“It’s me…”
Lin Nan wondered if this delivery person had a few loose screws. After three rounds of this interrogation, the delivery guy finally handed over the food.
Confused, Lin Nan shut the door and returned to his seat, suddenly realizing that he might have become so feminine that even young men could find it hard to tell the difference between genders.
Previously, the dorm supervisor downstairs had once mistaken him for a girl, and that had happened due to his Lily-esque influence on his posture.
Maybe this delivery guy was just overly responsible?
It was takeout from off-campus, delivered by a platform service. If the order was wrong, the delivery person could be in serious trouble, which explained the cautious double-checking.
Lin Nan chuckled to himself. He had been mistaken for a girl before, but this kind of repetitive questioning was a first for him. So, he couldn’t help but share the hilarious encounter with Chen Yao over his phone.
However, Chen Yao was probably off having a blast in some dorm and gave Lin Nan the cold shoulder, leading him to toss the incident into the mental bin.
The night before National Day, they had done a deep clean of the dorm, and Lin Nan had been keeping up with the maintenance pretty well. But the moment the roommates returned, it was only a few hours before the floor was littered with sunflower seed shells courtesy of Tu Junhui!
This guy was too lazy to buy a trash can, and he shared one with Xiong Da. When cracking seeds, he didn’t even bother to line it with a trash bag, so it was a literal mess everywhere.
Lin Nan found it irritating but didn’t bother cleaning up; after all, he wasn’t their dad.
While he was sulking about the mess, Chen Yao and his crew burst into the room chattering away.
“Pan Hui’s little braid is really something; who knows how long he’s been growing out his hair,” said one of them.
“High-spec Liu Huan,” Xiong Da chimed in, “I never noticed him before, but he’s got quite the mane now.”
Tu Junhui bounded ahead, teasing Lin Nan, “When are you going to tie your hair up? Let’s make our dorm a high-spec Liu Huan unit.”
Lin Nan rolled his eyes at him. “I’m not that fat!”
The “Pan Hui” they were referencing was another wallflower in their class—a chubby boy who rarely spoke. Lin Nan had noticed he was growing his hair long, but who knew his roommates had such a high tolerance for long hair on guys?
“Don’t throw me those flirtatious glances; do it again and tonight I’m washing myself clean before marching into your bed!” Tu Junhui dramatically clutched his chest.
Lin Nan knew that the more he retreated, the more they would tease him, so he shot back without hesitation, “Bring it on! If you don’t come, you’re a dog! I’ll make sure you yield tonight!”
“Ooooh, I’m so scared!”
Just then, Chen Yao sidled up next to Lin Nan and chimed in, “Jokes aside, but you really should tidy up your hair. Otherwise, people will think there’s a girl hiding in our dorm!”
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and leaned closer to Lin Nan’s ear, whispering, “If you want to keep it long, I’d suggest waiting until after you’ve had surgery and changed your identity.”
Lin Nan understood Chen Yao meant well; with his feminine looks and mannerisms, he was still labeled male in society. If he grew his hair too long, who knew what sort of gossip would arise in class?
After pondering for a moment, Lin Nan agreed that Chen Yao had a point.
However, the nearby barbershops were all charging upwards of thirty dollars, and for some reason, he felt a bit of aversion to getting a haircut; perhaps it was another influence from Lilith.
Without hesitation, he nodded, “Let’s see how it looks; if it’s ugly, I’ll just chop it off.”
“It won’t look ugly; it will just be feminine,” Tu Junhui interjected sarcastically, “If others grow long hair, it’s artsy; when you do, it’s androgynous.”
“I still can’t figure it out; last semester, you were shorter, less attractive, and with a few more pimples, but you weren’t this feminine!” Tu Junhui mused, scratching his head in confusion.
Lin Nan didn’t bother to respond; sure, he had been a decent guy last semester, but Tu Junhui had teased him back then too—now the insults had merely switched from height to gender, so he was used to it.
With everyone gathered, Chen Yao called up Dong An online, and their five-man squad was ready to go again.
They were set to participate in a competition in mid-October. While it was just the preliminary selection, their average ranking was among the top three in comparison to other teams from their school, so they had to train vigorously.
After all, this was about a thousand bucks and a champion skin.
“So, which team is the strongest in this competition?” Lin Nan curiously asked Chen Yao as they entered the character selection screen.
“Looking at the roster, it should be the Economics and Management department, the Computer Science department, and a good team from the Foreign Languages department. The best player is supposedly a king from Zuan who has reportedly reached Master rank in the game.” Chen Yao casually examined the team list, “He played semi-professionally before and even snagged second place at the national championship. He didn’t make it to LSPL, so he enlisted, but after retirement, he came to our school. Rumor has it he was on the same team as mlxg; who knows if it’s true.”
Lin Nan was hearing for the first time that there were better players than himself and Chen Yao at their school.
“Don’t worry, I’ll crush mlxg while jungling!” Lin Nan proclaimed confidently, “Last time we met, I wiped the floor with him!”
He could brag about this for years, considering that mlxg was a champion jungler. What a glorious tale to tell!
“The problem is, you’re the support.”
Lin Nan’s confidence deflated like a balloon.
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The delivery incident was a real riot, absolutely hilarious!
Time to nourish my liver and protect it; I’m running out of steam, can’t write anymore!
