438. Misunderstanding
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“Senior!”
The girl with the bright smile came over, beaming as she greeted Lin Nan, but her voice was a deep male tone, “What a coincidence, huh?”
“???”
Lin Nan stood there, blinking at the girl who had approached. She was wearing a long yellow sleeve shirt with a red bow tie at the collar, and a checkered short skirt that had legs thinner than most women—long, white stockings stretching out from underneath. Her hair was tied into two ponytails, giving her a peculiar look that was oddly beautiful.
Especially the legs.
She did a little twirl in front of Lin Nan and asked cheerfully, “Do I look like the magical girl Madoka in this cosplay?”
“Junior?” Lin Nan’s face froze.
“What’s wrong?” The girl dressed like a junior looked at her with confusion.
Suddenly, everything clicked for Lin Nan. No wonder this junior had been so clingy; no wonder he always called her ‘senior’ even when she was dressed like a girl.
So it wasn’t that he was blind—he saw her as a fellow crossdresser!
Her mind nearly short-circuited as she awkwardly looked at the crossdressing junior and stammered, “Why are you wearing that outfit today?”
“Cosplaying! I usually can’t wear girl’s clothes like you do every day, so I can only dress up at conventions,” the junior said a bit sheepishly. “I care about how others see me… doing my makeup daily is tiring.”
Oh please, as if I don’t care what others think!
Lin Nan’s mouth twitched. She remembered when she first started dressing up as a girl; it took her quite some time to get used to it!
“No worries, just wear it more often.”
The junior now seemed much more enthusiastic, leaning closer to Lin Nan, curiously asking, “How did you learn to do your fake voice? Mine just sounds like a eunuch—totally awful.”
“And don’t you ever get a sore throat from talking like that? Doesn’t it hurt?”
How would I know? Go ask Lilith!
“Just get used to it,” Lin Nan replied with a very stiff smile.
The junior’s crossdressing actually showed no flaws. The guy was already rather pretty, and compared to a normal male, he had a smaller frame. With a turtleneck hiding his Adam’s apple and a bit of makeup, he looked like a genuine girl.
If one didn’t pay attention to his slightly wide knuckles or his deep voice, one would see no faults at all.
“Senior, are you waiting for a friend to buy tickets?” The junior scanned the queue ahead, “Don’t buy them, come with me through the staff entrance. You’ll save money and avoid the line.”
“Staff entrance?”
“I mentioned it a couple of days ago, remember? The boss invited us to do some promotional work, but you didn’t want to join,” the junior elaborated, “It’s for a mobile game featuring magical girls. The boss asked our club to help at the booth. We might not be pros, but we’re cheap.”
Lin Nan turned her head away, “I’m not participating; just looking is fine.”
Just then, Chen Yao came back with two tickets.
He walked up next to Lin Nan and handed her a ticket. But when he looked up, his gaze got caught by the ultra-long white stockings on the girl opposite them.
Sure, black stockings are nice, but those white ones are no joke!
Those legs were even thinner than Lin Nan’s Lilith’s legs—though they looked more like chopsticks without much meat on them…
When he followed those slender legs upward, Lin Nan suddenly elbowed him in the chest, causing his expression to darken as he forced a smile at Lin Nan, careful not to look at the girl across from them.
“Pervert!” Lin Nan scoffed, “You’re enjoying the view too much.”
“???”
“Senior,” the crossdressing junior greeted Chen Yao with a big smile.
Hearing that deep voice, Chen Yao was completely thrown off, finally looking at the junior’s face but still not recognizing who this crossplay darling was.
“We met a couple of days ago! Did you forget me already, senior?”
“You’re Lin Nan’s junior?”
Chen Yao was surprised. He’d always thought this junior had a crush on Lin Nan, but given the current situation, who this junior liked—boys, girls, or both—was still up for debate.
The junior smiled sweetly, his made-up face giving away no hint of masculinity. In fact, he looked even sweeter than an average girl.
But Chen Yao’s surprise quickly faded.
After all, compared to this crossdressing powerhouse, he used to think Lin Nan was a guy; now, seeing her barefaced, it was just a bigger shock given how indistinguishable she was.
“Let’s go! I’ll take you both through the staff entrance since these two tickets are useless now.” The junior offered happily, leading the way.
Lin Nan silently followed him, feeling an inexplicable sense of embarrassment.
Maybe it was because the junior kept seeing her as a crossdressing legend?
She hadn’t even realized before—she thought he was just a clueless boy who kept calling her ‘senior’ while she dressed up, looking all pretty.
But now, it turned out he saw her as a queen of crossdressing.
“Senior, do you have plans to get surgery in the future?” The junior asked quietly, walking next to Lin Nan.
Lin Nan didn’t quite understand his meaning: “Surgery?”
“Generally, you need to live as a girl for a year or two before the hospital allows surgery, right? You’ve been doing this for half a year already?”
“Ah?”
Seeing her bewildered expression, the junior glanced at her fairly prominent chest, slightly frowning, “Wait, do you only like crossdressing?”
“Why are you taking medication then?”
“…” Lin Nan was at a loss for words. This junior seemed to view her as someone a bit more unusual.
“I’m a girl,” she said, a bit exasperated.
He nodded, “Mm, totally can’t tell you’re a man anymore.”
“???”
“Senior, taking medication is bad for your health; does your family know?” The junior kept chatting away, perhaps feeling relaxed since Lin Nan knew about crossdressing. He began to ask about everything he previously held back.
He glanced over at Chen Yao, looking curious, “Is that senior your boyfriend or just a friend? He always tries to join our chats.”
Lin Nan didn’t answer his question but began to understand how he viewed her.
After a moment of thought, Lin Nan asked back, “Are you also taking medication?”
“Nope, I’m just crossdressing.” The junior shook his head with a chuckle, “I only got into the community after I started and got pretty curious.”
“So, when you said you wanted to learn from me about aiding was that a lie?”
The junior nodded very readily, “Back then, I suspected you were on medication and wanted to get to know you since it’s hard to meet this kind of group in reality.”
She felt a headache coming on, sighed again, emphasizing, “I’m a girl.”
“Got it, got it.” The junior’s smile held some hidden meaning, “Then should I call you ‘senpai’ from now on?”
This misunderstanding? It felt like it was going to get tangled for sure.
Last year, when she had first met the junior, Lin Nan had thought he was simply after her skills. Later, she suspected that the junior had a crush on her, and now, she discovered that he viewed her as a leading lady in crossdressing.
This multi-layered cake? It definitely felt thick!
