Ch. 147
To think he'd been caught by Liu Xuefei...
Lin Nan's nerves, which had relaxed after the physical exam, immediately tensed up like a taut string. He looked at Liu Xuefei outside the door with extreme embarrassment.
Liu Xuefei was about to speak, but seeing the students beside her, she realized this wasn't the place for conversation. So she grabbed Lin Nan's wrist and dragged him away.
"I knew something was off about you. You really are a girl!" As they walked, she smiled while examining Lin Nan. "Just a few days since we met, and you seem to have gotten much prettier."
Her skill tree was completely focused on makeup, so with just a few glances at Lin Nan, she noticed some subtle changes.
His eyes seemed slightly larger than when she'd seen him a few days ago, his facial lines were softer, and his shoulders seemed narrower too. This made his whole appearance more delicate and fragile-looking.
She didn't quite dare trust her memory, since normally an adult's bone structure wouldn't change much.
Dragging Lin Nan to the restroom entrance where there were fewer people around, Liu Xuefei finally stopped. She crossed her arms and asked with interest: "You really are a girl, so why are you living in a boys' dorm? This isn't anime or a novel, so you can't say you were raised as a boy since childhood, right?"
Lin Nan glanced back toward where they'd come from. That fool Chen Yao probably still hadn't noticed his roommate had been kidnapped. Seeing no one coming to rescue him, his mind raced, trying to find a barely acceptable reason.
"Just looking at your expression I can tell you're preparing to lie to me." Liu Xuefei rolled her eyes at him, but she was just curious and hadn't become nosy enough to interfere with other people's lives.
Although she was a bit dissatisfied that Lin Nan wouldn't satisfy her curiosity, Liu Xuefei also didn't want to be a hated gossip. Helplessly, she could only compromise: "Anyway, your secret will be discovered by others sooner or later. When that time comes, you'll have to tell even if you don't want to."
He blushed and didn't know what to do, finally only managing to laugh awkwardly to get through it.
Lin Nan had originally planned to ask about her progress with his uncle when they met again, but he hadn't expected their next meeting to be under these circumstances.
Liu Xuefei left, and Lin Nan found Chen Yao to continue the physical exam.
Apart from the sensitive internal medicine exam, the other tests didn't involve much physical contact with doctors, nor any embarrassing procedures. After Lin Nan quickly finished the exams, he handed in his form and returned to the dorm.
Due to Lin Nan's delay, when they got back to the dorm, Tu Junhui and Xiong Da were already sitting at their computers playing games.
This hurdle of the physical exam was now behind him. Lin Nan realized his next major obstacle seemed to be only when he became female.
It was early November now, roughly two months left for preparation. During these two months, he needed to prepare several magics to become female, and if possible, seek Lina's help to change his identity to female.
That way he could confidently announce to his mother when he went home that he'd become a girl through legitimate means, and she wouldn't need to worry about borrowing money anymore.
Lina said she'd be back for a week, probably returning this weekend. He'd ask about her situation and news then. If that really didn't work out, he'd ultimately have to choose surgery.
Surgery still seemed quite disgusting to Lin Nan, giving him the illusion of being a transgender person, though that was the reality.
Sitting at his computer and roughly planning what he needed to do in the coming period, Lin Nan's mood immediately lifted. Though he wasn't exactly an optimist, he also didn't want to stay depressed about gender issues every day.
"Chen Yao! Want to duo queue? I want to practice top lane!" He turned to shout at Chen Yao, who had just washed his face and returned to his wardrobe.
Chen Yao opened his wardrobe and took out his basketball uniform, shaking his head: "I need to go train later. There's a game tonight. After I finish the game, we can duo jungle-top."
"You're not playing ADC anymore?"
"Play what ADC! Last time I was almost godlike and got one-shot by a 0-3 Renekton. I'm switching to jungle!" (TN: Too real.)
Chen Yao cursed as he took off his shirt and pants, planning to change into his uniform. But when he turned his head and noticed Lin Nan's gaze, his face immediately reddened.
How did he suddenly forget about him? Getting caught up talking about games, he'd started treating Lin Nan like before again.
He felt going to the bathroom to change clothes would be too deliberate, so he coughed lightly, planning to change into his uniform as quickly as possible.
"Chen Yao, how did you train those muscles?" Lin Nan looked amazed, sitting on his chair but gradually scooting both chair and body toward Chen Yao like riding a horse. "I've never seen you work out."
"From playing basketball." Having just put on his shorts, Chen Yao looked down at his abdomen. Actually there wasn't much obvious muscle definition, just a faint four-pack.
When he looked up again, he found Lin Nan had scooted his chair right up to him, that blushing face positioned right near his lower body.
He froze, his mind unconsciously conjuring some hentai scenes. Before he could react, Lin Nan's hand was directly touching his lower abdomen, looking envious: "When will I ever have abs?"
Wait, your hand, could you not touch randomly?
Soft as boneless, with a slight warmth, the palm pressed against his abdomen, gently caressing...
Who's going to take responsibility for getting me worked up!
Chen Yao panicked and stepped back two paces, his face full of terror like a little wife who'd been molested.
Xiong Da, who was wearing headphones and playing games, was disturbed. He turned around and saw only Lin Nan's slightly red but somewhat excited face, and Chen Yao's panicked expression. Looking back and forth, he asked in surprise: "You're not doing something inappropriate behind our backs, are you?"
"What? Inappropriate?!" Tu Junhui got excited hearing this word. Chen Yao frantically put on his jersey while Lin Nan remained righteous, not feeling his behavior was problematic at all: "Who knows why Chen Yao reacted so strongly. I only touched him a little!"
"Then Chen Yao must have been molesting Nan Nan, right?" Tu Junhui was furious. "I haven't even molested him yet!"
"Get lost!" Chen Yao, now properly dressed and back to normal, glared at Tu Junhui, then turned to Xiong Da: "Your teammates are all dead and you're still watching me?"
"Holy crap?" Xiong Da exclaimed softly and hurriedly turned back to continue playing.
Having dealt with his two roommates, Chen Yao looked down at Lin Nan, who still had a red face, his mouth twitching: "Do you know you look like a female hentai protagonist right now?"
"Really?" Lin Nan was startled, not knowing what was wrong with himself.
"Why are you blushing?"
"???"
Lin Nan hadn't noticed he was blushing at all. In his mind, he was just admiring Chen Yao's physique and curiously touching it a bit.
This kind of thing was pretty common in boys' dorms, wasn't it? Tu Junhui often touched Chen Yao's stomach with envious sighs, and Xiong Da occasionally tugged at Tu Junhui's hair, envying that head of black hair.
It must be Lilith's fault! It was just innocent muscle envy, but after blushing, he probably looked like he was being lustful in Chen Yao's eyes!
Suddenly understanding the situation, a strong wave of shame surged up. Lin Nan felt his head making train whistle sounds like "woo woo woo." After a dizzy spell, he picked up his chair and ran away.