Ch. 149
Alipay had quite a lot of activities. Lin Nan's best luck was when he once got over twenty yuan through activities, during the annual Spring Festival "Collect Five Fu" event.
Although most activities he participated in later only gave a few cents or yuan, just wasting a bit of time to earn enough for a bottle of cola was completely worth it!
As a student, time was what he had most of.
Of course, a student's main task was still studying–Lin Nan was a bad example.
Using Huabei to randomly buy an Alps candy at the school convenience store, then drawing fifty cents on the Huabei interface, Lin Nan happily recalled which restaurants in the cafeteria supported Huabei. This month he was going to fleece Jack Ma completely! (TN: Owner of Alipay.)
When he returned from the convenience store to the athletic field where the event was being held, Lin Nan discovered Tu Junhui and Xiong Da had already vanished without a trace, probably having gone back to the dorm to play games.
At least Chen Yao was loyal... Turning around, Lin Nan found that Chen Yao had also disappeared at some point. Looking into the distance, he could vaguely see Chen Yao's figure heading toward the dormitory building.
What the hell??
Lin Nan looked at the students gathered in front of the stage on the athletic field, then back at Chen Yao's direction, his face full of conflict.
The Top Ten Singers stage was producing waves of excited noise. Looking from afar, he could see scattered red envelopes being thrown around.
Lin Nan looked left and right. To grab free red envelopes, he just needed to walk a few hundred meters forward and blend into the crowd. But the students and passersby around seemed to all be watching him, making him feel instantly exposed to everyone's gaze.
He felt somewhat panicked and tried to find someone for cover, but there wasn't a single familiar person nearby, not even any objects to hide behind. Lin Nan suddenly had the illusion of being stripped naked and thrown onto the street.
For some reason, when walking with his roommates, he always felt calm and composed, but when alone on the street, he somehow always felt extremely shy.
Face flushed red, head hanging low, he was torn between the red envelope rain on one side and escaping back to the dorm on the other.
Although most red envelopes were probably small amounts of one or two yuan, there might be one worth a hundred or so inside. But if he went back to the dorm, not only would he lose all that money, he'd also have to duo queue with Chen Yao and endure his consistently 0-10 jungle performance.
The problem was, being alone outside always felt a bit like streaking.
Even before feminization, Lin Nan couldn't handle being the center of attention. Now that he looked increasingly like a girl, it was even harder to accept being watched. He clearly considered himself male but was seen as female. Though treated as female, he might also be exposed as a male and considered a pervert...
All these emotions intertwined, making the flush on his face extend to his ears.
After thinking carefully for a moment, Lin Nan felt that enduring Chen Yao's torture wasn't bad either. Better than feeling naked and ashamed under everyone's gaze at least.
But... what an exciting feeling.
His face flushed red as he walked toward the dormitory building with his head down.
Whatever, my luck was bad to begin with anyway. I probably wouldn't grab any of the potentially large red envelopes.
Lin Nan walked dejectedly toward the dormitory building with his head down, suspiciously glancing around with his peripheral vision. When he was with his roommates, he'd never noticed that passersby paid him so much attention. Each person who passed by seemed to need a good look at him before they were satisfied, and he wondered if his male identity had been exposed.
Speaking of which, if they're students who browse the forum, they should already know I'm a man, right?
But most students probably weren't interested in forums. At least among Lin Nan's classmates, he hadn't heard of anyone who liked browsing forums.
Head down, hurrying into the dormitory building, Lin Nan finally felt a bit more at ease. But when he looked up, he saw the dorm supervisor smoking and staring at him intently.
This old man...
Lin Nan looked completely helpless. Originally he'd been a nobody in his class, and even after becoming feminized to the point where his gender was indistinguishable, not many people in class paid attention to him.
But because of this old man, he'd been targeted by his advisor.
He tried his best to ignore the old man's gaze and hurried back to his dorm.
As soon as he entered, he glared angrily at Chen Yao. Chen Yao looked embarrassed and pointed at his computer to explain: "Didn't the advisor suddenly ask me to handle a document?"
"Couldn't you do it some other time! You left without even telling me!"
"But you came back, didn't you?" Chen Yao had known Lin Nan for a long time and knew this guy's personality.”
Lin Nan was still quite dissatisfied, grumbling as he returned to his computer. He glanced back at Tu Junhui and found the guy was watching anime. Not only watching, but grinding his teeth as if he wanted to punch the computer screen.
Probably something wrong with his head, probably watching some weird masochistic anime.
Having little interest in anime, Lin Nan turned on his computer and sat there blankly, not knowing what to do.
The Top Ten Singers competition on the athletic field had started. Though the distance was far, he could vaguely hear some howling sounds.
Although the school had invested certain resources in this competition, the amplified sound definitely couldn't compare to studio-recorded music on computers. Plus, the participants' skill levels varied greatly, the first song giving Lin Nan a headache.
Tu Junhui finally finished watching that episode of anime. Taking off his headphones and hearing the faint singing, he immediately started cursing: "Holy crap? Other people's singing costs money, but this singing costs lives!"
Although Lin Nan felt it wasn't as bad as he said. After all, this was the finals, so the level probably wasn't too bad. The problem was that the speakers distorted the sound too severely, making the audio quality truly ear-piercing.
After being in classes all day, Lin Nan was also a bit tired. He took off Chen Yao's jacket and got up to look for clothes to wear tomorrow from his wardrobe.
The weather was getting a bit cold too. He directly ignored the short sleeves and took out a thin long-sleeved shirt from the wardrobe.
Unfortunately, the temperature was barely over twenty degrees, not cold enough to wear a windbreaker. Otherwise, wearing a black windbreaker could cover most of his figure, and with a scarf and sunglasses, he'd have that Shanghai Bund aura! Guaranteed handsome! (TN: Chinese TV series I believe.)
Most of Lin Nan's pants were black casual pants. Originally they fit quite loosely, but ever since his hips had widened a bit, his buttocks also appeared fuller. These pants always made his bottom look perfectly round when worn... Fortunately Chen Yao's jacket was long enough to cover most of it.
"Taking a shower?" Tu Junhui had also grabbed his change of clothes. "Let's go, let's go together!"
"Get lost! Why do you always compete with me for the shower every day? Can't you shower earlier?"
"I want to ask you the same thing!" His large frame directly blocked the back door, firmly refusing to let Lin Nan shower first.
Otherwise the bathroom would be full of that milky fragrance, and he was still young and hot-blooded... If this happened every day, he probably wouldn't have energy left for gaming.