NOVEL WEB Chapter 10
Chapter 10: 010. This Sucks
“Yo~ Nice butt you’ve got there!”
In the evening dormitory, Ning Chu was leaning over, peering at the laptop’s network cable, when suddenly, a hand slapped his behind.
He instinctively turned back and kicked out.
“Ouch, damn!”
Zhang Shaoqing scrambled to the side but quickly approached again with a goofy grin, “Come on, let’s go get some fruit! Don’t you want to eat watermelon in this heat?”
“Can’t you just order takeout?”
“Too expensive! Plus, I’d need to buy a knife off-campus…”
“How about fruit salad?”
“That’s expensive too, and it might not even be fresh.”
Which rich kid is being so stingy over a few bucks?
Ning Chu rolled his eyes, too lazy to say much more. After confirming the internet connection was fine, he turned and opened the wardrobe, tiptoeing to look inside for clothes to change into for the night.
During military training, he had to shower twice daily.
But his movements were a bit slow, and his expression carried uncertain doubt.
At noon, while showering, he was sure he felt some extra softness on his chest. He panicked a little but didn’t have time to dwell on it during the short break.
Gotta check carefully tonight…
Lost in thought, his butt was slapped again.
What’s up with Zhang Shaoqing’s wandering hands!
Fuming, Ning Chu turned around to find it was actually Wen Yang behind him.
Oh, the male lead—never mind… Gotta get on good terms with the male lead! Having him around will surely help when disrupting the plot later!
“Keep your hands to yourself!”
He shot a glare at Wen Yang, but his tone relaxed somewhat, “If you want to run for class president tomorrow, you should probably talk to the classmates first.”
“Yeah, I’ve already arranged it.” Wen Yang nodded with a beaming smile, “Most of the girls in class support me.”
Tsk, being handsome really pays off~
Ning Chu envied and eyed Wen Yang up and down.
At that moment, Wen Yang was just wearing boxers, his sun-kissed skin a light tan, muscles tight like a rock. He had eight perfectly defined abs and a V-shaped muscular line on his sides.
He was muscular yet had a refined face, reminding Ning Chu of a fitness poster of Peng Yuyan he saw in his previous life.
So jealous~ Why can’t I be the male lead instead of a side character getting the short end of the stick…
I’d even take being a villain!
Ning Chu’s gaze shifted to Zhang Shaoqing, who was shirtless.
While Zhang Shaoqing didn’t have particularly impressive muscles, his face could easily make him a web celebrity even without any special skills by modern internet standards.
Then he looked at himself…
Skinny arms, skinny legs, a face resembling an underdeveloped little boy, and a voice too androgynous, with a weight not even breaking a hundred pounds.
At least he was slightly better than Wang Jie, the introvert who almost lost his life after running a couple of laps.
Thinking woefully about the unfairness of the world, Ning Chu pulled out his pajamas, preparing to head for a shower.
But as soon as he turned around, he saw Zhang Shaoqing grab a pair of underpants and dash into the bathroom.
“What the heck…?”
“That’s just how he is, such a show-off.”
Wen Yang lounged on the ladder of Ning Chu’s bed, playing with his phone, and hesitantly asked, “Ning Chu, can you help me pick?”
“Pick what?”
“A girlfriend.” He ruffled his short hair in distress, “Even girls from other classes added me and sent me photos asking me to be their boyfriends.”
With strict upbringing, he hadn’t even held a girl’s hand before college, and now being pursued by so many girls was overwhelming.
“…”
Ning Chu could only glare at him in jealousy.
“Is there any need to pick? Just take them all!” Wang Jie shouted from the side.
Ning Chu wasted no time, grabbing an empty bottle and tossed it at Wang Jie, “Stop the nonsense!”
Damn, take them all!
Once Wen Yang gets a taste of all this, he won’t be able to stop him from going out to sleep over with girls!
“That’s not okay; I haven’t even talked much with girls. I can’t handle one,” Wen Yang shook his head, complaining, “Just yesterday with Ling Ling at the cafeteria, she suddenly got mad. I seriously don’t understand women.”
No wonder you so easily agreed to break up with Zhang Shaoqing.
But Ling Ling getting mad… It’s probably because you didn’t meet her needs.
After all, she’s a minor character in the Small Royal Text, and usually, reasons for anger stem from unmet desires.
“What’s the point of women? They’re not even as fun as playing games.” Ning Chu slipped a personal agenda into his talk, attempting to brainwash Wen Yang, “Look at those games—they cost millions to make with hundreds of people working on them. Aren’t they better than a woman? Even duo-queueing is more interesting than with women!”
Wen Yang paused, turning to him, “Forget it, playing games with you is too prison-like.”
“That’s just because I haven’t played much before!”
A man’s pride in gaming surged; even with a 0-16 record, he would never admit to being bad.
Ning Chu crossed his arms, pouting, “Just wait until I get used to it more, I’ll carry you!”
Although games like LOL and CSGO were popular in this world too, he was unfamiliar with any characters, and even his prior experience would require a newbie phase.
“I was once in Diamond 1 in gaming.” He muttered quietly, then quickly glanced at Wen Yang, who had just shifted his gaze.
Wen Yang had awkwardly turned away, scratching his nose.
From his angle looking down, he could catch a glimpse of Ning Chu’s delicate, fair collarbone peeking out from his loose neckline, and even something slightly moving beneath it.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Why are you staring at me?
Ning Chu felt uncomfortable all over; at that moment, Zhang Shaoqing came back in, wet, and Ning Chu quickly grabbed his pajamas, bolting out to the balcony, bumping into Zhang Shaoqing as he did.
“Damn!” Zhang Shaoqing was about to curse but saw Ning Chu had already dashed out, the door slamming behind him, leaving him to sulk, “In a hurry to change a sanitary napkin? What’s wrong with running around the dorm?”
In the bathroom, Ning Chu had already stripped down, standing stark naked on the tile, looking down at his flat chest, lost in thought.
It really was a flat surface, but that’s only if you compare it to women.
With his hands over his chest, Ning Chu frowned, feeling the slight ache under the Small Red Bean and that soft, fluffy sensation.
“Confirmed, I’m developing.”
“Could it be some kind of intersex deformity? Am I actually a girl?”
But girls don’t develop this fast, right? It’s only been a few days and there’s already some flesh.
He slightly spread his legs, glancing down.
Speaking of which, he hadn’t seen little Ning Chu alert once since he crossed over, not even early in the morning. But he wasn’t completely a saint; occasionally, his mind would be flooded with dirty thoughts and impulsive needs.
But with the male lead and the villain lurking around, as a side character sandwiched between the two, he couldn’t take any risks.
And who would do that kind of thing in a dorm room anyway?
“I’m afraid this is truly a punishment that disrupts the plot…”
“This totally sucks!”