Ning Chu spent the entire day in a daze.
Maybe his head had been stuffed full of lewd thoughts last night, or maybe he'd thought too much before bed. Either way, he slept terribly, and the moment he drifted off, one nightmare after another came for him.
He dreamed again that he'd turned into a woman, with Wen Yang and Zhang Shaoqing on either side of him—two men, one on each side.
It was terrifying......
Usually, once he woke up in the middle of a dream, he could never get back into it. But last night, every time he woke from the nightmare and fell asleep again, the dream picked up right where it had left off.
It kept him in a haze all night.
“This is killing me......”
With so little sleep, Ning Chu's mind stayed foggy all day. He sleepwalked his way through military training, then followed his classmates into Room D203 in the teaching building.
It was an ordinary classroom with dozens of desks and chairs.
Ning Chu picked a seat at random, lay his head on the desk, and watched the counselor at the front with half-lidded eyes.
“Let me introduce myself again, in case anyone's forgotten.”
The counselor turned and wrote his name and phone number on the blackboard. “If it's something minor, message me in the group chat. For anything serious, call me directly.”
Han Jingye? It was a nice name, and he looked refined and well-dressed, too.
It was just a question of whether the shady business with him abusing his position to sleep with female students had happened in this story yet.
“Next, anyone who wants to run for class representative, come up and give a speech.”
Ning Chu yawned and turned his head, pressing his cheek against the cool desktop.
If he didn't suspect Han Jingye of something, he wouldn't have cared about class representative duties in the slightest.
“Wen Yang.”
“Hm?” Sitting at the same desk as Ning Chu, Wen Yang looked down at him, sprawled across the tabletop with his cheek squished into a chubby pout.
After thinking it over, Ning Chu continued, “If you become a class representative, keep an eye out for any girls in our class who interact with the counselor.”
“Oh? Looking for a girlfriend? Why specifically a girl who talks to the counselor?”
There was no way Ning Chu could explain a suspicion with no evidence, so he gave a quiet, “Yeah......”
Then, instead of making up an excuse, he answered Wen Yang's confusion with silence.
“Why don't you try running, too? Being a class representative is pretty good experience. You could use the practice—you can be a little shy.”
“No thanks.”
He couldn't even sort out the mess of problems in his own life, and now he was supposed to be a class representative?
He'd considered putting himself in danger and approaching Han Jingye directly, but he had Wen Yang now, didn't he?
Just as Ning Chu had expected, the outcome was already decided the moment Wen Yang went up to run for class representative.
As expected, Wen Yang became class monitor. An older-sister-type Wolf Girl and an outgoing guy became the two vice monitors.
Ning Chu was only interested in the Wolf Girl. Just look at that fluffy tail~ When he found out she'd become a vice monitor, it wagged like a little toy pinwheel. Even from a few meters away, the wind from it blew right into Ning Chu's face. She was more effective than an electric fan.
“Vice monitor's a pretty sweet job, huh?” Zhang Shaoqing sidled over and nudged Ning Chu with his shoulder. He grinned like a pervert, speaking in that knowing, suggestive tone only a fellow veteran could manage. “Look at those abs~ Look at those thighs~”
“Mm...... She could kill me with one punch.”
The crop top and hot pants showed off the Wolf Girl's figure to the fullest, but Ning Chu was pretty sure she could punch him straight into the afterlife.
The Wolf Girl's ears twitched. She suddenly turned around and stared straight at him.
Yikes~ Her ears are that sharp?
He immediately chickened out, slumping over the desk and ducking behind Wang Jie.
“Don't be scared.” Zhang Shaoqing grinned cheekily at the Wolf Girl. “By the way, what was her name again?”
“How would I know? I wasn't listening to what anyone said during the speeches.”
He'd almost fallen asleep just now.
Zhang Shaoqing laughed at his expense. “That's what you get for talking about her behind her back.”
“I was just joking...... Besides, aren't your dirty comments even worse?”
“I was complimenting her figure.”
Luckily, the Wolf Girl didn't seem to care much about what they'd said. Her ears twitched, and she went back to chatting with her friends, tail swaying.
Only then did Ning Chu relax. Look at her—well over 170 centimeters tall, with abs you could just make out. Then look at him, so weak he couldn't hurt a fly.
Not manly at all.
He couldn't be bothered to complain about his looks, much less talk about working out to change them.
If there weren't a chance he'd turn into a girl in this world and get thoroughly railed, he'd be perfectly content to drift through life like a lazy fish.
Besides, even if he did become a muscle-bound hunk, being only 160 centimeters tall wouldn't exactly help.
“All right, the three class representatives stay behind. Everyone else can go.”
The moment Han Jingye spoke, the students erupted into chaos, scrambling to be the first out the door.
“From now on, class meetings will usually be held here......”
Before he could finish, the classroom was already empty except for the three newly appointed class representatives and Ning Chu, who was yawning as he finally got up from his seat.
He blinked blearily and looked around in confusion, then finally fixed his gaze on Wen Yang.
“Wait for me, okay? We can go to the cafeteria together.”
“Yeah.”
He sat back down, rested his face in the crook of his arms as if taking a nap, and pricked up his ears to listen intently to Han Jingye and the class representatives. He didn't want to miss a single detail.
The night before, Ning Chu had searched the book carefully for anything involving the counselor. He'd found only one short story about him abusing his position.
The plot went roughly like this: the counselor used a scholarship as leverage to make a high-achieving girl offer herself to him.
The key was the leverage—something like a scholarship......
What a scumbag!
“Collect everyone's information tonight, fill out the forms, and send them to me.”
“Starting tomorrow, Wen Yang will take attendance. Report anyone who's late or absent to me.”
“During military training, buy two cases of water and some bread every day. Get more if that's not enough. Oh, I bought a sun umbrella. Pick it up from the office tomorrow, so you'll have somewhere to get out of the sun during breaks.”
“......”
Nothing useful there...... If anything, the counselor seemed pretty dedicated to his job.
“Let's go.” Wen Yang tapped the desk lightly with his knuckles. “We're done here. Time to eat.”
“You didn't sleep well last night? You've been out of it all day.”
Ning Chu sat up with a yawn, interlocked his fingers, raised his arms high, and stretched hard. “Yeah, I didn't sleep much.”
He answered Wen Yang while keeping Han Jingye in the corner of his eye.
In fact, he'd been watching Han Jingye's expression ever since the class meeting started, trying to figure out which girls the guy seemed interested in.
Hmm, but why does he keep looking at me?
Ning Chu stood up and hurried to catch up with Wen Yang. He tilted his face up and asked quietly, “Did you notice? The counselor keeps looking at me.”
“Maybe he's wondering why a girl ended up in the boys' dorm?”
“......”
Wen Yang smiled and looked down at Ning Chu's bare-faced, exceptionally clear and youthful face. “With your height and looks, it'd be stranger if people didn't notice you.”
“Fair point.”
“You seem especially interested in the counselor.”
Ning Chu paused. “Is it that obvious?”
“Yeah...... You don't have a crush on the counselor, do you?”
“I... Cough! Cough!”
The question caught Ning Chu so off guard that he choked and couldn't catch his breath. His face turned red, and after a long moment, he finally managed to angrily protest.
“I like women!”
Why was even straight-laced Wen Yang teasing him now? Had Zhang Shaoqing corrupted him?
