"No, didn't you tell me that your mother wanted to see me?" Lin Jin glared at Wen Xuan with a twitching corner of his mouth, asking viciously, "Otherwise, why would I come here? To meet your aunt?"
"No, I was just picking up a quilt and wanted someone to come with me" Wen Xuan said, taking a sip of Wang Lao Ji herbal tea, and leaning back casually on the sofa. "Did you really want to see my mom that much?"
"No, it's not like that..." Lin Jin helplessly lowered his head, looking at the wooden floor pattern, feeling like he wanted to cry but couldn't.
If I don't see your mom, that's fine, but the problem is, the task is already out there, right? In this situation, I can't even meet your mom, doesn't that mean the task is doomed to fail?
My little buddy...
"My mom did say she wanted to meet you, but I didn't agree" Wen Xuan said leisurely, taking another sip of Wang Lao Ji, and casually picking up the remote to turn on his thirty-something-inch wall-mounted TV. "Anyway, you came here to help me get the quilt, right? You need to enthusiastically help your roommate, right?"
"You should have asked Wu Min for this..." Lin Jin said, hanging his head in despair, swearing internally because Wen Xuan's prank would make his "little buddy" three centimeters shorter.
He was originally going to meet his parents and act like a lady, chat with them for a while, and then leave with the excuse that it was getting late to complete the task, but there were no parents of Wen Xuan here at all...
"Wu Min would definitely be too lazy to come. If I had told you the truth, you wouldn't have come with me either, so I might as well lie to you" Wen Xuan said, crossing his legs, totally unaware of the damage his trick had done to Lin Jin's body. "Anyway, you're more gullible, so it's easier to trick you."
"Are you asking for it?" Lin Jin raised her head, glaring at Wen Xuan menacingly, ready to resort to physical violence if need be. "If there's nothing else, hurry up and leave! I don't have time to play around with you here!"
"Don't be in a rush, my aunt hasn't finished packing my quilt, and I need to pick up some clothes. I'll have to come back on the weekend to throw my dirty laundry here" Wen Xuan said, perhaps feeling more at ease on his own turf, showing none of the timidity he displayed in the dorm. "There are snacks under the table, help yourself."
"I'm not in the mood to eat..." Lin Jin sighed, reaching under the coffee table and discovered several sticks of Alps lollipops. His eyes lit up, and she immediately unwrapped one and stuffed it into his mouth.
"What happened to not being in the mood to eat?"
Lin Jin, with the lollipop in her mouth, mumbled his explanation, "Eating sweets is good for mental and physical health. Even though I'm feeling quite down right now, um... but since it's there to eat, I won't be so picky."
"You're crazy." Wen Xuan rolled his eyes. "Why are you upset about not seeing my mom? Shouldn't you be happy?"
I would love to be happy...
Lin Jin's expression immediately froze. But the problem is that because I can't see your mom, my "little buddy" is now three whole centimeters shorter, okay?
Sighing again, he resignedly leaned back on the sofa, sucking on his lollipop.
Taking out his phone, Lin Jin saw an apologetic black cat as her screensaver, a cat that also seemed to be surprised that Wen Xuan turned out to be this kind of person.
"Um, I didn't know it would be like this either..." A speech bubble appeared above the black cat's head, and it lay on the ground, covering its face with both paws, looking entirely embarrassed. "Your roommate actually trolled you like this, and I couldn't see it coming at all."
"So the task is void?" Lin Jin didn't expect the black cat to be unaware of this situation, so he asked hopefully, "The task doesn't count, right? My 'little buddy' will be fine too, right?"
"Eh? But I never said the task doesn't count." The black cat stood up, tilting its head, looking completely bewildered. "Since the task has already been issued, it must be completed."
"The problem is, it can't be completed in this situation! I can't possibly have Wen Xuan call his mom over in the middle of the night, can I?"
"Is it my fault?" The previously remorseful and guilty-looking black cat suddenly became unapologetic. "That's Wen Xuan's business, it has nothing to do with me."
"Besides, what does a goddess in training like you need a 'little buddy' for? So what if it's a little shorter? You've lost it several times already, what are you afraid of?" the black cat said to Lin Jin matter-of-factly. "Besides, I'm just helping you issue tasks and giving you some benefits. I've already prepared the benefits, if external factors cause you to fail, it's not my fault!"
Why does it always feel like it's shifting the blame? This is totally shifting the blame away from itself, right?
Lin Jin's eye twitched, the lollipop in his mouth was bitten with a crackling sound, and his hand trembled with anger.
"Let's go."
Lin Jin was awakened from his anger at the black cat and looked up, only to find that Wen Xuan was standing in the middle of the living room with a large quilt bag and several sets of clothes, looking at him.
"Oh." Lin Jin, like a walking corpse, stiffly stood up from the sofa, and mechanically followed Wen Xuan.
"What's with that face? You look like your mother just died" Wen Xuan twisted his head to glance at Lin Jin, and casually handed him a bag of clothes. "Hold this for me."
Your "little buddy" mysteriously losing three centimeters might have the same effect on you.
Lin Jin sighed woefully. Perhaps Wen Xuan wouldn't care at all if he faced this kind of punishment. After all, he's a little virgin, so it doesn't matter to him.
"Shall I treat you to dinner?" Wen Xuan suddenly seemed to understand. "Is it just because you didn't get the red envelope from my mom? Why are you so upset? I'll treat you to dinner tonight, and that will settle it."
"I want pizza" Lin Jin readily nodded. Since he was already going to be punished, he felt justified in ordering whatever he wanted, especially since the failure of the task was mostly Wen Xuan's fault.
"Too expensive, pick something else."
F*ck you.
Lin Jin's mouth twitched, and he wanted to slap Wen Xuan, telling him that it was his fault that his "little buddy" was being punished! But even if he did say that, Wen Xuan would likely just look confused, having no idea what had happened.
So Lin Jin couldn't really blame Wen Xuan, and had to blame the black cat instead for issuing him a temporary task without understanding the situation.
"F*ck! Come out! Face your death!" Lowering his head, Lin Jin furiously typed on his phone, venting at the black cat. "If you dare to do anything strange to my body! I quit!"
"It's just turning into a woman, right?! I'll turn into a woman without the task, and I'll still turn into a woman with the task! What's the difference? And I still have to play your games!"
Then Lin Jin sent a series of obscenities through his phone, all of which turned into asterisks along with the words he'd said earlier. Moments later, the black cat appeared, looking bewildered and staring at Lin Jin with innocent, wide eyes. "What's wrong? Why are you always sending asterisks?"
Damn it, how infuriating! If that black cat ever really appeared in front of him, he'd definitely slap it ten times, so hard that even its mother wouldn't recognize it.
"No, didn't you tell me that your mother wanted to see me?" Lin Jin glared at Wen Xuan with a twitching corner of his mouth, asking viciously, "Otherwise, why would I come here? To meet your aunt?"
"No, I was just picking up a quilt and wanted someone to come with me" Wen Xuan said, taking a sip of Wang Lao Ji herbal tea, and leaning back casually on the sofa. "Did you really want to see my mom that much?"
"No, it's not like that..." Lin Jin helplessly lowered his head, looking at the wooden floor pattern, feeling like he wanted to cry but couldn't.
If I don't see your mom, that's fine, but the problem is, the task is already out there, right? In this situation, I can't even meet your mom, doesn't that mean the task is doomed to fail?
My little buddy...
"My mom did say she wanted to meet you, but I didn't agree" Wen Xuan said leisurely, taking another sip of Wang Lao Ji, and casually picking up the remote to turn on his thirty-something-inch wall-mounted TV. "Anyway, you came here to help me get the quilt, right? You need to enthusiastically help your roommate, right?"
"You should have asked Wu Min for this..." Lin Jin said, hanging his head in despair, swearing internally because Wen Xuan's prank would make his "little buddy" three centimeters shorter.
He was originally going to meet his parents and act like a lady, chat with them for a while, and then leave with the excuse that it was getting late to complete the task, but there were no parents of Wen Xuan here at all...
"Wu Min would definitely be too lazy to come. If I had told you the truth, you wouldn't have come with me either, so I might as well lie to you" Wen Xuan said, crossing his legs, totally unaware of the damage his trick had done to Lin Jin's body. "Anyway, you're more gullible, so it's easier to trick you."
"Are you asking for it?" Lin Jin raised her head, glaring at Wen Xuan menacingly, ready to resort to physical violence if need be. "If there's nothing else, hurry up and leave! I don't have time to play around with you here!"
"Don't be in a rush, my aunt hasn't finished packing my quilt, and I need to pick up some clothes. I'll have to come back on the weekend to throw my dirty laundry here" Wen Xuan said, perhaps feeling more at ease on his own turf, showing none of the timidity he displayed in the dorm. "There are snacks under the table, help yourself."
"I'm not in the mood to eat..." Lin Jin sighed, reaching under the coffee table and discovered several sticks of Alps lollipops. His eyes lit up, and she immediately unwrapped one and stuffed it into his mouth.
"What happened to not being in the mood to eat?"
Lin Jin, with the lollipop in her mouth, mumbled his explanation, "Eating sweets is good for mental and physical health. Even though I'm feeling quite down right now, um... but since it's there to eat, I won't be so picky."
"You're crazy." Wen Xuan rolled his eyes. "Why are you upset about not seeing my mom? Shouldn't you be happy?"
I would love to be happy...
Lin Jin's expression immediately froze. But the problem is that because I can't see your mom, my "little buddy" is now three whole centimeters shorter, okay?
Sighing again, he resignedly leaned back on the sofa, sucking on his lollipop.
Taking out his phone, Lin Jin saw an apologetic black cat as her screensaver, a cat that also seemed to be surprised that Wen Xuan turned out to be this kind of person.
"Um, I didn't know it would be like this either..." A speech bubble appeared above the black cat's head, and it lay on the ground, covering its face with both paws, looking entirely embarrassed. "Your roommate actually trolled you like this, and I couldn't see it coming at all."
"So the task is void?" Lin Jin didn't expect the black cat to be unaware of this situation, so he asked hopefully, "The task doesn't count, right? My 'little buddy' will be fine too, right?"
"Eh? But I never said the task doesn't count." The black cat stood up, tilting its head, looking completely bewildered. "Since the task has already been issued, it must be completed."
"The problem is, it can't be completed in this situation! I can't possibly have Wen Xuan call his mom over in the middle of the night, can I?"
"Is it my fault?" The previously remorseful and guilty-looking black cat suddenly became unapologetic. "That's Wen Xuan's business, it has nothing to do with me."
"Besides, what does a goddess in training like you need a 'little buddy' for? So what if it's a little shorter? You've lost it several times already, what are you afraid of?" the black cat said to Lin Jin matter-of-factly. "Besides, I'm just helping you issue tasks and giving you some benefits. I've already prepared the benefits, if external factors cause you to fail, it's not my fault!"
Why does it always feel like it's shifting the blame? This is totally shifting the blame away from itself, right?
Lin Jin's eye twitched, the lollipop in his mouth was bitten with a crackling sound, and his hand trembled with anger.
"Let's go."
Lin Jin was awakened from his anger at the black cat and looked up, only to find that Wen Xuan was standing in the middle of the living room with a large quilt bag and several sets of clothes, looking at him.
"Oh." Lin Jin, like a walking corpse, stiffly stood up from the sofa, and mechanically followed Wen Xuan.
"What's with that face? You look like your mother just died" Wen Xuan twisted his head to glance at Lin Jin, and casually handed him a bag of clothes. "Hold this for me."
Your "little buddy" mysteriously losing three centimeters might have the same effect on you.
Lin Jin sighed woefully. Perhaps Wen Xuan wouldn't care at all if he faced this kind of punishment. After all, he's a little virgin, so it doesn't matter to him.
"Shall I treat you to dinner?" Wen Xuan suddenly seemed to understand. "Is it just because you didn't get the red envelope from my mom? Why are you so upset? I'll treat you to dinner tonight, and that will settle it."
"I want pizza" Lin Jin readily nodded. Since he was already going to be punished, he felt justified in ordering whatever he wanted, especially since the failure of the task was mostly Wen Xuan's fault.
"Too expensive, pick something else."
F*ck you.
Lin Jin's mouth twitched, and he wanted to slap Wen Xuan, telling him that it was his fault that his "little buddy" was being punished! But even if he did say that, Wen Xuan would likely just look confused, having no idea what had happened.
So Lin Jin couldn't really blame Wen Xuan, and had to blame the black cat instead for issuing him a temporary task without understanding the situation.
"F*ck! Come out! Face your death!" Lowering his head, Lin Jin furiously typed on his phone, venting at the black cat. "If you dare to do anything strange to my body! I quit!"
"It's just turning into a woman, right?! I'll turn into a woman without the task, and I'll still turn into a woman with the task! What's the difference? And I still have to play your games!"
Then Lin Jin sent a series of obscenities through his phone, all of which turned into asterisks along with the words he'd said earlier. Moments later, the black cat appeared, looking bewildered and staring at Lin Jin with innocent, wide eyes. "What's wrong? Why are you always sending asterisks?"
Damn it, how infuriating! If that black cat ever really appeared in front of him, he'd definitely slap it ten times, so hard that even its mother wouldn't recognize it.
