Going out with Chen Shi was not as wonderful as Lin Jin had imagined.
Because Chen Shi not only planned to watch a movie but also planned to buy some skincare products and clothes, and the destination was of course Wanda Plaza nearby. Probably in the entire vicinity of the school, only Wanda Plaza was a shopping paradise, the other places basically had nothing.
They set out at 10 in the morning, taking a taxi through the DiDi app for fifteen yuan to arrive at Wanda. Lin Jin was already worn out from the journey. At first, it was fine as Chen Shi only bought some snacks to munch on, and Lin Jin, while feeling a pang in his wallet, paid for Chen Shi.
Helping a girl pay is, in Lin Jin's eyes, an extremely manly act. Unfortunately, he was rather poor, and after eating together, they spent nearly two hundred yuan. When Chen Shi later bought skincare products costing hundreds or even thousands, Lin Jin's eyes twitched, and his mouth opened and closed a couple of times, but he couldn't bring himself to offer to pay.
Why were skincare products so expensive? And why was a college student like Chen Shi buying such pricey skincare products?
Not just the skincare products, the clothes Chen Shi bought seemed to be famous brands, too. A coat cost over a thousand, trousers were usually three to five hundred, sweaters were a bit cheaper, ranging from two to five hundred. In the end, Chen Shi bought two sets of clothes for nearly two thousand.
Lin Jin couldn't bring himself to offer to pay at all.
So instead, he offered to help carry the bags, only to find himself almost hunched over by the time the shopping spree was over.
Who knew why Chen Shi wanted to buy a car-mounted mini fridge in winter? And while it looked small, Lin Jin could barely lift it. Fortunately, Chen Shi wasn’t so naive as to think Lin Jin could move mountains, so after he struggled with it for a few minutes, they found a place to temporarily store it.
However, Lin Jin still almost collapsed on the spot, his back aching.
After watching the movie, Lin Jin treated Chen Shi to fish at Da Feng Shou in Wanda, then nearly had a heart attack for how much it cost. But he still had to pretend to be rich in front of Chen Shi and casually paid for the return fare.
If he could, Lin Jin would have liked to hang out longer, but Chen Xinya had already arranged to practice singing in the afternoon, and there would be a teacher there to help with vocal techniques.
In total, the day's fun cost nearly four hundred yuan, almost half of Lin Jin's monthly living expenses. If split evenly, Lin Jin only spent just over a hundred, but Chen Shi ate so much... if Lin Jin hadn't earned quite a bit from working last week, he might have had to borrow money for food.
"Pursuing girls really requires money..." Lin Jin sat in his dormitory chair, a forlorn expression on his face, painfully checking his Alipay, looking through each and every detail, almost unable to breathe from the heartache. "Four hundred at once... go out again next week, and it's probably another four hundred, and I only earned less than a thousand from working for a week..."
"Lin Jin is out of money again?" Wen Xuan heard Lin Jin's painful muttering and his face broke into a grin. "Call me 'hubby' and I'll lend you five hundred, just pay me back next month."
"Get lost as far as you can." Lin Jin casually threw an empty water bottle at Wen Xuan's head. "Like hell I'd call you 'hubby'!"
Anyway, after the New Year's Eve gala tonight, there will be lots and lots of money.
Lin Jin gathered his emotions, stood up, and stealthily made a cheering gesture to himself.
"Where are you going?" Wu Min happened to glance over, looking strangely at Lin Jin's hand gesture.
"Going to practice." Lin Jin walked out of the dormitory, feigning nonchalance, but his face was a bit flushed. As he stepped outside, he realized he was still wearing slippers. He hesitated, then nonchalantly walked back inside to change into shoes before hurriedly running out again.
Wu Min watched Lin Jin's foolish antics and chuckled, saying to Wen Xuan, "Lin Jin seems to be getting dumber and dumber."
"I just think he's become easier to bully." Wen Xuan yawned. "I'm going back to sleep for a bit, I have to go to the evening gala tonight."
"You're like a pig."
"I stayed up late, okay?" Wen Xuan rolled his eyes at him. "Do you think everyone goes to bed at 10 and sleeps like a dead pig like you do?"
While the two bickered as usual, Lin Jin passed the basketball court in front of the dormitory, enviously watching the guys sweating it out on the court, while heading toward the teaching building.
Why am I so short?
The once basketball champion of elementary and middle school had now become a short guy. He used to be one of the tallest in class, reaching 1.65 meters in the first year of junior high, but now he hadn't even grown to 1.70 meters in college. Even running laps was a struggle, and even if he maintained his previous basketball prowess, his stamina couldn't keep up.
Better stick to singing.
The New Year's Eve gala was soon, and Lin Jin felt a bit nervous. The stage for the New Year's Eve gala was being set up on the field. It had been under construction since Friday and was almost finished. Thinking about being on that stage tonight, dressed as a woman, with a crowd of spectators watching him, he felt a flush spread across his face.
Although he was fairly outgoing, singing on stage in drag still felt incredibly shameful.
And he had no idea to what extent the "master pill" would work, perhaps it would turn him into a singing master like in the novels, or perhaps the black cat had tricked him again.
Because he was preoccupied with these thoughts all day, he was a bit was a bit absent-minded even when he went out to play with rabbit Chen Shi, so it was simply glossed over it in a few hundred words.
Arriving leisurely at the cramped practice room, Lin Jin immediately spotted Chen Xinya, who had just arrived and was placing her bag in the corner, and a beautiful-bodied female PE teacher... the very one who had mistaken Lin Jin for a girl during physical education class and had pressed his legs during yoga, causing him to scream like a slaughtered pig.
Holy crap!
Since that incident, Lin Jin had basically been avoiding her, but since male and female students didn't have PE class together, Lin Jin hadn't been caught by this teacher again to learn something like yoga.
Even with a beginner's mastery of yoga as a BUFF, Lin Jin still didn't want to mix with a bunch of girls in PE class, okay?
"Lin Jin?" The teacher spotted Lin Jin instantly, even remembering his name due to the profound impression he'd made on her during PE class. She put her hands on her hips, furrowed her brows, and questioned Lin Jin, "Why haven't you been coming to class?"
Lin Jin was stunned for a moment, stammering without knowing how to respond.
"Eh?" Chen Xinya, having put away her bag, looked up and glanced between Lin Jin and the PE teacher, then asked the teacher blankly, "Teacher, don't you already know that Lin Jin is a boy?"
"Chen Xinya, can you not sabotage me?" The PE teacher rolled her eyes at Chen Xinya but didn't continue to tease Lin Jin.
"It's not like that." But Lin Jin had objections and, feeling teased, blurted out without restraint, "Why would you, a big-chested, brainless PE teacher, come to guide our program?"
"I also have part-time jobs as a music teacher, English teacher, dance teacher, and fitness coach." She crossed her arms, looking down at Lin Jin with contempt, "Are you shocked, shorty?"
Damn it! Just because you're a few centimeters taller than me! You're the shorty!
Going out with Chen Shi was not as wonderful as Lin Jin had imagined.
Because Chen Shi not only planned to watch a movie but also planned to buy some skincare products and clothes, and the destination was of course Wanda Plaza nearby. Probably in the entire vicinity of the school, only Wanda Plaza was a shopping paradise, the other places basically had nothing.
They set out at 10 in the morning, taking a taxi through the DiDi app for fifteen yuan to arrive at Wanda. Lin Jin was already worn out from the journey. At first, it was fine as Chen Shi only bought some snacks to munch on, and Lin Jin, while feeling a pang in his wallet, paid for Chen Shi.
Helping a girl pay is, in Lin Jin's eyes, an extremely manly act. Unfortunately, he was rather poor, and after eating together, they spent nearly two hundred yuan. When Chen Shi later bought skincare products costing hundreds or even thousands, Lin Jin's eyes twitched, and his mouth opened and closed a couple of times, but he couldn't bring himself to offer to pay.
Why were skincare products so expensive? And why was a college student like Chen Shi buying such pricey skincare products?
Not just the skincare products, the clothes Chen Shi bought seemed to be famous brands, too. A coat cost over a thousand, trousers were usually three to five hundred, sweaters were a bit cheaper, ranging from two to five hundred. In the end, Chen Shi bought two sets of clothes for nearly two thousand.
Lin Jin couldn't bring himself to offer to pay at all.
So instead, he offered to help carry the bags, only to find himself almost hunched over by the time the shopping spree was over.
Who knew why Chen Shi wanted to buy a car-mounted mini fridge in winter? And while it looked small, Lin Jin could barely lift it. Fortunately, Chen Shi wasn’t so naive as to think Lin Jin could move mountains, so after he struggled with it for a few minutes, they found a place to temporarily store it.
However, Lin Jin still almost collapsed on the spot, his back aching.
After watching the movie, Lin Jin treated Chen Shi to fish at Da Feng Shou in Wanda, then nearly had a heart attack for how much it cost. But he still had to pretend to be rich in front of Chen Shi and casually paid for the return fare.
If he could, Lin Jin would have liked to hang out longer, but Chen Xinya had already arranged to practice singing in the afternoon, and there would be a teacher there to help with vocal techniques.
In total, the day's fun cost nearly four hundred yuan, almost half of Lin Jin's monthly living expenses. If split evenly, Lin Jin only spent just over a hundred, but Chen Shi ate so much... if Lin Jin hadn't earned quite a bit from working last week, he might have had to borrow money for food.
"Pursuing girls really requires money..." Lin Jin sat in his dormitory chair, a forlorn expression on his face, painfully checking his Alipay, looking through each and every detail, almost unable to breathe from the heartache. "Four hundred at once... go out again next week, and it's probably another four hundred, and I only earned less than a thousand from working for a week..."
"Lin Jin is out of money again?" Wen Xuan heard Lin Jin's painful muttering and his face broke into a grin. "Call me 'hubby' and I'll lend you five hundred, just pay me back next month."
"Get lost as far as you can." Lin Jin casually threw an empty water bottle at Wen Xuan's head. "Like hell I'd call you 'hubby'!"
Anyway, after the New Year's Eve gala tonight, there will be lots and lots of money.
Lin Jin gathered his emotions, stood up, and stealthily made a cheering gesture to himself.
"Where are you going?" Wu Min happened to glance over, looking strangely at Lin Jin's hand gesture.
"Going to practice." Lin Jin walked out of the dormitory, feigning nonchalance, but his face was a bit flushed. As he stepped outside, he realized he was still wearing slippers. He hesitated, then nonchalantly walked back inside to change into shoes before hurriedly running out again.
Wu Min watched Lin Jin's foolish antics and chuckled, saying to Wen Xuan, "Lin Jin seems to be getting dumber and dumber."
"I just think he's become easier to bully." Wen Xuan yawned. "I'm going back to sleep for a bit, I have to go to the evening gala tonight."
"You're like a pig."
"I stayed up late, okay?" Wen Xuan rolled his eyes at him. "Do you think everyone goes to bed at 10 and sleeps like a dead pig like you do?"
While the two bickered as usual, Lin Jin passed the basketball court in front of the dormitory, enviously watching the guys sweating it out on the court, while heading toward the teaching building.
Why am I so short?
The once basketball champion of elementary and middle school had now become a short guy. He used to be one of the tallest in class, reaching 1.65 meters in the first year of junior high, but now he hadn't even grown to 1.70 meters in college. Even running laps was a struggle, and even if he maintained his previous basketball prowess, his stamina couldn't keep up.
Better stick to singing.
The New Year's Eve gala was soon, and Lin Jin felt a bit nervous. The stage for the New Year's Eve gala was being set up on the field. It had been under construction since Friday and was almost finished. Thinking about being on that stage tonight, dressed as a woman, with a crowd of spectators watching him, he felt a flush spread across his face.
Although he was fairly outgoing, singing on stage in drag still felt incredibly shameful.
And he had no idea to what extent the "master pill" would work, perhaps it would turn him into a singing master like in the novels, or perhaps the black cat had tricked him again.
Because he was preoccupied with these thoughts all day, he was a bit was a bit absent-minded even when he went out to play with rabbit Chen Shi, so it was simply glossed over it in a few hundred words.
Arriving leisurely at the cramped practice room, Lin Jin immediately spotted Chen Xinya, who had just arrived and was placing her bag in the corner, and a beautiful-bodied female PE teacher... the very one who had mistaken Lin Jin for a girl during physical education class and had pressed his legs during yoga, causing him to scream like a slaughtered pig.
Holy crap!
Since that incident, Lin Jin had basically been avoiding her, but since male and female students didn't have PE class together, Lin Jin hadn't been caught by this teacher again to learn something like yoga.
Even with a beginner's mastery of yoga as a BUFF, Lin Jin still didn't want to mix with a bunch of girls in PE class, okay?
"Lin Jin?" The teacher spotted Lin Jin instantly, even remembering his name due to the profound impression he'd made on her during PE class. She put her hands on her hips, furrowed her brows, and questioned Lin Jin, "Why haven't you been coming to class?"
Lin Jin was stunned for a moment, stammering without knowing how to respond.
"Eh?" Chen Xinya, having put away her bag, looked up and glanced between Lin Jin and the PE teacher, then asked the teacher blankly, "Teacher, don't you already know that Lin Jin is a boy?"
"Chen Xinya, can you not sabotage me?" The PE teacher rolled her eyes at Chen Xinya but didn't continue to tease Lin Jin.
"It's not like that." But Lin Jin had objections and, feeling teased, blurted out without restraint, "Why would you, a big-chested, brainless PE teacher, come to guide our program?"
"I also have part-time jobs as a music teacher, English teacher, dance teacher, and fitness coach." She crossed her arms, looking down at Lin Jin with contempt, "Are you shocked, shorty?"
Damn it! Just because you're a few centimeters taller than me! You're the shorty!
