After walking for nearly half an hour and covering about three kilometers, Lin Jin returned to the dormitory feeling sore all over. He checked his phone to see that the task timer had indeed recorded a half-hour of exercise for him, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
However, it seemed he really had to move out.
Lin Jin recalled what Xiao Ling had told him on the playground. His roommates had long grown accustomed to Lin Jin occasionally revealing his legs as he ran around the dormitory. But Xiao Ling just couldn't adapt.
Moreover, by next semester, Lin Jin's body would undoubtedly be more feminized than it is now. Staying in the male dormitory would indeed be somewhat unsafe.
In fact, the two roommates who had lived with a pretty girl for two months had not done anything weird to Lin Jin. Even Wen Xuan and Wu Min had instinctively kept their distance from Lin Jin, which indicated that the two were relatively decent people.
Well, relatively decent, one could say...
By the time he returned to the dormitory, it was already five o'clock. The winter sky darkened quickly, and in no time, it was difficult to see the road clearly.
Soon after, rain began to fall in a light drizzle, adding a touch of chill to an already cold winter.
"Lin Jin, when are you planning to leave for the holiday?" Wen Xuan, crossing his legs, turned his head to ask Lin Jin. "Do you want to delay your departure by a day or two? Shall we go out for a meal or something?"
"A meal?" Lin Jin thought for a moment and realized that they had been going out to much recently. So, he simply shook his head to decline. "Didn't we just have a meal together yesterday? Why do we need another one just because it's the holiday? Do you have too much money or something?"
Wu Min also agreed with Lin Jin's opinion: "Exactly, going out a single time easily costs two or three hundred. That's hard to keep up, isn't it?"
"How about going to Gulangyu for some fun?" Wen Xuan continued to suggest.
Speaking of which, when the semester first started, Wen Xuan had wanted to take the whole dorm to Gulangyu Island to strengthen their friendship. However, Lin Jin only had a monthly allowance of 900 yuan at that time, barely enough for food and drink, let alone going out for fun. Wu Min was even worse off, although he had a monthly allowance of over 1,000 yuan, close to 2,000, he also had a girlfriend back then, leaving him nearly broke.
The winter drizzle stopped after about half an hour, and a cold mist hung in the air. Lin Jin, inside the dorm, opened the back door and immediately shivered from the cold. He walked to the edge of the balcony and reached out his hand to find that the rain had indeed stopped. He then planned to go out and buy some fruit to eat.
"I'm going to buy some fruit, do you guys want me to get anything for you?" The temperature had dropped a few degrees because of the rain, so Lin Jin put on an extra sweater before he felt warm enough to go outside.
"Get me some fruit for a few yuan" Wu Min responded, and then continued to focus on his computer game.
There was a fruit shop on the university's snack street that Lin Jin had tried when he first started school. He found that the fruit there was not very fresh and was relatively expensive. As a result, he usually went to a fruit shop about 300 meters away from the school's back door to buy fruit.
Though ordering fruit for delivery was also a good option, there was a minimum delivery fee of 10 yuan, so Lin Jin decided to go out and buy it himself.
The streets were relatively empty because it had just rained. Lin Jin had just exercised, so his feet were still a bit sore. He wobbled his way to the fruit shop.
The owner of the fruit shop was very polite and even had a "guess the price" promotion. If you guessed the price correctly, your order would be free. Additionally, if you used Alipay, there were even more various discount promotions, sometimes even reducing the price by two or three yuan.
Lin Jin casually ordered around five yuan's worth of fruit for himself and a similar amount for Wu Min. After a brief chat with the owner, Lin Jin picked up the bags in each hand and prepared to head back to school.
However, just as he stepped out of the shop, he noticed that it had started to rain again.
"Boss, do you have an umbrella I could borrow?" Lin Jin turned back helplessly and asked the woman who looked to be in her thirties.
"Let me check." The shop owner stood up and went into the back room. She returned empty-handed a moment later, giving Lin Jin an apologetic smile. "My husband took it, and the remaining ones are broken."
"Can I wait here until the rain stops?" Lin Jin looked out at the rain, which was getting heavier. Initially, it had just been a drizzle, but now the raindrops were so large that they stung when they hit his hand. "If it doesn't stop, I'll call my dorm mates to come and pick me up."
"No problem, feel free to sit" the shop owner said as she returned to her counter, fiddling with her 19-inch computer screen. "Stay as long as you like, the shop is empty anyway."
"Alright." Lin Jin found a low stool and sat down, watching the heavy rain outside.
With the rain coming down this hard, what about his exercise task? He surely couldn't risk speed walking outside in this downpour?
"It probably won't last too long, don't worry" the shop owner seemed to read Lin Jin's thoughts and reassured him.
Lin Jin nodded, placing the two bags of fruit by his feet. He rested his cheeks in his palms, watching the hurried figures running past outside.
Although there had just been a light rain, this downpour came quite unexpectedly, leaving many unfortunate souls without umbrellas drenched like drowned rats outside the shop.
In truth, Lin Jin also wanted to make a dash for it in the rain, but he was carrying bags of fruit and was wary of his currently weak constitution. He feared that getting soaked might lead to a cold or fever, and unbearable discomfort the next day.
The rain didn't last long, stopping after about twenty minutes. Lin Jin let out a sigh of relief. After saying goodbye to the shop owner, he left the store. The streets were empty, even more so after the rain, and the chill that followed was piercing. Lin Jin tightened his coat and pulled his hood over his head, wrapping himself up tightly as he lowered his head and walked towards school.
However, he hadn't gone far when he walked straight into someone. His frail body, caught off guard, staggered back a few steps and nearly fell flat on his rear end.
"Don't you look where you're going?"
Lin Jin looked up and realized he'd bumped into a young guy with dyed yellow hair and two earrings. The guy was probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, and didn't look like a student. Instead, he had a familiar vibe that made Lin Jin chuckle softly to himself.
This guy was the spitting image of Lin Jin at fifteen or sixteen years old! He was even more of a punk than Lin Jin had been back then.
"What the hell are you laughing at?" The yellow-haired guy snarled as he leaned in, trying hard to make his eyes appear menacing. "You f*cking bump into someone and you don't even know how to apologize?"
"I'm sorry." Lin Jin cleared his throat, looked up, and said earnestly, "My apologies, it's my fault."
"Hmm." The yellow-haired guy nodded, clearly satisfied with Lin Jin's apology.
And then he noticed Lin Jin's face, which was quite delicate when he lifted his head.
After walking for nearly half an hour and covering about three kilometers, Lin Jin returned to the dormitory feeling sore all over. He checked his phone to see that the task timer had indeed recorded a half-hour of exercise for him, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
However, it seemed he really had to move out.
Lin Jin recalled what Xiao Ling had told him on the playground. His roommates had long grown accustomed to Lin Jin occasionally revealing his legs as he ran around the dormitory. But Xiao Ling just couldn't adapt.
Moreover, by next semester, Lin Jin's body would undoubtedly be more feminized than it is now. Staying in the male dormitory would indeed be somewhat unsafe.
In fact, the two roommates who had lived with a pretty girl for two months had not done anything weird to Lin Jin. Even Wen Xuan and Wu Min had instinctively kept their distance from Lin Jin, which indicated that the two were relatively decent people.
Well, relatively decent, one could say...
By the time he returned to the dormitory, it was already five o'clock. The winter sky darkened quickly, and in no time, it was difficult to see the road clearly.
Soon after, rain began to fall in a light drizzle, adding a touch of chill to an already cold winter.
"Lin Jin, when are you planning to leave for the holiday?" Wen Xuan, crossing his legs, turned his head to ask Lin Jin. "Do you want to delay your departure by a day or two? Shall we go out for a meal or something?"
"A meal?" Lin Jin thought for a moment and realized that they had been going out to much recently. So, he simply shook his head to decline. "Didn't we just have a meal together yesterday? Why do we need another one just because it's the holiday? Do you have too much money or something?"
Wu Min also agreed with Lin Jin's opinion: "Exactly, going out a single time easily costs two or three hundred. That's hard to keep up, isn't it?"
"How about going to Gulangyu for some fun?" Wen Xuan continued to suggest.
Speaking of which, when the semester first started, Wen Xuan had wanted to take the whole dorm to Gulangyu Island to strengthen their friendship. However, Lin Jin only had a monthly allowance of 900 yuan at that time, barely enough for food and drink, let alone going out for fun. Wu Min was even worse off, although he had a monthly allowance of over 1,000 yuan, close to 2,000, he also had a girlfriend back then, leaving him nearly broke.
The winter drizzle stopped after about half an hour, and a cold mist hung in the air. Lin Jin, inside the dorm, opened the back door and immediately shivered from the cold. He walked to the edge of the balcony and reached out his hand to find that the rain had indeed stopped. He then planned to go out and buy some fruit to eat.
"I'm going to buy some fruit, do you guys want me to get anything for you?" The temperature had dropped a few degrees because of the rain, so Lin Jin put on an extra sweater before he felt warm enough to go outside.
"Get me some fruit for a few yuan" Wu Min responded, and then continued to focus on his computer game.
There was a fruit shop on the university's snack street that Lin Jin had tried when he first started school. He found that the fruit there was not very fresh and was relatively expensive. As a result, he usually went to a fruit shop about 300 meters away from the school's back door to buy fruit.
Though ordering fruit for delivery was also a good option, there was a minimum delivery fee of 10 yuan, so Lin Jin decided to go out and buy it himself.
The streets were relatively empty because it had just rained. Lin Jin had just exercised, so his feet were still a bit sore. He wobbled his way to the fruit shop.
The owner of the fruit shop was very polite and even had a "guess the price" promotion. If you guessed the price correctly, your order would be free. Additionally, if you used Alipay, there were even more various discount promotions, sometimes even reducing the price by two or three yuan.
Lin Jin casually ordered around five yuan's worth of fruit for himself and a similar amount for Wu Min. After a brief chat with the owner, Lin Jin picked up the bags in each hand and prepared to head back to school.
However, just as he stepped out of the shop, he noticed that it had started to rain again.
"Boss, do you have an umbrella I could borrow?" Lin Jin turned back helplessly and asked the woman who looked to be in her thirties.
"Let me check." The shop owner stood up and went into the back room. She returned empty-handed a moment later, giving Lin Jin an apologetic smile. "My husband took it, and the remaining ones are broken."
"Can I wait here until the rain stops?" Lin Jin looked out at the rain, which was getting heavier. Initially, it had just been a drizzle, but now the raindrops were so large that they stung when they hit his hand. "If it doesn't stop, I'll call my dorm mates to come and pick me up."
"No problem, feel free to sit" the shop owner said as she returned to her counter, fiddling with her 19-inch computer screen. "Stay as long as you like, the shop is empty anyway."
"Alright." Lin Jin found a low stool and sat down, watching the heavy rain outside.
With the rain coming down this hard, what about his exercise task? He surely couldn't risk speed walking outside in this downpour?
"It probably won't last too long, don't worry" the shop owner seemed to read Lin Jin's thoughts and reassured him.
Lin Jin nodded, placing the two bags of fruit by his feet. He rested his cheeks in his palms, watching the hurried figures running past outside.
Although there had just been a light rain, this downpour came quite unexpectedly, leaving many unfortunate souls without umbrellas drenched like drowned rats outside the shop.
In truth, Lin Jin also wanted to make a dash for it in the rain, but he was carrying bags of fruit and was wary of his currently weak constitution. He feared that getting soaked might lead to a cold or fever, and unbearable discomfort the next day.
The rain didn't last long, stopping after about twenty minutes. Lin Jin let out a sigh of relief. After saying goodbye to the shop owner, he left the store. The streets were empty, even more so after the rain, and the chill that followed was piercing. Lin Jin tightened his coat and pulled his hood over his head, wrapping himself up tightly as he lowered his head and walked towards school.
However, he hadn't gone far when he walked straight into someone. His frail body, caught off guard, staggered back a few steps and nearly fell flat on his rear end.
"Don't you look where you're going?"
Lin Jin looked up and realized he'd bumped into a young guy with dyed yellow hair and two earrings. The guy was probably only seventeen or eighteen years old, and didn't look like a student. Instead, he had a familiar vibe that made Lin Jin chuckle softly to himself.
This guy was the spitting image of Lin Jin at fifteen or sixteen years old! He was even more of a punk than Lin Jin had been back then.
"What the hell are you laughing at?" The yellow-haired guy snarled as he leaned in, trying hard to make his eyes appear menacing. "You f*cking bump into someone and you don't even know how to apologize?"
"I'm sorry." Lin Jin cleared his throat, looked up, and said earnestly, "My apologies, it's my fault."
"Hmm." The yellow-haired guy nodded, clearly satisfied with Lin Jin's apology.
And then he noticed Lin Jin's face, which was quite delicate when he lifted his head.
