Chapter 65: That Passive Person Sure Has a Lot of Tricks Up His Sleeve!
We should never be too proud to ask questions. We should stay humble.
If that annoying love rival really has the skills, then why not ask him for advice?
Inside the quiet, cool, air-conditioned classroom...
Lin Yibai took out his phone again and logged into his secret “female” alt account.
Then, he tapped on Xia Changyu’s WeChat profile.
There were a few red exclamation marks. Clearly, after blocking him, Lin Yibai had sent a few test messages just to check.
But now...
Should he let him out of the “blacklist prison”?
Thinking for a moment, Lin Yibai said to himself, “Other than being my ex’s ex-boyfriend, I don’t think he’s really done anything bad to me.”
To be honest, blocking him in the first place wasn’t very reasonable.
And the bigger problem now was that Xia Changyu was wandering all over the management building asking about Lin Yibai. It was starting to cause a bad impression.
Alright then. Time to be generous.
Let’s let him out of the blacklist!
Lin Yibai figured Xia Changyu probably hadn’t gone far, so he sent a message.
“Hey! What are you doing, running around asking about me everywhere? That’s not a good look.”
Outside the quiet classroom…
Xia Changyu was feeling hopeless.
He couldn’t find her. Not even a trace of the girl in the management building. Did he really guess wrong?
Just as he was drowning in disappointment—
Ding-dong!
He checked his phone, and the next moment, Xia Changyu’s eyes widened. His face lit up with surprise and joy.
“Lin Baiyi?”
“Yeah.”
“So I was right! You are in the management department. But why didn’t you come out to meet me?”
“Because you look super suspicious,” Lin Yibai tilted his head, then typed, “And you’ve been asking people about me everywhere. So tell me, why should I come out to meet someone who looks like a bad guy?”
“I’m really a good person!”
“A good person goes around showing girls’ photos to strangers and asking about them?”
“Uh…” Xia Changyu slowly realized he had crossed a line. His actions were a little creepy, maybe even close to harassment. So he quickly typed, “I’m sorry. I only did that because you blocked me, and I really wanted to see you.”
Lin Yibai stared at his phone, as if he was reading something complicated.
Ugh, this annoying rival, why does he sound so cheesy?!
‘But thankfully, I’m a guy. There’s no way I’d fall for some love rival’s sweet talk!’
Lin Yibai typed a reply and sent it over, “Stop talking so much. First, stop doing that dumb stuff.”
Xia Changyu asked, “Then… how can I find you?”
Lin Yibai replied, “Didn’t the whole thing in Binhai already end? You’ve already seen what your ex-girlfriend is really like. I don’t think there’s any reason for us to stay in contact, right?”
Wow, classic move. Playing hard to get?
We don’t know if Lin Yibai had some hidden motive, but Xia Changyu was definitely getting nervous.
If he couldn’t find Lin Yibai now, he couldn’t focus on anything else.
His fingers flew across the keyboard as he typed anxiously, “Don’t say that! I really think we could be friends. I don’t have any bad intentions.”
“You really want to be friends?”
“I do!”
“Then beg me!” Lin Yibai just wanted to tease his annoying rival a little.
But after sending the message, he suddenly realized—
“Wait a minute… Did I just hand him my weakness?!”
Everyone knew that he was the kind of person who gave in easily when pressured, and now he was even walking into the trap himself?
But Xia Changyu wasn’t someone who couldn’t read the room.
Before Lin Yibai could take the message back, Xia Changyu had already pressed the voice message button and said,
“Please~ Add me as a friend, okay?”
Lin Yibai: ……
Lin Yibai’s finger was still holding down the message, and the "unsend" option had already popped up on the screen.
Oh no.
Now he had to agree!
Lin Yibai crossed his arms and looked at the number reflected in his eyes:
【Female Correction Value: +86%】
After just a few days back from Binhai, this number had gone back up to 86%. Most likely, it would change again after just one more night.
Meeting Xia Changyu today was definitely not an option.
Lin Yibai didn’t want his male and female identities to get mixed up.
His male self would do what a guy should do. His female self would do what a girl should do.
He looked at the date. Today was Thursday.
“Then let’s meet on the weekend. Or Friday night works too.” Lin Yibai gently tapped on his phone and typed, “If you’re free tomorrow, come to the management building again. I have a few things I want to ask you.”
What? She was finally going to meet him?
Why not today?! But fine, tomorrow then.
Even though he was dying with excitement on the inside, Xia Changyu held back his emotions.
He wanted to act cool in front of “her,” so he typed to ask, “You, uh... I mean, what do you want to ask me about?”
What’s that supposed to mean, stupid rival? Was he still traumatized by what Gu Xiaoxue did to him?
But Lin Yibai wasn’t that kind of person.
She sent a sticker that displayed the words “don’t worry” and replied, “Relax! I’m not going to ask for money, and I won’t mess with your feelings like Gu Xiaoxue did. Of course, if you do think I’m up to no good, you don’t have to come.”
“I’ll be there no matter what,” he replied.
“Then…” Lin Yibai had just started typing when another voice message from Xia Changyu came in.
“Lin Baiyi, listen! You misunderstood me! I didn’t mean you’re greedy or anything, and I definitely didn’t mean you’re trying to control me emotionally!”
Lin Yibai: “Don’t get worked up.”
Xia Changyu: “I just don’t want you to get the wrong idea!”
Lin Yibai: “Okay, okay! I’ve got nothing more to say. See you tomorrow night.”
After the chat with his annoying rival ended, Lin Yibai finally let out a long sigh.
Why meet him on the weekend? Because Lin Yibai had already made plans.
First, he was going to transform again soon.
Second, because of that, he didn’t plan to stay in the dorm this weekend. At least not until his roommates got used to his crossdressing. It wasn’t a safe space yet.
Third, he planned to do some part-time work. Doing part-time jobs in his female form could be easier and lighter, and the money he made could cover the hotel costs, maybe even leave him with a little extra!
Ding-dong~
【Cainiao Parcel Station】: Your package has been delivered to the boys’ dormitory. Please pick it up soon.
“Oh-ho!”
Lin Yibai couldn’t help but raise his eyebrow.
This time it wasn’t a message from Xia Changyu, it was the clothes he bought.
Girl clothes. All arriving one after another.
He had spent a long time picking them out.
From a guy’s point of view, they were exactly the kind of outfits he liked on girls.
So… what would that annoying love rival think?
“Ahhh!!”
Lin Yibai suddenly got goosebumps all over his arms and shouted, “I bought these clothes to wear for myself, what does that annoying rival have to do with it?! I only meant that our taste in fashion is probably the same!”
He swore.
The clothes were bought for himself.
Definitely not to wear for that annoying rival to see.