Chapter 140: Realizing You're Starting to Like a Boy Is a Really Scary Thing
Reject your annoying rival’s sweet-talking lies.
Let yourself calm down and get ready to face the final exams seriously!
As long as I don’t fail any subjects, everything else is a small problem.
Lin Yibai returned to the rental apartment, tidied up a bit, and once his transformation value reached zero, he changed back into his male form. Only then did he head to the school dormitory to meet up with his roommates.
He looked around at the cozy rental apartment he had already set up and sighed with emotion.
“After I finish my exams, I can officially move in. Then next semester, I can use the excuse that the rental contract isn’t over yet, and continue living off-campus like it’s totally normal.”
On the way back to school, the wind was strong, like a typhoon was coming.
He quickly bought a few cups of milk tea and rushed back to the boys’ dorm. As he smelled the strong “guy scent” in the room, Lin Yibai felt like he had returned from a totally different world.
And his roommates, like Yang Chenjun and others, were totally confused. They hadn’t seen him for a few days.
“Whoa… has Xiao Bai gotten… prettier?”
Yang Chenjun corrected him, “It's not 'has gotten,' it's 'definitely'.”
Lin Yibai played dumb and asked, “Really?”
【Female Correction Value: 18%】
He remembered it was 15% last time. This time, after staying in girl form for so long, it went up by another 3%. Without realizing it, he was becoming more and more like a girl.
Thankfully, he hadn’t done anything too extreme during his transformation this time. Otherwise, if it reached 20%, Lin Yibai had a feeling something strange would happen to him again…
For example, even while in male form…
Would he start showing more female physical traits? That’s way too scary.
Lin Yibai felt a chill and thought, ‘Good thing that after finals, the guys are going home first, and I’ve already found a place to stay off-campus.’
He shook his head and took a deep breath. No need to overthink it. Right now, the only thing that matters is reviewing.
University teachers usually give hints about what will be on the test. Don’t worry about what will be on the exam, it’s usually all in those key points.
Someone had already made a study booklet and shared it in the class group. Everyone could just go to the print shop to get a copy.
During their late-night chat, the second and third roommates held their printed booklets and said, “Ahh, hope we don’t fail this time!”
Yang Chenjun said, “No way we’re failing. We already passed the CET-4 English exam. Why would we be scared of finals? They’re nothing.”
Lin Yibai poured cold water on their confidence. “You’ll regret saying that.”
Second and Third brother: “???”
Lin Yibai paused, then said, “I mean I’m not so sure. I skipped a lot of classes this semester, so my usual scores are already really low. That means unless I do super well on the written exam…”
Poor Xiao Bai. No wonder he was still staying up late and studying so hard.
With finals coming up, most classes had already ended. Unlike his roommates, Lin Yibai didn’t dare play games or hang out with Yang Chenjun and the others.
During the day, he went to the library to study. Most of the content was just memorization, and reading it made her head spin.
One day.
Two days.
While she was completely focused on studying hard and forgetting everything else—
Ding-dong~
Xia Changyu kept his promise. He didn’t bother Lin Yibai while he was studying, but he still messaged him from time to time.
He sent him a photo of what looked like a protective charm, and wrote,
“This doesn’t count as being superstitious, right? You were worried about the finals, so I went to the Confucian Temple to pray for you.”
Lin Yibai replied with a question mark: “?”
Xia Changyu typed back, “Where are you? I’ll bring the charm to you now.”
Looking at himself in male form at the moment, Lin Yibai quickly rejected the idea of meeting up in person. After all, he probably wouldn’t want to see him looking like a guy, right?
At the same time, he started criticizing him. He thought it was just for show and replied,
“Are you dumb? You went to that Confucian Temple in Gujing Alley, right? Every winter and summer break, it scams poor students like us. They know students don’t have money, but they still raise the ticket prices right around exam time.”
Xia Changyu chuckled and typed, “Didn’t expect you to have such a bad opinion of the temple!”
Lin Yibai seriously responded, “Of course! It used to be a temple that taught people to respect teachers and value learning. But now they might as well rename it ‘Money Temple’!”
Xia Changyu hesitated. He wasn’t sure if he had upset the girl he liked, so he typed, “Are you mad? Did I make you upset?”
Lin Yibai replied, “No.”
Xia Changyu: “?”
Lin Yibai took a deep breath and typed, “I just think… you shouldn’t, and you don’t have to, spend so much energy and money on me. I’m not your girlfriend, and I can’t give you any promises or anything. Basically… I’m not worth it.”
After Xia Changyu read the message, he finally let out a sigh of relief and smiled.
Do you know why he liked this girl so much?
How many girls do you see reminding a guy not to spend money on her?
From little things, you can see the bigger picture.
At the very least, the girl had a good personality. There’s no doubt, she’s a good girl!
Of course, just because a girl is “good” doesn’t mean you should always listen to her words.
Like when a good girl tells you, ‘Don’t chase me. I’m not worth it. I don’t deserve it.’
Would you believe her?
Xia Changyu could only say, if you believe that, you’re a fool.
He opened the notebook that Lin Yibai had once given him. On every page were messy and shaky words: “Don’t chase me.”
But after staring at it for a while, Xia Changyu saw the truth hidden in between the lines.
Every page was actually saying: Chase her.
Don’t talk to me about logic or strategy. Just go all in. Just chase.
Go all in once, feel great once. Go all in forever, feel great forever.
If you win, you get the girl. If you lose… well, you don’t really lose anything either!
So why hesitate over something that’s clearly a win?
Seeing the girl had little confidence in herself, Xia Changyu decided to speak more directly and confidently.
“Who cares about what’s worth it or not? I want to spend money on you. What are you gonna do about it?”
Lin Yibai: WTF!!
This kind of sudden domineering attitude from someone… honestly felt kind of nice.
If that annoying love rival wants to spend money on me, well, how is that my problem?
Damn, if only he were a rich woman instead. That way, I might feel a little less guilty about it. But sadly, he’s a guy.
No, this can’t keep going like this.
Lin Yibai started typing a long and serious message, filled with strong words. But after staring at it for a while, he deleted the whole thing. In the end, all his messy emotions turned into just two simple words.
“Shut up!”
Please, just stop being so nice to me. Please don’t say anything more. Okay?
Because even though I’m a guy. If another guy treats me this strongly and sweetly, I might not be able to hold myself back anymore.
Xia Changyu quickly replied, “Oh—uh, sorry. Did I make you mad again?”
Lin Yibai typed back, “No, you’re great. You’re a really nice person. It’s my fault, I was wrong… ah, let me calm down. I need to go study now. Goodbye.”
God, please help me! I’m just a poor, confused boy!
How can I possibly start to like another guy? That would be wrong… it’s not okay.
Wait! Don’t tell me… I really am starting to like him?
Nonsense! No way I like him!
Lin Yibai could no longer concentrate. His heart was so messed up now that he couldn’t even memorize a single thing.
The final exams arrived right on schedule.
They lasted three days. Even though Lin Yibai felt all mixed up inside, he had studied pretty well. So, he managed to just barely pass everything.
Meanwhile, his dorm buddies were groaning in misery.
“I failed! We all failed! The teacher gave us way too many topics to study, and of course I didn’t review the ones that showed up!”
Yang Chenjun sighed, “When you have diarrhea, never bet that it’s just a fart. That kind of gamble will mess you up bad. None of the topics I studied even appeared!”
Second and Third brother said, “We both failed… but only in some of the exams!”
Yang Chenjun kept sighing until he looked at Lin Yibai. Then his eyes lit up.
“At least I still have Xiao Bai with me. You two are fake brothers! Hmph!”
Lin Yibai looked confused, “With you?”
Yang Chenjun said, “Xiao Bai, you failed almost every exams, right? Come on, you’ll join me for the makeup exams, right?”
Lin Yibai scratched his chin and paused for a moment. Then he replied without mercy.
“You? Seriously? You wish.”
Yang Chenjun cried, “Waaah! Xiao Bai, don’t leave me behind! If you go, what will I do!”
Lin Yibai kicked Yang Chenjun aside, picked up his luggage, and said, “Sorry, brother. I think I passed everything this time. So please don’t stand in my way, I’m heading into a bright and happy summer!”
Yang Chenjun dramatically cursed. “Xiao Bai! Doing that is going to give you... the bad sickness!”
Lin Yibai: “???”
Now that he’s pretty sure he passed all his finals, Lin Yibai was currently in a great mood, like a horse racing ahead in the spring breeze.
He felt just like Saitama from the One Punch Man, feeling unstoppable right now.