Chapter 52: A Crossdressing Photo
It didn’t take long for the other person to reply to Lin Muqing.
[Old Iron: It’s fine, I can go with my friends this weekend.]
Seeing that, Lin Muqing finally let out a sigh of relief. Looks like the backup plan she came up with won’t be needed after all.
But before she could type her next message, another one came through.
[Old Iron: But I can’t believe you ditched me.]
Seeing that message, Lin Muqing’s little hands froze on the keyboard. Her lips twitched slightly, she didn’t know how to respond.
When she saw the words “It’s fine,” she had really thought it was fine. But apparently, it wasn’t.
[Mumu-chan: It was an accident… Sweating guy.jpg]
[Old Iron: I don’t care. Unless you send me a photo of you in a girl’s outfit, don’t expect to get any spicy pics from me again.]
Sitting in front of the screen, Lin Muqing froze again, feeling secondhand embarrassment from her online friend’s demand.
[Mumu-chan: I’m a guy, do you really wanna see my thick, hairy legs?]
After sending that, she looked down at her legs, crossed over the chair. Honestly, there really wasn’t much leg hair.
It’s not that she didn’t have any, it was just super light.
To be fair, her legs looked quite nice: fair, slim, and smooth. Legs like that were perfect for wearing stockings.
Don’t ask how she knows. Lin Muqing would never admit she once tried on stockings at home and even took pictures.
And after seeing the photos, even she thought they looked amazing.
[Old Iron: Even better.]
When Lin Muqing looked back at the screen, she was totally shocked. Was her friend… into this sort of thing!?
Sure, she had worn a maid outfit before, and a few of those clothes that her “good buddy” had bought for her.
But those all had reasons! She had never worn girls’ clothes on her own!
And she absolutely never would. Not in this lifetime! Not even if Jesus showed up!
Also, the stockings thing didn’t count, that was just her practicing for wearing a maid outfit.
She kept chatting while playing the game. Even when it was almost time for her to log off and brush her teeth, her online friend was still pestering her for a crossdressing photo.
He used every trick in the book, threats or bribes, even offered to carry her through the hardest raids every week.
To be honest, that was really tempting. If she could clear those raids every week, her character’s power level would go way up.
She still wouldn’t match those big spenders, but she’d be way stronger than regular players, which would make the game way more fun.
Even so, Lin Muqing didn’t give in. She wasn’t the type to give in so easily.
[Mumu-chan: Sigh~ How about this, I’ll send you a photo of my friend in girl’s clothes instead?]
In the end, she was truly out of options. Being chased like this was exhausting, so she came up with a plan.
The classic move: “I have this friend…”
Here’s what she did: she opened her photo gallery, found an old pic she had taken in white stockings, and sent it.
As long as the top half wasn’t in the shot, it should be fine.
White shorts with white stockings, a bit of fair thigh showing in between. It actually looked pretty good. Definitely enough for one round of excitement.
[Mumu-chan: Alright, I’m going to bed now. Bye.]
She sent that message, then ignored whatever the other person said, put down her phone, and went to the bathroom to wash up for bed.
Tomorrow was Friday, and she had already told Sister Yu before that she would go to the anime convention.
To avoid awkward situations, she didn’t tell her online friend that she would be going too.
Because she still didn’t want the other person to know that she wasn’t actually a guy, but just a girl who was a bit over 160 cm tall.
On the other side of the city, Ye Ziming stared at the white stockings on his computer screen, and the pair of soft, pale, slender legs.
"……"
He squinted slightly. Suddenly, he felt… this looked kind of familiar.
That style of white shorts, he had seen them somewhere before, but couldn’t quite remember where.
After thinking about it, he decided to let it go. The other person wasn’t replying anymore, probably already gone to bed.
But not everything today was bad news. Just before he played the game earlier, he had received a message from Sister Yu saying that Lin Muqing would be joining them for the cosplay convention.
So what if he got stood up? Rather than attending with some online friend of unknown gender, going with Lin Muqing sounded way better.
Besides, he had already found a “girlfriend,” so in theory, he didn’t need to meet up with that online friend anymore. That was that.
Looking forward to the upcoming convention, Ye Ziming shut down his computer too and got ready to brush his teeth and sleep.
A new day began.
It was Friday, the last day of the school week for students, because the weekend meant no school.
That morning, as usual, Ye Ziming walked past a breakfast stall near school and saw Lin Muqing eating breakfast there.
“Morning, boss.”
Seeing her best bro show up, Lin Muqing quickly gulped down a mouthful of soy milk, swallowed her food, and raised her hand to greet him.
“Mm. Morning.”
He greeted back as usual.
Just like always, they finished breakfast and walked into the school together, heading to their classroom.
Before entering, Ye Ziming glanced at Lin Muqing beside him.
After making sure she seemed fine, he relaxed and walked into the classroom to his seat.
“They didn’t recognize me.” ×999
Before stepping into the classroom, Lin Muqing repeated this to herself several times in her heart, giving herself mental encouragement to stay calm.
Once she had mentally prepared and returned to her seat, what she saw in front of her shocked her.
At that moment, Lin Wenbin was sitting with his head resting on one hand. His face could only be described as bruised and swollen. Not serious, but very obvious.
He was playing on his phone. Even though it was Friday, there wasn’t a single hint of happiness on his face. Instead, he looked kind of miserable.
“Pfft—”
She couldn’t hold it in and laughed. After being classmates for a whole year, this was her first time seeing Lin Wenbin like that.
She knew exactly what caused the bruises on his face. Most likely something that happened last night at the coffee shop.
So she didn’t feel the least bit sorry for Lin Wenbin. On the contrary, she thought he deserved it. Who told him to jump out and scare her last night?
“Tsk! What are you laughing at!?”
Hearing her trying to hold back her laugh, Lin Wenbin immediately got annoyed. He put down his phone, turned to her, and looked unhappy.
“I just remembered something funny.”
Lin Muqing covered her mouth with both hands, trying hard not to laugh too obviously, choosing to mock Lin Wenbin with her eyes instead.
“You’re totally laughing at me!”
Even though he was kinda slow, Lin Wenbin could still tell that Lin Muqing’s eyes were full of mockery.
But just as he was about to raise his voice and do something—
He suddenly noticed Ye Ziming turning to look at him, eyes filled with a dangerous vibe. That stare made him a little nervous.
“Pfft— I’ve had professional training. No matter how colorful your face looks, I won’t laugh.”
Facing away from Ye Ziming, Lin Muqing couldn’t see the expression on his face. She just kept dishing out more mockery toward Lin Wenbin.
The reason was simple, she wanted revenge!＼( ｀ヴ)／