Chapter 175: Life in the Girls' Dorm
Chen Zhihao and Zhao Pan returned to their dorm room.
The room felt a bit empty now. Li Mu had moved out, and their temporary roommate, Yu Fan, was packing his things and also getting ready to leave. Chen Zhihao sat down at his desk, lost in thought.
Zhao Pan was still mumbling, “Something about Li Mu felt weird today.”
Yu Fan, who had just finished packing his suitcase, suddenly twitched and quickly turned around to ask, “You saw Li Mu just now?”
“Yeah! You didn’t see it. He was about to sneak into the girls’ dorm with Wang Ruoyan!” Zhao Pan looked full of admiration. “A man like Brother Mu is truly someone to look up to.”
Even though Zhao Pan was also quite delicate, his short hair gave him no girly vibe at all. Unless he wore women’s clothes and makeup, he wouldn’t be able to sneak into the girls’ dorm like Li Mu.
Yu Fan realized Zhao Pan hadn’t noticed anything strange about Li Mu, and felt a little more at ease. Then, he turned to look at Chen Zhihao.
Although Chen Zhihao usually didn’t say much, it was clear from everyday life in the dorm that he seemed to know a little more about Li Mu than others.
Chen Zhihao simply smiled at him, but then remembered something strange about when Yu Fan had first moved into the dorm.
Normally, students who can live at home don’t choose to stay in the dorm, unless they have family issues. Maybe Yu Fan did have problems at home, but looking at things now, the real reason he stayed in the dorm might have been because of Li Mu.
Otherwise, now that Li Mu left, he wouldn’t be packing up and moving out too.
Chen Zhihao waved Yu Fan over, then got up and walked to the balcony.
Yu Fan was a little confused, but put his things down and followed.
The two stood facing each other, under some hanging clothes. Chen Zhihao looked curious, and Yu Fan could guess what he wanted to ask.
“Since you’re close to Li Mu, I just wanted to ask…” He scratched his head, paused for a moment, then continued, “Is Li Mu… actually a girl?”
“How is that possible?”
Yu Fan glanced back into the room to make sure no one was listening, then answered firmly, “If she were a girl, how could I not know? And Zhao Pan has lived with her for more than two years, right? She would’ve been found out long ago.”
This explanation made Chen Zhihao mostly believe him. “But Zhao Pan’s kind of dumb.”
“Dumb guys don’t get girlfriends?”
“Come on, I bet his ‘girlfriend’ might actually be a boyfriend.”
And just like that, the topic shifted to Zhao Pan.
Just then, the dorm door opened again. Wang Chen walked in, holding a bag of chips in one hand and a cup of milk tea in the other. He dropped into a chair, and the fat on his body jiggled a little.
“Wang Chen, you really shouldn’t eat more.”
Chen Zhihao called out to him from the balcony, “Look at how much weight you’ve gained lately.”
People who work out usually lose muscle tone if they stop for just a month. But Wang Chen not only stopped working out, he also kept eating and drinking a lot, and barely moved around.
It was like those online before-and-after comparison pictures from the pandemic. Wang Chen wasn’t that dramatic, but he was definitely getting chubby.
“So what if I gain some weight? Why do you care?”
Yu Fan also joined in, “It’s not like you’re still chasing after Li Mu’s sister. Why bother gaining weight?”
Wang Chen froze for a second, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
That was the one time he truly fell in love. He had even thought of names for their future kids. But he didn’t expect to be fooled so badly by Li Mu.
He had thought about exposing what Li Mu did. But since they still saw each other all the time, starting a fight wouldn’t be good.
Besides, he had once liked Li Mu’s “girl look”, so he just couldn’t bring himself to do it.
He looked down at the milk tea in his hand with a helpless expression and sighed, "But being lazy feels so good, why should I work out?"
He took a sip of milk tea, stuffed some potato chips into his mouth, and muttered, "Milk tea makes me happy."
Ever since he got used to this comfortable lifestyle, it was hard for him to snap out of it.
Yu Fan felt that Li Mu had really done a lot of bad things. Just look at Wang Chen, he used to be all muscles and strong-looking, and now Li Mu had turned him into a soon-to-be fat homebody.
“Yu Fan, are you leaving too?” Wang Chen finally noticed the suitcase next to Yu Fan’s desk.
“Yeah, my dad won’t let me stay in the dorm,” Yu Fan shrugged.
Actually, he really liked the dorm atmosphere. Even though someone always snored at night and it made it hard to sleep sometimes, most of the people didn’t have computers.
Even if some of them couldn’t fall asleep, they just watched videos or read novels with headphones on. It wasn’t like those rumors about university dorms where people typed loudly and had screens flashing all night.
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Li Mu was sitting stiffly on a chair, not daring to look around.
But her curiosity still made her sneak glances at Wang Ruoyan, who was posing in front of the mirror not far away.
That girl had just come back from a shower and was only wearing underwear now.
Although Wang Ruoyan’s figure wasn’t amazing, her tanned skin, slightly raised chest, and long straight legs still caught people’s attention.
Are girls really this relaxed around each other?
Even though she no longer had any physical attraction toward girls, her eyes still naturally drifted over to Wang Ruoyan’s smooth skin and curvy body.
But if she thought about it, boys' dorms were the same, lots of guys ran around in just their underwear. She used to be one of them.
“What are you looking at?” Wang Ruoyan noticed her staring, put her hands on her hips, and said with a pout, “You must also see your own in the mirror. But your chest isn’t as big as mine!”
Li Mu looked down, then unzipped her jacket and took it off, revealing a slim, fitted long-sleeved shirt underneath, showing off her curves that had previously always been hidden by her thick jacket.
Wang Ruoyan was a little surprised, then quickly turned her head like nothing had happened.
"Is having big chest such a big deal?"
Not every girl was like Wang Ruoyan though.
When Lin Yuanyuan came back from her shower, she was wearing thick cotton pajamas.
Lin Yuanyuan was also small and short like Wang Ruoyan, but sadly, her face had a lot of acne, and her face shape was round. So her looks were just average.
Another roommate, Chen Li, was very quiet and just sat at her desk reading a book. Since Li Mu had moved into this dorm, she and Chen Li had only had a short chat during lunch once.
“Chen Li, are you going to the party tomorrow night?”
Wang Ruoyan had changed into a long nightdress and was now grinning as she leaned over Chen Li’s shoulder.
“I don’t really feel like going.” Chen Li brushed her long black straight hair behind her ear and replied slowly.
This girl looked a bit shy and dull. She talked really slowly and gently, but if someone was impatient, they’d probably get annoyed just listening to her.
“Come on~” Wang Ruoyan hugged Chen Li and started acting cute.
“I don’t really want to…”
“If you don’t go, then I’ll—!” Wang Ruoyan reached her hand toward Chen Li’s chest.
“Fine, I’ll go!”
Li Mu couldn’t take it anymore and turned her head away. The whole scene just felt a bit too… obscene.
It’s not that she had a problem with it. It’s just that she was kind of worried Wang Ruoyan might start doing that to her too.