Chapter 96: Ye Ziming’s Deduction
After leaving the office, Ye Ziming walked home with Lin Muqing as usual, with two bags in hand, of course.
As always, when she saw the bags he was holding, Lin Muqing curiously leaned closer, wanting to peek inside.
“This one’s mine, and this one is for you,” he said with a light smile, handing one of the bags to her and showing her the one in his own hand.
At that moment, he thought Lin Muqing was a lot like a kitten, always curious, leaning in to explore whatever caught her attention. If he didn’t let her see, she might puff up her cheeks and pout unhappily.
But if he did let her take a look, even if it was too dark to clearly see what kind of clothes were inside, she would be satisfied and stay calm and quiet.
“For me?”
She looked at his bag, then at the one in her hand, a little confused.
“Yep. My sister specially made these clothes for you. She hopes you’ll wear them and take a photo for her.”
“Huh? What’s going on?”
“Nothing special. Just remember to wear them when we go to the movies this weekend.”
It was a complicated story, so Ye Ziming didn’t plan to explain. He simply told her what she needed to do.
Even though Lin Muqing had glanced into his bag earlier, he knew she definitely didn’t get a clear look, so she hadn’t realized it was a couple outfit.
“Don’t worry. It’s not a skirt,” he added, noticing the hesitation on her face.
“Ohhh~”
She still didn’t fully understand what was going on, but after hearing what her good buddy said, she figured it should be fine.
As long as it wasn’t a little skirt, she didn’t mind what she wore. It was no different from wearing boys’ clothes, like what she had on right now. She’d been wearing them for so long, she was already used to it.
“Okay, see you tomorrow then, boss.”
He walked her downstairs as usual. She waved goodbye, opened the car door, and headed home.
What she didn’t know was that the moment she got in the car, a satisfied grin appeared on Ye Ziming’s face. The kind of smile a villain makes when their plan works. With a smirk tugging at the corners of his mouth, he looked very pleased.
“Emmm~”
Back at home, after showering and finishing her homework, Lin Muqing stood in her room, holding the outfit in her hands and fell into deep thought.
It was the outfit her good buddy gave her. A pair of hot pants and a T-shirt. It looked pretty loose and seemed comfortable.
What made her hesitate was that… the clothes looked really cute.
Then a question popped into her mind.
Can I not wear this outside?
She felt a bit shy.
[Old Iron: You logging in today or not?]
Just as she was still stuck in her thoughts, a message notification popped up. She opened it and saw it was an invite from “Old Iron” asking her to get online.
[Mumu-chan: Awoo awoo awoo!]
Seeing that, she quickly grabbed two hangers, hung up the clothes in her closet, and jumped online to play games.
Right now, the most important thing was to dive into a fantasy world with her friend, everything else could wait.
And that “wait” ended up lasting until Saturday… She completely forgot about the clothes in the meantime.
[Old Iron: Actually… you’re a student, right? A high schooler?]
In the middle of playing the game, she suddenly saw this message.
Her eyebrows rose and she looked surprised. After reading it, she scratched the back of her head, not sure why the other person would say that.
She was shocked that they guessed right, which only made it more confusing. Had she given herself away somehow?
[Mumu-chan: Huh? Why do you say that?]
As she typed her reply, she also added a cat meme with a confused expression.
[Old Iron: Besides weekends, you can only go online at night. And when Chengnan High School is on holiday, you also seem to be on break…]
The online friend mentioned a lot of little details. From all of that, they even guessed that she was a second-year high school student, and a science major.
Shocked!
She never imagined that such a normal-looking net friend could have such strong deduction skills. He basically figured out everything!
[Mumu-chan: emmm... want to guess what color underwear I’m wearing?]
[Old Iron: White triangle.]
Hiss!
“Does this person have a hidden camera in my room!?”
She looked down and pulled open her pants a little. She really was wearing white triangle panties today. That was way too creepy! The other person had even guessed her underwear correctly.
And if she hadn’t looked, she would’ve forgotten what color she was wearing today. These internet users… truly terrifying.
[Mumu-chan: Nope~ I’m wearing black boxers.]
Even though the other person guessed everything right, Lin Muqing wasn’t going to admit it so easily. She only acknowledged a small part, and denied everything else!
While chatting, the game was still going on in the background.
[Mumu-chan: It’s getting late, time to sleep~ yawn.jpg]
After playing for a while longer, and seeing the time had reached her planned limit, Lin Muqing quickly sent her net friend a message and clicked to log off.
[Old Iron: You have school tomorrow, it’s Friday. Sleep early.]
[Mumu-chan: emmm]
Although she never admitted she was a high school student, her net friend seemed to think she already had, and just treated her like one. That made her feel a bit helpless. She couldn’t prove she wasn’t in high school, but she could prove she was a middle schooler.
She still remembered what happened during summer break when she was getting her hair done. The hair stylist had asked if she was in first or second year of middle school.
The saddest part? It wasn’t just the stylist, everyone in the salon, including other customers, thought the same. A tragic story indeed.
While she was brushing her teeth and washing up to go to bed, Ye Ziming was doing pretty much the same thing.
“How could they be so alike…”
Thinking back on all the clues he had gathered, Ye Ziming put down his toothbrush, wiped his mouth, and muttered while looking at himself in the mirror.
After what happened tonight, he became even more certain that the net friend and Lin Muqing had too many things in common.
Even though she didn’t admit it, he still trusted his judgment.
As for when the net friend asked him to guess her underwear color, he suddenly remembered reading an online post once.
“People who wear white underwear are often innocent, open to advice, and like learning new things.”
That info, combined with his instincts and what he knew about the net friend, led him to that answer.
Seeing how firmly she denied it… he figured he must’ve guessed right.
“If you really are her…”
A bold thought popped up in his mind. And just thinking about it made Ye Ziming feel a little excited.
In his phone, his note for that net friend was just two words.
“Lewd Loli.”