Chapter 54: Long Xing, Who Won’t Take a Hint
Long Xing definitely had feelings for him, and not brotherly feelings, but romantic ones.
The only fortunate thing was that, for now, Long Xing was still holding back because An Han was “a man.”
Leaning against the balcony railing, An Han looked at the bright blue sky at a 45-degree angle, his mind still a complete mess.
Right now, Long Xing’s favorability toward him was only a bit over eighty. So even if he liked him, he still couldn’t say it out loud because of the gender issue. But they still had to live together for their whole third year of college. If he didn’t do something during that time, that affection would definitely keep rising.
On top of that, An Han’s body would keep becoming more and more feminine as time passed.
Even if he didn’t trigger any missions or do anything at all, his body was slowly feminizing because of hormone levels.
“Too hard…”
An Han lowered his head and played with his phone. He felt so anxious he didn’t even want to step back into the dorm and look at Long Xing’s face.
“Xiao Han, want to go out for lunch?” Long Xing suddenly called from inside.
“No…” He suddenly remembered his plan and quickly corrected himself, “Sure! Wait for me a moment.”
Long Xing was the type who got impatient easily.
So if he agreed to go out for lunch but then purposely dragged things out, made Long Xing wait, and wasted his patience, then finally changed his mind and said he wanted delivery instead… wouldn’t that lower Long Xing’s affection?
He thought about whether the plan would work.
Before, Long Xing once got angry at Chen Junjie because he washed his hair and blow-dried it before going out, which delayed everyone.
Then I should go take a shower too.
He felt the plan was solid, so he entered the room and went to his wardrobe to look for clothes.
“Let’s go, I’m starving,” Long Xing said. He had already put on his shoes and was standing at the door.
But he immediately noticed something odd about the way An Han was walking.
“I said wait a bit, I’m going to take a shower,” An Han answered according to the plan.
“What’s wrong with your foot?”
He looked down at his left ankle and sighed, “I sprained it a few days ago. Haven’t gone out or showered for two days.”
That part was true.
Since he couldn’t stand on one foot the whole time, he simply didn’t shower. Now that his ankle felt a little better, he really did want to wash up.
“Then shower after we eat?”
“No. If I go out looking messy, it’ll ruin our dorm’s image.”
An Han took a whole set of clothes out of the wardrobe and put them in a bucket.
In the past, he would only bring a single pair of boxers to shower. But now, he definitely couldn’t do that anymore.
Long Xing had no choice but to sit back at his desk. Looking up at An Han, he suddenly asked.
“Why do I feel like you got shorter?”
“Really?”
“Yeah… and you look even thinner than before.”
An Han didn’t think too much about it. Since his bone structure had gotten smaller, people would naturally see him as skinnier and smaller. But he had measured his height, he was still almost 1.7 meters.
If he wore skinny pants or a short skirt that showed his legs, he might even look taller because of his body proportions.
Carrying the bucket, he walked into the bathroom on the balcony, preparing to take the most thorough and delicate shower of his life.
At least half an hour!
As a man, he usually finished his shower in ten minutes. Since he showered every day, even if he rushed a little, he wouldn’t really be dirty.
The sound of running water passed through the door and reached Long Xing’s ears. He stood up and started pacing back and forth in the dorm room, getting more and more restless while waiting for An Han to finish.
It was already noon, 12 o’clock. He hadn’t eaten anything in the morning because he rushed to catch the train, and now he was so hungry that his whole body felt weak, and even his stomach hurt.
But no matter how long he waited, the sound of water inside never stopped.
“Xiao Han doesn’t usually shower this slowly…”
He was growing impatient. Normally, he was a pretty honest and calm person, but the thing he hated most was waiting.
Long Xing walked to the balcony and knocked on the bathroom door.
“What?”
“Hurry up.”
Inside, An Han could hear the impatience in his voice. Holding back a laugh, he replied, “Don’t rush me. I haven’t showered for a few days. I need to scrub myself clean.”
Why is there still no system message saying his favorability went down?
“You’ve been washing for more than ten minutes already.”
“Don’t rush~.”
Long Xing couldn’t do anything about him. He sighed, sat on the washing counter, folded his arms, and shook his leg to pass time. Every three minutes he would ask again, but the answer was always, “Don’t rush.”
After a long time, he finally stopped talking, yawned, played with his phone, and just quietly waited.
That actually made An Han start to panic. His fingers were wrinkled from the water, but there was still no sign of the favorability dropping.
Even one or two points would be fine! Why is there nothing?
Unable to stand it anymore, he turned off the shower and began drying himself.
His chest, after a week of development, seemed a little bigger than before.
His skin was smooth like silk, not because of the body wash, but because of the earlier increase in his “skin and bone” attribute.
If only my girlfriend had skin this nice…
At that thought, his head started to hurt. In university, he originally wanted to date a girl seriously. But for the first two years, he hadn’t met anyone he liked. And now, even if he did… it was too late.
He put on his clothes and pushed open the door with wet hair. The first thing he saw was Long Xing, still waiting on the balcony.
“Blow-dry your hair and then we’ll go?”
Long Xing looked up at him, but his eyes landed on the wet part of his shirt.
Through the damp fabric, he could faintly see a soft, budding curve that made the heart itch.
This National Day break, An Han had changed a lot. His face now almost had no trace of masculinity left, and even his chest had grown a small bump… He wanted to ask about it, but An Han was always too guarded with him.
“I just showered. I don’t want to go out. I’m not going.”
An Han waited for the system message. He knew he was being kind of awful, but if he didn’t want to end up visiting the proctology department in the future, he had no choice but to lower Long Xing’s affection, even if it meant making him suffer a bit.
But he soon noticed where Long Xing was looking. His brows tightened, and he instinctively covered his chest with his hand… only to realize that action seemed too feminine and too intentional. So he forced himself to act natural and walked straight into the dorm, actually just avoiding the gaze.
Long Xing looked confused, but he wasn’t angry. He just scratched his head and said, “Alright, I’ll bring food back for you.”
Hey! Isn’t your temper a little too good?!
If it were me, I would’ve sworn already!
Sure, Long Xing was an honest guy, but he shouldn’t be this forgiving, right?
“What do you want to eat?”
“Just buy me a bowl of beef noodles.”
Maybe his favorability was too high, so Long Xing’s tolerance toward him had also increased?
Or maybe it was because he liked him, so he was extra patient?
An Han felt that even if Long Xing didn’t show his anger, he must be uncomfortable inside, and that discomfort would lower the favorability.
“You… you’re not angry?”
Long Xing was about to leave the dorm, and An Han couldn’t help asking.
“What’s there to be angry about?” Long Xing looked confused as he turned back. “Do you want anything besides beef noodles?”
“…Add a fried egg.”
After Long Xing left, An Han collapsed onto his desk and groaned, fiercely rubbing his wet hair.
Too hard!
Why doesn’t anything work on him?!