Chapter 243: Princess Carry
Looking at the little box in her hand, then at Zhang Xiaoling, who had already walked far away, Lin Muqing felt very confused, because of that sentence, “As your bestie.”
“You—what are you trying to do?!”
While thinking about that, Lin Muqing suddenly noticed a hand with bad intentions reaching toward her.
She quickly stepped aside, moved the box away, and turned to glare at Lin Wenbin with a frown.
“Nothing, I just thought the box looked nice. I wanted to take a look,” Lin Wenbin said.
But he didn’t stop there, he still tried to reach for the gift box Zhang Xiaoling had given her.
“Look at your der look. Go play somewhere else!”
With a slap, she knocked away that unwanted hand, looking very disgusted.
Anyone could tell what Lin Wenbin was thinking, so there was no way Lin Muqing would let him touch the box. While they were messing around, Zhang Xiaoling had already returned to her seat and taken out an identical little box, giving it to Wang Wenxin.
“You’re not seriously thinking of becoming besties with Lin Muqing, right?”
Wang Wenxin widened her eyes in surprise as she took the gift.
“Yeah, why? Is there a problem?” Zhang Xiaoling asked calmly.
“But… he’s a guy.”
“Guy besties are still besties.”
Zhang Xiaoling raised her brows and spread her hands, answering like it was the most natural thing in the world.
“Uh…”
Wang Wenxin froze for a moment, then glanced between her friend Zhang Xiaoling and Lin Muqing, who wasn’t far away. Suddenly, she felt… maybe it wasn’t such a bad idea.
After this morning’s PE class, not only she, but many girls in the class, had changed their opinion of Lin Muqing. In fact, in the girls’ group chat, Lin Muqing was now treated as a separate category. In their eyes, he no longer counted as one of “the boys” in class.
After a bit of effort and with her good buddy’s help, Lin Muqing successfully got rid of Lin Wenbin, shouldered her schoolbag, and left school. Then she followed her good buddy to a café, changed into a maid outfit, and learned new skills from Sister Yu.
Two things happened during this time. First, she got a message from her mom saying she would be visiting Chengnan City in the next couple of days. The second thing was… halfway through makeup practice, her period came.
“Are you feeling bad?”
In the office, Ye Ziming looked at the Lin Muqing sitting beside him, his voice full of concern.
“A little.”
Her lips pressed into a thin line, her brows slightly furrowed, and she held her stomach while answering softly, looking very embarrassed.
It was awkward, it came so suddenly. One second she was chatting with Sister Yu in the break room, the next she felt it happen. Even though she quickly got herself a big sanitary pad, she still didn’t manage to keep her underwear from getting stained.
On top of that, she was feeling uncomfortable in general. That’s why she came to the office, to tell her good buddy she wanted to leave early.
“Let’s go now.”
Seeing Lin Muqing bend slightly, head lowered, not daring to meet his eyes, Ye Ziming thought she was acting that way because she was in pain. So he immediately put down his work, quickly took her small hand, and started leading her out to take her home.
“Eh? Wait—I haven’t changed clothes yet.”
Being suddenly pulled out of the office by her good buddy, Lin Muqing was caught completely off guard.
Just before they reached the back door of the cafe, she stopped her good buddy, pointed at her maid outfit, and said, “I’ll change next time.”
Turning his head to look at Lin Muqing and her maid outfit, Ye Ziming didn’t think it was a problem.
After thinking for two seconds and slightly frowning, he said one sentence, then kept walking, taking Lin Muqing home.
“Ah, hey, don’t…”
Seeing what her good buddy was doing, Lin Muqing patted his arm, trying to stop him from dragging her home. But because she had some period pain, and because she was weaker than him, in the end, she still got taken into the car.
Ye Ziming worked quickly, before long, the doors were locked and the car was already on the road heading home.
“Big Bro… I don’t think this is a good idea.”
Sitting in the back seat, Lin Muqing looked down at her knee-length skirt and the white stockings on her legs. Her face felt very hot. In all the months she had worked here, she had never gone home in her maid outfit. Doing it suddenly like this made her feel so nervous and embarrassed.
“Hm? Just hold on, we’ll be home soon.”
Ye Ziming turned to look at her, then patted her head and spoke gently.
“Uh?”
Hearing this, Lin Muqing felt confused, like they were not talking about the same thing.
Because she was nervous and shy, she curled up a little, pressed her legs together, and put both hands on her skirt. She didn’t know that in Ye Ziming’s eyes, this looked like she really needed to use the bathroom, so he tried to comfort her.
After some time, when the car reached the neighborhood and they were about to get out, Lin Muqing saw there were quite a few people in the parking lot. This made her feel even more nervous and embarrassed, so she moved very slowly.
At the cafe, wearing the maid outfit didn’t bother her. After all, everyone wore the same thing, and if she didn’t, she would stand out.
But outside was different. Wearing this specially made, super cute maid outfit out in public felt very, very embarrassing.
“Do you feel bad? Can you still walk?”
Seeing Lin Muqing get out of the car so slowly, Ye Ziming frowned and quickly came over, asking with worry.
When he asked, he also thought it was strange. If she wasn’t feeling well, shouldn’t her face be pale? Why was it so red?
“Huh?”
Hearing his strange question, Lin Muqing looked up at her good buddy, paused for a moment, and then, without thinking, touched her stomach. She was indeed uncomfortable from her period pain, but it wasn’t so bad that she couldn’t walk.
However, this small action made Ye Ziming think she was in a lot of pain.
So before Lin Muqing could finish saying she was fine, he had already reached out and lifted her up, holding her in his arms like a princess.
“Wah! Big Bro, what are you doing!?”
This sudden princess carry caught Lin Muqing completely off guard, and she couldn’t help shouting in surprise.
At the same time, she instinctively grabbed his shirt with both hands, looking nervous and a little scared.
“Don’t move around.”
Ye Ziming ignored her shout. Holding her in his arms, he walked straight toward the elevator.
She wanted to struggle, but was afraid she might fall. She wanted to reason with him, but when she saw so many people looking at them, she got so embarrassed she hid her face with her hands and didn’t dare say anything.
In the end, she was carried all the way home like that, the whole way in a princess carry.