Chapter 162: Taking a Shower
[Long Xing’s favorability -3]
“Huh?”
An Han looked back at Long Xing with a confused face.
Ever since yesterday, Long Xing’s favorability toward her had been slowly dropping, and finally stopped at seventy.
Even though the drop in favorability was actually a good thing, seeing Long Xing’s tired and gloomy look, An Han honestly couldn’t figure out what terrible thing she had done to cause it.
“What’s wrong with him…”
She muttered, resting her chin on her hands as she looked at the computer screen showing a match.
Wang Sheng had gone to the internet cafe tonight for the last round of the open qualifiers, Chen Junjie, as usual, was out with his girlfriend, and Long Xing was just waiting for the time to head to the fitness club’s welcome dinner.
Before Wang Sheng came back, she would be the only one in the dorm, so she could wash her underwear and try to dry it with the hair dryer after wringing it out.
If she hung it on the balcony, people from the next dorm might see it, so she could only use the hair dryer.
Since only she and Long Xing were in the room and no one was sleeping, she turned the speaker volume up to the max. Listening to the game commentary and watching the match, her mind still couldn’t stop wondering what she had done to upset Long Xing.
It wasn’t that she wanted to overthink it, but if his favorability ever went up again, she wanted to be ready to handle it.
Could it be that their lack of close interaction lately made his favorability naturally drop?
Or did she accidentally say something that offended him?
Or maybe he got annoyed because she often stole pieces of meat from his plate during meals?
Recently, An Han hadn’t done anything on purpose to lower his favorability. No matter how much she thought, she couldn’t find a reasonable reason.
“Brother Long.”
“What is it?”
“Did you get a girlfriend or something?” An Han turned around curiously to ask.
That was the only explanation! Maybe Long Xing met a girl he liked during the new club recruitments, and his heart had changed!
Long Xing froze and looked back at her, completely lost as to why she’d think that.
“No.”
“Really?” An Han stared at his eyes, still doubtful.
“Really, no.”
“Then why do you seem distracted lately?”
Because my head is full of the way you act all shy and cute when you’re with Su Peng.
Long Xing let out a soft sigh and didn’t answer her question. “I’m heading to the dinner. You’re really not coming?”
“Nope, I’m watching the match!”
“Alright. Don’t lock the door tonight. I’ll probably be back around one or two.”
“Got it.”
An Han waved her hand carelessly, covered her mouth to yawn, then quickly realized something and put her hand down, reminding him, “Remember to bring me a bottle of Coke.”
“Okay.”
He probably did meet a girl he likes, right? After all, in Long Xing’s eyes, a girl he likes is obviously more interesting than a guy he’s friends with.
After watching him put on his shoes and leave the dorm, An Han finally relaxed completely.
She jumped up from her chair, quickly locked the dorm door, then ran to the balcony and shouted toward the next dorm, “Su Peng! Su Peng!”
Soon, Su Peng stepped out onto his balcony and asked in confusion, “What is it?”
“Bring me my underwear, I’m going to take a shower,” An Han said in a low voice.
“Alright.”
A moment later, Su Peng came back holding a small bag. Standing across the narrow gap between their balconies, he handed it to her and said, “You should be more careful. I think Long Xing’s up to something with you.”
“You’re one to talk…”
“Are you going to leave the ones you change out with me too?”
An Han instantly became alert and looked at Su Peng like she was staring at some pervert.
He froze for a moment, not understanding why she was so cautious. But as a man, he quickly realized what she was thinking. “Don’t get the wrong idea. I’m not that kind of person.”
“I’ll give them back to you once they’re washed and dry.”
Better than letting you do something weird with them, she thought to herself.
Carrying the bag, An Han went back to the bedroom, grabbed a change of clothes, and quickly went into the bathroom.
Su Peng didn’t hurry to leave. He leaned against the balcony railing, playing with his phone while occasionally glancing at the blurry shadow of her figure behind the frosted bathroom glass.
He couldn’t see her body clearly at all, but his mind still wandered to inappropriate thoughts.
“Hey, don’t oversleep tomorrow at eleven,” he called out through the door.
“I know! You’re going on a blind date and still want me to come with you? Isn’t that embarrassing?”
You were the one who insisted on coming after I mentioned it, he thought.
Su Peng didn’t argue. He smiled lightly and said, “Aren’t you my master? Your student’s blind date is a big deal, you should be there to check for me.”
“I’m strict, okay? I’ll make sure to pick you someone with big boobs and long legs!”
He paused, thinking about An Han’s own soft little curves. Maybe a bit bigger would be even better...
“Isn’t there anyone else in your dorm?” Su Peng asked with a bit of anticipation.
Inside the bathroom, An Han had already turned on the shower. The sound of running water made it impossible for her to hear what Su Peng said.
She quietly rinsed her delicate skin, her face blank and her movements mechanical.
Even though her body and all its “parts” were now what used to excite her the most, nowadays she couldn’t bring herself to care. Every time her hand brushed over the new parts of her body, she felt a faint sense of disgust inside.
She might like such things in theory, but when they were on her own body, she simply couldn’t accept it.
“Sigh…”
Her hair had gotten longer and longer. She had thought about cutting it, but ever since she became a woman, she didn’t know whether short or long hair would look better.
Her wet hair covered half her face, leaving only her delicate nose and soft red lips visible. With her eyes tightly shut, she applied shower gel in the darkness.
She had started to hate taking showers. Every shower felt like emotional torture. Each time, she could clearly feel that she had completely become a woman.
Disgust, sadness, confusion…
No good emotions ever came. Each time, she felt more and more lost, like her life had been taken away.
“Damn system…”
Even her curses were weak. She didn’t wash very carefully, just rubbed on some shower gel and then stood under the showerhead, tilting her face up as the warm water ran down.
Bang, bang, bang.
“An Han, why did you suddenly go quiet?”
The knocking on the bathroom door instantly broke all of her heavy thoughts.
She looked toward the door in surprise and could vaguely see Su Peng’s shape through the frosted glass. “How did you get over here?”
“I jumped straight over. You suddenly stopped talking, so I thought something happened.”
“Aren’t you afraid of falling to your death?”
“Did you open your bathroom window? If it’s closed, you could run out of air while showering.”
“It’s open. I’m not stupid.”
Su Peng laughed and said self-mockingly, “Well, I am. I once fainted while taking a bath when I was a kid.”
An Han couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Leaning back against the cold tiles, she crossed her arms and asked, “Then what happened? Your family came in and carried you out?”
“My dog dragged me out of the bathroom.”
“That dog is basically your second parent!”
An Han laughed even harder, all her earlier sadness completely forgotten.