Chapter 172: Brother Long’s Suspicion
At the dorm entrance, An Han had already taken off the little skirt and, now dressed in all-black men’s clothes, pushed open the door.
The room was empty. Wang Sheng was still in his match, Long Xing had just been seen at the campus shop earlier, and Chen Junjie had gone out too.
“Didn’t even lock the door,” she muttered as she walked in, then glanced down at her outfit and lowered her eyes in disappointment.
She was starting to dislike wearing men’s clothes more and more.
Especially those dull colors, either black or white. Compared to the bright and colorful styles of women’s clothes, normal men’s wear felt so boring.
An Han didn’t even want to look in the mirror. She went to the wardrobe, picked out a change of clothes, and prepared to take a shower.
She liked cute and pretty skirts, they showed the gentle and lovely side of a girl. Her movements would become softer, and even her steps would look graceful and elegant...
Her sense of beauty and her body’s behavior traits made “pretending” to be a girl completely effortless. If she wanted to, she could act just like a normal girl in every way except for her sexual orientation.
“I don’t accept it! Not even a little!” An Han cursed angrily. “This damn system is corrupting my heart! Trying to make me give in for free!”
But the more often she wore women’s clothes, the stronger those “aesthetic traits” became.
After experiencing how beautiful skirts and soft stockings felt, she completely lost interest in wearing long men’s pants.
After her shower, An Han stood by the sink on the balcony, washing her bra while mumbling, “Seriously, why do I always have to take my own underwear from Su Peng after bathing... It feels weird.”
It was strange, a man having control over a girl’s underwear.
Once she rented her own place, everything would be fine... The only problem was that the system’s reward still hadn’t arrived.
“I didn’t see any wallet on the ground on the way back either...”
She was muttering to herself when suddenly, she heard movement at the dorm’s front door.
Who’s that?! Why are they back so early?!
The door was locked from the inside, but when she heard the sound of a key turning in the lock, An Han instantly panicked.
She hurried to the balcony railing and called toward the next dorm, “Su Peng! Su Peng!”
“Hey! Su Peng!”
“What’s wrong?” came the voice of Wu Dongming from the next room. “He just went out, said he was buying drinks downstairs.”
He’s not here at a time like this?!
An Han wanted to hide the bra in the bucket and cover it with other clothes, but Wu Dongming was still watching her curiously from his balcony.
From his angle, he could faintly see the curve of her chest.
Damn it... she let her guard down! She should’ve thrown the bra into the bucket before calling for help...
No time to regret, she quickly adjusted her jacket to cover her chest.
Just then, the dorm’s front door opened. Long Xing stepped in with a bag of snacks and immediately spotted An Han through the small window by the balcony.
“Xiao Han, why’d you lock the door from inside?”
He was now inside the dorm, looking straight at her, while Wu Dongming was still watching from the side. The bra in the sink was just barely out of their line of sight. Not visible yet, but discovery was almost certain.
An Han’s forehead broke into a cold sweat, her face flushed bright red, but she could only watch helplessly as Long Xing walked toward the balcony.
“Dongming, why are you staring at me?” she blurted, hoping to distract him. “You gonna help me wash my clothes or something?”
Wu Dongming scratched his head and muttered as he went back inside, “Why does your chest keep getting bigger... You sure it’s not some kind of tumor or something...”
What the hell, even leaving he’s still cursing me?!
And before she could even sigh in relief, Long Xing had already reached the back door.
An Han froze, she had no room left to act. She could only cover the bra with both hands, lower her head like an ostrich, and stand stiffly in place.
It was clearly a case of trying to hide something and only making it more obvious...
She sighed silently in her heart. If she had known earlier, she would’ve just asked her roommates through text what time they planned to come back instead of rushing to take a shower and wash her underwear the moment she saw the dorm was empty.
Still too inexperienced.
When Long Xing pushed open the balcony door and walked past her, she lowered her head, not daring to meet his eyes. Her lips were tightly pressed together, her heartbeat pounded in her ears, and every muscle in her body tensed up, she could barely move under the pressure.
It even felt like her breathing stopped for a moment when he brushed by her.
Then she heard his footsteps moving away, followed by the sound of the bathroom door closing.
He didn’t see it?
Like someone pulled out of deep water, An Han’s body suddenly relaxed. She took a deep breath, then nervously glanced toward the bathroom.
The sound of running water came from inside.
Guess he really just needed to pee and rushed straight in without even looking at me.
Since she had kept her head down, she couldn’t be sure whether Long Xing had seen anything or not.
She quickly shoved the bra into the bucket, covered it with other clothes, sprinkled in some detergent, and calmly left the bucket sitting on the sink. After all, no one would care about a bucket full of soapy water.
If anyone asked, she’d just say it was soaking so it’d be easier to wash later.
Finally, An Han could breathe a little easier. Her tense nerves relaxed completely.
That Long Xing, she had just seen him at the campus shop. She thought he’d bought snacks and gone to the square to cheer for Wang Sheng’s match, but he came back way faster than she expected.
A couple of minutes later, Long Xing came out of the bathroom and glanced at An Han, who was leaning against the balcony railing playing on her phone.
Feeling guilty, she quickly gave him a soft, cute smile.
“I think I saw you at the shop just now,” Long Xing said as he walked toward the sink, which instantly made An Han nervous again.
“Really? I didn’t see you there…” she replied, pretending not to know anything, while keeping her eyes fixed on him as he walked up to the sink and leaned casually against it.
Phew... scared me for a second.
But then she noticed that Long Xing was studying her face.
She could tell he had something to say.
It looked like he might have recognized her from when she was dressed as a girl again... Come to think of it, she had only worn women’s clothes three times and he’d happened to see her every single time!
“Brother Long, aren’t you going to watch Wang Sheng’s match?” she asked quickly, trying to change the topic before he could say anything.
Long Xing shook his head. “I’ll watch it on the computer later. They’re streaming it live, looks pretty professional too.”
“Send me the link,” An Han said as she walked toward the room. “Wang Sheng’s totally gonna lose. He said he’d give me the prize money if he won, guess I’ll have to wait until my next life for that~”
Long Xing followed her inside, listening quietly to her forced joke.
Then came Long Xing’s sudden question.
“Xiao Han, are you… a girl?”
An Han froze mid-step, her mind instantly thrown into chaos.
I’ve dressed as a girl more than once, why suspect me now of all times?!
He must’ve seen the underwear when he went to the bathroom!
“We’ve been roommates for years. Don’t you already know whether I’m a guy or a girl?” An Han forced a calm expression. “Brother Long, what kind of joke is that?”
“Yeah, you’re right.”