Chapter 179: A Free Life
That night, An Han finally moved out of the dorm completely.
Even though Long Xing and Wang Sheng looked reluctant, and Chen Junjie kept complaining, she still said goodbye to her three “sons” and carried the last box of random stuff back to her rented apartment.
When she passed by room 502 next door, she angrily kicked the door hard and shouted.
“Pervert!”
She still couldn’t escape the bad luck of living next to Su Peng. An Han even felt that living here was more dangerous than staying in the dorm.
At least in the dorm, she had three roommates, and Su Peng couldn’t do anything too extreme there. But now, they were neighbors, and she was living alone.
“I really doubt when Su Peng was checking the power sockets this morning, he secretly installed his own camera…”
She muttered this to herself as she unlocked the door, went inside, dropped the big bag by the entrance, and stretched her arms high above her head, her slender waist arching as she stretched.
Kicking the door closed with her heel, she let out a long sigh and fell comfortably onto the bed.
“Finally, I don’t have to stay tense every single day.”
She took off her thick coat. Unlike in the dorm, where she could only take it off when sleeping, now she could wear or not wear, whatever she wanted at home without worrying about anything. Of course, she still had to keep the curtains closed.
Lying flat on the bed like a lazy salted fish, An Han half-closed her eyes, suddenly feeling that life was wonderful. Even though leaving the dorm made her a bit sad, this feeling of freedom was just too good.
Except for those scam calls!
She glanced at her phone, it was another unknown number calling again. Even though she had blocked every one of them, new numbers kept calling nonstop. From morning until now, she had already received seven or eight scam calls.
“Do I look like someone easy to fool?”
“At least I don’t have any money, right?”
“If these scammers know my name, that means they bought my personal info… but don’t they also know I only make about a thousand yuan a month?”
Grumbling nonstop, she hung up again and blocked the number.
“Damn it, crazy people!”
Maybe she accidentally offended someone, and they were doing this on purpose to annoy her. Thinking carefully, she remembered that last month she gave a restaurant a bad review when ordering takeout…
The owner seemed polite and even apologized under the review, but who knew what he was really thinking inside.
Then she suddenly realized, as for actually winning a prize...
Impossible.
She wasn’t exactly unlucky in life, but she definitely wasn’t the lucky type either. She hadn’t joined any lottery lately, and she had already received the “unexpected money” reward from Wang Sheng through the system.
Aside from being a bit stingy, there was nothing wrong with her.
Turning over on the bed, she suddenly felt the urge to buy a set of pajamas. Back in the dorm, she liked walking around in light short sleeves and shorts.
In summer, she’d even just wear a top without pants, which felt completely normal. But ever since becoming a girl, she had to cover herself tightly every day.
Even in a place meant for rest and sleep, she had to stay tense all the time.
“To celebrate my first night living alone,” she said to herself.
An Han started browsing online for a light and comfy pajama set. At first, she thought about getting men’s pajamas. But then, an image suddenly flashed in her mind, that thick gray-and-white cotton pajama set.
Too ugly, and also uncomfortable to wear...
Guess I should just go with women’s pajamas after all. No one’s going to see me here anyway.
In a good mood, An Han started searching for women’s sleepwear online. Her eyes sparkled as she scrolled through all kinds of designs and colors. Each set looked prettier and more comfortable than the last.
“This long nightdress looks nice. When I get home, I can just take off my clothes and put this on — simple and easy.”
“This bathrobe-style pajama set is also pretty good~”
“The sexy ones... maybe not.”
“The animal onesie pajamas are so cute~ there’s even a dinosaur one!”
Her smile grew sweeter and brighter. Half-lying on the bed with her eyes half-closed, she swayed her body left and right, happily scrolling on her phone, completely lost in the joy of online shopping.
But about ten minutes later, her smile slowly disappeared. Looking at the five or six sets of women’s pajamas in her shopping cart, she went silent.
“This isn’t right... I just started living alone, and I’m already letting myself go. If this keeps up, won’t I become more and more like a girl both mentally and physically?”
“Wearing women’s underwear is something I had to do, but women’s clothes… absolutely not! Even if no one sees me, wearing them will just make me act more and more like a girl without realizing it.”
Just like when she wore women’s clothes to go with Su Peng on that blind date. Back then, her whole mindset was completely feminine, no different from a real young woman!
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have longed for Su Peng’s hug... and she definitely wouldn’t have felt that nervous yet expectant thrill when the mood between them turned romantic, as if waiting for him to kiss her.
She quickly changed her search, stopped caring about how the pajamas looked, and picked a men’s pajama set with a shirt and pants, total price 45 yuan.
After that, An Han got off the bed and started tidying up the random things she’d brought back. The small computer desk could easily fit her laptop, but there wasn’t much space for anything else, the only storage was a small wardrobe.
Her books and notebooks from the past two years had to be stacked neatly in a corner, with a Totoro figurine placed on top…
“Why is my phone ringing again? I’m turning on airplane mode later, who keeps calling!”
Halfway through tidying, she heard her phone vibrating again. Frustrated, she walked to the bed, picked it up and saw that it was a call from Chen Junjie.
Immediately, she dropped the annoyed tone and switched to her usual neutral voice before answering,
“Idiot? What do you want?”
“I took your bed!” Chen Junjie’s teasing voice came through the phone, sounding super annoying.
“Childish. I’m hanging up.”
“Wait, we’re coming to hang out with you! Where are you living now?” Chen Junjie asked quickly. “We’re already in the urban village area. We even brought barbecue, grilled fish, and beer.”
“Didn’t we already have a party yesterday?”
“Yesterday was for Wang Sheng,” Long Xing’s voice came from the other side, “today’s for you, a housewarming party.”
An Han hesitated, glancing at her still-messy room. “Is Su Peng coming?”
“Why would he? He’s not part of our dorm.”
She breathed a sigh of relief. “Where are you now? Stay where you are, I’ll come find you.”
“By the Brothers’ Barbecue place.”
“Got it, give me five minutes!”
An Han quickly threw on a coat and ran out in her slippers. When she passed room 502, she stopped and knocked on the door.
Although Su Peng had rented that room, she hadn’t seen him move any luggage in yet. It seemed he was just using it as a backup place. Tomorrow was Monday, and there was dorm roll call tonight, so Su Peng really wasn’t inside.
That made her feel completely at ease. At least she didn’t have to worry about him suddenly showing up halfway through dinner and scaring her.
“Still, I should probably buy an extra table and some chairs later… There’s only one chair and a computer desk in the room. That’s not enough for four people.”