Chapter 63: Oh No, Even My Voice Has Changed
Lin Wan stood by the bed and thought for a while before walking out of the room.
Zhuo Feng was left completely confused.
Where is Lin Wan going? Shouldn't she be helping me over to the other bed now?
This isn't going the way I expected...
A short while later, the door opened again.
Zhuo Feng quickly closed his eyes. Then he felt someone grab him by the shoulders.
His eyebrows twitched slightly.
Here it comes. Finally!
The person pulled him up from the bed, threw one of his arms over their shoulder, and started carrying him away.
Zhuo Feng couldn't help wondering,
Since when did Lin Wan become this strong?
A completely unfamiliar smell reached his nose.
It was nothing like Lin Wan's scent.
He secretly opened his eyes just a tiny bit.
The first thing he saw was a broad, well-built chest.
Zhuo Feng: ???
Since when did Lin Wan's chest muscles become this huge?
He raised his head a little more.
A chin covered with dark stubble came into view.
Yu Sen!?
Then he heard Yu Sen say, "Lin Wan, I'll carry the captain to Old Han's room, okay?"
"Sure."
Then Zhuo Feng heard the familiar sound of the door closing.
Bang.
He didn't dare move.
He could only watch helplessly as he was carried into the next room and placed on the bed.
"Alright, Old Han, I'm going back now. Call me if you need anything. Take good care of the captain."
"Don't worry."
After Yu Sen left, Zhuo Feng pretended to be only half awake and moved a little.
"Old Han? Why are you in my room?"
He had already guessed what happened.
Lin Wan must have seen that his bed was soaked and called Yu Sen to move him out.
He was now lying on Chen Jie's bed.
Where's Chen Jie?
"This is my room! Your bed got wet, so you're sleeping here tonight."
"Oh... where's Chen Jie?"
"The teacher is really drunk. He's taking care of him."
"I see."
Zhuo Feng buried his face in the pillow.
Damn it!
I messed up!
I overacted.
I should've just pretended to be drunk. Lin Wan definitely would've taken care of me. Why did I have to add this extra scene...
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Late that night...
Half asleep, Lin Wan was suddenly awakened by a voice inside her head.
"The first stage of your mission is complete!"
Still half asleep, Lin Wan simply answered in a clear voice, "Mhm..."
Then she immediately fell asleep again.
The next morning...
When Lin Wan got out of bed, her throat burned and felt sore.
The air conditioner had probably been set too cold, and she seemed to have caught a slight cold.
Fortunately, she didn't have a runny nose or anything like that.
After washing up, she started packing her luggage.
A little while later, someone knocked on the door.
She opened it and saw Zhuo Feng standing outside.
"You last ni—"
She had only spoken three words before suddenly stopping.
Her voice just now had been much clearer and higher than usual.
It was obviously a girl's voice!
Her heart sank.
She asked silently in her mind, "Spirit, did I finish my mission last night?"
"That's right~"
"Then... what happened to my deep and sexy voice?"
"Of course it changed to match your body's changes~"
"......"
Seeing Lin Wan suddenly freeze without saying anything, and noticing that her voice had sounded obviously different just now, Zhuo Feng asked,
"What's wrong?"
Coming back to her senses, Lin Wan waved her hand, pointed at her throat, and made a gesture to show that she couldn't speak.
"Does your throat hurt?"
Zhuo Feng asked uncertainly.
Lin Wan nodded.
After letting Zhuo Feng into the room, she immediately went into the bathroom and locked the door.
Then she quietly spoke in a voice only she could hear.
"Ah~ Oh~ Eh... Zhuo Feng is an idiot... ♪ Two Tigers, Two Tigers... ♪"
Her voice was pleasant and clear.
If it belonged to someone else, she would probably like it.
But hearing it come from herself...
It just felt... really messed up!
This is bad.
How am I supposed to disguise myself from now on?
Thinking of that, she quickly asked, "Spirit, is there any way to disguise my voice?"
"There is~"
"Teach me!"
"But it's very bad for your throat~"
"It's okay."
She didn't know exactly how it would hurt her throat, but if she couldn't disguise her voice, her whole life would be ruined!
"Lower your breath to your lower abdomen, press your vocal cords down, push the air from your chest upward..."
Lin Wan: "???"
What is the Spirit talking about?
Why can't I understand any of this?
Is this really voice training? It sounds more like some kind of martial arts technique...
She practiced in the bathroom for a long time.
By the time Zhuo Feng knocked on the door, she had only managed to make her voice sound a tiny bit more neutral.
So she had no choice but to pretend her throat hurt.
If she didn't have to speak, she stayed silent.
If she could explain something with gestures, she did.
If she absolutely had to talk, she only replied with simple sounds like "Mm" or "Uh."
On the high-speed train back, Zhuo Feng kept thinking about Lin Wan's voice from that morning.
He wasn't sure if he had imagined it, so he nudged her, hoping she would say something.
Instead, Lin Wan simply turned her head away without even looking at him.
Watching this from the seat across the aisle, Chen Jie could only shake his head and sigh.
After returning to school...
Although the national finals were over, the team couldn't relax yet.
They still had to keep training because the Global College League was coming next.
Lin Wan became much quieter than before.
She seriously studied with the Spirit, learning how to disguise her voice.
Only a few days after classes started...
On Friday afternoon, the department announced that all second-year Software Engineering students would be moving from the old campus dorms to the new campus.
The fourth-year students had already graduated, and the new dormitories had passed inspection.
Since most second-year Software Engineering classes would now be held on the new campus, everyone had to move there.
The students in the class were quite happy.
After all, they were moving from six-person dorms to four-person dorms.
The new dorms also looked much newer, and they had heard the internet was much faster.
Some dorms with close friendships felt a little sad.
Going from six brothers to four brothers would make the room feel much quieter.
They wouldn't even have enough people for a full team when playing games together.
But some dorms were completely different. Some students had already grown tired of their roommates.
For them, changing dorms was a relief for everyone.
Of course, Dorm 205 didn't have that problem.
They had always been a four-person dorm.
Since the old and new campuses were right next to each other, unlike some universities where the two campuses were in different parts of the city, the school didn't provide moving trucks.
Everyone had to move their own things.
Some boys didn't have much luggage.
They wrapped everything inside a bedsheet, tied the corners together to make a large bundle, carried it on their backs, held a suitcase in one hand and a bucket in the other, hung their laptop bag around their neck, and finished everything in one trip.
Lin Wan had quite a lot of belongings.
She couldn't move everything by herself in one trip, so she sent Zhuo Feng a message asking him to help.
Zhuo Feng agreed without hesitation and rode over on his bicycle.
But when he saw that Lin Wan had several basins and even four towels, he couldn't help asking about them.
The only thing he got in return was two big eye rolls.
Using her slightly neutral voice, Lin Wan gave a short explanation.
"Two for my face. Two for my feet."
Over the past few days, her roommates had also been curious about her voice.
She always brushed it off by saying she had caught a cold and her throat wasn't feeling well.
Since she rarely spoke anyway, they didn't become too suspicious.
After moving everything into their new dorm, Room 306, Lin Wan waited until Zhuo Feng had left before sending him a message.
Thanks for helping me move. Let's eat at the cafeteria tonight. My treat.
Then she began cleaning the new room.
Not long afterward...
Qiu Cheng came back looking completely depressed.
He had the fewest belongings, so he was the first person from Dorm 205 to finish moving.
After that, no one knew where he had gone.
Now, as soon as he returned, he collapsed into a chair.
Seeing him like that, Zhang Dingding, who was making his bed, asked curiously,
"What's wrong?"
Qiu Cheng let out a heavy sigh.
"Old Zhang, tell me... what do girls even pack in their luggage? Why is it so heavy?!"
"How would I know?"
Zhang Dingding put down the bedsheet.
"Huh? So you finished moving so quickly because you ran off to help girls instead of helping your brothers?"
"Heh..."
Qiu Cheng smiled awkwardly. Then he suddenly remembered something and looked depressed again.
"Hmph! How would a class enemy understand the pain of a single guy?"
Why had he worked so hard?
Wasn't it all to get closer to girls?
But when he helped one girl carry her luggage, he had almost failed to lift it.
He even suspected there were bricks inside!
After wiping the desk clean, Lin Wan was about to head out.
Keeping her voice low, she suggested, "Help Sun Mao move... he'll even treat you to a meal."
Qiu Cheng slapped his palm. "That actually makes sense!"
The two of them headed toward the old campus together to help Sun Mao.
But halfway there, they quietly turned around and went back.
Sun Mao was already carrying things together with a girl.
The two of them chatted and laughed the whole way as if they were taking a walk.
He clearly didn't need anyone's help.
Around nine that evening, Lin Wan had already bought dinner at the cafeteria.
She sat there playing on her phone while waiting for Zhuo Feng to finish his Friday night class.
She couldn't help feeling sorry for her good buddy.
Having class on a Friday night...
That was truly painful.
After waiting for a while, someone suddenly blocked the light in front of her.
Lin Wan thought Zhuo Feng had finally arrived.
But when she looked up, she saw an unfamiliar young man standing there.