I Don’t Want to Be Turned into a Girl by Magic

Chapter 262 : Trembling Cola

There were almost no other pedestrians in the small park. Lin Nan had both hands in her jacket pockets, head lowered, avoiding the cold wind as much as possible.

Although she couldn't feel the cold, the winter wind still cut at her face like a knife. They hadn't been out even half an hour when Lin Nan's face had already been blown completely red.

The skin on her face was very delicate and couldn't withstand such abuse.

Chen Yao proactively used his tall stature to block in front of Lin Nan, looking back at her face and asking helplessly: "Why didn't you wear a scarf?"

"I forgot..." Lin Nan hid behind him, both hands grabbing Chen Yao's hem, following his steps like playing eagle catch chicks when they were little. (TN: Childhood game, basically tag with extra steps.)

With Chen Yao's shelter, Lin Nan's somewhat painful facial skin finally got some relief.

Not having gone out for over ten days, she greedily breathed in the outside's fresh air, discovering for the first time that this small county town actually had pretty good air quality.

"Some of our old classmates said we should meet up when the epidemic passes." Chen Yao walked straight ahead, looking at the monotonous scenery around them while saying, "Our homeroom teacher will come too. I remember he was pretty good to you."

"Mm." The homeroom teacher from high school was typically protective of his students. Once when Lin Nan was hit in the head by a basketball on the playground, the homeroom teacher came when he heard about it and forcibly picked out the culprit from those dozen or so people on the court, making them bow and apologize to Lin Nan.

Moreover, even though that homeroom teacher was over forty, he still had almost no airs with students. Lin Nan used to often run to the homeroom teacher's office with a group of students to get some fruit and snacks to eat.

"I heard the homeroom teacher got divorced?"

Lin Nan suddenly remembered this rumor from before.

"Last year, right? Now he's all alone. Originally right after the holiday started, I wanted to have a meal together and find a few people to go see him, but then we ran into this situation."

"Mm." Lin Nan nodded absentmindedly.

She actually didn't trust things like love and marriage very much.

Her parents had become enemies after twenty years of marriage, and with cheating news all over the internet, seeing and hearing about it naturally gave her no expectations for marriage.

However, if the partner was Chen Yao...

Lin Nan raised her head, looking at Chen Yao's broad back.

Although he was a steel straight man, only he could make Lin Nan maintain constant trust.

"If I went to serve in the military, wouldn't you be a military wife?" Chen Yao cheerfully turned his head to ask, "But it's better not to go in the future, otherwise I wouldn't even know if you ran off with someone."

"Who could I run off with?" Lin Nan scoffed at this.

"For example, Zheng Qian?" (TN: Advisor Lin Nan used charm magic on.)

Lin Nan immediately understood Chen Yao was jealous. She nodded: "He is a bit more handsome than you, his education is also a bit higher than yours, and he's generous, and has grace and bearing..."

Chen Yao's smile froze.

"But I don't like him." Lin Nan turned her head with a red face. The next sentence stuck in her throat, stuttering and unable to come out: "The one I like... like..."

"Is?" Chen Yao hurriedly pressed.

Lin Nan's shy emotions reached a peak and immediately turned into embarrassed anger. She aimed a kick at Chen Yao's knee: "Who do you think!"

Chen Yao hopped backward to dodge the attack, knowing Lin Nan's face was naturally thin-skinned, but teasing her was extremely enjoyable.

He didn't continue courting death and foolishly stepped forward to grab Lin Nan's hand again. No matter when, Lin Nan's hands were ice-cold and piercing, making one's heart ache uncontrollably.

“Should I buy you some gloves?" he suggested.

"No thank you. I'm used to the cold." Lin Nan looked down at her shoes. "My feet are also ice-cold. Even wearing socks doesn't help."

She wore socks almost all day at Chen Yao's house to warm her feet, but except for a period after soaking her feet with warm water, the rest of the time they remained ice-cold.

"Let me help you warm up then."

Chen Yao grabbed Lin Nan's hand and stuffed it into his jacket pocket.

She was a bit shy but didn't make any resistance, only pursing her lips to look at the artificial lake to the side, the corners of her mouth slightly rising.

Even walking seemed lighter. The cold wind was no longer piercing. Lin Nan enjoyed the quiet time.

The two slowly walked several circles around the artificial lake until Lin Nan's legs were somewhat sore, then they returned home.

"I don't know how those girls in high heels can stand shopping for hours." As soon as she got home, Lin Nan kicked off her shoes and hurriedly flopped onto the sofa, letting out a long, comfortable sigh.

Chen Yao was lowering his head to take off his shoes and didn't hear Lin Nan's words clearly. He looked up in surprise: "What? You're going to wear high heels?"

Lin Nan looked at him blankly, stunned for a few seconds: "No?"

Although she had once been a man, every man's preferences were different. Lin Nan only now discovered that besides liking long legs, Chen Yao actually also liked high heels.

Indeed, high heels did seem to visually lengthen the legs.

"What a pity." Chen Yao regretfully placed his shoes on the shoe cabinet. "But high heels aren't good for the feet. It's better not to wear them."

Lin Nan suddenly stood up and walked in front of Chen Yao, comparing their heights under his confused gaze.

Chen Yao was close to 180 cm, Lin Nan was just over 160 cm. Comparing heights, her forehead just reached Chen Yao's chin.

It seemed she really could wear high heels. Otherwise when they went out together, it was too awkward, and when talking to Chen Yao, she always had to raise her head. Her neck gets quite sore just talking to him.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yao looked down at Lin Nan's actions.

"I've decided. I'm buying high heels! Ten centimeter ones!"

Definitely not because Chen Yao liked them.

"Aren't you afraid your feet will break?"

Chen Yao reached out to rub the little head close at hand, but Lin Nan glared and slapped his hand away. She stepped back two steps, looking dissatisfied: "Why are you so tall? In middle school you were clearly about the same height as me."

"Who told you to stop developing in high school?" Chen Yao teased with a smile. "It's fine. Stay at my place a few more days. With good nutrition, you might still grow a few centimeters."

At the mention of this, Lin Nan's mood suddenly dropped a bit.

In a few more days she would have to leave, but she was reluctant to part with Chen Yao.

If it had been a few days ago, she might have happily run off, but just one confession had raised Chen Yao's position in her heart slowly but surely.

"I have nowhere to sleep at your grandfather's house, and there are no hotels now either." Chen Yao shrugged. "Should I go sleep on the street?"

"Forget it. When the epidemic passes I'll come back to stay a few days. Then we'll go to school together?"

As they were talking, a shrill cat cry suddenly came from the bedroom. The two turned their heads sharply and saw Cola transform into a black shadow, rushing over in a flash to hug Lin Nan's calf.

What was going on?