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

Chapter 288 : Zheng Qian

Today was the registration day for most of the nearby schools.

At least it seemed so, a flood of students filling the streets.

Ever since Lin Nan started wearing women's clothing, she had never come to such a crowded place. As soon as she got off the bus, she tensed up nervously and unhesitatingly hid behind Chen Yao.

The evening wind was a bit stronger than during the day. Lin Nan's hair had never been styled. With the wind blowing, the hair she'd worked so hard to arrange before going out became a messy nest again. Strands of hair flew chaotically in front of her eyes, covering them. This made her even more flustered. With her head lowered, she frantically tried to arrange her hair properly.

Why is it that when the wind blows, other girls' hair naturally flows to the sides.

But when the wind blows my hair, it just goes wild?

The three men chatted and laughed about recently released single-player games, pondering what games the dorm group could play this semester. Lin Nan followed behind the three of them, trying hard to gather her hair strands to the sides.

"Chen Yao." She quickened her pace to walk behind Chen Yao and reached out to tug at his clothes.

"What is it?"

"Is my hair very messy?" Lin Nan asked quietly.

"It's alright? How about we go to a street-side one-yuan store to buy a hair tie?" Chen Yao glanced at Lin Nan and reached out to brush away the hair on Lin Nan's forehead. "Or go to a hair salon to get a hairstyle?"

Tu Junhui stood to the side watching their interaction, so sour his teeth were about to fall out.

Xiong Da still didn't have much reaction. Perhaps his failed online romance last semester had completely cost him the heart to find a girlfriend in the near future.

"I've tried tying it up. It doesn't look good. Makes my face look big."

"If your face is big, I'm afraid most women would have to go commit suicide."

Tu Junhui couldn't help but comment.

Lin Nan was probably used to the appearance of her cheeks being covered by hair on both sides. If the hair was pulled back, she always felt it didn't look quite right.

She didn't know how to solve this problem either. If she went to a hair salon for styling, she didn't know what style would suit her, and she dared not let the hairstylist decide.

Once, when graduating from ninth grade, Lin Nan had wanted to get a new hairstyle. She foolishly ran to a hair salon and let the hairstylist decide. As a result, she didn't dare go out for half a month.

"When we get to Wanda, go to the bathroom to tidy up." Chen Yao offered some reassurance.

Lin Nan responded with a sound, keeping her head down, trying hard to make herself have no presence in the crowd.

But why are there still so many people looking at me!

Her hair was a bit messy, but there's no need for every passerby to stare at me for two seconds, right? Her eyes wandered around, and she noticed most passersby would glance at her twice, making her feel even more guilty.

Is some part of my clothing dirty or messy? Or is my outfit combination too weird?

The combination of a white jacket and jeans is pretty normal, isn't it? Has someone figured out I used to be a man?

This face shouldn't have any masculine features anymore, right? Whenever she noticed a passerby paying attention to her, she couldn't help overthinking. The more she overthought, the more nervous she became, already being shy around strangers.

With both hands stuffed in her jacket pockets, her gaze was fixed straight ahead at Chen Yao's shoes. Her steps were flustered as she followed closely behind Chen Yao, hoping Chen Yao's tall figure could block outsiders' gazes, or at least make her own presence lower.

"How about eating hot pot at Wanda?" Tu Junhui suggested. "I remember there's a Teochew hot pot place. The taste is pretty good."

"I like Little Fat Sheep." Xiong Da said expressionlessly.

Chen Yao frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Sure, let's eat hot pot."

"How about revolving mini hot pot? Forty-nine per person, you can eat whatever you want." He continued.

"Are you really that stingy? Have you become a money-grubber from being with Lin Nan too long?"

Tu Junhui gave him a look. "What good food could that thing have? It'll be two hundred for the four of us anyway. Might as well add a bit more money for a proper hot pot."

Xiong Da nodded in deep agreement.

Lin Nan couldn't help wanting to help Chen Yao argue back, but with her head constantly lowered, her eyes suddenly lit up. She abruptly passed the three people in front of her and squatted down to pick up a one-yuan coin from the ground.

Sure enough, there are benefits to walking with your head down!

She instantly forgot her previous constraint and nervousness. Beautifully raising the money, she showed off to the group: "Look! One yuan!"

She smiled so widely her mouth couldn't close. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, she hurriedly stuffed the money into her jeans pocket, as if someone would rob her for this one yuan.

The corner of Tu Junhui's mouth twitched. He always felt Lin Nan's behavior was embarrassing. There were so many people on the street. Lin Nan definitely wasn't the only one who saw the money, yet she was the only one who would pick up this one yuan.

"Shouldn't you, like, correct her money-grubbing personality?" Tu Junhui said quietly to Chen Yao beside him. "Your family isn't short of money, right?"

"Revolving hot pot is fine. A proper hot pot would cost at least four or five hundred for the four of us, and we might not even get full." Only then did Lin Nan remember the previous matter, helping Chen Yao argue back.

Chen Yao suddenly understood, asking in confusion: "Isn't this pretty cute?"

"Stupidly cute."

Suddenly someone beside them interrupted. The group looked up in confusion to see Zheng Qian with a haggard face.

"Counselor Zheng." Tu Junhui immediately greeted him. "Have time to play Monster Hunter? I'll take you."

"Heh, Zheng Qian." Chen Yao was instantly alert, unhesitatingly pulling Lin Nan into his arms.

Lin Nan was still happy about picking up money, her eyes looking around to see if there was more money to pick up, when she was suddenly pulled into an embrace in confusion.

She looked at Zheng Qian in puzzlement, finding that the counselor's mood didn't seem very good, his face as black as coal.

"Counselor Zheng, what a coincidence?" She took out the money she'd just picked up, raising it to show off again. "Look! I just picked up..."

Before finishing her sentence, Chen Yao pressed down on her head to interrupt. Chen Yao took a step forward, once again protecting Lin Nan behind him, looking at Zheng Qian with a serious expression.

"She's already my girlfriend." He spoke.

Zheng Qian nodded. Looking at their intimate appearance, then at Lin Nan's confused but non-resistant expression, he sighed, reached out to pat Chen Yao's shoulder, then turned and walked away.

For some reason, after learning Lin Nan was a girl, his interest in Lin Nan had suddenly dropped a notch.

I was a straight man before. I should be happier that Lin Nan is a girl, right?

His head was full of question marks. Frowning, he turned and walked into a bar with a narrow storefront.

He casually found an empty seat at the bar counter, sighing.

However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered that beside him was a sweet-looking... boy.

The fire in his heart suddenly ignited again!

His mind was already filled with images of pursuit, romance, marriage, adoption, retirement, traveling the world...