Trapped in Paradise

Chapter 175

The good news was that, as expected, she only got a verbal warning and a scolding.

The bad news? She had to write a 3,000-word self-reflection...

If calculated using Lin Li's pricing—ten bucks per hundred words—this reflection would be worth 300 bucks!

Ning Chu hung her head, enduring the reprimand in silence with a pitiful expression, though her mind wandered to more important matters:

What should she eat for lunch?

The counselor sighed, taking a sip of tea. “If this happens again, it won’t just be a warning and a reflection essay!”

“Oh... I won’t do it again.”

“You kids these days...” The counselor shook her head. “Such a pretty face, and yet you go and do something so foolish.”

“...”

With a dismissive wave, the counselor added impatiently, “Alright, go back to class! I want that reflection essay on my desk by Monday.”Relieved, Ning Chu quickly responded and bolted out of the office.

Half an hour of standing still during the scolding had left her legs sore.

This counselor, though strict and stern, didn’t seem all that bad. She hadn’t really raised her voice much during the whole ordeal.

This thought startled Ning Chu.

Oh no! Last time I thought the same thing, and Han Jingye ended up being sent away. I wonder how long he’s been in prison...

Lost in her gloomy thoughts, Ning Chu trudged back to the classroom.

She realized she’d have to start planning to inform her parents about her situation soon.

Changing her official gender in school records wasn’t something she could decide on her own. Not only would her parents have to step in, but there’d likely be a mountain of paperwork involved too...

With college spanning four years, she couldn’t possibly keep living in the boys’ dorm the entire time.

It had only been a couple of months, and already Wen Yang was showing interest in her, Zhang Shaoqing was constantly suspicious of her gender, and Wang Jie—though a straightforward and somewhat oblivious person—was intelligent enough to figure it out eventually.

For now, the colder weather and her flat figure were working in her favor since she could wear a jacket to hide her build. But come next summer, with thinner clothing like T-shirts, who knew how her figure might develop? She couldn’t keep binding her chest every day just to stay in the boys’ dorm.

“Such a headache,” Ning Chu muttered, glancing at the public restrooms as she passed by. With a sigh, she turned and walked in.

Time to use the restroom.

Out of habit, she headed into the men’s restroom. But as soon as she stepped one foot inside, a strange noise made her freeze in place.

Standing stock-still, she craned her neck to peek inside. The restroom was empty.

“What was that noise?”

The odd sound reignited her unease. Instinctively, she reached for the can of sleep-inducing spray tucked in her jacket pocket, swallowing nervously as she began to back away cautiously.

Then, she heard a muffled moan.

“Ah~”

Good grief...

Someone was... fooling around in the restroom during class, huh?

Her previously tense nerves relaxed instantly, and she let out an exasperated sigh, turning to head for the women’s restroom instead.

The first time she’d encountered someone fooling around in public, she’d been so flustered her face turned beet red. But after running into it a few times, she’d gotten used to it.

People here really were a bit perverted—and apparently too broke to afford a motel.

Even the male protagonist had his wild sides... but that was her own fault for writing him that way.

Ning Chu had lost count of how many times she cursed herself.

“Why on earth did I write such a dirty story?!”