novelraw Chapter 424
Chapter 424
Chapter 424
Trapped in Paradise
“Yo! You guys just finished eating?”
As they walked out of the cafeteria, Zhang Shaoqing came up to them, grinning as he greeted the group.
Ning Chu immediately turned her head away and ignored him. She was in a hurry to get back to her rental and order takeout so she could eat dinner again.
Those dumplings had been seriously awful! She’d barely eaten a few—just enough to barely fill her stomach.
Yan Xinya and Lily politely nodded to Zhang Shaoqing, then linked arms and headed toward the girls’ dorms.
“Ning Chu! We’re heading off first!”
“Bye-bye~”
Glancing at the two girls walking away, Wen Yang curiously asked Zhang Shaoqing, “Where are you going this late?”
From what he knew of Zhang Shaoqing, the guy either stayed in the dorm playing games at night, or, if he went out, he usually dragged Wang Jie along—most of the time to KTV or bars. Wen Yang was always worried that the honest Wang Jie would get led astray.
“Going to eat with my Qian Qian!”
“Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in her anymore? Why are you suddenly dating her every day now?”
“Well…” Zhang Shaoqing scratched his head awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, then replied, “She kinda seems like she doesn’t like me anymore. She ignored me for a few days.”
“???”
Wen Yang froze, almost failing to process that.
“And then it was like I found that feeling from when I first chased her,” Zhang Shaoqing continued. “I suddenly fell for her again.”
Ning Chu clicked her tongue. “You’re such a cheap bastard.”
Zhang Shaoqing rolled his eyes at her, then excitedly hooked an arm around Wen Yang’s shoulder. With a lewd grin, he lowered his voice.
“Damn! I don’t know what got into Qian Qian, but she suddenly hit all my XP!”
“She deliberately ignores me, and every time we go on a date she looks all aggrieved, like she really doesn’t want to be there—”
Wen Yang cut in, “Are you sure she really doesn’t just not want to go out with you?”
“Isn’t that even better?”
“Then wouldn’t that be a crime?”
Zhang Shaoqing paused, then shook his head. “Crime my ass. She just talks tough—she’s super happy when we’re actually on the date, okay?”
“And think about it—looking all reluctant, but deep down still a little expectant, being made to do weird things at your request. Imagine that expression~ Embarrassed and ashamed, but having to do it anyway~”
Wen Yang’s mind instantly filled with the image of Ning Chu sitting on his waist yesterday, her face flushed with embarrassment, her body restrained but honest.
It is pretty exciting.
“What are you guys talking about? Not letting me listen?” Ning Chu poked her head over curiously.
“Guy talk—what the hell are you listening for?” Zhang Shaoqing said with obvious disdain. “Scram, scram. I’m going to eat with Qian Qian. Too bad you two already ate, or we could’ve gone together.”
“I didn’t eat enough! You’re paying!”
“Are you a pig?”
“I barely ate—Wen Yang ate most of it.”
Ning Chu and Zhang Shaoqing bickered as usual, while Wen Yang could only watch from the side, occasionally chiming in to take someone’s side.
The three of them laughed and messed around as they headed off campus.
On the way, Zhang Shaoqing suddenly remembered the horns on Ning Chu’s head and glanced curiously at the bulge under her hat.
“Are you sick or something? You’re deliberately wearing horns and covering them with a hat?”
Ning Chu calmly took off her hat, revealing the two small horns curving backward.
“Too lazy to take them off.”
“Those horns aren’t real, are they?”
“……”
Even though she’d already given Zhang Shaoqing a heads-up before, she still wasn’t very willing to so casually reveal the fact that she was a succubus.
After all, who knew how this thick-skinned guy would react later on? For all she knew, he might kick her while she was down and spread it all over the school—or worse, get handsy and try to sneak a grab at her horns. If she could keep it hidden, it was best to do so.
“None of your damn business.” Ning Chu sidestepped to avoid the hand reaching out in that sleazy way. “Wen Yang gave this to me. I want to keep wearing it—so what?”
“Ohhh~ such a loving relationship~”
“Where are you meeting Qian Qian? We’ve been walking for ages.”
“Aren’t we already here?”
Just as they stepped out of the school gates, Zhang Shaoqing pointed at the café across the street, flashing a slightly lecherous grin.
“I borrowed some clothes from the owner~ Had her wear a maid outfit to go on a date with me.”
“You’re a pervert, aren’t you?”
“Like you’ve never worn one before—and even called me and Wen Yang ‘Master.’ Don’t tell me you forgot?”
“……”
Ning Chu flew into a rage and lifted her foot to kick him.
Wen Yang hurriedly held down the hopping little succubus to calm her, then asked curiously, “Qian Qian actually agreed to that?”
“I paid a tiny bit of a price.”
Crossing the street and stopping at the café entrance, Ning Chu looked through the glass and immediately spotted Qian Qian sitting in a corner—dressed in a maid outfit, with a coat draped over her shoulders.
She had to admit, a cat girl maid was really something else!
And that low-cut outfit~ perfectly showing off Qian Qian’s cleavage~
Qian Qian also noticed them. She hurriedly took off her coat and stood up, trotting over to open the door. Facing Zhang Shaoqing’s smiling face, her cheeks flushed red like they were on fire. She lowered her head, clutching the hem of her skirt, her voice so soft it was barely louder than a mosquito’s buzz:
“Master, welcome back……”
“Louder. I can’t hear you.”
Hearing the word Master, Zhang Shaoqing instantly felt refreshed, but he quickly glanced nervously at the other customers inside, afraid someone else might get a free show.
Ning Chu couldn’t be bothered with Zhang Shaoqing. She leaned in close and whispered into Qian Qian’s ear, “You weren’t actually threatened, were you? If you were, blink.”
“Not really…… Ning Chu~ this is so exciting~”
As expected—an M running into an S… a perfect match~
If it weren’t winter, Ning Chu seriously suspected this couple would be making frequent appearances in the school garden.
The corner of her mouth twitched. She’d been worried that Qian Qian might awaken some dark side of Zhang Shaoqing, but from the looks of it, they were just a couple who played really hard.
Even a succubus paired with a hentai protagonist would feel inferior by comparison!
Suddenly, Ning Chu’s heart tightened. She instinctively turned back and glanced at Wen Yang, who looked deep in thought.
Why did it suddenly feel like this was going to end badly?!
Guided by the cat girl maid, the group took seats in a corner of the café. Zhang Shaoqing hurriedly draped his jacket over Qian Qian’s shoulders.
“Put this on already. It’s freezing out—aren’t you afraid of catching a cold?”
At this moment, Ning Chu scooted her chair away a bit, deliberately putting some distance between herself and Wen Yang.
“What’s wrong?” Wen Yang asked.
“The owner knows me…”
And who knew whether Wen Yang might also be entertaining thoughts about doing some maid-and-master role-play himself! As stimulating as that might be…
“Long time no see~ You haven’t been here for months, have you?”
The café owner, a woman exuding mature charm, walked over with the menu in hand, smiling warmly at Ning Chu. “What would you like?”
Her gaze quickly shifted back to Wen Yang, and the smile in her eyes turned a little more peculiar.
The little shota she’d met last semester—the one she’d personally dressed up in a maid outfit and ‘converted’ into a crossdresser—now even seemed to have found a boyfriend~
“Uh… the Set A, I guess. He’s paying.” Ning Chu felt uncomfortable under the scrutiny. She opened her mouth, wanting to tell the owner she was actually a girl, but had no idea how to explain it.
After all, when she’d worked here before, she’d shown the owner her ID.
Saying she was a girl now would basically be telling the owner that she’d made a special trip to Thailand over the past few months.
“May Day’s coming up soon~ How about you two coming back to work part-time at my shop?” the owner said with a beaming smile as she bent forward slightly. Her tight sweater restrained a pair of very eye-catching assets, making them all the more conspicuous. “I’ve still got both your maid outfit and your butler outfit.”
“No, thanks!” Wen Yang was the first to shake his head and refuse.
“AHHH!!!”
Then a scream rang out from across the table. Zhang Shaoqing howled in pain, baring his teeth as he clutched his thigh with both hands, while the cat girl maid beside him looked utterly innocent.