Ning Chu always felt that the school's Health Checkup was just a formality and pretty much useless.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, aside from color blindness or color weakness, she'd never heard of anyone being diagnosed with anything serious during a school Health Checkup.
At noon, after class, Ning Chu walked toward the dormitory building with her roommates.
Now that her school records had officially changed her gender to female, she could no longer swagger back to the dormitory as she used to...
Up ahead, Zhang Shaoqing and Wang Jie were discussing which character to pull in the new game banner. One was a waifu collector, and the other prioritized the Meta. After a long discussion, they came to the conclusion that they should first buy a pack and roll for it later.
Behind them, Ning Chu walked at a leisurely pace alongside Wen Yang, hands in the pockets of her trench coat. "All that’s left are the bedding and pillows. Once I’ve packed up, I'll call Lily, Xinya, and the others. Hopefully, we can move everything to the rental in one go."
"Mm. What are you planning to tell Shaoqing when he asks? That you're moving into the girls' dormitory?"
"Uh... I'll just say I’m dating Xinya and moving out for that?"
Wen Yang rejected it without hesitation, instinctively replying, "No way."
"Eh~ It’s just a little white lie.""Still no."
Ning Chu looked up and met Wen Yang's gaze, filled with possessiveness.
Was this her own doing...?
Getting jealous and restricting each other—it wasn’t so bad.
Even if falling for Wen Yang was an unexpected accident, Ning Chu didn’t think she’d ever be interested in another man. She didn’t think she’d cheat, either. In fact, she felt a strong sense of wariness toward other men, so Wen Yang's possessiveness over her was practically meaningless.
As usual, she walked through the dormitory entrance, glancing at the dorm supervisor sitting by the door, smoking.
Even though he was older, the university environment had kept his thirst for knowledge alive. Ning Chu wondered if he was still learning English from that female student.
Though it started as English lessons, their "studies" had turned into more practical sessions over time.
After all, it was a rare 1v1 pure romance, even if the age gap was a bit much...
She had no intention of interfering—she was just curious to see where this side plot would go without her involvement.
The dorm supervisor noticed her gaze and looked up.
"Hey! You there! What’s a girl doing in the boys' dormitory?"
"...?"
Ning Chu froze mid-step.
Wait! We've spoken before! How could he forget?!
I didn’t even report you for hitting on a female student! I didn’t interfere with your English lessons either! And yet, this is how you repay me?!
As the dorm supervisor walked toward her, Ning Chu looked at Wen Yang in confusion, utterly baffled.
"He’s from my dorm. A guy," Wen Yang explained.
"A guy?"
"Yeah! We talked in the laundry room before. Don’t you remember?"
Ning Chu quickly backed Wen Yang up.
The dorm supervisor frowned, thought for a moment, then shook his head. He held out his hand to Ning Chu. "Then show me your student ID."
With a memory like that, no way you're learning English properly even with a private tutor!
Who carries their student ID around all the time?
Back when school had just started, the security guards used to check them at the gates. But now they had gotten lax, and she had gotten lazy. She didn’t even remember where she left hers in the dorm.
"I need to go upstairs to find it..."
"No." The dorm supervisor scrutinized Ning Chu from head to toe and muttered, "Such a pretty girl, yet so indecent..."
Ning Chu twitched at the corner of her mouth. Seeing more and more students looking her way, she sighed and covered her face. "I really am a guy..."
Up ahead, Zhang Shaoqing suddenly realized that Ning Chu and Wen Yang were no longer behind him. He stopped, turned toward the entrance, and saw that Ning Chu had been stopped by the dorm supervisor.
He almost burst out laughing but, eager to enjoy the spectacle, he dragged Wang Jie along and ran back to join in the fun.
And that was all—just watching. No intention of helping to explain, just standing there for the entertainment.
Wen Yang frowned deeply, suppressing his irritation. "Alright, I'll go upstairs and get it for you—Wait, nevermind, Shaoqing! You go upstairs and grab Ning Chu’s ID!"
He was worried that if he left, Ning Chu wouldn’t have anyone to speak up for her.
"Fine. Ning Chu, where's your student ID?"
"I don’t know! Check my drawer or wardrobe!"
"Such a temper~" Zhang Shaoqing muttered as he turned and ran upstairs.
After sprinting up several flights of stairs, he panted heavily as he unlocked the dorm room door. He quickly rushed to Ning Chu’s desk, opened the drawers one by one, and searched through them, but the student ID was nowhere to be found.
"Did he really throw it into the wardrobe?"
He turned and pulled open the wardrobe door. Looking at the neatly folded clothes inside, he reached deeper into the back.
And pulled out an admission letter from the beginning of the semester.
"What the hell?"
Zhang Shaoqing blinked in confusion. After another thorough search of the wardrobe and drawers, he still couldn’t find the student ID. His gaze landed on Ning Chu’s locked drawer.
Without hesitation, he called her. "Hey, where's the key to your drawer? I checked everywhere else."
"Under my pillow—" After the answer left her mouth, Ning Chu suddenly realized something.
Oh crap! The Hentai item is in that drawer! What if Shaoqing secretly took it!?
And—her sanitary pads and tampons! Did he come across them while rummaging around?!
Her nerves immediately tensed up.
She should’ve sent Wen Yang upstairs to find it instead!
Zhang Shaoqing unlocked the drawer, glancing at the glasses case inside.
For a moment, he was tempted to take it, but after hesitating, he decided to behave and simply grabbed the student ID inside.
"It really was in here."
Muttering under his breath, he closed the drawer and carefully placed the admission letter back in the wardrobe. However, as he withdrew his hand, he accidentally knocked over a jacket.
A few stick-like objects tumbled out.
He paused, picked one up, and examined the packaging. A few English words were printed on it, but he didn’t understand them.
The pink packaging looked like something girls would use...
"What is this for?"
Without thinking too much, he grabbed the student ID and dashed downstairs.
"Got it, got it!"
Panting heavily, Zhang Shaoqing handed the student ID to Ning Chu. "Here! You should've said it was in the locked drawer! Made me search forever."
He noticed that Ning Chu’s expression was stiff and assumed he had just had an argument with the dorm supervisor. He didn’t think much of it. "Alright, this should do, right? We all know you are a guy—So why make me run to death over this?"
The dorm supervisor took the ID and examined the photo—a boyish-looking face. He then looked at Ning Chu’s current feminine appearance and barely managed to find some resemblance.
Plus, quite a few students around them confirmed that Ning Chu was indeed male.
"Alright, go on in." The dorm supervisor awkwardly turned away. "My bad."
"It’s fine..."
The problem wasn’t the dorm supervisor—it was Zhang Shaoqing.
Ning Chu forced a stiff smile and glanced at Zhang Shaoqing guiltily.
Luckily, she was only here today to pack her things and move out. Even if Zhang Shaoqing discovered her real gender, it wouldn’t matter too much.
What worried her more was whether he had also figured out her relationship with Wen Yang!