Trapped in Paradise

Chapter 73: Class Time

The “Small Royal Text” essentially had no plot, just a brief setup, a battle, and then it ended.

Ning Chu once again carefully reviewed the sections related to him in the book.

The protagonist accidentally burst into the bathroom and discovered a woman showering. The woman didn’t seem to mind and, after a moment of shyness, became the protagonist’s battle partner…

There was no indication in the book that the woman was particularly resistant.

So, before this scene began, did they already have some emotional connection?

In real life, it would mean Ning Chu and Wen Yang already had feelings for each other, and once they stumbled upon the gender revelation, they’d naturally become partners in arms.

Thinking about this, Ning Chu mentally beat himself up.

If he were a girl and Wen Yang barged in while he was showering, discovering his gender, would he just be shy and effortlessly jump into dual-ranked mode without any psychological barriers?

No way!

The outcome was obvious! Unless Wen Yang used coercion, there’s no way he would succumb!

That’s massive! It could be deadly, you know!

So there’s still some time before the plot plays out for him?

The break was over, and early in the morning, Ning Chu was munching on the beef jerky brought by Wang Jie for breakfast, looking gloomier than ever.

Since Wen Yang started being rebellious yesterday, he had barely spoken a word.

Firstly, to reduce communication with Wen Yang and create an annoying image to avoid increasing Wen Yang’s affection.

Secondly, because he was genuinely feeling down.

His body showed no signs of femininity! No indications of punishment either! This meant that the plot triggered yesterday wasn’t completely broken.

That bad girl who plays basketball was still thinking about Wen Yang!

“Ah~ It’s already time for class~” Zhang Shaoqing jumped out of bed, squatting down to tease a cat while complaining, “Damn! It’s been so long since I’ve taken a serious class, I’m suddenly a bit unaccustomed!”

Wang Jie curiously asked, “Why did you dye your hair black?”

It was already late at night when he returned yesterday, and both roommates were fast asleep.

“Heh~ I was planning to dye this thing green! If the barber hadn’t stopped me.”

Green…

Clearly, the “gift” from childhood sweethearts had left Zhang Shaoqing with some deep psychological trauma.

Wang Jie felt something was off in his tone and turned to Ning Chu to ask, “How’s the beef jerky? A hundred for a pound, you know.”

“Mm…”

“Why do you look all gloomy?” Wang Jie had no idea what happened during the break, so he glanced at the similarly grim-faced Wen Yang and sighed, heading towards the balcony while muttering, “What’s with everyone today?”

It was just a few days off, but he felt that his roommates were getting weirder.

Ning Chu had become much prettier and more alluring. His pectorals were more pronounced. Wen Yang’s face was full of thoughts, but his gaze kept drifting to Ning Chu, as if he looked up to him. Zhang Shaoqing seemed normal but was like a volcano ready to erupt.

After the four in the dorm took turns to wash up and tidy themselves, they headed to the teaching building together.

There were ten minutes left before class, and the paths between the dormitory areas and classroom areas were filled with groups of students.

“D302, D302… We’ve arrived.”

Though it wasn’t his first time at the teaching building, finding the classroom still took some time. When Ning Chu and the others entered, the back rows of the tiered classroom were already occupied by students, leaving only the front three rows available.

Well, that’s just too realistic…

Reluctantly, he sat down in the third row and finally looked at the teacher on the podium.

A middle-aged male teacher with a big belly and balding.

Rarely, even in the world of “Small Royal Text,” there was someone below the average attractiveness.

Ning Chu suddenly thought of the common chubby characters found in doujinshi… Who knows why those artists love to use awkward men as protagonists? He could never get interested in those kinds of doujins.

Before the class started, he glanced back at his classmates.

His childhood sweetheart Ling Ling, athletic girl Shan Shan, sickly fox Lin Li, Yuan Yuan, and the bar twin sisters…

Wow, all his “enemies” were present.

Almost simultaneously, as Ning Chu’s gaze landed on them, those girls, who had their happiness disturbed by him in the past, shot him furious glares, making him quickly turn back and huddle on the table like a quail.

To protect Wen Yang’s virginity, he had offended quite a few people~

Yet, Wen Yang didn’t remember any favors he had done, was being rebellious, and might even turn against him.

Ning Chu specifically chose to sit on the edge, with the aisle on his right and Wang Jie, the storyline’s bystander, on his left, which made him feel somewhat at ease since Wang Jie hadn’t tried to mess with him in the plot.

As for Wen Yang… Yesterday’s half-expressed confession-like look had scared him, making him avoid any close contact from now on.

And Zhang Shaoqing…

Ning Chu darted a glance at Zhang Shaoqing and saw him turned around, fixated on Ling Ling with a cold, dark expression like he was made of coal.

Hiss! Is this guy plotting something?!

One Wen Yang was already giving Ning Chu a headache, now Zhang Shaoqing seemed to have issues too.

“Each of you is truly a handful…”

He sighed and pressed his face onto the desk.

“Roll call!”

When the bell rang, the teacher on stage suddenly perked up and shouted in a resonant voice, immediately quieting the noisy classroom.

This was their first class since the start of the semester.

The class was packed, and after the teacher called the roll and confirmed everyone was present, he launched straight into the lecture without self-introduction or maintaining order, just popped open a PPT and began teaching.

A professional theoretical class.

Such classes were always the most boring. After about ten minutes, chaos began to erupt in the classroom as students who weren’t keen on academic advancement chatted and played games, turning the classroom into a chicken coop.

Amidst the ruckus, he could vaguely hear some discussions about Ning Chu from the back.

“Could it really be a girl? Look at him, seems he has a chest; it can’t be pecs, right?”

“What pecs?”

“Last time you mentioned you wanted to write a novel about Ning Chu and Wen Yang, have you finished it?”

“Uh?”

“Yang Yang has been monopolized by him! Can’t even ask for a phone number; several sisters were planning to date Yang Yang, but he suddenly popped up to stop Yang Yang from going!”

Ning Chu yawned and continued to look at the PPT, uninterested.

After all, it wasn’t anything too outrageous; he was just a little worried that the girls might unite to target him.

He had heard that bullying among girls could be much scarier…

They were already in college; should they really run into such nonsense? The book didn’t mention anything like that.

“Ning Chu.” Suddenly, beside him, Wang Jie whispered, “What’s wrong with Shaoqing? He doesn’t look so good.”

Ning Chu glanced at Zhang Shaoqing and shook his head helplessly, “Maybe he got a shock seeing Ling Ling?”

“Ah?”

Wang Jie didn’t even know who Ling Ling was.

“It’s just that the girl he likes got snatched up by someone else.”

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