Volume 1 Chapter 8: Punishment

“Zhang Shaoqing!”

It must be said that Ning Chu’s crisp, neutral, and tender voice lacked the imposing presence when he angrily shouted. Even with his eyes glaring in anger, it looked more like a pitiful and coquettish expression.

It’s a shame he’s not a woman.

Seeing his upset and angry appearance, Zhang Shaoqing subconsciously felt guilty. He awkwardly lowered his head to glance at the phone lying on the ground, its screen turned green. He still insisted, “Just get it fixed… Why are you so angry about such a small thing?”

“I don’t have money! Could you be a bit quieter when entering the room?” Ning Chu glared at him again, then squatted down to pick up the phone. Most of the screen was covered in green, and the touchscreen was completely ineffective. Obviously, the internal screen was completely damaged.

The deed was done, and Ning Chu could only sigh softly.

“It’s okay, I’ll pay to get it fixed for you.” Zhang Shaoqing crossed his arms, leaning against the wardrobe door nonchalantly.

“But what will I use in the meantime…” Ning Chu muttered sadly.

Zhang Shaoqing frowned, searched his pockets, and slapped his own phone on Ning Chu’s desk, saying, “Use mine!”

“Huh?”

“What’s with the ‘huh’? Just don’t delete my stuff; my watch can make calls anyway.” Zhang Shaoqing looked dissatisfied, took the broken phone and stuffed it into his pocket. He continued, “I’ll get it fixed for you tonight. For now, use my phone.”

“Alright…”

Zhang Shaoqing’s way of handling things left Ning Chu with no reason to argue.

Look at that blonde hair, always looking like a carefree delinquent, but when it came to taking responsibility, he seemed quite manly.

A small conflict made the atmosphere between the two a bit awkward. Ning Chu, with a straight face, emotionless, opened a small game, but within two minutes, Zhang Shaoqing playfully approached again.

“Ning Chu, Wen Yang agreed to break up with Ling Ling.”

“Oh.”

“Anyway, there are plenty of girls pursuing him, and he doesn’t care about this one. Besides, they’ve only been together for a few days.”

“Yeah.”

With two indifferent responses, a smile inadvertently appeared on Ning Chu’s lips.

Now the first scene of the novel’s plot would never happen!

If the plot also had a butterfly effect, it might even lead to subsequent events not occurring.

Then the probability of him turning into a girl would be reduced!

As this thought crossed his mind, Ning Chu’s lower abdomen suddenly experienced a severe cramp. He couldn’t help but inhale sharply, his body instinctively curling up, hands covering his stomach.

“Hiss~ Ha…”

“What’s wrong?”

The sudden situation caught Zhang Shaoqing off guard, and Wang Jie, who was playing a game, also hurriedly stood up, rushing over.

“Nothing, it’s fine.”

Ning Chu curled up on the chair, his tear glands already breaking down, tears streaming down, his body trembling. He bit his lower lip, trying to suppress the painful cry.

“Hiss~ Ha…”

“What’s wrong? I’ll check if there’s any pain reliever. Take one for now!”

“What’s going on? Acute gastroenteritis? Should we call an ambulance and go to the hospital for an IV drip?”

The two roommates were in chaos. Wang Jie was preparing to call for an ambulance, while Zhang Shaoqing rummaged through the dormitory looking for the first aid kit.

The surging tide of pain quickly receded. Ning Chu’s forehead was covered in a layer of cold sweat. Weakly, he rested his forehead on the desk, letting out a long sigh.

The sudden pain made him think of the punishment for changing the novel’s plot.

According to his speculation, the pain earlier in the day, the slight cramping, was due to him preventing Wen Yang’s date last night. The intense pain just now was the punishment for Wen Yang breaking up with Ling Ling, causing the complete breakdown of the first scene of the plot.

But this kind of pain couldn’t defeat him!

After a few minutes of rest, Ning Chu weakly lifted his head.

“I’m going to take a shower.” His eyes, still with tears, looked at Zhang Shaoqing behind him. “Help me with my delivery when it arrives.”

Seeing the redness in his eyes from the pain, Zhang Shaoqing hesitated for a moment, somewhat awkwardly avoiding his gaze. “Are you okay?”

“It’s fine, just a sudden pain.”

Feeling the ease and nonchalance in Ning Chu’s tone, Zhang Shaoqing suspected that this roommate had a tendency for masochism.

“Don’t you need to go to the hospital?” Wang Jie interjected with concern.

“No need!”

After experiencing such pain just now, he now seemed carefree and had no intention of going to the hospital for an examination. He even appeared quite happy?

Zhang Shaoqing watched as Ning Chu went to the wardrobe, removed the training suit jacket, took off the long pants, revealing the tight little buttocks supported by boxer briefs and those slender, fair legs.

Although he saw this scene every night during their showers, this time, Zhang Shaoqing felt something different.

That buttocks seemed to be more lifted, it looked more rounder than before?

Fortunately, he had no issues with his sexual orientation and already had a girl he liked.

After a quick glance, he turned back to sit at his desk. However, a sudden confusion popped into his mind.

Did Ning Chu have leg hair?

It’s not that he wanted to check out a man’s legs; he was just curious if Ning Chu had leg hair.

Zhang Shaoqing turned to look again and saw that Ning Chu had already picked up his clean clothes, holding them in a way that was directly in his line of sight.

“What are you doing?”

“You wash quickly, I’ll need to wash after you,” Ning Chu quickly came up with an excuse, but Zhang Shaoqing’s gaze inadvertently fell on Ning Chu’s chest.

“I understand,” Ning Chu noticed where his gaze had landed, furrowed his eyebrows, and instinctively raised his arm, using the clean clothes he was holding to cover up.

While it’s normal for men to have visible arousal, he felt inexplicably embarrassed and worried about being teased.

He put on a pair of slippers and hurriedly walked towards the balcony.

“What’s wrong with him?” When they heard the sound of the bathroom door closing from the balcony, Wang Jie couldn’t help but discuss curiously, “Could it be that he really had a stomachache from last night? Then aren’t you the culprit?”

“Why are you talking nonsense? It’s none of my business,” Zhang Shaoqing cursed and shifted the blame, “None of us had any issues, but he got a stomachache? I’d believe it if you said he’s about to give birth.”

“Well, he seems to be in quite a hurry.”

The dormitory door was opened, and Wen Yang walked in, looking bewildered at the commotion in front of him. “What’s going on? It’s quite lively here. Did something happen?”

At the same time, inside the bathroom, Ning Chu was humming an off-key tune, standing beneath the shower, tilting his head back and closing his eyes, enjoying the soothing warmth of the water.

After he completely disrupted the original plot of the novel, he felt that the punishment that had come out of nowhere had landed on him.

Perhaps the current situation was something that someone, or some god, didn’t want to see.

“If I continue to disrupt the plot like this, then I won’t have to be a woman anymore~”

And I won’t have to endure getting pierced through!

Being a man in a world full of beautiful women, with feminine men everywhere, getting married and spending the second half of my life peacefully, it’s not a bad choice!

“Partial victory!”

Feeling pleased with himself, Ning Chu applied shower gel to his body, but his hands suddenly stopped at his chest.

“Hmm… why does it feel like there are two soft lumps on my chest?”