Chapter 125 : Chapter 125
125. Chaotic Turnabout
“I won’t even get into how you deliberately left out several key words from my statement. Even taking only the sentence you quoted, it’s still insufficient to support your argument!”
Lu Zheng pointed at Yi Ning standing behind the table, using the coffee cup Yi Ning had given him.
“‘It’s only with you that I can act so straightforward’—what’s wrong with saying that? Why would that be taken as a signal of courtship? And even if we disregard all that and assume it is a signal of courtship, how does that prove I’m gay?”
“Aren’t you a girl?”
“Is it wrong for me to like girls?”
Facing Lu Zheng’s struggle to lift his head, Yi Ning naturally wanted to press it back into the dirt.
She pointed back at Lu Zheng, shouting loudly.
“Objection! I’ve only been transformed into a girl for less than a week! How could I possibly develop feelings for someone I didn’t even get along with before? You must have been lusting after me before I transformed!”
“Objection! On what grounds do you claim that a week isn’t enough for someone to develop feelings for another person?”
Now that the tension was rising, Lu Zheng simply put the coffee cup aside, slapped his hand heavily on the ground, and began a rapid-fire debate with Yi Ning.
“Objection! On what grounds do you claim that a week isn’t enough for someone to develop feelings for another person!”
“Objection! A week is too short to truly understand each other, let alone know if they can get along! Without these, how can a relationship last!”
“Objection! Ever heard of love at first sight!”
“Objection! Love at first sight my ass! That’s just lust at first sight!”
At some point, intense BGM began echoing through the empty base.
Combined with their heated debate, the atmosphere in the room grew even more charged, signaling that this thrilling argument was reaching its climax.
Lu Zheng took a deep breath, used all his strength to slap the floor, pointed at Yi Ning across from him, and unleashed an attack that threw away all shame and dignity.
“Objection! So what if it’s lust at first sight? I am lusting after your body, I am lowly!”
“Ugh… you…”
Hearing such a blunt statement, Yi Ning’s small face instantly turned red.
She went silent for a moment, bent down slightly to turn off the BGM, then blinked and rubbed her face with her hands, trying to cool the heat on her cheeks.
Unfortunately, it didn’t help.
To reiterate, she had said she didn’t care if others desired her current body, but that didn’t mean she could stay calm when someone straight-up confessed they were lusting after her body.
It made her feel quite embarrassed.
Yi Ning took a deep breath, trying again to calm herself.
But it still didn’t help.
“Uh… so…”
“Well… how should I put this…”
She turned her face away, unable to meet Lu Zheng’s eyes.
Fine, she was really embarrassed, to the point where she couldn’t fully control her body.
“You’re… pretty straightforward…”
“I did say I would be more straightforward with you.”
Compared to Yi Ning, Lu Zheng was doing much better.
Although throwing away shame and dignity made him feel a bit embarrassed, he was at least still wearing the Pixel Mask helmet, so Yi Ning couldn’t see his face, allowing his tone to remain relatively steady.
“Ah… right…”
Yi Ning still couldn’t suppress the strong embarrassment welling up within her, but her long-cultivated rationality helped her regain a sliver of composure.
So troublesome. This never used to happen to her.
Fortunately, she finally managed to ask the question she was most curious about.
Though she asked it indirectly, using the “game flow” as an excuse.
“Then please present evidence to support your claim.”
Evidence?
Lu Zheng didn’t immediately understand what she meant upon hearing this.
He felt that throwing away dignity and shame should have been proof enough.
But when he looked up at Yi Ning, he understood.
That shy, turned-away expression with her arms crossed wasn’t demanding actual evidence.
She just wanted to know his straightforward reason in a roundabout way.
Of course, there was also the “following the game flow” factor.
In that case, he would be the one to conclude this suddenly triggered game.
“Take this!”
As he shouted, the BGM began to play quietly again.
“This morning, while I was lying on the floor letting you step on me, you said you didn’t care if people desired your body and that you wouldn’t feel disgusted, right?”
Yi Ning nodded, though her head remained turned away.
This damn uncontrollable embarrassment.
Lu Zheng didn’t care about her reaction and continued.
“And you also said you were a super beautiful girl, right?”
Yi Ning nodded again.
“So, since being straightforward with you won’t harm you or cause psychological issues, why should I hide my desires? If I act all shy about it, I might even lose out on benefits.”
Lu Zheng’s words were so righteously shameless that even Yi Ning couldn’t help but applaud his audacity.
Even Yi Ning herself, when dealing with others, would at least consider their feelings somewhat, yet Lu Zheng could be so blunt.
It was admirable.
No wonder he could lie on the ground and shamelessly let a girl step on him.
As time passed, Yi Ning finally felt she could control her head again.
She turned her face toward Lu Zheng, her gaze complicated.
Of course, looking at him still made her a little embarrassed, but at least it no longer interfered with her mind.
“Sigh~”
Yi Ning let out a long sigh.
She finally realized that it wasn’t that she didn’t feel disgusted by people lusting after her body; it was that she could pretend not to see it as long as they hid their desires.
Once she could no longer bury her head in the sand and play ostrich, her deeply buried embarrassment would burst out uncontrollably, forcing her to face it.
In her calculations, she shouldn’t have developed such intense emotions capable of affecting her body.
She still understood too little about a girl’s body.
“Sigh~”
Yi Ning sighed again.
Now she wasn’t even sure if turning into a girl was a good thing or a bad thing anymore.
Forget it, there was no going back anyway, so thinking about it was pointless.
Yi Ning shook her head, tossing these messy thoughts from her mind, and looked at Lu Zheng with slightly lifeless eyes.
The matter was now clear, and the game should end.
She picked up the gavel on the table.
“Since the case is now clear, this court delivers its verdict on the defendant—”
Not Guilty!