Chapter 5 : No, Why Should You Get This
5: No, Why Should You Get This?
Thump~ Thump thump~ Thump thump thump~
After coming out of the bathroom, despite being in the familiar dorm with familiar roommates, with only half an hour having passed, Su Mo, who had become a girl, felt her heart racing like when playing a horror escape game, on the verge of being discovered by an evil BOSS, nervous beyond measure.
This feeling only eased somewhat after climbing onto the second-floor bed and returning to her familiar little blanket.
Suzhou's 10 PM night had the characteristic stuffiness of southern evenings. Although Su University had complete infrastructure with air conditioning installed indoors, making it fairly comfortable, sleeping under blankets while fully clothed would still be quite stuffy.
However, Su Mo currently couldn't care about such sensory details. Her freshly bathed body was sweating from nervousness, causing her short sleeves to stick tightly to her body.
Feeling the slight stickiness from the sweat stains on her clothes, Su Mo couldn't help but recall a wildly imaginative female-oriented novel she had once read.
To secure a poverty scholarship slot, the female protagonist entered XX Men's University, crossdressing and living day and night with her domineering CEO roommate. Only on the eve of graduation was her female identity accidentally exposed, ultimately being embraced by the dorm's domineering CEO for happy love-making and a good ending of having two children in three years.
Thinking of that female protagonist, Su Mo hadn't thought much when reading the novel at the time.
But now personally experiencing "crossdressing," Su Mo belatedly realized how strong that female protagonist's psychological quality was. At least the current her felt inferior, with her heart seemingly about to leap out of her chest even after returning to her little blanket.
[Ding, detecting host entering nervous state, heart activity intense, heartbeat index exceeding 180% reaching 58 beats/min, overloaded operation. Please host calm down, otherwise there's a probability of fainting, trembling and other adverse events. Please be cautious, host.]
Hearing the heartbeat system's warm reminder, out of human instinct, Su Mo instinctively reached out her hand to cover her throbbing left chest like stopping bleeding, hoping to suppress her heart's restlessness through this physical method.
As her delicate, lustrous white small hand was placed on the damp short sleeve over her left chest, before Su Mo could press down on her heart, she first felt a strange sensation.
The touch on her hand was soft and slightly bouncy, something she had never felt before.
But the sensation on her chest was tingly and numb, like being electrified, making Su Mo's entire body involuntarily shiver for an instant. Her cherry lips also unconsciously opened, but fortunately Su Mo restrained herself with reason at the crucial moment, preventing any sound from escaping.
After this sudden incident, the tense atmosphere that had been surrounding Su Mo dissipated somewhat, and her heartbeat began to settle down.
After calming down for a few seconds, Su Mo asked the system with some confusion. Although she had become a girl, it was just touching the little rabbits—why would there be such a strong reaction?
Even in Japanese scenarios, there wasn't this level of sensitivity!
Soon Su Mo heard the challenge system's explanation.
[Ding~ Given that the host has just become a girl, excessive sensitivity partly comes from the unfamiliar feeling of physical disharmony. To avoid exposure risks, it's recommended that the host actively try to communicate with new organs. On the other hand, due to the host's low constitution, physical sensitivity is enhanced. The host's current sensitivity is approximately 2.3 times that of ordinary women (Warm tip: Improving constitution can reduce sensitivity!)]
At first hearing the system's description about sensitivity in the first half, mentioning things like physical harmony and new organs, Su Mo was momentarily confused.
However, after carefully re-reading it twice, Su Mo, who had studied liberal arts in high school, understood what the system was trying to express.
From birth, everyone's body grows with them continuously. Just like looking in a mirror and not thinking oneself ugly, all parts of the body have connectivity.
Su Mo's newly born little rabbits were somewhat abrupt, belonging to departments that hadn't coordinated well.
To illustrate with an example, it was like a stranger suddenly helping you pick your nose—that sense of abruptness and unfamiliarity was worlds apart from doing it yourself.
As for the latter half regarding constitutional factors, Su Mo could also understand.
In many adult films she had watched, often the weaker the girl, the more... exaggerated their performance during excitement. In contrast, Western girls seemed dramatically more enduring.
However, while she understood the principle, wasn't this 2.3 times multiplier a bit exaggerated? With this level of sensitivity, she would probably be filed under the "ahegao" category in her roommates' manga collections!
Thinking of the fate of girls in some manga she had occasionally seen, Su Mo's long legs under the little blanket instinctively clenched together, followed by another more intense shiver.
Feeling her somewhat sensitive constitution, Su Mo silently made a firm resolution at that moment.
Emmmmmmmm this SSS-level mission absolutely had to succeed no matter what. Otherwise, really becoming a girl permanently would be terribly sinful.
"Damn it, I killed so many, these SBSBSBSB teammates seem fucking retarded, **ranking system, I'm not playing anymore!"
Just as Su Mo was silently clenching her small fists under the covers and making secret vows, Wu Di erupted in an angry rant from the bed below.
Although his voice wasn't as loud as Wei Yan's, just listening to his tone conveyed his overwhelming emotion.
"Don't get angry, don't get angry. Games are like this—you win some, you lose some. But honestly, the teammates were indeed pretty bad. Just consider it practice," Lin Kun, the dorm's eldest who had been duo-queuing, watched his carry get so angry and silently closed his 0-14-3 laptop, skillfully putting his hand on Wu Di's shoulder with familiar comfort.
What he got in return was a big eye roll from Wu Di.
Seeing the dorm atmosphere becoming increasingly awkward, Lin Kun, as the dorm's big brother, silently searched around the room for topics to break the awkwardness.
Soon he noticed Su Mo on the upper bunk, who hadn't gone to sleep yet and was rustling around secretively.
Looking at only a delicate little head showing, Lin Kun was somewhat puzzled. Why wrap up so tightly in this hot summer? And something seemed off somewhere?
However, thinking of Su Mo's usual physical condition, he didn't think much of it and spoke to change the topic.
"Old Mo, why did you suddenly ask about Campus Belle Lin today?"
Hearing his roommates call out the fierce nickname they had given him after his "wild outburst," with the topic turning to himself, normally Su Mo would have protested.
But now, while adapting to her new body and experiencing the happiness of a girl's leg-clenching, Su Mo had no time to care about such things, only feeling her heart suddenly tremble.
It had been fine when she wasn't being noticed, but now being the focus of attention made her inexplicably feel like she had done something wrong and was nervously awaiting punishment from parents or teachers.
But to avoid letting her roommates notice anything suspicious and become confused, Su Mo coughed softly twice and then reluctantly explained with feigned casualness.
"Oh, I just saw Senior Muyao today. She found me and asked me to be her boyfriend."
As a sophomore student majoring in broadcasting and hosting in the media department, even before transforming, Su Mo could easily produce loli voices, mature sister voices, and other girl voice types using her male vocal cords.
Now Su Mo was extremely grateful for choosing this major—at least "imitating" her previous male voice wasn't difficult.
However, while Su Mo's voice was fine, hearing the content of Su Mo's words made Lin Kun, Wu Di, and Wei Yan, who had just finished relieving himself in the toilet, all lose their composure!
At that moment, all three pairs of eyes burst with intense disbelief.
The next moment, after exchanging glances, all three could see three words in each other's expressions: Why should you?
After a brief silence, dorm leader Lin Kun was first to break the quiet atmosphere. He formed hand seals with his right hand, flipping left and right for a while before speaking.
"Old Mo, did you agree? Let me tell you, I studied physiognomy for a while. I feel that although Campus Belle Lin is beautiful, observing her features, you're earth element and she's water element—mutual restraint of the five elements. But I'm different, being wood element. As they say, water restrains earth but benefits wood. How about this..."
"I'll hit you~"
Before Lin Kun could finish speaking, Wu Di, who had been annoyed with him since the game, kicked him away.
"Little Kun, get lost. I can hear your scheming from across the Pacific."
While speaking, he directly mounted Lin Kun with a Mount Tai crushing move!
Wei Yan watched his two roommates start their usual roughhousing again. Having just "calmed down" in the bathroom, he caught the blind spot in the previous conversation.
"Old Mo, why did Campus Belle Lin want your Alipay number?"
Seeing Wei Yan's emotions had calmed down and the relaxed male dorm atmosphere had returned to normal, Su Mo, no longer as tense, answered quite honestly.
"Senior Lin said that being her boyfriend pays 3000 per month."
Su Mo's voice wasn't loud.
But the content of this sentence sounded like a boulder falling into a lake to the three male ears, instantly stirring up stormy waves in their hearts.
What was this situation?
The campus belle actively pursuing you and paying you 3000 yuan monthly allowance?
What kind of fantasy plot was this?
Was there any justice left?
Any law and order?
Any similar deals available?
After about five seconds of silence, Lin Kun, who had been pinned down, was first to get up and crawl back to his bed, saying:
"I must be tired. I keep having auditory hallucinations. Going to sleep tonight!"
Following Lin Kun's lead, the other two quickly climbed into their beds with incredulous expressions, as if their souls had been hooked away.
Room 503 broke records by uniformly turning off lights and going to sleep at 10:16 PM, without a single electronic screen's glow.
Time passed bit by bit in the quiet dormitory.
After an unknown amount of time, in the complete silence of night, Wu Di suddenly removed the blanket covering his face from the innermost bed, his eyes wide as copper bells.
Abruptly sitting up straight, revealing a muscular torso trained over time with eight-pack abs, he muttered:
"No, why should you get this?"