Chapter 45 Chapter 45: Is It Strange for Girls to Wear Pretty Clothes? (4)
“I really can’t accept this kind of thing.” By this point, Xu Yecheng was already too embarrassed to care about blowing her cover. The piece of clothing in Doudou’s hands—wasn’t it something a dog had chewed on? Could this even be called clothes?
She would rather believe it was something torn off the lead actress in certain adult romance movies she’d seen before, the kind of rip-your-clothes play where the fabric gets shredded.
Seeing how flustered she looked, Doudou was actually a little surprised.
Alright, it seemed Ningning was a relatively conservative girl.
She hung the backless black top back on the rack. Xu Yecheng let out a sigh of relief, but Doudou quickly picked up another outfit from the shelf beside her.
Xu Yecheng took a closer look—thank goodness, it was still a white T-shirt, with a pair of light-blue jeans for the bottom.
“Ningning, try this one~”
Xu Yecheng did want to change out of what she was wearing.
“Okay.” She agreed readily and took the outfit from Doudou.
But once she put it on, something still felt off. Why was this top so short…?
Her mind suddenly flashed back to the girls she’d seen on Douyin before.
So this was the legendary crop top…
Xu Yecheng looked at herself in the mirror again. The exposed waist was fair and smooth; seen this way, it somehow looked even more alluring than being bare-chested. The jeans were high-waisted, which made the curves of her hips stand out clearly. Looking at her waist, there wasn’t a trace of excess fat on her belly. She couldn’t help but reach out and pinch it, feeling a complicated mix of emotions.
Because even she herself hadn’t expected that her slender waist could be wrapped around by one hand…
What a devilish figure.
She sighed inwardly. Soft and tender, the texture was so good she couldn’t resist pinching it a couple more times.
A crop top wasn’t that bad, really—it only exposed a bit of the lower belly. It did look a little provocative, though that might just be her own dirty thoughts. But showing a bit of midriff felt completely different from wearing a short skirt.
Xu Yecheng walked out of the fitting room, and Doudou still looked extremely satisfied.
“Oh~ Ningning really can pull off any style~” Doudou exclaimed.
So Xu Yecheng ended up buying another set, and under Doudou’s persuasive tactics, she also bought a lady-like dress with a novel design…
The reason being that it looked good and was on sale.
That immediately put Xu Yecheng in a difficult spot.
She looked at the clothes in her hands, her expression turning hesitant.
How was she supposed to get all of this back?
Carrying so many shopping bags to the lab building—wouldn’t that make her look seriously unwell?
She thought maybe she should send these clothes to the dry cleaner as well.
“Are you heading back to school, Ningning?” Doudou asked.
“I’m planning to send the clothes to be washed.” Xu Yecheng glanced at the traffic light across the street and replied.
“Why send them to be washed?”
“There’s nowhere to hang clothes in the dorm, and our balcony doesn’t get any sunlight.” Xu Yecheng had already anticipated this question and answered quickly.
“Oh, then you can come to my place,” Doudou said.
“You don’t live on campus?” Xu Yecheng was a bit surprised.
“Yeah. The dorm fees at my university are a bit expensive, and my aunt lives nearby, so I stay with them.”
Xu Yecheng was a little tempted at first—after all, that really would solve the problem of where to dry clothes, and most importantly, it would save money.
But once she heard that Doudou was also living in someone else’s home, she felt it would be better not to disturb others.
“But my uncle and aunt are traveling right now, so the place is empty. It’s just me living there.”
Xu Yecheng couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. What kind of doujin opening was this… no, what kind of golden-start scenario was this?
“So let’s just go to my place to wash them. It’s not far from here anyway.” As Dou Yuwei spoke, she pulled Xu Yecheng toward the bus stop.
“Sorry for the trouble, Doudou,” Xu Yecheng said, feeling a bit guilty.
Tsk. She was being treated so kindly, yet she still hadn’t faced her with her real appearance. A faint sense of guilt welled up inside her.
But she wasn’t scamming money or seducing anyone—she just wanted to solve the problem of washing her women’s clothes…
“Not a problem at all. Once the clothes are dry, you can just come to my place and pick them up,” Doudou said cheerfully.
“Okay…” Xu Yecheng responded softly, then followed Doudou back to her place.
Three bedrooms and a living room—over a hundred square meters. For one person, it could only be described as luxurious.
After settling the clothes, Xu Yecheng returned to school, exhausted.
She swiped her ID to enter the campus. While passing a small grassy area, she heard a few meows.
There were stray cats on campus; she often saw quite a few when she went running.
Hearing those cries, she grew curious and walked over to the lawn.
The sound was low and hoarse. Xu Yecheng couldn’t help but feel worried—maybe a stray cat had run into some trouble…
Following the sound, she parted the bushes in the landscaping and saw a yellow-and-white stray cat turn its head to look at her.
The cat cried out at her, its voice sharp and pitiful.
Xu Yecheng’s gaze dropped, and she saw that its left hind leg was tightly wrapped in a piece of wire…
The little cat looked at her pitifully. Xu Yecheng’s sympathy instantly overflowed, and she carefully helped remove the wire tangled around its leg.
The stray cat looked emaciated. There was even a dark circle around its eye—it was actually a bit ugly, but that didn’t stop Xu Yecheng from finding it adorable.
She watched as it staggered forward a little, then squatted down at the edge of the lawn, its round eyes staring at her for a while.
As for petting cats, she knew a few tricks.
Xu Yecheng squatted down and, like a little duck, shuffled forward bit by bit until she was about a meter in front of the stray cat. There was still some fear in its eyes. She slowly extended her hand, clenched into a fist, to about half a meter in front of it.
The cat twisted its body slightly, as if about to leave. Xu Yecheng quickly froze like a wooden statue.
Finally, the wariness in the cat’s eyes eased a little. Taking small steps, it walked over to the fist Xu Yecheng was holding out and cautiously sniffed it.
Her long skirt fell onto the grass. Naturally, Xu Yecheng had no habit of rolling up her skirt just to squat.
He Xiaohan raised his camera and captured that moment. In the photo was the side profile of the girl—her expression serene yet tinged with anticipation, a skinny little cat sniffing her outstretched fist.
Coming back to his senses, He Xiaohan saw the girl smile and reach out to stroke the cat’s head.
Her smiling face was reflected in his eyes. The depth in his gaze rippled slightly, then quickly returned to calm.
It was her again…
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