The sky was perpetually overcast, with no sunlight in sight.
A fine drizzle continued into the next day, filling the air with a damp, clammy humidity that made people feel uncomfortable all over.
“Morning! Ning Chu!”
The husky girl was as energetic as ever, enthusiastically pouncing over and wrapping her arms around Ning Chu’s arm.
Ning Chu, wearing a thoroughly lifeless expression, got her cheek rubbed against and only felt a dull ache spreading across her face.
“What’s wrong? Bad mood?”
“No, I’m fine~”
“Then why didn’t you push away?”
She slapped a hand onto Yan Xinya’s face and shoved the wolf girl aside.
“Waaah~ Ning Chu doesn’t love anymore~”
“You’re nuts.”
Rolling her eyes at the always-unhinged Yan Xinya, Ning Chu asked with concern, “How’s that octopus you’re raising?”
“It looks half-dead, barely moves at all~ I’m thinking maybe we need to add so salt to the water. Aren’t octopuses supposed to live in the sea?”
“Mm… that actually makes sense.”
Her mood instantly improved.
Even if that octopus really was a tentacle monster, if things kept going like this, it would probably be raised to death by these girls in just a few days.
“I even caught two cockroaches last night to feed it, but it wouldn’t eat them either,” Yan Xinya sighed. “Guess I’ll have to wait for the little fish and shrimp I ordered online.”
“You… caught cockroaches…”
“I wore gloves!”
Ning Chu scooted her chair away in disgust, putting distance between herself and the wolf girl.
This girl was way too hardcore! Who just grabs cockroaches with their hands?! So gross!
She leaned over to look at Lily, only to see her resting her chin on her hand, staring blankly at the blackboard. “Lily, what are you thinking about?”
“Nothing.”
Ning Chu slumped onto her desk and casually flipped through her textbook, her mind wandering to whether she should beco a magical girl herself.
There were definitely risks, but she could rope in Xi Xi—two magical girls against one tentacle monster ant the odds looked pretty good on paper.
That was far better than letting unsuspecting girls get happily tricked by the black cat, muddle-headedly beco magical girls, and end up as breeding grounds…
As for the benefits… just having magic was already super cool! And she’d get a physique even stronger than a succubus’s! She wouldn’t have to worry about fainting anymore!
Still, that black cat just felt sleazy, and it was way too enthusiastic about contracting magical girls.
It really made her suspect the cat was a spy sent by the evil beings, dedicated to delivering them high-quality breeding stock.
Or maybe it was just a chaos-loving troll cat, stirring things up for fun and enjoying the spectacle.
“Don’t your horns look bigger sohow?”
A shadow suddenly fell over her desk, and a frivolous voice sounded from above. Ning Chu had just lifted her head when she saw Zhang Shaoqing already standing there, reaching out toward her head.
She instinctively shrank back to dodge, but it was too late.
“Buy a new one?”
But Wen Yang reacted in ti, grabbing Zhang Shaoqing’s hand and frowning in irritation. “Don’t touch her.”
Zhang Shaoqing awkwardly pulled his hand back, muttering, “It’s just a headpiece. Why are you getting so worked up?”
He then sat down with Wang Jie, still craning his neck and staring curiously at Ning Chu’s horns.
They really did seem a bit bigger than before…
They looked almost real. Could they actually grow?
“I switched them out. Took yesterday’s pair to be washed,” Ning Chu said calmly, having already anticipated this situation.
Under the desk, though, she secretly kicked Wen Yang’s calf with the foot of her little leather shoe.
You overreacted way too much!
Let him touch it a couple of tis if he wants—so long as it’s not the base of the horns.
Wen Yang, however, remained unmoved. He had no intention of letting other n touch his girlfriend.
Back then, his possessiveness toward the little succubus had been even stronger—he’d get jealous even if other girls stood too close to her.
“Feels like we won’t be able to hide it for much longer~”
Ning Chu leaned in, resting a hand on Wen Yang’s shoulder and whispering softly into his ear.
When the little succubus spoke, even her breath seed to carry a faint, girlish fragrance, making Wen Yang’s earlobes flush slightly red. He awkwardly rubbed the bridge of his nose.
“Yeah. That guy’s got itchy hands. One day he might sneak an attack and grab you too hard.”
She shot a glance at Zhang Shaoqing and could clearly see how eager he was, barely restraining himself.
How shaless can you get?!
Won’t listen no matter what—thick-skinned through and through!
The teacher had already entered the classroom and was slowly preparing to take attendance.
Sniffling, Ning Chu slumped onto her desk, pondering how she should bring it up with Zhang Shaoqing.
She had already given him a heads-up before about growing horns—so if she told him now that they were real, he probably wouldn’t be that shocked, right?
“Did you catch a cold?”
Wen Yang noticed her exaggerated sniffing.
“Maybe a little. Probably caught a chill going out last night.”
“Wear more clothes. Don’t wear skirts.”
With the big temperature swings and high humidity lately, it was pri season for catching colds or the flu.
“These yoga pants are really warm though…”
Ning Chu suddenly heard her na called and instinctively answered, “Here!”
After raising her hand so the teacher could see where she was, she lowered her head again and whispered, “Wen Yang, is your birthday coming up?”
“Birthday?” Wen Yang paused. “I don’t think so?”
“Isn’t your Gregorian birthday next week?”
“I think… so?”
Ning Chu pressed on. “What about your lunar birthday? Around here people usually celebrate the lunar one.”
“I don’t know…”
“You don’t know?”
“No one ever celebrated my birthday when I was growing up.”
The thick-skinned guy suddenly leaned over. “Birthday? Who’s got a birthday coming up? I’ll treat them to a maid café!”
Ning Chu shot Zhang Shaoqing a glare. “Get lost!”
“A proper maid café! What the hell are you thinking about all day?”
She lowered her voice. “Invite us next ti.”
Holy crap! I’ve never been to a maid café in my life!
If it’s a legit one, shouldn’t I at least experience it once?
No matter what, it’s gotta be more wholeso than bars or KTVs, right?
The rich, handso guy grinned and patted his chest. “I’ll pay!”
“Deal~”
After hastily scheduling a maid café outing, Ning Chu grabbed Wen Yang again and continued, “If you don’t rember the lunar date, we’ll just celebrate the Gregorian birthday. Is there anything you want?”
“Well…”
Wen Yang thought about it for a mont but couldn’t co up with anything.
He already had a pretty succubus girlfriend. During the day he attended classes and read, and at night he duo-queued ‘gas’ with her. Life was so good he was practically losing all material desires.
Sure, he was a bit broke—but that wasn’t sothing he could fix right now anyway.
“You don’t really need to get anything, do you? I didn’t give you much last ti either.”
“Last ti…”
Last ti, Wen Yang had given Ning Chu a silver ring—which was still lying in a compartnt of her suitcase—and, while he was at it, he’d practically given himself to her too.
“Then I’ll give you a matching ring~”
She figured maybe she could give Wen Yang a ring as well. If they both wore them, people at school would imdiately know they were a couple—an extra layer of deterrence against those restless, scheming vixen!
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