Mother's Call

"Right, if you have questions, ask Du Niang!!" A flash of inspiration struck, and she came back to life.

One hand quickly reached for the laptop's power button, but the next moment, it weakly withdrew. She scratched her head in frustration. The internet always let her down at the crucial moment!

She pulled out her knockoff phone from her pocket. At a time like this, she could only make do with it.

She entered terms like "gender" and "conversion" into Du Niang, but the results were either reports about people changing their surnames or medical explanations of gender. She even found a huge number of novels about gender-swapping—transformation novels.

Quite a few neurotic people claimed they had "transformed," which got Su Yuan excited for a moment. But when she saw the source was a forum post, she realized it was all just joking. Her spirits sank again.

"There are so many transformation novels online. Maybe I can use them as reference." After thinking it over, she decided the only remotely reliable examples were the protagonists of transformation novels. She should learn from her predecessors.

So she downloaded more than a dozen novels that were currently popular or had once been popular. Su Yuan planned to combine theory with practice and create a theory of her own.

She loaded the novels onto her knockoff phone, intending to read them whenever she had time.

Gao Jun and Ji Yehao did not return until after four o'clock. After playing basketball in the scorching heat, they were drenched in sweat. The moment they entered, they grabbed basins and towels and prepared to head into the bathroom for a rinse.

Now that Su Yuan had discovered there were so many "people" online who shared her fate, she felt much better and was even humming a tune.

"Gao Jun, you're not allowed to go out these next few days. Stay in the dorm and focus on figuring out the software." Since the software could not go online until it was completed, Su Yuan raised her brows and harshly criticized Gao Jun for "neglecting his proper work."

Ji Yehao also realized that Gao Jun had the task of writing the software. He immediately distanced himself from him, threw an arm around Su Yuan's shoulders, and said, "Su Yuan is right. Your most important task is to finish the software as soon as possible."

Gao Jun opened his mouth, then snorted. "You want the donkey to run without giving it any grass. Balancing work and rest is the true way."

Su Yuan suddenly frowned. It was not because Gao Jun refused to listen, but because of the hand draped over her shoulder—it had just touched a basketball, and she had no idea whether it had been washed. Besides, the smell of sweat on him annoyed her.

She slapped the arm away and said unhappily, "Ye Hao, please move your filthy hand..."

"What did you say?"

Ji Yehao looked as though he had heard something utterly unbelievable. He widened his eyes and stared at Su Yuan in disbelief. He had always been the one with a slight obsession with cleanliness. Since when had the Su one caught up to him? And his clean, masculine hand had actually been called a filthy hand... Was there any justice left in this world?

"Su Yuan, three days without a beating and you're climbing onto the roof?" he threatened through gritted teeth. His left hand rubbed the knuckles of his right, making cracking sounds.

Gao Jun gloated from the side, fanning the flames. "Looks like our Su Su's wings have grown strong. The oppressed serf wants to sing now. Ye Hao, what should we do?"

"Family discipline!!"

On this matter, the two exchanged a glance. Never before had they been so united on the revolutionary front. They shut the door and slowly closed in on Su Yuan.

"Oh no!" Su Yuan's expression changed. She had accidentally angered both of them. Thinking of their so-called family discipline, her face immediately turned green.

After shutting the door, Ji Yehao pressed both hands onto her shoulders and shoved her face-down onto the computer desk. At the same time, Gao Jun grabbed both her feet and pulled off her shoes. Based on past experience, the next step would be "loosening belts and removing clothes"—taking off her pants.

In the past, Su Yuan would not have feared such a minor punishment. Besides, even when they took off her clothes, they never stripped her completely naked. The ** was always well protected. But things were different now. What if they took everything off and exposed something unusual?

Su Yuan was truly anxious now. Facing her two menacing dormmates, her eyes darted around as she tried to figure out how to escape their clutches.

Just then, her phone suddenly rang. To Su Yuan, it sounded as wonderful as heavenly music.

"Wait, let me answer the phone!"

Ji Yehao and Gao Jun showed regretful expressions, then released her.

Playing around was one thing, but no matter how close they were, jokes could not go too far. Of course, they were unwilling to let Su Yuan off so easily. Just when Su Yuan thought she was safe, Ji Yehao suddenly grabbed her beneath the arms, lifted her up, turned her around, and pressed her facedown against the desk again. "Gao Jun, your turn!"

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Nothing!"

Gao Jun let out a strange grunt and strode forward, only to bring his palm down heavily on Su Yuan's back. He nearly gave her internal injuries.

"Cough, cough! That was way too hard." Su Yuan turned back and glared at him resentfully.

"My turn."

"Hey, hit lighter." Knowing she could not escape, Su Yuan took a deep breath. If she held it in, it would not hurt. Just when she thought Ji Yehao would imitate Gao Jun and give her back a heavy slap, there was a smack. No pain came from her back, but her butt took a heavy blow instead.

"Hey! You actually hit my butt, pervert!!"

Su Yuan's face flushed bright red. That hit had been far too hard. She hurriedly jumped up and swept a kick at Ji Yehao, striking his shin. Before he could retaliate, she grabbed her phone and ran out of the dorm.

Only Ji Yehao and Gao Jun remained in the dorm. Gao Jun stared at Ji Yehao in shock, wearing an expression that said, You beast. "Y-you... You actually hit Su Yuan's butt! I never thought you were such a shameless person."

After a while, he leaned closer with a lecherous grin and quietly asked, "So, how did our beauty Su's butt feel?"

Ji Yehao looked at his palm. That hit just now... had actually felt quite nice. He flexed his hand and bragged, "Not bad."

"Beast!!" Gao Jun looked utterly disdainful. Yet inwardly, he was calculating, Next time, I need to find a chance to smack Su Yuan's butt too. That would only be fair.

"You think I don't know what you're thinking? You're the real pervert!"

The lecherous smile on Gao Jun's face froze. He encouraged himself, saying, "I wonder which guy it was just now who found hitting a man's butt so unforgettable."

"Get lost! I can't be bothered talking to you. I'm going to rinse off first!"

"Damn Gao Jun, hitting me so hard! Damn Ye Hao, actually hitting my butt!!"

Su Yuan rubbed her aching butt while feeling the burning pain in her back. Those two animals had both hit her so hard! Could they have left her with internal injuries?

When she reached the window at the end of the corridor, her phone was still ringing stubbornly. But when she saw the number on the screen, her expression suddenly froze.

It was a call from home!

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