After dealing with Ma Xiaotao's problem, Chu Feng checked the time. It was four in the afternoon, still during class. Classes wouldn't end until four thirty.
Shrek's rules and regulations were quite strict. If you got caught skipping class, you'd definitely be punished.
But Chu Feng got along well with his homeroom teacher, Mu Jin, so even though the academy's teachers had caught him twice, Mu Jin had stepped in to resolve everything. He'd gotten off scot-free.
Chu Feng returned to the dormitory building, planning to cultivate for a little while. Wang Dong would probably bring him food after class.
It was pretty nice, having his clothes handed to him and food served at his table. Unfortunately, Wang Dong was a girl dressed as a boy, and he couldn't find a good chance to expose her. Otherwise, he'd definitely make her wear white stockings and a maid outfit while she did his laundry and cooked for him every day. Now that was the life a man deserved.
When he reached the door of Dormitory 108, Chu Feng used his spiritual power to quickly open it and walked inside.
But as soon as he entered, he realized something was off.
A faint splashing sound came from inside the room. Looking up, he saw that the makeshift curtain Wang Dong had made on the balcony had been pulled shut, revealing a small part of a bathtub. A few strange things sat on its rim, somewhat like blindfolds—and pink, too.
Through the slightly damp curtain, he could make out a graceful silhouette...
"Who's there?!"
Wang Dong sensed someone barging in at once and was instantly shocked.
"It's me."
"Wang Dong, weren't you in class? Why'd you sneak back to the dormitory to take a bath?"
"You're skipping class. Think I won't report you?"
Chu Feng pretended nothing had happened and spoke in a half-joking tone.
But he was a little surprised. It seemed Wang Dong was finally growing up and had started using these things. He wondered where she'd bought them...
Wait, could it be that she hadn't worn any before?
Chu Feng blinked, his imagination running wild.
After all, men couldn't help but let their thoughts wander when confronted with such things.
"You... Weren't you over in the Soul Engineering Department? Why are you back so early today?" Wang Dong snatched up her undergarments in a flash, her hands moving almost at the speed of light.
These past few days, Chu Feng had always returned late, and he'd been very punctual about it. That was why she'd started sneaking back early every day to take a bath before preparing dinner for him.
Teacher Mu Jin was good to him and didn't interfere much.
But Wang Dong hadn't expected Chu Feng to break the pattern today. And he hadn't even knocked before coming in. What a bastard...
He shouldn't have seen anything just now... He definitely didn't... He couldn't have seen it... Wang Dong seethed inwardly, but she was even more uneasy than angry.
She'd suspected before that Chu Feng had peeked at her bathing, and even worried that he'd discovered she was a girl. But after several mortifying attempts to test him, she'd realized she'd only been imagining things.
Chu Feng probably really hadn't noticed anything. This time, too, he probably wouldn't pay much attention... Wang Dong tried to reassure herself.
"Oh, I was in a good mood today, so I sparred with a pretty senior in the Training Room. I got a little tired, so I came back early." Chu Feng nodded, then went straight to his bed to cultivate.
"A pretty senior? Who was she? How pretty?"
Wang Dong asked without thinking. She didn't know why, but just hearing that Chu Feng had chatted up a pretty senior made her feel a little annoyed.
"What's with you? I spotted that senior first. Wang Dong, you can't steal her from me." Chu Feng raised his eyebrows, suddenly getting worked up.
"Who said I was going to steal her from you? I was just..." Wang Dong blushed at his words, but couldn't think of how to argue back, so she simply fell silent.
Before long.
Wang Dong finished bathing and got dressed. Her school uniform was neat and tidy, and her short pink-and-blue hair was still damp. Her delicate face was flushed, making her look exactly like a wild little boy.
If some of the senior girls at the academy saw Wang Dong like this, they'd probably want to tuck her into bed and kiss her all over.
She charmed both men and women.
"What did you see just now?!"
"Don't you know it's incredibly rude to enter the dormitory without knocking?!"
Seeing Chu Feng still cultivating, Wang Dong's anger flared. She rushed over, grabbed him by the collar, and demanded, her face red with fury.
Clearly, anger had clouded her judgment—she'd even forgotten her status as his underling.
"What could I have seen? We're both men. What's there to look at?" Chu Feng shrugged, pretending nothing had happened.
"Really?" Wang Dong asked in a quiet voice, her heart uneasy and pounding wildly.
"Really. Absolutely~" Chu Feng nodded.
"Phew..."
Seeing that Chu Feng didn't seem to be lying, Wang Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, Wang Dong, I have a suggestion. It's not exactly a mature one. Want to hear it?" Chu Feng asked, smiling at her.
"What suggestion?"
Wang Dong asked casually.
"I said it's a suggestion, just a little suggestion~" Chu Feng emphasized with a grin. "I don't think your school uniform suits you very well in the dormitory. If you could wear a pink maid outfit instead, I'm sure you'd look much better~"
With that, Chu Feng had made himself perfectly clear.
Wang Dong had already started to suspect him, after all. It probably wouldn't work to stay brothers from now on, but being his wife would be nice.
"What... What maid outfit?"
Wang Dong's mind went completely blank. It was as if a barrier had suddenly been pierced, catching her utterly off guard.
"You know, that kind of maid outfit—the pink kind, worn with white stockings, while you call me Master~" Chu Feng continued smiling at Wang Dong.
When Wang Dong saw the smile on Chu Feng's face, she finally understood.
"W-when did you start suspecting?" Wang Dong stared straight at Chu Feng, her delicate body trembling faintly. She wanted an answer.
From the look on his face, there was no way he could've figured it out from a hurried glance just now. He must have suspected her for a long time, and only confirmed his suspicions after seeing her just now...
That was what Wang Dong thought.
But Chu Feng's next words utterly broke her.
"I knew the moment I first saw you," Chu Feng said without the slightest hesitation.
"What?!"
Wang Dong's voice lost its disguise, turning rather high-pitched.
He knew from the beginning... He knew from the beginning... Wang Dong murmured to herself.
That meant Chu Feng had known she was a girl ever since school started. All those things he'd done—taking her on as his underling, making her wash his clothes, cook, and clean, and even...
He'd done all of it on purpose!
"Ahhhhhhh—"
"Chu Feng, I'm going to fight you!!!!!"
Wang Dong completely lost it. She threw herself onto the bed and pinned Chu Feng down, both hands clamped around his neck.
"Don't mess around. I take back what I said. I didn't see anything..." Chu Feng pressed a hand against Wang Dong's face, finding the situation rather funny.
There was no helping it. He'd seen everything just now. If he didn't come clean, that would've been rude.
"Grrr!!!"
Wang Dong didn't care about any of that. She opened her mouth and bit down on Chu Feng's wrist.
"Hiss~"
"I give up. Why do girls always like biting people? I know biting is a skill, but shouldn't you be biting my arm?" Chu Feng complained. He'd been bitten twice in one day, and it felt awful.
When Chu Feng realized he couldn't pull his hand away, he simply stopped trying. It didn't hurt anyway.
But Wang Dong was sprawled across him, and she'd just finished bathing. A faint, sweet fragrance wafted straight into his nose, stirring something inside him.
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