Trapped in Paradise (In a Hentai World, as a Trap)-Chapter 297
“No way, really? Holy crap!”
“You’re telling me it’s a teacher-student romance
and
an older woman-younger man pairing?! Either one of those is defying all social norms!”
“So sweet~”
Yan Xinya’s eyes sparkled. The moment Ning Chu told her about Zhang Shaoqing’s situation, she instantly perked up, full of energy.
She slapped the table like a dog who had just spotted a juicy bone. “Let me be his wingwoman! I’m a professional, okay? You and Wen Yang were basically my doing too!”
“Falling into another ship already?” Ning Chu gave her a side glance. “Do you ever think about anything else besides this kinda stuff?”
“Hey~ I’ve got hundreds of English vocab words memorized too—way more than you.”
“… …”
Ning Chu had no comeback. She slumped over with a lifeless sigh.
To think she couldn’t even beat a husky when it came to English.
“Cutie~ your latte and dirty bun~”
A cup of coffee and a pastry were placed on the table. Ning Chu looked up at the café owner, who was dressed in a full maid uniform, and her lips twitched slightly. “Sis, I’m
really
a girl now.”
“Isn’t that even better?” the owner giggled, gently poking her soft, tender cheek. “Haven’t seen you in a while—you’re getting cuter every day~”
Seriously though, why were they reviewing for finals at a café?!
Ning Chu knew the café owner didn’t mean any harm. She just had a habit of teasing cute, innocent boys.
But the thing was—she wasn’t a boy anymore!
“What are you studying?” the owner asked, peeking at the textbooks spread across the table. There weren’t many customers in the morning, so she had some time to chat. “If you have any questions, you can ask me! I’m technically your upperclassman~”
“No need, we’ve got a straight-A student with us.”
It was Saturday morning. Ning Chu, Yan Xinya, and Lily had planned to study together. Ning Chu had assumed they’d go to the library or a study hall.
But no. These two dragged her to a café.
She glanced at Yan Xinya, who was chugging her coffee like it was water. “Aren’t dogs not supposed to drink coffee?”
“I’m a
wolf
! A wolf!”
“Oh~”
Lily, off to the side, leaned against the wall, fingers flying across her phone screen. Ning Chu figured she was probably chatting up some guy online again.
Lily had good grades and usually paid attention in class, so finals weren’t a big deal for her.
“Hey, Ning Chu,” Yan Xinya asked, chewing on her pen, “Isn’t Zhang Shaoqing, like, loaded? And he’s not bad-looking either. He seriously doesn’t have a girlfriend?”
“With that personality? Please.” Ning Chu scoffed. “He used to like his childhood friend, but before he could even confess, some other guy swooped in and took her.”
“And now he’s crushing on a teacher... Honestly, I don’t think it’ll go anywhere. Who knows, she might already have a boyfriend.”
“Don’t worry!” Yan Xinya puffed out her chest proudly. “I’m an expert wingwoman! Gimme his WeChat. I’ll talk to him!”
“You
are
really good at shipping people...”
Muttering to herself, Ning Chu sent over Zhang Shaoqing’s contact info.
According to the setting, the cat girl Qian Qian didn’t have a boyfriend, but she
did
have a crush on someone.
Later, the villain would take compromising photos of her and threaten her, saying he’d send the photos to the guy she liked if she refused.
Ning Chu sighed and lowered her head, continuing to memorize vocabulary, though her mind wandered. Her handwriting on the page was clearly distracted.
Man, what was she even thinking writing this plot back then?
If it were now... she’d just go write some shameless smutty harem novel!
But what if she
did
transmigrate again? Into the harem novel she wrote herself...
Yeah no. That would be a nightmare. She’d definitely become one of those “don’t-mess-with-me” girls…
Today’s café trip was split bill style. If she hadn’t been dragged here without warning, Ning Chu would’ve never spent twenty-something yuan on a coffee-and-bread breakfast.
She took a sip of her warm latte and turned to Lily.
“That guy who confessed to you last time—did you ever deal with him?”
“No.”
“He’s still bothering you?”
Lily nodded, looking slightly troubled.
“And yet you’re still chatting up guys online?”
Ning Chu suddenly leaned over to peek at Lily’s phone screen. Just one glance, and she saw this little succubus spamming phrases like “horny” and “sext me now” all over some novel fandom group chat.
Lily instinctively hugged her phone to her chest and shot her a silent glare.
“You’re gonna get exposed one of these days~”
“It’s just online.”
Ning Chu herself was pretty unrestrained online, but not
this
unhinged. Compared to Lily, she was downright reserved.
Offline: shy and elegant little lamb.
Online: aggressively thirsty veteran onee-san.
Just then, the café door opened.
“Ning Chu~ What a coincidence!”
A little vampire poked her head in.
“Nana~” Ning Chu waved lazily in greeting.
Nana looked like she wanted to come over, but when she spotted the two unfamiliar girls sitting next to Ning Chu, she hesitated for a moment before quietly choosing a table by herself.
Even after being cured of her androphobia with the help of the hypnosis spray, her personality was still shy and withdrawn, especially around strangers.
Ning Chu had assumed that, being a female side character in a wish-fulfillment novel, Nana would’ve rushed off to get a boyfriend the moment she was cured.
“Come sit with us.”
Hearing the invitation, Nana stood up immediately and ran over happily.
“Wait—weren’t you the one fighting over a guy with Ning Chu before?” Yan Xinya rested her chin on one hand, sipping her coffee through a straw. “You two are friendly now?”
“We sometimes walk to class together. Our rentals are pretty close.”
“Ohhh~”
The wolf girl gave the timid Nana a once-over. Watching her shyly fiddling with her fingers, she couldn’t help but ask, “So, do vampires really need to drink blood every day?”
Both Ning Chu and Lily turned their heads to look at Nana too, their eyes full of curiosity.
“Just a little is fine,” Nana said softly, her voice barely audible. As she spoke, she revealed her sharp little canine teeth. “I like duck blood vermicelli soup.”
“Duck blood, huh?”
Well, it
is
modern society, so it made sense…
Still, Ning Chu couldn’t help giggling. “Duck blood hot pot’s good too.”
“Mmhmm! And blood sausages!” Nana perked up noticeably at the topic of food.
“Wanna play mahjong later?” Yan Xinya suddenly suggested. “There’s four of us—we’re just the right number! Let’s go to my dorm and play!”
“Uhh…” Ning Chu blinked, confused. “I don’t know how. I never learned it.”
“You don’t know how to play mahjong? I’ll teach you!”
She turned to Lily and Nana. “You two know how to play?”
Both of them nodded in sync.
Now Ning Chu was thoroughly baffled. “Do all girls know how to play mahjong?”
“Lily, Lin Li and I often play all night on weekends~ But we’re always missing a fourth.”
It was true that mahjong was popular around here, but Ning Chu only knew how to play the Japanese version—and only online, with auto-hints.
Make her play in real life with actual tiles? She wouldn’t even know how to sort her hand properly.
She frowned. “I’ll pass. I really don’t know how to play.”
Honestly, she’d rather go home and work on her novel.
“I bought an induction stove for my rental. Gotta go cook lunch—save money.”
“No worries! Just come to my dorm! Lily cooks on weekends too, and she’s really good! She can even teach you!”
That caught Ning Chu’s interest.
Most girls their age didn’t really know how to cook, but Ning Chu
did
want to learn.
She wanted to master a few of Wen Yang’s favorite dishes—let him see what his girl could do!
.
!
Chapter 297
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