The Sweet Girl Voice and a Desperate Plea

Jiang Chen smiled, suddenly realizing that what he desired seemed to be more than just a meal.

“Speaking of which,” he asked casually, “why did you specifically come to the court today?”

For some reason, her standing on the sidelines, chatting and laughing with Li Yanze, had bothered him slightly.

He refused to believe she had truly sought him out merely to repay a favor, yet a hidden corner of his heart wished it were so.

Zhou Yi’s heart skipped a beat. Why had he suddenly asked about this?

How could she explain? She certainly couldn’t reveal it was a system mission.

She gave a dry laugh and concocted an excuse. “Oh, that… Li Yanze is a junior from our department, you see. His grades have been slipping lately, so I just dropped by to check on him.”

Jiang Chen’s eyes flickered with a faint trace of disappointment. “Is that so?”

His words were light, yet they inexplicably made Zhou Yi feel guilty. She opened her mouth, intending to invent another excuse to show sincerity, but then saw Jiang Chen had already turned and walked forward.

“Let’s go,” he said, looking back at her. “Aren’t we heading back to school?”

Zhou Yi quickly jogged to catch up, and they walked in silence.

It wasn’t until Jiang Chen stopped again, turning to her with a peculiar expression. “…Senior Zhou,”

A mischievous smile spread across his eyes. “Are you that reluctant to leave me?”

Only then did Zhou Yi snap back to reality. Right before her was the entrance to the male dormitories! Several male students entering and exiting were curiously looking their way.

“!!!” Zhou Yi’s face instantly flushed crimson.

“I-I’m not! I took a wrong turn! Goodbye!” She blurted out the incoherent words before fleeing in a panic.

Jiang Chen watched her retreating figure and chuckled, only entering the dormitory with a sense of wistful loss after she vanished around the corner.

‘The way she ran off with a flushed face just now was quite cute.’

He had, in fact, met too many girls who approached him with ulterior motives. Their smiles were too practiced, their tones too deliberate, making him completely disinclined to date.

He found it far more comfortable to spend time with his friends than to deal with such girls.

Speaking of friends… he vaguely felt as though he had forgotten something important, but he couldn’t recall it at the moment.

Only Zhou Yi’s face surfaced in his mind. Spending time with her was truly interesting; her natural vivacity, her genuine expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, were all reassuringly real.

‘If it were her…’

When this thought quietly emerged, even he himself was momentarily stunned.

‘Perhaps, it really could be.’

****

Zhou Yi finally stopped, panting, in an deserted corner. ‘Help me! I almost followed Jiang Chen into the male dormitories just now!’

This damned body inertia made him constantly forget that he was currently a girl. His face was burning, so he quickly exited the simulator.

The scene before him flickered, and the familiar classroom ceiling abruptly came into view.

“Whew…” Zhou Yi let out a long breath, collapsing onto the chair, utterly drained.

As soon as he regained his senses, he immediately remembered the system’s notorious tricks. ‘Exiting the simulator so suddenly, will it trigger some strange punishment?’

He nervously patted himself all over.

His chest was still flat, his arms were still arms, and no strange curves had appeared on his lower body.

“Good, good… Damn it, I almost thought it was going to upgrade to B-cup,” he muttered, patting his chest with lingering fear.

‘Wait.’

‘This clear, slightly soft female voice… wasn’t this Senior Zhou Yi’s, *his* own voice?!’

Zhou Yi stared, wide-eyed and stunned.

“Holy crap!!!” The girl’s clear shout echoed through the empty classroom.

“Xiao Qi, what the hell have you done to me?!”

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“Enjoy my ass! If this voice gets out, how am I supposed to live like this?!”

Just then, the classroom door clicked open, and Jiang Chen, who had left, re-entered!

Zhou Yi nearly jumped out of his seat when the door opened. He quickly clamped his hands over his mouth, not daring to utter a sound.

Jiang Chen walked over, saying, “I forgot my headphones…”

He had actually been standing outside the door for a while, faintly hearing a girl’s voice from inside. He almost thought he had entered the wrong classroom and even looked up at the class sign to confirm it was indeed his before pushing the door open.

“I felt my ears strangely empty as soon as I reached the track…” Jiang Chen mumbled, walking to his seat. He fumbled for his headphones on the chair, expertly coiled the wire, then looked up, bewildered, at Zhou Yi, who was still covering his mouth. “…What are you doing? Shifty-eyed like a thief.”

Zhou Yi was mortified. He awkwardly took his hands from his mouth, shaking his head repeatedly to pretend nothing was wrong.

“What’s wrong? Suddenly gone mute?”

“N-no!” he hastily denied, then deliberately lowered his voice. “It’s just… *cough cough*, my throat isn’t feeling too well!”

His feigned deep voice only made him sound more suspicious.

“Throat not feeling well?” Jiang Chen’s expression was a little strange. “Speaking of which… did you hear a girl’s voice just now?”

Zhou Yi’s heart sank. He continued to shake his head, feigning ignorance.

‘Brother, you’ve got your headphones in your hand. Please, do me a favor and leave already! If you stay any longer, I really won’t be able to hold it together!’

Jiang Chen didn’t leave as he wished, because the faintly heard female voice inexplicably intrigued him, feeling an indescribable sense of familiarity.

That feeling… was a flutter of the heart!

“You…” Jiang Chen was about to speak when the classroom door burst open with a loud bang.

Zhao Lei rushed in, phone in hand, panting as he yelled, “Holy crap, I finally found someone alive! Help me, brothers, we forgot to report for the fun competition!”

He had sent a flurry of messages in the group chat, but no one bothered to reply; they all pretended to be blind or busy.

In desperation, he rushed to the classroom hoping to find someone, treating it as a last resort, forgetting that this class was Public Art Appreciation, and few would actually be in the classroom.

But he still managed to find them!

Zhou Yi trembled at the sudden commotion but still kept his mouth tightly shut.

Jiang Chen simply shook his head. “Not going.”

“Are you guys really so heartless as to abandon us?!” Zhao Lei was almost in tears. “Brother Chen! Brother Yi! It’s just one fun event, a three-legged race, not tiring at all! Our class can’t just submit a blank form, can we?”

Zhou Yi remained silent, but kept waving his hand in refusal.

Seeing that these two ‘deities’ were so resolute, Zhao Lei steeled himself and unleashed his ultimate weapon. “Alright! If you two agree to participate, I… I’m willing to wear a Lolita dress and perform a cheerleading dance on the sidelines of the race!”

At these words, Zhou Yi’s eyes instantly lit up. “Deal!”

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow. “Let him wear a Lolita dress and do a cheerleading dance? Are you serious?”

Zhou Yi suppressed the corners of his mouth that threatened to curl up, deliberately lowering his voice to mumble, “Mmm-hmm… Isn’t it quite elegant?”

Zhao Lei was unnerved by his quick agreement. “Wait, you agreed so readily, now I’m a little nervous…”