“Oh, isn’t that Little Lin? Back so early!”
At the community entrance, a scruffy uncle in oversized shorts and flip-flops, engrossed in playing King’s Glory, looked up and greeted her.
“Landlord Uncle, how many days has it been since your last shower?”
“Uh, not long, not long at all. Only seven days!”
“…”
Watching his hand occasionally scratch his foot, Lin Xuan’s scalp prickled with disgust.
Without a word, she immediately dashed up to the seventh floor.
Perhaps it was due to her new form, but she reached the seventh floor without feeling the slightest bit of fatigue, not even a single pant.
“I’m home!”
After unlocking the anti-theft door and confirming her sister hadn’t secretly snuck in, Lin Xuan quickly shed her outer clothes.
She reached inside her shirt, loosening the binding cloth around her chest.
“I was suffocating!”
The moment the binding loosened, her shirt billowed around her chest.
Recalling the uncle scratching his foot, Lin Xuan didn’t hesitate, rushing straight for the bathroom.
A shower! She needed a shower!
Immediately, she skillfully stripped off her clothes.
No longer confined by her pants, her tail sprang out, sweeping twice through the air, while the long ears atop her head twitched.
It was only then that Lin Xuan realized something was amiss.
‘Taking a shower like this right now… doesn’t feel quite right.’
‘But if I don’t wash, my scalp will truly crawl. And tomorrow is my date with the goddess…’
‘Never mind. What’s a man to be so wishy-washy about?’
After much internal struggle, Lin Xuan finally opened her eyes slowly, determined to face reality.
Yet, once her eyes were open, she couldn’t close them again.
‘Was my skin always this fair and smooth?’
‘This figure is simply too perfect!’
‘Was my face really this beautiful?’
‘My tail… it grows from my tailbone? Huh? I seem to have four ears?!’
She surveyed her new body from head to toe, looking here, touching there, her confusion mounting with each discovery.
However, no matter how many questions she had, the most pressing matter was still to wash her body.
“Eee-yah~”
“Mmm-ah~ Ooh…”
The entire process proved to be a roller coaster of sensations.
There was an all-encompassing tingle when washing the two mounds on her chest, and an electric shock sensation throughout her body when cleaning other sensitive areas—feelings the old Lin Xuan had never experienced.
Despite her utmost care, the shower left her face flushed and her breathing ragged.
****
*Ding-dong!*
“Hello, is Little Lin in?”
She had just finished showering and wrapped herself in a bath towel when Shi Chen’s voice, coincidentally, came through the electronic doorbell again.
*Brother, you really know how to pick your timing!*
“I’m in, Little Chen. What do you need?”
Padding to the door in her towel, she pressed the intercom button.
“Uh, it’s a bit… that. Open the door and let me in so I can tell you!”
“Uh, can’t you just say it like this?”
“? Little Lin, are you showering? I smell a fragrance. But we showered together so many times as kids, when did you become so reserved?”
“Alright, wait a moment, I’ll go put on some clothes!”
Without waiting for a reply, Lin Xuan padded back.
She re-wrapped the binding cloth, this time with just the right amount of pressure so it wasn’t too stifling, then quickly slipped on a bathrobe, tied up her hair, and draped a towel over her head.
Padding back to the door, she opened it to find Shi Chen’s solemn expression.
“Little Chen, what’s wrong?”
“Little Lin, I’m so sorry!”
“?? What’s going on? Stand up and tell me!”
“No, my conscience weighs heavily. Unless you forgive me, I won’t stand.”
“So, what exactly did you do?”
Lin Xuan was momentarily torn between laughter and tears, looking at the ‘aloof male god’ kneeling on the floor, refusing to get up.
“I sold you!”
“???”
“I’m sorry, I initially refused, but… but what he offered was too tempting, so…”
“??? Wait, what’s going on? Explain how you sold me!”
“I…”
At this point, Shi Chen hesitated, then gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.
“I traded all your contact information to the basketball team captain across the street for an autographed photo of Ling Xian-chan!”
“Huh? Is that all?”
“Uh, aren’t you angry?”
The anticipated storm never arrived, leaving Shi Chen momentarily stunned.
“Ah, no, not angry, not angry at all. What’s there to be angry about?”
*Isn’t it just trading my own contact info for my own autographed photo? This also conveniently offsets me losing your little pink ball a couple of days ago…*
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll close the door now.”
“Wait, one more thing!”
Shi Chen held out a hand to block the anti-theft door, his expression turning serious again.
“That basketball team captain is a scumbag. You absolutely must not be fooled by his sweet words!”
“…Brother, I truly treat you like a brother. Don’t tell me you see me as some naive, adorable girl!”
“Hahaha, how could I? I’ve always seen you as a bro—”
Only after standing up did Shi Chen truly notice Lin Xuan’s appearance.
Her exquisite, delicate, and stunningly beautiful face was slightly flushed, her skin like warm jade.
Her still-damp hair clung to her face, and a pair of beautiful legs were subtly revealed beneath her bathrobe, exuding a unique allure.
The more he looked, the more Shi Chen’s gaze grew strange.
“Brother, you… when did you become so radiant?”
“Get out!”
“Wait, one more thing!”
“Are you my dad? How many ‘one more things’ do you have?”
“Last one! Next Monday is the school’s annual club recruitment event. Are you going to participate?”
“Well, I’ll see. Alright, you must be tired today. Go home, wash up, and get some rest!”
*Clang!*
The door was quickly shut, and Lin Xuan let out a long breath.
*That was close, that was close. It seems I’ll have to put on some ‘ugly’ makeup whenever I go out to meet people from now on, to conceal my current appearance…*
*Ding-dong! Ding-dong!*
The phone on the table vibrated.
Lin Xuan, having just finished drying her hair and tail, clicked on it out of curiosity.
Sure enough, it was that Divine-Demonic Communication Group again.
[White Dragon in the Waves: Oh-ho, I just passed my fourth heavenly tribulation! I’m a Great Demon now, wah-ka-ka-ka-ka!]
[It’s Lord Shao Hao: o(*≧▽≦)ツ ~ White Dragon has finally stepped into the threshold of a Great Demon too!]
[White Dragon in the Waves: Hahahaha, my innate divine abilities, Call Wind and Summon Rain, and Control Thunder, have all advanced a major rank! Divine Land Tablet, I’m not afraid of you anymore!]
[It’s Lord Shao Hao: ???]
[Hai Na Bai Chuan: Hahahahahaha (wry smile)]
[Wu Xian: There’s always a dragon who loves to get ahead of themselves…]
[Bu Suan Alt Account: Such a good dragon, too bad they’re so reckless!]
[It’s Lord Shao Hao: @White Dragon in the Waves, you damn bastard, say that again to this lady?!]
[White Dragon in the Waves: What? Can’t someone mention flat chests? Divine Land Tablet! Divine Land Tablet!]
[Tomb Robber Immortal Master: Brother, need to buy a coffin? I’ve got a professional team here!]
[Wu Xian: @White Dragon in the Waves, don’t you know Great Demons are divided into nine major stages? You’re at most a first-stage now. Qiongqi is ninth-stage!]
[White Dragon in the Waves retracted a message]
[White Dragon in the Waves retracted a message]
[White Dragon in the Waves: Senior Qiongqi is beautiful, kind, gentle, tolerant, and generous. What I said just now must have been like me farting a few times, right? (Crying)]
[It’s Lord Shao Hao: Tell me, how well done do you want it this time?]
[White Dragon in the Waves: Can I have one-tenth done… (Pitiful, weak, helpless)]
[It’s Lord Shao Hao: (Smile) (Smile)]
[Tomb Robber Immortal Master: A professional team will escort you!]
…