CH 4

As soon as they arrived at their dorm, He Xun stripped out of his white-collar shirt, leaving the upper half of his body in full view.

There wasn’t enough time for Peijin to avert her line of sight, so He Xun’s sharply contoured six-pack was showcased clearly to her eyes.

She had never thought that even though He Xun’s face was attractive, his body would also be equivalently impressive. With broad shoulders and a narrow waist, every inch of his skin held an unrivaled feeling of aesthetic pleasure.

Peijin’s whole body froze, and she temporarily didn’t know where to move her hands and feet.

Moreover, her eyes didn’t know where to look.

In September, the weather was still hot, so once He Xun took off his shirt he felt that his entire body had been liberated. What a boy felt when he was shirtless was roughly the same as how a girl felt when she took off her underclothes. When they were wearing their bras it always felt constrained, but once they took it off they would feel much more at ease.

He nonchalantly placed his extremely high-priced shirt over the back of a chair and finally noticed Peijin’s unusual behavior

He Xun asked her lazily, “What?”

Peijin pursed her lips and looked down at her shoes, completely afraid to look around, afraid that if she wasn’t careful she would see something she wasn’t supposed to again.

She couldn’t shake off the feeling of defiling He Xun with her eyes just now. In He Xun’s eyes, she was a “Male student”, but in reality, she wasn’t. If he were to find out she was a schoolgirl, she had no idea what kind of reaction He Xun would have.

Peijin felt that she also understood a bit why the female supporting character had also been called perverted by so many people after she had fallen off her horse. If she were to place herself in other peoples’ shoes and think, in a situation where there was a male student disguised as a woman and lived with female students every day.. It made her disgusted thinking about it. Furthermore, sometimes female students would change clothes right in their dorm rooms if it were to be seen by this male student, wouldn’t that basically be taking advantage of others?

Now it could be said that Peijin was the one taking advantage of others, but in all fairness, she didn’t want to take advantage of her ringleader of a roommate.

Peijin thought for a moment and then quietly replied, “Even though it’s still warm, you can easily catch a cold shirtless.” Peijin couldn’t say that she was a female student and she was uncomfortable seeing a boy semi-nude, so as a result, she could only think of this passable reason.

He Xun clicked his tongue as he heard these words. He looked listless when he replied in a slightly indifferent tone, “Nerd, you worry too easily, could you even be considered a man if you aren’t shirtless on a day like this?”

Pei ‘Fake Male Student’ Jin, was not shirtless, and it would be absolutely impossible for her to be shirtless, was momentarily rendered speechless.

In any case, she was never a man from the start. If she wasn’t a man, then she wasn’t a man.

When it came to boys, Peijin didn’t know much, but based on the little understanding she did have about male students in her past life, a lot of them would be shirtless when at their dorms.

Peijin wanted to say more, but at this point, He Xun happened to notice how she was dressed. Crossing his arms, he leisurely leaned his back on his desk and looked at Peijin, who was uncomfortable and embarrassed, opening his mouth to ask, “Why don’t you take off your shirt? Isn’t it hot to wear so much?”

Peijin was wearing a short-sleeve turtleneck with a very thin outer jacket.

The turtleneck was meant to cover her neck.

As a matter of fact, Peijin also felt a bit hot. Even though her jacket was extremely thin, she was still considered to be wearing a lot during this season. However, she didn’t dare take off her clothes. Although she was an a-cup, if she were to wear too little or if her clothes were too thin, someone could still see that something wasn’t right.

She gave an ‘Oh’ and then stammered out a reply, “I have a weak body and get cold easily, so I normally wear more layers.”

After hearing this explanation, He Xun gave a low chuckle and slowly rose. He walked over to Peijin’s side and put his arms over her shoulder.

He Xun was significantly taller than her, so his arm was able to casually drape right over her right shoulder.

Peijin’s entire body tensed and even her breathing instinctively slowed down. A steady stream of heat spread from her shoulder, but even if she didn’t take account of that, the inconceivably intense presence of the person standing beside her was deadly. His breath was especially noticeable as it penetrated her nose, seemingly everywhere.

He Xun pinched Peijin’s thin shoulder and raised an eyebrow, “Hey, nerd, your little body is too thin, this can’t do.”

Peijin replied with an “ah”, reflexively asking, “Why not?”

“With a weak body such as yours, how are you going to find a girlfriend in the future?”

Peijin first wanted to ask, what did this have to do with finding a girlfriend, but at that moment, He Xun took his time as he continued with the rest of his words, “As a man, you may not be able to satisfy your own girlfriend, understand?”

Only then did Peijin finally understand what He Xun was implying. After she realized this, her whole face immediately burst red. Fortunately, she was wearing a large pair of glasses and with the additional factor of her lowered head, she was able to prevent He Xun from seeing her reaction.

How could she follow up on a question like this!

She didn’t desire in the least to delve deeper into such a topic.

To avoid He Xun from going any further, Peijin promptly gave a slight cough, “I understand, I understand,” Once she finished speaking, she bent down and slid out of He Xun’s arms just like a slippery fish.

Peijin felt herself somewhat relax after she escaped from He Xun’s hot breath. “I’m not looking for a girlfriend right now.” Finishing her words, she feared that He Xun would continue on the topic of getting a girlfriend so she changed the topic to his clothes again, “Can’t you not be shirtless?”

He Xun glanced inquisitively at Peijin, but his tone was absolute, “No.”

As Peijin saw He Xun’s questioning glance, she realized that her reaction probably wasn’t normal, a normal male student wouldn’t care about something like his roommate walking around shirtless.

Moreover, this type of occurrence was extremely common in a boy’s dorm so her excessive fussing made her seem strange. With this thought, Pejin quickly added another reason, “Your figure is really good, when I see it, I feel extremely jealous, this jealousy will make me ugly.”

He Xun was stunned for two seconds. After the two seconds passed, he burst out laughing. He didn’t think that this nerd would be so serious when they told him that they were jealous of his fit figure. They were unexpectedly very interesting.

He had to say, he was delighted by his success.

The feeling of boredom he had all day finally began to clear up.

He Xun continued to laugh for a full half a minute before he finally calmed down. As he slapped Peijin’s shoulder, the corner of his eyes and tip of his eyebrows moved with his lazy smile, “Isn’t this a good thing? With jealousy comes motivation, remember that, and take a good look.”

With that, He Xun gracefully walked past Peijin and took out a pair of boxer briefs from his closet. Then, as he walked towards the bathroom, he spoke, “I’m going to take a shower first, when I’m done my nurse will deliver dinner.”

After He Xun entered the bathroom, Peijin slumped down into a chair like she had lost all her strength.

Her roommate was a model case of an iron-willed, straight man, only obscene words streamed out from his mouth. It was only her first day living in the same dorm room as him and it had already been extremely hard on her, what was she going to do in the future?

Or, maybe she better apply for a single person dorm. More roommates always meant high risk, she would have a higher chance of being found out.

But, her roommate’s image was massive. A few hours ago, because she wanted to gain a stable footing in the school as fast as possible, she had even thought of building a great relationship with him. What exactly should she do, live together with her roommate, or request for a single-person room? In a flash, Peijin was deep in her thoughts.

For a majority of male students, when they took a shower, it would always be quick one as the rate at which they washed up was very fast. Not even a while had passed before the sound of running water from the bathroom stopped.

Another half a minute passed and He Xun came out, the hair on his head sopping wet.

His whole body was wet and drops of water still clung to him. Water dripped down from his wet hair, all the more emphasizing the deepness of his pitch-black pupils. With the way his body carried a fatally sexy attractiveness, he looked like an international celebrity who was just about to take a wetlook advertisement.

Luckily for Peijin, all things considered, he had remembered to wear pants.

Otherwise Peijin would’ve guessed that she was really going crazy.

As He Xun passed by her, she could smell the faint scent of his shampoo. This shampoo’s fragrance smelled really good, it should be mint. Along with the mint flavor followed the feel of an ice cold burst of water vapor.

Peijin instinctively cried out in shock, “You shower using cold water?”

He Xun glanced at Peijin, casually asking back, “What else?”

Could it be because it was really hot today, so it made him use cold water to shower?

Peijin pointed at He Xun’s still dripping wet hair and carefully tested the waters, “You don’t dry your hair?”

He Xun drowsily answered with a “m-hm”. He sat down on a chair and picked up his phone beside him, getting ready to play a round in a game.

Peijin, met with the fact that he really wasn’t planning to take care of his air, didn’t know what to say for a while.

Although it was still a bit hot in September, he had taken a bath in cold water and didn’t dry his hair, could it be that he wasn’t afraid of catching a cold?

Peijin had always been highly conscious about maintaining her health. For instance, she would drink hot water everyday, keep her feet away from the cold, and even if it was the summer, she would only drink with a little ice, and so on. (1) Although most of these were applicable to girls, but for a guy to be so neglectful of their own health, she was still somewhat unable to tolerate it.

(1) In Chinese Culture, drinking hot water, keeping your feet away from the cold, and minimizing ice intake is very important toward maintaining a girl’s health, especially toward menstrual cycles/periods. (Basically, keep warm, do not get cold)

Peijin stood up and took out a brand-new hairdryer from her closet.

“Your hair is short, so blowing it however can dry it.”

He Xun couldn’t be bothered to look up and just absentmindedly replied with, “Troublesome.”

Peijin earnestly tried to persuade him, “But if you leave it like this you can easily get sick.”

“I’m busy, no time.”

Maybe it was because when Peijin was little her body was too weak, causing suffer a kit, getting sick every other day or so, but as a result, she truly was highly mindful of keeping herself healthy. She felt that to protect one’s own body and to love oneself more was something that should be a given.

Consequently, Peijin was thoroughly infuriated by He Xun’s neglectful attitude toward his own health.

She found a socket to plug the hairdryer in and then turned on the hair dryer. Without bullshitting around any more, she immediately went on to help He Xun dry his hair.

He Xun’s hair was very soft and when she touched it she felt it’s texture was really nice. From the very start Peijin had noticed that while He Xun looked to be careless, he actually presented himself quite impeccably. There wasn’t any need to mention his clothes, not only were they all from big-name brands, but they suited him very well. As for his hairstyle, she was all the more unable to nitpick about it.

Even though his black, short hair seemed to be a bit messy, it was actually very good-looking. Paired with his unfairly handsome face, it really looked perfect on him.

Judging from a variety of details, He Xun cared a lot for his own outer appearance. Generally speaking, those who grew to be more attractive were more likely to dress up than ordinary people, obviously, He Xun included.

However, he evidently didn’t pay the same attention to his health.

In the past, Peijin had long hair, so she would go to the hair salon to touch up her hair. When they washed her hair she would occasionally meet a rough-handed hairdresser. During the time this careless hairdresser was taking care of her hair, they would always painfully pull at her scalp, making it so that she would be unable to stand this kind of harassment. So when she was blow-drying He Xun’s hair, she especially made sure to be extra careful and move gently.

As she dried his hair, Peijin also helped massage his scalp.

By doing so, this would greatly benefit his hair growth.

Once Peijin finished drying his hair, she turned off the hairdryer and her rationality returned to her head. Only then did her heart slowly start to grow a bit uneasy.

She had never gotten this person’s consent and directly gotten the hairdryer to dry his hair, but her benevolent big boss of a roommate (1) wouldn’t get angry, right?

(1) 大佬 or Dalao is the word used, it’s meant to be slang for someone who’s experienced/influential, which t/l has used “ringleader” and “boss”.