Tu Junhui also felt that Lin Nan might have had some problem with his brain lately.
He was already hopelessly feminine, yet suddenly started imitating Chen Yao's behavior, sitting with his legs spread wide every day or crossing his legs in a masculine way. When playing games, he also started cursing constantly and even began actively discussing adult topics.
He wondered if Lin Nan had accidentally hit his head when he went home over the weekend.
"Hey, Tu Tu, are you still a virgin?"
"!" Tu Junhui's face turned red, and he shook his head without hesitation.
Lin Nan's eyes lit up as he leaned closer: "What's it feel like? Tell us old virgins about it?"
Xiong Da on the bed also poked his head down toward the bed below, nodding expressionlessly: "They say you can't find the opening the first time?"
What kind of inappropriate words were these?
Tu Junhui felt that if Lin Nan wasn't in the dorm, he could shamelessly start bragging, making up elaborate stories. But with Lin Nan beside him, he had the illusion of telling dirty jokes to a girl.
The usually carefree Tu Junhui was rarely embarrassed, stammering for a long time before finally admitting helplessly that he had just been bragging.
Lin Nan looked suspicious while Tu Junhui scratched his head awkwardly.
Talking about such things with Lin Nan always felt somewhat inappropriate.
"Poor me, still a virgin." Lin Nan muttered to himself as he returned to his seat, propping his chin with one hand and staring blankly at the computer screen.
He was about to become a girl, yet he still hadn't even had a girlfriend. He felt like he'd lost out on a lot.
Tu Junhui suspected this guy might not only have hit his head but also gotten a hole in his brain.
"I'm back, I'm back!" Chen Yao suddenly pushed open the door, panting as he carried a large bag of packages. "Lin Nan, how much cat food and litter did you buy? This nearly killed me!"
"If it wasn't heavy, why would I send you to get it?" Lin Nan quickly came over to help unpack the delivery. "There was just a sale, so I bought extra to stock up. They're all consumables anyway, and I happen to have some money now."
He had scammed quite a bit of money from his uncle before, plus part-time work, money from Chen Jiang's father, Big Liu's five hundred yuan, and his mother had also given him living expenses at the beginning of this month. Lin Nan was quite well-off now.
Unfortunately, there would be no living expenses next month, so he still needed to spend carefully.
Lin Nan noticed that in middle and high school, he clearly ate at the cafeteria and ordered takeout daily, even occasionally having late-night snacks, but seemed to only spend eight or nine hundred yuan per month and never felt short on money. But somehow, since starting university, he always felt like money flowed like water, and by month's end he was always tightening his belt, even with occasional part-time work.
The biggest problem was that when he looked back at his bills at month's end, Lin Nan had no idea how his money had been spent.
It was clearly just three meals a day.
Chen Yao crouched down to help unpack the delivery. Cola probably knew this box of packages was all its supplies and came over meowing.
This cat was quite smart. Originally Lin Nan worried it would run around the dorm and accidentally run to the balcony and fall through the railings, but it never went within ten centimeters of the railings.
Compared to dogs that needed training or aloof cats, this Cola was obviously much more affectionate. When needed, it would come over and be clingy with just a look, and when not needed, it would obediently play with its own toys, never making noise or causing trouble.
Its appearance was also very cute—fluffy and chubby. Although all black, its four paws were snow white as if stepping on clouds. It seemed like "dark clouds treading on snow" was used to describe this type of cat appearance, though unfortunately its tail was broken in a small section.
Lin Nan quite liked this cat, except that Lin Yuan said kittens shouldn't be bathed, so he was a bit put off by Cola's dirty fur.
After finally unpacking and arranging all the packages in the corner of the dorm, Lin Nan stood up and stretched.
Chen Yao instinctively glanced over and saw that when Lin Nan stretched, even his not-very-obvious chest gave the illusion of being magnificent.
He quickly looked away and asked: "Want to play games?"
"Nah, I made an appointment at the veterinarian to get Cola vaccinated." Lin Nan took a delivery box and crouched down again, calling to Cola: "Come in."
Cola seemed to understand and walked into the delivery box without hesitation, then curiously stared at Lin Nan with big eyes.
"So good~" Lin Nan's happy voice became much softer.
Hearing this voice, Chen Yao inevitably had some indescribable images flash through his mind, then felt strong guilt toward Lin Nan.
He clearly treats me as a friend, yet I...
He quickly walked toward the balcony, planning to wash his face and calm down. But unintentionally looking back, he noticed Lin Nan's pants were tight against his hips, outlining that exquisite, small bottom in a jaw-dropping way.
He quickly glanced at Tu Junhui and Xiong Da, found that neither was paying attention to Lin Nan's figure, so he took Lin Nan's sun protection jacket draped on the chair and walked over to help him put it on.
Now he felt much more comfortable.
"Mm, thanks." Lin Nan naively put on the sun protection jacket, picked up the delivery box and stood up, then instructed: "I bought disinfectant, disinfect Cola's things. I'll take it for a checkup and vaccination first."
"Got it."
When Cola first came to the dorm, it was only a month old. At that time, still unweaned, it wasn't suitable for vaccination. Now it was about two months old, and Lin Nan happened to have some money—it was the perfect time to take Cola for a checkup and vaccination.
Otherwise, after this period, Lin Nan didn't know how much money he'd have left.
Pushing open the dorm door, Lin Yuan had been waiting in the hallway for a long time. This was Lin Nan's first time raising a cat, let alone taking a cat for a checkup and vaccination. Afraid of being scammed, he simply called Lin Yuan along.
Lin Yuan completely didn't care about Lin Nan's increasingly feminine appearance, directly focusing his gaze on Cola in the delivery box: "It looks much better than when it first arrived."
"Too bad I didn't have money then, otherwise if I'd taken it to the vet earlier, its tail might have been saved." Lin Nan somewhat heartbrokenly touched Cola's broken half-tail.
"Just student things." Lin Yuan took the delivery box and led Lin Nan toward the veterinarian behind the school.
Lin Nan noticed that although this guy appeared cold but was warm-hearted, his warmth seemed directed only at cats and dogs. He had seen Lin Yuan feeding the school's stray cats several times.
"Do you particularly like cats?" he couldn't help asking.
"I just like black cats." Lin Yuan paused, continued walking forward, and said: "There was a black cat that grew up with me since childhood. When I was twelve, it ran away from home. My mom said cats have spiritual awareness and know when they're going to die, so they run away because they don't want you to see."
Although his tone sounded somewhat flat, Lin Nan still faintly heard some sadness.
"Since you like cats so much, why don't you raise Cola?"
"After learning my first cat died, I didn’t want to raise a second one." Lin Yuan reached one hand into the delivery box, stroking Cola's head. "Since then, my family has never raised pets again."
Lin Yuan had treated his previous cat as a family member.
Lin Nan couldn't empathize with this. As a child, he was always scared and couldn't sleep because of stray cats' mating calls. If he hadn't seen many cute cat pictures later, he might not even have been able to like cats as creatures.
To him, Cola was probably just an adorable pet for passing time, not a so-called family member.