Lin Nan got up from the bed expressionlessly.
He pushed the other head on the opposite side of the bed, without saying much, and climbed straight down from the bed.
Chen Yao was awakened by him, opening his eyes in confusion, staring at the mottled ceiling, clearly not having come to his senses yet.
Lin Nan had already gotten out of bed, feeling heaviness in his head, weakness in his body, and his forehead still somewhat painful. He recalled what happened at the Sichuan restaurant last night, and his face couldn't help but turn red.
"Hey, Lin Nan." Chen Yao was now sitting at the head of the bed, legs crossed, leaning down to ask Lin Nan who had already changed into casual clothes below, "Do you remember what happened last night?"
"Last night? I just remember going to the bathroom." Lin Nan looked up and asked confidently, "Did I black out from drinking?"
Wait, who uses such a matter-of-fact tone for a question?
"Maybe?" Instead, Chen Yao became uncertain, "You really don't remember?"
"I've forgotten everything after going to the bathroom." Lin Nan pretended to be deep in thought, pondering for a long time before suddenly remembering, "I think I bumped into someone? Did that happen? My forehead still hurts."
"That did happen."
Seeing that Lin Nan seemed about to recall more, Chen Yao quickly changed the subject: "Go wake those two up, don't be late."
"Alright, alright."
After perfunctorily responding, Lin Nan took his toiletries and hurried to the balcony. While washing away the aftereffects of excessive drinking from his brain with cold water, he tried to experiment with magic.
It seemed his reaction speed had indeed improved.
He deliberately knocked the toothbrush cup off the edge of the sink. Just as the thought of catching it formed in his mind, his left hand had already reached out involuntarily and grabbed the bottom of the cup.
That reaction speed!
Although it was premeditated, Lin Nan clearly sensed that this was already his maximum speed.
This kind of speed occasionally appeared in daily life, like when his phone was falling from the desk, or slipping from his pocket, or about to drop into the toilet...
With a monthly living allowance of just one thousand yuan, he couldn't afford to repair his phone even once.
So, does this magic merely allow him to maintain his fastest reaction speed in daily life? Turning what was once peak performance in emergency situations into normal speed... thinking about it this way, this magic didn't seem particularly powerful.
After some thought, Lin Nan reluctantly found a few everyday applications.
Gaming was one, especially reaction-based shooting games like CSGO. With some basics, sports like ping pong and tennis would obviously see significant improvements as well.
Chen Yao, bare-chested, came to the balcony and immediately noticed Lin Nan standing motionless with a toothbrush in his mouth. He didn't pay much attention; Lin Nan had been acting strangely too many times these past few days, too many for him to bother commenting on.
He walked up beside Lin Nan, lightly bumped him with his shoulder, and finally spoke: "Move in a bit, don't block the way."
"Huh? Oh!" Lin Nan, his train of thought interrupted, hurriedly moved inward.
After a few steps, Lin Nan suddenly noticed a problem.
Although the balcony, even with the sink taking up half its width, usually allowed one person to walk sideways without touching anything, now, his buttocks seemed to have slight contact with the railing behind.
He hesitantly looked back. He had walked this path many times, and usually was careful not to let his clothes touch either the sink or the railings. After all, in a boys' dormitory, even sweeping the floor was barely manageable, and the sink and balcony railings were never cleaned or wiped, making them incredibly dirty.
"What's wrong?" Chen Yao noticed Lin Nan's reaction and casually asked.
"Something feels strange."
"Hmm..." Chen Yao carefully scanned Lin Nan up and down. When Lin Nan began to feel uncomfortable under his gaze, Chen Yao suddenly realized and said, "Your butt got bigger?"
"What?"
"No, it's more like it's become perkier, yeah."
"..."
Lin Nan couldn't be bothered to respond to his nonsense and bent down to continue brushing his teeth.
Chen Yao also thought he might be seeing things, but after looking a few more times, he felt even more like something was off with Lin Nan.
He finished washing up quickly but hesitated to leave.
"What is it?" Lin Nan spit out the foam in his mouth and asked in confusion.
"Why does it feel like your chest..." Chen Yao hadn't finished his sentence before turning to walk back to the dorm. Lin Nan's emotions had been unstable these past few days, and he wasn't stupid.
Sure enough, just hearing the word "chest," Lin Nan's brows furrowed tightly. He was about to refute the increasingly outrageous Chen Yao, but seeing him turn and leave, he could only look down at his own chest helplessly.
It did seem to have gotten a bit... bigger?
With no one around, Lin Nan boldly reached up and pressed on it, clearly feeling that the flesh on his chest was slightly more than yesterday, and also more painful.
This development speed was obviously not natural human development, so the remaining possibility was magic.
Eight or nine times out of ten, it was due to using magic, causing his body to become feminized once more.
Although not using magic would also make him increasingly feminine, at least it wouldn't lead to one night's development equaling a month's worth. He still wanted to have a good New Year holiday, not go home with a face his parents couldn't recognize and get beaten up!
"It seems better to use magic as little as possible." Muttering, Lin Nan wiped his face once more, temporarily not dwelling on this small change. After all, even Chen Yao had to carefully scan him up and down to notice the change. All things considered, the aftereffects of using magic this time weren't as severe as when he cross-dressed last time.
When he walked into the bedroom, Xiong Da was already up and was shaking Tu Junhui's shoulders. However, Tu Junhui had also drunk quite a bit last night. After learning there were acquaintances in the adjacent private room, he had happily brought his rum over and continued drinking there until Lin Nan's group had finished all their food. He finally had to be carried back to the dorm by several people.
Although Lin Nan verbally claimed to have blacked out, he remembered everything clearly in his heart. It was only the journey back to the dorm where he seemed to have fallen asleep while walking that he had no memory of.
Xiong Da couldn't wake Tu Junhui up, and there was nothing he could do, so he got out of bed to wash up. Chen Yao was using hair wax to fix his hairstyle. Lin Nan looked around and found that Chen Yao hadn't mentioned yesterday's incident to others, and even he himself was avoiding it...
Mission successful! I'm so clever!
Delightedly praising himself in his heart, he walked to the mirror attached to the wardrobe to check if his hairstyle was messy.
But as he looked, he unexpectedly discovered that the few inconspicuous freckles on his cheekbones had disappeared.
Looking closer, whether due to lighting or not, his skin tone seemed more even than yesterday, and the large pores left from squeezing blackheads on his nose were now barely visible. While the individual changes weren't many, combined they made his whole face look several times fresher than yesterday.
Using magic does have its benefits after all.
After reassuring himself, Lin Nan finally started preparing his textbooks for class.