As soon as he spoke, Lin Nan realized his mistake. He quickly lowered his head, pretending to be focused on eating, hoping that Liu Xuefei's makeup skills were good enough to prevent Chen Yao from recognizing him.
Liu Xuefei finally noticed Lin Nan's unusual behavior. Although he had been nervous before, he had clearly relaxed somewhat after starting to eat. But when the two guys behind them began talking, his tension became extreme.
She turned to look at the two, just as Chen Yao was also curiously looking in their direction, his brows furrowed as he examined the back of the girl with long black hair.
Since they were students from the same department, they typically had large lectures together each week. Although she didn't know his name, Liu Xuefei found Chen Yao's face vaguely familiar. After a moment's thought, she immediately guessed that he might be Lin Nan's classmate.
Unlike Lina, she wasn't so malicious. Seeing that Lin Nan was indeed overly nervous, she stood up, intending to take him back to the dormitory.
When Lin Nan saw Liu Xuefei's gesture, he also hurriedly stood up, ready to leave. But at that moment, he noticed Chen Yao also standing up almost simultaneously, walking directly toward him.
He was so frightened he could barely move, his entire body going numb. All he could do was keep his head down, pretending to be busy clearing his tray.
Soon Chen Yao walked past him, turning his head to give him a curious glance before casually heading toward the counter.
‘Does our school really have such a pretty girl? Though her makeup is a bit heavy.
And those thigh-high socks with bare skin showing—those legs could keep me entertained for a year…’
Chen Yao's gaze lingered on the absolute territory after passing that face, pausing for two seconds before hastily shifting his focus while inwardly marveling.
However, the girl's voice was indeed somewhat androgynous, very similar to Lin Nan's. But how could Lin Nan be this pretty? And with Lin Nan's personality, he would never go out in public wearing such a short skirt.
After being glanced at, Lin Nan's legs nearly gave out, and he almost sat back down. Fortunately, Liu Xuefei grabbed his arm, preventing him from embarrassing himself.
That was close—he almost recognized me. Good thing Chen Yao is a leg man.
His heart racing with relief, he didn't dare linger in the cafeteria any longer. Head down, he hurriedly made his way toward the exit.
But as Chen Yao returned to his seat, watching Lin Nan's departing figure, he suddenly felt that something wasn't quite right.
Isn't this girl a bit too shy and nervous? It was just a glance. Could it be because it's her first time wearing a super-short skirt?
"So? Was that girl pretty?" Dong An, sitting across from him, teased. "Not into your Lin Nan anymore?"
"I've told you before, Lin Nan and I are just childhood friends. I like girls, okay?" While his mouth was denying it, Chen Yao's mind kept replaying the girl's face and the exposed thighs between her skirt and socks.
At first glance, Chen Yao had been stunned by the girl's beauty, but the more he thought about it, the more her facial features seemed incredibly similar to Lin Nan's. When he took out his phone to check the video of Lin Nan cross-dressing at his house, the comparison only confused him more.
That face looked too similar to Lin Nan's.
A realization suddenly dawned on him.
Could that girl actually be Lin Nan? Wearing women's clothes behind my back?
"What's wrong? Why are you spacing out?" Dong An looked up and asked, puzzled.
"Nothing." Chen Yao looked back again and saw that Lina had just finished her lunch and was leisurely clearing her tray, not having left with the other two.
Lina noticed his gaze and smiled at him before taking her tray to the recycling area.
Chen Yao became even more confused, feeling that her smile held some deeper meaning.
Meanwhile, Lin Nan had finally made it back to Liu Xuefei's dormitory. Although he didn't feel hot due to his magic, his forehead was still covered in sweat.
That was intense...
The exhilaration of a narrow escape kept bombarding his brain, leaving him sitting there for a long time without coming to his senses.
It felt like repeatedly jumping along the edge of danger. Embarrassment, excitement, guilt—various emotions converged in his brain, with dopamine surging to extreme levels, actually giving him the urge to go out again.
However, he quickly suppressed this impulse. After a long while, he took a deep breath and finally looked up at Liu Xuefei.
"Was that your classmate?"
"Roommate."
"He didn't recognize you, right?" Liu Xuefei awkwardly laughed. "How could I have known it would be such a coincidence..."
Lin Nan's mouth twitched as he shook his head: "He probably didn't recognize me just now, but later is another story."
"What do you mean?" Since she had only just met Lin Nan, if not for Lina's instigation, she wouldn't have been so bold. Now that a problem had arisen, she felt guilty toward Lin Nan, and her voice grew much quieter. "When you go back, will he...?"
Her face reddened slightly as she began to consider finding a friend from the art department to help draw a doujinshi.
Lin Nan didn't notice her expression and just sighed: "After all, I've known him for almost ten years. He could probably recognize me even with beauty filters, let alone just makeup."
As he spoke, Lin Nan casually picked up a mirror to look at his face. Although his face had indeed become more feminine and prettier due to the makeup, overall it was only at the level of his first magic cross-dressing experience. If not for the different hairstyle this time, and if Chen Yao hadn't suspected him of secretly cross-dressing, he probably would have been recognized at first glance.
He suddenly remembered Chen Yao's gaze lingering on his thighs, then looked down at his own absolute territory, his face inevitably flushing.
Chen Yao really is a leg man! When we changed pants in the dorm, he must have been staring at me the most!
Just then, the dormitory door was pushed open, and Lina walked in, yawning.
She casually found a chair to sit on and said to Lin Nan: "He suspects you."
"I know." Lin Nan immediately felt even more despair, slumping directly onto the table, feeling the coolness of the surface against his cheek.
He felt like dying, not knowing what would be said when he returned tomorrow.
"I suspect he's my love rival," Lina said seriously. "You need to be careful in the future. That body of yours belongs to Lilith."
"I know, I know," Lin Nan responded dismissively.
If Lina knew that Lilith had previously been a "heartthrob," who knows if she would just kill him outright.
Liu Xuefei, sitting nearby, was very impressed with Lin Nan, who could actually respond to such nonsensical talk. She and her roommates had been troubled by Lina's occasional crazy remarks for a long time.
Afterward, Lina behaved much better, not suggesting going out again, fearing that Lin Nan's sense of shame couldn't handle it.
Lin Nan was content to be bored, sitting there with his phone, prepared to endure a day of cross-dressing life this way.
Tomorrow he would be able to unlock a new magic.
He held his lower abdomen, which had begun to ache again due to emotional excitement, full of anticipation for the next day.