Chapter 33: Stealing Home? Not Happening

Under the fine drizzle of the night, lamplight illuminated various pedestrians carrying umbrellas.
A white figure, lit by the warm yellow streetlights, drew murmurs from passersby.

“Hey, hey, doesn’t that white-haired person look like that anime character, what was her name again?”

“You mean Konata Izumi, right?
She really does look like her.”

“With hair that white, she looks so much like the one who was with the campus belle that day.”

“Whoa, whoa, don’t just say anything.
She has someone with her too.”
Su Cheng’s ears constantly caught snippets of people discussing her.
Although she tried her best not to mind the comments from passersby behind her, her mind was always restless.
Lin Shiyue, beside her, wore a faint smile, her gaze often drifting unconsciously to Su Cheng, who was wearing a white dress.
At this moment, Su Cheng was like a meticulously crafted doll of Lin Shiyue’s.
Her waterfall-like silver-white hair was tied into twin tails with black butterfly hair clips.
The originally white camisole dress perfectly revealed her jade-white collarbones, and a few strands of snow-white hair fell on her tender, fair shoulders, appearing faintly.
The form-fitting fabric accentuated Su Cheng’s graceful waistline.
The skirt, with its natural fullness, danced lightly with the evening breeze.
Beneath the skirt were straight, flawless, smooth thighs, stirring infinite fantasies in the hearts of boys for the white-haired girl.
She wore brown, round-toed leather shoes.
Her light yet slightly awkward steps conveyed Su Cheng’s shyness, and a faint blush consistently lingered on her cheeks.

“Shiyue, I said, couldn’t you have bought a bigger umbrella?
Why is it so small?”
Su Cheng’s bare shoulder kept rubbing against Lin Shiyue’s shoulder.
But to avoid the rain, she had no choice but to stay so close to Lin Shiyue, otherwise, her little dress would be ruined.

“I only have an umbrella this size, what can I do?
Otherwise, you hold the umbrella, and I’

“Otherwise, you hold the umbrella, and I’ll walk in the rain.”
Lin Shiyue made to hand the umbrella to Su Cheng.
Su Cheng didn’t take it, shaking her head in refusal.

“Let’s just stick together then.”
Lin Shiyue smiled, moving closer to Su Cheng again, her hand easily brushing against her skirt.

“By the way, why aren’t you wearing a skirt?
Am I the only one who has to?”
Su Cheng glanced at Lin Shiyue, who was wearing a T-shirt and shorts.
Her big eyes darted around.
‘Had she been tricked?’
Lin Shiyue saw Su Cheng’s confused eyes and chuckled softly: “Haha, I never said I was going to wear one.
From beginning to end, I only said you would wear it.”
Su Cheng glared, a feeling of being trapped and outsmarted making her resentful: “Damn it… Next time, you wear one too!”

“Alright, alright, I’ll wear one, don’t be angry.
Look at you, aren’t you cute in a skirt?
It looks really good.”
Su Cheng snorted coldly, her slightly reddened cheeks rising in temperature, and she pouted: “What’s cute?
You’re the cute one!”

“Hehe, an angry Little Orange is also very cute…”
Lin Shiyue covered her mouth, stifling a laugh.
Su Cheng puffed out her cheeks, glaring at Lin Shiyue as if she wanted to punch her.
The surrounding light gradually dimmed.
This section of the road happened to have no streetlights, but the main teaching building was not far away.
A sudden gust of wind blew, and Su Cheng felt the cool draft between her legs, a bone-deep chill rushing from bottom to top straight to her head.
She couldn’t help but shiver delicately.
She thought two words to herself: ‘Comfortable.’
However, Lin Shiyue beside Su Cheng saw her skirt flutter.
She first paused, then quickly freed her hand to press it down.
The wind speed rapidly decreased, and the gradually calmed skirt once again concealed Su Cheng’s rounded hips.

“Can you pay attention to your image?
Don’t you know the wind is blowing your skirt up?”
Su Cheng was instantly speechless.
She didn’t know what reaction was normal for a girl to have when facing Lin Shiyue.
After all, that gust of wind just now felt a bit… comfortable.

“Uh… uh, I just didn’t react in time, haha…”

“Ow…”
A grinning Su Cheng was lightly tapped on the head by Lin Shiyue.
Then Lin Shiyue’s lowered voice came.

“Your panties were seen and you didn’t even know it… Black isn’t suitable for you…”

“Huh?
What did you say?”
Su Cheng stopped grinning, her voice tinged with embarrassment and anger, and the temperature on her face continued to rise.
Lin Shiyue said with a playful tone, “Next time, wear white.
That would be more suitable.”
After speaking, Lin Shiyue had a premonition that something bad was about to happen and tightened her grip on the umbrella handle, preparing herself.
Su Cheng clenched her small pink fists, a few blue veins popping up on her forehead, and growled: “Lin Shiyue… Aaaah!”

“I knew it!
Run!”
Lin Shiyue reacted incredibly fast.
The moment Su Cheng finished shouting, she moved, giving Su Cheng no chance to catch her.

“Try running if you dare!”

“You can’t catch me, nah nah nah.”
The girl running in the drizzle couldn’t run very fast, and coupled with the skirt issue, Su Cheng didn’t dare to run quickly.
Lin Shiyue always maintained a safe distance, playing with Su Cheng.
Su Cheng, gritting her teeth, glared resentfully at Lin Shiyue’s back.
If she caught her, Lin Shiyue would definitely be in for it.
As it turned out, Su Cheng’s anger was short-lived.
Although she successfully caught Lin Shiyue at the entrance of the main teaching building’s conference hall, she didn’t punish Lin Shiyue.
Tonight’s theoretical class was scheduled in the first-floor conference hall of the main teaching building.
When Su Cheng and Lin Shiyue arrived, more than half of the seats were already filled.
Perhaps having been cooped up in military uniforms for two days, regardless of gender, everyone had put on nice clothes to show themselves off.
Although many girls’ outfits were no less impressive than Su Cheng’s, Su Cheng’s turning heads was consistently higher.
The naive and adorable Su Cheng, with her snow-white hair and white dress, was like the ‘white moonlight’ in many boys’ hearts, and even more like the sister they dreamed of having.
Su Cheng kept her head down, staring intently at the ground, avoiding the gazes that seemed to want to devour her, especially since it was her first time wearing a skirt today.
Being seen in this state by so many people made her face flush with an uncontainable sense of shame.
‘It’s all Lin Shiyue’s fault!’
It was only with Lin Shiyue holding her hand and leading her that she successfully reached their class’s seating area.
Lin Shiyue acted this way under everyone’s gaze to dispel these people’s strange thoughts.
‘Dare to try and steal my Su Cheng?
You’re not worthy!’

“Just sit here.
I’ll go take attendance.
You sit here and don’t run around.”
Lin Shiyue instructed the blushing Su Cheng.
Su Cheng nodded in response, gripping her skirt and sitting with pursed lips.
After Lin Shiyue left, Su Cheng suddenly remembered Yin Xuelian, who was confined in her phone.
She quickly pulled out her phone and opened WeChat.
She didn’t know until she looked, and then she was shocked.
Yin Xuelian had sent dozens of messages.
Half were notifications of canceled calls, and the other half were repetitions.

[Senior Sister Yin: Where are you?
Where are you?
Where are you?
Why aren’t you answering my calls?]
(Sixty-six messages omitted here…)
It was almost one every thirty seconds.

“Hiss…”
Su Cheng couldn’t help but gasp, wondering what to do.
But if she didn’t reply soon, Yin Xuelian would probably teleport directly to her face and unleash her ultimate move.

[Orange: Coming, coming, I’m here, sorry Sister Lian.
😅😅😅]
Yin Xuelian instantly replied.

[Senior Sister Yin: So you do know how to reply to my messages?]
[Senior Sister Yin: You’re not even answering my calls.
Are you going to abandon me now that I’m gone?
😡😡😡]
[Senior Sister Yin: Or is my Little Orange busy playing with other junior sisters?
😨😨]
[Senior Sister Yin: Am I not as fun as other junior sisters?
Don’t optimize me.
😭😭😭]
Su Cheng stared blankly at the screen, her heart pounding.
She definitely couldn’t tell the truth.
Wouldn’t she know how to answer a death trap question?

[Orange: No, no, Sister Lian, don’t overthink it.
It rained this evening, and I got soaked.
I was busy washing clothes and showering, I didn’t have time.]
[Senior Sister Yin: Oh?
Little Orange got caught in the rain?
You didn’t catch a cold, did you?]
[Orange: Of course not, small problem.
My physical fitness is great.
💪💪]
[Senior Sister Yin: Haha, that’s good.
What are you busy with?]
[Orange: Getting ready for theoretical class, it’s about to start.]
[Senior Sister Yin: Alright then, big sister won’t bother you anymore.
Listen carefully to the lecture.]
[Orange: Okay.]
As soon as she finished replying, Su Cheng saw Lin Shiyue walking back.
She immediately turned off her phone screen, her expression returning to normal.
As Lin Shiyue took her seat, the drill sergeant on stage began to lecture with a microphone.

Yin Xuelian stood by the window, browsing the school’s forum, finally locating a newly posted thread.
She looked at the image of the white-haired, white-dressed girl’s back for a long time.
Her tender fingertips repeatedly stroked the spot where the white-haired girl was.
Upon seeing the black-haired girl beside her, a hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes.
She opened her contacts and dialed the number saved as “Uncle Chen.”

“Uncle Chen, please pick me up and take me back to school… I forgot some things and need to go back.”

“Beep, beep, beep…”
She put down her phone, put on a black dress, and let her hair fall casually behind her.
She picked up her phone again, returning to the zoomed-in photo.
Unconsciously, a strange smile appeared on the pink-haired girl’s face.

“Heh heh, trying to steal home?
Dream on…”
The continuous drizzle came to a halt.
The nightlife was just beginning.