Chapter 68: The Shocking Truth

It was a typical school morning. Xiao Xi was dozing at his desk, catching up on some lost sleep. Beside him, his deskmate Chick-chan would occasionally glance over with interest, then lower her head to scribble or sketch on a piece of paper.

‘Wow, Yotori is really amazing,’ another classmate thought to herself.

While being distracted by Xiao Xi’s sleeping face, she could still draw? And such skill! What was she drawing?

The classmate peeked over. Huh?

She quickly pulled back, her face turning bright red. She buried her face in her arms.

Mmph…

No… no wonder!

No wonder she had to look at Xiao Xi’s sleeping face between strokes! Good grief, she was drawing a live sketch of Xiao Xi sleeping—without any clothes on!

But wait…

How did Yotori know what Xiao Xi’s body looked like? The drawing was so lifelike! Now that image was stuck in her head—she could practically feel Xiao Xi sleeping in the classroom naked…

Ahhh!

“Squeak—”

A burst of static followed by a chime. Even Xiao Xi was jolted awake. The white-haired boy rubbed his bleary eyes, lifted his head dazedly, and stared at the classroom speaker…

What the hell… Couldn’t they do something useful? Always blabbing nonsense over the intercom! If you’ve got nothing better to do, go get a job! Argh! So annoying! Can’t a guy get some sleep?

Xiao Xi was clearly still grumpy. Most of the class ignored the broadcast—whatever it was, it probably didn’t concern them.

Until—

The voice of Student Council President Nan Feng came through the speaker…

Chick-chan got excited. She shook Xiao Xi’s arm eagerly. “Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi, it’s President-sama!”

“Mm, your President-sama, yeah—” Xiao Xi dragged out his words, clearly uninterested and even a bit scornful. If it was the student council speaking, there was even less reason to listen. Probably some announcement or other, just disturbing his sleep. Even more annoying than Sister Yuan!

Since he couldn’t sleep anyway, Xiao Xi lifted his head and scanned the desk…

Huh?

He hadn’t seen it at first, but when he did, it gave him a shock. Stop, stop, stop…

Chick-chan, what… what is that on your desk!

Xiao Xi stared wide-eyed at the drawing of himself sleeping on the desk—naked…

For a moment, he fell into deep self-doubt.

Was he… was he really not wearing clothes?

He looked down. Wasn’t he wearing his school uniform?

“Chick-chan!” Xiao Xi slapped Chick-chan on the head, excited as she was by Nan Feng’s voice, then pointed at the drawing, his face red and his words stumbling. “This… this… what did you draw!”

“Hehe, a life sketch! How is it? Realistic? One-to-one reproduction! I even drew the drool at the corner of your mouth! So, what do you think?”

“Real… real… realistic?”

Xiao Xi was dumbfounded.

Did you… did you strip me while I was sleeping? I’m calling the police! I swear I’m calling the cops!

“Shh—” Chick-chan made a gesture to be quiet. “Xiao Xi, President-sama is making an announcement. Don’t be so loud, you’re disturbing my listening~”

“Listen to hell! Nan Feng is just announcing some trivial thing at best, but this is a serious crime worthy of jail time! I’m filing a sexual harassment complaint, you just wait!”

Xiao Xi flailed and yelled, drawing the attention of the whole class. Everyone watched the show like a little drama between these besties… well… this pair of deskmates. Mm…

More interesting than whatever was on the radio.

“Next, I have an announcement for all students.”

Nan Feng’s voice came over the speaker, unhurried. Chick-chan pinned Xiao Xi down, then turned her head, smiling toward the classroom speaker. With one hand restraining the struggling Xiao Xi, she eagerly listened to the President’s next words.

‘Ah~ What could the announcement be? Could it be a public confession to me? Oh my, what a shameless fantasy. Well—it’s probably just a routine activity notice. Maybe about the sports meet. After all, the President is a serious person; he wouldn’t do anything that intense. But still… I like his strict, responsible personality~’

‘Well, daydreaming occasionally isn’t bad~’

“This matter concerns everyone in this school. For a long time, it has been kept as a top secret by the school administration. Today, we have decided to make it public!”

Huh?

Chick-chan froze. The sudden seriousness caught everyone off guard. Even the rest of the class quieted down, staring tensely at the speaker… except for Xiao Xi, who was still struggling.

What kind of secret? Is it more serious than Chick-chan’s current void-grip on me? Chick-chan, let go! I want to look up! I want to look up! Help! Classmates, stop staring at the speaker! There’s a campus bullying incident happening right here! Anyone? Anyone going to do something? Hey, look at me, look at me!

Seriously… What kind of secret! Did they seal Sadako in the girls’ bathroom? Build a row of urinals to suppress the yin energy? Are you sure Sadako won’t crawl out? Too ridiculous, right? So, Mr. Student Council President, stop beating around the bush! It can’t be anything important, right? Don’t act all mysterious!

“In fact, our school is an all-boys school!”

…

?

Chick-chan silently released Xiao Xi. Because Xiao Xi had gone silent—silenced units didn’t need to be suppressed anymore. The two of them looked up at the ceiling in unison, as did the rest of the school, all sporting identical question marks.

All-boys school? What does that mean?

Xiao Xi turned to look at Chick-chan. Chick-chan turned to look at Xiao Xi…

Aren’t there girls here?

“In fact, the majority of the girls in this school are boys in disguise. Only a very small number are actually female!”

…

Huh?

What?!

“What!”

“Holy crap!”

Everyone around started casting suspicious glances at each other. After all… this came from the Student Council President! It had to be credible…

Female students began to doubt whether the girls around them were actually boys—especially since they always acted like perverts. Male students stared in shock at the girls, thinking, ‘Holy crap, that’s a guy?’

A chain of suspicion had formed…

“I’ve posted more evidence on the school’s forum. My task is done. Please, everyone, stay united!”

Nan Feng’s final call came through the speaker with a tone of anguish, and then the campus broadcast was abruptly cut off. Static crackled from the speakers. Some quick-witted students already pulled out their phones to check the evidence, and gasps of shock followed. In an instant, the quiet campus erupted into chaos, a situation impossible to control. Some people started jumping around on the spot; others reached out to grab girls’ clothes.

Amid the turmoil, Xiao Xi silently looked at Shi Meng…

“Hey, hey, bro, what’s with that look! No matter about the others, I am definitely a girl! You’ve seen it! You’ve definitely seen it!”

Scolded, Xiao Xi turned his gaze to Chick-chan…

Chick-chan thought for a moment, then stuck out her tongue, made a cute cat-girl pose, and winked with a smile. “Ehehe~ Did you find me out~”

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