"Don't forget to answer the roll call for me."
During the break after the first class on Thursday afternoon, Ning Chu poked Wen Yang’s waist and whispered a reminder.
"Got it."
She was a bit nervous. Back in her previous life, skipping classes in college was no big deal, but this was her first time skipping here.
And the first person she was entrusting it to was... the English teacher.
Ning Chu glanced up at the teacher who had just walked into the classroom—a mature woman in a fitted skirt suit and black stockings.
For some reason, while other teachers might look plain or unattractive, English teachers always seemed to be in their 30s or 40s, exuding a mature and refined charm.
Of course, in this world, most teachers had above-average looks—after all, this was a hentai world.
But every now and then, there were exceptions: middle-aged, pot-bellied men with barely any hair, looking like they had walked straight out of some gross NTR hentai.
Two extremes.Ning Chu lowered her head and tugged at Yan Xinya's arm. "Let's go."
"Yes~"
Feeling guilty, she got up quietly and, along with Yan Xinya, slipped out the back door of the classroom. She even tiptoed a little, as if that would help her avoid being noticed.
Wen Yang watched as Ning Chu and Yan Xinya left, then glanced over at Lily, only to see that she had already gotten up without a word. Holding her textbook against her chest, she walked to the back of the classroom and sat alone in the corner.
This girl was always cold and withdrawn, like an ice queen, which made her incredibly popular in class.
"Where did Ning Chu go?"
Zhang Shaoqing finally looked up and asked.
These past few days, Wen Yang had noticed a clear distance growing between Zhang Shaoqing and Ning Chu. He barely teased her anymore, which was a relief—at least he didn’t have to worry about Zhang Shaoqing trying to snatch his little sweetheart.
"Medical checkup."
"Medical checkup?"
The bell rang before Zhang Shaoqing could press further. Wen Yang simply nodded and didn’t bother explaining.
The English teacher was quite strict. At first, she even required students to hand in their phones at the beginning of class, though that rule eventually fell apart.
Unlike some teachers who were so lax that they barely took attendance twice a semester, she always called roll three times per class to prevent students from sneaking out.
"Wen Yang."
"Here."
"Ning Chu."
"Here!"
The English teacher looked up toward Wen Yang's direction. "Ning Chu?"
"......"
Wen Yang started sweating a little. Under her sharp gaze, he could only bite the bullet and call out again, "Here."
"Some students seem to think I don’t remember who’s who."
The teacher lowered her head and marked Ning Chu as absent. "Next time someone answers for another student, both of you will be marked absent."
She might not remember the names of every student in every class, but a pretty little crossdressing boy and a handsome guy who is said to be the best in the school? Yeah, those two stood out too much. After a few months, there was no way she wouldn’t recognize them.
"You’re screwed~" Zhang Shaoqing said gleefully.
Wen Yang quickly calmed down. "It’s fine. I’ll talk to the counselor after class and get Ning Chu a leave note."
"You really think that old hag will give you one?"
"I’m the class monitor."
"You sounds like you are making some shady deal~"
. . . . .
Meanwhile, Ning Chu was still completely unaware that she had been marked absent. She stood in line for the blood test, her face full of nervousness.
"Relax. Even if we get caught, it’s not like the school ever said we can’t do our checkups with another class," Yan Xinya whispered reassuringly.
"I’m not worried about that… I just hate needles."
"How come? Wen Yang thing is much bigger isn’t it~?”
Ning Chu’s face instantly turned bright red. She glared at the teasing wolf girl in embarrassment. "Stop letting Lily corrupt you!"
"Yep, it’s all Lily’s fault~"
As the line slowly moved forward, she tiptoed, craning her neck to see how far they had left to go.
She had no idea how much blood they were going to take.
Just as she was pondering this, she suddenly froze, staring blankly at the staff member maintaining order in the queue.
That glaring red dress…
"Stay in line! No pushing!"
"Hey, handsome, wanna add me on WeChat?"
"Hey! No cutting in line!"
Ning Chu was completely baffled. She just couldn’t understand this female ghost.
Did she really enjoy playing school staff that much? Just openly walking around, flirting with handsome guys left and right—was she not afraid of attracting an exorcist who’d ‘purge’ her into oblivion?
Then again, if she really finds someone who can do that, maybe that pervy ghost would enjoy it…
Yan Xinya followed her gaze. "Oh, isn’t that An An?"
"You know her?"
"Yeah, I’ve run into her a few times when paying our dorm’s electricity bill at the service center," the wolf girl muttered. "An An is even hornier than a succubus. It’s like she needs men to survive."
"......"
"But she’s actually pretty nice~ And she said she wants to be a student counselor in a couple of years~"
So this ghost had already infiltrated the school?
Ning Chu hadn’t given the ghost too much backstory in her story, but hearing Yan Xinya’s complaints, she started suspecting that An An really would die without men.
Ghosts surviving by sucking out men’s yang energy? That made sense, right?
Getting too much yang energy from an ‘exorcist’ and getting blasted into oblivion? Also logical, right?
"You're up next."
Before she knew it, Ning Chu was already sitting in front of the doctor drawing blood. Her face turned pale as she trembled, averting her gaze from the needle while placing her arm on the table.
"Take off your coat and roll up your sleeve."
"Oh… okay…"
She took off her trench coat and handed it to Yan Xinya behind her, taking a deep breath while clenching her other hand tightly on her thigh.
"Relax."
The doctor tied a tourniquet around her right arm, glanced at her tightly pressed lips and downcast, pitiful-looking expression, then—without a hint of hesitation—stabbed the needle in.
Ning Chu flinched, but Yan Xinya firmly pressed down on her shoulder.
"All done."
It was like she had been granted mercy. In a panic, she scrambled up and rushed away from the blood-drawing station, completely forgetting her coat.
A moment later, Yan Xinya strolled over, grinning as she handed back the coat. "I thought you were gonna scream."
"No way! I just get a little woozy around needles, that’s all."
"Hm~? What’s that on your lower back?"
"Hm?"
Ning Chu had just pulled on her coat when she saw the wolf girl suddenly dart behind her, pressing firmly on the base of her spine.
Her whole body shuddered, and her legs nearly gave out. If Yan Xinya hadn’t anticipated it and caught her, she might have collapsed straight onto the floor.
"I knew it! You do have a tail! I was wondering what that bump on your butt was!"
Ning Chu steadied herself, then vengefully grabbed onto the wolf girl’s tail in return.
Yan Xinya shivered slightly, her cheeks turning a little pink, but her reaction wasn’t as intense as Ning Chu’s.
"I’m not a succubus, y’know~"
So Ning Chu yanked out a few strands of fur from her tail.
"Hey! My fur! I’ll go bald!"
"I’ll make a wolf-hair brush out of it next time!"
"Wolf-hair brushes are made from weasels! What does that have to do with me?"
Realizing she had exposed her lack of knowledge, she quickly changed the subject. "Come on, let’s finish the checkup."
"Yeah, let’s get the most troublesome internal exam over with first!"
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