Chapter 16: Too “metaphysical”

“Mm… Just follow what I said for now. If there are any more problems, contact me again.”

After giving his instructions to his subordinate, Qin Nanfeng hung up the phone.

Recently, the company’s new game was about to launch, but there had been some trouble in the publicity department, resulting in negative public opinion.

Fortunately, the problem wasn’t too serious and should be resolved soon…

“Yo, President Qin, have you eaten yet?”

Maybe it was because he was looking forward to getting back at Blondie soon, but Lin Xinyuan was in an exceptionally good mood today.

On his way to the restroom, he greeted Qin Nanfeng in passing.

Qin Nanfeng had already noticed him when Lin Xinyuan stepped out onto the balcony.

He originally just nodded politely, but he didn’t expect this guy to actually greet him for once.

He was a bit surprised.

Hadn’t this guy gone several weeks without initiating a conversation?

Why the sudden change today?

It was strange, but he still replied,

“Mm, I haven’t eaten yet.”

“Oh, I see!”

The two fell silent, only the sound of running water could be heard, until Qin Nanfeng returned to his room first.

Hearing the door close, Lin Xinyuan let out a breath, excitement flickering in his eyes.

Heh heh~ Remember this look of yours.

Soon, you won’t be so smug!

After relieving himself, he gave his “sniper” a shake and zipped up his pants.

Whistling, Lin Xinyuan felt wonderful, eagerly anticipating tomorrow.

He flushed the toilet and went out to the sink to wash his hands.

Oh right!

His package should have arrived by now, right?

As he washed his hands, Lin Xinyuan remembered that the “equipment” he’d ordered online a few days ago should have arrived at the school’s delivery point.

Forget it… I’ll pick it up tomorrow!

If I bring it back now and get found out, I’m screwed.

Speaking of which, for this plan, he’d carefully picked out the women’s clothes and, ahem… the small outfits and such.

For the past few days, he’d felt like a thief, hiding under the covers browsing all sorts of things he’d never looked at before.

Especially when researching before buying the women’s clothes, he’d spent quite a bit of effort.

Of course, that wasn’t even the most important part.

The most important thing was! He’d spent so much money!

These women’s clothes were ridiculously expensive.

He’d never bought clothes this pricey before!

The most expensive thing he owned was a down jacket he bought in his freshman year.

Anyway, with all this getup, Lin Xinyuan lost several hundred more yuan, and his heart ached.

It’s do or die!

I spent so much money, even last month’s manuscript fee is gone.

No way I’m letting it go to waste!

Thinking of this, he felt he couldn’t tolerate failure at all and was determined to see his plan through!

Make that damn Blondie regret everything!

The night passed quickly, and a new day arrived.

Today, Lin Xinyuan had arranged to meet Blondie at noon so they could grab lunch together.

It was actually Qin Nanfeng’s idea. Otherwise, Lin Xinyuan would’ve preferred the afternoon—given his habit of sleeping in, he couldn’t even guarantee he’d be up.

Oh?

Blondie said he’d treat for lunch?

Then that’s fine, I’ll definitely get up!

Earning some money back, recovering a bit—sounds great!

Usually, if he was free in the morning, Qin Nanfeng would go play basketball with Chen Ze and the others.

So last night, Lin Xinyuan set his alarm for 9:30, just to be fully prepared and also to avoid running into Qin Nanfeng if he came back early.

He really didn’t want to arouse suspicion…

But Lin Xinyuan thought it was unlikely anyway.

Who would ever connect two people of different genders like that?

Besides, Lin Xinyuan’s male and female bodies were very different—at most, their faces were a bit similar.

Impossible, definitely impossible.

Basically, Lin Xinyuan just didn’t want to run into Qin Nanfeng in his current identity.

Ahem… Last night was an accident.

He got too excited and didn’t think much, even greeted that guy…

In short, he still had a grudge against Blondie.

Even though he felt things were over, he was afraid the next girl he liked would get snatched by Blondie again.

After all, it wasn’t the first or second time.

This was already the seventh time! Especially with Li Xue this time—he’d stolen her right out from under him!

Who knew what would happen next?

As for whether Blondie knew he was interfering?

Lin Xinyuan didn’t care anymore!

What he wanted was real revenge!

He was already afraid of Qin Nanfeng. He had no choice but to believe it—this was just too uncanny!

Once or twice could be coincidence, three times he could understand, but this many times was just outrageous!

He thought, Qin Nanfeng must be his fated nemesis in love.

If he didn’t do something, he’d probably be single for the rest of his life…

At 9:30 in the morning, as soon as the alarm rang, Lin Xinyuan shot up like a corpse.

He’d slept fitfully last night, honestly barely slept at all.

His mind kept turning over what would happen during the day—he was both excited and a little scared and embarrassed.

Excited because he could finally take revenge, scared and embarrassed because he’d have to meet Qin Nanfeng, that notorious playboy, as a woman.

After all, dealing with this disgusting guy required taking things one step at a time—he couldn’t fall into his traps.

A scoundrel who’d played with so many girls’ feelings must have all kinds of tricks…

He was going to enter the game himself, sure, but self-preservation came first!

With all these complicated feelings, Lin Xinyuan barely slept all night, but he was still quite clear-headed.

He could even hear his dormmates moving around as they left.

Lin Xinyuan rubbed his forehead.

His body felt tired, but his mind was wide awake—it was really uncomfortable.

But now he couldn’t stay in bed any longer, no matter how tired he was.

All for the sake of his plan!

Shaking off his fatigue, Lin Xinyuan quickly got up from bed, went to wash up.

He spent over ten minutes getting ready, packed up his things, put on his shoes, and hurried out of the dorm.

He headed straight for the school’s delivery point, luckily not running into Qin Nanfeng along the way—avoiding a whole series of explanations.

Standing outside the delivery point, he peeked inside through the glass door at the package shelves, still feeling a bit nervous.

Damn, if anyone saw a grown man picking up this kind of stuff, they’d totally think he was some pervert!

Just picturing it, Lin Xinyuan felt like he could drop dead on the spot…

If only he’d told the seller not to mark the contents on the shipping label!

If they’d shipped it “secretly” like, ahem, some Holy Grail, and labeled it as “optical equipment” or something, that would’ve been perfect. He’d been too careless!

He hadn’t thought of it when he placed the order, which led to this mess.

Luckily, it was still early, so there weren’t many people around, just a few scattered here and there.

It should be fine, right?

Thinking this, Lin Xinyuan stepped up to the glass door and pushed it open.

Sure enough, as he’d observed, there really weren’t many people inside.

Only then did Lin Xinyuan’s heart settle a little.

“Bro, don’t block the door! Move aside!”

A guy carrying a package walked up to Lin Xinyuan, sounding a bit exasperated.

“Oh, sorry.”

Lin Xinyuan realized he’d been blocking the way while spacing out and quickly stepped aside, moving to another spot so the guy could leave.

“8—2—2584… that’s the one, right…”

Lin Xinyuan took out his phone, checked the text message, and muttered to himself.

He decided to grab this package first, since it was the most embarrassing one.

The sooner he got it, the sooner he could relax and stop worrying.

“Shelf eight… second level… oh… this is it, found it…”

Just as Lin Xinyuan was about to pick it up, a shout rang out beside him, so loud it made his ears ring, his mind buzzing as if it was about to explode:

“Hey!”

Damn!