Scanning the entire laundry area, Qi didn’t see anyone suspicious or her missing white silk stockings.
Everyone else was simply minding their own business.
Her only piece of starter equipment, the most useful pair of white silk stockings she owned, was just gone…
‘Why are there stocking thieves even in the girls’ dormitory?’
With a lingering sense of regret, the black-haired girl stuffed her clothes into the washing machine.
She watched the laundry begin to tumble behind the round glass cover.
Since Qi had nothing else to do, she simply sat nearby to wait for the cycle to finish.
Feeling quite gloomy, she took out her phone and opened the Campus Forum to distract herself with some posts.
As it turned out, the very first post was a candid photo of her walking down the stairs.
[Baby Qiqi looks so elegant in this picture, like a little princess. Does anyone else see it?]
“Tsk.”
The black-haired girl swiped away in annoyance.
Ever since Jiang Wanli joined the Learning Committee, the forum had been flooded with nothing but posts related to her.
It was impossible to even find out what the woman was actually up to.
Moreover, these people were far too diligent with their photography!
Did they never take a day off?
She felt like she had become nothing more than photography material for the forum users; they found every possible way to snap a picture the moment she stepped out the door.
‘Wait? I’ve become photography material?’
Qi suddenly realized something.
She swiped back up to the post featuring her photo and clicked on the sub-section it belonged to.
She narrowed her eyes slightly.
In this section called the [Qi-Qi Support Club], a high-quality thread was permanently pinned at the top.
The title was:
[Hall of Fame Photography: Qiqi’s Perfect Photos (Continuously Updating)]
Inside were dozens of candid shots of her, each with its own commentary, and not a single one was a duplicate!
‘Fine then. No wonder more and more people have been sneaking photos of me lately. So you’re the one stirring up all this hype!’
The thread creator was the moderator of the [Qi-Qi Support Club] section, someone named [Qi-Qi’s Number One Simp].
The black-haired girl burned this ID into her memory.
‘Don’t let me find out who you are!’
Once the washing machine stopped, Qi took her clothes out.
After checking one last time, she confirmed the stockings were indeed missing.
She could only accept reality and carry her basket back upstairs to the dormitory.
She couldn’t understand what kind of person would steal stockings.
Even if the culprit was a girl, the thought of her intimate clothing being taken by a stranger for unknown purposes made Qi feel deeply uncomfortable.
This incident served as a wake-up call.
Fortunately, every dormitory room had its own private balcony.
As long as she hung her clothes there and kept the doors and windows locked, she wouldn’t have to worry about thieves.
‘I’ll have to be more careful from now on.’
After hanging up her laundry, Qi looked up at the fierce sun, then retreated back inside and shut the balcony door tight.
The air conditioning was always running in the dormitory, keeping the temperature cool and pleasant.
She decided to stay inside for a while and wait until the sun went down a bit before heading out.
With nothing to do, she sat back down next to Su Xiaoqie and continued watching her play games.
“Eh? Qiqi, why is your face so red?”
Her roommate asked, glancing sideways at her with curiosity.
“Is it?”
The black-haired girl raised a hand to touch her cheek; it did feel slightly hot.
She picked up the small mirror on the desk and took a look.
Her reflection indeed showed a faint blush on her face.
It wasn’t obvious, but it could be seen clearly from up close.
“Qiqi, you aren’t thinking about something lewd, are you?”
Su Xiaoqie leaned in with a mischievous grin.
“Of course not.”
The black-haired girl raised a hand to push her away.
“It’s okay, Qiqi~”
Su Xiaoqie’s cheek pressed against Qi’s palm as she continued nonchalantly, “You’re very cute like this, too! Before, you were more ‘cool-moe,’ but now you’re leaning toward ‘soft-moe.’ It’s a different kind of delicious~”
“Please keep those cheesy comments to yourself in the future. Don’t say them out loud,” Qi said, giving her a look of utter disgust.
She suspected Su Xiaoqie blurted these things out occasionally just to gross her out on purpose.
After pushing twice more, Qi finally saw her roommate stop leaning in and withdrew her hand.
The black-haired girl could guess why her cheeks were flushing.
It was because of the sensations coming from her legs.
When she was wearing the starter white silk stockings she had gotten from Luo Qing, she hadn’t felt much.
But now that she had changed into a different pair, the ‘Sensitivity Increase’ debuff was starting to take its toll.
She had initially thought that the discomfort from high sensitivity would fade as she grew accustomed to it over time, but the reality was the exact opposite.
The more time passed, the clearer the sensations on her legs became, making her legs feel weak.
Only the thin, sheer stockings allowed her to go from discomfort to adaptation.
However, although Qi had bought some of those as spares, she still hadn’t found the courage to wear them outside.
And her only pair of thin, opaque stockings had been stolen…
‘When I head out this evening, I’ll go to the bathroom first and take these stockings off. I’ll let my legs stay bare for a few minutes to reset the sensitivity.’
While resting on the stool, she looked at herself in the mirror.
The blush on her face finally began to recede slowly.
Qi couldn’t help but let out a long sigh.
Because of these legs, she felt like her whole self was becoming strange.
She was forced to wear skirts and stockings while constantly resisting her body’s abnormal sensitivity.
She had really had enough.
Once the soft, tingling sensation in her legs faded completely, Qi put her stockings back on and stood up in the bathroom.
Just as she was about to leave, her phone on the vanity began to vibrate.
Qi picked it up.
After seeing the message, her expression instantly turned miserable.
It was Bai Qiaoyu…
Since their last date, the woman had stayed quiet for a few days without contacting her.
Now, she was calling again.
The black-haired girl adjusted her composure and swiped to answer.
“Hello? Good evening, CEO Sister~”
“Good evening. Judging by your tone, you’re in a good mood?”
“That’s right. I’ve been doing great these past two days. Nothing upsetting has happened at school, and even those harassment calls I was getting have stopped for a while~”
There was a brief pause on the other end of the line before a voice slowly spoke:
“Are you referring to me as a harassment call?”
“Ah, CEO Sister, why would you think that?”
Qi said, feigning surprise while covering her mouth.
“I have your contact info saved and pinned at the top! How could you be a harassment call?”
“Heh… it seems your mood really is quite good.”
Bai Qiaoyu gave a light chuckle.
“I’m free tonight. I’ll drive to the school gate to pick you up in a bit.”
‘Her tone is completely commanding,’ Qi thought, her eyes darkening.
“I can’t,” she refused directly.
“Because of you, CEO Sister, I messed up my Monthly Exam. I have to stay in tonight to catch up on my studies, so I can’t go out with you.”
“Because of me?”
Bai Qiaoyu found the excuse rather novel.
“Then I apologize. I can hire the best private tutor to come to my company and help you catch up on the lessons you missed. That way, I can spend more time with you as well.”
“Let’s forget about tonight. Wait for me at the school gate. It’s been two days since we last met, and I’ve missed you quite a bit.”
“You’re being a bit too familiar, CEO Sister,” Qi said, her tone cooling down.
“I have to remind you — I haven’t agreed to date you yet, have I?”
Bai Qiaoyu’s side fell silent for a long time.
Finally, she gave a low laugh.
“…Very well.”
“Do you want me to come into the school to pick you up myself?”