Chapter 98: Next Time, We’ll Try Not to Wear It (8/10)

“Bird, take it easy, relax a bit, I can’t pull it out.”

This conversation drifted from in front of the bathroom sink.

“It always feels so slippery, and it looks kind of sticky too. Are you sure this will work?” came the ethereal voice of a young girl.

“It should work.” A cheerful boy’s voice replied, “Ready, little bird? Here it comes?”

“Ready.”

Then, the girl’s voice suddenly turned panicked.

“It’s full, it’s full, it’s filled up and almost overflowing, hurry up and pull it out.” Her words were rushed and anxious.

“I told you, you’re squeezing too tight; I can’t pull it out.” Gou Yu sounded a bit helpless.

If anyone hadn’t matched this dialogue with the actual scene, they’d probably have their blood boiling.

Zhu Niao stomped her foot and gave Gou Yu a sharp glare.

“Wasn’t it you who told me to tie this thing with a hair tie, and then you were supposed to fill it with water? Now that it’s stuck, you still have the nerve to blame me?”

Gou Yu held the heavy water balloon, frowning as if deep in thought.

Actually, both he and Zhu Niao had already discovered during the first time making this thing that it wasn’t as easy as they’d imagined.

First off, there was this transparent, ultra-thin 0.01 condom. Gou Yu was still holding the lower half of it, worried that the stretched opening might snap.

This thing was too thin. He wasn’t even sure if it could really serve as a water balloon.

Now, he was afraid that if he let go, it might burst under the pressure, ruining all their fun up to this point.

“What’s there to be afraid of? Just let go.” After some observation, Zhu Niao fully understood Gou Yu’s concern, “A fragile carrier isn’t worthy of being my water balloon.”

“Besides,” the little bird picked up the opened box nearby and pointed to the large number printed on it for Gou Yu to see, “See? 99.99% contraceptive rate. I think this thing should be sturdier than we imagined.”

Gou Yu looked at Zhu Niao’s determined expression and the thumbs-up she gave.

He absolutely trusted his comrade.

So he let go. The water balloon, filled with tap water, instantly sagged down but was pulled back by the elasticity of the rubber.

It didn’t break. To Gou Yu and Zhu Niao, this was as precious as Edison finally inventing the lightbulb.

“Oh oh oh oh oh!”

The two reverted apes inside the bathroom cheered, so overcome with joy they even embraced each other.

With Gou Yu removing the hair tie from the faucet and quickly tying two knots on the opening, their first water balloon was completed.

Holding the water balloon, Gou Yu and Zhu Niao stepped out of the bathroom and into a relatively spacious room. They raised the water balloon high.

As if offering a priceless treasure to some invisible deity.

“Awesome, Gou Yu, we did it!” Zhu Niao’s voice even wavered with emotion.

“Awesome, awesome.” Gou Yu stared fixedly at the water balloon they held.

Though he hadn’t stretched out his arm fully—otherwise even Zhu Niao standing on tiptoes wouldn’t reach—it was still their treasured water balloon made from the legendary ultra-thin 0.01 material.

Knock knock.

Two knocks on the door.

They exchanged a glance before Zhu Niao went to open the door, while Gou Yu stayed behind guarding their sect’s treasure.

As soon as the door opened, Zhu Niao instinctively glanced up but saw no one.

Just as she was about to close the door, puzzled, she finally looked down and saw the tiny dorm leader.

Zhu Niao froze for a moment, then put her hands together.

My fault, my fault.

I’ll be more careful next time.

“Dorm leader, what brings you here?”

Yang Shuli, the tiny dorm leader, pouted, “I was next door and heard you two making all kinds of noise. If I didn’t know the neighbor was you, little bird, I’d have thought monkeys escaped from the zoo.”

Hearing this, Zhu Niao waved her hand and shook her head, “I didn’t make it that loud.”

Yang Shuli clearly didn’t care about that. She put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest, looking very righteous, “Don’t you know how disturbing it is to imitate a Peking Man late at night when you’re next door?”

Zhu Niao was taken aback.

In her mind, Yang Shuli wasn’t the kind to bother about such things.

Besides, she didn’t think the hotel rooms could disturb anyone other than Yang Shuli next door.

“So, come on, show me what delicious thing you two are sneaking to eat?” The tiny dorm leader peered through the gap between the door and Zhu Niao, straining to find any hidden treats in the room.

“Uh, just come in and see for yourself.”

Zhu Niao stepped aside, signaling Gou Yu to take out their sect’s treasure.

Yang Shuli stared in awe at the water balloon in Gou Yu’s hand for a long moment.

Then she spoke up.

“Where did you get that? I want one too.” The tiny dorm leader began bouncing excitedly.

“Sure, sure, there are some in the nightstand drawer. I’ll take you to make one first.”

Zhu Niao then took out another from the slightly battered little box in front of Yang Shuli, opened it, and tied it onto the faucet.

Maybe it was because they shared a dorm, but Yang Shuli showed no surprise or resistance seeing the water balloon prototype—only a strong desire for it.

Under Zhu Niao’s direction, Yang Shuli began filling the water balloon.

Under their watchful eyes, water filled in at the top, but at the bottom, it started leaking.

“Little bird, is this normal?” Yang Shuli pointed at the leaking water balloon.

Zhu Niao was silent, then picked up the little box again and carefully examined the number that approached 100%.

Finally, she relaxed.

“Dorm leader, you’re probably that 0.01%.”

“What are you mumbling about?” Yang Shuli gave up on the water balloon. “I’m going back to my room to play.”

The dorm leader bounced out of Zhu Niao’s room, and as soon as she reached the hallway, she couldn’t wait to shout to Xu Nian waiting by the door.

“Old Xu, the two of us should use the condoms!”

Zhu Niao froze, hurriedly shut the door, afraid Xu Nian might think she was a bad influence on Yang Shuli.

Then she exchanged a glance with Gou Yu, ready to continue handcrafting their sect’s treasure.

“Hey, wait, I have to take this call.” Gou Yu took his phone and stepped aside. It was a call from his family, probably using the excuse of caring for their son to check on their daughter-in-law.

“Hello? Me? I’m at the hotel.”

“Of course I’m with little bird. Yeah, in one room.”

“What are we doing? Uh, playing with condoms, really playing? Why would I lie to you?”

“What do you mean by ‘Next time, we’ll try not to wear it’?”