<p>12 – Preparing to Move Out of the Dormitory</p>
<p>After all, this is just pretending, not real emotion.</p>
<p>Thinking about this, Suyun didn’t know why, but felt a bit depressed.</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>The distance from Late Summer Square Station to Summer End University Station is about half an hour.</p>
<p>Suyun sat on the bus, holding a thermos cup that was about a liter in size.</p>
<p>This was the ‘food’ that Qin Xue had just given her, afraid that she might starve.</p>
<p>Suyun tightly gripped the handle of the thermos, fearing that it might fall on the bus.</p>
<p>She looked out the window, observing the vibrant and extravagant city, feeling that she didn’t belong here.</p>
<p>On the bus, the people sitting in their seats were looking down at their phones. The ones standing and holding onto the handles were also looking down at their phones.</p>
<p>In this somewhat dimly lit cabin, Suyun felt a hint of horror.</p>
<p>Maybe everyone was tired from work, life isn’t easy.</p>
<p>Suyun sighed, thinking about whether she could establish herself in this city in the future.</p>
<p>With her current grades, it was obviously impossible; she needed to participate in some competitions to have any opportunities.</p>
<p>She was still in her first year, so there was still a chance.</p>
<p>But what was she working hard for?</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>Arriving at the dormitory door, Suyun had already tidied her hair and put on a mask, transforming back into that glutinous rice dumpling appearance.</p>
<p>“Creak…” As she pushed open the door, her roommates once again simultaneously glanced over.</p>
<p>At school, roommates might not care how much money you have or what you’re eating, but if you come back late, they’re all curious.</p>
<p>“Didn’t you say you finish work at 11? Why are you back at 9 today?” Curious Baby Number One, who was typing on the keyboard, spoke up.</p>
<p>“I finished early today, not much to do.” Suyun calmly explained as usual, quickly walking towards her seat.</p>
<p>Perhaps they were used to Suyun coming back late; the others didn’t ask anything else and continued typing code since there was a lot of homework today.</p>
<p>After setting the thermos cup on her bed, Suyun also sat down at her seat.</p>
<p>She opened her computer, wanting to try if she could code something.</p>
<p>Opening devc++ (the coding software) and then looking for information on her phone, her first self-study session since university began was underway.</p>
<p>However, just a few minutes later, someone quietly walked up behind her.</p>
<p>Curious Baby Number Two, and because of his own experiences, he was very curious.</p>
<p>“?” Suyun turned her head, looking at Mr. Zhang De-yi in confusion.</p>
<p>What was wrong with him? Wasn’t he coding just now?</p>
<p>She wouldn’t be able to write, so there was no need to ask.</p>
<p>“Brother Yun, can you be honest with me?” Zhang De-yi whispered very quietly, fearing the other roommates would hear.</p>
<p>“What’s up?” Suyun immediately sensed something was off and frowned.</p>
<p>This guy wouldn’t have found out she turned into a girl, would he?</p>
<p>“You’ve been going out these past few days, have you been on a date with your girlfriend? Don’t worry, I definitely won’t tell anyone else. You know me; I don’t talk nonsense,” Zhang De-yi said, lowering his voice even more, a serious look on his face.</p>
<p>“That…”</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi was indeed honest, and it was precisely because of his honesty that he was easily fooled when it came to feelings.</p>
<p>But she really didn’t have a girlfriend.</p>
<p>If she had to say, it could only count as half, because that was fake, it was for work purposes.</p>
<p>“No, it’s just work,” Suyun hesitated for a few seconds before answering.</p>
<p>“Ok,” Zhang De-yi didn’t ask more and gave an okay gesture before returning to his seat.</p>
<p>“Uh.” And just like that, the quiet conversation ended.</p>
<p>Suyun was a bit at a loss for words.</p>
<p>Continuing her studies, she had just learned how to input code (the basics)…</p>
<p>Suyun immersed herself in learning, but Zhang De-yi across from her wasn’t so calm.</p>
<p>Because in those few seconds of Suyun’s hesitation, Zhang De-yi had already determined something was up.</p>
<p>And looking at the situation, the other party’s girlfriend was likely a bit shy and quite clingy, which made Suyun come back late every day but couldn’t say anything.</p>
<p>Impressive, brother.</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi gave a thumbs up to the air.</p>
<p>Then he continued to do homework.</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>Suyun studied all night, from returning at 9 until 12, for a total of 3 hours.</p>
<p>In the half semester of C programming, she had learned a little more than half.</p>
<p>The process was simple: learning the basics, coding the basic problems, gaining a sense of achievement and confidence, and her efficiency increased significantly.</p>
<p>After 3 hours, she had learned what had taken several weeks of basic courses.</p>
<p>She didn’t feel proud or anything; it was just the beginning.</p>
<p>The difficult part was to keep going.</p>
<p>She couldn’t complete today’s homework, so she reached out to her roommate for help.</p>
<p>Copy, paste, go to bed to rest.</p>
<p>In one go, Suyun only took five minutes, and only then did she have time to look at her phone.</p>
<p>By now, her phone was already piled up with messages.</p>
<p>Aside from her parents’ messages, there were also messages from Qin Xue, and of course, there were also those from the QQ class group regarding the youth university study requirements.</p>
<p>To receive her salary, Suyun even specifically changed her WeChat profile picture to an orange kitten, making it look more gender-neutral, and directly changed her gender to female.</p>
<p>After replying to her parents’ concerns, Suyun replied to Qin Xue.</p>
<p>(Qin Xue: This is your payment for working as a maid today)</p>
<p>(For being a girlfriend)</p>
<p>The other party had separated the two transfers, probably to make it clear to her.</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t demand much for the salary from doing housework, just around 50, enough to cover some time costs.</p>
<p>She felt it was very easy.</p>
<p>Of course, if it was for today’s ‘special service’, it had to be over 100 +, because that was a bit exhausting.</p>
<p>“Ah?” But as soon as Suyun saw the transfer amount, she couldn’t help but exclaim.</p>
<p>How much is this?</p>
<p>“Ahem, ahem…” Due to her loss of composure, she was afraid her roommates would notice, so she quickly coughed to cover it up.</p>
<p>The daily salary was 1000.00.</p>
<p>The cost for being a girlfriend was 100,000.00.</p>
<p>“???” Suyun widened her eyes in disbelief.</p>
<p>Qin Xue really is a rich girl; just like that, she took out a six-figure sum.</p>
<p>Her fingers hovered in the air, hesitating to click receive.</p>
<p>In the ensuing moments, Suyun thought about what this hundred thousand could be used for.</p>
<p>If it was before, with that money she could lie flat for two years and even send her parents 2000 every month.</p>
<p>And she couldn’t just lie flat; finding a job that pays 4000, she could live comfortably for her entire life just on the interest from that hundred thousand.</p>
<p>After hesitating for almost ten minutes, Suyun ultimately only accepted the 1000 yuan.</p>
<p>Because that 100,000.00 was likely to buy her labor.</p>
<p>If she took it, she would have to do things for her, and she couldn’t refuse.</p>
<p>But the 1000 could just be considered as the price for pretending to be a girlfriend and doing special work.</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t want to do it anymore, so she decided to leave.</p>
<p>Looking at her WeChat balance instantly increasing by 1000, she was stunned for a moment.</p>
<p>“…”</p>
<p>(I: Thank you, Xuejie!)</p>
<p>Suyun sent this message to Qin Xue at 00:07.</p>
<p>After sending it, she turned off her phone screen, pondering about life.</p>
<p>A thousand a day, that would be thirty thousand a month…</p>
<p>She always felt like she was doing something shameful; wouldn’t she get arrested by the police?</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t feel happy; instead, she first worried for a good while.</p>
<p>After a while, she felt a bit more at ease and began to think about the use of that money.</p>
<p>The first thing Suyun thought of was to give most of it to her parents, so they wouldn’t have to keep working overtime until eleven. It was really bad for their health; they should leave work on time.</p>
<p>Her dad’s back had already hurt before, and now he still worked overtime moving goods; it was time for him to rest.</p>
<p>Then, she also needed to move out of the dormitory; feeling on edge here every day, she would die if discovered.</p>
<p>Suyun wasn’t afraid of being labeled the ‘male’, after all, she could probably really kill someone with that punch, but being discovered would mean she couldn’t go to school.</p>
<p>She would talk to the instructor about it tomorrow.</p>
<p>Suyun thought about these two points.</p>
<p>She pulled the bed curtain and started to take off some concealing items from her body, collapsing onto the bed like a deflated pufferfish.</p>
<p>Half a day studying to code, half a day learning to be a maid, which equated to studying all day.</p>
<p>She was exhausted; becoming a vampire wasn’t supposed to be used like this.</p>
<p>Once she deflated, Suyun felt a bit dizzy.</p>
<p>Without hesitation, she picked up the thermos that had been by her side for a long time and carefully opened the lid.</p>
<p>Taking a few gulps, she drank about 1/5 of it.</p>
<p>Suyun felt that the taste was quite mediocre, just like when she had eaten some cheap meals before, totally incomparable to that crying little potato.</p>
<p>However, the quality was fine, and she could feel her body instantly gaining quite a bit of energy.</p>
<p>This feeling was really nice.</p>
<p>Suyun carefully closed the bottle cap, curling her fair body into the large comforter.</p>
<p>She fell asleep.</p>
<p>After all, this is just pretending, not real emotion.</p>
<p>Thinking about this, Suyun didn’t know why, but felt a bit depressed.</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>The distance from Late Summer Square Station to Summer End University Station is about half an hour.</p>
<p>Suyun sat on the bus, holding a thermos cup that was about a liter in size.</p>
<p>This was the ‘food’ that Qin Xue had just given her, afraid that she might starve.</p>
<p>Suyun tightly gripped the handle of the thermos, fearing that it might fall on the bus.</p>
<p>She looked out the window, observing the vibrant and extravagant city, feeling that she didn’t belong here.</p>
<p>On the bus, the people sitting in their seats were looking down at their phones. The ones standing and holding onto the handles were also looking down at their phones.</p>
<p>In this somewhat dimly lit cabin, Suyun felt a hint of horror.</p>
<p>Maybe everyone was tired from work, life isn’t easy.</p>
<p>Suyun sighed, thinking about whether she could establish herself in this city in the future.</p>
<p>With her current grades, it was obviously impossible; she needed to participate in some competitions to have any opportunities.</p>
<p>She was still in her first year, so there was still a chance.</p>
<p>But what was she working hard for?</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>Arriving at the dormitory door, Suyun had already tidied her hair and put on a mask, transforming back into that glutinous rice dumpling appearance.</p>
<p>“Creak…” As she pushed open the door, her roommates once again simultaneously glanced over.</p>
<p>At school, roommates might not care how much money you have or what you’re eating, but if you come back late, they’re all curious.</p>
<p>“Didn’t you say you finish work at 11? Why are you back at 9 today?” Curious Baby Number One, who was typing on the keyboard, spoke up.</p>
<p>“I finished early today, not much to do.” Suyun calmly explained as usual, quickly walking towards her seat.</p>
<p>Perhaps they were used to Suyun coming back late; the others didn’t ask anything else and continued typing code since there was a lot of homework today.</p>
<p>After setting the thermos cup on her bed, Suyun also sat down at her seat.</p>
<p>She opened her computer, wanting to try if she could code something.</p>
<p>Opening devc++ (the coding software) and then looking for information on her phone, her first self-study session since university began was underway.</p>
<p>However, just a few minutes later, someone quietly walked up behind her.</p>
<p>Curious Baby Number Two, and because of his own experiences, he was very curious.</p>
<p>“?” Suyun turned her head, looking at Mr. Zhang De-yi in confusion.</p>
<p>What was wrong with him? Wasn’t he coding just now?</p>
<p>She wouldn’t be able to write, so there was no need to ask.</p>
<p>“Brother Yun, can you be honest with me?” Zhang De-yi whispered very quietly, fearing the other roommates would hear.</p>
<p>“What’s up?” Suyun immediately sensed something was off and frowned.</p>
<p>This guy wouldn’t have found out she turned into a girl, would he?</p>
<p>“You’ve been going out these past few days, have you been on a date with your girlfriend? Don’t worry, I definitely won’t tell anyone else. You know me; I don’t talk nonsense,” Zhang De-yi said, lowering his voice even more, a serious look on his face.</p>
<p>“That…”</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi was indeed honest, and it was precisely because of his honesty that he was easily fooled when it came to feelings.</p>
<p>But she really didn’t have a girlfriend.</p>
<p>If she had to say, it could only count as half, because that was fake, it was for work purposes.</p>
<p>“No, it’s just work,” Suyun hesitated for a few seconds before answering.</p>
<p>“Ok,” Zhang De-yi didn’t ask more and gave an okay gesture before returning to his seat.</p>
<p>“Uh.” And just like that, the quiet conversation ended.</p>
<p>Suyun was a bit at a loss for words.</p>
<p>Continuing her studies, she had just learned how to input code (the basics)…</p>
<p>Suyun immersed herself in learning, but Zhang De-yi across from her wasn’t so calm.</p>
<p>Because in those few seconds of Suyun’s hesitation, Zhang De-yi had already determined something was up.</p>
<p>And looking at the situation, the other party’s girlfriend was likely a bit shy and quite clingy, which made Suyun come back late every day but couldn’t say anything.</p>
<p>Impressive, brother.</p>
<p>Zhang De-yi gave a thumbs up to the air.</p>
<p>Then he continued to do homework.</p>
<p>……</p>
<p>Suyun studied all night, from returning at 9 until 12, for a total of 3 hours.</p>
<p>In the half semester of C programming, she had learned a little more than half.</p>
<p>The process was simple: learning the basics, coding the basic problems, gaining a sense of achievement and confidence, and her efficiency increased significantly.</p>
<p>After 3 hours, she had learned what had taken several weeks of basic courses.</p>
<p>She didn’t feel proud or anything; it was just the beginning.</p>
<p>The difficult part was to keep going.</p>
<p>She couldn’t complete today’s homework, so she reached out to her roommate for help.</p>
<p>Copy, paste, go to bed to rest.</p>
<p>In one go, Suyun only took five minutes, and only then did she have time to look at her phone.</p>
<p>By now, her phone was already piled up with messages.</p>
<p>Aside from her parents’ messages, there were also messages from Qin Xue, and of course, there were also those from the QQ class group regarding the youth university study requirements.</p>
<p>To receive her salary, Suyun even specifically changed her WeChat profile picture to an orange kitten, making it look more gender-neutral, and directly changed her gender to female.</p>
<p>After replying to her parents’ concerns, Suyun replied to Qin Xue.</p>
<p>(Qin Xue: This is your payment for working as a maid today)</p>
<p>(For being a girlfriend)</p>
<p>The other party had separated the two transfers, probably to make it clear to her.</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t demand much for the salary from doing housework, just around 50, enough to cover some time costs.</p>
<p>She felt it was very easy.</p>
<p>Of course, if it was for today’s ‘special service’, it had to be over 100 +, because that was a bit exhausting.</p>
<p>“Ah?” But as soon as Suyun saw the transfer amount, she couldn’t help but exclaim.</p>
<p>How much is this?</p>
<p>“Ahem, ahem…” Due to her loss of composure, she was afraid her roommates would notice, so she quickly coughed to cover it up.</p>
<p>The daily salary was 1000.00.</p>
<p>The cost for being a girlfriend was 100,000.00.</p>
<p>“???” Suyun widened her eyes in disbelief.</p>
<p>Qin Xue really is a rich girl; just like that, she took out a six-figure sum.</p>
<p>Her fingers hovered in the air, hesitating to click receive.</p>
<p>In the ensuing moments, Suyun thought about what this hundred thousand could be used for.</p>
<p>If it was before, with that money she could lie flat for two years and even send her parents 2000 every month.</p>
<p>And she couldn’t just lie flat; finding a job that pays 4000, she could live comfortably for her entire life just on the interest from that hundred thousand.</p>
<p>After hesitating for almost ten minutes, Suyun ultimately only accepted the 1000 yuan.</p>
<p>Because that 100,000.00 was likely to buy her labor.</p>
<p>If she took it, she would have to do things for her, and she couldn’t refuse.</p>
<p>But the 1000 could just be considered as the price for pretending to be a girlfriend and doing special work.</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t want to do it anymore, so she decided to leave.</p>
<p>Looking at her WeChat balance instantly increasing by 1000, she was stunned for a moment.</p>
<p>“…”</p>
<p>(I: Thank you, Xuejie!)</p>
<p>Suyun sent this message to Qin Xue at 00:07.</p>
<p>After sending it, she turned off her phone screen, pondering about life.</p>
<p>A thousand a day, that would be thirty thousand a month…</p>
<p>She always felt like she was doing something shameful; wouldn’t she get arrested by the police?</p>
<p>Suyun didn’t feel happy; instead, she first worried for a good while.</p>
<p>After a while, she felt a bit more at ease and began to think about the use of that money.</p>
<p>The first thing Suyun thought of was to give most of it to her parents, so they wouldn’t have to keep working overtime until eleven. It was really bad for their health; they should leave work on time.</p>
<p>Her dad’s back had already hurt before, and now he still worked overtime moving goods; it was time for him to rest.</p>
<p>Then, she also needed to move out of the dormitory; feeling on edge here every day, she would die if discovered.</p>
<p>Suyun wasn’t afraid of being labeled the ‘male’, after all, she could probably really kill someone with that punch, but being discovered would mean she couldn’t go to school.</p>
<p>She would talk to the instructor about it tomorrow.</p>
<p>Suyun thought about these two points.</p>
<p>She pulled the bed curtain and started to take off some concealing items from her body, collapsing onto the bed like a deflated pufferfish.</p>
<p>Half a day studying to code, half a day learning to be a maid, which equated to studying all day.</p>
<p>She was exhausted; becoming a vampire wasn’t supposed to be used like this.</p>
<p>Once she deflated, Suyun felt a bit dizzy.</p>
<p>Without hesitation, she picked up the thermos that had been by her side for a long time and carefully opened the lid.</p>
<p>Taking a few gulps, she drank about 1/5 of it.</p>
<p>Suyun felt that the taste was quite mediocre, just like when she had eaten some cheap meals before, totally incomparable to that crying little potato.</p>
<p>However, the quality was fine, and she could feel her body instantly gaining quite a bit of energy.</p>
<p>This feeling was really nice.</p>
<p>Suyun carefully closed the bottle cap, curling her fair body into the large comforter.</p>
<p>She fell asleep.</p>
