My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 241

Chapter 241: All Truths Told
Zhang Xiaoling’s voice was soft but not completely so, just enough for the group of girls and the homeroom teacher to hear.
Then the girls’ discussions grew louder; what was once whispering was now normal conversation.
“It really does seem like it. Look how thin Lin Muqing’s waist is.”
“Seriously, and her legs are so thin too.”
“What should I do? I’m a bit envious of her figure.”
“Too bad her chest is a bit small, otherwise…”
Listening to the discussions around her, Xiaomuqing felt her eyelids twitching uncontrollably, finding it incredibly awkward.
“You…”
Stiffening her neck, Xiaomuqing slowly turned around, her eyes wide as she stared at the ‘culprit’ Zhang Xiaoling, wanting to scold her but unable to speak.
“I… I was just telling the truth.”
Being stared at, Zhang Xiaoling looked a bit wronged, her index fingers poking each other as she cautiously met Xiaomuqing’s eyes to reply.
And it was this wronged look that made Xiaomuqing feel even more overwhelmed; a whole mouthful of scolding words was blocked in her throat, unable to come out.
“Ahem, actually… I think so too.”
At this crucial moment, the homeroom teacher cleared her throat, adding a fatal blow with a smile.
Xiaomuqing: Are you serious?!
“How about we give it a try?”
Looking at Xiaomuqing’s stunned face, the homeroom teacher raised her eyebrows with a smile and said with interest.
“I! Lin Muqing! Would rather jump off this building than wear female attire!”
In the awkward atmosphere, Xiaomuqing finally couldn’t stand it anymore and exploded, her face full of shame and indignation as she spoke seriously to the homeroom teacher and all the girls.
After dropping this ‘harsh threat’, Xiaomuqing shook her hands, bid farewell to the homeroom teacher, and turned to go back to the classroom to find her good brother.
In her opinion, these people were completely nuts for asking a tough guy like her to compete with a bunch of girls for the center position in the ‘square dance’.
“Their judgment is good.”
After learning about the entire situation, Ye Ziming gave a very pertinent evaluation with a faint smile.
“Good? You think I look good in female attire too!?”
Hearing her good brother’s somewhat nonsensical reply and thinking it over, Xiaomuqing was greatly shocked.
“Mm.”
Ye Ziming nodded and honestly admitted.
Then, before the little kitten could explode, he offered his explanation.
While wearing male attire, she had been virtually unnoticed throughout her first year of high school; even when mentioned, it was because of him.
But after putting on female attire, she had topped the campus beauty list within a month of the semester starting, causing the entire school to look for her.
The difference between these two scenarios, Ye Ziming felt, didn’t need to be elaborated; Xiaomuqing could feel it.
“This…”
Xiaomuqing pursed her lips into a straight line, the tips of her ears turning slightly red. She lowered her head and stuttered, unable to give an answer.
Everything her good brother said was the truth, simply stating a fact that had already happened, so she had no grounds to argue.
“It will be exposed sooner or later anyway, why not try to do it proactively?”
With a slightly sly smile, Ye Ziming tried to instigate Xiaomuqing.
What he meant by ‘exposed sooner or later’ referred to the issue with the Jade Pendant.
The item had become a bit unstable lately. Even now, if Xiaomuqing wore it, Ye Ziming still found her to be very cute.
Perhaps it was also because he was so familiar with Xiaomuqing that no matter how he looked at her wearing the Jade Pendant, she didn’t look like a boy.
“Hmm… No way!”
After hesitating for a bit and pondering in her heart, Xiaomuqing very stubbornly rejected the suggestion.
Having spoken, as if to vent her anger, she turned her gaze to the grilled fish that had just been served and then proceeded to unleash her frustration on it.
Xiaomuqing: I can’t bully them, but I can bully you! Hmph!
Because they had promised beforehand, Ye Ziming took Xiaomuqing out for grilled fish that evening as planned.
When ordering, Ye Ziming initially wanted it non-spicy, but Xiaomuqing said she wanted something with a bit of a kick.
So Ye Ziming thought about it, ordered a mild spice level, and added a note requesting as little spice as possible.
“Hiss! Hiss! This is a bit much.”
Halfway through the meal, Xiaomuqing had to stop and rest because the food had made her feel the burn.
“…”
Looking at Xiaomuqing panting heavily, Ye Ziming remained silent, merely pouring her a glass of fruit juice with a complicated expression.
In his view, Xiaomuqing was demonstrating to him with her actions: what it meant to have big appetites but little skill.
…
An evening passed, and a new day arrived.
Because she had used a fascia gun the night before, Xiaomuqing didn’t feel any leg pain even after a sudden one-kilometer run, despite not having exercised for a long time.
The only slight imperfection was a minor issue that occurred when using the fascia gun last night.
As the area requiring treatment was her thigh, and she didn’t know how to use it effectively, her good brother offered to help her.
Then, because she was afraid of pain, after a brief attempt, she asked to do it herself. Seeing that she was struggling, Ye Ziming insisted on helping.
Thus, the situation evolved into Ye Ziming holding Xiaomuqing down on the sofa, forcibly separating her legs, and using the fascia gun to relax her muscles.
And the specific location was her inner thigh…
“Do your legs hurt?”
In the morning, while brushing her teeth, washing her face, and having breakfast, Ye Ziming looked at Xiaomuqing and expressed his concern.
“Uh, no, they don’t hurt.”
Hearing the question, Xiaomuqing’s small face suddenly flushed red, and she waved her hands quickly in response.
The reason for her blushing was that she was reminded of the unpleasant memory from last night, and the awkward posture in that memory.
This was truly… too damn embarrassing.
“If they hurt, you can…”
“I already said they don’t hurt!”
Like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, Xiaomuqing replied anxiously, even startling Uncle Liu, who happened to be passing by.
“Ahem, after eating, let’s get ready for school.”
Seeing that the kitten had already exploded, Ye Ziming wisely avoided the topic and didn’t pursue it further.
“Oh.”
There was a bit of awkwardness. After coming to her senses, Xiaomuqing quickly deflated, becoming a harmless little kitty once more.
Another school day began. After tidying up all her things, Xiaomuqing went to school with her good brother.
Before the long break, everything seemed ordinary, no different from usual.
However, after attending two classes and coming back down to do morning exercises, a big problem arose.
“Joint request for student Lin Muqing to lead exercises in female attire.”
Looking at a piece of paper on Xiaomuqing’s desk, Ye Ziming read out one of the sentences with a half-smile, then looked meaningfully at Xiaomuqing.
It was a rather special piece of paper, filled with names, including even the exclusive signature of the homeroom teacher.
“Don’t read it!”
Hearing her good brother’s voice, Xiaomuqing hastily put the paper away and then glared at him with a face full of shame and indignation.
At that moment, she was so embarrassed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.
She had glanced at the contents earlier and discovered that it was about the matter the homeroom teacher had mentioned yesterday afternoon.
Regarding the requirement for each class to select two leaders to teach the whole class the latest square dance.
Xiaomuqing: Oh no! (Head held up, hands clasped behind her head, with two swirling circles in her eyes)