My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 382

Chapter 382 Chapter 379: Those Two Girls
“Mm?”
Perhaps due to her sensitivity towards Xiaomuqing, Ye Ziming quickly noticed a little cat staring at him.
So he raised his eyebrows slightly and cast a puzzled glance at the cute, unmanly little cat beside him.
For a moment, their gazes met, and the atmosphere around them became a bit subtle due to this eye contact.
It was very close to the school gate, and many very young boys and girls in their puberty passed by.
Xiaomuqing and Ye Ziming, walking very close and looking at each other, could easily spark wild imaginations in passersby.
“Up ahead… Ha… Ha…”
Xiaomuqing pointed forward, looking at Ye Ziming as if wanting to say something, but after saying only two words, she suddenly paused.
Then, she slowly opened her mouth wide, and at the same time, slowly tilted her head up and closed her eyes.
“What’s up ahead?”
“Ha… Haa-choo!”
“…”
“Purrrrr~”
Ye Ziming broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that the cat in front of him didn’t seem very smart.
Thinking this, he casually reached into his pocket and found a tissue. He handed a tissue to Xiaomuqing to wipe her nose.
“Mm, thanks.”
Xiaomuqing didn’t stand on ceremony. She took the tissue and wiped her nose.
Before going out, she hadn’t felt anything, but now, with the cold wind blowing, her nose felt a bit uncomfortable, and her breathing wasn’t smooth.
“Are you catching a cold?”
Looking at Xiaomuqing as she rubbed her nose, Ye Ziming was clearly a little worried.
As he spoke, he couldn’t help but think of the alluring scene he had seen this morning.
Her delicate shoulders, her collarbone, and the part that could be seen if the blanket was pulled down a little more.
Early in the morning, he almost felt a surge of blood, turning this novel from a silly sweet story into a passionate battle story.
“A little, I think.”
Rubbing her nose, Xiaomuqing replied blandly.
But she didn’t think it was a big deal. As long as she took some cold medicine when she got home at noon and took a nap, she would be completely fine.
After speaking, Xiaomuqing pointed to the school gate ahead again, wanting to tell her good brother that the dean was standing at the school gate.
But before she could speak, Ye Ziming suddenly said, “You didn’t wear anything to sleep last night?”
“Ah, this…”
Xiaomuqing’s eyes widened, and she was stunned.
Although she wasn’t surprised that her good brother had discovered this, being told about it like this was still very embarrassing.
Especially now, on the street, how could she continue this conversation?
Fortunately, the awkward atmosphere only lasted for a moment before it was successfully resolved by the sudden appearance of Zhang Xiaoling.
“Hello! Long time no see.”
From afar, Zhang Xiaoling, having seen the two of them from a distance, excitedly ran over and suddenly hugged Xiaomuqing’s arm from behind.
Ever since she learned a few days ago that Xiaomuqing would be attending school under the identity of a girl, she had been looking forward to the start of school.
She had already thought about it these past few days. As the class monitor, she would protect Lin Muqing and no one could bully her little darling.
Except for herself (muttering softly).
“Long time no see.”
Xiaomuqing was startled by Zhang Xiaoling’s sudden appearance, but quickly calmed down and greeted her.
Immediately after, Xiaomuqing noticed two unidentified objects squeezing her arm.
When she turned her head to look, this… this was truly… sinful!
Xiaomuqing didn’t know what others would think of having this treatment, but she just wanted to get away from this thing now, to protect her last bit of confidence.
“Huh? Did you cut your hair?”
After greeting Xiaomuqing and glancing at Ye Ziming beside her, Zhang Xiaoling turned her attention to her hair.
It was very surprising and confusing. Xiaomuqing, who had clearly changed into a girl’s identity, still had short hair.
It was only slightly longer than when she disguised herself as a boy, just enough to cover her ears.
“This…”
“Why? Isn’t long hair pretty?”
“No, I…”
“Well, it doesn’t matter, as long as you don’t pretend to be a boy again. Hehe.”
After a small complaint about Xiaomuqing’s short hair, Zhang Xiaoling returned to her smiling face.
Then, Zhang Xiaoling very intimately linked arms with Xiaomuqing, and simply greeted Ye Ziming.
Although she didn’t have much of a good impression of Ye Ziming, she thought of him as the person Xiaomuqing had entrusted herself to, so she decided to get along with him a little.
Ye Ziming, standing beside them, was not worried at all. Even though the two girls looked very intimate, he didn’t think Zhang Xiaoling had any chance.
This was the calmness of the rightful owner.
As for Xiaomuqing’s cold, he planned to go to the school doctor later to get some cold powder for her.
“Um, actually I…”
As she walked towards the school gate with her arm linked, Xiaomuqing opened her mouth, wanting to say that she was a boy now and that she was disguised.
But before she could speak, the three of them had already reached the school gate.
When she looked at Zhang Xiaoling, preparing to pull her hand away, her gaze happened to meet the dean standing at the school gate.
Wait! If Xiaomuqing remembered correctly, this dean was the most opposed to teenage romance, and even boys and girls being too close was unacceptable.
Now, she was disguised as a boy and had her arm linked by Zhang Xiaoling, wouldn’t that mean…
“Those two girls…”
“!?”
“Pay attention when you walk. What’s with girls pulling and tugging like that!”
The dean’s words came very suddenly and ended just as suddenly.
It was less of a scolding and more of a reminder, telling the two girls who were holding hands to watch where they were going.
“Okay, Dean.”
Hearing that it was about her, Zhang Xiaoling turned her head and gave the dean a slightly playful smile, then restrained herself a little.
Everyone knew that this dean only looked fierce; as long as they didn’t cause trouble, he was very easy to talk to.
Passing through the school gate, Zhang Xiaoling continued to hold Xiaomuqing’s hand and asked if she had any place she wanted to go tonight.
They had agreed on a time, but not a place yet. They planned to find some time to discuss it briefly before school ended this afternoon.
“Um, that…”
“Mm?”
“The dean just said, two girls?”
Xiaomuqing was still a bit slow to react.
She thought she had already disguised herself as a boy, right? Did the dean not call them just now?
No, even if he wasn’t calling them, the dean wouldn’t just let a boy and a girl hold hands like that.
When she was called out just now, she held her breath in fear and almost couldn’t maintain her disguise.
“Yeah, right. He was talking about us.”
Zhang Xiaoling tilted her head in confusion, her tone of voice natural, as if there was nothing wrong with it.
“But I…”
“You?”
“I, it’s just, that…”
Facing Zhang Xiaoling’s puzzled gaze, Xiaomuqing opened her mouth, unsure how to explain it.
She stammered all the way until they reached the teaching building, and only then did she manage to squeeze out:
“Don’t you think I’m a boy right now?”