My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 489

Chapter 489: Dorm Gossip
The roommates were surprised for a long time about Xiaomuqing having a fiancé. Hu Xixi even specifically searched online to see if there were any age restrictions on engagement in China.
The result was no, because this matter doesn’t possess legal effect, theoretically it’s fine at any age.
Skipping that, when everyone returned to the dormitory in the evening, Hu Xixi took the lead in gossiping about Xiaomuqing’s matters, regarding her and her fiancé.
For example, how did they get together? What stories happened in between? Did he propose to her? How did they reach the engagement?
Gu Xixi: “Elaborate a bit, we love to listen.”
“Mm-hmm.”
Nodding, Gu Yu opened her eyes wide, filled with anticipation.
Xu Sijie, sitting at her own spot, was also very interested, playing with her phone while paying attention to them, with a knowing smile.
“Actually, he and I were high school classmates…”
Seeing how much everyone wanted to know, Xiaomuqing hesitated, then helplessly gave a simple answer to their questions, specifically picking the simple ones.
She found it difficult to answer in detail, as the process of meeting her good brother was really… unspeakable.
First, she became a girl, then she secretly worked part-time at a coffee shop and was caught red-handed, and her good brother became her new shop manager…
Ah~ The past is unbearable to recall, just thinking about it made Xiaomuqing feel a wave of shame and difficulty, almost triggering her social anxiety.
However, she wasn’t too panicked. Externally, she’d say that their two families were neighbors, the kind that were very close. In this context, it was quite reasonable for them to get together.
She made a few adaptations based on the facts, not mentioning that she became a girl, nor anything about her life before high school. There was no need to tell others about such things.
“Your fiancé must treat you very well.”
Halfway through the conversation, Gu Yu propped her chin on her hands and looked at Xiaomuqing with some envy.
“Ah?”
Suddenly stunned, Xiaomuqing scratched her head, unable to understand how they came to this conclusion.
“He must dote on you a lot.”
“?”
Hearing Hu Xixi’s words, Xiaomuqing became even more confused. Then she looked over and saw Xu Sijie nodding, her expression clearly agreeing with the statement.
Suddenly, Xiaomuqing felt like her roommates had become riddle-makers, and she was the only one who didn’t know what was going on.
“Hehe.”
Seeing Xiaomuqing still confused, Hu Xixi chuckled secretly, not intending to explain why she said that.
Doting on someone wasn’t just about always going along with them; that was just the first, simplest level of doting.
A more advanced form of doting was being able to spoil someone until they were obedient, just like the interaction between Ye Ziming and Xiaomuqing when they went out for dinner tonight.
Hmm, looking at her clumsy behavior, Hu Xixi knew at a glance that this was a sign of being spoiled.
Skipping another topic, the next question came from Gu Yu, asking who pursued whom between Xiaomuqing and Ye Ziming.
“…He pursued me.”
After thinking for a second, Xiaomuqing answered without a change in her expression or heartbeat, thinking that if she said she pursued him, wouldn’t she lose face?
Although she had put a lot of effort into winning over her good brother back then, for the sake of pride, she would absolutely never tell anyone the truth of the matter!
“When you two are together, do you call the shots?”
“Of course.”
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“So, you’re the dominant one?”
“Naturally.”
While saying these things, Xiaomuqing’s face wasn’t red and her heart wasn’t pounding; she was gradually becoming arrogant, already with her hands on her hips and chin raised, letting herself be awesome for a moment.
In her pride, she didn’t notice that when this question was asked, the smile on Hu Xixi’s face had become quite subtle, with a clear glint of cunning in her eyes.
Overall, her expression was leaning towards a comical face.
“Is that so? Then when you do it, who’s on top?”
“Hmph, of course it’s me… uh…”
She played a little trick, the kind that was easy to notice if one paid attention. Unfortunately, Xiaomuqing in her pride didn’t react, and instinctively wanted to say that she was definitely on top.
But halfway through, she realized that the question was problematic, and then she froze for a moment, the remaining words stuck in her throat.
When doing it… uh… this question was very awkward. Whichever way she answered, she would be admitting that she had slept with her good brother.
Although they had done such things, she couldn’t just say it out loud, it was embarrassing, okay? Xiaomuqing wasn’t thick-skinned enough to talk about such things.
So, as she thought about it, Xiaomuqing’s face became unnatural, and she felt a little embarrassed.
“You’re on top?”
Looking at Xiaomuqing, who suddenly got stuck, Hu Xixi squinted and asked with a smile.
“Cough, cough, what are you talking about? We’re decent people, we’re just engaged.”
Xiaomuqing covered her mouth with her fist and coughed twice to moisten her throat and relieve the awkwardness.
“Many people have already crossed the line during their relationships, and you’re already engaged…”
With a subtle, aunt-like smile, Xu Sijie quickly added a blow, nodding meaningfully as if she thought what she said made a lot of sense. Then she didn’t continue, because everyone understood.
“Uh…”
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Xiaomuqing wanted to explain (argue) that her relationship with her good brother was very pure, and there wasn’t the strange relationship they were thinking of.
But seeing their comical expressions and recalling the experience of a certain night, she suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.
Hmm, it felt like social death, she wanted to move out, *sob sob sob*.
The dormitory chat topic tonight was destined to be about Xiaomuqing.
As Hu Xixi and Gu Yu teamed up, intending to dig up more exciting gossip, Xiaomuqing suddenly stood up, grabbed her clothes, and fled into the bathroom to take a shower.
“Wow~ I didn’t expect Lin Muqing to be a married woman already.”
“She looks so young.”
“Is this considered a loli wife or a young married woman?”
“I think she’s a child bride.”
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After Xiaomuqing retreated into the bathroom, the three people in the dormitory continued to chat. As Hu Xixi uttered such a word, the other two quickly agreed.
When she came out of the bathroom after her shower, the discussion was over, and she was awarded the title of “child bride,” which was very fitting.
After showering, Xiaomuqing started washing clothes. There was a washing machine in the dormitory, but she still needed to handwash underwear and such.
While washing her panties, Xiaomuqing looked up and found that her underwear on the small clothes rack specifically for hanging underwear was particularly eye-catching.
The black one was Xu Sijie’s, the pure white one was Gu Yu’s, and another one, a deeper color that she couldn’t quite describe the shade of, was Hu Xixi’s.
And the one that looked the most childish inside was her own…