It was Saturday, and the loudest troublemaker in the dorm had already left for the weekend.
Ning Chu rarely had the chance to sleep in until noon, but as soon as he opened his eyes, he felt a strange pain in his lower abdomen.
Had he triggered some kind of plot recently?
He was sure he hadn't.
After all, ever since dealing with Shan Shan, Wen Yang had not been in contact with any other girls for the past week.
This was a typical "harem" story.
Without any female contact, it wouldn't even count as a plot development.
His head felt a bit fuzzy from oversleeping, and the pain in his abdomen was intense.
He couldn't help but frown, feeling irritated.
"Why is my stomach suddenly hurting again? Did I catch a cold from setting the AC too low? Am I having diarrhea?" Ning Chu muttered to himself in confusion.
Stretching and yawning, he sat up, rubbing his messy, tangled hair.
His eyes, filled with tears from yawning, scanned the dorm room.
Across from him, the bed was a mess, and Wang Jie was stretching his neck under the bed, almost pressing his face against the computer screen while playing a game.
Zhang Shaoqing's desk was surprisingly tidy—he had cleaned it up before leaving.
"Where's Wen Yang?" Ning Chu asked, rubbing his eyes with one hand and his lower abdomen with the other.
Suddenly, his sleepiness vanished completely.
Ignoring the ongoing pain in his lower abdomen, he quickly climbed down the ladder.
He rushed to the balcony, glanced at the bathroom, and hurriedly put on his slippers to head out.
"Why don't you call him and ask?"
Ning Chu's hand was already on the doorknob when he realized he could just call.
Wen Yang! Sneaking off without a word!
Last time, he secretly went to a bar to meet up with twin girls. What about this time?
With a sullen face, Ning Chu dialed Wen Yang's number while grabbing his casual clothes and some band-aids from the wardrobe, preparing to head to the bathroom.
After a minute of waiting, there was still no answer.
He quickly changed his clothes, thinking about where Wen Yang could have gone.
He had sabotaged Wen Yang's storylines with his classmates, so this time, it might involve someone outside the school, from another class, department, or even another faculty...
The scope was too broad; it was impossible to find!
The call finally connected.
"Where did you go!" Ning Chu asked anxiously. "Why did you go out alone!"
"Huh?" Wen Yang was clearly a bit taken aback.
He rarely heard Ning Chu sounding so anxious and immediately became more defensive. "I'm at the library, just reading..."
He quickly added, "There's no girl near me, don't worry."
"I'm coming over right now!"
Ning Chu had just finished dressing and, with his hair still tousled, dashed out of the dorm in his slippers.
"Can you... why are you in such a hurry?" Wang Jie turned around, only to see the door closing behind Ning Chu.
Confused, he mumbled, "What's the rush?"
As he ran out of the dorm building, Ning Chu's hurried steps gradually slowed.
His hand instinctively pressed against his stomach.
The pain in his lower abdomen had intensified from the sudden run, leaving his lips pale.
No matter how anxious he was, his legs couldn't run any faster.
"Is it really nothing?"
This week, Ning Chu's strategy had been to control Wen Yang strictly, not allowing him any interaction with females.
This high-pressure control might easily cause Wen Yang to feel resistance, which Ning Chu actually welcomed.
But Wen Yang sneaking off to fool around wasn't part of the plan at all!
"It would ruin everything!"
What if Wen Yang triggered some kind of plot in the library...
Ning Chu thought about the consequences.
If he disrupted the plot once or twice more, there was a high probability he would completely turn into a woman.
The pain in his abdomen, coupled with the current situation, made him unable to suppress his frustration.
He kicked a power pole in anger, only to hurt his foot, which turned his face pale.
This made him even angrier!
He grabbed his phone, intending to call Wen Yang again, but his gaze fell on the notepad on his phone.
Suddenly, he remembered!
Last month, around the middle of the month, he also had a stomachache, and it lasted for several days.
Ning Chu stared at the notes, glancing at the record.
"September 16th, abdominal pain."
"Well, that's fine, there are still a few days until the 16th!"
He reassured himself and opened the browser to search "menstrual cycle."