Trapped In Paradise
Volume 3 Chapter 42 / Chapter 547: Graduation Photo
The classmates, scattered for a year due to their internships, gradually gathered in front of the academic building.
A long flight of stairs stretched out before the building, perfect for taking photos. Dozens of students were already standing on the steps in their graduation gowns, surrounding their professors. At the photographer's direction, they cheered and tossed their mortarboards high into the air.
From a distance, Ning Chu watched the group taking graduation photos. Among them, she even spotted several of the hentai heroines.
Fortunately, she'd already "dealt with" all of them during the first three years of college.
The only remaining problem was Wen Yang.
He was tall and handsome. Even without those heroines pestering him, there would always be girls who liked him.
Back then, Wen Yang had been dirt poor. But now he had another label attached to him: a promising young talent. After a year of internship, he was already earning over ten thousand yuan a month. Even accounting for the higher salaries in developed cities, that was still exceptional among people their age.
That only made Ning Chu feel more anxious. Otherwise, she wouldn't have quit her comfortable nine-to-six customer service job and, despite overwhelming embarrassment, taken her own "autobiography" to interview for a game writer position.
What if one day she couldn't keep up with Wen Yang anymore...
Even if Wen Yang didn't mind, she would. The thought that a prettier, more capable woman might steal him away filled her with unease.
"Wen Yang~ Long time no see!"
Ning Chu's ears instantly perked up as she looked warily toward Ling Ling, who had just greeted Wen Yang.
"Mm."
Wen Yang merely nodded coolly in acknowledgment.
"Didn't Brother Shaoqing come back?" Ling Ling glanced around, searching for her childhood friend. "He's not coming back for the graduation photos?"
"Probably not," Ning Chu answered before Wen Yang could.
This cat girl had been Wen Yang's first love. If she hadn't gotten in the way back then, Ling Ling might very well have been the one to take Wen Yang's virginity.
But even the thought that Wen Yang's first kiss might have belonged to Ling Ling made possessiveness and jealousy almost spill from Ning Chu's eyes.
"I see~"
"Are you still in touch with Shaoqing?"
"It's because we aren't in touch that I'm asking you guys~"
Ling Ling could tell Ning Chu was on guard, and Wen Yang hadn't spared her more than a glance. She waved casually before turning to find her other friends.
"She was your first love. Aren't you going to chat a little longer?"
"Why do you seem so upset?" Wen Yang looked down at Ning Chu and reassuringly rubbed one of the curved horns on her head. "Does that even count as a first love? She kept pestering me until I finally gave in."
"Did you kiss?"
He shook his head.
"No. At most we held hands. My first kiss was with you."
"Oh~ Then why were you so experienced back then?"
Ning Chu remembered how, during their very first kiss, Wen Yang had kissed her until she was completely out of breath.
"Weren't you the one seducing me?"
"That's nonsense!"
The jealousy in her eyes faded. She obediently wrapped herself around Wen Yang's arm, though her gaze still swept vigilantly over the other heroine.
Like Lin Li.
She had once drugged Wen Yang and tried to share him with Ning Chu. Even now, she still practically drooled over him—the very definition of a temptress.
Or Shan Shan, with her tanned skin, chaotic private life, and part-time job as a basketball trainer.
Or Wen Wen, the protagonist's true love from the original novel, currently taking graduation photos on the stairs with the class next door—a petite beauty with an innocent face and an exceptionally voluptuous figure.
Returning to campus made Ning Chu tense all over again at the sight of these girls. But these characters she had once written would soon disappear from her life forever.
"Come get your graduation gowns!"
The voice of the ghost girl, An An, called out from the direction of the academic building. Standing beneath the shadow of the roof with a large box of graduation gowns at her feet, she waved everyone over.
The classmates scattered around the building gradually gathered toward her.
After spending three years together, they might not have all been close, but at least everyone recognized one another by sight.
Ning Chu looked over the classmates she hadn't seen in a year.
The tall, skinny classmate loved playing basketball and lived in the dorm next door. It was thanks to his invitation that Wen Yang had played basketball for the first time.
That quiet, well-behaved girl seemed to be named Chen Xue. She had once had a crush on Wen Yang. During military training and PE classes, she would often bring him water. But in the end, it remained nothing more than an unspoken crush.
"Once we're in our graduation gowns, should we get Wang Jie and take a dorm group photo?" Ning Chu asked as she picked up a gown and slipped it on.
"Isn't Shaoqing not coming?"
"We'll leave a spot for him and Photoshop him in afterward."
After putting on the gown, she picked up her graduation cap and tried to put it on, but the curved horns on her head blocked it completely, making it impossible to wear properly.
"This cap... Didn't they design one that's easier for non-human girls to wear?"
"There probably aren't many people with horns," Wen Yang said as he walked over and crouched down to straighten her graduation gown. "Maybe tie it on with a string? Or just balance it on top of your head."
"It'll fall off if I just balance it there..."
"Ning Chu! Come take a picture with us!"
Hearing Yan Xinya call her, Ning Chu immediately abandoned Wen Yang, hugged the cap in her arms, and hurried over.
"Where's Xi Xi? We're about to take pictures, and I still don't see her."
"I'm right here!"
A small head popped out from behind the wolf girl. The magical girl Xi Xi looked indignant.
"I've been standing here the whole time! You've just been ignoring me!"
"That's because you're so short and you're standing next to Xinya..."
It had been a year since Ning Chu had seen Xi Xi. The magical girl was still as flat-chested as ever, her petite, childlike frame making her especially tiny.
Unlike before, when Xi Xi had constantly followed Lily around and idolized her like an older sister, she now preferred sticking with Yan Xinya. The two of them had been sharing an apartment for over half a year.
"Big Sis Lily! What are you doing? Come take pictures!"
Following Xi Xi's gaze, Ning Chu looked toward Lily.
She was leaning against a stone pillar, both hands resting over her lower abdomen. Her head was bowed, hiding her eyes, which shimmered with suppressed longing. A rosy flush covered her face, and even her shoulders trembled faintly.
Life was rough for a succubus without a boyfriend.
Still, Lily's willpower was remarkable. Anyone else would probably have assumed she was simply feeling a little under the weather.
"Let's go take one with her!"
Ning Chu grabbed Yan Xinya and Xi Xi by the hands and pulled them along. The three of them gathered around Lily.
"Lily, look up."
"Hm?"
Lily instinctively lifted her head, only to see a phone held high in front of her. The three girls beside her were already grinning and flashing V-signs at the camera.
Her face instantly turned scarlet with embarrassment, and she hurriedly lowered her head again.
"I got it!"
Lily reached out in embarrassment, trying to snatch the phone away, but the girls were already laughing as they darted off into the distance.
She glared angrily at Ning Chu, but her body felt so weak that even walking was difficult. All she could do was lean helplessly against the pillar and try to kill Ning Chu with her eyes.
"Um... Lily."
A male voice made her immediately lower her head.
In her current state, she couldn't afford to interact with any men.
As always, she kept a stoic expression. But with her flushed face, even her usual icy demeanor couldn't project its normal sense of aloofness.
The male classmate still walked over, lowering his head and stammering, too nervous to meet her eyes.
"I've liked you for years..."
"..."
Could you not confess at a time like this?!
Lily secretly glanced at the lower half of the young man's body with eyes clouded by desire.
Being close to a succubus in heat, he could smell a strange, intoxicating fragrance. His body reacted uncontrollably, and even his loose graduation gown couldn't conceal the obvious effect.
Wow... that's pretty impressive...
"Lily!"
Ning Chu came sprinting over, slipping herself between Lily and the classmate in a single stride. She shielded Lily behind her and looked at the young man with wary eyes.
She absolutely couldn't let anyone take advantage of Lily.
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