Trapped In Paradise
Volume 3 Chapter 35 / Chapter 540: The Shameful Reunion of a Succubus
In May, Ning Chu and Wen Yang returned to the entrance of their university.
Ever since leaving after last summer vacation, neither of them had come back. Whenever something came up at school, they simply asked the friends who were still on campus to handle it for them.
It happened to be around the time evening classes ended. Groups of students poured out of the campus laughing and chatting, each of them brimming with youth and vitality, their smiles free of worry or sorrow.
"I really want to go back to being a student~ Working is so boring."
Ning Chu squatted on the curb. The countless long legs passing by, along with tails of every color and shape, were almost dazzling.
"Our school really does have a lot of handsome guys and pretty girls~"
Perhaps because this was the main setting of a hentai novel, the university seemed to have even more attractive students than art or film schools.
Tilting her head up, she looked at Wen Yang standing beside her and shot him an annoyed glare.
"Where's your student ID? Where on earth did you lose it?"
Wen Yang rummaged through his backpack, which was stuffed with miscellaneous items and several changes of clothes for the two of them. The student IDs had gotten buried among everything else.
"Found it."
After a good deal of searching, he finally dug out the student IDs from the very bottom of the bag. Opening Ning Chu's, he glanced at the photo.
"Your student ID still has your old picture?"
"My old picture?"
Supporting herself on her knees, Ning Chu stood up and leaned over to look.
The ID photo showed her former appearance—a short-haired, boyish face.
An overwhelming sense of embarrassment flooded her as though someone had uncovered a piece of her darkest history. Her cheeks instantly burned bright red.
She snatched the ID away.
"What are you looking at?! Don't look!"
"It's not like I haven't seen it before."
Chuckling, Wen Yang commented, "The facial features are still kind of similar. You looked pretty innocent back then."
"What, I'm not innocent now?"
Ning Chu looked at him skeptically.
Yet the lingering spring-like allure in her peach blossom eyes made them naturally seductive.
"You are!"
Wen Yang nodded without hesitation.
Still... he had no idea how this succubus could ask that question with such confidence.
Everything about the girl in front of him radiated charm and sensuality.
The previous night, she'd rolled her eyes back, stuck out her tongue, and eventually fallen asleep with her face flushed crimson. It had happened to be her safe period, and when she'd woken up that morning...
...well, she was still a mess, her lower abdomen slightly rounded.
The only thing that could still barely be described as "innocent" was her youthful baby face.
The two walked toward the school gate.
Looking at the security guard standing at the entrance, Ning Chu nervously lowered her gaze to the ground.
What if he stops me?
The person in the photo looked nothing like her current self.
She used to enter campus with her student card, but that card had long since disappeared somewhere.
Fortunately, the guard merely glanced at the student ID before waving her through.
"I thought I'd get stopped..."
Ning Chu let out a sigh of relief. She opened the ID again and stared at the picture of her former self.
"I feel kind of... guilty."
"How come?"
"When this picture was taken, I was determined to marry a cat girl someday."
Back then, she'd been dead set on remaining a man.
She wanted to resist the fate the novel had written for her—the girl destined to become part of the protagonist's harem. Even after becoming a girl, she'd believed she'd become a yuri heroine instead. There was no way she'd ever surrender to the protagonist.
And now...
Every day she ended up begging for mercy beneath Wen Yang.
After several years together, she'd been completely "conquered" by the protagonist.
"Well," Wen Yang grinned, "it's still marriage. Whether you marry someone or get married yourself, it's basically the same, right?"
"It's completely different!"
Ning Chu protested.
"Back then I was still a guy! I wasn't the one on the bottom..."
"Then how about tonight I let you be on top?" Wen Yang asked hopefully.
Ning Chu froze.
A rosy blush rapidly spread across her face. She furtively glanced around to make sure no one had heard them before giving the tiniest nod.
"Let's... go check the girls' dorm first and see if Lily and the others are back."
Lowering her head to hide her burning cheeks, she awkwardly changed the subject.
"You should go find Wang Jie first. If you come to the girls' dorm again, you'll just get mobbed."
"Sounds good. I'll stop by the campus convenience store first."
"Huh?"
"Wang Jie asked me to bring him some drinks."
"He's so lazy..."
Ning Chu stepped in front of Wen Yang and opened the small crossbody bag hanging from his shoulder, taking out her phone.
"I'm heading off. If anything comes up, call me."
"You could've just taken the whole bag..."
"Carrying a bag is such a hassle~"
Wen Yang nodded helplessly. He had long since gotten used to being her personal luggage rack whenever they went out.
The campus hadn't changed much over the past year. Yet as they walked through it, every face they saw was unfamiliar. It was difficult to spot anyone they recognized anymore.
Arriving outside the girls' dormitory, Ning Chu took a deep breath. She pulled out her phone and used the front camera to check her appearance, smoothing her slightly messy bangs with her fingers and straightening her outfit.
She had deliberately worn high heels today and even put on a little makeup.
Not only would she be prettier than Lily, she'd also be taller.
Only then did she walk inside the dormitory building, making her way with practiced familiarity to Lily's room.
"Anyone here?"
She gently knocked on the door, but there was no response.
"Where is she? Didn't she say she'd be back today?" Ning Chu muttered in confusion and turned to leave.
Just then, a soft body suddenly pressed against her from behind, wrapping both arms around her waist.
Startled, Ning Chu was about to struggle when a heart-tipped tail curled around from behind and affectionately poked her cheek.
"Lily?"
"Mhm!"
"Why do you walk around like a cat?"
Lily let go, and Ning Chu turned around to look at the friend she hadn't seen in so long.
The "shame of succubi" stood there as pretty as ever.
At first glance, she looked almost exactly the same as she had a year ago. The only noticeable difference was that she'd been admitted to graduate school, giving her a calmer, more intellectual air. She still liked wearing long white dresses, and the tail that had just teased Ning Chu had already disappeared beneath her skirt.
Her eyes were slightly red, and her expression was a mixture of joy and grievance, like a neglected wife finally seeing her husband after a long separation.
"You never came to visit me."
"I've been busy with work... I only got seven days off during New Year's."
Ning Chu proudly straightened her back.
"Look! I'm quite a bit taller than you now~ I've gotten completely used to wearing high heels!"
"Not really."
"Then stop standing on your tiptoes~"
Once the excitement of seeing each other had settled, Lily returned to her usual cool demeanor, though a faint blush still lingered on her cheeks.
She took a key from her purse, unlocked the dorm room, and led Ning Chu inside.
The beds and bookshelves were empty, making it obvious that no one lived there anymore. Even so, the room was spotless, without so much as a speck of dust on the desks.
"You cleaned it up?"
Ning Chu casually pulled over a chair and sat down, looking up at Lily.
"Mhm."
After being apart for so long, the two succubi unexpectedly found themselves at a loss for words.
Lily dragged over another chair and sat opposite Ning Chu. She took some makeup out of her handbag and skillfully touched up Ning Chu's makeup.
"It's smudged."
Ning Chu obediently tilted her face upward and closed her eyes.
"I put it on this morning before leaving. I never got into the habit of carrying makeup around."
"So... have you found another boyfriend yet? I heard at the beginning of the year that you started dating someone, but you broke up after only a couple of days."
"No."
"Why did you break up? Was the guy... weak in bed?"
Although Lily remained a woman of few words in person, around people she knew well she could be every bit as uninhibited as she was online.
"I snuck a peek while he was in the bathroom," she said matter-of-factly. "It was so small. Not even as big as a toy."
Being a succubus herself, Ning Chu had guessed the answer before she'd even asked.
"So you didn't discover his length in bed?"
"I'm not that casual. My first time is for my husband."
"You're still a virgin?!"
Ning Chu was so shocked she nearly jumped out of her chair.
Lily was so startled that she almost dropped her makeup pencil, staring at her in confusion.
"What have you even been using all those toys for over the years?!"
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Link for character illustration:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IxOucqi87ss3bmqfO9zI2gYiM1Gy8Hz2