After Dressing Up As A Woman, My Roommates All Kissed Me Chapter 15

Chapter 15 Pei Yisheng’s first goodnight was directed at me…

Seeing the message sent, Pei Yisheng’s heart gave a heavy jump. His finger was already hovering over the retract button, but he hesitated again.

The message was already sent, and retracting it would leave a trace, making it harder to explain the attempt to cover up. In the few seconds he hesitated and pondered, new messages popped up in the chat box.

A City is snowing, it’s heavy.

Sheng Sheng, remember to wear more clothes, don’t get sick.

Mom and Dad are doing well.

Pei Yuchuan was scrolling through photos on his phone, but none of them satisfied him. In this one, he was sweating profusely and looked disheveled; in that one, Lin Xuerong looked too weak and haggard after treatment. None of them were suitable to show Pei Yisheng and reassure him so he could focus on his studies.

The man who usually only needed to sit in an office suddenly slumped, his back bowed. The hands used only for signing were now covered in thick calluses, even sporting cracks that wouldn’t heal easily.

Lin Xuerong coughed twice and held Pei Yuchuan’s arm. “Go get my phone. I have photos on my phone.”

These were photos of Lin Xuerong lying in the hospital bed during treatment, but they had been beautified. She knew Pei Yisheng was a good child, and precisely because their child was so good, they couldn’t let Pei Yisheng fall into this family that was destined to drag him down.

Letting Pei Yisheng see their photos, giving him more peace of mind and more energy to focus on himself, was what Lin Xuerong hoped for.

Pei Yuchuan got up to retrieve it. The small rental apartment wasn’t large, and he returned within a few steps. Lin Xuerong selected a photo for Pei Yuchuan. “Pick one and send it to Sheng Sheng.”

Pei Yuchuan looked at the familiar faces in the photo, a sense of unspeakable bitterness welling up in his heart. If he hadn’t trusted his old friend so much, their family wouldn’t have ended up in this situation.

As if sensing the oppressive atmosphere in the small room, the howling wind quieted significantly, allowing the middle-aged couple embracing each other to briefly regain the strength to continue.

At the very least, they should persevere. At the very least, they should continue to strive for a better life for their family.

After parting ways with Su Yiyi and entering the dorm, Pei Yisheng finally took out the phone he had been clutching in his pocket the entire way, even though it had only vibrated once in between.

Opening WeChat, it was still the screen he had closed. As the photos loaded, Pei Yisheng gently touched the two smiling faces on the screen. After looking at them for a while, he pouted and complained, “The door frame is distorted from editing. It would have been better to just send the original picture.”

His eyes felt swollen and uncomfortable.

Pei Yuchuan’s collar was crooked, and Lin Xuerong’s hair wasn’t perfectly neat. Their life abroad was no easier than his life back home.

He exited WeChat and transferred a sum of money via the bank.

Pei Yuchuan’s reply came quickly, predictably refusing the money and telling him to keep it for himself. Pei Yisheng reiterated his usual argument: how much could he possibly spend at school? He urged them to buy good medicine for Mom, see more doctors, and try new techniques. When winter break came, he would…

Pei Yisheng’s typing fingers paused. Round-trip airfare cost a lot of money. Maybe a video call was better, but they had a tacit understanding not to video call unless absolutely necessary.

Lin Xuerong didn’t want her child to see her haggard appearance from chemotherapy, and Pei Yuchuan didn’t want Pei Yisheng to worry. As for Pei Yisheng, he was afraid.

He was afraid that he wasn’t the child they thought he was, afraid that he was an imposter who had usurped someone else’s place.

Transmigrating into this Explicit Comic, Pei Yisheng had gained a family for the first time, even though this family included a sick mother, a bankrupt father, a stray cat, and an unlucky him.

Despite all this, Pei Yisheng had enjoyed the last warmth of this family. During those days that felt like a loop where he could do nothing but passively wait for the plot to unfold, Pei’s parents cared for him and worried about him day after day. He was their treasure, the treasure they were willing to sacrifice themselves to uplift.

Pei Yisheng suffered alone for a long time. It wasn’t until the plot advanced right before school started, and he had those strange dreams, that Pei Yisheng suddenly realized that his arrival might not have made things worse, and he might not have occupied anyone’s position.

From that day on, he decided to stay far away from the protagonist group and fade out of this story.

Even though things were not going as planned now, Pei Yisheng would not abandon his initial idea.

While washing up, he was immersed in his own world, thinking about how to make things easier for his parents. Should he update his videos more frequently? His current short video income was already higher than the salary the senior sister paid him.

Dazed, he walked out and was immediately covered in a tissue by Wen Xiuyun. “Why did you come out without even wiping your face? Your collar is all wet.”

His tone was gentle, showing none of the previous frenzy.

Pei Yisheng snapped back to reality, quickly holding the tissue himself and taking half a step back. While wiping his face, his gaze drifted. “Thank you. I guess I wasn’t paying attention…”

His eyes drifted past Wen Xiuyun and saw Qin Zhou staring fixedly at him with a cold face and crossed arms.

The first thing Qin Zhou said was mockery. “You forgot to wipe your face. What else do you remember?”

Pei Yisheng felt a sudden, inexplicable guilt. He crumpled the tissue, walked around Wen Xiuyun, and retorted quietly to Qin Zhou, “As long as a person remembers to eat and sleep, that’s enough.”

“Heh.” Qin Zhou sneered.

This idiot!

Originally, Qin Zhou hadn’t wanted to return to the dorm. After all, Pei Yisheng had asked such an awkward question yesterday. If he stayed in the same dorm as Pei Yisheng, it would inevitably cause him distress. But as Qin Zhou walked, he found himself leading Lin Jiayu in the direction of the dorm.

When Lin Jiayu asked why, he thought for a long time and said he was coming to try his luck—maybe he could find the person himself without waiting for the surveillance footage to be repaired. Unsurprisingly, Lin Jiayu rolled his eyes at him.

When he pushed open the dorm door, he didn’t see Pei Yisheng. Instead, he saw that pretentious guy from the Wen family sitting in Pei Yisheng’s spot, holding something he couldn’t identify and sniffing it like a pervert.

Qin Zhou’s movements weren’t quiet, but Wen Xiuyun acted as if he hadn’t heard anything, completely ignoring Qin Zhou. He continued to fiddle with the items on Pei Yisheng’s desk with such a relaxed demeanor that it was as if they were his own.

Wen Xiuyun was deliberately showing off to Qin Zhou. He wanted Qin Zhou to know that he was the person closest to Pei Yisheng.

Isn’t using every possible means to strike down the enemy the key to victory? He would seize every opportunity to squeeze Qin Zhou and Song Wen out of the running, and Pei Yisheng would open his eyes and realize that he was the only choice.

Unfortunately, in Qin Zhou’s eyes, all this was like casting pearls before swine. He was certain that Pei Yisheng had a crush on him. Although he liked long-haired girls and couldn’t reciprocate, there was nothing wrong with Pei Yisheng liking him. He had an obligation to ensure that while Pei Yisheng gave up on liking him, he wouldn’t be hurt by others.

Especially Wen Xiuyun. That Wen guy was a master of sugar-coated bullets. He needed to make things clear to Pei Yisheng and warn him to be cautious. Wen Xiuyun was wary of him, and he was equally wary of Wen Xiuyun.

If Lin Jiayu heard Qin Zhou say this, his eyeballs would pop out, and he would cry injustice for all the people Qin Zhou had rejected. Why did Pei Yisheng’s crush receive such careful spiritual protection, while their crushes were pierced by cold arrows? The heavens are unjust!

Unfortunately, the person involved had no idea he was being treated specially.

Pei Yisheng only knew he was caught between a rock and a hard place, facing wolves in front and tigers behind!

The atmosphere before bed that night was indescribably strange. Wen Xiuyun and Qin Zhou despised each other. Whenever someone spoke to Pei Yisheng, the other would interrupt. Snide remarks were minor; they frequently threatened to escalate into a full-blown fight, exhausting Pei Yisheng.

The sadness from his shower was long gone, replaced entirely by restraint. He clenched his fists and squeezed his eyes shut tightly.

“I’m tired! I’m going to sleep first! Goodnight, goodnight!”

With the bed curtain drawn, the world was finally quiet.

Qin Zhou and Wen Xiuyun exchanged glances, their eyes both saying: Pei Yisheng’s first goodnight was directed at me.