Trapped In Paradise
Volume 3 Chapter 1 / Chapter 506: Several Years Later
As summer arrived, the temperature grew increasingly unbearable. The air itself seemed to warp and ripple beneath the heat, every breath feeling like inhaling scorching steam.
For the afternoon PE class, the students had already gathered on the sports field ahead of time, finding shady spots beneath the trees and clustering together in small groups.
Wen Yang and Zhang Shaoqing sat casually on the concrete ground while endless pairs of long bare legs passed before their eyes.
"Damn it, she's only a few years older than me! Isn't there a saying that dating a woman three years older is like gaining a treasure?"
"She was constantly pushing me to go on blind dates before, but now that I'm actually dating freely, suddenly that's not okay?"
"Seriously, screw this! She wants to control every damn thing in my life! I'm running away from home this year too! Damn it!"
Beside him was Zhang Shaoqing's nonstop complaining. Ever since freshman year started, his mother had been a constant headache.
"Hey, found an internship yet?"
"Stop staring at girls! Isn't the one at your place enough for you? What, getting tired of her already?"
Only then did Wen Yang snap out of his daze. He immediately slapped toward Zhang Shaoqing, but the guy dodged it with a grin.
"Quit talking nonsense."
"Then why were you spacing out?"
"I got internship offers from several companies. I'm trying to decide which one to pick."
He sighed with a troubled expression.
"Oh wow, showing off now, huh?"
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed. The second semester of junior year was about to end, and Wen Yang had already started searching for summer internships. Fortunately, he'd actually managed to secure several offers.
"There's this internet company. Great salary, promising future, but it's way too far away."
Zhang Shaoqing answered for him without hesitation:
"That one! So what if it's far? Perfect chance to go out and make your mark."
"But Ning Chu wants to stay close to home. She doesn't want to go far and struggle."
"Aren't women all like that? Speaking of which, class is about to start. Where is she?"
"She went to buy milk tea. Should be here soon."
As he spoke, Wen Yang's attention was suddenly captured by the girl who had just walked onto the sports field.
The girl had a slightly youthful face, yet her eyes and brows carried an intense seductive charm. Curved ram-like horns grew from her head, while her glossy black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, reaching all the way to her waist.
She wore a black short dress with a semi-transparent sun-protection jacket draped over it. Her pale legs extended beneath the skirt—straight and slender, yet still soft and supple with youthful curves.
The dress's cinched waist highlighted her figure and accentuated the fullness of her chest. On her feet were low-heeled crystal sandals, barely compensating for her lack of height while showing off her smooth bare feet.
The moment she appeared on the sports field, countless male gazes drifted uncontrollably toward her.
"She and Lily seriously look like sisters," Zhang Shaoqing muttered while glancing toward Lily in the distance.
That succubus's long black hair had already grown past her hips. She wore a white long dress, and after all these years, her face still carried the same icy, distant expression.
One lively, one cold and aloof—they really did feel like sisters.
"Wen Yang!"
Ning Chu jogged over and handed him a cup of milk tea.
"Here~ Lemon tea."
"Thanks."
"What about mine?"
"You?" She glanced at the shameless guy beside Wen Yang and clicked her tongue. "What, are your hands and feet just for decoration?"
Ning Chu sat down on the ground without any concern for appearances, though she carefully tugged her skirt over her legs to avoid exposing herself.
"So hot~ This stupid weather~ I start sweating after walking a few steps."
At times like this, she especially envied men. When they got unbearably hot, they could just strip off their shirts and show some muscle without anyone thinking it inappropriate.
Meanwhile, her thick long hair made her far more sensitive to heat than when she used to be a man. Just buying milk tea had already left a thin sheen of sweat on her forehead.
Even after all these years, she still occasionally missed the conveniences of being male.
At the very least, she wouldn't have to live in fear every month while suffering through periods.
"Hey, did you find an internship yet?" Zhang Shaoqing asked from the side.
Ning Chu's pretty face immediately fell.
She pursed her lips and lowered her head to sip her milk tea. After a while, she muttered:
"I'll wait for autumn recruitment next semester. What's the rush..."
Before transmigrating, she'd already been troubled by internships and job hunting.
Several years later, she found herself worrying about the exact same problem all over again.
What was terrifying was that aside from turning into a woman, it felt like she hadn't really learned any practical skills over the past few years either... not counting the succubus skill tree.
Seducing men, "hand skills," oral techniques—those skills were all maxed out now, but none of them had anything to do with finding a job.
What the hell had she even been learning all this time~
"Wen Yang already got several offers, you know."
"Ugh, you're so annoying!"
Ning Chu rolled her eyes irritably and quickly got up to move toward Lily's group.
"You scared her off." Wen Yang watched the little succubus's departing figure, then glanced at Zhang Shaoqing. "You've got the nerve to criticize her? Did you find an internship?"
"Of course not!" Zhang Shaoqing grinned shamelessly and answered righteously, "I don't care anyway. If I don't have a job, is my mom really going to stop supporting me?"
"I'm just a useless rich second-generation kid. As long as I stay away from gambling and drugs, there's no way I can burn through my mom's fortune."
"You conveniently left out women, huh?" Wen Yang mocked. "How's that fair to Qian Qian?"
"Oh, come on. My mom doesn't approve anyway." The moment Qian Qian was mentioned, Zhang Shaoqing wilted again, cursing miserably. "I was even planning to talk to Ning Chu about it..."
"Then why'd you go and annoy her?"
As Ning Chu walked toward her female friends, Yan Xinya noticed her immediately.
The wolf girl excitedly ran over, grabbed her arm, and happily leaned against her without any sense of decorum.
"Hurry over! We were just discussing opening an online shop together after graduation!"
"Huh?"
"The four of us could pool our money together. Opening an online store doesn't cost much anyway."
Getting into e-commerce at this point? Were they just burning money for fun?
Ning Chu blankly asked, "So what are you planning to sell?"
"How about clothes?!"
"I think money from anime and otaku stuff is easier to make."
Xi Xi and Yan Xinya immediately gave completely different answers, making Ning Chu's headache even worse.
Opening a store, huh? More like getting excited on impulse, slapping their foreheads, and dragging her into losing all the savings they'd built up over the years.
"Toys?"
"..."
All three girls turned simultaneously to look at Lily.
"For adults... or for kids?" Xi Xi asked hesitantly, though she clearly already knew the answer.
Lily said nothing more and coldly turned her face away.
Honestly, Ning Chu felt that although Lily's suggestion sounded outrageous, it was still slightly more feasible than Xi Xi's and Yan Xinya's ideas.
At least Lily actually had experience in that industry.
She sat down beside Lily and asked:
"Have you girls found internships yet?"
"I don't want to work..." Yan Xinya drooped her wolf ears, and even her tail sagged to the ground. "Being a kept-wolf by some sugar daddy sound much better~"
Ning Chu smacked the wolf girl on the head.
"Your way of thinking has completely rotted!"
Xi Xi looked utterly distressed.
"I'm not even twenty yet... how am I already supposed to become corporate livestock? I don't know how to do anything..."
Looks like everyone was lost about the future~
Unlike her previous life's internship period, where she watched classmates gradually enter the workforce and get their lives on track alone, this time Ning Chu had a whole group of friends going through the same thing together.
Sure enough, only fellow couch potatoes could become true friends~
"I'm taking the postgraduate entrance exams," Lily answered without hesitation.
Among a pile of lazy salted fish, there was actually one fish trying to jump?!
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Link for character illustration:
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