Glaciers, grasslands, deep mountains, snowy fields, islands…
He Rou pinched her clothes, her eyes fixed on the phone screen, somewhat at a loss.
After something so shameful had just happened.
But what followed wasn’t punishment, wasn’t ridicule, and wasn’t a direct change of clothes.
Instead… it was what Luo Yun had said to her this morning: going on a trip.
When she had just returned to school.
What Luo Yun was really thinking… was hard to fathom.
“Xiao Rou, pick one quickly. You reek right now. You don’t want it to be Monday morning, and when the teachers and classmates walk into the classroom…”
“I…”
He Rou blushed.
Though she didn’t know what Luo Yun was really up to, she knew that not choosing would end badly for her.
So she closed her eyes, reached out, and randomly picked one.
“Wow… Xiao Rou wanted to go to the beach, huh? But… I don’t like that. So instead, let’s go camping in the mountains.”
Luo Yun smiled and put her phone away.
He Rou looked at her, feeling speechless.
So her suggestion was just a suggestion, and the final say was still with Luo Yun.
“Okay…”
He Rou didn’t want to argue with her right now.
The warm dampness on her pants was slowly turning cold.
Even though the classroom was warm, once she stepped outside, she had no idea how cold it would be.
“Ma… Master, can we go back now?”
He Rou asked cautiously, because her body really felt uncomfortable.
“Go back? No, no, Xiao Rou still hasn’t changed her clothes.”
As Luo Yun spoke, she pulled a pair of pants out of her backpack.
But only a pair of pants.
No underwear, no thermal layer to wear underneath.
“But… it’s cold outside.”
Luo Yun smiled, as if she found He Rou’s words amusing.
“Then… how am I supposed to change clothes…”
He Rou knew her position well.
There was no way she could expect Luo Yun to treat her like a normal person, so she just chose the best option available.
“Hmm… how to change… Even a child could do something like this. Do I need to teach you, Xiao Rou?”
“Ah! No… that’s not what I meant. I just… am I supposed to change here?”
“Xiao Rou can change wherever she wants. But… are you really going to walk out of this classroom while you’re all wet? Right now…”
“Ugh…”
Realizing what Luo Yun was really after, her face flushed again.
“Xiao Rou… hurry up. I can’t stand it anymore either.”
Luo Yun tossed the pants onto her desk and went back to her seat to watch.
To watch how He Rou would humiliate herself by taking off her clothes right there in the classroom.
“Ugh… I-I understand…”
He Rou had already realized that from the very beginning, she never had a choice.
And today’s experience was just another script written by Luo Yun.
She was the lead actor.
Luo Yun was the director and audience.
Her only purpose was to entertain Luo Yun.
Really…
She had known this truth for a long time.
So why did she still feel ashamed now?
Taking off her clothes—she had done it so many times before in their workplace, right in front of her.
Why was she still embarrassed now?
As He Rou pulled down her pants, she thought to herself.
It’s all so routine…
Why… why…
At some point, tears filled He Rou’s cheeks.
“Why…”
“Why what?”
He Rou’s thoughts had unconsciously slipped out as a murmur.
Even though her voice was very soft, in a classroom with only two people, it sounded loud.
“No… it’s nothing.”
He Rou didn’t wipe her tears away.
She turned her head to look at Luo Yun.
She saw that Luo Yun was now holding up her phone, aiming it at He Rou like she was recording a video.
“How cute. Every time I see that place, I find it so interesting. There’s not even any hair growing there.”
Even though He Rou was crying, when she heard Luo Yun’s words, her face still reddened.
“…”
He Rou suddenly shivered.
As expected, no matter how warm the room was in winter, when it was cold, it was cold.
But…
What was she supposed to do with those soiled clothes?
He Rou looked at the clothes she had thrown on the floor, not knowing what to do.
Luo Yun must have guessed what she was thinking.
“Take these with you. What you’re wearing now, consider it borrowed from me.”
As Luo Yun spoke, she got up from her seat, walked to the corner of the classroom, jumped up, and pulled down the top that had been covering the camera at some point.
Judging by the style, that top matched the new pants she had just changed into.
“Okay.”
“Oh, right. You can’t wash them.”
After saying this, Luo Yun ignored He Rou and walked out of the classroom alone.
Seeing this, He Rou immediately got up and followed her out.
—
Outside, it was still that cold.
Because of air pollution, even at dusk, you couldn’t see anything.
The sky and the air not far away were filled with deep gray.
It had a very apocalyptic feel to it.
Of course, Luo Yun cared about that.
Otherwise, why would she come to the deep mountains and forests to camp after only one day back at school?
Breathing fresh air was relatively important in her eyes.
She just hadn’t expected that idiot He Rou to have a different idea than she did.
Thinking of this, Luo Yun’s face turned cold.
She turned around and looked at He Rou, who was holding up her pants with one hand and carrying her dirty clothes with the other.
She looked utterly ridiculous right now.
The pants were Luo Yun’s own clothes.
They were much bigger than what Luo Yun usually wore.
She wondered if it was because He Rou had been malnourished as a child.
In just a few months, she’d be an adult, and yet she was still so small.
Her body was small.
Her face was small.
But her personality lacked the innocence and playfulness of a child.
Truly… a worthless one.
What would she become if she left Luo Yun?
Luo Yun really wanted to see.
After New Year’s Day, because of her father’s request, she had to temporarily leave He Rou.
So she had agreed to let He Rou take the exam.
What she really wanted to see was…
When she left He Rou’s side, her little pet, all alone, would suffer greatly.
How pitiful she would be, and how she would beg for her master.
Beg her master.
Luo Yun thought this, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously lifted.
As for who would bully her, the more, the merrier.