Zhang Luo:
Zhang Luo sat in the library hugging his beloved laptop. The students around him were quietly occupied with their own work, giving the library a peaceful, refined atmosphere. Zhang Luo pulled a sexy set of women’s lingerie from his bag, spread it out, cleared his throat, and spoke tenderly to the computer. “Come on, Jiao Jiao, put this on so you don’t catch a cold.” As he spoke, he slipped the bra over the laptop screen, carefully fastened the clasp at the back, then adjusted the shoulder straps until everything sat just right.
Every pair of eyes in the library immediately turned toward him. People stared at Zhang Luo, then at the laptop strapped into a bra, then back at Zhang Luo with increasingly disturbed expressions. Zhang Luo remained perfectly composed. “Is it too tight? Have you gotten bigger lately because I keep touching you? Hehehe~~~” His laugh made everyone’s skin crawl. He picked up the panties next. “Come on, now let me put your panties on too. You were so naughty last night, taking them off before you went to sleep. What if someone else had seen you? You’re mine. Every single part of your body belongs to me.” Zhang Luo pulled the panties over the keyboard, admired his handiwork for a moment, then finally gave in and hugged the laptop against himself, rubbing his cheek lovingly over the screen. “What am I supposed to do? I love you so much. I can’t stand being away from you for even one minute, even one second.”
“Hehe, what did you say? No, I’m not letting go. I refuse. You’re mine.” He continued the entire conversation by himself.
Not far away, Ying Xiu Jie hid his face behind a book. “I knew Zhang Luo was a pervert. I didn’t realize he was this much of a pervert.”
“I have this horrible feeling he sincerely wants to do all of this,” Ke Bu said.
Chu Hao Yu had bitten down on the edge of his book, his face full of resentment. “Damn it. I really want that lingerie set.”
The people sitting near Zhang Luo gradually edged farther away. Several girls were so frightened that they unconsciously pressed closer to their boyfriends. Since the library was extremely quiet, everything Zhang Luo said could still be heard clearly. He stuck out his tongue and licked the screen, one palm stroking slowly up and down the back of the laptop. “You smell so good. It’s all your fault for going to sleep so early last night. We didn’t even get to do anything.”
“No. I’m going to throw up.” Ke Bu grabbed the bookshelf beside him for support.
A librarian finally came over and tapped the table with one finger. “Student, this is a place for reading. Please don’t disturb everyone around you.” Zhang Luo immediately patted the back of his laptop in alarm. “Oh, oh~~ Jiao Jiao, don’t be scared~~ I’ll protect you~~ Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid~~ I’m right here.” He picked up the laptop, still dressed in bra and panties, and headed for the exit. As he walked, he raised his voice and said, “I know you’re still angry with me. Last time, after we finished, I didn’t wipe you clean because I was just so tired.”
Everyone in the library sucked in a collective breath of horror and watched Zhang Luo’s obscene silhouette disappear into the distance.
Chu Hao Yu:
Ke Bu handed Chu Hao Yu the item they had prepared and gave him a cold smile. “Since I’m the one who designed your challenge, naturally I had to continue the classic sanitary-pad series.”
“Laugh while you can. I’d like to see whether you’ll still be laughing when it’s your turn.” Chu Hao Yu looked furious. After the previous challenge, forget about girls becoming interested in him—girls had started fleeing whenever they saw him. Time had finally allowed that nightmare to fade from everyone’s memory, and now it was coming back all over again.
Zhi Li lifted a bag that looked extremely heavy, swung it backward, and settled it over his shoulder. “I’m leaving for a few days.”
“Where are you going?” Ke Bu immediately caught hold of him.
“Home.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“I miss Mom and Dad,” Zhi Li said expressionlessly, uttering words capable of making a person spit blood.
“Now I believe you even less!!”
“Maybe he’s scared of his challenge and wants to run away with his tail between his legs,” Chu Hao Yu said, attempting to provoke him. Unfortunately, provocation had absolutely no effect on Zhi Li. Without the slightest embarrassment, Zhi Li answered, “Yes. I’m terrified.”
“You don’t look scared at all!!”
“Where are you actually going? If you don’t tell me, I’m not letting go.” Ke Bu switched to clutching Zhi Li’s clothes with both hands, shamelessly throwing a tantrum.
“You really won’t let go?” Zhi Li asked mildly.
“You think you can threaten me? When I, Ke Bu, say I won’t let go, then even if I die, rigor mortis will keep my corpse clamped onto you. Besides, am I really the kind of person whose heart can be shaken by outside temptations?”
“Ke Bu.”
“What?”
Zhi Li placed one hand behind Ke Bu’s head and forcefully pulled him close. Without giving him even a moment to breathe, he swallowed Ke Bu’s lips and breath together. Ke Bu’s head immediately went light, his limbs lost their strength, and soft muffled sounds escaped his throat. Even the hands gripping Zhi Li slowly slipped away. Only after a long, wet kiss did Zhi Li finally release him and lightly pat his cheek. “You’re still too green.”
“Wait, what about your challenge?” Chu Hao Yu shoved the dazed Ke Bu aside and demanded. Trying to escape? Not so easily.
“I’ll come back when it’s my turn.”
It took Ke Bu quite a while to recover. Then he began stamping his feet furiously. “Come back here! What just happened doesn’t count! I was temporarily bewitched!”
Chu Hao Yu began stamping around beside him too. “It’s over, it’s over! I’m definitely having nightmares tonight. What if I dream that Zhi Li kisses me—or that I’m kissing Ke Bu? Nooooo~~~”
“Yutai, aren’t you imagining a little too much?”
A game was being held in the gymnasium that day, so the place was especially lively and the stands were packed. Chu Hao Yu wore a basketball uniform. It was not an official competition, and after asking a friend for a favor, he had managed to slip onto one of the teams. The others sat in the stands with their arms folded; some cracked sunflower seeds, some chatted, while Zhang Luo held a video camera and refused to miss even a second.
The whistle sounded and the game began. Chu Hao Yu played basketball perfectly normally, and the truth was that as long as he kept his mouth shut and refrained from making sleazy gestures, he really was a handsome young man. Unfortunately, his personality had ruined an otherwise perfectly good person. Time passed amid excited cheering until Ke Bu eventually checked his watch impatiently. “The game is almost over. Is he planning to start or not?”
Ying Xiu Jie snatched the megaphone from the person beside him and bellowed toward the court, “Hao Yu, keep going! Don’t lose your nerve! I’ll always support you! Do it! Don’t forget your most important mission! We have to win—for the notebook!” Anyone who did not know the truth might have been deeply moved by the strength of their friendship. In reality, Ying Xiu Jie was merely kicking him while he was down and reminding him that it was time to carry out his challenge.
Chu Hao Yu glared bitterly toward the stands, and then he began. He ran across the basketball court beneath the thunderous cheers and the eyes of everyone watching him. Then, at that exact moment, something slipped out of his shorts. It was none other than a sanitary pad, complete with a bright red bloodstain. The entire gym went silent. Even the players stopped moving. Chu Hao Yu scratched his head, bent down, picked up the pad with an embarrassed smile, and said, “Sorry, sorry. My period came today.”
He cradled the sanitary pad reverently in both hands and gazed with deep emotion at the patch of red. “Ah~~ how brilliant and beautiful the color of my menstrual blood is. Ah~~ carrying a faint fragrance and those delicate little clots, it resembles a magnificent landscape painting. Ah~~ how unbearable it is to throw something so beautiful away.” Chu Hao Yu took two graceful steps forward like an actor in a stage play and stretched out one arm. “I love this deep red, like the fire burning inside my body spilling into the outside world. I love this lovely red, staining that tiny field of white. I love this mischievous red, the deepest pain in my lower abdomen.” Then he pressed the sanitary pad lovingly to his chest. “I move when I want to move. I sit however I want to sit. I say comfort is whatever my body likes best—just like Space7 Girls Series sanitary pads, with a soft cotton surface made especially for me. My comfort is mine to decide. Who cares how many days it lasts?”
Ke Bu slapped the armrest over and over. “Hahaha~~ That’s what you get, you idiot~~!”
Ying Xiu Jie was laughing so hard tears streamed from his eyes, Zhang Luo’s video camera shook violently in his hands, and Zhou Xin He and Gong Zhu doubled over with laughter.
Chu Hao Yu reached into his bag and produced another item. “Of course, when the flow is light, I don’t worry. Small body, so mini, so happy. Lightweight and compact, with tiny wings—Space7 mini pads.”
Elio’s Notes: 七度空间 (Space7) is a Chinese sanitary-pad brand. Chu Hao Yu’s over-the-top speech riffs on its advertising slogans, including the English phrases preserved in the source.