Chapter 156: Male And Female Servants And Female Butler
It was unclear whether they were shocked by the two’s outfits or caught red-handed for badmouthing others behind their backs, but the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School crowd silently watched the two, and the atmosphere gradually became eerie.
“What’s wrong? Cat got your tongue? I saw you all chatting happily just now.” Nancy raised her eyebrows. She had combed her short hair back into place, making the usual short-haired beauty look more like a handsome boy with a neutral vibe. Her gaze made many girls in Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School, including An Su Chun, hurriedly lower their heads, setting off alarm bells in the boys’ hearts.
“If you all have nothing else, please go downstairs or to the school gate to guide the guests. After all, our classroom is on the top floor, which is a bit disadvantaged geographically. Your promotion can help attract more customers to our two classes’ exhibition shop.” Ouyang Yating, standing beside Nancy, said. Her usually aloof face now looked even colder, but her long hair, usually meticulously styled, was now tied into a neat ponytail, accentuating her capable demeanor and making many boys hold their breath.
The few in Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School who weren’t intimidated by the two’s outfits exchanged glances. Everyone knew what Nancy and Ouyang Yating said was correct. Although the two sides had almost fallen out, on the surface, this exhibition was still a joint cooperation. If Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School didn’t have enough visitors, they would have no advantage in the final voting round. So even for their own class’s score, they should make a move.
But… it just felt really unpleasant to directly follow the other’s orders. The few clear-headed people in Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School thought to themselves.
“What are you blocking the doorway for?”
Ainuo’s voice came from behind the two. Sasha suddenly remembered that Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School’s plan this time was for girls to wear male outfits and boys to wear female outfits, so Ainuo this time… Before she could think about whether to turn away to avoid embarrassment, Ainuo unexpectedly walked out from behind the door.
Now the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School crowd fell into silence again in a certain sense.
The Ainuo in front was wearing a black-and-white knee-length dress as the main color scheme, with several cute little butterfly knots pinned to the hem. On their feet were cute little leather shoes and white socks, and on their head was a hairband with two ribbons hanging down. If you ignored that the wearer was a boy half a head taller than the two girls blocking the door, this outfit would be quite appealing to a girl’s heart.
But unfortunately, you couldn’t ignore it.
If Nancy and Liang Gong’s appearance in butler outfits felt stunning, then Ainuo’s grand debut in a maid outfit could only be described as eye-searing.
If the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School students had bullet comments in their minds right now, they would be flooded with a screen full of complaints. They were now so shocked that they even accidentally forgot about the “business” of coming to make trouble.
“Hm? What’s up?” Ainuo looked at the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School crowd standing at the door. They were looking over with varied expressions, and even someone with negative emotional intelligence like Ainuo understood why, but his mischievous ideas often popped up at times like this. Ainuo turned sideways, making a welcoming gesture, and said: “There are still some maid outfits left. Do the boys in your class want to try them too?”
This invitation directly scared the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School boys into changing their expressions. During the preparation phase earlier, they had seen the clothes prepared by Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School students and learned they were for boys to wear. They desperately hypnotized themselves that if they got a chance to wear them, they shouldn’t be picky—being able to appear on stage was great. But imagining it in their minds was one thing. They had sometimes seen Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School students who forgot to remove their headpieces coming out of the Drama Club next to A Bite of China Club. However, when actually seeing Class Eight Grade One students fully dressed in a complete set right in front of everyone like now, the resistance and relief buried deep in the hearts of the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School boys erupted—
—Thank goodness! We don’t have to wear this!
—If our family saw us wearing this… Aaaah!!
Seeing the originally aggressive Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School boys’ expressions shift from stunned to indescribable to barely concealed joy, Ainuo’s expression couldn’t help but twitch. Whether 30,000 years ago or 30,000 years later, skirts were something girls wore. Although the history teacher said there was a period when men also wore skirts, he intuitively felt that period wasn’t very long. So under the societal consensus of “skirts = female clothing,” and with troublemakers like Nancy and Chou Manman specially choosing styles with lots of butterfly knots.
Xiang Chuan two weeks ago: In that era, butterfly knots represented cuteness.
Nancy and Chou Manman: I see, good to know. (Selects styles with a bunch of butterfly knots)
Putting on these maid outfits with almost more butterfly knots than buttons had nearly exhausted all the mental energy of the Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School boys, to the point that his glare at Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School now lacked its usual sharpness.
On the other hand, the girls were extremely excited.
After the Tianyuan Era, although there were no excessive restrictions on people’s clothing and innovation in clothing styles was even encouraged, due to some subconscious influences from ancient times, modern designers and stylists didn’t have much concept of “neutral style.”
Except for some female actors in the Twelfth Fleet who would dress in male outfits for acting opportunities, neutral attire was almost never seen in everyday life. Xiang Chuan occasionally saw girls with short hair on the street, but it was limited to hairstyles—they still wore feminine clothing.
So this time, wearing butler outfits was also a challenge to “non-worldly common sense” for the girls in Class 1-8 of Nongda Affiliated High School. This morning, except for the nerve-free Xiang Chuan, the other girls were so excited about appearing in ancient male outfits in public that their hearts raced and they couldn’t sleep much. Even Chou Manman, who had privately gotten a lot of female male-role video material from Xiang Chuan before, was a bit thrilled.
Since there was still some time before the entering guests reached the top floor, the first-year students who had already changed into uniforms mostly went to the corridor to curiously check the crowd downstairs or nearby classes. The highly attention-grabbing Class Eight Grade One trio’s appearance at their own door immediately drew gazes from a large area around.
Boys wearing skirts, girls wearing suits? What’s the situation?
Where have I seen these skirts and suits before?
Could they be ancient clothing?
Members of other classes’ history clubs were getting restless, while the news club reporters were the first to rush over.
To increase buzz, Student Council President Wen Tao·Kai had long arranged a news club reporter on each floor of the first- and second-year teaching building, aiming to release reports to the campus communication board first, then after review by the Student Union and principal, to public media, boosting the school’s fame and preparing for next year’s enrollment promotion. For students, this was the best time to gain social presence.
Therefore, the news club members bore heavy responsibility. To prevent first- and second-year students from bribing reporters, the news club leader stipulated hourly rotations for floor coverage to ensure fairness. The member with the highest quality and hottest reports would receive rewards from the Student Union and principal, so the news club crowd was fully prepared.
But this year, in terms of buzz, Class Eight Grade One couldn’t be avoided. It was the class of two new club presidents, one of which was the current hot-topic Ancient Food Club. Even a reporter with average writing skills could gain massive attention through these two spotlight clubs. If the Ancient Food Club president served a new dish not yet on the Yue Xiang Restaurant menu, wow, that buzz would let the reporter win effortlessly.
The second-year news club student who drew the floor with Class Eight Grade One this morning, carrying their hover camera out of the club, had envious, jealous, hateful stares practically stabbing their back seven in, seven out.
So upon seeing the Class Eight Grade One door open, this reporter rushed from one end of the corridor to the other at Class Eight.
And as expected, they were blinded by Ainuo’s maid outfit.
But even though the reporter was stunned silent, their carried hover camera followed the recent instructions and began snapping photos from all angles.
When the Class 1-3 of Caida Affiliated High School students, harboring dissatisfaction but helpless, went downstairs to prepare to receive guests, the reporter snapped out of the eye-searing silence. Seeing Class Eight Grade One students successively coming out of the classroom—each “cute girl” maid who was masculine with an Adam’s apple, and each “handsome” butler with a high ponytail and curvaceous figure—bustling in and out of the Class 8 Classroom for final storefront decorations, the reporter took deep breaths to calm their excitement.
—Hot topic report, here it comes!
