SBAB Chapter 11

Lin Xin and Cheng Shiyin’s hands hovered awkwardly in the air. Returning felt like they were doing something sneaky, and not returning meant enduring the relentless stares of Xiaoxia, Zhang Yun, and He Xiangtong—three ravenous gazes that made them feel like two monkeys being watched under a bridge.

The three of them didn’t speak, just took turns eating a single candy apple: one bite for you, one for me, one for her. Add to that their ceaseless chewing and savoring glances, and it was just plain disgusting.

As Gu Nian’s girlfriend, Cheng Shiyin had already grown accustomed to receiving odd looks from people, but this situation didn’t faze her much.

Lin Xin, however, didn’t have that kind of resolve. She rushed forward, snatched the last candy apple from He Xiangtong’s hand, and quickly popped it into her mouth. With a flick of the stick into the nearby trash bin, she theatrically showed her empty hands and said, “All finished, now scat!”

To Lin Xin’s surprise, Xiaoxia grinned, clapped her hands twice in front of her, and said, “Watch out, here come the dogs!”

Cheng Shiyin looked around—where were the dogs?

He Xiangtong and Zhang Yun both grinned back and started closing in on Lin Xin and Cheng Shiyin.

Cheng Shiyin wasn’t sure what they were up to, but their eyes gave off a weird glint. Panicked, she clung to the person she knew best and trusted most in the room—Lin Xin, whom she had just met today.

So Cheng Shiyin hid behind Lin Xin and even held onto the edge of his shirt, despite her heels giving her a slight height advantage over Lin Xin.

Lin Xin, still adjusting to his new role as a man, found himself overwhelmed in the face of these two wicked girls and was easily captured.

Cheng Shiyin couldn’t drag them both alone, so after a brief struggle, she reluctantly let go of Lin Xin and exchanged a helpless look with Xiaoxia.

Xiaoxia didn’t know about Cheng Shiyin’s relationship with Gu Nian or that she was Lin Xin’s rival. At least, from Lin Xin’s outwardly friendly behavior, she couldn’t tell. She thought Cheng Shiyin was just Lin Xin’s “little lover” (friend) before college. So she made a welcoming gesture and invited Cheng Shiyin along.

They returned to the haunted house building, where the Sadako and Kayako figure out front was no longer visible—probably because Lin Xin had taken Cheng Shiyin away, and there was nobody left to staff the final scare.

This time, Lin Xin and Cheng Shiyin were directed to a nearby maid café run by the Culinary Club.

The maid café was considered another staple of the campus festival—without it, the festival felt soulless.

Once the Culinary Club got wind that the school was hosting its first-ever campus festival, they submitted their application the very next day. After approval, they realized the club was brimming with chefs but lacked maids.

When members first joined the Culinary Club, they could barely manage to dress as maids. But after months of new dish research and tastings, the members inevitably gained a few extra pounds. In the end, only He Xiangtong, who had converted fat into muscle, could manage to play the role of a maid somewhat credibly.

But even one maid was far from enough.

To secure the future of the club, He Xiangtong enlisted all the female acquaintances she knew at school, including the other three dorm mates, to pitch in.

Zhang Yun, who was the manager of the basketball club, couldn’t possibly manage to be a maid wearing basketball gear the entire time—the customers wouldn’t stand for a maid constantly holding a basketball.

Xiaoxia, on the other hand, agreed to He Xiangtong’s plan but insisted on one condition—to drag Lin Xin along as well.

He Xiangtong and Zhang Yun eagerly jumped into the prank, making it clear that they would make time to join in.

And so, the current situation was born.

Lin Xin was pushed into the changing room, fiercely protesting, while Cheng Shiyin sat at a table nearby, her head down, trying to minimize her presence.

Of course, that was wishful thinking.

Cheng Shiyin was immediately targeted by the Culinary Club’s president as soon as she entered. The president walked over, snatched the menu from Cheng Shiyin’s hand, and shoved a plate of omelet rice into her hand, instructing her to take it to the third table.

Cheng Shiyin frantically protested, “It’s not me, I didn’t do it, don’t say that!”

But her small tricks were quickly brushed aside by the president’s indifference. With a sigh, Cheng Shiyin took the hot plate of omelet rice and walked over to the impatient customers at the third table.

Meanwhile, in the changing room, Lin Xin was being pinned down by three female troublemakers trying to strip her clothes off. Especially Xiaoxia, who was solely focused on tugging Lin Xin’s pants down. Lin Xin quickly promised to work hard to appease them and managed to get them to let her go, so she could change her clothes.

When Lin Xin emerged from the changing room, she saw Cheng Shiyin deftly navigating her way around the café with trays in hand, already looking like a seasoned maid.

“Wait, isn’t Cheng Shiyin from another school?” Lin Xin thought to herself, questioning the logic.

As Lin Xin stepped into view, her flat figure clashed with the other maids, making her look like a little brother who had stolen his sister’s clothes. It raised doubts about the gender of the other maids.

The president didn’t want the café to be mistaken as a maid café, but if Lin Xin were sent away, they wouldn’t have enough maids. Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in the president’s head—she shoved a butler’s outfit into Lin Xin’s arms and pushed her back into the changing room.

Now, Lin Xin became the sole butler in the maid café, and by the end of the day, she was the only one.

Even Gu Nian, after escaping the haunted house, was caught and given a large maid outfit by the president.

So, the staff in the maid café consisted of: Maid He Xiangtong, Maid Xiaoxia, Maid Cheng Shiyin, Maid Gu Nian, and Butler Lin Xin.