After Being Pestered by My Gloomy and Clingy Roommate 1

★A sweet story, but with a genuinely gloomy, perverted, and clingy ghost for a top.

Chapter 1: One

Chu Qingzi had taken sick leave again.

In all the time Yu Jiang had known her, she had only taken sick leave twice.

The first time, Chu Qingzi’s family had called in sick for her.

That was just a week ago.

The two had agreed to have hotpot in their apartment for their first dinner of the new semester.

Yu Jiang arrived early and waited alone in the apartment for several hours.

Even after the sky turned dark, Chu Qingzi still hadn’t shown up.

An inexplicable unease settled over Yu Jiang. Seeing that the dozen or so WeChat messages she had sent had all vanished without a trace, she decided to call instead.

Chu Qingzi, who never let her phone out of her sight year-round, had, for the first time ever, turned it off.

The moment Yu Jiang heard the mechanical female voice on the other end, the formless hand pressing lightly on her chest squeezed her fragile heart even tighter.

At a loss, she remembered that Chu Qingzi had once added a contact to her phone.

She hurriedly opened her contact list and dialed the number.

The lights were on in the room, the bright white light shining down from above, making Yu Jiang’s already pale face seem even more devoid of color.

Fortunately, the woman answered the phone quickly.

Upon learning that Chu Qingzi had suddenly fallen ill and needed to rest at home for a few days, Yu Jiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She politely said goodbye to the woman, and hearing the other’s almost hoarse voice, she didn’t forget to add a word of concern.

“Auntie, the weather has started to cool down recently. You should take care of yourself too.”

Yu Jiang had never been to Chu Qingzi’s home before—she never planned to in her entire life.

But as it happened, Chu Qingzi’s illness was sudden.

Yu Jiang didn’t know what condition she was in, and because she was so worried, she ended up tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep.

As dawn broke, she let out a soft sigh, finally giving in to herself.

If Chu Qingzi was still sick by Friday and hadn’t recovered, then she would go find her.

The plan was ruined when, on Wednesday morning, Yu Jiang opened the apartment door and was immediately tackled into a hug by someone before she could even see who it was.

“Baby, I’m back.”

Her eardrums tingled and itched at the other’s usual intimate address, the sensation like a raindrop hitting the surface of a lake, quickly spreading with the ripples.

What Yu Jiang found even harder to get used to was the other person’s body, pressed against hers without a single gap between them.

Chu Qingzi was hugging her so tightly, so tightly that it created the illusion that she was about to be completely kneaded into the other’s body.

Just as Yu Jiang was hesitating over whether she should say something, the rarely out-of-control Chu Qingzi took the initiative to let her go.

She took the trash bag from Yu Jiang’s hand as if it were the most natural thing in the world and gently apologized to her, “Sorry, baby. I haven’t seen you in so long, I missed you too much. For a moment, I forgot you don’t like this. Can you forgive me, baby?”

Of course, Yu Jiang wouldn’t blame her.

A week passed after that, and now, today, Chu Qingzi was sick again.

Yu Jiang didn’t like wearing makeup, so she was always ready to go faster than Chu Qingzi.

Having prepared for the day, she pushed open the door to the room across from hers as usual.

What greeted her was not Chu Qingzi sitting before the vanity mirror applying her makeup, but a room shrouded in darkness.

As if sensing something, she looked over, and Chu Qingzi, who had originally had her eyes closed, silently opened them.

Although Yu Jiang couldn’t see her expression hidden in the darkness, she could tell from her slightly weak tone that her condition wasn’t good.

“Baby, I’m sorry. I’m not feeling well today, so I can’t go to class with you. As compensation, how about I take you to a movie in a couple of days?”

The topic abruptly shifted from her being sick to going to the movies.

This kind of situation wasn’t the first time it had happened.

By now, Yu Jiang had witnessed all sorts of “strange forms of compensation” proposed by Chu Qingzi.

Although she still couldn’t understand the other’s thought process, she subconsciously reacted the same way as always—

She nodded helplessly and agreed, “Okay, then you rest well at home. I’ll write a leave request for you when I get to school.”

Across from the school’s south gate was a food street.

The two of them usually got their breakfast here.

Yu Jiang got in line for jianbing guozi by herself. After waiting a few minutes, it was her turn.

The auntie at the stall skillfully poured the batter, spreading it evenly as she asked kindly, “Same as usual, one with scallions and one without, right?”

Yu Jiang was taken aback by the question, momentarily forgetting that Chu Qingzi wasn’t there, and couldn’t help but reply, “Yes, thank you, Auntie.”

The woman chuckled and chatted with her, “Don’t you two usually come together? How come it’s just you today? Did she go to buy something else?”

Yu Jiang’s expression froze, and she frantically tried to stop the woman’s next move.

Unfortunately, she was a step too slow and could only watch helplessly as the green chopped scallions were sprinkled all over the golden-brown crepe.

Yu Jiang suddenly lost her appetite. “Auntie, just this one for today is fine, thank you.”

Just as she took out her phone, a new WeChat message popped up.

Seeing who the sender was, Yu Jiang’s expression stiffened.

Even though she knew only she could see the text, she still covered the screen in a panic and glanced around, making sure no one was watching her before forcing herself to calmly ignore it and scan the code to pay.

After doing all this, Yu Jiang didn’t even bother to open the unread message and shoved the hot potato back into her pocket.

Normally, this cold-shoulder approach would have worked to ignore the person’s harassing messages.

But today was different.

In order to receive messages from Chu Qingzi in real-time, Yu Jiang had specifically turned her phone off silent mode right after leaving the apartment.

This thoughtful gesture, before it had a chance to be of service to her sick roommate, had first become a tool to help that pervert harass her.

The auntie at the stall who handed her the jianbing guozi kindly reminded her, “Miss, is a friend trying to reach you? Your phone has been buzzing nonstop.”

Yu Jiang was thin-skinned and felt extremely embarrassed. With the tips of her ears turning red, she mumbled her thanks and, under the various gazes of the people behind her, scurried to the side to pull out her phone and deal with it.

In less than three minutes, the other person had tirelessly sent dozens of messages.

【Nameless Pervert: Wife, good morning.】

【Nameless Pervert: Wife, good morning.】

【Nameless Pervert: Wife, good morning.】

Seeing such vexing words first thing in the morning, even the usually good-tempered Yu Jiang’s face instantly darkened.

Her pretty, pinkish-white fingers tapped out the three letters “g,” “u,” and “n” on the screen. (T/N: Gun: “Get lost,” “Piss off,” or “Fuck off.”)

Just as she selected the word “Gun” at the front, her remaining rationality coaxed Yu Jiang into deleting it.

No, I can’t curse.

The day after being pestered by this nameless pervert, Yu Jiang, determined to fight back, had finally mustered the courage to curse back with what she considered the ugliest words she knew.

【You damn pervert, if you dare harass me again, I’m calling the police!】

She had thought the other person would back off upon seeing the words “calling the police,” but to her surprise, she received an even more terrifying reply.

【Nameless Pervert: Am I seeing things? My wife is finally willing to curse at me today~ So happy, I love it, it sounds so good~ (kiss.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Can you use a voice message next time, wife~ Text is so cold and not insulting at all.】

【Nameless Pervert: Don’t you want to insult me in a more direct way, wife~ (expectant.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: I’m starting to get jealous of your phone, wife. When you were typing just now, you must have pressed the screen really hard!】

【Nameless Pervert: I wish I were your phone, wife. Then it would be me who was being touched so fiercely by your fingers~ (face blushing.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: I must be the first person you’ve ever cursed at, right~ Thank you for cursing at me, wife~ I love you so much, wife~ (puppy nuzzle.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Please curse at me more in the future, wife, I love it~ But since you cursed at me today, you can’t curse at anyone else from now on, okay~】

【Nameless Pervert: I almost forgot, this is the first time you’ve cursed at me. I’ve already saved this message obediently!】

【Nameless Pervert: (Screenshot of saved text.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: I’m going to print this out on A4 paper later and stick it on the wall across from my bed!】

【Nameless Pervert: That way, the first thing I see when I wake up every day will not only be your beautiful photo, but also the special treatment you give me~ (lecherous smile.jpg)】

She didn’t receive any other similar messages after that.

It wasn’t because the other person had stopped there, but because Yu Jiang, stunned by these obscene words, had finally come to her senses.

To prevent the nameless pervert from expressing even more terrifying desires, she blocked and deleted the person with what was probably the fastest speed of her life.

Since then, Yu Jiang never dared to say a single harsh word to her again.

—for fear of getting her off again with insults.

Returning to the present.

Yu Jiang’s delicate brows were tightly furrowed, her eyes fixed on her phone screen.

The nameless pervert, receiving no response, was still persistently sending “Wife, good morning.”

Yu Jiang didn’t know how she did it, but no matter how many times she blocked and deleted her, the familiar profile picture would somehow reappear in her WeChat list after a short while.

Even if she set the chat to “Do Not Disturb,” it would be automatically canceled.

The existence of the nameless pervert was like a virus that had invaded her phone. Unless the person who created the virus was found, all acts of resistance were futile.

Realizing this, Yu Jiang immediately gave up trying and decided to go to the police station on the weekend to ask for more professional help with this matter.

Before that, she had to keep her cool and not lose her composure.

Considering that Chu Qingzi might message her at any time, Yu Jiang had also brought her Bluetooth earbuds with her.

She planned to wear one during class so that if her phone got a new notification, she could receive it immediately without disturbing others.

To avoid being disturbed then, she had to find a way to make the nameless pervert quiet down for a while.

Forced by the inability to curse, Yu Jiang deliberated again and again before finally sending a tentative message—

【Shut up!】

She felt this phrase was very appropriate.

It didn’t escalate to the level of cursing, yet it effectively conveyed her current anger.

The other person seemed to be startled by her firm attitude and actually went quiet.

Before Yu Jiang could even breathe a sigh of relief, the screen she had manually turned off lit up again.

【Nameless Pervert: Sorry, wife. The word “mouth” just now was a bit of a trigger. I had to get up and kiss your photo on the wall, so my reply is late.】

Yu Jiang: ???

You pervert, are you even speaking human language!!!

【Nameless Pervert: The photo is a bit cold, it’s not comfortable to kiss. I hope I can kiss my wife’s real little mouth soon. (puppy with starry eyes.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: If I obediently shut up, can my wife give me a kiss? If so, can I come find you for a kiss right now?】

Yu Jiang suppressed the discomfort in her heart, latched onto her last sentence, and immediately retorted.

【Are you really coming to find me now?】

She was dying to know who this pervert was. If she could catch the person now, she would definitely send them to the police station immediately to teach them a huge lesson!

【Nameless Pervert: You’re so cute, wife. You don’t like me right now, so how could I walk right into a trap~】

【Nameless Pervert: My wife seems to think I’m dumb. Actually, I’m not dumb at all. A smart person like me has to earn lots and lots of money to support my wife in the future~ (pouting puppy.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: [User has transferred 5200 yuan to you]】

【Nameless Pervert: To punish you for misunderstanding me, wife, you have to obediently accept the money today, okay~】

This wasn’t the first time the nameless pervert had transferred money to Yu Jiang.

Ever since she added Yu Jiang on WeChat, she would transfer a sum of 5200 every day.

Yu Jiang had never accepted it.

Today was no different.

Seeing that the nameless pervert sent no more messages after that sentence, Yu Jiang could finally relax.

She could tolerate the taste of scallions in her food, but she couldn’t stand having them mixed in.

The jianbing guozi in her hand, with the added scallions, was ultimately thrown directly into the trash can.

Affected by the nameless pervert’s messages, Yu Jiang was already full from anger.

She didn’t plan on buying any more breakfast and decided to go straight back to the apartment to have lunch with Chu Qingzi after class.

There was a storage room near the dormitory building where she and Chu Qingzi kept their textbooks.

Yu Jiang took out the textbooks she needed for the morning from her locker, blended into the crowd heading towards the academic building, and walked alone towards her classroom.

As she passed by Cafeteria No. 2, a short notification sound came from her pocket.

She had a feeling it was definitely that pervert.

But she was also worried about the “what if,” so she had no choice but to take out her phone again.

What met her eyes was indeed a terrible new message.

【Nameless Pervert: I knew my wife wouldn’t obediently accept the money today, so I specifically took something that belongs to my wife to make a trade with you. (obedient puppy.jpg)】

Reading the content, Yu Jiang’s emotions didn’t stir in the slightest.

This was because, before this, the pervert had already started collecting Yu Jiang’s personal belongings.

For example, the last hair tie she had used.

It had suddenly snapped during class. After class, Yu Jiang, needing to change classrooms, had casually tossed it into a trash can in the corner.

The next day, the nameless pervert excitedly sent a photo.

The subject of the photo was the very hair tie Yu Jiang had thrown away yesterday.

The cheap item, worth less than a yuan, had been placed by its new owner in a high-end jewelry box imprinted with the logo of some luxury brand.

The phone camera that took the photo had an extremely high resolution. Even without looking closely, Yu Jiang could clearly see the few strands of broken hair still attached to the hair tie.

Yu Jiang had no intention of asking, but the other person proactively explained why she hadn’t washed the hair tie.

【Nameless Pervert: It’s the hair tie my wife wore for a full seventy-three days~ (fragrant kiss.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: It still has my wife’s scent on it. It smells so good, I love it. Thank you, wife. I will treasure it. The hair tie smells so fragrant, I really love it~】

Yu Jiang: I don’t understand, nor do I want to respect it.

Besides the hair tie, there were other miscellaneous little things.

A pen Yu Jiang had used up, a piece of scratch paper Yu Jiang had used and crumpled into a ball before throwing away…

As long as it was something that had been touched by Yu Jiang’s scent, the nameless pervert expressed her great affection for it.

Having been stimulated by different photos time and time again, Yu Jiang’s heart was now as still as water when faced with the same situation.

Amidst her calmness, she couldn’t help but recall, and finally concluded that she hadn’t thrown anything away yesterday.

Soon, her brows furrowed slightly.

For the first time, Yu Jiang felt that the other person’s perverted behavior was so extreme it was nauseating—

Could this person have picked up the tissue I used to wipe my nose?

As it turned out, while Miss Nameless was indeed very perverted, her obsession hadn’t reached such an exaggerated level.

When she saw the new photo that appeared on the screen, Yu Jiang almost threw her phone away.

Compared to the item before her now, she would have rather the other person had picked up her used tissue.

【Nameless Pervert: Wife’s underwear smells so good, I love it!!!】

【Nameless Pervert: It’s a pity it’s stained with that annoying laundry detergent. I sniffed it very, very carefully and only found a tiny little bit of my wife’s fragrant scent.】

【Nameless Pervert: Washed underwear smells too faint, sniff sniff. I didn’t get to smell enough. Next time, I want to smell my wife’s unwashed ones, okay, wife? (pouting puppy.jpg)】

Translator’s Notes

1. Jianbing guozi (煎饼果子): A popular Chinese street food, similar to a savory crepe, typically made with egg, crispy fried crackers, and various sauces and fillings like scallions.

2. 5200 yuan: In Chinese internet slang, the number 520 (wǔ èr líng) is a homophone for “我爱你” (wǒ ài nǐ), which means “I love you.” Transferring amounts like 520 or 5200 is a common romantic gesture.

3. 滚 (gǔn): A very strong and rude word in Chinese, equivalent to “Get lost,” “Piss off,” or “Fuck off.”

4. Auntie (阿姨, āyí): A polite and common way to address a woman who is around one’s parents’ age, regardless of whether she is a relative.