Episode 8: Who Will Be Your Lifelong Partner? Part Two
“Oh, it is indeed spacious.”
“Because the entire floor is ours. I’ve checked roughly, and there’s more than enough room for everyone to have their own room. Hmm, for each person…”
“Why emphasize “for each person”…”
“To prevent situations where, even though there’s ample space, people might sneak into Juncheng’s room to sleep.”
“It sounds like a joke, but the fact that it might not be is the scariest part. People like that, you know.”
“Hehehe, I’d never do that. I don’t think anyone would knowingly break the rules, either. After all, it’s ‘settled’…”
“There’s nothing settled!”
I feel like there’s a conspiracy. “Settled” must refer to that truce.
Lianbing isn’t telling me the inside story either. They’re definitely hiding something from me.
At this moment, having just arrived at our new residence, Lan and I are chatting by the kotatsu.
Lianbing went out to buy some things, and I asked Lou Yi to accompany her, as Lou Yi can be of great help with carrying things.
Lily also said she’d come back to move some luggage. She plans to start living here today as well.
And since someone needs to watch the house, or more accurately, watch Youyou, it’s just the three of us – myself, Lan, and Sheng – spending time together.
Normally, at a time like this, Lan would be unable to contain herself. Although Sheng is here, Lan certainly wouldn’t care about an audience. In fact, she might even be more… Well, Lan’s true nature… is probably beyond what the word “pervert” can describe.
However, Lan is behaving unusually well today, not even a small movement. How strange.
“We’re back. We’ve moved all the belongings from home and bought some daily necessities.”
Before long, Lianbing returned, accompanied by Lily.
With them, the house now had furniture. But because the area was so vast, even after arranging the furniture, it still looked empty, with only a pile of things in one corner.
“I bought some oranges. Wait a moment, I’ll go make some tea.”
“…How unusual. Young Miss herself is making tea?”
“Heh, what’s so strange about that? Unlike someone who wears a maid outfit but doesn’t do any real work, I actually finished my tasks properly when I was a maid.”
“Hmph, I’m the maid specifically responsible for nighttime service. As long as I serve Master well at night, that’s enough, right? Juncheng, oh, I mean, Master~”
“You have the nerve to say that.”
“Nng, Juncheng dislikes me, your little maid. Sob sob, you were so interested in posing me in various poses just yesterday…”
“Eat an orange, you.”
I shoved a whole peeled orange into Lan’s mouth.
She took it like a puppy, not spitting it out, deliberately using her tongue to separate the orange segments before swallowing them.
Tsk, simply amazing. She can even eat like this. That seductive fox’s shamelessness is growing stronger.
After Lianbing finished making tea, she also came over to the kotatsu, but the seats were already full.
Me, Sheng, Lan, and Youyou had occupied all four sides of the not-so-large kotatsu.
“Ah, that, I can offer my…”
Sheng noticed the situation and tried to offer her seat, but Lianbing refused.
“No need, I’ll sit here.”
After placing the teapot and cups on the table, she went to Youyou’s side, to my right, picked up the still-sleeping Youyou into her arms, and slipped under the kotatsu.
Youyou sat on Lianbing’s lap, her head resting comfortably on the soft mounds, seeming to sleep even better.
“Good idea. You don’t mind sitting with me, right?”
“Ah, yes, please do.”
I hugged Sheng from behind. Sheng shifted into a semi-reclining position to make space for Lily to approach the kotatsu.
But the situation here was way too unfair… Because whether it was Sheng or Lily, they were too magnificently endowed—
Being squeezed together like this, witnessing the transformation process so directly, was too unfair…
Next time, I’ll buy a rectangular kotatsu… The square one isn’t enough…
Lou Yi, however, seemed to have no interest in joining in. She was sitting cross-legged on a nearby cushion, back in her usual daze.
Lan, seeing the scene on both sides, lowered her body, rested her chin on the tabletop, and ate the orange in her mouth, muttering with a pout.
“I say, isn’t this strange? So many people crowded around one kotatsu…”
“There’s no helping it. We didn’t have much to begin with, and everything was a mess because of the fight. There wasn’t much usable stuff, so a kotatsu that we could salvage was good enough.”
“Juncheng, you have a world ruler as your wife, yet your life is so simply plain.”
“Although Ling works every day, no one pays the world a salary. Our living expenses all come from the money I earn working during the daytime. We agreed not to interfere too much with the world. It’s a matter of principle. ”
“You’ve become the final BOSS who controls the world, yet you can’t live as you please.”
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. The way Lan and I lived before was pretty good too.”
“Ugh, sorry. Because no one lived in the whole building, we didn’t add any furniture for easy cleaning…”
“It’s not your fault, Lily. And I think this is pretty good.”
With such a large house, it didn’t feel like home. I didn’t expect to be able to create a sense of “narrowness” like this. I personally think it’s quite good.
Although the current situation is less “narrow” and more “stuck together.”
“But Youyou really isn’t waking up at all. We made quite a commotion just now, but she’s still sleeping.”
As far as I recall, Youyou has been sleeping all along.
Although Lianbing did mention that Youyou woke up when I ran away from home.
Lan glanced at Youyou and said.
“She probably expended too much energy.”
“Expended?”
“Yes, she used her special ability before.”
“Eh? Special ability?”
Youyou has a special ability too?
“You don’t know that, Juncheng? The messy state of the house was Youyou’s doing.”
“Ah? So it was Youyou who did it?”
I had absolutely no idea. I thought it was that assassin.
But it makes sense. Just capturing a little girl wouldn’t cause that much damage to a room.
So, was it an outbreak of Youyou’s special ability that caused the room to be destroyed like that?
“Do any of you know what Youyou’s special ability is?”
“No, we don’t. All the cameras were blocked, so we didn’t record what happened. This assassin is quite capable. Tsk— Next time, I’ll install two more trackers and see how he blocks them!”
Seeing Lan’s excited look, as if she’d found a new toy, I realized she’d met her match.
Surveillance technology is indeed becoming more advanced. It’s terrifying…
The little loli wiped the corner of her eye and said groggily, blinking. “I’m hungry…”
Uh, right. Sleeping alone won’t replenish all her energy. She needs to eat.
But now, it’s a problem. There’s no food or ingredients here, only the few oranges Lianbing bought.
It looks like I’ll have to go buy some groceries and cook. But at this hour, only twenty-four-hour convenience stores would likely be open. Cooking with convenience store items…
Anyway, I’ll go out and take a look first.
“I’ll go out and buy some food.”
“It’s so late? And there probably aren’t any supermarkets selling vegetables open.”
“We can’t let Youyou go hungry. I’ll go out and see, and be back as soon as possible…”
Just as I was getting out of the kotatsu and preparing to put on clothes to go out, a voice came from the door.
“Bhoo— Sorry to keep you all waiting! Li Nai has arrived! I’ve brought hot pot base and ingredients! Let’s have hot pot!”
Whoa, Li Nai, you’re a lifesaver.
Every time I need you, you conveniently show up with what I need. Are you my savior?
Just one word: Li Nai is so useful.
But one thing is still quite strange. How did she find us?
We just moved in; we shouldn’t have notified anyone yet.
“Hm? Why is there no welcoming fanfare? Was I ostracized after all? Was I excluded? Sob sob!”
“I’m going to cry! I’m taking this hot pot feast home alone!”
“Tch… how did you find us, Li Nai?”
The Li Nai, who was crying a moment ago, instantly changed to a smug expression and gave a V-sign, saying.
“Hmph! Juncheng, have you forgotten which department we were in at the organization?”
I squinted, recalling that not-so-pleasant experience, and rolled my eyes, pursing my lips.
“Really… I only remember that every time I was partnered with you to gather information, you were always eating or slacking off—”
“Stop acting cute, and stop sticking your tongue out!”
I directly grabbed her and dragged her inside.
“Ugh! I’m wrong, I’m wrong! Don’t pinch my tongue!”
She’s still acting cute.
“Ah, actually, I told her…”
As I brought Li Nai to the kotatsu, Lily timidly raised her hand to explain.
I released Li Nai’s tongue and said irritably.
“I knew this girl wouldn’t have found us on her own… Anyway, now that we have the ingredients, I’ll go cook.”
“Hehe, then I’ll warm up…”
“Don’t squeeze over here! It’s already overcrowded. Go to the empty area.”
Li Nai took off her coat and didn’t sit in my spot. Instead, she squeezed in with Lan.
“Hm? Weren’t you guys bonding for warmth? So I came to piggyback on your body heat!”
“Director, are you happy…”
“It’s just because there aren’t enough seats, and… forget it. Class Monitor, you…”
“Oh— it’s warm now, it’s warm now, but my hands are still a bit cold. I need a hand warmer. Hmm, this one looks good.”
“…What are you touching?!”
Even Lan couldn’t handle Li Nai. Can even the cleverest fox not win against a foolish husky?
“But I want a bigger one, something I can use to warm my hands. Lianbing— little Bingbing— lend me your hands to warm them~”
“Don’t come over here. My Youyou will become stupid.”
Youyou innocently looked up and asked.
“Is this older sister an idiot?”
“Yes, don’t go near her, idiocy is contagious.”
Li Nai exaggeratedly acted as if she were hurt.
“Hey— classmate Lianbing, that’s too much. I’m hurt. Teacher— I need that big, soft, heartwarming…”
“Or maybe I can borrow classmate Sheng’s? The spindle shape is very pretty. It’s a shape that makes one want to touch it. It’s too wasteful for that scum Juncheng. Why don’t I enjoy it first?”
“Eh, that, ….”
Watching Li Nai join in and cause a ruckus with the other girls, I suddenly felt a complicated emotion.
What is this feeling of being cuckolded?
Why do I feel like Li Nai is the queen of the harem?
So, is this Li Nai’s yuri harem, and I’m just her male concubine?
Pah!
No, I’m going to conquer Li Nai tonight!
A real man acts immediately!
