Chapter 279: How to repay the ‘kindness’
It was the weekend, and Xiaomuqing woke up early because she had promised Sister Yu some time ago that she would attend a clothing exhibition.
It was a great way to improve herself while also earning a good amount of money. The thought alone made her feel good.
Accompanied by her good brother and brothers, the clothing exhibition went very smoothly. Her role was to do makeup for others.
Get it done, get paid, and leave. It was that simple. (Though it was a little tiring.)
However, something unexpected happened. Midway through the show, a fashion model suddenly sprained her ankle.
“Where’s the replacement? Can’t anyone else go on?”
Seeing the situation, Ye Mengze couldn’t sit still. This was a very important piece of clothing she had designed.
If anything went wrong, she would have a cerebral hemorrhage and end up in the hospital.
“Uh, there was also an accident over there…”
Someone from the same studio shrugged helplessly. If they had a little time, finding a replacement wouldn’t be difficult.
But in this situation, finding someone else was impractical. At the same time, she decided to have Ye Mengze go on stage herself.
“But my style doesn’t fit.”
After hearing the other person’s suggestion, Ye Mengze frowned, supporting her chin with one hand, hesitating for a moment.
As they anxiously discussed who would be suitable to step in, she noticed Xiaomuqing, who was doing makeup for someone else.
“Wait, I have someone in mind.”
Her eyes suddenly lit up, the corner of her mouth curved up, and Ye Mengze smiled, her brows instantly relaxing.
The people from the same studio followed her gaze and soon showed the same smile, their eyes shining.
There was no need for further explanation. After working together for so long, they all understood what Ye Mengze meant.
At the same time, on the other side, Xiaomuqing suddenly frowned, a bad premonition washing over her.
Then, she saw Ye Mengze appear before her.
And then, she was taken away by a few people. As for her work, someone was found to fill in temporarily, so there wasn’t much impact.
Finally, Xiaomuqing put on Ye Mengze’s ‘masterpiece’ and, after makeup, appeared before the public, having many photos taken.
“It’s all thanks to you, I’m really grateful.”
After it was over, Ye Mengze was ecstatic. While thanking her, she gave Xiaomuqing a big hug.
“Uh, you’re welcome.”
Xiaomuqing, being hugged, was a little dazed. She still hadn’t figured out what had happened.
Even after the clothing exhibition ended and she received a considerable thank-you fee, she was still a bit dizzy.
In addition to this thank-you fee, she also received her full fee as a makeup artist. In terms of results, this was a huge profit.
“Are you hungry?”
In the lounge, Ye Ziming smiled, stroking Xiaomuqing’s head, and asked softly.
“A little.”
She put down her phone and looked up at her good brother. Xiaomuqing was stunned for a moment before gently nodding.
“Then let’s go home.”
“Mm-hmm.”
She nodded again and then followed her good brother home, taking her older brother with them.
The weekend passed quickly. During this time, Xiaomuqing spent her days with her family and visiting Ye Ziming.
Both families were used to this; they would find it strange if they weren’t together on any given day.
On Sunday evening, after dinner, Xiaomuqing boarded the car back to South City with Ye Ziming.
After staying home for two days, she was unaware that the video of her cheerleading on Friday had been pinned to the top of the school forum by the administrator.
As official publicity for the school, pinning an official post wasn’t a big deal.
But the problem was that someone had juxtaposed photos of two Lin Muqings and made a very detailed comparison.
The result was that the ‘two’ looked very similar, which led to a new wave of heated discussions.
“Hello?”
Shortly after returning home to South City, Xiaomuqing received a WeChat voice call from Zhang Xiaoling.
Looking at it, she realized that the other party had sent her several WeChat messages, but she hadn’t checked WeChat and hadn’t noticed.
“Something big has happened, quickly check the school forum…”
“Ah? Hold on.”
Hearing Zhang Xiaoling’s somewhat anxious voice, Xiaomuqing was stunned for a moment before quickly grabbing her good brother’s phone and opening the school forum.
He was taking a shower at the moment, so she could borrow it briefly.
After a while, Xiaomuqing quickly scrolled through the school forum and her eyes widened in surprise.
Faced with this sudden situation, the first thing she did was stand up with her phone and shout towards the bathroom,
“Boss~ Help me~”
Zhang Xiaoling, on the other end of the internet: What a shameless loli.
At Xiaomuqing’s urging, Ye Ziming came out of the bathroom without even having time to put on his clothes after his shower, his chest bare.
Frowning slightly, he stood by the bathroom, listening to Xiaomuqing explain the situation while putting on his clothes.
Xiaomuqing, who was explaining the matter, stared intently at his chest, her gaze uncharacteristically subtle.
It was strange, she suddenly thought her good brother’s physique was quite good-looking, and it made her a little embarrassed.
Moreover, without realizing it, her face felt a little hot, her heartbeat was faintly accelerating, and her breathing became heavier…
*Hissie.jpg*
“Give me your phone. You go shower first, I’ll handle this.”
After listening to Xiaomuqing finish explaining the matter, Ye Ziming’s expression became very serious. He took back his phone as he spoke.
Because he had been focused on his phone, he only now noticed that Xiaomuqing’s gaze was a bit off.
This made him frown again, while thinking to himself, “Why does this look so shamelessly?”
“Okay, okay.”
Hearing her good brother’s voice, Xiaomuqing quickly snapped back to attention and withdrew her gaze, then turned to go back to her room to get clothes to shower.
As for what had just happened, Xiaomuqing believed it was admiration for someone of the ‘same sex,’ nothing more.
Therefore, she definitely wasn’t overthinking it, and she definitely didn’t have any strange thoughts about her good brother, absolutely not!
…
About half an hour later, after handing over the matter to her good brother to handle, Xiaomuqing comfortably took a hot bath.
One had to admit, she was quite carefree, not panicking at all while bathing.
“Boss, how is it?”
She came out of the bathroom and found her good brother sitting on the sofa, holding a hair dryer instead of a phone. Xiaomuqing asked with a smile.
After speaking, she consciously walked to her good brother’s side and, seeing that he had spread his legs apart, sat down, showing no pretense of being a guest.
“The problem has been resolved.”
When he turned back to Xiaomuqing, there wasn’t much expression on his face. Instead, he was expertly and gently blow-drying her hair.
“Oh, oh.”
Getting this answer, Xiaomuqing was completely reassured. The next step was to enjoy the moment.
Listening to the “whoosh” sound from her ears, and the occasional hand placed on her head, the little cat had comfortably closed her eyes.
At this moment, she appeared very well-behaved, not reacting even when something strange pressed against her butt.
After drying her hair, Ye Ziming rubbed Xiaomuqing’s head. After confirming her hair was completely dry, he put the hair dryer aside.
“From now on, you are Lin Muqing’s younger sister…”
While rubbing Xiaomuqing’s head, Ye Ziming said softly to her.
His solution to this matter was to find a few people (trolls) and give them some ‘evidence’ saying that the school beauty and Lin Muqing were siblings.
“Uh… I’ve become my sister?”
This was a bit convoluted. After he finished speaking, it took Xiaomuqing a while to figure out what was going on.
“Mm.”
He nodded lightly, a smile on his face tinged with helplessness and pampering.
In fact, Ye Ziming could have made things simpler and directly revealed Xiaomuqing’s true gender, letting everyone know she was a girl, which might have been better.
But he couldn’t help it; he was just going along with Xiaomuqing’s wishes, helping her continue to keep it a secret.
“Thank you, Boss.”
Sitting in her good brother’s embrace, Xiaomuqing tilted her head up to look at him, thanking him with a sweet smile and then blinking to act cute.
She was very familiar with this maneuver, smiling and revealing her two little canine teeth, looking both cute and playful.
Seeing this, Ye Ziming’s eyes flickered, and his Adam’s apple involuntarily moved up and down a couple of times.
“Is this how you express your thanks?”
Looking down, meeting Xiaomuqing’s eyes, Ye Ziming slowly uttered the words.
At this moment, an idea formed in his mind: to taste this fruit in advance.
Some say that a forced melon isn’t sweet, but he thought, how would you know if it’s sweet if you haven’t tried it?
With this thought, his gaze gradually became dangerous, like a big bad wolf staring at its prey.
“This, uh…”
Feeling a bit embarrassed, Xiaomuqing lowered her head, fidgeting with her small hands in front of her chest. Xiaomuqing also felt that this was a bit perfunctory.
Her good brother had done her such a huge favor; a simple “thank you” was clearly not enough.
However, she already owed him so much, and owing a little more now… didn’t seem to make much difference.
Also, she didn’t know what she could give her good brother, so she felt a little awkward.
“You don’t know how to repay me?”
With just one look, Ye Ziming saw what Xiaomuqing was struggling with. So, he smiled slyly, narrowed his eyes, and leaned close to her ear, whispering.
“Yes.”
Because she felt guilty, Xiaomuqing’s voice was very small, and she didn’t look up at her good brother as she spoke.
“Actually, you know what I like, don’t you?”
“Uh…”
Although it was a question, Ye Ziming spoke with absolute certainty.
After hearing this, Xiaomuqing fell silent again, not responding to Ye Ziming’s words, and felt even more guilty and awkward.
After a while, Xiaomuqing couldn’t bear the awkward atmosphere any longer, so she asked in a very small voice:
“Can’t you just watch other people wear women’s clothes?”
After speaking, she nervously clenched her small hands, tensed her legs, and pursed her lips.
She hoped her good brother would watch others, not her, so she wouldn’t have to wear skirts or anything.
However, she didn’t want her good brother to watch others, because that would make her uncomfortable, so she was conflicted.
“No. And I said, I only like watching you wear them.”
Hearing Xiaomuqing’s answer, Ye Ziming was slightly displeased. He frowned and squeezed her head a little harder, saying.
He was such a devoted person, he wouldn’t possibly look at photos of other people in women’s clothes, and besides, what was the point of that?
At least compared to his own little darling, it was truly meaningless.
Thinking this, he continued to stroke Xiaomuqing’s head and play with her long hair, finding it quite interesting and enjoyable.
At this moment, all he could see was the back of Xiaomuqing’s head.
Therefore, he didn’t know that after he finished speaking, the other person’s small face was flushed, looking incredibly cute and alluring.
A strange emotion was filling her heart. While very shy, she felt surprisingly happy.
Happy about what? Xiaomuqing couldn’t quite explain it; she just felt strange.
“Wait for me for a bit.”
After sitting in her good brother’s arms for a while, Xiaomuqing stood up.
Then she turned her head, looked at her good brother, said a sentence to him, and returned to her room.
“Mm.”
Seeing this, Ye Ziming raised his eyebrows in surprise because he noticed the blush on Xiaomuqing’s cheeks.
That blush made her look even cuter, or rather, more alluring.
In her room, Xiaomuqing took off her pajamas and pajama pants, walked to the closet, and picked up a white lace nightgown.
When she first picked it up, she hesitated and didn’t put it on immediately.
After some internal struggle, and then seeing herself in the mirror, she frowned but still put it on.
The hem of the nightgown was above her knees, and the halter top revealed her shoulders slightly. Overall, it felt very good, fitting well and feeling comfortable.
Due to her living habits, Xiaomuqing disliked wearing a bra at home, so one could see… (depicting the scene in detail would lead to a warning)
“There, is that okay now?”
Emerging from the room and returning to the living room, Xiaomuqing stood before her good brother with a flushed face, pursing her lips and nervously fiddling with the hem of her small skirt.
This was purely out of desperation; she absolutely didn’t want to wear a skirt, really! Xiaomuqing kept repeating in her mind.
“Mm, you look especially cute now.”
His eyebrows slightly raised, amazed, Ye Ziming replied softly with a very satisfied smile.
“Not cute at all.”
Turning her head away, Xiaomuqing pouted and mumbled softly, Xiaomuqing would never admit she was cute, nor would she admit she liked him saying that.
Getting the answer, Xiaomuqing tacitly accepted that her good brother had approved of this ‘thank you gift,’ and so she breathed a small sigh of relief.
However, just as she sat down again, crossed her legs, and prepared to play with her phone, Ye Ziming leaned close to her again.
“However, if it’s just for one night, I think it’s not quite enough.”
With a sly smile, Ye Ziming narrowed his eyes slightly and uttered devilish whispers.
Xiaomuqing was stunned at first, then her small face turned red again, this time out of shame and anger.
What is this called? This is called pushing your luck, Xiaomuqing thought.
Biting her tender pink lips, she turned and glared at her good brother, her eyes filled with clear displeasure. But there was nothing she could do about it, so she was very angry.
“Then what do you want!?”
Staring into her good brother’s eyes, Xiaomuqing asked indignantly.
“I want you to only wear women’s clothes from now on. Will you agree?”
“No…”
“So this is the question you should be thinking about: how exactly should you repay my ‘kindness’ to you.”
Reaching out a hand, he gently pinched Xiaomuqing’s chin, his face almost touching hers. Ye Ziming said with a sly smile.
