My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 354

Chapter 354: Chapter 351: The One I Like Is a Stupid Loli
Watching the fireworks, Xiaomuqing gradually leaned closer to Ye Ziming, then, when he wasn’t paying attention, hugged one of his arms.
This posture was very intimate, and Xiaomuqing felt very happy.
At this moment, she felt a sense of accomplishment in claiming her good brother as her own, and it felt inexplicably good.
Speaking of which, she seemed to have forgotten something: did her good brother have feelings for her that were… beyond friendship?
Thinking of this, she then thought of Sun Luo.
Damn, Sun Luo came to find Ye Ziming dressed as a girl again today, and they chatted so happily. Xiaomuqing believed there was definitely something wrong here!
At that time, Li Xiaoyun had distracted her, and she thought the two looked good together, which was why she didn’t realize this major issue in time.
Hiss! The more she thought, the more terrifying it became!
“What’s wrong?”
As Xiaomuqing was lost in thought, Ye Ziming suddenly felt something and turned his head, asking doubtfully.
“Huh? Nothing.”
Hearing his voice, Xiaomuqing instantly snapped out of her daze, looked up, and blinked innocently.
Her sparkling almond eyes seemed to say: I don’t know anything.
“…”
Ye Ziming raised an eyebrow, a little exasperated, looking at the ‘well-behaved’ Xiaomuqing. He had a lot to say but didn’t know where to start.
He really wanted to say: If nothing’s wrong, why are you hugging my arm so tightly?
Forget it, the stupid loli didn’t have much strength. If she wanted to hug him, let her hug him. Ye Ziming didn’t think anything would go wrong.
After looking away, he took out his phone and found that his family had sent messages asking if he was coming home tonight.
Without thinking much, Ye Ziming simply edited a few messages and replied.
“Boss~”
Seeing her good brother playing with his phone, Xiaomuqing snuggled closer to him like a kitten, calling out in a soft, sweet voice.
She decided to put the matter of Sun Luo aside for now and think of a way to deal with it another day.
What she needed to do now was to test her good brother and see if he had feelings for her.
Also, to try and hint at him that she actually liked him.
“Mm?”
As Ye Ziming replied to the messages, he responded to Xiaomuqing, his eyes fixed on the phone screen.
“It’s Valentine’s Day today.”
Leaning against her good brother, Xiaomuqing looked at the fireworks and pretended to casually mention the festival, avoiding Ye Ziming’s gaze.
This was definitely not her deliberately bringing up Valentine’s Day.
“…Oh?”
After hearing this, Ye Ziming’s fingers, which were typing on his phone, paused for a moment, a little surprised.
However, he quickly recovered, not letting Xiaomuqing notice this small detail, and turned his head back, giving her a puzzled look.
“Valentine’s Day is a festival celebrated with the one you like.”
Xiaomuqing fidgeted, her eyes darting around nervously because she felt guilty.
“Mm, indeed.”
Ye Ziming nodded in agreement.
At this point, Xiaomuqing suddenly fell silent, her lips pursed into a thin line, staring at the lake and thinking about something.
What Ye Ziming could feel was that her arm around him was holding him even tighter.
After a short while, Xiaomuqing seemed to make a difficult decision and turned her head to look at Ye Ziming again, asking him:
“Then… do you like someone?”
After asking the question, Xiaomuqing was extremely nervous, her hands tightly clutching Ye Ziming’s arm, her toes almost tracing a map on the ground.
Besides being nervous, she was also panicking, afraid that something unexpected might happen and ruin her strategy.
With that in mind, she stared intently at Ye Ziming, afraid of missing any detail or not hearing his answer clearly.
The wait for an answer was agonizing. Although it only took a few seconds of thought, it felt like a year had passed.
“Yes.”
Upon hearing the question, Ye Ziming’s first reaction was surprise, followed by amusement, and then a doting look in his eyes.
He answered very calmly, as if talking about a very ordinary matter.
“Huh?”
This answer shocked Xiaomuqing, her eyes widening as she impatiently continued to ask, “Who… who is it?”
Now she was even more nervous, her heart felt like it was being squeezed, and even her breathing became a little difficult.
Moreover, under the stress, she began to overthink.
When he was playing with his phone just now, he seemed to have smiled, right? She saw it clearly, didn’t she!
“She’s chatting with me right now.”
Putting away his phone, Ye Ziming freed one hand, gently stroked Xiaomuqing’s cheek, and said in a very gentle voice.
The answer to this question was actually quite obvious.
The only person he was chatting with right now was Xiaomuqing, wasn’t it?
However, he didn’t know that Xiaomuqing had already misunderstood, and her thoughts had gone wildly off track.
“Who are you chatting with?”
That’s right, he was chatting on his phone just now, so the person her good brother liked was in the phone…
She couldn’t accept it. She had tried so hard, only to be snatched away! How could she accept this!?
Just as Xiaomuqing was grinding her teeth, wishing she could devour “that person” alive, Ye Ziming suddenly ruffled her head forcefully.
“Stupid loli.”
“?”
“Besides you, the stupid loli, who else am I chatting with?”
He had originally intended to be subtle, but when he realized Xiaomuqing seemed to have misunderstood something, Ye Ziming felt a little helpless.
“Ah!?”
Xiaomuqing froze, staring blankly at Ye Ziming, unable to react.
This twist was a bit too much for her.
“I like you, will you be my girlfriend?”
Gently pinching Xiaomuqing’s cheek with one hand, Ye Ziming slowly leaned closer, giving the impression he was about to kiss her.
“I, no, ah this… abba abba…”
Looking at her good brother approaching, Xiaomuqing’s entire face instantly turned red, even the tips of her ears tinted with a blush.
What followed was a racing heartbeat and a tangled tongue, her voice stuck in her throat, unable to come out, her whole body stiffening like a wooden statue.
As mentioned before, she spent all day thinking about how to win over her good brother, but she never thought about what to do after she succeeded.
This caused her to go completely numb now, not knowing what to do next.
“It’s better to keep the good things within the family. We are good brothers, and becoming a couple in the future would be quite suitable.”
Noticing Xiaomuqing trying to dodge him, Ye Ziming smiled meaningfully, then took his arm and put it around her shoulders.
He pulled her into his embrace, leaving her nowhere to hide, forcing her to face his confession directly.
“But, I… I’m not… not ready yet.”
At the critical moment, Xiaomuqing chickened out again, placing her hands in front of her chest, shrinking back like a little bunny.
As she said those words, another voice echoed in her heart:
Lin Muqing, why are you being such a coward! Face the man head-on and accept his confession! You worked so hard for so long, wasn’t it all for this moment!?
Alright, she was brave in her heart but cowardly in her words. She was no exception.
“Then I’ll wait for you. When you’re ready, I’ll take you home.”
With a light laugh, Ye Ziming stroked Xiaomuqing’s head, thinking to himself how incredibly cute this stupid loli of his was.
“Abba abba.”
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