My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 417

Chapter 417
Embarrassed about talking in her sleep and saying strange things, Xiaomuqing chose to remain silent and muddle through. As long as no one brought it up, it would be as if nothing had happened. When it was said she was pressing on Ye Ziming, she was actually wrapped around him like an octopus, with her hands and feet entwined. In the morning, when Xiaomuqing glanced over, she happened to see a slightly darker patch on the chest of her good brother’s shirt. Upon closer inspection, she realized it was caused by the shirt being wet. Xiaomuqing: Um… I don’t know anything! After brushing her teeth, washing her face, eating breakfast, and tidying up a bit, the two of them took a car home, back to City A. With the college entrance examination just finished in June, only high school students were on holiday, so Xiaomuqing’s three brothers were conveniently not at home. One was working, one was filming, and another was preparing for his final exams. Back home, Xiaomuqing was also quite idle. With nothing to do and no desire to do anything, she simply lay on the sofa playing on her phone. “Huh? Learning to drive?” Just as Xiaomuqing had settled down, she heard Meng Yue mention learning to drive. It was true, she was already an adult, and the summer vacation was quite long. If she had nothing to do, she could indeed learn to drive. However, she had finally wanted to relax and suddenly felt a bit reluctant to go. So lazy. “Don’t want to go?” Seeing her daughter’s lazy demeanor, Meng Yue didn’t say much. After all, the pressure of the college entrance examination was great, and it was normal to want to relax after it. She sat down beside Xiaomuqing, raised her eyebrows slightly, and smiled meaningfully. “Mhm, not really.” Xiaomuqing put down her phone, looked at her mother, and nodded, wanting to say that she didn’t want to do anything right now, at least not for the next few days. “Alright, it’s okay if you don’t go.” “Hehe, I finally finished my college entrance exams, so I definitely have to spend more time at home with you.” Seeing her mother look away and start tapping on her phone, Xiaomuqing immediately snuggled up to her, acting cute as usual. At least half of that was true; she genuinely wanted to stay at home, spend time with her family, and plan the summer vacation with her good brother. However, just as Xiaomuqing was thinking about finding her good brother to hang out with later, Meng Yue suddenly sighed and said with a hint of regret: “Originally, I wanted you to sign up for a driving school with Ziming.” “Ah?” “My old classmate told me that the driving school is quite good and has a top coach there… Since you don’t want to go, I’ll let them know.” “Oh, this…” The situation happened too suddenly and caught Xiaomuqing completely off guard. This was awkward. She had just said she would spend more time at home with her mother, and now that she suddenly wanted to apply for a driving school, it was a bit difficult to handle. Emm… Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Muning was much more direct and told Ye Ziming straight out about learning to drive with Xiaomuqing. Besides that, she also mentioned to Ye Ziming that their engagement banquet still hadn’t been arranged. “Let me calculate. Now I’m 18, and I’ll be 19 this year. That means you can get your marriage certificate during your senior year of college, and then you’ll graduate, get married, and have a child…” Li Muning sat beside Ye Ziming, using her fingers to outline a future plan for him, almost like presenting a document titled ‘Three Children in Five Years’. Ye Ziming was extremely embarrassed. After listening for a short while, he brought up his elder brother, Ye Zizhuo, intending to use him as a shield. But what he never expected was that his elder brother, Ye Zizhuo, was already taken! And he didn’t know what Ye Zizhuo had told Li Muning to make her so reassured about him, so much so that she hadn’t even met the future daughter-in-law yet. “He’s taken? When?” Ye Ziming couldn’t quite believe it. His elder brother was not the type of person who could settle down, get married, and start a family. After so many blind dates, none of them had worked out. It would be surprising for anyone to suddenly be spoken for. “I only found out recently. That kid really kept it well hidden, even from me.” As she spoke, Li Muning showed a hint of dissatisfaction, mixed with a bit of relief. She was probably already thinking about how to welcome her second daughter-in-law into the family… Time passed quickly. The two of them signed up for the same driving school and began preparing for Subject 1. This was relatively simple; all it took was mindlessly doing practice questions. The question bank had over a thousand questions, and the exam questions were drawn from it, with many being repetitive. At the same time, they were contemplating where to go for the seaside vacation during the summer, while the adults were planning the engagement banquet. In the blink of an eye, a few days passed. This day, Xiaomuqing and Ye Ziming returned to South City together to prepare for a graduation party. This event was organized by Lin Wenbin, who rented a rather large venue for it. Barbecues, KTV, and arcade games were all options. The event was scheduled to start at 6:30 PM and could go on until midnight without any problems. During a game of truth or dare, Xiaomuqing lost and was asked a question: who between her and Ye Ziming was the dominant one. “Of course it’s…” Hearing Zhang Xiaoling ask this question, Xiaomuqing immediately wanted to put her hands on her hips and declare that she was obviously the dominant one. But before she could finish speaking, Xiaolan, standing next to her, nudged her arm and grinned, saying, “This is truth or dare, you know. There’s a penalty for lying.” “Um…” This was awkward. Xiaomuqing just then remembered that she couldn’t just say anything. So, did she have to admit that she was the submissive one, the one who was pinned down by her good brother? Xiaomuqing refused this outcome. So, under the watchful eyes of her classmates and her good brother Ye Ziming, she gritted her teeth and chose to give up truth and opt for dare instead. “Ahem, change it, change it. This question is hard to answer.” “Hehe, you’re not the submissive one, are you? Embarrassed to say it.” “Huh?” “Didn’t you say that Ye Ziming always listens to you, and he wouldn’t dare go west if you told him to go east?” “Um…” Hearing Wang Wenxin’s words, Xiaomuqing instinctively glanced at her good brother, feeling guilty, and didn’t know how to answer. She had indeed said many things, but they were never in front of Ye Ziming. She didn’t know why, but a perfectly good game of truth or dare had turned into a teasing session for Lin Muqing. Didn’t he just win a few rounds, ask a few awkward questions, and propose a few stimulating dare options? Why were so many people ganging up on her? Really. “By the way, do you guys remember that video?” Just as Xiaomuqing was expressing her displeasure inwardly, Zhang Xiaoling’s words suddenly reminded everyone of an incident that happened in the second semester of their sophomore year. A video suddenly appeared on the school forum, showing someone pointing at Ye Ziming’s nose and calling him a scumbag.