507th Chapter: Always So Brave
After speaking, Xiaomuqing proudly lifted her chin, drawing courage from somewhere to face Ye Ziming.
Even though Ye Ziming looked very dangerous now, she didn’t flinch. Or rather, she had never flinched; she was always so brave.
Xiaomuqing sat cross-legged on the sofa, her two short legs placed in the same direction. When she met Ye Ziming’s gaze, she felt a little curious. What would he do next?
Despite the subtle atmosphere, Xiaomuqing acted like a curious baby, her wide eyes seeming to hold a hint of anticipation.
“…”
Looking at Xiaomuqing’s eyes, Ye Ziming felt a bit like laughing from anger. She was so endearingly stupid.
With a light chuckle, he slowly lowered his head, leaned close to Xiaomuqing’s ear, gave it a gentle bite, and then whispered something.
This remark instantly froze the smile on Xiaomuqing’s face. She froze completely, and a faint, alluring blush began to creep up her cheeks.
He said, “Behave, or I’ll leave you unable to get out of bed.”
“!? W-what? Where did this suddenly come from?”
Feeling the heat emanating from her neck, Xiaomuqing stiffened her neck and turned her head, looking at Ye Ziming somewhat unnaturally.
“Want to try?”
Ye Ziming smiled meaningfully, his eyes carrying a certain depth.
“Gulp.”
Xiaomuqing swallowed with difficulty. She didn’t answer Ye Ziming’s question, clamping her legs together with a strange, indescribable feeling.
She had to admit, she was a little scared now. If she could go back, she would have kept her distance from Ye Ziming before saying those words.
“Th-that… let’s not.”
She didn’t remember much from last night, but she was certain that if he said something like that, he could definitely do it.
Thinking about her waist, which still ached a bit, she wondered what he was made of to be so… so…
She couldn’t describe it. Xiaomuqing’s face turned red, and she stopped thinking about it. At the same time, she remembered something she wanted to tell her good brother this morning.
He had promised her that he wouldn’t force anything if she didn’t agree, but now it seemed he had broken his promise. She should ‘punish’ him.
But in this situation… she’d better find another time to bring it up.
“Weren’t you very brave?”
“Huh?”
A few minutes later, Xiaomuqing was speechless by her own words.
She didn’t know how to handle this situation, so she decided to play dumb and muddle through.
“It seems you don’t understand anything.”
Ye Ziming lowered his head and looked at Xiaomuqing’s fair neck, where there was a mark he had left last night. It was undeniably his masterpiece.
Although the ‘hickey’ had faded significantly after a night, from this angle, it still looked somewhat ambiguous and alluring.
As he watched, Ye Ziming’s expression shifted. While Xiaomuqing was lost in thought, he buried his head in her neck and kissed the ‘hickey’.
“Eek.”
It hurt a little, then felt a bit itchy, and then a strange tingling sensation. Xiaomuqing tensed up, her body rigid, and looked at Ye Ziming with a flustered expression.
“Wait, wait a minute!”
To prevent things from getting any stranger, Xiaomuqing quickly stopped Ye Ziming and then surrendered, confessing what she had been laughing about.
She was genuinely a little scared. Her legs were still shaky now. If anything had happened, she felt she wouldn’t have been able to attend class this afternoon and would have just stayed in bed and taken a leave.
“That’s it?”
Ye Ziming raised his eyebrows, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
“Mm-hmm, that’s it.”
Xiaomuqing nodded vigorously.
“I look proper but am actually perverted, and everyone’s been fooled. I’m also a loli-con?”
“Uh…”
Xiaomuqing hadn’t said those exact words, but the meaning was similar. She was laughing at her good brother for being a perverted hypocrite, and that he was usually pretending to be decent.
Perhaps she was the only one in the world who knew that Ye Ziming was actually not decent at all. What decent person would be lusting after their own good brother? Even rabbits knew not to eat grass near their own burrows!
Listening to Ye Ziming’s words, Xiaomuqing slowly shifted her gaze away, looking up at the ceiling, pretending not to have heard or understood.
“Humph.”
Seeing Xiaomuqing deliberately avoid him, Ye Ziming let out a soft laugh and then, smiling, said in her ear, “You guessed right.” He was exactly that kind of person.
“!?!”
The moment she heard this, Xiaomuqing’s eyes widened, and she turned her head. Before she could say anything, her mouth was sealed, and the living room was filled with ambiguous little bubbles.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Ziming gracefully sat up like a gentleman. He licked his lips as if he had eaten his fill and cast a playful look at the slumped-over loli.
Her eyes were glazed over, her mouth slightly ajar, her clothes disheveled, as if she had been thoroughly played with…
A little past one in the afternoon, Xiaomuqing tidied herself up again. After confirming that nothing would be revealed, she went out to attend class with Ye Ziming.
As for textbooks, they could ask their roommates to get them; they just needed to go to the classroom and grab seats.
On the way back to school, Ye Ziming casually took out an umbrella and held it over Xiaomuqing to shield her from the sun.
“Hmph.”
Looking at her good brother, she instinctively wanted to thank him, but remembering what had just happened, she let out a soft hum and said nothing, leaning closer to Ye Ziming.
The sun in September in the south could generally be described as scorching. A little exposure wouldn’t be a problem, but if it was like this every time they went to and from class, even native southerners would struggle.
A few years ago, there was a popular online meme where a Black man said in an interview that he got tanned in City A.
While there was some exaggeration, the reality wasn’t far off. September in the south was incredibly hot.
According to the class schedule on her phone, Xiaomuqing spent some time finding the classroom. This was, in fact, their first official class.
They had classes before military training, but those weren’t official; they were, simply put, classes without final exams.
“Here, here.”
As soon as she entered the classroom, Xiaomuqing saw Hu Xixi waving at her. There were a few empty seats nearby, so she and Ye Ziming sat down.
As soon as they sat down, Gu Yu, who was beside them, noticed a cartoon Band-Aid on Xiaomuqing’s neck. It was light blue and a bit cute.
“What happened to your neck?”
Following Gu Yu’s gaze, Hu Xixi also noticed it and asked with concern.
“Uh… nothing, it’s fine.”
When asked about a sensitive matter, Xiaomuqing touched her forehead, which had broken out in a light sweat, unsure if it was from the heat or embarrassment.
“How did you get it?”
Gu Yu was very curious and added with concern.
The cute Band-Aid was clearly visible on Xiaomuqing’s neck, making it hard to miss.
As Gu Yu looked on puzzled, and Xu Sijie cast a curious glance, Hu Xixi suddenly raised her eyebrows, her smile taking on a knowing look.
She felt like she had guessed something. If she connected what had happened earlier and this morning…
Wow, this was interesting.
