Episode 4: Homeless Girls, Part One
Is she really… Ruansui?
“Big brother?”
“Juncheng, wake up. Even if you like lolis, don’t get aroused by someone’s sister.”
“Eek!”
Hearing Lianbing’s words, the little loli was scared and ran back immediately. She scurried behind a nearby potted plant, peeking out her head to observe me with suspicion, as if afraid I would do something to her.
Hey, hey, Lianbing, you’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? You’ve made her first impression of me terrible!
Ah, her name is Ji Youmian, right?
Then I’ll call her Youyou.
“Who’s getting aroused… That, Youyou, right? My name is Juncheng An, and I’m your sister’s… boyfriend.”
After thinking for a moment, I chose this identity.
Of course, when I said boyfriend, I glanced at Lianbing’s expression. The corner of her mouth subtly dropped by a fraction of a degree, indicating she wasn’t too satisfied with my answer.
She probably wanted me to say I was her husband or something similar.
Just like how I felt great when called “master,” they probably wanted to call me by the name they liked most.
She looks so confused. It seems Lianbing has never told Youyou about me.
That’s understandable. Even Miss Shirley said that Lianbing and her sister’s relationship was a bit delicate, so of course, there wasn’t much information exchange.
“That’s right. Your sister will marry me in the future. That’s what it means.”
“Marry… Sister?”
“Yes.”
I replied to Youyou with a kind smile. Lianbing also tacitly agreed with what I said, holding my hand even tighter.
She probably just wanted to hear me say it myself. She would only be happy and feel at ease after hearing it from my own mouth.
Then, Little You’s reaction…
“Mo-mom! Something bad happened! Sister is already married!”
She shouted that while running back, disappearing in an instant.
“…
No, although I did say we would get married, I didn’t say we were already married… Should I say a child’s thoughts are too wild?
Her first reaction was to go to… Wait, does that mean Lianbing’s parents are also here?
“Hey, Lianbing, are your parents here too?”
“Yes, because this is my family’s estate, and our Ji Conglomerate is the host of this party. It’s natural for Father and Mother to be here. Moreover, I’ve already told you the purpose of this banquet.”
“I see.”
It’s similar to a martial arts competition to find a spouse; in simpler terms, it’s a selection for a husband.
Ah, wait. Does this mean I’m going to meet her parents soon?
I suddenly feel nervous. Should I really change into formal wear?
But Lianbing stopped me and brought up Youyou again.
“You’ve met Youyou now. What do you think of her?”
Lianbing, she’s really…
Is she Ruansui?
Is she Ruansui?
Lianbing just shook her head and said.
“I don’t know. I already said that I just have this feeling. There’s no concrete evidence.”
“Why do you have that feeling?”
“A woman’s sixth sense… You probably won’t believe me if I say that.”
“No, I believe you. I’ll always believe you.”
“Hehehe, you’re getting better at coaxing girls. But I’m not lying to you about the sixth sense. Before, I always had a sense of blockage in my heart, but it disappeared after I came to this world.”
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“A sense of blockage?”
“Yes. Before, when I was by your side, I would inexplicably get thoughts like ‘I want to be held by you,’ ‘I want to be kissed by you,’ ‘I want to be caressed by you’ – a series of thoughts like a virgin who had never seen a man.”
“…So, you don’t have these thoughts now?”
In a way, it’s a pity.
“I still do, but all the passive sentences have become active ones.”
Changing from passive to active means changing from passive to active.
No wonder Lianbing suddenly kissed me earlier.
“Isn’t this changing from a virgin to a pervert…”
“Hehehe, isn’t the feeling of superiority better?”
“It feels better for me too… No, that alone is not enough to prove she is Ruansui.”
“Then what else can we say? She, that soft girl, has no proof of existence at all.”
I was momentarily speechless. Lianbing wasn’t wrong.
Ruansui was very special.
Although I treated her and Lianbing as two separate individuals, in essence, they were the same existence.
Unlike Lanhua and Zihua, unlike Lily and Hei Lily, and unlike me and Zi’ai.
“After all, not everyone is like that slutty fox, without a soul, without a body, yet their spirit can still exist independently. Moreover, the Mirror World within the Yata no Kagami was destroyed with Amaterasu’s return. Everything inside should no longer exist.”
Finally, according to Xiao An, all spiritual bodies would return to their original spirit in the form of subconsciousness.
So, Ruansui should have merged back with Lianbing as well.
“Yes.”
“So, I’m asking you, do you think that child is her?”
“No, I… Just now, that smile, it really resembled her…”
But if Youyou, this newly born younger sister, is Ruansui, can she reincarnate without a soul?
Miss Shirley behind me read my thoughts at the right time and provided an explanation.
“Essentially, no. Without the soul as a reincarnation device, no information can be retained in the body of a newborn. The reason why Zi’ai’s reincarnation was successful before was because she had a soul; otherwise, even with paradoxical abilities, reincarnation could not be completed.”
“So, as I said, it’s just a baseless guess.”
“But you still told me, which means you really think so in your heart, don’t you?”
“…Yes…”
Lianbing hesitated, her eyes filled with confusion.
I could probably understand Lianbing’s feelings. She always felt she owed Ruansui, and even thought that Ruansui had given up her position.
“Well, if it were true, let’s hope so. But right now, you are the one by my side.”
“Hehehe, your mouth has gotten sweeter.”
“Not at all. My mouth is full of the taste of blood right now.”
“Hehehe~ Do you hate my taste?”
Her pleasant laughter echoed again. I could tell Lianbing had truly found release.
“No, it’s delicious. So delicious, I want to savor it again.”
“Oh my, has that herbivore man turned into a carnivore?”
“You women have been forcing me to eat meat all day, and now I can’t stop. You’ll have to take responsibility and provide me with meat!”
*Cough*, acquired a taste for it, you greedy man.
“I was originally a very easily satisfied man. One choice was enough. But you didn’t even give me the right to choose. Since you won’t let me choose, and won’t give me the option to give up, the answer is naturally that I want it all.”
“So, it’s all our fault then?”
“Yes, you bad women, you’ve corrupted a good, simple man like me.”
“You dare say that.”
Ah, did I go a bit too far?
Lianbing’s tone suddenly dropped, as if she was very displeased with what I said.
We had just arrived in front of the banquet hall.
The Young Miss released her arms from around mine and stepped between me and the banquet hall’s grand doors. She held the doorknob with one hand and grabbed my school uniform tie with the other.
“Alright then.”
“Hm?”
“This lady will go home with you tonight and satisfy your lust.”
“Eh? Go home with me?”
“Yes, because I’ll be homeless soon.”
“Huh?”
“You’ll satisfy me too, won’t you?”
“-.-. Ugh!”
Suddenly, Lianbing pulled me closer, and our lips met again in a kiss.
*Clang!*
With her other hand, Lianbing pushed open the seemingly heavy banquet hall door. Her monstrous strength hadn’t changed at all…
No, that’s not the point.
The point is, this loud opening of the door drew everyone’s attention in the hall.
My heart leaped. Instinctively, I wanted to lean back, but Lianbing didn’t let go.
Her other arm wrapped around my neck, deepening the kiss with more passion. She even changed angles, as if deliberately putting on a show of kissing me.
Then, through the narrow gap of Lianbing’s sideways head, I saw the astonished crowd.
And Youyou, hiding behind a couple…
That couple…
“My, my~ This is certainly… quite an passionate way to make an entrance?”
