Chapter 16: With You By My Side, Part 4
In any case, I should apologize first. Being woken up from a deep sleep must be very annoying.
“Sorry, sorry, it’s all them…”
Juncheng mumbled, rubbing his eyes.
“They’re sneak-attacking me…?”
I was about to deny it, but then my head heated up again when I saw the true identity of the elastic object I’d bumped into.
Pointing at the two fleshy mounds that had sent me flying, I shrieked.
“Wait, wait, wait! Why is Sheng in Juncheng’s room?! Didn’t you insist on sleeping alone at night, Juncheng?!”
Sheng’s face was flushed red, her earlobes as well. She wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, but based on the sensation I felt earlier and what I glimpsed, the air in the room still held a terrible mixed smell of sweat, seed water, and… well, other fluids.
“Because Sheng won first place in the mahjong game, and her reward was the right to warm the bed.”
… Right, there was something like that. The special reward for winning first place in mahjong was indeed warming the bed…
But it was supposed to be just warming the bed. Knowing Juncheng’s personality, he would have sent her away, or at least holding her while sleeping would have been a grand gesture.
I never expected him to actually embrace her.
Mingyue, you didn’t even want to be with me anymore, yet you so casually get together with others, with others…
“Lan…”
Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably.
Damn it.
I know. Those ice cubes and that dead-faced guy were right. I’m jealous…
Terribly jealous.
I remembered what Zi’ai had told me a long time ago.
“…Don’t confuse love with possessiveness, Lanhua. Loving someone and wanting to possess someone are fundamentally different. If you keep going like this, you’ll lose him sooner or later.”
I thought I wouldn’t. As long as I could be by Juncheng’s side, I’d do anything, even if it meant establishing a harem and being with other women…
No… this isn’t pleasant at all…
Didn’t I just cry from jealousy?
“Um, Lord Juncheng, I’ll be going out now…”
“Ah, I’m sorry, my apologies, Sheng.”
“It’s fine. More importantly, um, please comfort her well.”
“I will.”
Sheng left my side and walked out of the room. The room light was then turned on.
Then Juncheng called my name again.
“Lan…”
No, no, don’t look at me…
Right now, in this state, don’t. Juncheng will hate me. I don’t want that…
Suddenly, I was embraced.
He held me so tightly that I had no chance to resist or break free. My chest was compressed, making it hard to breathe.
Then I heard him say.
“I love you.”
My heart felt like it was about to stop.
But then he repeated.
“Lan, I love you.”
Wait…
This, saying this so suddenly, I…
For a moment, I didn’t know how to respond.
This was Juncheng’s first formal confession. The words “I love you” were like caustic soda thrown into water, rapidly and intensely burning my brain.
I couldn’t think of anything else.
And then my face felt hot.
I thought I would excitedly pounce on him, madly tear off his clothes, and then reverse-dominate him, riding him until dawn.
But after actually hearing it, I felt… why was it like this…?
It felt like the initial moment, when I first realized I had fallen in love with Juncheng An. That feeling.
“Heh, aren’t you looking cute now?”
“…Look…”
“You’re too cute, I can’t help but want to eat you up.”
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“So, Lianbing and Lou Yi sent you to my mouth?”
“Mmm… on his chest. This is definitely the most un-Lanhua-like experience I’ve ever had.”
I was now resting in Juncheng’s arms, nestled against his…
But I felt so happy. Happier than ever before.
“When did these two become so in sync? Their expressions when they were dressed were so… lacking in both strength and femininity. They might as well become nuns!”
“Who says! Both of them are so self-righteous. Miss Lan, what answer are you expecting from me by acting like this? Physically…”
“Ha, they just see through it. So, could you… The comfort has been given. Do you need spiritual comfort?”
This was the chance Lianbing and Lou Yi created for me.
Don’t try to guess what others are thinking; asking directly is better than…
“Jun… are you already tired of me?” I said, laughing like I was telling a joke.
Hearing me ask that, Juncheng looked like he had heard something absurd.
“Pfft, why would you ask such a question? It was just a joke… It’s my fault, I didn’t expect you to take it seriously. Also…”
“Ah, did you take that seriously? I was just playing a nasty joke. I’m sorry, Lan.”
Making jokes about something like that is too much. I won’t do it again… You’ll truly… someday…
“I know you’re joking, but I can’t even cherish it. Only an idiot scum who wastes what he has would get tired of something and just discard it.”
“How could I? Someone like you, Lan, I cherish you.”
“Well, although I’m scum, I wouldn’t switch women like changing clothes. Speaking of clothes, you never reacted to me wearing so many new outfits!”
“But you have no reaction to me at all. You’re too… the parts that should be covered aren’t covered at all, and you deliberately accentuate them…”
“Um, actually, it’s because I’m wearing… um, if I didn’t have a reaction, I wouldn’t be able to control myself…”
I’d lose my mind. As for not reacting, I deliberately made myself…
Juncheng turned his cheek away, seemingly a little embarrassed, but “You can’t go out like this.”
“Um, in front of me, you can wear whatever you want…”
“Meaning, you can only wear it for me.”
Terrible.
Terrible, terrible, terrible.
So cute, Juncheng is so cute. Is he jealous? He wants to possess me, the whole me.
He’s also jealous, wanting to possess me. I almost snickered. SF Light Novel
I couldn’t hold it in. SF Light Novel “I don’t want you to be seen by others… Ah, Lan, what are you laughing at?”
“Putting aside the possibility of catching a cold, I don’t… your possessiveness is also very strong!”
“Mmm~~ Hmm~~ Nothing, I just didn’t expect you, Juncheng, to…”
“My having this desire is because of ‘you.’ It’s really me.”
I felt it. Juncheng wasn’t lying when he said that.
Isn’t that Zihua?
Did she change Juncheng? “It’s fine if I’m just there for you, and I even want to be with you like this, interacting… um, I crave it from the bottom of my heart. Although I’m a pervert, I won’t lose control.”
“Lan, you’re clearly addicted. Before, you… you’re the strange one, Juncheng. Isn’t establishing a harem a man’s dream? Wouldn’t it be better if all the women in the harem were ‘sex-mad older sisters’?”
“That could only be a virgin’s delusion. Being able to do whatever you want in the harem is what the harem master should do, right?”
“This is reality now. Getting drunk and being with you all… that’s too absurd. I was a little scared even after I woke up.”
“Hmm, I’m just reflecting.”
“What are you afraid of? They are all your women. My fear is that you’ll get tired of me, that excessive indulgence in you will make you leave me faster.”
“No! I’ll never leave you!”
I excitedly sat up and vowed to Juncheng.
Then, looking at Juncheng’s smile, I suddenly understood.
Juncheng… he’s afraid of the same thing I am. He’s afraid. So I want to cherish you even more, cherish all of you.
“I know you all say that, but I still… Juncheng gently stroked my hair, then my face, as if he didn’t want to leave fingerprints on glass. He was extremely careful. “I see you all as lifelong partners, not… sex slaves or sex workers. I don’t want to lose control because I’m blinded by desire.”
“So, you really haven’t gotten tired of my body?”
“How could I? Never.”
“Even if I become saggy?”
“Even if you become saggy… SF Light Novel
“I’ll never become saggy! Even if you become an old lady full of wrinkles, I’ll deeply love and lick your wrinkles.”
“Even if your youth fades, your teeth fall out, and you become… This statement, for some reason, moved me even more. Compared to the thrill and excitement of hearing “I love you.”
At the same time, there was an inexplicable sense of security.
Right, Lianbing and Lou Yi wanted to tell me this…
Creak. The door was pulled open, and light shone into the room. Juncheng said.
Lou Yi walked in, looking at Juncheng and me expressionlessly.
“Hey, get up and eat breakfast.”
Juncheng, still holding me, sat up and replied. After a few seconds, he hooked the corner of his lips into a faint smile that was barely noticeable if you didn’t look closely.
I turned to look at Lou Yi, and she looked back at me. She was silent.
“…It seems the issue has been resolved.”
“You complain every day, it’s annoying. Now you’re done.”
“You’re not very honest, are you? Lou Yi, who cares about others, watched her retreating back with a smile.”
Juncheng’s gaze at her held something more… it was descending… Ah.
Right. That’s what accumulates over time, a…
No matter when, no matter where, whether you’re by my side or not, we’ll miss each other.
Right, Ji Lianbing realized it earlier than me.
She’s always one step ahead of me. It’s so frustrating.
But after that, we were all the same.
“Then we should get up and eat too, Lan.”
“…Juncheng.”
“What is it?”
“I want to create more memories with you.”
“Isn’t that a given? Let’s go, Lan.”
He extended his hand to me.
I took his hand.
This is just the beginning. Days worth remembering.
We can still spend many more days that will leave memories.
I will cherish all of this. Thank you for being by my side.
