Chapter 51: Linlin Doesn’t Want Mom to Hear Those Strange Sounds Either

“You win.”

Linlin gave up arguing with Ruan Yuan about this matter.

Reasoning with this girl was like shouting at a wall. 

The wall wouldn’t listen, and she wouldn’t change.

Ruan Yuan smiled as she looked at her, her expression exactly like a cat that had stolen a fish.

“Linlin, are you really going to sleep with Mom tonight?”

“Mm.” Linlin nodded. “I already promised.”

Ruan Yuan tilted her head, the corners of her mouth curving upward. 

Linlin looked at her and silently rolled her eyes in her heart.

Planning some mischief again? Forget it. I’m too lazy to deal with it.

Anyway, tonight she would sleep with Mom while Ruan Yuan stayed alone in this room. 

What could she possibly do?

Once the door was closed, even if Ruan Yuan wanted to touch her, she wouldn’t be able to reach her. 

Thinking of this, Linlin felt quite pleased with herself. 

But she had clearly forgotten one important thing.

Ruan Yuan was never someone who played by the rules.

Time passed quickly amid Linlin and Ruan Yuan’s “flirting” (Linlin unilaterally saw it as arguing, while Ruan Yuan unilaterally saw it as flirting).

The sky outside the window darkened, the moon rose, and when it was time to sleep, Bai Mom appeared at the door right on time.

“Linlin, time to sleep.”

Linlin stood up, ready to follow her mom. 

Then she froze, because Mom wasn’t only calling for her.

Mom looked toward Ruan Yuan and smiled. “Little girl, you come along too.”

Linlin: “???”

Ruan Yuan blinked. 

Her expression showed a bit of surprise, but mostly the smugness of “just as expected.” 

She stood up and walked over to Linlin’s side.

Before Linlin could react, Mom continued speaking.

“Even though Linlin is your girlfriend now, I’m still Linlin’s mom. 

I carried her for ten months, gave birth to her, and raised her.”

Bai Mom paused. 

Her tone carried something… indescribable.

“I can’t let you monopolize Linlin all by yourself.”

Linlin’s mind buzzed. 

What was going on? 

Was Mom… being jealous?

Competing with Ruan Yuan for her? 

Before she could figure it out, Mom had already pulled her into the bedroom and onto the bed.

Then they lay down, and she found herself sandwiched in the middle.

On her left was Mom. 

On her right was Ruan Yuan.

Bai Mom hugged her from behind, her arms wrapping around Linlin’s waist, her chin resting on Linlin’s shoulder, completely enveloping her.

“Linlin, be good and go to sleep.”

Linlin: “……”

She was completely stunned. 

What was this situation? 

How had sleeping with Mom turned into all three of them sleeping together?

Moreover, Mom was hugging her so tightly that she couldn’t move at all. 

Her face was pressed firmly into Mom’s chest.

It was soft, warm, and incredibly comfortable.

Her body instinctively relaxed. 

After all, this was Mom’s scent—the sense of safety engraved into her genes.

But… what was that big pervert behind her doing?

Although Ruan Yuan couldn’t hug her (since Mom was already hugging her tightly), her hand was placed on Linlin’s bottom.

She stroked it gently, up and down.

Linlin’s entire body stiffened. 

Damn it! This huge pervert! Mom is right here!

She couldn’t move because of Mom’s embrace, and she couldn’t shout because she was afraid of waking Mom (even though Mom wasn’t asleep yet—who knew?).

She could only endure it silently as Ruan Yuan’s hand continued to caress her.

Once. 

Twice. 

Again.

Linlin gritted her teeth, her face buried in Mom’s chest, her ears burning red.

She swore that tomorrow she would definitely settle the score with Ruan Yuan. 

But… Mom’s embrace was too comfortable.

It was warm and soft, with a faint, pleasant fragrance. 

Linlin’s eyelids began to grow heavy.

Even though Ruan Yuan’s hand was still touching her, the sensation was somehow… a little hypnotic?

No, she couldn’t fall asleep. 

If she did, wouldn’t that mean letting Ruan Yuan get her way?

But… she was really sleepy… 

Her consciousness slowly blurred.

She didn’t know how much time had passed before Linlin fell completely asleep.

In the latter half of the night…

Linlin was woken up by Ruan Yuan.

She groggily opened her eyes.

She realized she was no longer in Mom’s arms.

At some point, Mom had loosened her hold, turned over, and was sleeping soundly.

Instead, she was being held by someone else.

Ruan Yuan.

Linlin’s morning grumpiness surged immediately.

She had finally managed to fall asleep after being groped for so long, and now she was being woken up?

She turned her head and glared at Ruan Yuan with an “I’m very angry” look, keeping her voice low out of fear of waking Mom.

“I told you I wasn’t letting you hold me while we sleep tonight!”

Ruan Yuan looked at her, blinked, then lowered her voice as well and leaned close to Linlin’s ear.

“It’s already past midnight.” 

Linlin paused. 

“It’s already ‘tomorrow.’”

Ruan Yuan’s tone was light and breezy, carrying a triumphant, “got what I wanted” smile.

“The promise from yesterday no longer applies now.”

Linlin: “……”

She opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but she didn’t know what to say.

Because… what she said seemed… kind of reasonable?

No, no, no! 

That wasn’t how it worked!

Even after midnight, it was still the same night!

But Ruan Yuan clearly had no intention of giving her a chance to argue back.

Because her hand had already started moving, sliding slowly upward from the side of Linlin’s waist.

Following the fabric of her pajamas, little by little, it reached her chest.

……

Linlin nearly cried out. 

She bit down hard on her lower lip, forcing the sound back into her throat.

Ruan Yuan was obviously very pleased with Linlin’s current reaction.

She leaned in even closer, her lips pressed against Linlin’s ear, her hot breath slipping into her ear canal.

“Shh~”

The voice was so soft it was almost inaudible, yet each word was etched clearly onto her eardrum.

“Linlin, you have to be quieter.”

“Mom is sleeping right beside us.”

Linlin’s whole body went rigid.

She turned her head to look at Mom.

Mom was sleeping peacefully, her breathing steady, completely unaware of what was happening here.

“Linlin probably doesn’t want…”

Ruan Yuan’s voice continued, slow and unhurried, carrying that annoying smile.

“…to let Mom hear her making those strange sounds, right?”