Chapter 13: Gu Gu Ga Ga!

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The door clicked shut.

Yin Xiaomeng could no longer support her exhausted body.

She leaned against the redwood door, slowly sliding down until she sat on the cold floor.

The makeup she had touched up before dinner couldn’t hide the fatigue beneath her eyes.

She hugged her knees, sitting there, her mind a chaotic mess.

“…”

She wanted to say something to break the silence in the air, but the moment she opened her mouth, she didn’t know what to say given the situation.

The red marks on her wrists hadn’t completely faded.

A slight glance down revealed the hickeys beneath her collar, only adding to her turmoil.

Leaning against the door, she stared blankly in the direction of the desk.

In a daze, she felt as if she was still in that freezing cold theater, with that cunning fox who had slipped out of her control pressing down on her…

Her cheeks flushed uncontrollably, and her fingers instinctively curled into fists.

“This is just…”

Not what I wanted…

Sitting there, the girl curled up even tighter.

The shameful feeling from the theater clung to her like a stubborn curse.

Though she didn’t want to admit it, in that helpless scenario, the pleasure that girl had forced upon her was far more intense than anything she had experienced before.

Her arms, hugging her knees, unconsciously reached toward her skirt hem, but she quickly snapped out of it and lifted them back up.

The dampness on her underwear, cooled by the air conditioner’s cold breeze, sent a shiver down her spine.

With a lingering fear, she placed her hands on the floor beside her.

She had been hesitating whether to change her plan and try to reclaim the upper hand, but after a long struggle, she gritted her teeth.

She made up her mind.

“No…”

“If I keep her around, the variables are too big. The safest way now is to just give up on Bai Ruoxi.”

After all, there were plenty of fish in her pond.

Even if she threw one back now, it wouldn’t affect her ‘enjoyment time’ in the coming days.

“…”

Though it felt a shame to abandon this ‘delicacy’ so close to the finish line, given what happened in the theater today…

Even if it meant dealing with nightmares for the rest of her life, she had to get rid of this girl as soon as possible.

It was better to think about today every time she went on a date than to have today happen every time she went on a date.

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to stand up.

After kicking off her slippers and stepping onto the carpet, she took three steps in two and flopped onto the bed with a “thump.”

As for showering…

She’d deal with it tomorrow.

Grabbing the soft throw pillow, she carelessly wrapped herself in the fluffy blanket beneath her.

The girl closed her eyes, and fatigue completely took over her brain.

Her breathing gradually steadied.

…

When the sound of birds chirped in her ears.

Still sinking in her sleep, Yin Xiaomeng smacked her lips and instinctively lifted the pillow in her arms to shield her eyes.

Her pretty brows furrowed slightly.

Though her internal clock told her it was time to wake up, the lingering fatigue in her mind pulled her back, making it hard to even lift her eyelids.

The birds chirped on, but with the annoying light blocked, their chattering didn’t seem as irritating…

‘Just a little longer…’

‘Just… five more minutes…’

She mumbled quietly in her mind, hugging the pillow tighter.

“…”

“…”

What ‘woke’ her again was the sweet scent of corn.

It was late in the morning.

Yin Xiaomeng sat up in bed with a blank expression, her still sluggish brain only processing one thing: ‘Was breakfast corn pancakes today?’

“Haah—”

She let out a long yawn.

Sunlight streamed unhindered through the window, brightly illuminating the twenty-plus-square-meter room.

“…”

“What time is it…”

Unlike her usual brisk tone, her sleepy, soft voice, combined with her slightly messy hair from sleep, had an indescribable cuteness.

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, she instinctively turned half her body to look for her phone on the nightstand.

?

“Where is it?”

A rough pat-down didn’t find the familiar rectangular electronic brick.

The still-drowsy girl opened her eyes, puzzled, and turned her whole body around.

Kneeling on the bed, she lifted the pillow, which had developed some unmentionable damp spots from a night’s sleep.

Her phone wasn’t under the pillow.

Yin Xiaomeng looked up and scanned the nightstand again.

No sign of the phone either.

She scratched her head instinctively, her rusty brain clanking as it tried to deduce where she had put her phone based on years of habit.

“…”

“Strange… Where’s my phone?”

The girl, kneeling on the bed, scratched her neck awkwardly, straining to remember what she had done before sleeping—

First, dinner with Bai Ruoxi.

Then, a taxi home… yeah, she still had her bag then. No problem.

“… Then, opened the door and went in.”

“Took off my shoes… took off my shoes…”

“Oh, right, I think I left it at the entrance and didn’t bring it upstairs…”

She slapped her forehead, her brain finally clear as she reorganized her memories from before sleep, looking like she had just had a revelation.

“Corn cakes, corn cakes, corn cakes…”

After confirming that the evidence of her cheating wouldn’t end up in the hands of that relentless jerk who had tormented her for over an hour due to some random coincidence, her stomach growled, “Growl, growl,” and she crawled off the bed on all fours.

Muttering excitedly about the food in her imagination.

‘One thing at a time—let’s eat first!’

‘After a good meal, I’ll take a nice shower and change the sheets.’

‘Then, I’ll ruthlessly dump that damn bastard who ruined my peace of mind!’

‘As for how to dump her, I haven’t come up with a permanent solution yet. I’ll think about it while soaking in the bath after eating.’

Humming a tune she had heard somewhere, she stepped onto the carpet and ran quickly to the door, pushing open the redwood room door—

Then her bare foot landed on the area of the room not covered by the carpet meant for slippers.

A chill shot up from the sole of her foot into her brain, cooling her intense craving for food…

“Sss…”

She obediently pulled her foot back, neatly arranged the slippers she had kicked around last night, and put them on.

She lifted her foot again.

“That’s right.”

Her craving for food once again dominated her thoughts.

Walking along the second-floor corridor, she looked down over the railing.

The milky-yellow porridge in the bowls on the dining table seemed to still be steaming.

“…”

“Why is it sweet corn porridge…”

The ‘kitten ears’ that had been bobbing on her head instantly drooped.

From the outside, it clearly looked like noon already?

Damn it, I’ll definitely order a ton of food later to make up for this disappointment…