Chapter 43: The Incompetent Wife

“No way…”

Even as Linlin said this, she felt a little guilty herself.

But she quickly suppressed that guilt.

Because now was not the time to think about such things.

She looked at Ruan Yuan, and a more important question suddenly popped into her mind.

Tomorrow her mom and dad were coming home.

If those two saw their daughter hugging and kissing a strange girl, what would they think?

Linlin shivered.

No.

Absolutely not.

She cleared her throat and tried to look as serious as possible.

“Ruan Yuan-jiejie, tomorrow my mom and dad are coming home.”

Ruan Yuan blinked and said nothing.

“You’d better behave yourself.”

Linlin stared at her and spoke word by word.

“Don’t sniff me randomly, don’t kiss me randomly, and don’t do any weird things. Just play the role of ‘best friend’ properly, got it?”

Ruan Yuan tilted her head and looked at her.

Then she put on a thoughtful expression.

“Hmm…”

Three seconds later.

That expression turned into a wicked smile.

The familiar wicked smile.

Linlin’s heart thumped.

Ruan Yuan leaned closer, her voice softening into that spine-tingling tone.

“Linlin…”

She dragged out the end of the word.

“You wouldn’t want Mom and Dad to find out that you’ve been bullied by a girl, right?”

Linlin was stunned.

Huh?

What kind of line was “you wouldn’t want Mom and Dad to know”?

This sentence structure… this tone… why did it feel so familiar…

Her brain spun for a moment.

Then Boom.—her face turned bright red.

Hentai!

This was exactly the classic line those incompetent wives used in hentai when being threatened by the bad guy!

“Honey, you wouldn’t want your husband to lose his job, right?”

“Madam, you wouldn’t want anything to happen to your child at school, right?”

Just what was Ruan Yuan treating her as!

Linlin’s face grew hotter and hotter.

“Ruan Yuan, you—!”

Before she could finish speaking, her hand had already moved.

She grabbed the damp towel she had just used to dry her hair from her shoulder and swung it at Ruan Yuan’s face with all her strength.

The towel traced a perfect arc through the air.

It landed squarely on Ruan Yuan’s face.

Smack.

Ruan Yuan didn’t dodge.

The towel covered half her face, leaving only her eyes visible.

Those eyes curved into smiles.

Then Ruan Yuan raised her hand and pulled the towel off her face.

She didn’t throw it away.

Instead… she brought it to her nose.

And took a deep sniff.

“Thank you.”

She said.

Her voice was as sincere as a good child who had just received a gift.

Linlin: “???”

Thank you?

Thank you for what?

That was the towel she had used to dry her hair!

It was full of the scent of her body right after bathing!

Linlin suddenly understood the true meaning behind Ruan Yuan’s “thank you.”

“Pervert!!!”

She shouted and charged at Ruan Yuan.

Her target was that towel.

She had to snatch it back!

She couldn’t let this pervert smell it any longer!

But the moment she rushed forward, she regretted it.

Because Ruan Yuan was taller than her, bigger than her, and much stronger than her.

And she had forgotten.

She was only a combat power 6 weakling whose only good point was being cute.

The instant she reached Ruan Yuan, before her hand could even touch the towel, she was pulled into a hug.

Ruan Yuan’s arms wrapped around her waist and tightened.

Then she fell backward.

“Mm~”

Linlin was dragged into Ruan Yuan’s arms as they fell onto the bed together.

Her back pressed against Ruan Yuan’s chest.

She could feel how soft and warm it was.

Along with the heartbeat.

“As expected, the real thing smells much sweeter.”

Ruan Yuan’s voice came from above her head, carrying a satisfied sigh.

Linlin was stunned.

She didn’t know what to say.

Should she call her a pervert again?

She already did that, and it was useless.

Should she struggle?

She wouldn’t be able to break free anyway.

Should she…

Her mind was a complete mess.

The worst part was, she had become very strange lately. Her struggling movements gradually stopped.

It wasn’t because she had resigned herself to it.

It was because… for some reason, they just stopped.

Ruan Yuan seemed to sense something.

The arm holding her loosened just a little.

Just a tiny bit.

Linlin’s hands could move now.

She raised them.

Instead of pushing Ruan Yuan away, she covered her own face.

Damn it.

When did she become so easily embarrassed?

She had clearly been a man in her previous life.

She had clearly been bullied like that by Xiran in this life.

And Ruan Yuan had only hugged her.

So why…

Her face burned as if she had a fever.

Also, why did Ruan Yuan always act like some domineering CEO, casually saying such provocative things?

That “you wouldn’t want Mom and Dad to know” line was bad enough.

Now she said “as expected, the real thing smells much sweeter.”

Did this person crawl out of some weird romance novel?

Linlin covered her face and ranted wildly inside her heart.

Ruan Yuan looked at her.

She watched the small figure curled up in her arms, pink hair spread out, both hands covering her face, only the tips of her flushed ears showing.

She suddenly felt a little panicked.

Why wasn’t Linlin saying anything?

Could it be…

That she had made her cry?

She carefully reached out and gently grasped one of Linlin’s wrists.

She pulled it away softly.

The hand covering her face was moved aside a little.

Revealing the face underneath.

Her eyes were closed, eyelashes still trembling slightly.

Her cheeks were soft and pink from the recent bath.

Her lips were slightly pursed, looking a little aggrieved.

Ruan Yuan was momentarily stunned.

Then her eyes curved beautifully.

“So cute.”

She said softly.

Linlin felt her eyelids brighten.

She opened her eyes.

And saw Ruan Yuan’s face very close, smiling as she looked at her.

That gaze was like she was staring at something particularly beautiful.

Linlin’s face turned even redder.

But she didn’t want to be stared at like this anymore.

She tried hard to put on an “I’m very angry” expression.

Frowning, lips pressed tight, glaring at Ruan Yuan.

The problem was.

Her face was too red.

Her eyes were a little watery from embarrassment.

That “angry” expression somehow looked more like she was acting spoiled.

Ruan Yuan looked at her like this, her eyes curving even more.

“Linlin, that expression of yours…”

She paused.

“Makes you look like you’re seducing me even more.”

Linlin: “!!!”

“Go to hell!”