“Mom! Mom! Mom! Something terrible happened!”
Just a moment ago, An Ling had been bathing in the bathroom when Li Yang had actually swaggered right in.
She had been so frightened that she hadn’t even finished soaking before hurriedly wrapping herself in a towel and fleeing outside.
The moment she got out she grabbed her phone and called her mom.
“What’s wrong, baby? What happened this time? Speak slowly, don’t rush.”
“My secret got discovered by Li Yang! What do I do, Mom?!”
“Aiyah, baby, how could you be so careless? How did you get found out?”
An Ling’s mother’s tone was light, as if she had known all along and this was only to be expected.
“But baby, I know that Li Yang kid. If he found out it shouldn’t be a big problem, right?”
“It’s a huge problem, Mom. I feel like…”
An Ling checked her surroundings warily and lowered her voice.
“I feel like Li Yang has designs on me! He has improper thoughts! Mom, you have to help me think of a way. You’re the one who told me to come back.”
“Pfft…” It sounded like the person on the other end of the line hadn’t been able to hold it in.
“Mom! You just laughed, didn’t you?”
“No I didn’t, baby. You misheard. Let’s keep talking about the important stuff. Baby, explain it more clearly. What do you mean he has feelings for you? Mom doesn’t understand what you’re saying.”
“It’s… it’s that.” An Ling felt a little embarrassed to say it out loud. “Li Yang wants to do that with me.”
“Aiyah, baby, Mom doesn’t understand you young people’s vague expressions.”
“It’s that!” An Ling’s face turned red all the way to her ears. “Li Yang wants me! He wants to eat me up!”
“Is that so?” An Ling’s mother held back her laughter.
Hearing her good daughter say those words so shyly made her so excited she could hardly stand it.
The idea she had before conceiving An Ling could finally be put into practice after seventeen years.
“But I don’t have any way to help either, baby. Why don’t you just agree to that Li Yang kid? I know that child. He will definitely treat you well.”
“But… but Mom, I’m a boy! How could there be any result?”
Sigh…
An Ling’s mother let out a breath in her heart.
This silly daughter of mine still hasn’t changed her way of thinking.
That Li Yang brat is conquering her way too slowly.
Their clan’s situation of this kind could not be reversed.
Saying that back then had only been to trick An Ling into coming home.
“Aiyah, baby, how can you think like that? Look at yourself now. Aren’t you a girl? You’ve even had your period. You’re already a normal girl who can have little babies.”
“But… I…” An Ling stammered for a long time without knowing how to start.
In truth she had already begun to guess that she couldn’t change back.
“Look, An Ling. You and Li Yang know each other inside and out. Li Yang hasn’t looked down on your previous identity either. Isn’t it a good thing that he likes you?”
“Then… then what about his family? Even if he can accept it, that doesn’t mean his family can.” An Ling was afraid of being looked at like a freak.
What if Li Yang’s family couldn’t accept her?
Aiyah!
An Ling’s mother only now realized how dense this daughter of hers was!
Her grades were so good, so how could she be this slow about these things?
She thought her daughter hadn’t distanced herself from that Li Yang kid but had come to talk to her instead, so her daughter should have some feelings for him too.
She was just looking ahead and behind, too afraid to face it.
She knew the current situation better than anyone.
She needed to give that Li Yang kid a call and tell him to be a bit more forceful.
Then her well-behaved daughter would probably just give in.
She wasn’t afraid of the situation An Ling described, because the two families had long since stood on the same united front.
Back then, when Li Yang’s mom found out, she had nearly dragged Li Yang’s dad over with betrothal gifts.
It was she who had stopped them and told the two kids to take it slowly.
If her daughter went to ask Li Yang’s parents now, the other side would slap five hundred thousand right in this good daughter’s face and make her obediently start calling them Mom.
An Ling’s mother actually still felt a little reluctant.
Her own good daughter hadn’t even been properly played with by her yet and she already had to send her off.
“Don’t worry, baby. Mom will support you two from behind.”
“What are you talking about, Mom! We don’t have any kind of relationship!”
“Right, right, right, baby. Mom has something to do. I’ll hang up first, okay? Call if you need anything.”
“Wait, Mom!”
Without giving An Ling a chance, the sound of the call being hung up came through the phone.
“Calling Auntie?” Li Yang had somehow already arrived behind An Ling.
“Wah!” An Ling jumped in fright. “You don’t make any sound when you walk! Are you a ghost?!”
“You just didn’t hear me.”
He scooped up the little creature who was still bristling, caught the unique sweet fragrance on the girl’s body, and felt his mood improve quite a bit.
“Wait! What are you doing? Put me down.”
“Okay.” Li Yang nodded and simply let go.
“Ah!”
The sudden feeling of hanging in midair made An Ling instinctively cling to her only support.
Her whole body wrapped around Li Yang like a sloth.
Li Yang didn’t stand on ceremony either.
One hand supported her as he sat straight down on the bed in her room, as if he had returned to his own home.
“You climbed up here yourself.”
“You! You are… you are a jerk!” Only at times like this did An Ling feel the powerlessness that her good upbringing brought her.
Looking at that excited expression on Li Yang’s face, it was obvious he was enjoying this.
He pulled back the covers and lay down on the bed while still holding An Ling.
The moment they were on the bed An Ling let go of him, turned her body away, and didn’t want to look at this jerk.
“Stop hugging me!”
An Ling angrily moved the wandering hand off her waist, but the moment she moved it away Li Yang hugged her again.
Once, twice, three times, Li Yang clung to her like a plaster that wouldn’t come off.
“Hey! You’re going too far! If you keep this up, don’t blame me for being rude!”
Li Yang paid no attention to the girl’s threat.
Instead he wanted to see what she could actually do.
“Nngh!” The girl let out a sound like an angry puppy and flipped over with boundless fury.
Their eyes met.
The girl glared at him without the slightest fear.
Li Yang only felt a soft body press against his chest.
The girl wrapped around him like an octopus.
That’s right.
An Ling felt she had no way to deal with him, so she decided to do the opposite.
She wrapped her arms and legs around him so he couldn’t move, and then he wouldn’t be able to put his hands all over her.
Li Yang was indeed wrapped up tight and didn’t move a muscle, but it wasn’t because he couldn’t break free of the girl’s hold.
It was purely because he couldn’t bear to break free.
Being hugged of her own accord by the person he liked—what else could he do?
He could only helplessly enjoy it.