Eavesdropping on Secrets

Night was falling. With winter already upon them, it wasn’t just the temperature that was plummeting.

The sky darkened far faster than expected.

Under a thick canopy of black clouds, the heavens finally seemed to give way.

A single tiny raindrop, hidden by the pitch-black night, plummeted from ten thousand meters up and smashed against the ground, shattering and scattering.

Then came a second, a third…

Soon, the number of drops falling from the sky visibly multiplied, and their speed increased.

Before long, a long-suppressed downpour exploded into a relentless drizzle.

Meanwhile, in the Leng household, the three sisters had just finished dinner at the table.

Their mother, Leng Tian, was busy with work and hadn’t been home for days. The sisters were alone.

“Yu Sheng, I’ve got a task for you. Go clear the dishes.”

Leng Yu, having finished her meal first and now wrapped in a cotton jacket on the living room sofa, saw Yu Sheng passing by, heading happily toward her room.

Thinking back to the afternoon, when the two of them had whispered secrets behind her back, a deep sense of discomfort stirred within her.

Without hesitation, she called out to her younger sister and assigned her a chore.

“Huh? But… I have things to do…”

Hearing her sister’s voice from the sofa, Yu Sheng stopped, her cute face scrunched in reluctance.

[Wan Yu is still waiting for me in her room! Why pick now?]

A flicker of suspicion rose in Yu Sheng’s mind. She felt like her sister was targeting her…

“Stop making excuses. Go. Finish it, then do whatever you want.”

Seeing the little one’s reluctance, Leng Yu urged her on coldly, her tone brooking no argument.

In fact, Yu Sheng’s suspicion was spot on. It wasn’t just about—Leng Yu was indeed targeting her.

[You like whispering secrets in front of me? Fine then~ Since Wan Yu got away, I’ll take it out on you!]

“Oh… I got it…”

Faced with her sister’s unyielding pressure, Yu Sheng reluctantly agreed, her face still full of displeasure.

She turned and slouched toward the kitchen, resigned to her fate.

[What choice do I have? I can’t beat her, and she’s got that inherent seniority advantage. Hmph! So unfair!]

From the sofa, Leng Yu watched her sister disappear into the kitchen, then looked away.

A faint smug smile crept across her stunningly beautiful face.

It gave the impression that she had just gotten a great revenge…

[Since I can’t stop you from going to Wan Yu’s room anyway, I might as well delay you as much as possible. Then, when Yu Sheng sneaks in later, I’ll secretly follow and take a look.]

[I want to hear exactly what those two are talking about behind my back!]

Meanwhile, in her own room, Wan Yu sat on her bed, feeling nervous.

[Damn… what am I going to do? Why did I agree on impulse?]

Sitting on the soft bed, she couldn’t help muttering to herself, at a loss.

On second thought, regret washed over her.

[If I had let Yu Sheng say it back then, given her sister’s personality, she’d just scold Yu Sheng harshly and not get me involved.]

[But now I’ve agreed, which means we’re in the same boat.]

[If we get caught, it’s a whole different story!]

[Then not only would Yu Sheng be in trouble, but I, the other mouse in the boat, wouldn’t escape either!]

“Ah! I’m really losing my mind!”

She slapped her forehead in frustration and let out a deep sigh.

[It’s all because I was too focused on stopping Yu Sheng from blurting it out and didn’t consider other factors.]

[Looks like when Yu Sheng gets here, I’ll have to give her another good lecture!]

[I need to tell her clearly: you’re a pervert… no, what you’re doing is perverted! It’s not okay!]

[It’s a big no-no! You can do it yourself! But you don’t need my help!]

“Calm down, calm down. Let me organize my thoughts first. When Yu Sheng arrives, I’ll tell her this plan.”

She gently patted her cheeks, trying to force herself to calm down.

Then she started racking her brains on how to answer her younger sister when she came…

[After all, I already agreed, but now I’m backing out. Given Yu Sheng’s personality…]

[She might throw a tantrum right here, crying and making a scene…]

[So whatever I say, I need to be careful—not too harsh or absolute.]

[That means I have to use gentle persuasion…]

“Heave-ho~ Finally done! Now there shouldn’t be any more interruptions, right?”

In the kitchen, after putting all the dishes back into the cupboard, Yu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

She had not only cleaned the dishes but, just in case, had also scrubbed every surface spotless.

All to prevent her sister from suddenly thinking of something else to bother her with.

“Hehe, dear Wan Yu must be waiting for me impatiently~ I’m coming~”

Closing the cupboard door, a wicked, lecherous grin spread across Yu Sheng’s cute little face.

She turned and left the kitchen, hurrying eagerly toward Wan Yu’s room.

As she passed the living room, she stole a glance at her older sister, still sitting on the sofa wrapped in her cotton jacket.

Her heart raced with nervousness, afraid her sister would call out again.

But surprisingly, this time her sister said nothing, just kept staring at the TV.

Relieved, Yu Sheng finally relaxed and rushed to Wan Yu’s room.

Little did she know, Leng Yu had seen everything from the sofa.

Watching Yu Sheng enter Wan Yu’s room, Leng Yu, who had been pretending to be calm, could no longer sit still.

She stood up from the sofa and walked quickly to Wan Yu’s door.

After waiting a moment at the threshold, she leaned against the door, pressing her ear to it, and began to eavesdrop carefully.

[Let me hear what secrets you two are hiding from me!]