A Ticklish Predicament

When one plan failed, I didn’t lose heart. Another idea immediately sparked within me, and I refocused my efforts on Chen Si Yi, the true instigator of this entire predicament. Appealing to her reason and emotions, I addressed her:

“Si Yi, please, let’s not resort to this. We can surely sit down and discuss things properly, without all this… physicality.”

My demeanor was earnest, my tone neither subservient nor arrogant. Surely… it ought to have some effect, right?

However, a cold scoff that echoed beside my ear shattered my illusions completely.

“Heh, now you want to talk things over properly with me? Do you truly think that’s possible?” Chen Si Yi licked her lips, her expression utterly indifferent.

As I met her dark eyes, which glinted with a chilling malice, a shiver of dread ran through me. ‘Damn it,’ I thought. ‘Could this girl, Chen Si Yi, be planning to take nude photos of me to use as blackmail?’

‘But… even if this loli form of mine were to end up with a criminal record, no one would recognize me anyway!’

Just as this thought crossed my mind, Serena, who still held my wrist firmly, suddenly spoke up:

“Heh heh, Si Yi, your brother certainly has quite the vivid imagination, doesn’t he?”

“Oh? You mean Lin Yan? What was she thinking?” Chen Si Yi, who had been pinching my face, paused her ‘wicked’ hand, tilted her head in confusion, a look of keen interest blossoming on her face.

Seeing this, Serena’s lips curled upwards as she struggled to suppress her laughter, saying: “You’ll never guess, he actually thought you turned him into a little girl just to take nude photos and blackmail him! Hahaha, I’m going to die laughing!”

“Honestly,” Chen Si Yi chimed in, “that guy just loves to imagine all sorts of ridiculous things.”

“Exactly, exactly!” Serena agreed. “It’s not that complicated at all. We clearly only turned him into a little girl to XX him, didn’t we?”

‘Hey, hey, hey, is it really okay for you two to talk about XX-ing me right in front of me? And I can’t believe you, a demon, can even read minds! I thought you were just a perverted loli-con who could only transform people into lolis!’

Originally, I had planned to play dead on the bed, waiting for Chen Si Yi and Serena to get engrossed in their conversation, then seize an opportune moment to slip away. However, given the current situation, if I didn’t act soon, something truly terrible was bound to happen today—the ‘seeing red’ kind of terrible.

“Si Yi, please, calm down,” I pleaded, using the most sincere tone I had ever mustered in my life: “I’m your brother, and you’re my sister. Whatever issues we have, we can discuss them properly between siblings. There’s no need to lock me up like this!”

‘Indeed, couldn’t we just talk things through? Why did they have to imprison me? Were they planning for me to spend the rest of my life confined at home, reflecting on my mistakes? That would be too cruel, wouldn’t it?’

No sooner had my words faded than Chen Si Yi’s next remark rendered me utterly speechless.

“Hmph, now you want to talk to me? What were you doing all this time before?” Chen Si Yi’s delicate brows furrowed, and her luscious lips pursed together in displeasure.

She then gave my tender cheek another hard pinch, and enunciated each word slowly: “Lin Yan, oh, Lin Yan, for years you’ve been neglecting me. Now, it’s finally my time for revenge.”

With that said, seeing my vacant stare, Chen Si Yi wiggled her slender fingers, and without giving me a moment to react, she reached out and began to tickle my armpit.

“Hahaha~ Wh-what are you… Si, Si Yi~ Hahahaha, what are you doing~~ Hahahaha!”

Due to the extreme sensitivity of this loli body, being suddenly tickled by Chen Si Yi, my entire face began to flush furiously, my chest heaved incessantly, and my breathing grew heavy.

‘N-no… this won’t do! Calm down, Lin Yan.’

Feeling my heart pound faster and faster, I knew I had to stop Chen Si Yi immediately. If this continued, I would literally laugh myself to death!

With this thought, I slowly lifted my upper jaw, steeled my resolve, and with all my might, bit down on my lower lip with my pearly teeth.

Immediately, as a strong, coppery taste of blood flooded my mouth, my body, which had been burning with heat, cooled down almost instantly, within three seconds.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

With blood rushing into my throat, I choked and coughed uncontrollably, my words coming out in a stuttering mess.

“Chen Si Yi, y-you… stop this right now! Cough, cough—Even if y-you punish my body like this, it… it won’t make me truly submit!”

Hmm, quite the melodramatic TV drama line, delivered with an exceptionally mournful tone. If my body weren’t currently that of a loli, the incongruity would be off the charts.

“Heh, so what?” Chen Si Yi ceased her tickling assault, withdrew her fingers, and poked my soft, tender belly button, saying: “Who cares about ‘heart’ anyway? All I need is for your body to feel pain.”

“But this isn’t even my body!”