“Alright, alright! Your spoils of war! But if Bai Yue were to find out about these spoils…”
Yan Qingzhu’s voice suddenly trailed off. With a teasing glint in her eyes, she leaned in, burying her face close to Bai Zhiqiu’s ear. “How do you think she’d look at her brother then?”
“You… you… are you threatening me?”
“I wouldn’t call it a threat, little Zhiqiu~ You wouldn’t want Bai Yue to know that her brother—no, soon to be sister—is actually such a pervert, would you?”
As she finished speaking, Yan Qingzhu playfully blew on Bai Zhiqiu’s earlobe, instantly causing Bai Zhiqiu’s entire ear to flush crimson.
“What exactly do you want from me!”
Bai Zhiqiu stood rooted to the spot, trembling.
“What I want… why, of course…”
Yan Qingzhu circled Bai Zhiqiu twice, her eyes gleaming with a possessive hunger, as if admiring a priceless work of art she desperately wished to claim for herself.
“How about you help me take care of my cat?”
“Don’t even think about it, I would never… Huh? Take care of a cat? That’s all?”
Bai Zhiqiu’s words halted mid-sentence; she simply couldn’t believe her ears.
This scoundrel had threatened her, only to ask her to help care for a cat? She had been convinced Yan Qingzhu wanted her to do something far more peculiar.
It was hardly Bai Zhiqiu’s fault for letting her imagination run wild… after all, there was mounting evidence that Yan Qingzhu was indeed dangerously adorable!
Just look at Xuan Guan—didn’t An’s clone get utterly charmed to death there?
“Lately, Jasmine and I have been busy clearing the Xuan Guan fragments around Nandou City. Even though Xuan Guan itself is gone, many fragments scattered throughout Nandou before it shattered.
“These fragments likely contain demonic beasts. For the safety of Nandou City, I simply don’t have time to look after my little cat, so I can only trouble you. By the way, why do you look so surprised? Could it be that you were…”
Yan Qingzhu clearly knew Bai Zhiqiu’s thoughts had strayed. Feigning innocence, she edged closer to Bai Zhiqiu until they were almost pressed together. “If that’s what you want, it wouldn’t be entirely out of the question, you know~”
“Wh-what! What are you talking about! Don’t spout nonsense! It’s just helping you raise a cat! I agree, now let me go!”
Hearing Yan Qingzhu’s teasing tone, Bai Zhiqiu pushed at her, but to no avail.
“Why should I let go? Isn’t this exactly what you desire?”
Just as Yan Qingzhu was teasing Bai Zhiqiu, the door suddenly swung open. Heart Moon stood in the doorway, numerous orphanage children trailing behind her.
Instantly, an awkward silence permeated the air.
“What are the big sisters doing?”
“The big sisters are obviously doing adult things!”
“Huh? Can two girls do that too?”
“Nobody ever said they couldn’t!”
The hushed whispers of the two little girls reached Bai Zhiqiu’s ears, causing her face to flush crimson. She could only cast a bashful glance at Yan Qingzhu.
Yan Qingzhu, ever quick-witted, swiftly turned Bai Zhiqiu around, gently embracing her, and then faced the children.
“Is there something you need?”
“No… it’s just Grandma Director said it’s time to eat…”
“We’ll be down in a moment; you all go ahead and eat first!”
After Yan Qingzhu replied, Heart Moon nodded, then led the children out of the room, closing the door behind them.
“This time, Sister Qingzhu didn’t come with Sister Jasmine; she brought an even prettier sister instead.”
“Could Sister Qingzhu have abandoned Sister Jasmine?”
“It’s possible!”
“So, Sister Qingzhu is actually a heartbreaker? I’m going to tell that other sister!”
“Mhm! After dinner, we’ll tell her privately!”
The two in the room, of course, remained blissfully unaware. The innocent children had already branded Yan Qingzhu a heartbreaker and Bai Zhiqiu as the naive girl being led astray.
If Yan Qingzhu were to ever find out, she would surely protest her innocence vehemently. She hadn’t done anything at all! And when it came to being a ‘heartbreaker,’ a certain little someone was clearly far more scandalous!
“I told you to let go! Now look! The children saw everything!”
Bai Zhiqiu, still perched on Yan Qingzhu’s lap, playfully pounded her chest with small, complaining fists.
“It’s fine! They’re just kids; they won’t understand any of this! Besides, what they said isn’t entirely wrong, is it? Can’t we do adult things? Oh, right, my cat apparently trained with a circus before! She can do backflips, you know!”
“Get lost! I’m not doing anything like that! And a cat that can do backflips? Do you even believe that yourself?”
She wasn’t ignorant of the meme. She knew that once she arrived at Yan Qingzhu’s house, the cat would eventually tire of backflipping, and then it would be her turn to ‘flip.’
A cat could stop when it got tired, but if she got tired…
With that, Bai Zhiqiu struggled free from Yan Qingzhu’s grasp.
“I’m going to eat now! Bye-bye!”
With a final word, Bai Zhiqiu exited the room.
Watching the little devil depart, Yan Qingzhu shook her head with a faint smile.
‘It seems the little one isn’t actually averse to me after all!’
With a sigh, Yan Qingzhu raised her hand and unlocked her phone. The lock screen wallpaper was a picture of Bai Zhiqiu’s sleeping face in the car.
She had secretly taken it while Bai Zhiqiu was asleep.
After admiring it for a few seconds, Yan Qingzhu opened her Penguin app.
She tapped open a group chat, its name boldly displayed as “White-Haired Loli Conquest Committee.”
[Bamboo: She doesn’t seem to mind this… What should I do next?]
[Chigotsu: Quick! Boss! Go on the offensive! Pin her against the wall! It’s sure to work!]
[Chen Xiaoxi: I suggest you invite her to play Delta together!]
[Cheese Snow Leopard: Delta, let’s go!]
[Lin: Want some spicy pictures?]
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[Jiujiu: I suggest you just take her to bed next.]
[Ye Weibai: The loli above is an idiot.]
……
After glancing at the boisterous group chat, Yan Qingzhu shook her head. Such matters were best left to the group administrator.
Otherwise, with the terrible advice offered by the foolish lolis in the group—who could be lured away with just two lollipops—she would never in this lifetime manage to win Bai Zhiqiu over.
‘Right? You foolish lolis in the group!!!’
She wondered when the group administrator would come online. Just moments ago, she had scrolled through the chat history and seen that a white-haired loli seemed to have taken up permanent residence at the administrator’s home. She had no idea where the administrator had managed to ‘kidnap’ her from…
Gazing at the dim, two-dimensional white-haired loli avatar in the group list, Yan Qingzhu sighed and closed her phone.
Meanwhile, Bai Yue, who had just opened her room door, suddenly sneezed.
She always felt as though someone was talking about her behind her back.
‘I hope it’s just my imagination…’
Bai Yue rubbed her nose, then glanced at Yin, who was trailing behind her, still absorbed in a mobile game.
Instantly, a series of mischievous plans began to form in her mind.
‘Addicted to games, huh? That’s easy to deal with!’
‘Give you two skins, and you’ll obediently be a dress-up doll for a day, right? That’s not asking too much, is it?’