Young kids are great—they just fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.
Thinking this, Luo Jialan gently rested Su Mu’s head once again on the softest part of her body—her thigh.
‘This time, I absolutely won’t move, yeah, absolutely.’
A series of sticky bubbles quietly popped by Su Mu’s ear, but having long since grown accustomed to the sound, she kept her eyes tightly shut until a crisp notification tone sounded, then she opened them.
“You finally came.”
The petite figure of Lando had been waiting beside Su Mu for quite some time already.
“Hiss, why didn’t I see you last time I came?”
“Uh, that’s because I have to go with Master from time to time to clear away the stray dark magic and stabilize the boundary here. So sometimes when you come, you won’t see us.”
Boundary?
That probably refers to the shackles, right?
Sounds like something that can’t be removed casually.
“I’m waiting for you now because I want you to persuade her. It’s not yet time to remove the boundary. With her current state, she can’t resist the erosion of the dark magic.”
Lando couldn’t relay this information through the boundary to Luo Jialan outside, so fortunately, Su Mu could help pass the message.
“Not yet? But isn’t Luo Jialan already close to level B?”
“That’s true, but her Bu Mo Index is too high. Most of what’s fused with her body comes from the dark magic of the Desire Witch. Once the restriction is lifted…”
Lando suddenly leaned in very close to Su Mu, nervously whispering, “The first thing she’ll do is come after you.”
At that, Su Mu shuddered involuntarily.
That really is terrifying.
“Is there really no solution?”
“Of course there is. There are two options: one is safer and also the one I prefer, and the other is riskier but more effective—though it might cause you to fall into the abyss.”
Su Mu thought for a moment while stroking her chin, then decided to hear them out first.
“The first is very simple. You just have to be prepared.”
Before Su Mu could figure out what kind of ‘preparation’ this was, Lando’s hands crossed over and clasped hers, looking at her with tender eyes, making Su Mu’s cheeks flush like ripe peaches.
“We’ll remove the boundary right away, meet up with Luo Jialan, then head to the hotel. I promise I’ll be gentle.”
‘Yeah, right, I don’t believe you for a second!’
Su Mu shook her head vigorously like a rattle drum, and the passion in Lando’s eyes dimmed noticeably.
Then Su Mu’s hands relaxed slightly, leaving Lando momentarily feeling oddly empty.
“It’s fine, just tell me the second option first.”
Su Mu didn’t completely resist—it was just that she didn’t want to go to a hotel or be pinched unless it was solely for helping Luo Jialan remove the boundary.
If the first option was unavoidable, then at least she hoped those things would be the celebration afterward.
She hoped it wouldn’t just be to satisfy Luo Jialan, but that she herself would be satisfied too.
In other words, she wasn’t willing to just lie there passively—there had to be give and take!
The reason Su Mu wrote those fanfics was precisely because she wanted to see Luo Jialan pretending to struggle while showing embarrassed expressions!
Simply put, this little Su also had a dream of being in charge!
‘Isn’t Irina betting that I’ll definitely be on the bottom? Well, I’ll let her have a good look!’
“Really? Then I’ll make sure to watch closely.”
‘No, you’re not allowed to watch, you’re not allowed to watch!’
“Alright, then here’s the second plan: all the Memory Points in my body are currently corrupted by the Desire Witch’s pollution. I can’t purify them alone, but if you help light up those extra parts, maybe the situation will change.”
The cost and risk are the same as exploring Su Mu’s own Second-Layer Dreamscape—that is, the danger of falling.
Although other people’s dreamscapes rarely make her truly feel immersed, there is still risk.
“Let’s do that then!”
Seeing Su Mu’s decisiveness, Lando couldn’t help but laugh.
‘So you’re just going to reject the first plan? You should know that if lighting the Memory Points fails, it’ll just make you crave being pinched even more.’
The outcome’s the same anyway, just different paths.
Unfortunately, while Su Mu thought this was the way to avoid it, in Lando’s plan, the ending had long been written—it’s just that the process might be a little more winding.
What’s the ending?
The ending is big hugs and pinches, no other possibility!
‘The first person I like, I’m never letting go!’
“But I still have to warn you: after touching those polluted Memory Points, the currently normal Luo Linglan will become aberrant, and I’ll have a hard time staying clear-headed too. You have to find a way to protect yourself.”
Hearing this, Su Mu felt a vague unease.
“How do I protect myself?”
“Remember, no matter what happens, as long as you follow Luo Linglan’s rules, she won’t single you out.”
‘Single me out? What an unsettling phrase—some kind of rule ghost story?’
But now that it’s come this far, how can you back out, Su Mu?
Where did your resolve and ambition just go?
‘At worst, I’ll just have Irina come save me!’
“I understand. Let’s give it a try.”
Taking a deep breath, Su Mu made up her mind, her decisiveness even making Lando a little envious.
Lando always wavered when it came to anything involving Luo Linglan—she couldn’t be so quick to cut ties when it came to someone or something close.
But Su Mu was willing to jump headfirst into the mud pit woven by the Desire Witch for her.
How to describe her?
Upright, gentle?
None of those quite fit, but at least one thing was clear.
Lando softly reached out her hand and gave a gentle pinch.
She was someone worth loving.
But the next moment, she received Su Mu’s scolding and resistance.
“Hey, don’t think you can just look all touched and use that to start groping!”
Lando smiled mischievously and quickly withdrew her hand, not giving Su Mu a chance.
Damn it.
If being with Ye Wanqing could temporarily make Su Mu forget the barriers between genders, then Luo Jialan’s occasional taking advantage of her was a constant reminder: you’re already a very cute girl now.
After all, which guy would get embarrassed about being pinched?
They’d either get furious or scared and uneasy.
“Let’s go to the Memory Points now, or you’ll definitely try to take advantage of me again.”
Little Su was already angry—beyond consoling—so before she changed her mind, they should get down to business!
“No, before that, I want to help you release some pressure again, or you’ll be too prone to falling—if I’m not mistaken, you must have recalled something unpleasant in your own dreamscape.”
Su Mu was a little startled when Lando suddenly got serious.
‘Seems like everyone’s been saying I look upset—was it really that obvious?’
Back when those things first happened, no one ever asked how she was doing.
Being cared for by someone feels so subtle.