Xiafuya murmured a few words, gazing at Amidina’s serene and exquisitely beautiful face as she remained sound asleep.
As if realizing that Amidina was truly asleep, Xiafuya gently shook her head, a look of regret flickering in her eyes for not coming earlier.
Barefoot, she stepped slowly over to the windowsill.
From her bosom, Xiafuya pulled out a note.
Holding it between two fingers, she twirled it lightly, and the magic condensed into an Orange Flame instantly ignited the paper.
The flame drew a semicircular arc in midair, leaving no trace of ash behind.
Although she could have shown Amidina the words Lin Nuo had written—words that exposed his arrogant and overbearing true nature—Xiafuya wasn’t fond of playing the petty game of stirring up trouble like some sly little green tea.
She believed that time would reveal Lin Nuo’s true colors to Amidina!
And it would also show Amidina that the petite girl she despised for her small chest could actually be quite bold at times!
“Honestly… I really don’t understand what Lin Nuo’s thinking. He’s got such a beautiful princess, yet he won’t choose her. Instead, he lets me come over first to test the waters. I’m starting to suspect he might have some self-green tendencies…”
Lin Nuo: “……”
‘Seriously, she’s way beyond me… I’m not like that!’
“Putting me and Amidina together is no different than putting a little cake and Amidina’s little sister together.”
“Even if I should maintain some semblance of decorum… well, Amidina has already seen my chest before when she helped heal my wounds, and she even pushed me down when I was asleep…”
“With such a gorgeous girl delivered right to my doorstep, how can I not take a little peek at her development?”
Climbing onto the bed edge, Xiafuya flipped her wrist, and a flicker of Orange Flame danced at her fingertips.
But after glancing at the Bee Wax Candle, she suddenly clenched her hand into a fist, and the flame promptly died out.
“We agreed to spend half a candle’s worth of time with Amidina, uh… although I never really intended to keep that promise…”
“However, if I don’t light the candle, then it’s as if the candle was never used.”
“So, I might as well just cuddle with Amidina all night long. Even if Lin Nuo finds out, he can’t say a thing!”
Pouting her chin, Xiafuya snorted softly through her nose, as if trying to convince herself.
Even if she ended up sticking to the princess like glue all night, it was all under duress, forced upon her by Lin Nuo…
Xiafuya twined her toes together, her feet gradually drawing close, while the strands of hair resting on her shoulder shifted gently.
A faint, shy smile tugged at the corners of her lips.
She was just a delicate, fragile girl who had accidentally wandered into a Noble Estate during her adventure, only to be provoked by the unruly Lin Nuo.
Out of frustration, she came to the princess’s room and was forced by Lin Nuo to stay at least half a candle’s worth of time, thus ending up sharing the bed with the princess…
In short, it was all forced—she only touched the princess’s ample curves all night because she had no choice.
She was a weak girl, compelled by that ruffian Lin Nuo.
What else could she do?
Listening carefully to the sounds outside, Lin Nuo slightly parted the Velvet Quilt with just a finger, creating a tiny gap to peer out at the surroundings.
He saw the faint glow of Xiafuya’s palm flame flicker once, illuminating the moment when Amidina’s nose twitched slightly, before the light was quickly extinguished.
She wasn’t planning on lighting the candle!
Seemingly still hesitating about something… why was she swaying and cupping her face with a fond auntie smile?
Sigh, women are really so damn hard to figure out!
Lin Nuo glanced at his position on the bed.
His marital bed was quite soft, sinking underfoot, and the thick bedding he pulled out of the wardrobe was ample enough.
Before sneaking in, he had even smoothed the surface to create some folds, disguising his presence.
With no light source, and Feng Aotian’s attention fully focused on Amidina, it should be very difficult to notice that someone was hiding under the quilt.
‘No choice… I’ve offended the princess. For now, I’ll just have to squeeze in with you…’
But just as Lin Nuo was thinking this, Amidina, who had been sleeping peacefully, suddenly turned over, shifting to the side.
Her exquisitely delicate, icy-cold face suddenly appeared in his line of sight, making Lin Nuo’s heart skip a beat.
Luckily, her peach blossom eyes remained tightly shut.
Xiafuya seemed to have made a firm decision.
She circled to the other side of the bed.
Lin Nuo silently cheered for her.
‘Yes! Just like that! Go straight to the bed and hug Amidina. Once the Incense of Drowsiness takes effect, I can sneak away!’
As if hearing Lin Nuo’s wish, or perhaps luck was on their side again, Xiafuya looked at Amidina’s back.
Her slender jade feet stepped onto the soft carpet and then the edge of the bed… but!
‘Why are you walking toward me?!’
Just as Xiafuya stepped over Amidina’s body, narrowly avoiding being stepped on by that pale little snowflake, and arrived at the other side of the bed without Lin Nuo noticing, she actually lifted the quilt, and unlike Feng Aotian’s usual haughty demeanor, curled her hands in front of her and slipped under the covers.
With a shy, girlish blush, she turned her back toward him and wriggled closer.
Lin Nuo’s pupils instantly jolted in shock.
At that moment, he suddenly remembered!
The original text seemed to say:
‘Feng Aotian liked… being held from behind! So she probably wouldn’t actively hug Amidina. Instead, she wanted Amidina to hold her from behind… but in the middle, there was me! You… don’t come over here!’
Lin Nuo screamed again in his heart, the alarm bells ringing.
He poked his head out from under the Velvet Quilt, desperately searching for a way to escape, and kept shifting backward as far as possible, trying to put some distance between himself and the wriggling Xiafuya…
Until even the back of his head felt Amidina’s breath just behind him.
“…”
‘Oh no!’
Feng Aotian’s damn fondness for being held from behind!
With nowhere left to retreat, Lin Nuo finally gave in and opened his arms, receiving Xiafuya’s shy, deliberate back-turned embrace.
Feng Aotian and the heroine together…
‘Really, you’ve got me caught between a rock and a hard place!’
“Why does this feel… a little off in terms of distance?”
Maybe when Lin Nuo helped tend to Amidina, his fine clothes had caught her scent.
Sniffing subtly, Xiafuya hadn’t sensed anything unusual behind her.
Though, having only moved a little, they wouldn’t be pressed up against the princess so quickly…
Seeing Xiafuya about to turn her head, Lin Nuo, throwing caution to the wind, grabbed a handful of her long hair from behind like pulling reins.
“…Mhm?”
Being pulled by the hair, normally, even lying down, Xiafuya could easily counter by grabbing and breaking his arm.
But at that moment, an unexpected flash of delight and disbelief appeared in her eyes.
…Princess hasn’t fallen asleep after all?
‘So she must have heard my muttering earlier.’
‘She didn’t even need to feel it to know I’m not her fiancé Lin Nuo, but that bold, busty girl she once looked down on!’
Xiafuya found Amidina’s thigh and gently patted it.
Now would be the perfect time to call over that daring Lin Nuo who dared to write notes boasting to her.
A princess as beautiful as this actually prefers to be close to someone like her, a fellow girl!
And liking to grab hair… Could it be that the seemingly elegant and refined Princess Amidina actually enjoys this wild side?!
‘Then I’m going to have to take full advantage—no holding back~!’
Lin Nuo felt his leg being patted, not knowing how Xiafuya could locate him so precisely while facing away.
She grabbed his wrist in one smooth motion…
‘Goddamn! Where are you pulling my hand… No! Lady Feng Aotian, I really have no interest in your teapot and teacup!’
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