The end of March.
Was it time to go out for a spring outing?
I was fiddling with my own fingertips, looking at a catalog of Su Liumeng’s favorite nail art styles. Speaking of manicures, I had never actually had one before.
‘Perhaps I could try it as well?’
After all, it was a fairly interesting way to pass the time.
While I was still hesitating, Su Liumeng suddenly walked over and snatched the catalog away from me. My gaze followed her movements, and I noticed that several of her fingernails had been cleaned and restored to a healthy pink. One nail in particular had been trimmed very smoothly, without a single sharp or protruding edge.
With a smile in her eyes, Su Liumeng moved her palm closer to me so I could see more clearly. My face turned slightly red, as if I had been caught red-handed doing something bad.
“Does it look good?” Su Liumeng spread her five fingers and raised them in front of me to show them off.
“It looks good,” I answered blankly.
“It seems Baby is quite satisfied,” Su Liumeng said meaningfully.
Turning the conversation toward the bedroom out of nowhere… I suddenly found it impossible to look her in the eye.
Su Liumeng looked back and saw that there was no one nearby. She took the opportunity to lean in close to my ear. “I want to have negative distance contact with Baby.”
How could she be so blunt! It felt like an electric shock. I tried to push away her face, which was crowding mine, but the warmth and smoothness I felt under my fingertips made my entire body stiffen. Su Liumeng looked satisfied and even took the chance to nuzzle against me. I felt too awkward to put my hand down, but keeping it there felt just as strange.
“Zhi—Zhizhi will be here soon.”
“If she comes, she comes. I’m legal, so why can’t I nuzzle a bit?”
That sentence sounded so strange. ‘Is it just that I’ve become lewd?’
My cheeks flushed even deeper.
A few days ago, Su Liumeng had insisted on holding my hand while staring at the rug. She had said, “Baby, look at this rug. Isn’t it very soft? It’s perfect for lying down on, and you won’t catch a cold.”
At the time, I looked at the girl with a blank expression. “I have a bed to sleep in, so why would I lie on the rug?”
Su Liumeng coughed lightly, finally revealing her true intentions. “Look, we’ve been married for so long. It’s about time we unlocked a new map.”
“A new map?” I was even more confused. “What kind of description is that?”
I didn’t understand what she meant at all.
Su Liumeng looked at my slightly dazed face, her gaze fixed on my twitching red lips. She suddenly took a heavy gulp.
What was supposed to be a normal, ordinary post-meal chat became infinitely more ambiguous after that sound. I pinched the hem of my white dress with my small hands, so nervous that I couldn’t stop overthinking her words. What exactly was she trying to express?
Su Liumeng suddenly leaned down and kept whispering in my ear.
As I listened to her use human language to describe those things, my face couldn’t help but grow redder and redder until it felt like steam was about to rise from the spot.
‘Do you even know what you’re saying?!’
It was the first time I realized that ordinary human words could become so erotic when rearranged in a certain way.
Su Liumeng pinched my cheek, the doting look in her eyes so hot that I hurriedly looked away. My wandering hands were suddenly gripped tightly by hers. She slowly interlaced her fingers with mine to show her dominance. My heart pounded wildly in the quiet air.
“Al…”
“I… suppose it’s not impossible,” I stammered in response.
I lowered my head, looking at the place where our ten fingers were interlocked. My voice, as thin as a mosquito’s wing, contained all of a young girl’s shyness and affection. My long black hair fell down my back.
With our hair intertwining, our bodies drew closer and closer. Until…
We were caught by Zhizhi, who happened to be passing by.
“Eww, how embarrassing!”
Thinking of the incident that had been interrupted by little Zhizhi, I unexpectedly fell into a whirlpool of memories now that only the two of us were left. Su Liumeng moved closer to me, her thumb tracing the flush on my face. Her voice was low, carrying a hint of doting mockery. “Baby, can you tell me what you’re thinking about?”
I gave her a look that was both defensive and defiant despite being in the wrong.
‘In your dreams.’
I wouldn’t tell her even if it killed me.
Su Liumeng chuckled, the amusement in her eyes growing stronger. She held my hand and followed my gaze. As if I had been burned, I abruptly lifted my smooth feet off the rug and curled up in a corner of the sofa.
The hot air from Su Liumeng’s breath fell onto my fair neck. I instinctively shrank back, my toes curling even tighter.
She was staring at me. Specifically, she was staring at the feet I had just tried so hard to hide.
If I had known… I should have worn socks.
Because I was at home, I had been a bit lax lately. I often walked around barefoot. I had almost forgotten that there was a foot fetishist nearby who was never quite satisfied.
“Don’t look, do you hear me!” Seeing Su Liumeng becoming more and more bold, I suddenly snapped my head up, baring the tip of a little tiger tooth to fiercely assert my dominance.
“Baby…”
I couldn’t stand Su Liumeng’s aggrieved voice the most.
‘Did she really not take Zhizhi as her master?’
How could she be so unfair? Those same big, pitiful eyes made it impossible for me to be cruel.
‘Dammit. I feel like I’m being completely played.’
Su Liumeng gave a little giggle and straightened me up slightly. Under my dazed gaze, she rested her head on my knees. Sniffing the faint fragrance near her nose and smelling the scent that belonged to Xinyan, even the deepest exhaustion in her eyes faded a little.
The formula for the Beauty Preserving Pill had already been found. However, there was a more difficult problem.
How many ancient spirit herbs were actually left?
To collect them all again, one would only occasionally see one or two of them in the depths of remote, rarely visited Secret Realms. However, it was already the modern era. How many Secret Realms remained unexplored?
Su Liumeng had already sent out as many powerful experts as possible to search the depths of various Secret Realms, but they had only found one-third of the ingredients so far.
Xi Zhiruo was not in the Villa at the moment. After Su Liumeng informed her of the situation, the little one insisted on going out once every day. Generally speaking, she would bring back a spirit herb every few days.
Even with Xi Zhiruo’s divine power, she couldn’t say she could find all the ingredients immediately, let alone others… These were pills that could no longer be fully gathered and refined in this era.
Su Liumeng enjoyed the lap pillow provided by Xinyan, feeling content. ‘Even if a foot fetishist can’t touch what she wants to touch, she can still enjoy a lap pillow!’
I didn’t have much of an objection. I reached out to stroke her hair, smoothing out the strands that had become messy from her movements. After finishing, I lightly patted her shoulder. “Sleep, sleep. You’ll be happy once you fall asleep.”
Su Liumeng’s body stiffened for a second.
‘Wait—’
That tone. Why did it sound so much like she was coaxing Zhizhi?
She was very sure she hadn’t misheard. After all, she had overheard it many times from a distance while Xinyan was coaxing Zhizhi.
The more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.
Ever since she realized the deep-seated logic behind the act of “feeding,” Su Liumeng had been intentionally or unintentionally resisting it. It could be said that her innate pride was acting up.
As her dear Baby’s only Dao companion, she didn’t want to be raised as a daughter by her own darling at all!
Motherly love could be abundant, but it really didn’t need to be this abundant.
I, on the other hand, wasn’t thinking about those things at all.
As I patted Su Liumeng’s shoulder, I suddenly remembered that I hadn’t pumped for two or three days. Because I hadn’t completely weaned Zhizhi yet, I was still troubled by engorgement. I felt a sense of helplessness.
So, I simply said to Su Liumeng, “Can you help me resolve it in a bit?”
“It’s getting a bit uncomfortable.”
As an old married couple, Su Liumeng naturally knew what I was talking about. Her body stiffened once more, and her expression became a strange, twisted mix of emotions that I didn’t quite understand.
“This… this isn’t very good, is it…”