A hazy light shone on the catgirl, making her tiny fuzz look gilded, even lovelier. She blinked, her voice crisp like silver bells. Instead of answering, she asked back,
“What do you think should be done to treat it?”
“Using the Nightmare ability, dive into the Mind Space, and talk with the other’s yandere side,” Xu Yinsheng logically presented her own thoughts, but as she spoke, she suddenly paused and let out a long sigh.
“But every time, right after I get in, I get pinned down and forced over, then kicked out of the Mind Space, without even a chance to talk.”
“Then do you want to treat Zhao Yicheng?” Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng asked again.
“Yes, of course I do. If I didn’t want to, why would I bother diving into the other’s Mind Space every night?”
“Then that’s it!”
Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng lightly tapped Xu Yinsheng’s chest with her little fist.
“You just need this perseverance. Everything will work out in the end. Take it slow with the methods and procedures. You need to trust him more, and trust yourself too.”
“Feels like you’re talking nonsense.” Xu Yinsheng muttered softly.
“What did you say?!”
“Nothing!” Xu Yinsheng quickly shook her head in denial. Pointing to the empty canned milk in her hand, she changed the subject.
“This milk—what brand is it? It tastes great. I’ll buy a few boxes later.”
“Ah, this?” Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng crossed her legs, leaned back on the bed, glanced at the bottle Xu Yinsheng handed over, then looked her up and down with a meaningful smile.
“Little Xu Xu, what would you do if I told you I added a bit of ‘deoxyribonucleic acid’ to this?”
Xu Yinsheng’s smile froze.
“Hahaha, just kidding.” Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng reached out and tapped the girl’s nose, her eyes curving into crescent moons.
“Little Xu Xu, although I have a succubus form, I’m not a born succubus. I’ll indulge occasionally, but I don’t make a meal of it.”
Saying that, she grabbed a bottle of “milk” from thin air, pulled out the stopper, and poured it into her mouth, followed by a glug glug sound.
After finishing the bottle of milk, Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng licked the white foam from the corner of her mouth, looking satisfied.
Xu Yinsheng, who had witnessed this utterly erotic scene, seemed moved by the other’s action. She leaned in and whispered,
“Future me, do you think I’m a masochist?”
“What do you mean?”
“Look, Zhao Yicheng did something so unforgivable to me before. I should hate him. I should have parted ways with him. I could have used my parents’ connections to send him to prison, but now…”
Xu Yinsheng lowered her head and looked at her own fair hands—slender and well-proportioned, with rounded nails and perfectly trimmed joints, her fingers also very delicate and soft.
A bitter smile appeared on her face.
“I think I don’t hate him anymore.”
“Then do you love him?” Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng leaned closer, her long hair spilling down with a faint minty scent.
“I don’t know.” Xu Yinsheng wrapped her arms around her head, burying her fingers in her hair, her eyelashes trembling slightly.
“It’s hard for me to describe my feelings for him. Maybe there’s a hint of like, but more than that, I think I’m just enjoying his devotion. What do you think I’ve become?”
Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng gently patted her back and said softly,
“Little Xu Xu~ human beings are inherently contradictory beings. Love and hate are not absolute opposites. You can love him, and you can hate him. These are all rights you possess.”
“But when you truly decide to love someone one day, regardless of whether they are male or female, you must learn to truly open your heart. Love needs to be reciprocated, and it must be reciprocated. After all, one-sided love rarely lasts long.”
“My heart?” Xu Yinsheng murmured to herself, lowering her head. She tried to touch that place—the place that had once yearned to be filled with family affection and friendship, but after she sought it from her parents, she was coldly rejected.
They only loved each other.
Later, she filled that place with genuine friendship and cheap, watery affection. Now, after betrayal, backstabbing, and confessions, that place had become empty, leaving only some fun pastimes and spoiled friendships.
Once again, she dove into the Mind Space. Once again, she saw the familiar villa. Once again, she climbed over the wall into the villa, prepared to be bent over. Once again…
“Old Zhao, A’Zhao.”
“You there?”
“Darling~ I’m here again~”
Xu Yinsheng carefully crept into the villa, keeping her footsteps low and calling out softly.
After the guidance from Cat Girl Xu Yinsheng, although Xu Yinsheng still couldn’t figure out her exact feelings for Zhao Yicheng, she figured things would work out. For now, she needed to deal with Zhao Yicheng’s hypnosis aftereffects.
She wandered the first floor for a long time, but Crimson Zhao Yicheng still didn’t appear. Even when Xu Yinsheng stopped pretending and directly called out at the top of her lungs, he seemed to have vanished without a trace.
Xu Yinsheng went up to the second floor. In one of the second-floor corridor rooms, Crimson Zhao Yicheng was pressing his ear against a closed door, peeking through a crack.
Xu Yinsheng took a deep breath, bracing herself to be bent over, and then…
“Old Zhao, I… mmph~” She ran over and was about to speak, but he directly covered her mouth.
Crimson Zhao Yicheng made a shushing gesture at Xu Yinsheng and pointed at the door.
Through the gap, Xu Yinsheng saw two little boys sitting side by side, around six or seven years old, with fair skin.
One of them had a smile at the corner of his mouth, with some handsomeness in his brows, clearly destined to be a handsome man. The other was holding a controller, leaning left, his delicate and pretty face nearly pressed against the other boy’s face.
“Is this…?” Xu Yinsheng’s mind stirred, just about to think of something.
But suddenly, the world spun. When Xu Yinsheng opened her eyes again, she was in a bedroom on a double bed. The room was simple, with an ocean theme. Who else could be by the bed but Crimson Zhao Yicheng?
“Darling, why are you here?” Crimson Zhao Yicheng tossed Xu Yinsheng onto the bed, grinning viciously as he unfastened his pants. Seeing Xu Yinsheng, it was as if he saw his most delicious meal.
“Have you been conquered by my big , are you submitting under me, thinking of being master’s little cat~”
“Kekeke!!”
Hearing Crimson Zhao Yicheng’s extremely villainous laughter, Xu Yinsheng calmly brushed the non-existent dust off her clothes. She knelt on the bed, then arched her butt high, facing the man who was slowly approaching.
“Come on, same as always. Sleep with me, and after you’re done, listen to me for a bit.”
The laughter abruptly stopped. Crimson Zhao Yicheng cautiously halted, wariness flashing in his eyes.
“What do you want?”
“I want to take you out.”
“I’m not going out.” Crimson Zhao Yicheng snorted coldly. Instead of approaching further, he pulled up his pants, stepped back a few paces, and crossed his arms.
“Without me, your dark side, aren’t you better off? No need to worry about me going crazy, no need to care about my feelings, and you can enjoy my devotion without restraint.”
Xu Yinsheng saw the man turn his head away, looking elsewhere, as if he didn’t want to meet her eyes. His pitch-black eyes were covered with a mist of tears, making him seem less violent and more distant.
“Anyway, a mental patient like me is just a burden in your life!!”
After saying this, he gave Xu Yinsheng no chance to argue. He simply waved his hand, and an invisible force violently kicked Xu Yinsheng out of the Mind Space.