Chapter 3: Is it pure love?

“How could you so easily go drinking at the house of a Junior you’ve only known for a month? And to be so careless… getting drunk~”

A wide smile bloomed on Xia Rui’s face.

She lightly nudged Liang Rou’s shoulder twice with her hand, confirming that the other girl was truly drunk.

Satisfied, she nodded to herself.

“Well then, next up…”

Xia Rui pulled out her phone, sat beside Liang Rou, and flashed a big “Yay” ✌️ with her hand.

With a “click,” she snapped a photo of the sleeping Liang Rou, capturing her own radiant, flower-like smile right next to her.

Right after, Xia Rui carefully supported Liang Rou and carried her over to her own bed.

Propping herself up with one hand, she gazed at Liang Rou’s small, round face.

“Senior is really adorable… Whether it’s her looks or her personality, it’s just… impossible to look away~”

Liang Rou truly was cute.

Petite and delicate, she wasn’t exactly short, but her slender frame gave her a childish air.

Her face was especially small, still carrying a hint of baby fat that would blush pink with the slightest tease.

The most captivating were her Deer-like eyes: round, bright, the irises a light shade that shimmered with a faint pink under the light, like cherry blossom buds about to bloom in early spring.

Her soft, pastel pink curls spilled over her shoulders, the ends playfully curled, making her seem even softer and more harmless—almost as if even her breath was sweet~

Liang Rou did indeed smell sweet, and Xia Rui knew this perfectly well—because right now, she was acting like a lovesick (wo)maniac, leaning in close to Liang Rou’s neck, greedily inhaling her fragrance.

“Senior… I’ve wanted to do this for so long…!”

Xia Rui’s smile grew ever more wicked…

Her hands were itching to move…

Damn it, she couldn’t hold back her wicked thoughts anymore! This kind of thing…

This kind of thing…

Senior must never find out!

“Click~”

Xia Rui hugged Liang Rou, pressed her red lips against the girl’s cheek, and snapped a selfie.

After taking the photo, she wrapped one arm around Liang Rou, and with the other tapped away at her phone screen.

She added cute little cat stickers to both their faces in the two photos, completely covering them, and posted them to the Green Winking Platform.

Caption: Senior came to my house today~ She’s just too cute~ After getting drunk, she started mumbling all sorts of nonsense at the table, and then she actually let me kiss her~! I’m just too excited! Am I about to get my own happiness? If I could date Senior… I’d be good to her for the rest of my life~

That’s right, this blonde little sister was actually a pure love warrior! After getting Liang Rou drunk, she only gave her a kiss, took a photo, didn’t even undress her, just hugged her tightly and even thoughtfully tucked her in…?

“Since Senior doesn’t have a Boyfriend, there’s no need to rush~ As for that sort of thing… I still want to wait until Senior really wants it too…”

Xia Rui pressed her face tightly against Liang Rou’s, rubbing back and forth like a giant Maine Coon cat who loves sticking to its owner.

That night, Xia Rui slept soundly and sweetly.

The next morning, Liang Rou groggily opened her eyes—only to be met with a devastating blow of beauty.

Right before her was Xia Rui’s nearly perfect bare face… not a single flaw, her skin white and smooth like a sheet of paper.

Liang Rou stared blankly for two seconds, then swallowed.

“Eh?”

She finally realized something was off.

“Xia… Xia Rui?”

Liang Rou’s voice trembled a little.

She immediately sat up, panicking as she touched her chest.

Her clothes were perfectly in place, and so were her pants.

“Phew~”

Liang Rou finally let out a sigh of relief.

Xia Rui was woken by the commotion.

Rubbing her eyes, she sat up, “Ah, Senior, you’re awake? So early… But honestly, Senior, you’re such a dummy… After getting drunk, you just wouldn’t let go of me, sigh~”

That’s right, strike while the iron’s hot—before the other girl fully wakes up and realizes what happened, turn the tables!

Sure enough, Liang Rou froze, then showed a confused and slightly guilty expression.

She was confused because she truly didn’t remember what happened last night, and guilty because she felt Xia Rui wouldn’t lie—so she must have really gotten drunk and troubled her.

Tsk.

Was it because she hadn’t drunk in so long? She got tipsy and started acting silly after less than five cans of beer? Ah, so the reason they slept in the same bed… could it be because she just wouldn’t let go of Xia Rui?

At this thought, Liang Rou felt even guiltier.

Seeing her so downcast, Xia Rui’s lips twitched as she struggled to hold back a smile.

Senior really is easy to fool~

“It’s no problem, Senior~ Taking care of you… I was happy to do it~”

Xia Rui ruffled Liang Rou’s hair.

Liang Rou grew even more embarrassed.

When she was shy, she liked to scratch her own cheek, so she raised her hand and lightly scratched her face twice, then said:

“Um… I really troubled you. Next time, I’ll drink less… I even took over your bed and made you squeeze onto it with me.”

Counting the money for the one who sold her out.

Xia Rui immediately hooked an arm around Liang Rou’s shoulder with a grin, “Come on~ How is that squeezing onto the bed? Senior, haven’t you ever shared a bed with a good friend before? It’s totally normal between girls~”

Ah.

Ah?

Liang Rou started doubting herself.

She suddenly remembered back when she was a guy—at university, in the dorm with no air conditioning, sometimes the bros would mess around and suddenly hug each other.

That sticky, clammy feeling… Liang Rou shuddered.

So gross!

Thank goodness, now she was a soft, sweet-smelling little girl… completely separated from the past.

The one lying next to her now was Xia Rui… Wait! She had a Girlfriend now—wasn’t it wrong to sleep in the same bed as another girl?

But she couldn’t say that out loud, afraid Xia Rui would think she was disgusted by her.

After all, she hadn’t always been a girl and didn’t really understand how girls thought, so she was scared she’d say the wrong thing.

Wait.

Girlfriend?

Liang Rou’s face instantly turned pale.

She gently pried Xia Rui’s hand off, didn’t even bother with slippers, and ran straight to the living room.

Her phone was still on the sofa.

Liang Rou lunged for it and turned it on.

As soon as the screen lit up, she saw 99+ pinned messages from “Deer.”

That red 99+ was like a nightmare.

“……”

Done for! She’d gotten drunk and forgotten to reply to her Girlfriend, hadn’t even said good night!

And her Girlfriend was someone who really lacked a sense of security…

“Senior, what’s wrong?”

Behind her, Xia Rui’s concerned voice rang out.