After the playful tussle, we ended up sitting on the bed, ready to have a proper chat.
I never expected this world line to be so bizarrely different from the previous one.
My dad being a petite loli smaller than me?
That’s just…
This kind of thing feels way too wild!
I glanced at the white-haired loli beside me.
Even though she’s the jerk who got me into massive debt, forcing me to work for Ning Xueyang while she gallivanted abroad, I couldn’t muster any anger when I saw her adorable, porcelain-doll-like face.
This girl really screwed me over.
If it weren’t for her, I wouldn’t be stuck with Ning Xueyang, that living nightmare.
Puffing out my cheeks, I shot her a slightly annoyed look.
“Why’d you come back this time? You seemed to be living it up just fine out there.”
Her smile froze the moment I asked.
“Don’t… don’t even mention it. After divorcing your mom, I thought I’d meet some cute girls abroad and live out my days in style.”
The loli wiped a tear as she spoke.
“But just a few days in, that old hag found out, and she demanded we remarry. If I didn’t agree, she’d drag me back from abroad, lock me in the basement, and… you know, do stuff every day…”
“Oh~ So basically, you’re a green-tea loli trying to flirt with girls abroad, but Mom caught you and forced you to come back and remarry, huh?”
“W-Well… kinda. But I’m not a green tea! I just wanted my harem palace—it’s every man’s dream, okay?!”
“Sure, green-tea loli.”
Ugh, why do I feel like I’m talking about myself here?
I’ve been trying my best to avoid the women around me!
“Wah~ I’m not! I didn’t…”
The loli hung her head, trying to defend herself but coming up empty.
Thinking about my deadbeat dad from my past life, who’s now this ridiculously cute loli in this world line, I actually felt a bit excited?
Cough cough cough!
What am I even thinking?
She’s my dadTCG!
I can still remember before my rebirth, when Ning Xueyang’s debt collectors came knocking, Dad swore he’d divorce Mom to protect her and my sister, Guiyue, from the debt.
But that jerk sold me out to Ning Xueyang to work as a teacher at her school while he lived it up abroad.
For convenience, I moved out and rented this little apartment near the school.
For some reason, every time I went home, Guiyue seemed to hate me.
Our once-decent sibling relationship started falling apart, and no matter how hard I tried to fix it, I failed every time.
“Why didn’t you go straight to Mom to remarry? Why come to me? And sleeping at my doorstep? Weren’t you afraid some weird lady would kidnap you? Look at your skirt and socks—they’re filthy. Go take a bath.”
I made her stand up and brushed the dust off her skirt with my hands.
“The reason I didn’t go straight to that old hag is because she gave me until tomorrow to show up. I got here a day early. If I went to her today, I’d have to deal with her a whole extra night, you know? No way I was doing that. So you were my only option…”
My loli dad… came to me to avoid an extra night of that with Mom?
What a niche reason!
“But coming to me doesn’t help much. You still have to remarry Mom tomorrow. If you’d just behaved yourself out there, you wouldn’t be in this mess. Now you’re stuck, and after the remarriage, you won’t be getting out of bed for a while!”
Looking at the despairing loli facing her remarriage, I ruthlessly twisted the knife.
She crossed her arms, a little angry.
“Hmph! Are you an idiot? If I marry that old hag, you’re not escaping your demon sister either. She may not do stuff to you every day, but don’t forget, last time you almost lost your most precious thing as a girl to her!”
What?!
In this world line, my sister’s that terrifying?
My most precious thing almost taken by my own sister… that’s gotta mean that, right?
“That’s… that insane?!”
“Yeah, you forgot? Back in the basement, if I hadn’t found you in time, you’d probably be molded into your sister’s shape by now.”
The loli didn’t seem to be lying, and with my gender change already a thing, it’s not impossible for my sister’s personality to have flipped.
If that’s true, with the school full of people eyeing me and a terrifying sister like that at home, I’m never gonna have peace.
“So… what do we do?!”
“Wait for the right moment and remarry. Instead of fighting it, just lie back and enjoy it.”
The loli shrugged, helpless.
Fine.
If this loli who’s about to get wrecked tomorrow isn’t scared, what am I afraid of?
I don’t even live with them, so I’m totally fine—unless my sister tries to move in with me.
But if that happens, I just won’t agree to it.
“Go take a bath, Dad. The water should be ready.”
Despite how cute the little white-haired loli was, the dirt on her made her look a bit uncomfortable, so I’d already heated some bathwater for her.
She gave a soft hum and headed to the bathroom.
The “bathroom” was just a tiny space sectioned off with wooden boards.
Back before my rebirth, it felt cramped in there, but now that my body’s smaller, it’s just right—no worrying about bumping my elbows on the walls.
While my loli dad bathed, I turned on my second-hand, chunky computer.
After a few minutes, it finally booted up.
I logged into my artist websites one by one from my bookmarks.
Yup, not a single commission.
No messages on QQ either.
Another day as a lonely, unloved freelance artist~
That’s right—besides being a teacher, I’m a freelance artist taking commissions.
Teaching is my main job, but all my salary goes straight to paying off the debt my loli dad left me, so I don’t see a cent of it.
My artist commissions are my only source of income.
No commissions today means no work.
Great! No commissions, time to slack off.
Bad news!
No commissions, no money for food.
I shut down the computer and flopped onto the keyboard like a dead fish.
“Yeye, grab my clothes from outside!”
A childish voice called from the bathroom—it was my loli dad asking for her clothes.
Her skirt by the door was filthy; she couldn’t keep wearing that.
Guess she’ll have to wear my clothes.
My size is a bit bigger, but not by much.
I rummaged through my closet and pulled out a pink skirt, a blue shirt… and a pair of cute bear-patterned panties.
Don’t ask.
All my panties are this cute and childish.
I passed the clothes through the crack in the bathroom door.
“Your clothes are dirty, so wear mine instead.”
A surprised voice came from inside.
“Huh? Even your panties?”
“Duh! Yours smell like pee. Of course you’re changing them.”
Feeling a bit guilty, my eyes darted away.
“You smelled them?”
“N-No! I didn’t!!!”