The sudden impact caught His completely off guard.
Ni Wei had clearly come prepared. As she pushed him into the room, she made sure to hook her leg and kick the bedroom door shut.
The scent from her embrace hit him, and alarms blared in His’s mind.
‘Hey, hey, hey, this won’t do!’
‘It’s time to sleep, and Ni Wei is in my arms wearing only a nightgown…’
‘Who would believe she made the first move?!’
‘I barely managed to stabilize Rafina. If she sees this, all my efforts will be wasted.’
With that thought, His quickly pushed Ni Wei away.
“Um, Miss Ni Wei…”
“Shut up!”
A voice unfamiliar to His cut him off.
After a brief pause, His realized the voice belonged to the very girl in front of him.
‘What?’
‘Where did that soft voice from earlier go?’
‘And when you were hiding behind your sister in the daytime, you looked so obedient, didn’t you?’
‘What’s this act now?’
“Hmph! Don’t think I don’t know about the things you’ve done.”
With that, Ni Wei finally lifted her head. The look in her eyes no longer held the timidness from their earlier meeting.
“I don’t care what tricks you used to fool my sister, but I’m warning you—stay away from her!”
‘Huh?’
‘This… this isn’t right.’
‘Girl, do you even understand what you’re saying?’
‘Come to think of it, did that Quick Report today mention something about Ni Wei?’
‘I didn’t pay much attention before, but in this situation…’
“Pay one hundred gold coins,” His muttered in his mind.
[Quick Report: Unlike her sister Rafina, the Light Element originally in Ni Wei’s body was converted into a Dark Attribute for unknown reasons, causing her great pain while also changing her personality. However, in front of her sister, she still pretends to be a well-behaved, obedient little sister.]
Hiss…
Seeing the information on the girl in the Quick Report, His couldn’t help but inhale sharply.
Since Ni Wei wasn’t a romanceable character in the Original Game and had little screen time, His didn’t have much of an impression of her.
He had thought she was simply suffering from the same Elemental Disorder as Rafina, but now it seemed things were far more complicated than he had imagined.
And what was with this personality? Had her obedient demeanor been an act all along?
His took a fresh look at the girl before him.
At this moment, Ni Wei had her hands on her hips, chin slightly raised. Her big eyes, which should have been innocent, were filled with undisguised disdain.
She was a completely different person from the timid little lamb who had hidden behind her sister during the day!
However, her slightly trembling body still betrayed her inner tension.
She was like a stray kitten that had just been brought home—back arched, fur bristled, clearly scared to death, yet still baring its teeth desperately.
Colloquially known as: hissing.
“Oh? So you’re afraid I have ulterior motives toward your sister?”
“Hmph!”
Ni Wei turned her face away.
“With someone like you, it’s better to be wary.”
“But have you ever considered that your sister can judge good and bad for herself?”
A playful smile appeared on His’s face.
“You!”
Ni Wei’s face flushed red, as if he had struck a nerve.
She opened her mouth to retort, but the words wouldn’t come.
Deep down, she knew her sister wasn’t the type to be easily fooled.
Her sister was far smarter and stronger than her. If she trusted His, there had to be a reason.
But she couldn’t help worrying.
Ever since their father passed away, her sister had been her only family and her only support.
She didn’t want her sister to get hurt again, even if she knew there was nothing she could do.
Ni Wei gritted her teeth, her small hands clutching her nightgown tightly.
Seeing the girl like this, His let out a soft sigh.
‘In the end, she’s just a little girl afraid of her sister getting hurt.’
Just as His was about to calm her down, a rustling sound came from the bed.
His’s heart tightened, and his eyes instinctively drifted toward the bed.
“What are you looking at?”
Ni Wei caught his gaze immediately, suspiciously eyeing the large bed, then took small steps toward it.
“Wait!”
“Hmph! You must be hiding something shady, right? I knew it…”
Just as Ni Wei’s hand touched the edge of the blanket, she caught a glimpse of a flash of pale, slender fingers.
Then, expressionless Li Nuo Er sat up from under the covers, her indifferent crimson eyes fixed calmly on Ni Wei.
“Aah!!”
Ni Wei leaped back in fright, landing on the floor with a thud, her eyes wide as saucers.
“Y-you, you, who are you?! Why are you in his bed?!”
Ni Wei’s gaze darted between Li Nuo Er and His, her face shifting from red to white. A thousand guesses raced through her mind, and finally, she blurted out:
“Are you two…?”
“Stop, stop, stop!”
His quickly interrupted Ni Wei’s runaway imagination, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
“You’re just as I thought! I’m going back to tell my sister!”
With that, Ni Wei spun around and rushed out of His’s bedroom, disappearing down the hallway in a flash.
“Young Master His, should that person be eliminated?”
“Do you think she looks like a threat to my safety?”
“…Based on my judgment, her threat level is very low.”
“Then don’t throw around words like ‘eliminate’ so casually. Sometimes, you need to use your own judgment.”
After hearing His’s words, Li Nuo Er nodded thoughtfully.
“You shouldn’t stand here either. Go back to rest.”
His urged her, genuinely worried that if Ni Wei really did bring Rafina here, he wouldn’t be able to explain himself.
“No can do, Young Master His.”
The emotionless girl’s tone still carried no feeling.
“A low threat level doesn’t mean no threat at all. To prevent her from returning, I’ll stay here and protect you.”
With that, Li Nuo Er turned back and climbed onto His’s bed, lying down straight as a rod.
“Hey, you can’t be serious…”
***
The bathroom door slid open softly, and Rafina emerged slowly from the mist.
A white towel was wrapped around her, barely covering above her chest.
Her freshly washed light-golden hair clung wetly to her smooth shoulders, a few strands still dripping with water beads that slid along her delicate collarbone and into the depths of the towel.
Rafina scanned the room but didn’t find her younger sister.
“Strange? Where did Ni Wei go? She was just here a moment ago…”
With that thought, Rafina’s heart began to flutter with unease.