Chapter 69: Online Strategy

Hisaki knew these thoughts were wrong, but each time, she was saved by the same thing.

She slowly approached Rinna, bent at the waist, and then leaned her entire body forward…

She walked to the bed. Instead of sitting, she bent her knees directly in front of Rinna. Without her knees touching the mattress, she threw her upper body onto Rinna’s thighs.

Rinna was lowering her head, digesting what Xiao Fei meant by “you know.” Before she could sort out her thoughts, Xiao Fei had already buried her face in her thighs.

She was confused for a moment…

‘What did Xiao Fei go out to say to Uncle Hei Lai?’

‘Why did she come back without speaking, just lying on my lap like that?’

But she didn’t ask or push her away.

She just raised her hand and gently stroked her fingers from the top of Hisaki’s head…

Hisaki lay on Rinna’s lap, her face buried in the soft fabric of the nightgown, her nose filled with Rinna’s scent.

She could feel the warmth of Rinna’s fingers…

Every time Rinna touched her, those twisted thoughts of wanting to lock Rinna away would gradually fade from her mind.

She wanted to cling to Rinna, do nothing, just cling to her.

Rinna didn’t press further; she continued gently combing her fingers through Hisaki’s hair.

‘Dependent on me?’

She was actually very happy inside…

‘Xiao Fei lying on me without saying a word—doesn’t that indirectly show she depends on me?’

‘Like a baby.’

Outside, she could face a hundred people with a steel pipe as the eldest daughter of the Hei Lai family, but on her lap, she turned into this big puppy.

This went on for a while.

Under Rinna’s steady and gentle caresses, Hisaki slowly felt her irritation being pressed back.

Her breathing was no longer as uneven as when she first came in…

Then she straightened up.

She knelt on her calves, turning her upper body toward Rinna, then leaned forward, her face directly approaching Rinna’s.

The distance was less than ten centimeters.

Rinna’s pupils dilated for an instant, and her body subconsciously recoiled…

Her first reaction was…

‘Xiao Fei is going to kiss me.’

But Hisaki didn’t close the distance to zero; she just maintained this extremely close proximity, looking at the lingering surprise in Rinna’s eyes.

“Rinna.”

“I’m begging you.”

“Can you please not casually attract other people’s attention?”

Rinna’s first response to these words was to confirm the information.

‘The café incident was filmed.’

‘Of course.’

‘Although I compensated the person I provoked with a suitable amount of living expenses under a stranger’s identity after that incident, this cannot be known to anyone. Otherwise, my bad identity would be exposed.’

‘How can I earn malice value then!’

So Rinna could only open her mouth guiltily…

“You know?”

“Mm, my father showed me.”

‘What!’

‘Uncle Hei Lai saw it too!’

Rinna felt like her brain had been slammed by that sentence.

This black history wasn’t only discovered by Xiao Fei, but had also reached her future father-in-law…

Now, the image of her as the docile, quiet half-daughter in his heart had shattered beyond repair in front of her outspoken femdom tiny devil girl.

If there were a favorability display above Uncle Hei Lai’s head right now, the number would have probably dropped from “acceptable” to “what kind of creature is this white-haired girl.”

“…Then, did Uncle Hei Lai say anything?”

She asked timidly…

From Rinna’s subtle movements, Hisaki accurately caught her panic, so she repeated Hei Luan Yu Si’s original words in a calm and soothing tone.

“Father told me to take good care of you, Rinna.”

‘Take care of me?’

That was a word with a subtle weight.

Its critical edge was neither the indifferent hardness of “forbid” nor the severity of “blame,” but more like a term used within a family to handle daily minor frictions, carrying a hint of helplessness and affection.

It was as if the eldest daughter was instructed by an elder:

“Keep an eye on your younger sister, don’t let her run around.”

In Hei Luan Yu Si’s eyes, Rinna’s so-called “unreasonable behavior” was probably the same nature as when Hisaki, at six years old, chased the maid’s cat in the yard, fell into the bushes, and scraped her knee.

No need to investigate deeply, but someone needed to keep an eye on it.

That is to say, Uncle Hei Lai didn’t feel any dissatisfaction; he just thought this little girl needed watching.

She had never imagined being positioned by Hei Luan Yu Si with that word.

Rinna breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had temporarily confirmed that her favorability in front of Yu Si had not plummeted.

But immediately, Hisaki’s next emotion intercepted another key point.

The first words Xiao Fei had said were the core she truly wanted to express after a long pause.

“Rinna, can you please not casually attract other people’s attention?”

That sentence contained a question, a request, and a control desire pressed extremely low…

It was laced with personal bias.

She didn’t order her not to go out, didn’t order her not to socialize; she just asked her not to casually give her attention to others.

So Rinna didn’t hesitate.

“Okay, I understand.”

Upon hearing this, Hisaki leaned forward a little, wrapped her arms around Rinna’s back, and gently pulled her into an embrace.

Her chin rested on Rinna’s shoulder, her nose rubbing against the skin behind Rinna’s ear near her white hair roots.

Her breathing was steady and docile; the voice that had been restless with jealousy was now completely lost in the warmth of the hug.

Rinna was held in the circle.

‘I can’t continue offline…’

‘This life of mine depends not only on malice value, but also on keeping the little notebook of clingy, possessive grievances in Hisaki’s heart to a minimum.’

‘I still need to earn malice system points; malice value is the hard currency for survival.’

‘Since I get filmed offline, I’ll go the online route…’