Chapter 84: The Ring

Logically speaking, I mean, logically speaking, at a time like this, shouldn’t I say something like… “It’s so late already, why don’t you just stay over at my place” or something along those lines…?

But Su Yao just stood silently, saying nothing.

Instead, she watched Mu Nanqiu wave goodbye and then walk down the stairs.

Only after Mu Nanqiu was out of sight did Su Yao take a step forward and look down over the railing.

She couldn’t see her, so she went down two or three more steps and barely caught a glimpse of Mu Nanqiu’s figure.

Pressing her lips together, recalling those moments from today, Su Yao felt her whole body flush with heat.

She silently waited until the motion-activated lights in the hallway went out before turning back.

She opened her own door and carried the paper bags inside.

Without placing anything on the sofa, she took everything straight into the bedroom and temporarily set them beside the wardrobe.

Then she picked out some clothes to change into and went to get them.

Before entering the bathroom, she deliberately glanced at her mobile phone, but there were no new messages.

Well, that was expected—Mu Nanqiu had only just left not long ago.

After stripping off her clothes until only her thermal wear remained, Su Yao walked toward the showerhead.

However, as she passed the mirror halfway, she caught sight of a red mark on her cheek from the corner of her eye.

Su Yao’s face visibly flushed deeper.

This is… a lip mark?! Oh my god!!!

Mu Nanqiu’s doing.

Back at the park, she had kissed her twice—once on the lips, once on the cheek—and had pressed hard enough on the cheek to leave a mark.

This was something Su Yao hadn’t anticipated.

And it meant that she had been wearing this provocative and charming lip mark as an ornament throughout the entire mall trip.

Ah.

Thinking of this, Su Yao couldn’t help but scream silently in her heart.

“Ahhhhhhh!!!”

Recalling those faint yet unmistakable glances from the people on the road, her eyes began to blur with a strange haze.

At first, she had thought those people were just looking at Mu Nanqiu, at most sneaking a glance at her standing beside her—after all, Mu Nanqiu was a stunning beauty.

Tall and well-proportioned, with an aristocratic and cool appearance, elegant and dignified temperament, she was clearly a top-tier woman.

Naturally, those who envied her kind would want to take a look.

And isn’t one of the great joys of shopping at the mall to look for beautiful women in the crowd?

What made Su Yao feel utterly ashamed was that those gazes might not only be because of the beautiful woman but possibly because of the mark on her own cheek…

Looking at her delicate and shy reflection in the mirror, her gaze shifted to the mark on her face.

She reached out with her index finger and lightly touched it.

Besides the tactile sensation, all that remained was a faint, lingering ticklish coolness in her memory.

“Mm, I want to try this too…”

The charming young girl sighed softly with a trace of grievance, whispering to herself—and then found her own words amusing.

She bit her thin lips gently and smiled.

Using a combination of hair ties and hairpins, she pinned up her long hair, then put on a shower cap.

Turning on the water, she adjusted the temperature to a comfortable level before starting to wash herself.

Not long after, Su Yao came out of the bathroom.

She had already changed into a nightdress.

She’d walked too much today and was a bit tired, so she didn’t wash her hair—otherwise, drying it would be troublesome.

Not drying it could cause a cold, and a cold always brings a pile of other problems.

The new ID card would still take some time to arrive.

Changing her identity involved many complications.

Thus, Mu Nanqiu had presented Su Yao with two options.

The first was to re-register her Household Registration, giving up her original identity, changing her name to Su Yao, and starting anew.

This option was simple, but the downside was that Su Yao would lose everything linked to her current identity.

Even the house she lived in was still registered under the name Su Yao.

The second option was to directly change her gender.

This was feasible, but required various proof documents, especially medical ones.

However, after Mu Nanqiu prepared those nonexistent documents, she bypassed many tedious review procedures and had Su Yao’s gender legally changed…

Legally, the identity issue was resolved.

What remained was the social identity, which needed to be changed gradually and required some self-awareness from Su Yao herself.

Sitting on the bed, Su Yao glanced at her mobile phone.

Sure enough, there was a message from Mu Nanqiu.

After chatting briefly, a strong wave of drowsiness swept over her.

She said goodnight online and then fell asleep.

The next morning.

Su Yao slowly woke from her covers and looked at the all-too-familiar ceiling.

As usual, she first reached down to check her big bunny, making sure both were still there before sighing helplessly.

“A bit heavy…”

The bunny was too big, pressing against her chest uncomfortably.

But she wasn’t used to sleeping on her side or stomach, so she could only get used to the feeling of something pressing on her chest.

Today was still a holiday, so time was abundant.

Originally, Su Yao wanted to contact Mu Nanqiu, but it seemed Mu Nanqiu was busy and had returned to her hometown.

Right now, she was riding a high-speed train worth hundreds of millions.

Su Yao, hearing Mu Nanqiu was going back home, didn’t continue bothering her.

Although she wanted to cling on, she knew it wasn’t right, so she reluctantly gave up.

She also had some things to do today…

The air conditioner had been on all night, but not at a very high temperature.

Upon waking, the first thing Su Yao did was turn the temperature up to twenty-six degrees.

Staying under the covers at that temperature would feel a bit stuffy.

Crawling out from the bedding, Su Yao enjoyed the sensation of her delicate skin meeting the fresh air.

She raised her arms, puffed out her chest, pulled in her abdomen, and stretched lazily.

A soft, sweet moan escaped her cherry lips.

That felt good.

She scratched her messy hair and pouted, knowing she’d have to fix it again.

Getting off the bed, she was wearing only a nightdress that reached halfway down her thighs, with only a tight-fitting pair of panties underneath—nothing else.

She brought over a stool, sat down, and started brushing her hair in front of the mirror.

At home, Su Yao hadn’t put on the thermal down jacket.

Instead, she changed into the beautiful red knitted sweater Mu Nanqiu had chosen for her yesterday.

She looked in the mirror.

It looked really good.

Only, her legs were still bare, which didn’t feel quite right.

So she picked up the pair of pantyhose that had quietly lain in the paper bag all night.

Everyone knows pantyhose is civilized.

This was Su Yao’s first time wearing such a thing, so it was impossible not to feel nervous.

At first, as she pulled them onto her feet, she sensed an indescribable, strange feeling—tight and enclosing, yet hard to articulate.

Only when she pulled the waistband up did she seem to gain some understanding, and a cold smile crept onto her lips.

“Hmph, after all, it’s just pants, haha…”

Looking down, her long, slender legs stood out sharply.

With the gentle rise and fall of her chest partially blocking the view, Su Yao squinted her eyes.

Strange, very strange.

Lost in thought, Su Yao wondered if she really was like this now.

And it hadn’t even been a month yet.

She was almost forgetting what she used to look like!

Even the memories she had were already vague, sometimes automatically replaced by the image of her current self.

This had once made her very uneasy.

But after yesterday, maybe she really let go.

Or perhaps knowing someone was willing to accept her as she was, Su Yao began to care less about it and no longer felt that anxious emotion.

The knitted sweater was loose and wide, its hem barely covering her hips.

The pantyhose were high-waisted and fleece-lined.

With the air conditioner running, there was naturally no need to add more clothes.

She had no plans to go out for now.

Admiring the youthful and beautiful girl in the mirror, Su Yao smiled, finally putting all her worries to rest.

Her gaze shifted to the wardrobe and the bags and boxes scattered on the floor.

She muttered to herself, “It’s about time I tidied up the house…”

Starting with the bedroom, Su Yao opened the wardrobe.

Looking at the already sparse clothes, she resolutely pulled down all the old men’s clothes and threw them onto the bed.

If she had decided to change, then she would see it through to the end!

Mu Nanqiu started the supercar that had been gathering dust in the garage for a long time instead of driving the more low-key hatchback.

It wasn’t that she wanted to show off or change her mood.

It was simply because Bei Zhi insisted on going out with her, complaining about not being allowed in the front passenger seat.

Well, there was still the back seat, and she didn’t mind.

So Mu Nanqiu chose the two-seater supercar, thinking maybe Bei Zhi would get in, and then she’d drive out of the Mansion Community alone.

The place where she currently lived, this Mansion Community, was said to be peaceful and away from the hustle and bustle, but bluntly put, it was just a remote suburb.

There was still some distance from the city.

She didn’t drive too fast on the way, but other cars always gave way to her and didn’t stay in the same lane, keeping a wide berth as if isolating her.

Actually, they just didn’t want to get involved.

Mu Nanqiu was a little speechless.

Her previous car hadn’t been treated like this at all, even though the prices were not much different.

The road into the city was quite wide.

Mu Nanqiu drove slowly.

Suddenly, a car sped past her and, after overtaking, deliberately slowed down to mock her.

Mu Nanqiu was too lazy to pay attention.

The other driver, seeing no reaction, lost interest and drove off.

After a while, as she rounded a bend, Mu Nanqiu saw a damaged guardrail.

She remembered it was fine when she came this morning.

Entering the city, she drove around a bit, then stopped in a parking spot in front of a jewelry store.

She got out of the car and looked at the store’s entrance.

She took a deep breath and walked straight in, randomly selecting a sales assistant.

Mu Nanqiu said,

“I want a diamond ring. A lady’s diamond ring.”