episode_0045

[Ding! Today’s mission has been issued: A beautiful love deserves parental approval. Please engage in intimate,暧昧 contact with your girlfriend in front of your parents.]

[Ding~ Daily mission completed. Simulation count +1. Current remaining simulations: 1.]

“Xiangxiang, xiang, xiangshui (fragrance), I—I’m just using the most ordinary shampoo, really.”

Su Qingya stammered, completely at a loss for how to respond, resorting to a flat, emotionless recitation of the truth.

Her mind felt like mush, spinning wildly without landing on a coherent thought. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t grasp any semblance of clarity.

Her girlfriend was actually her stepsister—no, not even stepsister, since they shared neither father nor mother!

The sheer absurdity of it all hit Su Qingya like a freight train.

The very sister she’d been wary of all this time was her girlfriend?!

What the hell?!

This wasn’t just the heavens playing a joke—this was the joke of the century!

Did Su Qingya even need to worry about how that girl, who’d stolen over a decade of her life, viewed her now?

Well, no. Of course she didn’t.

After all, that girl was her girlfriend. How could Su Qingya not know exactly how they stood with each other?

But!

The current situation was a thousand times more mind-blowing!

Su Qingya couldn’t make sense of it. She really, truly couldn’t.

Why?

Why did Niannian look so smugly confident?

If she’d only just found out too, shouldn’t she be just as shocked?

But she wasn’t. That infuriatingly self-satisfied grin never left her face.

Had she known all along?

She must have known all along.

Su Qingya thought back to the past few days—every time she’d brought up returning home, Niannian had reassured her not to worry, yet never explained why.

Now it was obvious. She’d just been waiting to see Su Qingya make a fool of herself!

Evil!

So evil!

This Xu Nian was downright diabolical!

Aaaaaah!

What had she even said in front of her birth mother just now?!

Things like “I have a girlfriend,” “My girlfriend’s helped me so much,” “If I ever settle down, it can only be with her”—

Looking back, Su Qingya wanted to die of embarrassment.

What would her parents think when they realized her so-called girlfriend was Xu Nian, the girl they’d raised for over a decade?!

Aaaaaaaaaah!!!!

Damn it!

If Niannian had just told her earlier, would she have blurted all that out?

Even if she had, she’d at least have prepared a proper script—not that disgustingly sappy nonsense!

Blackmail material! This was pure blackmail material!

Watching Su Qingya’s flustered state, Xu Nian’s fox-like eyes curved into crescents, her grin utterly unrestrained.

[Joy Value: 79%]

She could even feel her mastery of the Joy Path advancing significantly.

Gua!

This was exactly what she wanted to see!

The look of utter dumbfoundedness on this loser Qingya’s face as reality derailed her expectations.

Hilarious! Absolutely joyous!

“Wow, Sister~ Who would’ve thought you’re just naturally this stunning~? Even ordinary shampoo makes you smell this good? Pfft, how enviable~”

She hooked her arm around Su Qingya’s, pressing it snugly between her own, then waited expectantly for a response.

“I, uh, well—maybe it’s just natural? Body fragrance, or something like that.”

Damn it!

Su Qingya cursed her own incompetence.

Totally cornered!

Su Qingya! Look how pathetic that answer was!

You’re letting your evil girlfriend lead you by the nose!

Think, you useless brain! Use that problem-solving logic of yours!

But—but how could anyone stay calm in this situation?!

This “Sister” thing—Niannian calling her “Sister” in that unbearably cutesy voice—

This kind of roleplay was beyond Su Qingya’s endurance!

Even if Xu Nian called her that, there was no way Su Qingya could see her as a little sister.

It just felt like some weird kink.

This was her girlfriend. Her girlfriend of three years.

The one who’d seen every inch of her, permissible or not.

The one who’d done everything with her, permissible or not.

A storm of emotions tangled inside Su Qingya, her face burning crimson.

Without thinking, she slid a hand onto Xu Nian’s thigh—then abruptly yanked it upward, even she herself unsure what she was doing.

“Mmph!”

Xu Nian nearly lost her balance, almost slipping right under the table.

Her tail shot straight up, white fur puffing slightly as she barely caught herself on the stone chair to avoid total humiliation.

She stared at Su Qingya in disbelief, her smirk fading.

Her slender, shapely thigh was now fully draped over Su Qingya’s lap.

She had no idea why Su Qingya had done this.

But if either parent happened to glance under the table now, they’d see the compromising position Xu Nian and Su Qingya were in.

What the hell?!

From this angle, didn’t it look like she was the one harassing Su Qingya?!

When in reality, she was the one being manhandled!

Justice for Xu Nian! Justice!

Xu Nian tried to pull her leg back, but Su Qingya held firm, refusing to let go.

Huh?!

Hajiya!

You little—

So your brain short-circuited and you couldn’t think of a comeback, so you resorted to physical retaliation instead?!

Xu Nian tugged, but it was no use.

Su Qingya might not have the strength of a War God, but she was on the [Fear] Path.

It was only natural for a combat-oriented Path to overpower Xu Nian’s strength.

“Niannian, don’t bully your sister. She’s introverted—you should be more considerate.”

Xu Nian’s mother, noticing Su Qingya’s flushed face, frowned slightly. While she appreciated Xu Nian’s enthusiasm, maybe she was overdoing it?

She was a reasonable woman.

For someone introverted, excessive friendliness could feel like pressure.

“Me? Bully her?”

Xu Nian pointed at herself.

Okay, maybe at first.

She had been teasing Su Qingya, enjoying the flustered mess of a reaction to farm some Joy Value.

But after Su Qingya’s chaotic counterattack, she was the one at a disadvantage now!

And this idiot, to calm her own nerves, had started kneading the softest, most sensitive part of Xu Nian’s thigh!

That was a fox’s leg!

Not some stress-relief squishy toy!

And she—she was sliding her hand higher!

Even slipping under her skirt!

Wait, no—this wasn’t right!

Hajiya!

You—!

Do you even realize what you’re doing?!

Secretly playing this kind of game in front of your parents—have you lost all shame?!

“Niannian, s-stop bullying me…”

Right on cue, Su Qingya seized the opportunity, putting on a pitiful face that instantly won over both parents’ sympathy.

She could feel it now—

The agony of a pure, innocent fake heiress being framed by the scheming true heiress.

Damn it!

No, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go!

The correct scenario should’ve been her catching Su Qingya off guard, mercilessly teasing the quivering mess of a girl while whispering “loser” in her ear!

But now? Now she was getting groped and falsely accused of bullying?!

What kind of backwards nonsense was this?!

“Niannian.” Xu Nian’s mother’s expression turned stern at Su Qingya’s words, her tone a clear warning not to push things too far.

Xu Qingshan, seated on the other side, didn’t even need to say whose side he was on.

Xu Nian’s face burned red.

Whether from anger or the groping, no one could tell.