Chapter 1430: Chapter 763: Like
Liang Yuan also stared at this scene in shock, his mind full of Lin Ya’s plump, dewy body.
That fair skin, the two deep-water bombs under the camisole, plus the faint dampness of water stains, made the camisole cling tightly to her body.
These images kept flashing through Liang Yuan’s mind, making his heartbeat quicken slightly.
In his head, he couldn’t help but recall the first time he saw Lin Ya, that steamy scene in her bathroom.
His expression was strange; he couldn’t figure out why Lin Ya had suddenly come out dressed like this.
And at this moment, the second the door closed, Lin Ya’s whole body was flushed red, her fair skin like a boiled prawn.
Her beautiful eyes were watery, filled with shame and annoyance.
"What do I do? What do I do? He won’t misunderstand and think I was seducing him, right?"
Lin Ya felt like crying but had no tears, her heart racing like crazy. Her mind was running wild with all sorts of thoughts, leaving her leaning blankly against the door, not knowing what to do for the moment.
Only after a long time did she sigh, pull herself together, and find some appropriate clothes from her wardrobe.
Because she was living in Liang Yuan’s home, she had always kept a distance from him so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.
She had even only brought very conservative styles of clothing, the kind that didn’t show even a bit of cleavage.
Things like camisoles and bras were for layering underneath; she’d never worn them on their own.
Yet even with her being so guarded, something like this still happened. It really was... leaving her at a loss for words.
She changed into a pair of jeans, and on top she switched to a turtleneck sweater. She walked to the mirror and checked herself over. This outfit was proper and dignified; aside from her hands and everything above her neck, not a bit of skin was showing.
But she didn’t know why—she just felt as if she wasn’t wearing anything at all.
Just thinking about facing Liang Yuan later made her tense up.
"How am I supposed to explain this?"
Pitifully enough, she was almost thirty, usually able to face even big problems calmly and with composure.
Yet when it came to feelings, she was like a raw recruit.
Right now she was actually so flustered that she didn’t even know how to handle something like this.
But that was normal too. No one is born knowing how to deal with things they’ve never experienced.
Books don’t have cases like this for you to learn from either.
Before the apocalypse, as an urban beauty with strong professional skills and perfect looks and figure, Lin Ya practically never had to chase men.
It was always men chasing her, but she had always turned a blind eye to their advances, treating them lukewarmly at best.
But with Liang Yuan, she couldn’t stay indifferent.
Several accidental ambiguous encounters had already stirred ripples in her once-calm heart.
Now, with him having almost seen everything this time, she naturally found it hard to suppress her feelings inside.
People say that in front of the person you like, your first feeling is inferiority.
There’s some truth to that.
Even a strong woman like Lin Ya couldn’t help but feel a touch of inferiority when facing a man like Liang Yuan.
Because this man was too perfect.
In terms of personal combat strength, he was almost the strongest man Lin Ya had ever seen.
In this apocalypse, that was practically the most attractive quality to the opposite sex.
And in terms of power and status, this man had now unified Linjiang; calling him lord of all under heaven would be no exaggeration.
That was equally deadly to women.
More crucially, this man was even younger than she was!
The women around him were each more stunning and voluptuous than the last.
So deep down, Lin Ya was inferior.
At the same time, she also felt a bit guilty.
Because Yang Mei treated her as a good sister, and she was also little baby Liang Hong’s godmother.
This tangled web of relationships made that tiny bit of emotion in her heart never dare to stir up too much of a storm.
She simply couldn’t act indifferent in front of Liang Yuan.
But with all these shackles on her, she didn’t dare take even half a step over the line.
Which was why she was in such a state now.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Lin Ya jolted, her heart thumping wildly, as if she’d been caught in the act like a thief.
She blurted nervously, "Who is it?"
"Lin Ya, are you in there? Are you feeling unwell? If you’re not feeling well, remember to tell us, okay? I’ve already finished cooking the dishes."
Yang Mei’s voice came from outside the door.
This startled Lin Ya. She hurriedly glanced at the ladies’ watch on her wrist.
Only then did she realize it was already six in the evening!
She had been spacing out and overthinking for almost an hour!
"Oh my god, Lin Ya, Lin Ya, what are you mooning about for?"
She couldn’t help knocking herself on the head, then hurriedly went to open the door.
She saw Yang Mei standing at the door, asking with concern, "Lin Ya, are you okay? Liang Yuan said you’ve been in your room and haven’t come out, so I got worried and came to check on you."
Lin Ya quickly shook her head, her cheeks slightly red. "No, I’m fine, I just... just felt a bit, a bit dizzy, it’s nothing."
Yang Mei’s expression grew serious. "How can that be nothing? We’re all Superpower Users—under normal circumstances it’s not likely we’d get symptoms like dizziness and colds. You mustn’t take it lightly."
"Tell you what, have Little Bro take you to Dr. Yang to get checked out or something."
As soon as Lin Ya heard she’d have to be alone with Liang Yuan, she was so startled she shivered, and she quickly waved her hands. "No need, no need, really no need."
"Aiyo, let’s not talk about that. I’ll go cook, I’ll go cook."
She hurried off toward the kitchen.
Yang Mei looked after her retreating back in puzzlement and called out, "I’ve already finished cooking."
"Ah? Then I’ll go dish up the rice." Lin Ya’s figure hurried into the kitchen.
Watching this, Yang Mei felt she was acting strange, as if she were avoiding her.
Her heart stirred slightly. Something suddenly occurred to her, and she looked toward the living room somewhat unnaturally, at Liang Yuan, who was playing with the child.
With her intelligence, she could naturally guess a few things.
Before she came back, the only ones at home were Lin Ya and Liang Yuan.
Lin Ya being like this, who else could it have to do with besides Liang Yuan?
Yang Mei let out a sigh, then looked at Liang Yuan and her son, and in the end she relaxed into a smile.
"I already have him and the child, what more am I going to greedily ask for?"
"He’s so outstanding, there’s bound to be no lack of women around him."
"As long as he still has the two of us, mother and son, in his heart, that beats everything else, doesn’t it?"
Yang Mei smiled; she knew very well that if she made a scene and fought over these things, that would be what hurt her relationship with Liang Yuan the most.
A man’s heart has never been something you can win back by kicking up a fuss.
If you want to keep a man’s heart, this is not the way to do it.
What she could be sure of now was that nothing had happened between Lin Ya and Liang Yuan.
Maybe it was just some ambiguity, and probably not even deliberate, more likely an accident.
Thinking of this, Yang Mei’s smile grew lighter.
"Lin Ya, let me do it. You’ve been busy all day too, go take a rest."
She walked toward the kitchen, speaking with a soft laugh.
Lin Ya hurriedly said, "No, no, you go keep the child company. Mr. Liang just got back too, you two haven’t seen each other in ages, leave this to me."
But Yang Mei didn’t leave. Instead she smiled and said, "What are you saying that for? I’ve always treated you as my best sister. You’ve been with me so long, I’ve already taken you as family."
As she spoke, she took the dishes and chopsticks from Lin Ya’s hands of her own accord, smiling as she said, "Go wash your hands, we’ll get ready to eat in a bit."
Looking at Yang Mei’s sincere smile, Lin Ya felt a little guilty, and a little vexed with herself.
"I haven’t done anything, I haven’t let my good sister down."
She said to herself in her heart.
As she put down that mental burden bit by bit, she also became calmer.
The two of them chatted and laughed, as if they had gone back to how they used to be.
Only, Lin Ya kept reminding herself in her heart that Yang Mei was her good bestie, and Liang Yuan was her good bestie’s man.
She absolutely could not do anything that would betray Yang Mei.
She forcibly pressed down those feelings she had for Liang Yuan and went back to being the gentle, virtuous Lin Ya she had always been.
Yang Mei noticed this, and couldn’t help becoming even nicer to Lin Ya.
It had to be said, Yang Mei’s methods were brilliant.
She didn’t throw a tantrum, and she didn’t expose the possibility between them.
Instead, she chose to sincerely befriend the other woman, to be a real close girlfriend.
She knew clearly that Lin Ya was not some "green tea" kind of woman, let alone someone unscrupulous.
Lin Ya was a gentle, intellectual woman, and more than that, a woman with boundaries, conscience, and morals.
The better she treated Lin Ya, the less likely Lin Ya would be to do something that wronged her.
It had to be said, after managing the complex for so long, Yang Mei had indeed trained up a few skills.
Of course, all of this was premised on Liang Yuan not making any moves.
If Liang Yuan were to act, Yang Mei knew very well that nothing she did would be of any use.
No one could refuse a man like Liang Yuan.
Thinking of this, Yang Mei helplessly glanced over at Liang Yuan, who was teasing the child.
Sometimes, she really wished he weren’t so outstanding.
"Wah, it smells so good."
"Sister Lin Ya, what are we eating today?"
From outside the door came the voices of Song Wen and Dong Yan one after another; the two girls had come back together today.
As soon as they walked in, they smelled the fragrance of food in the house.
Song Wen was meticulous; with one glance she saw the pair of men’s sneakers by the shoe cabinet.
She instantly lit up, raised her head to look toward the living room, and the moment she saw the husband she’d been thinking about day and night, she let out a cheer: "Brother Liang!"
Liang Yuan also stood up and said with a smile, "You’re back?"
He picked up Liang Hong and walked toward Song Wen.
Song Wen let out an "ah ah" scream, kicked off her shoes, and without even bothering with slippers, she threw herself headlong into his arms.
Liang Yuan laughed as he wrapped an arm around her, and planted a kiss on her pretty face.
Song Wen giggled nonstop; at this moment Liang Hong squeezed over too, babbling as he tried to kiss her.
Song Wen was instantly delighted. She scooped Liang Hong right up, laughing as she said, "Dudu, did you miss Aunt Song? Mua!"
She planted a loud kiss on Liang Hong’s chubby white cheek without the slightest mercy.
Which immediately sent Liang Hong into peals of giggles.
Just then, Dong Yan also ran over, calling joyfully, "Brother Liang!"
Liang Yuan reached out and gave her a hug as well.
But Dong Yan didn’t let go; she tilted her head up to look at him expectantly.
Liang Yuan couldn’t help but laugh and gave her a hard smack of a kiss on the cheek.
Only then did Dong Yan start giggling away.
Off to the side, Song Wen snickered and said, "Alright, alright, look at you, how shameless."
Dong Yan’s eyebrows danced as she chuckled, "I am shameless, hehehe."
At this time, Yang Mei walked out of the kitchen, smiling as she said, "Come on over, time to eat."
"Coming, coming."
Everyone immediately gathered around the dining table in the living room, and then each started talking about the things that had been keeping them busy these past few days.
Every now and then, Liang Hong’s noisy babbling cut through their chatter.
In the midst of it all, Lin Ya only felt her heart settle; she wished days could just go on like this forever.
With Liang Yuan, she felt the warmth of a home.
Here there was none of the cruelty of the post‑apocalypse, nor the chill and loneliness of the home she shared with Shen Yunxi.
She really liked it here, liked the atmosphere of this home, liked the adorable little Liang Hong, liked these good sisters who chatted freely with no guard up.
And... that him.
