Ning Chu stretched and opened the front door of her house.
Tiptoeing over her brother’s sleeping body on the floor, she headed quietly toward her bedroom, planning to pretend she’d just woken up as usual.
But the door to the master bedroom creaked open, and her mother stepped out.
For once, her mother didn’t comment on Ning Chu staying out all night. The two exchanged a glance, each with a somewhat awkward expression, and then quickly looked away.
Too awkward...
Unlike her mother, Ning Chu hadn’t seen the “real world” and was far less thick-skinned. Her face flushed bright red in seconds.
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“I’ll make breakfast, don’t fall asleep again.”
“Okay.”
She made her way into her room, collapsing onto her bed with a defeated expression.
She had a sinking feeling that her mother had overheard her last night...
The hotel, certified succubus-approved, was indeed nice—clean, affordable, and even equipped with new-position-enabling chairs. Unfortunately, the place seemed to refresh her mother’s presence at night.
Even with good soundproofing, it wasn’t enough to block Wen Yang’s intense persistence. Only then did Ning Chu realize that, at her apartment, he’d been holding back to avoid disturbing the neighbors.
But at the hotel, Wen Yang didn’t hold back. And that chair was... unparalleled.
She felt as if she had nearly drowned in pleasure.
Ning Chu massaged her sore stomach, lying flat on the bed and staring blankly at the ceiling.
What was going on...
At first, she had tried so hard to resist, fighting to keep herself from sinking into all the “naughty” urges.
But every night, she couldn’t help herself, and by morning, the regret was overwhelming. Back and forth, the struggle had now left her completely molded to Wen Yang’s touch...
If resistance was pointless, maybe it was best to just let go and enjoy it.
Suddenly, a small head pressed down on her stomach. Hei Dou had curled up on top of her, sniffing with her tiny nose. “Big Sis~ You didn’t come home again last night.”
“When did Mom get back?”
“Dunno, I fell asleep watching TV~” Hei Dou’s eyes brightened. “But I can still smell Brother-in-Law on you! You stayed with him again, didn’t you?”
I took a shower! Twice!
Her cheeks flushed as she glared at Hei Dou in embarrassment.
“It’s faint, but it smells nice~”
Ning Chu tensed up, but quickly remembered that Wen Yang’s sweet scent was only detectable by a succubus like her; to anyone else, it would just smell faintly musky, hardly pleasant.
“Stop it, let me rest for a bit.”
It was the second day of the new year, originally planned for a trip to her grandparents’ rural home to pay respects.
But since they had already visited yesterday, there was no need to make the trip back.
Hearing her mother call everyone for breakfast, Hei Dou dashed out of the bedroom, with Ning Chu slowly following, glancing at Ning Yuan, who was half-awake in the living room.
His sleep schedule had been all over the place recently, late nights followed by early mornings, but at least he got a nap in her room every afternoon.
“Mom, since Grandpa was here yesterday, does that mean we’re not going today?” Ning Chu asked hopefully, sipping her warm milk.
“Mm-hmm.”
They both shared an unspoken agreement to never mention their encounter at the hotel.
“Then I’ll take Ning Xin to a movie today?” Ning Yuan yawned, asking, “Are you guys coming?”
“No, nothing I want to watch.”
Uncle was nowhere to be seen at breakfast; he had probably left last night.
“Don’t buy her popcorn and junk, alright?” their mother reminded him. “Too many calories, and it’s not meat. She won’t even like it.”
Hei Dou was a foodie but only craved meat—seafood, beef, lamb, poultry, you name it. As for chips, snacks, or soda, they barely interested her.
Scrolling through her phone while eating breakfast, Ning Chu noticed a long-silent high school group chat buzzing with activity from the night before.
Everyone had gone their separate ways, but during the holidays, her old classmates had come back, and they were planning a reunion with the teacher’s support.
Her brows furrowed instinctively as she scrolled through hundreds of messages, her mood sinking lower with each line.
Since crossing over to this world, she had wanted to see what her old friends looked like now and wondered if the girl she once had a crush on had grown cat ears... But now, she was a girl herself.
Her entire social circle from before college felt like it had nothing to do with her anymore. Her first seventeen years of life seemed like a dream, so distant she could barely even remember her former face.
If he—the person she was before—saw the succubus she had become, eagerly surrendering under a man, he’d never believe it was his future self.
It felt like betraying herself, like she’d killed her own past. Her body and mind had fallen so far that she wasn’t even the same person anymore.
With her head down, Ning Chu drank the last sip of her milk and walked straight to her room.
A sense of stifling sadness and frustration filled her, an overwhelming coldness that made her want to just lie down and do nothing.
Hei Dou’s ears twitched, and she looked back at her sister’s retreating figure.
Her big eyes shone with confusion as she asked her mother, “Mom, did Big Sis just get sad all of a sudden?”
“Is it her time of the month?” her mother mused.
“I don’t think so? I don’t smell blood.”
Hei Dou asked worriedly, “Did Brother bully her?”
“What does this have to do with me?” Ning Yuan rolled his eyes. “I just woke up. How could I have bullied her?”
“Then could it have been Brother-in-Law?”
“Why not?”
Their mother glanced toward the closed bedroom door, smiling as she encouraged Hei Dou, “If your sister’s feeling down, it’s time for our cute little kitty to shine~”
“Meow!”
Hei Dou immediately perked up, her tail curling high.
“Go cheer up your sister.”
“Okay!”
Jumping off her chair, she stuffed the last bite of chicken wing into her mouth, her cheeks puffed up, and she darted into Ning Chu’s room.
“She only thinks about food,” her mother sighed, shaking her head. “She’s almost ten but acts like a five-year-old.”
“If you think about it, she’s technically only half a year old.”
“I know... Hopefully, by the time she starts school in September, she’ll be more mature; otherwise, she’s likely to be picked on.”
She propped her chin up with one hand, turning to Ning Yuan. “Why do you think Ning Chu got so upset? Did you kick her under the table?”
“I didn’t!”
“You used to pull stunts like that to annoy her when you were kids.”
“I’m twenty-four now, you know. I don’t do childish stuff like that anymore.”
His mother furrowed her brow, tidying up the breakfast dishes, muttering, “She seemed pretty happy last night...”
So loud, she could almost hear it from two rooms away. Wen Yang must have done a good job taking care of her. She didn’t seem frustrated from unfulfilled desires.
“Last night? Weren’t you both out?”
With a straight face, her mother replied, “I meant at dinner.”