Little Li is So Stingy, Won't Even Let Me Kiss Her

The dinner tonight was mediocre, a simple bowl of beef noodles, at a shop in Flame-Moth that was still lit.

This place was located in Flame-Moth's "Snack Street," not too far from their homes.

Although it was supposed to be open only on Saturday nights, soldiers who had been in Flame-Moth for many years would set up stalls at other times.

For example, the person making beef noodles in front of them was a Flame-Moth warrior.

It was quite tasty. They must have practiced their skills specifically; perhaps they were a chef before.

It was a very plain dinner. After finishing, the two didn't linger and left directly.

The streetlights at the villa's entrance illuminated the beige exterior walls, creating a sense of warmth.

The door opened, and Elysia skillfully turned on the lights, picked up the remote, turned on the TV, and boiled water in one smooth motion.

She had done these things so many times before that Elysia was incredibly familiar with them.

Lin Li, however, was seeing it for the first time. She thought that if it were her, she would probably just turn on the lights and lie on the sofa playing on her phone, drinking cold water when thirsty, and searching everywhere for the remote when she wanted to watch TV (only to find it right in front of her).

It seemed like having Elysia around was quite good.

The corners of Lin Li's lips curved upward slightly, but it was fleeting.

She didn't want Elysia to see her smiling, or else she would definitely be made to smile more.

Why smile when there's nothing funny? Lin Li had never really understood.

So she also couldn't understand Elysia's inexplicable enthusiasm.

Having that attitude towards everyone, didn't she get tired?

Just as Lin Li was thinking, Elysia suddenly leaned in and asked, "What do you want to watch, Little Li? Still SpongeBob SquarePants?"

"No need, I want to play on my phone for a while," Lin Li shook her head.

"Mmm... alright, but Little Li, you can't play too seriously, because I have something very important to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Mmm... it's about the 'Honkai' that made you fall asleep just now," Elysia said after thinking for a moment.

"Oh, go ahead and tell me then."

Lin Li put down her phone directly and closed her eyes.

"Mhm, then I'll begin."

"..."

"One day, It fell from the sky. People looked up, and then they saw the starry sky."

"..."

Elysia talked for a long time.

Strangely, Lin Li didn't feel sleepy this time. Perhaps it was because she had just slept, or perhaps Elysia's voice was pleasant, making one unable to help but keep listening.

In short, Lin Li remained awake.

"Why do I feel like you're telling a story, not the Honkai you mentioned?" Lin Li asked.

"Mmm... I am telling a story. I was just afraid Little Li would fall asleep while listening, so I said it this way," Elysia smiled. "How was it? Little Li, did I tell it well?"

"Mhm, I think you could be a storyteller," Lin Li commented.

"Storyteller? No, my stories should only be told to Little Li," Elysia said, lunging towards Lin Li.

However, Lin Li had invested in agility. Although her reaction wasn't great, Elysia's obvious movement made her intentions easy to guess.

So Elysia missed, landing on the sofa alone. Lin Li moved away, picked up a cup, and filled it with two cups of hot water.

"You must be thirsty after talking for so long. It's a bit hot, you can let it sit for a while," Lin Li said expressionlessly.

However, a hint of concern in her tone couldn't be hidden. Perhaps she didn't know how to hide it.

Elysia's disappointment from missing the hug vanished. She took the plastic cup. Although it was hot to the touch, she still felt a sweetness in her heart.

After a while, Lin Li took a small sip, felt the water temperature was about right, took another sip, and then said, "You can drink it now, drink up."

"..."

Elysia didn't move. Instead, she looked expectantly at the cup in Lin Li's hand.

"Mmm... Little Li, can we switch cups?"

"Why?" Lin Li asked, confused. She had almost finished that cup with just one sip.

"I... I actually prefer drinking hot things," Elysia said casually, not having thought of a good reason to switch cups with Lin Li.

"..." Lin Li frowned slightly, not having expected Elysia to have such a habit.

Then she finished the last bit of water in her cup, threw it into the trash can, took another cup, and filled it with hot water.

She thought that even if Elysia said she liked hot things, it definitely couldn't be boiling water, as anyone normal couldn't stand it, so she gave Elysia a cup that was quite hot.

But Elysia wasn't thinking about that at all.

She could only glance regretfully at the trash can, holding two cups of water, and drinking from them alternately.

Lin Li found it very strange. If not for her excellent self-control, she would have blurted out, "Are you out of your mind?"

Hmm... it seemed she had never sworn in front of Elysia. Of course, "holy crap" didn't count.

Watching Elysia finish both cups of water, she asked, "Want more?"

"No, no, I'm full from the water," Elysia said, quickly waving her hands, afraid Lin Li would get her another cup.

What if she got water poisoning later? Though the possibility was slim.

"...Then I'll head back to my room."

Lin Li turned and walked into the bedroom where she had woken up yesterday.

Since there were two bedrooms on the first floor, Lin Li assumed this one was hers and the other belonged to Elysia.

But in reality, while Lin Li was unconscious, Elysia had stayed with her the entire time. Elysia hadn't even opened the door to the so-called other room.

Lin Li didn't know this, and Elysia wouldn't have guessed Lin Li thought that way.

Elysia lay on the sofa for a while, rubbing her stomach. Feeling the fullness subside slightly, she stood up.

She turned off the TV, the water heater, and finally, the lights.

In the living room, illuminated only by the faint moonlight, she fumbled her way to Lin Li's bedroom, a smile on her lips, and knocked on the door.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

Three steady, strong knocks echoed in Lin Li's bedroom.

Lin Li knew it was Elysia knocking. Without thinking, she said, "Come in."

Then came the sound of the door opening.

"Hi, Xiao Li, not sleeping yet? Were you waiting for me?"

"Is something wrong?"

Lin Li put down her phone and looked at the dark silhouette in the doorway.

It was truly just a patch of darkness, a little spooky, but listening to Elysia's voice made it not scary at all.

Her voice was truly beautiful, arguably the most beautiful Lin Li had ever heard. But as she'd said before, she couldn't get used to Elysia's consistently enthusiastic tone... maybe she'd get used to it later.

"What else could it be? I'm here to sleep."

Elysia closed the door, walked over to Lin Li, found a pair of pajamas in the wardrobe—the same light pinkish-white as what Lin Li was wearing—and was about to climb into bed.

Lin Li's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, eventually forming a clear "川" shape.

As Elysia was about to get on the bed, she stopped her and asked, "You're sleeping here?"

"Yeah, why else?" Elysia tilted her head and retorted.

She pushed Lin Li's hand away... No, how was Xiao Li so strong? She couldn't budge her at all!

"But don't you have your own room? Why come to mine?"

"My own room? Hmm... it's this one," Elysia said, sitting on the edge of the bed. "When you were unconscious before, I stayed in this room with you the whole time. Now you're actually trying to kick me out... I'll cry..."

"What about the other room?" Lin Li asked.

"I haven't been inside it."

"..."

Lin Li finally understood what was going on.

Elysia had always slept with her, which was why she had mentioned a double bed when they stayed at the hotel before... Lin Li had thought she just wanted to experience sleeping together.

Yesterday was the first time she had slept with a girl her own age. The feeling wasn't exactly good, though it wasn't bad either.

Anyway, in Elysia's eyes, they were supposed to sleep together. However, Lin Li was used to sleeping alone and wasn't really accustomed to sleeping like that yesterday.

Especially since Elysia had been holding her the whole time, making it impossible to sleep soundly.

Seeing Lin Li spacing out, Elysia quickly got into bed, changed into her pajamas, hugged Lin Li, and found a comfortable position.

"..."

Lin Li's lips moved, but she seemed unable to say anything.

She couldn't use her usual "highly refined" remarks to condemn Elysia's actions. Her subconscious told her not to do that to Elysia.

"Can you go to the other room?"

"No, I won't be able to sleep without Xiao Li," Elysia said pitifully, her voice like a kitten's, scratching at Lin Li's heart. "Can Xiao Li really bear to let such a cute and beautiful girl suffer from insomnia?"

"But I want to sleep alone," Lin Li said.

"No way! I'm sleeping with you." Elysia's tone turned domineering again, the sudden shift catching Lin Li off guard.

Before she could recover, Elysia added, "I know what Xiao Li is thinking, you just want money, right? I'll give it to you."

"If you haven't decided how much, just owe me for now. Tell me when you've decided," Elysia hugged her tighter, and Lin Li snapped back to reality.

"Now, Xiao Li, I don't want to hear you ask me to go to that room again, understand?"

With that, Elysia pinched the soft flesh on Lin Li's waist.

"Hiss..."

The pain in her sensitive spot forced Lin Li to nod in compromise.

She wanted to say she wasn't thinking about paying at all, just that she wanted to sleep in a separate bedroom.

But since Elysia had already said it, if she argued further, it would seem ungrateful.

Really, this was her house, so why did it feel like she was the one renting? She was being bullied by Elysia just to sleep...

Then again, it didn't really count as bullying, since Elysia had given her money. Though she hadn't decided how much to charge yet.

She asked the System, but it didn't give an exact number, just told her to decide based on the situation.

How was she supposed to know? She didn't even know how to define the current situation.

Sleeping together? Elysia was still pressed against her, her hands still moving around. How should she calculate this?

So annoying.

Lin Li grabbed Elysia's hand and patted it. The other party honestly retracted it.

But after a while, the small hand reappeared, slowly moving up Lin Li's thigh.

Because the pajamas were so thin, Lin Li was very aware of Elysia's every move.

That small hand pinched her, traced a small circle on her thigh, sometimes just dancing on her leg with two fingers, or sometimes caressing it like a palm.

Lin Li finally couldn't take it anymore and said:

"If your hands keep moving like that, the price goes up."

Lin Li originally thought Elysia would stop after she said that. She didn't expect that after hearing it, the other party's hand would stop for a moment, as if to confirm she hadn't misheard, and then become even more unrestrained.

She even took the opportunity when Lin Li wasn't paying attention to reach directly inside Lin Li's pajamas.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Lin Li quickly took her hand out, pressed it down, and said:

"Don't move around. If you do, I won't want to sleep with you even if you pay."

"Mmm... Okay, it's all my fault for having such good skin, Little Li. I couldn't help myself." Elysia tilted her head slightly, looking at Lin Li.

Lin Li looked back at her. The bright moonlight shining in from outside the window illuminated Elysia's face, adding a touch of fragility to her stunningly beautiful and delicate features.

Lin Li averted her gaze and said lightly, "I actually think your skin is even better."

"Really? Actually, if you wanted to, Little Li, you could touch me too..." Elysia's lips curved into a smile, she brushed aside a few strands of hair from her forehead, and said it as if joking.

But she wasn't joking, because she had already guided Lin Li's hand to her own abdomen.

Lin Li actually touched her.

"Eeeek..."

Elysia trembled all over, her legs clamping together slightly, and a blush tinged her face.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..." Elysia's voice was a little hoarse. "I'm very happy that Little Li is willing to do this. It feels so good."

"Do you know that what you're saying sounds like you're a pervert where I come from?" Lin Li said speechlessly.

"Mmm... Actually, if Little Li wants, I can also be... Huh?"

Before Elysia could finish speaking, Lin Li pushed her away.

Lin Li felt that Elysia was acting completely out of character, and that she was in a similar state to last night.

Did she always become like this when she slept?

Lin Li couldn't understand, and Elysia leaned in again.

She wrapped her arms around Lin Li's neck, her long legs resting on Lin Li, giving quite the impression of an octopus.

Lin Li felt helpless about this.

Elysia was hugging her too tightly; she couldn't pry her hands and legs off.

"Elysia, I want to know how you used to sleep. Did you always have to hug someone?"

"Of course not. Actually, Little Li, you're the first person I've ever hugged while sleeping. Before I met you, I always slept alone." Elysia nuzzled Lin Li's neck, exhaling warm air towards her delicate collarbone. Feeling the tremor of the person in her arms, her heart couldn't help but race.

"Little Li, you smell so good. Can I kiss you?"

"...No."

"I'll pay."

"Paying won't work either." Lin Li felt more and more that Elysia was acting strangely.

This kind of talk about money in bed, the more she heard it, the more it sounded like...

"Hmph, Little Li is so stingy." Elysia pouted, her lips brushing against Lin Li's collarbone unintentionally.

Startled, Lin Li quickly covered it with her hand, preventing Elysia from biting again.

Seeing this, Elysia huffed again, then closed her eyes.

Afterward, seeing that she didn't move for a long time, Lin Li also peacefully drifted off to sleep.