Cooking Is Your Lie

"Wow!"

After seeing that stimulating photo of Serpent being pinned down, Elysia jumped in fright and hurriedly covered her face as she took a step back. Apart from the sweet smile that was always there, all the other emotions in her pink-and-blue eyes had been replaced by shock.

"Hehe..."

Mobius was quite satisfied with Elysia's reaction. After letting out a few cold laughs, she put her phone back into the pocket of her lab coat and said,

"Elysia, you understand the difference between you and me now, right? I already told you: Little Mouse is, and will only ever be, experimental data belonging to me, Mobius. I advise you to stop wasting your efforts. After all, the difference between us is no longer something that time can make up for. Hehe..."

Elysia widened her eyes and carefully looked at Mobius, who had long dark-green hair and an astonishingly beautiful face. Then she glanced at Xu Ziling beside her, who had long golden hair and an equally stunning face. After recalling the entangled appearance of the two in the photo she had just seen... she decisively took another step back, bowed ninety degrees to Mobius, and said:

"I'm sorry! Professor Mobius, Miss Elf truly overstepped earlier!"

"Hmm~~~"

Rarely hearing such a heartfelt apology from Elysia, Mobius nodded in satisfaction. She thought that this Pink Demon was not completely lacking in awareness after all.

Of course, showing Elysia that photo had not been some sudden whim to declare her ownership. After all, her excellent assistant Blanca had already served as a living example for Mobius before Xu Ziling ever did.

Back when Elysia had just met Blanca, she had clung to him all day long as well. But after learning that Blanca already had someone at home, Elysia became much more restrained. She had even restrained herself to the point that Hen did not know his wife actually had another Miss Elf outside.

Now, applying that same principle to herself and Little Mouse worked just as well, undoubtedly saving Mobius a great deal of trouble.

At the very least, when this Pink Demon knew that her target already had a clearly established partner, she was incapable of stealing him away... at least for now.

"Hm? Little Mouse, why are you still standing there like an idiot?"

Seeing Xu Ziling still standing dumbly in place, Mobius walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't just stand there. Come back to the research institute with me... Also, I believe I told you before, didn't I? Elysia is extremely dangerous. If you can avoid talking to her, then don't talk to her... But since this is your first time, I'll let it go. Make sure you remember next time."

As she spoke, Mobius rubbed her chin thoughtfully. Feeling that being led away by an elf was something that would happen either zero times or countless times, she changed tactics and said:

"If that doesn't work... Little Mouse, whenever you feel like you're about to be led away, just think about what you did to me in the early hours of the day before yesterday. Didn't you promise to take responsibility for your actions? Then follow through to the very end. Don't make me look down on you, Little Mouse."

Hearing this, the corners of Xu Ziling's mouth twitched slightly. The matter from the early hours of the day before yesterday... he had indeed made that promise. But whenever he thought about how he had done such things to Mobius without feeling anything himself, Xu Ziling was always overcome by a sense of anguish.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Ziling chose to change the subject.

"Doctor, breakfast still isn't finished... Should we wait a little longer? You haven't had breakfast yet either, right?"

"Tsk... You're still thinking about this so-called 'cooking'... It seems that while I was unconscious, you really were thoroughly corrupted by this Pink Demon Elysia."

Mobius clicked her tongue, then grabbed Xu Ziling by the wrist and looked toward Elysia.

"Little Mouse, you still haven't realized it? This so-called 'cooking' is merely a lie told by this Pink Demon. Getting close to you and leading you away is her true goal... Elysia, am I right?"

Elysia straightened up and scratched her head hesitantly.

"Hm?"

Seeing that Elysia still dared to hesitate, Mobius immediately assumed the superior bearing of the one who had arrived first. She crossed her arms over her chest and glared fiercely at Elysia.

"Sigh."

Elysia sighed helplessly, then looked at Xu Ziling with a hint of apology.

"Um... I'm sorry, Little Ziling. What Professor Mobius said... ahem, it isn't exactly wrong. But, but, I truly didn't expect that things between you two had already progressed that far! You never told me, Little Ziling..."

Hearing this, Xu Ziling felt as if he had one head but two headaches. Was it really that he had not told her? The problem was... he himself did not want to face that regretful matter either. More importantly, he had underestimated how much Mobius valued him. She had already reached the point where she would rather expose that less-than-elegant photo than fail to declare her ownership.

"Hmm... In any case, I really did go a little too far with this."

Elysia spun around once. The innocent smile gradually returned to her face as she looked at Xu Ziling.

"Hmm... After thinking about it, I suppose I should apologize to you too... Little Ziling, from now on, I'll control myself and won't do anything that crosses the line. I won't disturb your private life with Professor Mobius anymore. You two can return to the research institute without worry. As for breakfast, leave it to me! After all, this is my duty as an inspector!"

After hearing Elysia's words, Xu Ziling really did not know what else to say. Although ending the story with such a misunderstanding did not seem like a good thing, if this was her own choice, then Xu Ziling could only respect it.

"Hmph... It's enough as long as you know your place."

After giving Elysia one last disdainful look, Mobius felt an unprecedented rush of satisfaction! Finally, finally, the day had come when Elysia had fallen into her hands!

Thinking of the shocked expression on Elysia's face when she had seen the photo proving the relationship between Mobius and Little Mouse, the pleasure in Mobius's heart even threatened to surpass the excitement she had felt upon discovering the Ancient Stone Statue.

Hahaha~ Elysia, This Serpent ultimately beat you by far too much!

As she watched Mobius swagger away with Xu Ziling, Elysia, standing in the kitchen, waved at Blanca, who was about to come over and comfort her. Then she raised a finger and tapped her lips. With a mischievous smile, she stuck out her tongue and took out a pink-and-white digital camera, capturing the scene.

Looking at the photo on the screen, Elysia said softly:

"So I can't have either Professor Mobius or Little Ziling... Hmm... Hehe~ Then what if I take both? Wouldn't that also count as 'not breaking them up'? Ahem?~"

And so, Elysia took a step back, while both sides gained enough happiness to keep them in a good mood for the entire day.