PTSD

What was she saying?!

Was something like that really okay to let other people try?!

Gu Yilan also realized she might have said something pretty outrageous.

So she immediately changed the subject:

"Xiao Xue, your pajamas look so nice~"

"Really?"

"The off-the-shoulder style is a little sexy~ I wouldn't even dare try something that bold!"

"Hehe, next time you come over, Little Yilan, I'll lend them to you..."

Lin Che, pretending to be hypnotized, heard every word of their conversation.

Listening to them talk, images naturally formed in his mind. If Gu Yilan and Luo Xue, one tall and one petite, wore those sweet-and-sexy pajamas... That sight would be enough to give anyone a heart attack!

"I don't want to. There's no way to wear anything underneath those pajamas, right?"

"It's fine. They have a lining. Look~"

"Wow, Xiao Xue, I saw it~"

"Who cares? We're all girls. What's there to be afraid of!"

Wait!

What exactly had Gu Yilan seen?!

From Lin Che's angle, all he could see was the back of the phone.

But judging by what Gu Yilan said... the phone was clearly showing something wonderful!

Damn, he wanted to see...

"By the way, Little Yilan, let's meet at the bus stop tomorrow morning!"

"Don't worry, I definitely won't be late!"

Luo Xue and Gu Yilan chatted for a while longer before finally ending the video call.

Gu Yilan put her phone down. At last, she could focus all her attention on Lin Che!

"Sorry... for making you wait so long, big brother..."

Gu Yilan's eyes brimmed with guilt. She looked up at Lin Che and shot him a flirtatious glance.

"To make it up to you, let me..."

Gu Yilan gathered up her hair and closed her eyes. Her trembling eyelashes betrayed the girl's shyness and nervousness.

Then Gu Yilan leaned in close...

Lin Che hadn't expected Gu Yilan to go this far!

This was moving so fast...

So that meant...!

Chapter 18: PTSD

After washing her face, Gu Yilan didn't forget to come back and release Lin Che from the hypnosis.

She also sternly insisted that Lin Che forget everything that had happened while he was hypnotized!

It seemed that even after being caught in an unexpected and flustering situation, Gu Yilan hadn't forgotten the importance of keeping the hypnosis proper!

Once the hypnosis was lifted, Lin Che pretended to come out of his daze.

As soon as she saw Lin Che return to normal, Gu Yilan's face turned bright red!

While hypnotizing him, Gu Yilan had been bold as could be. But once the hypnosis was lifted, she became tsundere again.

"Lin Che, go to sleep! Don't be late tomorrow!"

Gu Yilan's heart pounded!

Lin Che had just made a mess of her face, and now, even being in the same room as him made her unbearably embarrassed.

After throwing out those words, she immediately fled Lin Che's room.

Lin Che could only regret it in silence.

He'd missed the chance to secretly take a picture of such a wonderful sight!

The next day.

Early in the morning, Gu Yilan woke Lin Che up.

Was he going to be hypnotized again?

Honestly, what was with Gu Yilan? Had she woken up craving affection?

She'd only been hypnotizing him last night, and now she'd come to his room again. Had she thought up some new trick?

With that thought, Lin Che rubbed his sleepy eyes, ready to go through the familiar hypnosis routine.

But...

"Get up already! Xiao Xue's waiting for us!"

Instead of the familiar hypnosis routine, Gu Yilan resorted to brute force.

She yanked Lin Che straight out of bed!

Only then did he remember that he'd promised to go to the Comic Exhibition with Gu Yilan today.

Since she didn't have school, Gu Yilan wasn't wearing her usual school uniform.

Today she wore a sleeveless, ladylike dress and a thin, gauzy pearl jacket. The dress traced the curves of her wonderfully developed figure, while her long, slender legs, free of an ounce of extra fat, were covered in thigh-high socks. Her delicate feet wore a pair of fresh-looking white sneakers.

Gu Yilan was beautiful, and youth was her most expensive makeup.

With simple clothes and a completely bare face, she was still a bona fide beauty.

"Gu Yilan, you look beautiful today."

"Heh~ I spent half an hour carefully putting this outfit together~"

Gu Yilan was so pleased with herself that she let the truth slip.

She immediately realized her mistake.

"Pfft, I didn't pick out my clothes because I was going out with you!"

Gu Yilan threw a flurry of wild punches, driving Lin Che into the bathroom.

While she waited for Lin Che to wash up, Gu Yilan sat by the door like a newlywed wife. She twirled a lock of hair around her finger and grinned foolishly.

"Big brother said I'm beautiful... I'm so happy..."

"Looks like all that hypnosis lately has worked. Big brother seems a lot closer to me than before!"

"At this rate, it won't be long before I can confess to him!"

"Hehehe..."

"What are you grinning about?"

Lin Che was quick in the bathroom. He got in and out in five minutes flat.

He wore a simple white T-shirt and black trousers. The plain black-and-white outfit wasn't exactly handsome, but at least it was clean and fresh.

But in Gu Yilan's eyes...

She was used to seeing Lin Che in his school uniform and pajamas, so when she saw him in casual clothes, her eyes lit up.

She was a hopeless romantic.

And Lin Che's outfit hit all the right buttons for her.

"Sorry, Xiao Xue. Could you wait for me a little longer?"

"What are you going to do?"

"Lin Che, get hypnotized! Right now!"

Gu Yilan couldn't hold back. She pulled out her phone and immediately hypnotized Lin Che.

Before Lin Che could even pretend to be dazed,

a clean, delicate scent swept over him like a breeze.

Gu Yilan went up on tiptoe and wrapped both arms around Lin Che's neck.

Kisses rained down on him!

Lin Che hadn't seen that coming!

Gu Yilan had actually hypnotized him right outside her own home!

If their mother suddenly came out of the bedroom and saw this, wouldn't she have a heart attack?!

As he felt Gu Yilan's soft lips against his, Lin Che kept an eye on his parents' bedroom.

If he noticed so much as a hint of movement, he'd push Gu Yilan away, even if it meant risking the discovery that he was faking his hypnosis!

"Muah~"

"Mwah~"

"Hah... hah..."

Gu Yilan kept kissing him until her legs went weak. Then, blushing, she finally let go of Lin Che.

Even now, Lin's Mother still hadn't come out of the bedroom. Lin Che's taut nerves finally relaxed.

She straightened her slightly rumpled dress, then lifted the hypnosis.

"Let's go. Xiao Xue's been waiting for ages!"

"I wonder whose fault that is..."

Lin Che muttered under his breath as he followed Gu Yilan out of the house.

They reached the bus stop at the entrance to the residential compound.

As expected, Luo Xue was already waiting there.

The petite girl wore a tight T-shirt. It wasn't very noticeable, but her chest still rose slightly.

On her lower half was a pair of extremely short denim shorts.

Her two slender, straight legs were completely exposed, so pale they seemed to glow. Her skin looked as if it could breathe.

Her tiny, dainty feet were in a pair of cute sandals, with all five toes lined up like translucent white jade grapes.

Beside Luo Xue stood a large suitcase.

It looked like the suitcase held the cosplay outfits.

"Ahhh! Why did Lin Che come too?!"

Luo Xue reacted even more strongly than Lin Che had expected.

The moment she saw him, she remembered what had happened that day.

Lin Che had touched her little buns on the bus. Then, after she got home, she'd actually thought about him while giving herself the ultimate helping hand for the first time in her life!

Now that Lin Che had suddenly appeared, Luo Xue's heart raced. Half afraid and half repulsed, she hid behind her suitcase.

Lin Che knew Luo Xue disliked him a little, but there was no need for such an extreme reaction!

She looked just like a cat afraid of mice. If there'd been a tree nearby, Lin Che could easily imagine her climbing it.

"Lin Che's here to protect us!"

Gu Yilan reassured Luo Xue. "Aren't there some photographers at the Comic Exhibition with bad intentions? With Lin Che along, we can feel safer..."

"Th-this..."

Luo Xue bit her lip.