Changli

If Lin Che and I had a child someday, would they be like this too...

I can't wait for that day to come!

But...

Gu Yilan clenched her fist, a hint of dejection in her eyes.

She could only blame herself for being so useless and timid that she didn't dare confess to her brother.

She could only use hypnosis to reveal her true feelings in front of Lin Che!

Still, Gu Yilan could clearly tell that ever since she'd started "hypnotizing" Lin Che, their relationship seemed to have grown much closer.

By that logic, she just hadn't hypnotized him enough!

The quantity hadn't yet brought about a qualitative change!

Gu Yilan quietly turned her face a little and sneaked a glance at Lin Che.

That guy seemed pretty interested in the way she looked in cosplay!

So maybe...

Gu Yilan's imagination began to run wild again...

After hypnotizing Lin Che, this pure young woman had experienced a kind of pleasure she'd never known before. She was honestly getting a little addicted!

"Ah!"

Gu Yilan wobbled unsteadily on her feet.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Che caught her by the shoulders.

"It's my first time wearing high heels, so I'm not used to them. I think I twisted my ankle..."

Gu Yilan twirled a lock of her wig around her finger. Playing with her hair like that was a habitual gesture whenever she lied.

Lin Che looked down at Gu Yilan's feet.

The matte black stockings flowed over her long legs like silky chocolate, covering her fair, crystalline skin inch by inch before disappearing into her pair of black heels.

The mature black stockings added a touch of allure to Gu Yilan's pure air, making her look especially sexy.

Chang Li's cosplay outfit didn't use sheer stockings. The thick fabric only let a hint of skin show through around the knees.

So even when Gu Yilan said she'd twisted her ankle, Lin Che couldn't tell whether it was swollen or red.

Unless...

He took off the stockings on Gu Yilan's legs!

Lin Che swallowed.

But he knew that if he tried something like that without hypnosis, he'd definitely get beaten up!

Besides, Gu Yilan only hypnotized him when they were somewhere private. There were so many people at the Comic Exhibition right now, so she surely wouldn't hypnotize him here!

That was what Lin Che thought.

"Xiao Xue, I think I twisted my ankle. I'm going to rest in the changing room..."

"Ah..." Luo Xue noticed something was off with her best friend. Her eyes were full of conflict.

On the one hand, she was worried about Gu Yilan. On the other, she really didn't want to waste her precious time at the Comic Exhibition.

"Little Yilan, you twisted your ankle. Can you make it there on your own?"

"It's okay. Lin Che will help me..." Gu Yilan winked at Lin Che. "Right, Lin Che?"

"No problem. Leave it to me."

Lin Che had no reason to refuse.

"Then... all right..."

Although Luo Xue was very uneasy about letting Lin Che accompany Gu Yilan to rest, in the end, the Comic Exhibition won out.

"You'd better not do anything bad to Little Yilan!"

Luo Xue shook her little fist and gave him a stern warning.

Still, they were classmates and childhood friends. Even though they always seemed at odds, surely nothing would happen if they were alone together for a little while!

After thinking it over, Luo Xue decided her best friend's injured leg mattered more.

So she hurried Lin Che along, telling him to take Gu Yilan to rest!

Lin Che helped Gu Yilan back to the changing room they'd used earlier.

Since Luo Xue had rented it, they could use it all day if they wanted!

The moment they entered the changing room,

Gu Yilan, who'd been limping just a moment ago, performed a medical miracle!

Her leg no longer ached, she wasn't limping anymore, and there was nothing wrong with her at all!

"Gu Yilan, you're fine!?"

"Sorry... This was the only way I could get some time alone with you, big brother..."

"What are you going to—?!"

Lin Che immediately guessed what Gu Yilan was planning!

"Look at the image in front of you. Your consciousness is slowly drifting off!"

"Enter a hypnotic state now!"

The familiar lines rang out again.

If she did this a few more times, Lin Che suspected the words would become as catchy as Team Rocket's entrance motto.

Even so, he pretended to enter a hypnotic state.

"Big brother, answer my question. Do you like Chang Li?"

"I do!"

"What kind of character is Chang Li in the game?"

Gu Yilan had never played the game, so she wanted to learn more.

"Chang Li is gentle and considerate. Being around her always feels like a spring breeze..."

Lin Che described Chang Li's character.

"What? That's nothing like me..."

Gu Yilan lowered her head. The Chang Li Lin Che described was practically a different person from the real-life Gu Yilan.

Gu Yilan was tsundere and aloof. She had nothing in common with Chang Li.

"What else do you like about Chang Li?"

Gu Yilan pressed on.

"I also like..."

To be honest, everything he'd said so far had been made up. There was only one real reason he liked Chang Li.

"I also like Chang Li's figure, her long legs in black stockings, and her huge boobs!"

"Eh..." Gu Yilan looked disgusted for a second.

But she quickly consoled herself. "At least I have huge boobs too! And long legs in black stockings!"

Chapter 21: Chang Li

Lin Che's answer filled Gu Yilan with a sense of crisis.

She'd never imagined that Lin Che could like a character from the ACG world!

Gu Yilan's expression grew serious.

She'd seen the news. Some people became so obsessed with their fictional waifus that they refused to be intimate with real women!

Some even married their waifus!

"No! Big brother is supposed to be with me!"

Gu Yilan absolutely couldn't accept that kind of ending!

"Good thing I learned hypnosis. I can still change what big brother believes!"

A thought occurred to Gu Yilan, and her eyes lit up.

"Big brother, look at me!"

Lin Che had no idea what she was planning now, but he still sat facing Gu Yilan.

"Big brother, you're not allowed to like characters from the ACG world. You're only allowed to like me. This command will be etched deep in your mind and can never be erased!"

What a forceful hypnotic suggestion!

Lin Che knew that Gu Yilan liked him a lot.

But she was so tsundere and awkward. Even though she was crazy about him, she hid her feelings behind a sour expression and disdain.

If he accepted Gu Yilan's suggestion now,

he'd surely become her plaything!

Though Lin Che was pretending to be hypnotized, he had no intention of letting Gu Yilan lead him around by the nose!

So he made a struggling expression, his brows twitching as if an intense battle were raging in his mind.

"Like Chang Li... Gu Yilan... Hm? Why am I thinking about this?"

In the end, Lin Che furrowed his brows and pretended to be waking from his hypnotic state.

Sure enough, his performance made Gu Yilan turn pale with fright.

She hurriedly cradled Lin Che's head and gently massaged his temples.

"Big brother, don't think about that anymore. Clear your mind and go back into a hypnotic state..."

In that position, Lin Che's nose was practically touching the girl's soufflé. He caught a faint whiff of her natural scent. Only then did he relax his brow and shoulders, returning to his dazed "hypnotized" state.

Gu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looks like giving him such a forceful command all at once won't work..."

"I remember reading in hypnotism novels that forcibly changing someone's consciousness might damage their brain!"

"Looks like I have to take it one step at a time!"

Gu Yilan changed her strategy.

If she couldn't do it in one go, she could at least hypnotize her brother little by little, gradually guiding him to transfer his love for the ACG world to her!

"Big brother, you really like Chang Li, don't you?"

"Chang Li... like..."

Lin Che answered in short phrases, deliberately slowing his speech as if he really were hypnotized.

"Who am I?"

"You're... Gu Yilan?"

"Then, big brother, look at me. Which character am I cosplaying as?"

Gu Yilan stood gracefully before Lin Che, striking a classic pose from the game. One hand rested beneath her chest, while the fingers of her red-and-gold-gloved hand came together in a shushing gesture by her lips.

The pose made the girl's soufflé look even more prominent, rising and falling with her breath as if it were alive.

To make her cosplay more faithful, Gu Yilan pressed her lips together and gave a faint smile.

Gu Yilan was already stunning, and her Chang Li cosplay brought the character vividly to life.