I'm Not a Flame-Chaser - Chapter 487

Mei felt dizzy and lightheaded, her shame swelling to the point where she was about to faint. At this moment, the two seemed completely unaware of her presence. Lin changed his position, holding the girl against the vegetation, and then buried his head.

"Lin... slow down... don't..."

"Splash..."

"Ugh... Ha... Ha... I'm being used as a watering can to water the flowers... Hehe..."

Inspiration Special: Stories of a Friend's Friend and a Friend's Boyfriend (Part 2)

Mei looked exhausted as she climbed out of bed. Her once smooth, long hair had become somewhat messy after tossing and turning all night.

It's all those two guys' fault.

After witnessing Lin and Shi Qing secretly doing that in the courtyard behind Elysia's back last night, even going so far as to do something as... despicable as "watering the flowers," Mei returned home and couldn't sleep all night. Her mind was filled with images of the girl with Elysia's face, her high-pitched cry, and her seductive expression.

The contrast of doing something like this with Elysia's face is just too great...

And that idiot Lin! Is he really that easily tempted?! He even came to farm and jungle...

Mei scratched her long hair, thinking hard, but in the end she could only let out a sigh.

Let's just pretend it never happened.

"Um?"

As soon as Mei entered the door today, she smelled the rich aroma of food. She looked at the sumptuous Manchu Han Imperial Feast on the table in surprise.

"Mei!" Kiana waved cheerfully at her. Bronya was carefully examining the exquisite dishes on the table. Even the usually stern Bronya was moved by the sight of these works of art.

Mei walked up to Kiana and looked at the dragon head carved from fish meat on the table. She was incredibly surprised. "This is..."

"Mei overslept today, so we thought we'd wait for Mei to get up so we could eat together. Then my brother-in-law said that since she might get up late, we should have something nice to eat today. We've been busy all morning."

Did Lin make these? I knew he was a good cook, but I never expected him to make them look like the legendary chef Xiao Fu Gui...

Mei peeked into the kitchen and saw the usually casual man with his slightly long black hair neatly tied into a small bun. He was wearing an apron and scooping a small bowl of hot soup from the pot to taste it.

"I want to try some too!"

Two girls, one in pink and one in blue, smiled radiantly beside him as he fiddled with various seasonings and ingredients. They asked him all sorts of strange little questions, adding a bit of trouble for him. In the warm kitchen, it was as cozy as a memory from an old photograph.

Lin handed the bowl to Shi Qing, who smiled and took it, then extended her pink tongue and licked half of the rim of the bowl with a seductive touch, leaving a little bit of moist oil on her lips, staring intently at him.

"Hey~ Mei, are you awake?"

Elysia, also wearing an apron, came over and naturally stood at the doorway to talk to Mei.

"You slept in today, didn't you?" The pink-haired girl smiled broadly as she leaned against the doorframe.

Mei blushed. She was the person with the most regular schedule, who knew she would encounter something like that last night.

Ahhhh, I can't think about it anymore, I'm going crazy if I keep thinking about it...

Mei suddenly paused, her pupils contracting.

"What's wrong, Mei?" Elysia tilted her head slightly, looking at Mei with concern as her expression changed drastically. "Are you sick?"

"No..." Mei shook her head, glancing subtly at the kitchen from Elysia's shoulder.

Behind Elysia, in the kitchen she couldn't see, something was happening.

The girl with long, blue-purple hair squatted down in front of Lin, who was simmering soup, right under the stove, and subtly stuck out her tongue, which had just been licking the soup...

"Alas--"

Mei suddenly shuddered; she didn't know how to describe the scene before her—it was just too...

That's outrageous!

She and Elysia are still standing here!

Her beautiful face, now ravaged, was filled with a wickedness unlike anything Elysia could possess. She breathed out warm, moist air seductively, "I'd like some dessert."

Kiana and Bronya both praised Lin's cooking after eating it, but they both agreed that it wasn't as good as Mei's. Lin didn't say anything about it, but Mei...

Mei sat blankly at the dining table, surrounded by a large pile of exquisite and delicious dishes, but she had little appetite.

She could only pick up her chopsticks and continue eating to cover her mouth, glancing at the two identical-looking girls sitting next to Lin, especially the girl with blue-purple hair. Her smile was just as playful and gentle as Elysia's. Who would have thought that the ambiguous curve of her lips last night and just now was the same expression she had?

When Shiki picks up a piece of meat and puts it into her jelly-like lips, her face full of happiness, Mei always remembers seeing her at the kitchen door, licking her lips with a delicious look on her face, and using her fingers to pick up something from her face and put it in her mouth to savor it.

Mei gripped the chopsticks tightly, her knuckles turning white.

It's true what they say, old habits die hard; he actually did this behind Elysia's back.

We must expose the despicable things those two have done to Elysia!

Mei her grief and anger into her appetite, feasting with Kiana while plotting how to let Elysia know about Lin and the Erosion. Ideally, she would avoid direct involvement and let Elysia discover it herself.

But as she ate, Mei realized something was wrong.

Why was Lin, sitting opposite her, barely eating anything? And Shi Qing also seemed completely uninterested in eating, as if she was...

Peeking under the table?

Mei then noticed that Lin and Shi were sitting way too close to the table, with half of their bodies under the tablecloth. Was it really necessary to eat so close to the table?

And, is Lin's body trembling...?

"Clatter".

Just then, Kiana dropped her chopsticks on the ground and exclaimed in surprise, preparing to bend down to pick them up.

"You can use my chopsticks first. I'll pick them up and wash them in the kitchen for you," Mei said with a warm smile, handing her chopsticks to Kiana.

"Seriously, Mei still treats me like a child?"

"Hehe..." Mei smiled gently, then pushed back her chair, bent down and reached for the chopsticks.

"Thump."

Her heart pounded, and everything before her eyes seemed to slow down.

She wasn't just going to pick up the chopsticks; she also wanted to take this opportunity to see what Lin and Shi were up to under the tablecloth.

Mei already had some expectations and guesses in her mind. After all, these two had done those things in the courtyard and kitchen. And considering what Erosion had said last night about "chest, legs, and armpits," Mei could already imagine what positions and parts they used in private.

Her fingertips touched the chopsticks, while her other hand lifted a corner of the tablecloth. Her gaze pierced through the darkness under the table and landed on the two people.

"Smack..."

She heard it, amidst the noise, the inconspicuous friction and collision.

Her jade-like legs, clad in delicate black stockings, were bent and wrapped around someone's lap. Right under the lively dining table, the back of the blue-purple-haired girl's knees gently rubbed and swayed...

Mei stared wide-eyed; her excellent vision allowed her to see clearly even in complete darkness.

She even felt that wasn't enough, so she pulled her thighs back, took off her little leather boots, and wiggled her toes in the smooth stockings...

Mei picked up the chopsticks, put down the tablecloth, and dashed into the kitchen.

Inspiration Special: Stories of a Friend's Friend and a Friend's Boyfriend (Part 2)

"Mei ~ What's wrong? Is there something you need?"

The pink-haired girl pushed open the door and entered Mei's private bedroom. Her smile was radiant, enough to illuminate the night sky.

When Mei saw that smile, she felt a pang of pain in her heart for some reason. She forced a smile and said, "Can't I come to you if there's nothing wrong?"

"Of course! If Mei needs me, I'll come even if it's to the ends of the earth!" Elysia sat on Mei's bed, a gentle smile on her face. "After all, we're best friends."

Mei clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she looked at Elysia's smile.

"Elysia ...if... Linta..."

"Is there something you need?"

Just then, a cold voice that made Mei's heart stop "squeez" in from outside the door, followed by a black-haired man pushing the door open and giving Mei a cold glance.

No matter when you encounter such a gaze, it will still make you tremble with fear.

"I think I heard you talking about me." Lin walked into the room and closed the door behind him. His expression showed no sign of anything unusual.

Wrong.

Mei felt a nameless rage ignite within her. What was with his aloof demeanor? Was he still going to put on this pretentious act even now? How come she never realized he was this kind of person before? How could he do such a thing behind Elysia and Durandal's backs?

She wanted to tear off Lin's hypocritical mask.

Right now, right in front of Elysia!

"Is there something you want to say to me lately?" Lin frowned, staring at Mei's increasingly fierce eyes. "What have I done to offend you?"

"Offended me? Ha, of course not."

Mei stood with her hands behind her back, staring coldly at Lin's innocent face, which was infuriating no matter how you looked at it. Her indignation reached its peak when she noticed Elysia's bewildered expression, and she forced out the words from her throat—

"You've already figured me out, haven't you? You should know exactly what you've done!"

"...I?"

"Who else could it be but you, Lin? Your private life is so decadent! I thought you had reformed, but I never expected you could still do something like this!"

"..." Hearing Mei's angry words, Lin's tense brows relaxed. He leaned against the wall and said to Mei calmly, "But weren't you the one peeping? Why are you acting like a victim?"

"You're not the victim! Elysia is the victim!"

"I?!"

Elysia was enjoying watching the show when suddenly the flames of war swept over her, and she pointed at herself, completely bewildered.

"Do I need to reveal what you've done behind Elysia's back?"

Suddenly, Mei noticed that the gazes of Rin and Elysia had become... very subtle.

"What's wrong? Can't you speak?"

Mei continued to try to coerce Lin with her eyes.

After a long stalemate, Lin finally let out a soft sigh.

"...I see."

"Haha... Is that how it is..." Elysia scratched her head awkwardly, which was uncharacteristic of hers.

"What? So that's how it is... You guys..."

Lin turned to Elysia: "You're the one who came up with this idea."

Mei turned to Elysia in confusion, while the pink-haired girl coughed and, to Mei's astonishment, took out a wig from the inside pocket of Mei coat.

A wig that perfectly matches the color of the eroded hair.

"This, this, this..." Mei looked at the embarrassed Elysia in disbelief, and then at Lin, who was sighing and holding his forehead.

What's going on?

"Mei, actually, what you saw in the kitchen was me." Elysia's face also flushed slightly with embarrassment. "Xiao Shi and I often pretend to be each other. After all, you have some prejudice against Xiao Shi, so I wanted you to know that Xiao Shi doesn't have any bad intentions now. And today, I didn't mean to. I thought you didn't notice when I was teasing Lin..."

So, the one doing those things under the kitchen and dining table... was actually Elysia?!

No, how do I explain last night? Mei clearly heard Lin and Erosion's conversation. It couldn't have been Elysia in disguise, could it?

"Wait, what about yesterday..."

"... Erosion didn't want to disturb Elysia's sleep, so it pulled me out." This time it was Lin's turn to explain, his tone somewhat helpless.

What kind of nonsense is this? He's the one being spied on, and now he has to explain himself to the voyeur?

That sentence completely threw Mei into a state of mental chaos.

She saw Elysia looking calm and collected, pointing at the two people in front of her with her mouth wide open.

"You... you actually knew about each other?"

Lin's lips twitched, and he pinched his nose as he explained, "The three of us sleep in the same room, didn't you notice?"

Moreover, besides the fact that Elysia and Erosion impersonate Mei other, there is also a more personal reason for this: to increase the excitement and contrast.

"Elysia, you don't mind?" Mei's brain was overloaded, making her gesticulate wildly as she gestured with her fingers at the pink-haired girl in mid-air.

"Lin doesn't mind? Why should I mind?" Elysia looked at Mei's adorable reaction with a smile, and her mischievous thoughts returned. "Besides, we don't have a schedule of Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and we often raid. Actually, most of the time it's Lin who can't stand it."

Lin glared at her. "It's good that you know."