Lilika then remembered that there was still a guest in the house and hurriedly put on an apologetic smile. "I'm sorry you had to see that. I really haven't disciplined her properly. I'm willing to compensate the victim double for their losses, and I can meet them privately to apologize in person. But I don't think we should spread this around, should we? After all, this is her first offense. I think she deserves another chance. Teacher Li, you look like a good person. As long as you're willing to help us out, I can guarantee you won't be disappointed."
"Well..." Li Xuan put on a troubled expression.
"Sweetheart, go play outside for a while. I need to speak with Teacher Li alone." Seeing his hesitation, Lilika assumed he was worried that her offer would not satisfy his appetite, so she coaxed Alulu outside. After all, it was not appropriate to discuss such matters in front of a child.
"Teacher Li, now that the child is gone, please be honest with me. How exactly is the school planning to handle this?" Lilika asked anxiously.
"This incident had an extremely bad impact, and the victim's side has put a great deal of pressure on the school. So the school's opinion is... expulsion." As Li Xuan spoke, he picked up his cup and took a sip of coffee.
"Expulsion?! This... this... she's still so young! What will happen to her in the future?" Lilika's worry was obvious. Alulu attended a private elite school. Being expelled would not only leave a stain on her record, but also deprive her of quality educational resources. More importantly, she would lose many future connections. The impact on the rest of her life would be enormous. How could Lilika, who adored her daughter, not be worried?
"Ma'am, to be honest, I find it very regrettable as well. That is why I strongly recommended to the school that I conduct a home visit first and make a decision based on the interview. After all, I'm this child's new homeroom teacher. I should bear some responsibility for her future." Li Xuan sighed and deliberately put on a worried expression.
"So your opinion will affect the school's final decision?" Lilika asked urgently, as though she had seized a lifeline.
This Was All for Her Daughter!
"That wouldn't be wrong, but I also have to consider my own future..." Li Xuan looked troubled, as if he regretted letting something slip.
"Teacher Li, please, you have to think of a way! She's still young. Her whole life can't be affected by something like this!" Lilika clasped Li Xuan's hand and pleaded.
The little girl's hand, freshly washed after a bath, was soft, smooth, and pleasantly cool. Li Xuan found it quite enjoyable. But he knew this was not the time to enjoy himself, so he continued wearing a bitter expression. "Ma'am, it's not that I can't understand how you feel, but..."
"Teacher, as long as you're willing to help us, I'll do anything you ask," Lilika continued pleading.
"I'm sorry, but if you intend to bribe me with money, then forget it. I don't lack money, and I can't take yours." Li Xuan shook his head regretfully while quietly applying the effects of Mind Interference to Lilika.
Mind Interference could not produce hypnosis-level effects on a Grade C magical girl, but influencing her thoughts was not a problem. This time, Li Xuan's interference was very simple. He merely infinitely amplified Lilika's long-suppressed desires, leaving her mind overflowing with springtime thoughts.
"But..." Lilika had said those words intending to make him name a price, but she had not expected him to be indifferent to money. In that case, she had to find another way to satisfy him.
Lilika was not some ignorant little girl. From his blatant look when she opened the door to the way his eyes still occasionally drifted toward her flat chest, she could tell that the man before her was very interested in her petite body. If sacrificing her looks could secure her daughter's future...
Lilika's heart fell into a brief struggle.
Come to think of it, because he had seen something he should not have seen the moment they met, Lilika had felt rather ashamed. Though she looked like a little girl, Lilika was still a fully grown woman and naturally had the corresponding needs. Now that they were alone in a room together, Li Xuan's refined demeanor and clean-cut appearance were exactly to Lilika's taste. For an adult who had repressed herself for so long, it was difficult not to have any thoughts at all.
I'm only being forced into this. It's not because I've been alone for too long, and it's not because I was moved by the sight of such a young, handsome man.
Forgive me, darling! I'm not cheating on you. I'm only doing this for our daughter's future. If you were still alive, you would surely agree, wouldn't you? Probably...
Anyway, this is all for my daughter. It definitely isn't because I'm greedy for pleasure myself.
Lilika kept finding excuses for herself in her heart. The thoughts she had already possessed, further magnified by Mind Interference, became genuine intentions to act.
"Teacher Li, I want to know what you think of me." Lilika finally made up her mind. She bit her lip and, with an unfamiliar motion, tugged the strap of her dress down slightly, revealing half of her round shoulder.
"I think you're very beautiful. Honestly, I can't see any sign that you've given birth. When you stand beside your daughter, I'd believe you if you said you were her sister," Li Xuan flattered her.
Women liked compliments at any time, and Lilika was no exception. Thinking of what she was about to do, her little face reddened. She barely forced out a smile. "For certain reasons... my body has never been able to grow. If you don't mind, we can do something pleasant together..."
"You want to do it? Right now? Here?" Li Xuan put on a surprised expression, as though he had never imagined things would develop this way.
"Yes. Are you willing?" Lilika lowered her blushing face and looked at the tips of her shoes. Although she was already a mature woman and had long prepared herself to offer her body, this was still an extremely shameful thing—especially since she had proposed it herself.
"It would be my honor." Li Xuan had come here precisely for this. How could he possibly let such a wonderful opportunity slip away? He smiled easily, rose to his feet, and placed his hand on Lilika's slender shoulder.
Lilika shuddered all over. Mentally, she was still somewhat resistant, but her body, which had not encountered a man's presence for many years, had already prepared itself to accept him on its own.
Damn it, what's wrong with me? Ever since I said goodbye to that man forever, my heart should have turned to ash. This is clearly only a task I have no choice but to do, so why does it feel this intense? Could my devotion to love really have been so shallow?
A wave of bitterness rose in Lilika's heart, yet her body had already softened onto the sofa beneath Li Xuan's hand.
Before stepping onto that already muddy path, Li Xuan turned her head so that her face faced him, allowing him to admire the complex expression on it.
It was an expression that combined sorrow, regret, anticipation, pleasure, and a sense of release she herself was unwilling to face. It was the result of her bitter heart, worn down by struggle, being reflected across her face. Such a marvelous expression appearing on the tender face of a petite girl was truly a strange experience.
Li Xuan was in no hurry to consume the meal before his lips. He slowly toyed with the tender buds that brought pleasure, ignoring the valley already flooded beyond control. He admired Lilika's expression and patiently waited for the moment when the pain in her heart fermented to its peak, like an experienced chef judging the heat beneath a simmering soup.
Lilika did not receive what she desired, which only deepened the guilt in her heart. She had clearly felt regret before anything happened, and she had clearly had enough time to come to her senses. So why could her body still not summon any thought of resistance?
Lilika began to hate her own body. It had to be this sinful body that had dragged down her noble spirit. Otherwise, why would she ever fawn over a stranger she had met for the first time?
No, this can't go on!
The face of her late husband appeared in Lilika's mind. It was a face she had nearly forgotten. More than a decade was enough to blur even a face once etched deeply into one's heart, yet time could also sanctify and symbolize that longing. A specific person became an obsession buried in one's heart.
A dead lover was perfect. The man pressing down on her now could never surpass her love for her late husband. That was beyond doubt, and it could not be doubted. Otherwise, her entire world would collapse.
In other words, she had to resist! Even if it was only futile resistance!
"No... no, you can't go in. Just rub against the outside. I absolutely can't betray my husband!" Lilika tried to make her increasingly disobedient body move, gently pushing against Li Xuan's chest. Yet her strength was so light that even she could no longer tell whether it counted as resistance or caressing.
What was worse, she had happened to touch Li Xuan's firm chest muscles. That solid, hard sensation stirred a woman's instinctive yearning for strength, making her already limp arm grow even softer.
The Shame and Sorrow of a Magical Housewife
Although Lilika's resistance was so weak that it seemed more like a welcome, Li Xuan still immediately straightened up, grabbed his clothes, and put them on as if he were about to leave.
"Huh? Why are you..." Lilika froze. What she had imagined was that, after a round of futile resistance, she would half-push, half-accept the inevitable. That way, she would neither betray the fidelity in her heart nor lose the physical pleasure. She had never expected Li Xuan to have such self-control that he could get up and leave at such a critical moment.
"Ma'am, after thinking carefully, what we are doing now would not only sadden your husband in heaven, but would also have immeasurable consequences for your daughter. I know you do not truly wish to accept me. You are only forced into this for your daughter's schooling. I have already felt your sincerity, and I respect your wishes." Li Xuan stood up and placed his hand on the doorknob. "Besides, you don't need to worry about your daughter anymore. At most, I'll take on some responsibility myself. I'll definitely persuade the school to lessen the punishment."
Hearing that righteous declaration, one so flawless even Jesus could not find fault with it, Lilika stood dumbly in place as if she had been struck on the head. She was already flowing like a stream, burning like fire, teased to the very brink of reaching the peak. Yet the man before her cruelly stripped away all her excuses, then held her resolve to remain faithful high above her like an untouchable idol.
What was she supposed to say? Li Xuan had already agreed to help. Her excuse of doing it for her daughter's education was gone. Was a woman of her status supposed to beg the man before her to take her simply to satisfy her base instincts?
She was not some shameless bitch!
"Please wait, Teacher Li... Don't go yet!" Contrary to her thoughts, Lilika had already been driven by her instincts to climb up and throw her arms around Li Xuan from behind. Her body, which had been limp just moments earlier, suddenly found strength again.
All of this had been within Li Xuan's expectations. Passive acceptance could still leave room for explanation, but an active invitation was undeniably betrayal. The difference between the two seemed small, yet it was enough to pierce the fragile heart of a widow barely holding on.
Only by completely overturning her world could he make her useful to him. Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, this was letting the prey go in order to catch it.
"Ma'am, please don't do this! I was only carried away just now. Please calm down. If this gets out, it won't do either of us any good!" Li Xuan held steady as though he had activated a no-recoil cheat, while putting on a startled expression.
"Help me. I've already asked you so shamelessly. Can you really remain unmoved?" Overwhelmed by desire, Lilika looked at Li Xuan with eyes full of longing and hatred. She hated how skilled his fingers were, leaving her nearly as skilled herself; she hated even more that her body was so disappointing. After only a short time of being teased, she had already flooded like a broken pipe. Even during the few steps from the sofa to the door, shining droplets had trailed down her legs onto the floor.
Don't misunderstand. Those were tear stains, tears that Lilika could not help shedding because she missed her late husband. They overflowed from the three tear ducts all over her body.
"Ma'am, why do this? Do you no longer love your husband?" As Li Xuan spoke, he grabbed Lilika by her small rear and lifted her up, carrying her to the mirror in the pose used to hold a child when helping them relieve themselves.
"Please don't say that. My love for him is carved into my bones. No one could ever replace him..." Lilika turned her face away, too afraid to look at her disheveled expression.
"Then why betray him?"
"This isn't betrayal..."
"This is betrayal. For a moment of pleasure, you have betrayed sacred love." As Li Xuan spoke, he deliberately leaned close to her left side, his warm breath brushing over the space between her pink neck and ear, making Lilika shiver involuntarily.
Then, he gently licked Lilika's round earlobe with the tip of his tongue. They said a woman's ears were her humidifier, and that was no empty saying. The instant Li Xuan's tongue touched her earlobe, Lilika felt as if an electric current had shot from her ear throughout her entire body. The part of her responsible for carrying on great genes secreted hot moisture, and her entire body went weak and numb.
"Yes, you're right. This is betrayal." Lilika could no longer keep up her restraint. She collapsed softly into Li Xuan's arms, wrapped her hands around his neck, and kept reaching upward for a kiss, while tears continued streaming from her eyes.
Lilika did not understand that the reason her body reacted so intensely was precisely because of the sense of betrayal brought by her persistence and the way she constantly denied her own desires. The more she deified her dead husband in her heart, the harsher her inner condemnation became.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Xuan threw her onto the sofa. Whenever Lilika resisted slightly, he roughly twisted her aside. That rough treatment constantly reminded her that the man before her did not love her. He merely regarded her as a convenient and useful tool.
The passage that had lain silent like ashes for more than a decade finally welcomed its train again. At that moment, Lilika understood that everything was over. The instant Li Xuan entered her, she felt an unprecedented fulfillment, a swelling sensation even her dead husband had never given her. Her undeveloped body felt like a leather bag being stretched open. Though she had prepared herself thoroughly, the swelling ache was still strangely delightful.
As her body rose into heaven, Lilika's spirit seemed to fall into hell. She could not forgive herself for her betrayal, much less forgive the man before her for trampling her pride beneath his feet. He had grasped both her limits and her desires perfectly, forcing her to lower herself and cast aside her restraint to beg for connection. That was intolerable for a woman of her noble status. Lilika cried as she enjoyed herself, and the tears from above and below were almost equally plentiful.
That duet of heaven and hell gave her an extreme sense of contrast. The experience tore apart her spirit and flesh, body and heart, making her desire rise ever higher amid the guilt of betrayal.
When the performance reached its final note, Lilika's body no longer made any extra movements. Instead, it became rigid. Both her legs stretched straight, every muscle in her body tensed, and then she began trembling like a sieve. Li Xuan himself had not expected it to turn out like this. He found it very amusing and could not help exerting himself a few more times, forcibly prolonging the cruel experience happening to Lilika until he too withdrew in satisfaction. Lilika's rigidity persisted for more than a minute.
Lilika felt as if she had died just then, and only after a long while did her soul return to her body. By the time she lost consciousness, Li Xuan had already pulled up his pants and left, without even cleaning up the disastrous battlefield.
After resting for a long time, Lilika finally crawled up, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, cleaned the damp sofa, mopped the floor, and sprayed a large amount of perfume to cover the strange smell filling the air. She had not wanted to do any of it, but her daughter would be back soon. If Alulu saw her like this, how could she ever show her face again?
However, after hurriedly cleaning everything up, Lilika still did not see her precious daughter return. As the sky gradually darkened, Lilika's heart rose into her throat. Could something have happened to that child outside?
Alulu's Adventure
Alulu, sent outside to play by her mother, unsurprisingly ran into trouble.
After leaving home, Alulu followed her mother's instructions and played in the small park near their house. When Li Xuan emerged after taking care of his business, he removed the hypnosis effect on her. At the same time, he summoned Xu Rou through their consciousness and sent her the following "script" by text message.
Next, it was time to enjoy the wonderful show.
The moment the hypnosis was lifted, Alulu immediately sensed that something was wrong—she had stolen something? Teacher Li was coming for a home visit? Where had these strange thoughts come from?
Though still young, Alulu belatedly realized that her unnatural memories had probably been interfered with somehow. She did not know whether it had been a monster or something else, but one thing was obvious: she had brought a bad person into her home and even told her mother that he was her teacher!
Thinking of how her mother had said she wanted to "talk to Teacher Li alone," Alulu panicked. Her mother was alone with someone dangerous! She needed Alulu's protection right now!
"World! In the name of love and hope, grant me strength!"
Alulu transformed without hesitation. In her transformed state, she wore a golden crown set with blue gems, a white top on her upper body, and a flowing cape. Below, she wore a sapphire-blue short skirt trimmed with gold, along with blue ankle boots edged in gold. A stretch of fair skin showed between her skirt and her boots.
A six-pointed-star-shaped badge transformed into a crystal ball floating in midair. The crystal ball was roughly the size of a fist and orbited around Alulu like a satellite.
"Mom! Wait for me, I'm coming to save you!" After transforming, Alulu carefully floated into the air and flew toward her home.
But just then, a thin black film suddenly appeared out of nowhere and blocked her path.
Alulu was startled. She had not been a magical girl for long, and her control over magical power was still immature. She had no ability to slow down during high-speed flight and crashed straight into it.
"Ah!" Alulu cried out miserably and fell straight from the sky. Fortunately, she remained calm. As she neared the ground, she released a burst of magical force downward, canceling out the force of her fall and landing steadily on the ground.
"Not bad. 'Teacher' is very pleased." Li Xuan appeared before Alulu with a smile.
"Teacher? You're the big bad guy who tricked me!" Alulu froze for a moment. Although Cognitive Obstruction protected her, since the other party had mentioned the word "teacher," it was obvious that he was the scammer she had met today! Furthermore, judging from the Evil Energy radiating from him, he was a monster!
"Monster! What did you do to my mom?!" Alulu bravely stepped forward, but she was terrified inside. The Evil Energy radiating from him seemed far stronger than her own. Since gaining her powers, she had only transformed a few times, and all she had fought were low-level monsters like Slimes that barely knew how to resist. She had never even seen a monster that could talk.
"Nothing much. We merely did some things children shouldn't know about." Li Xuan gave a wicked smile.
"You bad man, I'll fight you! Meteor!" Alulu charged forward furiously. The crystal ball fired a star wrapped in a dazzling trailing effect at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan made no attempt to dodge or defend. The star struck him directly, blasting apart the surrounding ground and raising a cloud of smoke where he stood.
"I did it! Mom, I'm coming to save you!" Alulu was overjoyed. That magical Meteor had been launched in a moment of extreme fury and had clearly surpassed every spell she had used before. Surely the monster before her could not endure it. Evil truly could not defeat justice!
The next second, the smoke cleared. Li Xuan stood unharmed in the same spot, without even moving a step.
"That's it? That's it? Is that all the strength you magical girls have?" Li Xuan mocked after taking the spell straight to the face.
His Evil Energy had now reached Grade C+. Against the attack of a Grade D nobody, he did not even need to defend. This was his first time facing a magical girl with absolute strength. Since he had previously needed all sorts of tricks because he could not win head-on, he finally got to enjoy the thrill of overwhelming someone by sheer level difference.
"My strongest spell... didn't work?" Alulu was shocked, but Li Xuan gave her no time to process it. Several tentacles had already shot toward her at astonishing speed. Alulu hurriedly fired another burst of starlight, but it only slightly slowed one tentacle. The other tentacles were about to touch her body!
I can't beat him... I can't possibly defeat an opponent like this!
Alulu closed her eyes in despair.
"Monster, stop your rampage!"
In the midst of that desperate situation, a sharp cry rang out. Alulu heard a series of thuds, as though something had fallen to the ground.
She curiously opened her eyes and found a valiant older sister standing beside her. The woman held a huge axe and had cut the tentacles down one after another. The thudding sounds had been the tentacles hitting the ground.
"Xu Rou? Did you break free from the brainwashing? Damn it, I should have completely transformed you from the start!" Li Xuan said in shock and anger.
"It's too late for regrets now! Die! Moonlight!" Xu Rou raised her huge axe high. A beam of black light poured down from the moon's position, enveloping Li Xuan.
"Ahhhhh! Just you wait! I'll definitely come back!" Li Xuan let out a pained howl, abandoned the broken tentacles scattered across the ground, and fled the scene.
"Don't run! Give me back my mom!" Alulu was about to chase after him when Xu Rou stopped her with one hand.
"Little sister, don't chase him. That guy is full of tricks. He must have set traps along his escape route," Xu Rou advised.
"Big sister, thank you for saving me, but my mom..." Alulu said anxiously.
"Your mother is currently imprisoned by the monster in his territory. I can take you to save her, but it will be very dangerous. Are you afraid?" Xu Rou asked with a serious expression.
"I'm not afraid! As long as I can save Mom, I'll do anything!" Alulu said firmly.
"Girls shouldn't say things like that so casually. Don't worry, big sister will do her best to support you too." Xu Rou smiled gently.
"But big sister, how do you know so much? Wait, the aura around you..." Alulu warily stepped back several paces. She had already sensed the monster's aura coming from Xu Rou.
"Sigh, it seems I can only tell you. Big sister here was once captured and brainwashed by that monster, and my body was turned into that of a monster too. But I broke free from the brainwashing through my own will. Now I've decided to do something to make up for my past mistakes. If you doubt me, that would be perfectly understandable. I don't demand that you believe me." After emotionally reciting the lines Li Xuan had given her, Xu Rou sighed deeply and turned her back to Alulu so she would not see the smile she could not hide.
"Big sister... I'm sorry. I didn't know you had gone through something like that. I won't doubt you. Please take me to find my mom!" Alulu said firmly.
"I'm so glad you're willing to trust me. Let's go now! I'll take you to find your mother!" Xu Rou said happily, taking Alulu's hand and leading her through the city.
There really are more good people than bad people in this world! Alulu thought with relief.
Before you continue