Travel · Qiongzhou Arc (9): Xiao Ling: You Were So Forward Last Night

What is the scariest thing in the world?

Lynae felt that nothing was worse than waking up with a splitting headache in the morning after a hangover, only to find herself and her manhood naked in bed together.

Xiao Ling was fast asleep. Unlike his usual quirky and amusing self, he now truly possessed the air of Rover.

But Lynae had no time to pay attention to the sleeping Hajiling in front of her. She was only feeling a terrible headache, and her body was Threnody as if it were about to fall apart.

"Pain..."

She moved her body slightly. Although the pain wasn't as intense, it wasn't exactly nothing serious either. At least Lynae felt that she wouldn't be able to walk normally for a while.

"What did I do after I got drunk last night...?" she muttered to herself in frustration, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.

This series of subtle noises naturally woke up Hajiling, who was sleeping soundly beside her pillow. His eyelashes fluttered slightly, and then he opened his eyes in a daze.

Lynae was so frightened by the other person's sudden awakening that she didn't dare to breathe, and her little heart started pounding uncontrollably.

"Hmm? Lynae? Good morning." The other person's voice was a little hoarse from just waking up. "You were up so much last night, why don't you take a little more sleep now?"

"After all this trouble...? So what exactly happened last night...?"

"Hmm? You forgot?" Xiao Ling revealed a sly smile. "You were so proactive last night, even saying you'd force yourself on me even if I refused..."

Holy crap, I really said those things last night?!

Lynae felt her brain and face burning up, her whole face turning bright red, and she couldn't even think straight anymore.

With her mind Blank, she almost instinctively kicked Hajiling off the bed.

"Holy crap!" Xiao Ling immediately flew off the warm bed, leaving him only in his underwear.

"Get out." Lynae buried herself completely under the covers, leaving only her eyes staring at the other person.

"Lynae, this is called turning your back on someone after you've already done your work..."

I told you to go out!

Without giving Xiao Ling a chance to speak, the blond-haired guy threw out everything he could find.

Seeing that there was no room for explanation, Xiao Ling could only quickly put on his clothes and leave the room amidst Lynae's hail of bullets.

"Call..."

He was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he turned his head and saw Dania standing in front of him with her phone, snapping a picture of his current predicament.

"Yaya, what are you doing here...?"

"I just happened to be passing by and saw you coming out of Lynae's room." Dania's pretty face had a sly smile on it. "Now the evidence of your crimes is on my phone~ Guess if I tell Little Ai and the others?"

She had finally found something on this guy, so of course she wanted to take this opportunity to vent her resentment at being manipulated by him all this time.

But will Xiao Ling really accept the challenge?

"Yaya, you're using these tactics against me?" Xiao Ling, unusually, revealed a more meaningful smile. "I can only say, too young, too simple."

Without saying a word, he picked up the Honey Peach and strode towards her bedroom.

"Ling! It's so early in the morning! I haven't had breakfast yet! Put me down!"

I've prepared a special breakfast of love just for you, I guarantee you'll eat your fill!

As the saying goes, if you can't solve the secret, solve the person who discovers it. Xiao Ling understands this principle well, and poor Dania is doomed now.

After cleaning up the mess left from last night, Lynae sat blankly on the bed, her unfocused gaze lost in thought.

She tried to piece together the cause, process, and outcome of the incident using her remaining memories, but the more she thought about it, the more her face flushed and her heart raced, until she finally gave up even on the act of thinking about it.

But regardless, the facts are there: after that absurd night, her relationship with Xiao Ling was no longer that of pure brothers.

This was so different from what she had expected that she was now extremely at a loss.

Knock knock knock.

The knocking was slow and deliberate, three times. Lynae simply said, "Come in," and the person outside pushed open the door and entered.

"Principal Roccia, you're here?" Lynae pretended to be nonchalant, flashing her usual carefree smile.

"Still pretending?" Roccia said calmly, "After something like this, you can still act so nonchalant. I really have to praise you for being so carefree."

Lynae's smile froze for a moment after being exposed, then she reluctantly wiped it off.

Roccia moved lightly to sit down beside her, without immediately asking any questions. The two remained silent like statues.

"Regret it?" After a long while, Roccia asked tentatively.

Lynae shook her head violently as if by reflex. "It's not regret, I'm just a little confused..."

"After all, look at the principal, if something like this happened between him and his crush without him even realizing it, anyone would feel helpless..."

"Moreover, this all happened so fast. I don't even know how to face Sister Nia and the others. Just a few days ago I was saying that Jinhsi and Xiao Ling were having an affair, and now I'm one of them..."

"I think I understand now. After thinking it over, you're still struggling with the same issue," Roccia said calmly, "How do you deal with your current relationships after this incident?"

"Well... I guess so." Lynae didn't deny it. "Especially Xiao Ling's side. We were practically sworn brothers before, and now it's turned into this..."

"If you ask me, we should just treat each other the same way we did before," Roccia quite magnanimously. "Don't be so petty about Dania and the others. If even one of them were controlling, that little rascal wouldn't be juggling so many relationships."

In other words, they won't resent your sudden arrival; they'll just celebrate that there's one more person to share the firepower.

"Huh?" Lynae exclaimed in surprise, "Is that so?"

"Yeah, that little rascal can really give them a hard time when she gets angry."

"... All right."

"As for your current relationship with Xiao Ling, just do what's most comfortable for you. Since you've already slept together, there's no need to be demanding of yourself the ideal of a perfect couple. He loves your free spirit," Roccia comforted with a smile. "Besides, since he's taken your body, he'll naturally take full responsibility."

"Principal, you seem to have a wealth of experience... But thank you, these words are very helpful to me!"

After such encouragement, Lynae's initial confusion vanished, and a genuine, radiant smile returned to her face.

"Look at what you're saying... I used to get drunk just like you, and then I did some... you know..." Roccia a headache coming on when she thought about her embarrassing past. "So, a little alcohol is fine, but getting drunk really does lead to trouble..."

"Haha... The principal is right..." Lynae gave Roccia an awkward but polite smile in response to her own example.