Chapter 191 : Chapter 191
191. Locking the Door is Sometimes a Good Habit
After Lu Zheng politely declined the invitations from the two girls, and Yi Ning seized the chance to snatch away Lu Zheng’s stroke of romantic luck, the group arrived together at Lester’s home.
Lester’s plan could be said to be quite perfect.
After dinner and some small talk, and as the sky grew dark, Lu Zheng and Yi Ning unsurprisingly agreed to stay over at Lester’s place for the night.
After all, since they had already decided to use the seal on Yi Ning’s body to get some blessings and go scam… exchange for some funds at the church, Lu Zheng no longer had that pressing sense of being completely broke with empty pockets.
“You two can stay in this room tonight. I already had my sister clean it up, and the quilts and bedsheets have all been changed to fresh ones.”
After saying this, Lester didn’t even wait for Lu Zheng to speak. He shut the door and left the room, leaving Lu Zheng and Yi Ning—one man and one woman—alone together in that single room.
A bedroom, dim lighting, a double bed, one man and one woman.
The atmosphere was filled to the brim with ambiguity.
Lu Zheng was struggling to maintain the expression on his face.
He looked toward Yi Ning, stumbling over his words.
“Uh… um… don’t you think that…”
“You think so too?!”
Before Lu Zheng could finish his sentence, Yi Ning immediately responded.
She reached out and grabbed Lu Zheng by the wrist, pulling him all the way to the bedside and dragging him down to sit beside her.
Lu Zheng: “!”
Such an inviting gesture instantly set Lu Zheng’s heart ablaze.
His mind began spinning with wild thoughts.
What was going on with Yi Ning?
Why did she pull me onto the bed?
If she tries to force herself on me, should I resist?
I should probably resist, right?
As a physically healthy male, Lu Zheng was naturally interested in certain things between men and women, but he was more inclined toward the kind of relationships where those things were built on emotional connection.
Although Yi Ning did have a good relationship with him, he still felt it was a bit too early right now.
Just as Lu Zheng, after intense internal conflict, had finally decided to reject Yi Ning’s advances, Yi Ning slowly leaned her little head closer to Lu Zheng’s face.
A familiar fragrance once again wafted into Lu Zheng’s brain, causing his earlier thoughts about stopping Yi Ning and giving her a lecture about how some things must only be done with feelings as the foundation to blur and fade.
They had both spent a night out in the wild, so how did Yi Ning still manage to carry such a pleasant scent?
What, pretty girls don’t smell bad or something?
In Lu Zheng’s mind, the scale that represented “NO” was slowly rising, while the scale for “YES” was steadily descending.
“Hey.”
At some point, Yi Ning had moved up beside Lu Zheng’s ear.
“So you were thinking the same thing as me…”
The words, accompanied by warm breath, caused that “YES” side of the scale to start dropping faster.
Lu Zheng had already begun considering how good the soundproofing was in Lester’s house.
“You also think Lester is totally like the kind of male lead from a romantic comedy, right?”
“I agree! Go ahead, do what you will! Don’t hold back on my account!”
Almost the moment Yi Ning finished her sentence, Lu Zheng was overpowered by the little pervert inside him and instantly responded with the universal mating signal.
Yi Ning: “?”
Lu Zheng: “?”
Yi Ning was the first to recover.
She looked around at the environment, then glanced at the position between her and Lu Zheng, and her past experience as a former male instantly helped her understand Lu Zheng’s train of thought.
“Heh heh~”
Yi Ning curled her lips into a smug smile as she looked at Lu Zheng.
Lu Zheng immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his hands gripping his knees tightly, lowering his head to escape Yi Ning’s gaze.
“Oh my~ oh my~”
“Our most respected hero of D-City, Pixel Mask, what was going through your mind just now?”
She deliberately shifted her position closer to Lu Zheng, leaning forward slightly to bring her face before his, forcibly locking eyes with him.
Seeing Lu Zheng guiltily look away again, Yi Ning pressed her thigh against Lu Zheng’s and even slowly rubbed it a few times.
“Hey~ Don’t just go quiet~”
“I was wrong.”
Luckily, having been teased by Yi Ning in the past, Lu Zheng wasn’t at the point of immediately springing to attention.
But since it was his misunderstanding, Lu Zheng had no grounds to argue and could only apologize obediently.
However...
Was Yi Ning the kind of adorable girl who would give up just because someone apologized?
As someone who had long been dealing with Yi Ning, Lu Zheng should’ve known that surrendering while Yi Ning was at her peak excitement would only trigger her even more intense sadistic urges.
Yi Ning immediately followed up like a snake riding a stick.
She leaned even closer to Lu Zheng, pressing her hills—now Yi Ning’s own—onto the arm that had previously been visited by Shining Ning’s twin peaks. One hand rested on Lu Zheng’s shoulder, her cheek lightly brushing up against his ear.
She knew very well that if she just blew a gentle breath here, Lu Zheng would instantly jolt.
It was, essentially, a feedback-heavy mini-game.
Perhaps her soft lips were just a bit too close, and the warm breath was now seeping into Lu Zheng’s ear canal. From Yi Ning’s perspective, the man beside her already had his ears trembling from time to time.
This was undoubtedly good news for Yi Ning.
It meant that as long as she launched her attack, she could immediately get the kind of reaction she loved the most.
She took a slight breath, preparing to strike at Lu Zheng’s weak spot.
Even though she knew that this would likely lead to Lu Zheng losing his cool and breaking down, resulting in the two of them stubbornly clashing faces for the sake of pride, and eventually leading to a result neither of them wanted to see.
Knock knock.
Before Yi Ning could open her mouth, a sound came from the door, followed by the “click” of the door opening.
“You two, the hot water’s ready~ Onii-sama told me to come call you—”
The girl who entered was Lester’s younger sister.
One who opened her mouth with an “Onii-sama,” instantly making Lu Zheng feel the translation was probably dripping with Yi Ning’s private bias—a very cute child.
A girl so clingy to her older brother that it made Yi Ning suspicious Lester might really be one of those romantic comedy male protagonists—an oddly terrifying little girl.
She smiled sweetly as she pushed open the door, only to be met with the sight of her dear big brother’s invited friends stuck close together, clothes disheveled, looking for all the world like they were doing that kind of thing—the same sort of thing she only dared sneak into her big brother’s bed to do after he fell asleep.
Though she had plenty of experience already, her brain still briefly froze upon seeing the scene.
Fortunately, she wasn’t some naive baby completely clueless about this sort of thing.
She turned her head away, her tone slightly shy.
“Sorry, I didn’t expect you two to start… right after entering… I won’t tell anyone…”
“A-a-also… no need to worry, our walls are really thick, no matter how loud the noise is, no one on the other side can hear…”
“A-and… um… the door lock is right below the handle!”
“Sorry for the intrusion!”
After this round of extremely thoughtful commentary, she immediately closed the door.
Then, after a series of thump-thump-thump running sounds, the outside of the room went completely silent once again.
The room fell back into silence.