Chapter 28: Come Any Closer… and I’ll Scream!
“Will you dare to do it again?” Mo Ziyang glared fiercely at Lin Muxi, who was trembling under the blanket on the bed.
“You’re so mean… Mo Ziyang, you’re shameless! Dirty! Disgusting!”
Hiding inside the blanket, Lin Muxi’s face was bright red with embarrassment. Her eyes were full of panic as she tried to fix her clothes while cursing at Mo Ziyang, calling him a pervert. If you looked closely, you could even see her small feet in white socks trembling under the blanket.
This was totally her fault for provoking him first, serves her right. Lin Muxi regretted it in her heart.
But who knew that Mo Ziyang could change his attitude 180 degrees, faster than she could flip a book at school, and suddenly pin her down on the bed… Her body was already extra sensitive after becoming a girl, and he just had to pick strange places to tickle her.
So hateful… He knew she was ticklish and still used it against her! And to think she thought Mo Ziyang had a warm and gentle side—hah!
“What? That’s still not enough?”
Hearing Lin Muxi insult him, Mo Ziyang pretended to glare again and walked toward her, slowly rolling up his sleeves, looking like he was about to “deal” with her again.
“Y-you… what are you doing? Come any closer and… I-I’ll scream!”
Remembering how she had just been forced to beg for mercy on the bed, Lin Muxi quickly backed away in fear, closed her eyes, lowered her head, and clutched the blanket tightly to her chest.
“Go ahead and scream. Don’t forget, this is my private hospital room. Without my permission, even if you scream until your throat breaks, no one will come.”
As he spoke, Mo Ziyang even got into the role, putting on a mischievous smile. He placed his hand on Lin Muxi’s shoulder, leaned in close to her ear, and whispered.
“Go on—scream.”
“Eeeek—!”
With Lin Muxi’s cute, panicked cry and the sharp sound of a slap, a bright red handprint appeared on the face of the proud young master of the Mo family.
“I-I’m sorry! I… I… did it without thinking…”
The sudden slap also shocked Lin Muxi herself. When she opened her eyes, she realized she had instinctively smacked Mo Ziyang’s face.
Completely stunned by what she’d done, Lin Muxi immediately lowered her voice and apologized again and again. After all, just now, a few teasing words had almost left her powerless on the bed, so hitting him like this…
“Lin Muxi!”
“Eek! I’m sorry! I really didn’t mean it!”
Hearing Mo Ziyang shout her name with anger, Lin Muxi instantly wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, hiding inside and apologizing non-stop in fear.
“Come out.” Mo Ziyang held back the urge to drag her out by force and tried to speak in a calmer tone.
“N-no… not unless you promise not to tickle me.”
“Come out.”
“No…”
Mo Ziyang couldn’t help but laugh. How could someone this old still act like a little girl? Could it be that her body change had also changed her mind?
With that thought, he spoke to the trembling little lump under the blanket.
“Lin Muxi, don’t you think it’s funny? Do you really think a blanket can stop me?”
The effect was immediate. The lump on the bed stopped shaking, and a cautious little head popped out from under the blanket, eyes watching him nervously.
“W-what are you going to do… I really can’t take any more…”
Her tone no longer had that earlier defiance, there was now a hint of pleading and grievance. Her big watery eyes looked at Mo Ziyang in fear.
“You…”
Lin Muxi’s sudden change of attitude instantly cooled Mo Ziyang’s anger. Seeing her looking so pitiful, he just couldn’t bring himself to do anything. He turned his head away and gave up, then said,
“Come to my house for dinner tonight. My grandpa has something to tell you.”
“Huh…?”
Lin Muxi was shocked. She didn’t expect Mo Ziyang’s grandpa to invite her so soon. She thought it would take at least one or two months before that happened.
“What ‘huh’? Do you want me to say it again?”
“Oh… I got it.”
Seeing that Mo Ziyang wasn’t going to punish her anymore, Lin Muxi lifted the blanket, sat up on the bed, and took out her phone. She realized it was already almost dinner time.
So she had been unconscious for that long! She thought she had only passed out for maybe half an hour.
[Xiao Luyu: Bro, can you ask your bro if that’s really his girlfriend?]
[Xiao Luyu: Please, please, I’m dying of curiosity. That girl really caught my interest.]
[Xiao Luyu: If you find out, I’ll treat you to a meal. Just do me this favor.]
“…Seriously?”
The moment she opened her phone, it was full of this guy’s messages. Was he just obsessed with that cat-eared maid? Lin Muxi felt a slight headache, but as she kept scrolling, she found something even more annoying.
[Xiao Luyu: Do you think Mo Ziyang is protecting that little maid? Maybe he doesn’t want his girlfriend to be found out.]
[Xiao Luyu: Look, a few days ago, someone’s post got deleted, and now Mo Ziyang is personally clarifying things. Isn’t that suspicious?]
[Xiao Luyu: I’m telling you, that maid must be his girlfriend, and she’s definitely from our school… Otherwise, with his ‘I don’t care about anything’ attitude, why would he bother with this stuff?]
Lin Muxi: If you’re so good at guessing, why don’t you become a detective…
Now she was really panicking. She had completely forgotten that Mo Ziyang treated every girl who approached him, whether they were the prettiest in class or even the school beauty, with total indifference. He didn’t even bother to look at them.
So what looked like a “clarification” was actually exposing himself. Mo Ziyang was basically telling everyone, ‘Yes, she’s my girlfriend, and I protect her very well.’
How annoying! She just wanted to focus on her studies… She didn’t want a life full of scheming and drama with a bunch of girls. Thinking of this, Lin Muxi quickly typed a reply to Xiao Luyu.
[Lin Muxi: I asked already. She’s not. You guys are just making stuff up.]
But before she could turn off her phone, Xiao Luyu replied again.
[Xiao Luyu: Bro? You’re not on Mo Ziyang’s side, are you?]
[Lin Muxi: Say one more word and I’ll tell Mo Ziyang.]
[Xiao Luyu: No no no, my bad.]
Turning off her phone, Lin Muxi tilted her head toward Mo Ziyang and softly asked,
“When are we leaving?”
“If you think you’re fine, we can go. But if you’re going, make sure you take care of that injury on your head.” Mo Ziyang replied calmly.
“Then let’s go in a bit. I don’t want to lie here anymore.”
“Alright.”
As he looked at Lin Muxi lazily lying on the hospital bed, a strange light flashed in Mo Ziyang’s deep eyes. He was curious, how could just hitting her head make her attitude change so much?
He thought about the Lin Muxi from before, who tried every way to hide the fact she was a girl, compared to the current Lin Muxi, who seemed to have given up and even acted cute to get his sympathy. It was pretty interesting.
This made Mo Ziyang think of the words “taming” and “submission.” If that was the case… maybe if he pushed just a little more, Lin Muxi wouldn’t be able to go back.
If so, then that slap mark on his face… she could pay it back herself.
A slow smile curled on Mo Ziyang’s lips… He might still owe her some teasing, but he was also really looking forward to the day his “good bro” Lin Muxi truly became a girl.