Chapter 127: Just Won’t Admit It
The two of them argued for quite a while about the whole situation.
Thankfully, Ye Ziming had the foresight to book a private room in advance, so Lin Muqing didn’t suffer a public social death. It was just in front of him, a small price to pay.
“You really don’t know what I’m talking about?”
“I don’t! I have no idea what you're saying!”
“Then why is your face so red?”
“It’s the weather, too hot!”
“Then why can’t you look me in the eye? Feeling guilty?”
“Who said I feel guilty?”
She stubbornly raised her head, her bright red face staring straight at her good friend, forcing herself to hold eye contact.
From earlier until now, she kept denying that the account was hers. No matter what Ye Ziming asked, she acted clueless. As for the photos, she wouldn’t admit they were hers either, either pretending not to see them or calling it coincidence.
“Oh? You’re really not guilty?”
His eyes squinted slightly, the corners of his mouth lifting. As Ye Ziming leaned a bit closer, Lin Muqing’s face got larger in his view. The closer he got, the more mischievous his smile became. He was clearly in the mood to tease her.
“O-of course not!”
Lin Muqing tried her best to keep eye contact and used the last of her stubbornness to reply.
“You sure?” He leaned a little closer.
“S-sure!”
She leaned back slightly, her eyes starting to dart away, and the confidence in her voice clearly fading.
“You know... people who lie get their butts smacked.”
Seeing her cute reaction, Ye Ziming chuckled. He couldn’t help but want to mess with her a little more.
“Eek...!”
For some reason, when she heard that, Lin Muqing instinctively wanted to cover her backside, and her mind immediately imagined a scene where her good buddy was actually spanking her.
This was getting weird. Were both of them into this kind of thing? What’s with all the butt-smacking? Is that even polite!?
They messed around a bit more. No matter what tricks Ye Ziming used to tease her, Lin Muqing stuck to her story and refused to admit anything.
The reason was simple, she had done way too many embarrassing things with that account, stuff that would absolutely destroy her if anyone found out. She didn’t just ask strangers online for spicy images; she even openly asked in group chats for adult videos.
And don’t even get started on the “NSFW art” and “adult games”. Yeah, let’s not talk about it.
“Alright then, if it’s not you, I’ll drop it.”
Seeing that it was getting late, Ye Ziming sat up straight, tidied himself up, and finally stopped teasing her.
Even though she didn’t admit anything out loud, her body language told the whole story. Lin Muqing was terrible at lying. At least in front of him, she absolutely couldn’t pull it off.
“Phew…”
Seeing that he finally let her go, Lin Muqing couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. I made it through alive…
“What a pity.”
Standing up from his chair, Ye Ziming let out a deliberate sigh and glanced at his phone as he spoke in a meaningful tone.
That caught Lin Muqing’s attention. Curious, she turned her head and looked at him with questioning eyes.
“If you really were her, I was going to gift you a full custom gear set.”
“…?”
“Come on, let’s go home.”
Squinting slightly and seeing the shocked look on Lin Muqing’s face, Ye Ziming smiled mysteriously. After that, he patted her shoulder and gently reminded her to get up so they could head home.
“I…”
When she heard the words “max-level gear,” Lin Muqing clearly froze for a second, she was tempted.
Max-level gear meant she could dominate the game, crush all the noobs, and become the star player in guild battles.
“Don’t forget your takeaway box.”
Seeing her cute expression, Ye Ziming gently reminded her.
There’s a saying, "there’s still plenty of time in the future." Right now, Ye Ziming wasn’t in a hurry at all. Making Lin Muqing admit the truth wasn’t hard. It would be better if she admitted it herself. So he decided to take things slow.
This matter seemed to be over... but not really.
At least on the taxi ride home, Ye Ziming didn’t bring it up again, so Lin Muqing finally didn’t have to sit there with a burning red face the whole time.
When the taxi pulled up outside her apartment and they were about to go their separate ways, Ye Ziming suddenly stopped her.
“This morning I had someone buy a few things. They should be delivered soon, remember to receive them when they arrive.”
“What did you buy?”
Tilting her head, she looked at him with confusion.
“You’ll see.”
With that same meaningful smile, Ye Ziming chose to leave her a little surprise.
“Emmm, alright then. See you tomorrow.”
She was super curious, but since her good buddy wasn’t saying anything, she had no choice. So she waved goodbye and went upstairs. Honestly, if she could, she would’ve taken the next high-speed train and run away to some place where Ye Ziming couldn’t find her.
But that was just a fantasy.
After getting home, the first thing Lin Muqing did was try to forget everything that happened just now and tell herself that nothing had happened. She figured as long as she didn’t admit anything, Ye Ziming wouldn’t have any real proof. Those were just a few photos, not evidence!
But still… she really wanted that top-tier gear.
Whimper... life is too hard.
While Lin Muqing was lying on the sofa, squirming and imagining all the embarrassing scenarios, she suddenly heard a knock at the door.
“Hello, is this Miss Lin Muqing?”
It was a woman’s voice. As soon as Lin Muqing heard it, she quickly got up, put on her slippers, and went to the door to open it.
She saw a woman holding a bag, standing at her door.
After confirming her name, the woman smiled softly, handed her the bag, and left without saying anything else.
Lin Muqing snapped a photo of the bag and sent it to her good buddy before opening it to see what was inside.
“Huh? Blue-and-white panties?!”
Her eyes widened as her eyelids twitched. She was shocked by the piece of cloth in her hand. In disbelief, she grabbed the whole bag and dumped everything out.
And what did she see?
Pink-and-white panties, teddy bear panties, strawberry-patterned panties, each cuter than the last.
“This is too much!”
“Dude, why on earth did you buy me this stuff!?”
Snapping out of her shock, Lin Muqing immediately picked up her phone and called Ye Ziming. She even considered rushing over right now to confront him face-to-face.
“I’m sorry.”
“…Huh?”
What caught her off guard was that before she even expressed her anger, Ye Ziming opened the call with an apology. That stunned her for a moment, she hadn’t even said anything yet!
As she stood there puzzled, his voice came through again.
“When I was helping you get your clothes earlier, I… kinda… accidentally lost all your men’s-style underwear. So those were... compensation.”
What!?
Still on the phone, Lin Muqing dashed to her room in a panic.
She opened the drawer where she kept her underwear, and sure enough, there was only one pair of women’s panties left.