Chapter 177: Pushing Your Luck
Lin Muqing quickly skipped over the topic about her phone. She saw a chance and immediately grabbed her good buddy’s hand, pulling him upstairs.
After a while, when the three Lin brothers saw that Lin Muqing had gone upstairs and wasn’t staying at the Lin family’s place, they stood up and got ready to leave too.
As they were walking out of the Ye house, the three of them exchanged looks, and then each one walked off in a different direction.
There’s a song lyric that says: “You always want what you can’t have.”
Even though Lin Muqing had rejected their offer, the three brothers hadn’t given up on the idea of giving her a gift. They were walking separately so that the others wouldn’t know what they were planning to buy.
Each of them had their own ideas about how to get “little sister” to accept and recognize them.
At the same time, back in Ye Ziming’s room, Lin Muqing was sitting with her mouth wide open in surprise.
“What? You’re saying Aunt Lin wants to be my mom?”
After coming back to the room, Lin Muqing had just sat down and was planning to play some computer games to relax, but she didn’t expect her good buddy to hit her with something even more shocking.
“Yeah.” Ye Ziming nodded gently.
He had thought about it and decided it was better to tell Lin Muqing about this sooner rather than later.
So, as soon as the door closed and they were alone, he told her everything and gave her a brief explanation.
Earlier, when he went to find his mom, he took the chance to quietly ask her why Meng Yue seemed so eager to make Lin Muqing her daughter.
To be honest, her reason didn’t make much sense to him, Ye Ziming just couldn’t really understand Meng Yue’s feelings.
“So that’s why she wanted me to call them 'brothers' earlier?”
Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Muqing carefully thought over what her friend had told her. After a while, she looked up and asked.
“That’s probably it.” Ye Ziming nodded again.
“But don’t feel pressured. Even if you don’t agree to call her ‘Mom,’ the Lin and Ye families are still on great terms. You can still call her Aunt Lin and go to her house to hang out.”
As he spoke, he reached out to gently pat Lin Muqing’s head. That was the real reason he brought this up.
Even though he didn’t know exactly what Lin Muqing was thinking, Ye Ziming could tell she actually liked being close to Aunt Lin.
As for what he thought about all of this, he neither supported it nor opposed it. What mattered most to him was whether Lin Muqing was happy. Everything else wasn’t his business.
“Mhm.” She lowered her head, thinking seriously about how to deal with the situation.
The word “Mom” meant a lot to Lin Muqing. It carried a heavy emotional weight for her. She didn’t think she could say it so easily.
Even though she felt that Meng Yue was different from others, for now, she just couldn’t bring herself to say it.
Time passed quickly that afternoon. Other than playing games with Ye Ziming, they also talked about homework.
This National Day holiday was eight days long because it included the Mid-Autumn Festival. It sounded like a great break, but if you looked at the huge pile of homework… it totally changed the feeling.
"Aunt Lin."
In the evening, Lin Muqing came downstairs. When she saw Meng Yue, she greeted her politely.
Even though she now knew Meng Yue had certain hopes for her, Lin Muqing didn’t feel awkward about it.
She decided to just act as usual. As for what might happen in the future, her attitude was simple, ‘If problems come, I’ll deal with them then.’
“What is it?”
Meng Yue was still chatting with Ye Ziming’s mother. When she saw Lin Muqing come downstairs, she smiled and asked.
“Didn’t you say you were going to teach me how to cook tonight?” Lin Muqing grinned, looking a bit shy but happy.
“Aiya, looks like I can slack off again tonight~” Meng Yue laughed playfully.
Mother Ye was the first to react. Then she looked at the two of them and laughed, covering her mouth as she teased, "Look at you, acting like you’re all that."
Pretending to be annoyed, she playfully scolded them, and then Meng Yue stood up and took Lin Muqing to the kitchen. Even though Mother Ye said that, she still got up and followed them to help prepare dinner.
As they worked together in the kitchen, Lin Muqing actually felt it was quite nice.
But what made her a bit disappointed was that after dinner was ready, Meng Yue didn’t stay to eat. Instead, she went home. Later, Lin Muqing found out it was because Father Lin and the three Lin brothers had invited Meng Yue to a big fancy dinner that the four of them had carefully prepared for her.
“Big bro, there’s still plenty of hot water.”
After dinner and a shower, Lin Muqing walked out of the bathroom and casually said this to her good buddy.
“Alright.”
Ye Ziming slowly looked up and smiled at her.
She was wearing a set of white home clothes, the kind of long T-shirt you’d see in anime, like the one worn by the character “Sensei” in adult anime. The shirt was very long, and her shorts were very short, so it looked like she wasn’t wearing anything on her lower half.
Ye Ziming looked her up and down, then slowly stood up from his computer chair and grabbed a set of clothes to go take a shower.
Just as he was about to leave, he happened to walk past her. With a mischievous smile, he leaned close to her ear and whispered softly:
“You look really cute. It suits you.”
His voice was soft and calm, just the right speed so she could hear him clearly.
Then he straightened up and walked away without looking back. Because, as he always said, ‘A real man never looks back at the explosion.’
“Geez…”
The room stayed quiet for a moment, then a soft sound broke the silence.
Someone’s cheeks were completely red. She pouted as she looked at the closed door, muttering a small complaint.
If someone else had called her “cute,” she definitely wouldn’t have liked it, maybe she’d even give them a cold look.
But when it was her good buddy saying it, she just couldn’t get mad. Maybe… she didn’t totally hate it.
“Mmm… I need to talk to him.”
Sitting in a chair and drying her hair, Lin Muqing puffed out her cheeks while thinking.
She realized something, her good buddy had been getting bolder lately. For no reason at all, he would suddenly tell her she’s cute.
And every time he said it, her heart would race and her face would turn red. It was honestly too much to handle.
That’s not a good sign. So, she decided to talk to him about it once he finished his shower.
While thinking about this, she finished drying her hair and turned her head. Just in time to notice his phone was sitting on the chair nearby.
Ehhh… come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I looked at any lewd pictures…
All because of that one incident (when she found out the online friend who shared those pictures was actually her good buddy).
Ever since that day, she didn’t dare ask that online friend (her good buddy) for lewd pictures again. She also didn’t dare ask in the group chat anymore, because her buddy was in that group chat too.
“Ughhh—I really want lewd pictures!”
After drying her hair, she flopped onto the bed and rolled around twice, letting out small cries of frustration.
On her fifth roll, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, then did a dramatic sit-up and looked toward the chair.
If she couldn’t ask him for lewd pictures… then maybe she could just use his phone and send them to herself?
“Hehehe~ I’m such a little genius!”
She giggled to herself, sneakily picked up her good buddy’s phone, and typed in his password.
Lin Muqing: Lewd pictures! Here I come!