Volume 1 Chapter 32: Don’t Go, I’ll Act Cute, Okay?
“Re-return the favor?”
The girl kept trying to move around on the table, but it didn’t help much. To be exact, Demon King Gao Liang still firmly held her down and insisted on getting some “payment” for tonight’s tutoring.
“Th-this is too much! What payment… You’re just taking advantage of the fact that no one is here, so no one will see your true perverted side. That’s why you dare to bully me, j-just like in the teacher's office before!”
The girl complained sadly. She clearly didn’t want to “pay him back.” Gao Liang gave a mischievous smile. His gentle eyes now looked sharp like a cheetah’s, and he even nodded.
“That’s right. This kind of place is perfect for bullying a little kitten~”
“You actually admit it so shamelessly! Wh-who taught you to play so weirdly? And what little kitten… I’m not small!”
The girl gritted her teeth in anger, but she still couldn’t move. In the end, she could only shout helplessly:
“When we get out, I’ll definitely tell the teacher! I’ll call the police! You better let me go now, or else, or else I’ll…”
“Or else? But isn’t this something both of us agreed to?”
“Who agreed with you?! I clearly can’t resist, okay?!”
Gao Liang smiled and said, “But if the police take me away, then no one will tutor you anymore. Sure, you could find someone else, but I doubt anyone else would be willing to explain problems to you for hours without stopping.”
Uh…
That did make sense.
And by the time he came back, he would still see her with her “IQ of only 20.”
Hiss—
That somehow sounded even more dangerous. Would she get tricked away by him with just a lollipop in the future?
The girl shivered. Gao Liang smiled and said, “So, can you return the favor now?”
“Y-you… what do you even want? I’m telling you first, you can have my body, but you’ll never have my heart! Waaah—”
I used to be a passionate young man! I like girls, okay?! Sob sob…
Lin Lin was even ready to kick him hard in self-defense. But after a while, Gao Liang didn’t do anything. Instead, he looked confused at his deskmate, whose face was red as she lay on the table.
Deskmate… maybe it literally means lying on the same desk?
“Ahem…” Gao Liang coughed awkwardly, then said, “Lin Lin, you misunderstood. I just want to hear you meow like a cat.”
“…Huh?”
Lin Lin opened her eyes, stayed silent for a moment, then said with an awkward expression, “That… ‘meow’ again?”
“That’s right. I want to hear it two more times. Do it seriously, make it cute, like a little kitten acting spoiled toward its owner, saying ‘meow~.’”
Gao Liang smiled as he spoke. Lin Lin twitched her mouth speechlessly. You can meow pretty well yourself, can’t you?
Does this guy have some special obsession with cat girls?
You should just watch anime or something! Things from the 2D world don’t exist in real life! Don’t try to force me to act like a cat girl!
Hmm…
The girl lowered her head, feeling shy, and said softly, “Y-you… let me go first.”
“No. In this position, it feels more embarrassing.”
Em-embarrassing?
Lin Lin froze on the spot.
Why… why?
What exactly changed this once “perfect, popular guy” in her eyes, making him say things like this?
Putting a girl in an embarrassing position and forcing her to say shy words, was this the highest level of bullying?
Sob… Gao Liang, please, go back to how you used to be. The warm, friendly popular guy.
Even if you were a show-off handsome jerk before, that was still better than being a sly pervert now…
“It’s not embarrassing at all… it just feels bad… Being with you is not comfortable at all…”
Lin Lin still spoke stubbornly.
“Hmm… then I guess I can’t let you go. Otherwise, you’ll run away soon.”
Gao Liang replied calmly. After that, Lin Lin stopped talking and just lay there, looking at him with a pitiful expression.
She puffed her cheeks, hoping that when he saw how miserable she looked, he would let her go.
Or maybe… she could just wait a bit? Someone might come rescue them soon…
Maybe she should try talking it out with Gao Liang first.
“Well… is there another way? I already meowed during the day, didn’t I?”
“Sure. Your mouth is yours, so if you don’t want to do it, then don’t. It just means that since I won’t get a cute reward, I won’t feel like tutoring you anymore.”
“Th-that’s not okay!” Lin Lin quickly shook her head. Gao Liang smiled. Her anxious reaction made him immediately understand her weak point.
In that case, it seemed fine to let her go.
Gao Liang suddenly released her, picked up his textbook, and walked toward the window. He checked the height, then turned back to Lin Lin, who still seemed confused after being suddenly freed.
“Alright, we’ve played enough. It’s only the second floor. I checked, it’s not that high. I can climb down using the drainpipe. I’m going home now. Goodbye, Lin Lin?”
“What?!”
The girl quickly climbed off the table. “Y-you… you’re leaving? Then what about me?”
“Well, for you, this height might still be dangerous… so I guess you’ll have to stay alone in this abandoned classroom all night. I heard there are some scary ghost stories about this place too~ But it’s fine. Someone should come open the door tomorrow morning.”
G-ghost stories?
“Hey! At least help me inform Teacher Zhu! No, you can’t leave, you really can’t go!”
The girl hurried over, grabbed Gao Liang’s arm, and tried her best to pull him away from the window.
“H-Hey, Lin Lin, why are you pulling me?”
Gao Liang turned around, holding back his laughter while pretending to look serious.
“Y-you… I’m afraid you’ll fall and die.”
The girl turned her head away. Gao Liang couldn’t help but laugh a little, which made Lin Lin clench her fists.
Gao Liang continued acting innocent and said,
“Well, there’s no point for me to stay here anyway. I don’t even get to hear Lin Lin’s cute meowing. I worked so hard tutoring all night. Sigh, my throat is so sore that I can’t even call Teacher Zhu to tell her my deskmate is locked in the classroom. It’s really difficult for me too.”
Lin Lin lowered her head and clenched her fists. Her fists were shaking with anger.
This guy is definitely doing this on purpose, sob—
After a long moment, the girl gritted her teeth, raised both fists, and then… held them under her chin like cat paws.
“Mm… meow~” she tried to act cute.
“Hm? I didn’t hear you clearly, Lin Lin. Say it a few more times. There’s no one else here anyway.”
“Ugh—”
Tears slowly formed in the corners of the girl’s eyes. She sniffed pitifully, then spoke again in a soft, wronged voice.
“Meow~ meow~ meow~”
“Pfft—sounds really nice. A few more times, I won’t get tired of it,” Gao Liang said happily as he patted the little “kitten’s” head, smiling proudly like a demon king whose plan had succeeded.
“Meow~ meow~ meow…”
Lin Lin lowered her head, looking extremely pitiful.
My pride… my pride is gone, meow… sob sob sob—
Meow.