Chapter 151: Can I Say I Came Here to Install a Light Bulb?
“What is this…”
Peiya leaned closer to look in the direction Elise was pointing. Then she heard Elise speak from behind her.
“Got you.”
Elise suddenly attacked her from behind, and the two of them ended up tangled together.
“You actually tricked me.”
“I didn’t. Look outside.”
Elise pointed at the scenery outside. The beautiful view, with the green mountains covered in mist.
“The view here is a bit better than the other rooms, and it’s also the smallest room. It feels safer.”
“What kind of logic is that?”
Elise sat on the bed, holding a doll in her arms.
“It’s simple. The room is small, so you can see the door right away, and also see the view outside the window. Otherwise, if you wake up at night and only see a dark floor, won’t that feel scary?”
Peiya imagined that scene for a moment. It really did feel a bit unsettling.
She could more or less understand how Elise felt now.
“Then I’ll stay here. This place feels a lot like your manor. Or did you build the manor based on your home?”
Peiya felt the second guess was more likely, it did seem like something Elise would do.
“Yeah, this place is indeed built based on my home. Sometimes I get nostalgic, so I like being somewhere that feels close to home. But my real home is much bigger than this.”
“That’s true. Compared to your home, this place is much smaller.”
Peiya sat on the edge of the bed, gently swinging her legs. Her mood soon became a bit complicated.
“Earlier… when you mentioned my background in front of your mother, you did it on purpose, right?”
“Yeah.” Elise looked seriously at Peiya’s brows, which were partly hidden in shadow, and said,
“Why? Did it make you uncomfortable?”
“No. You’re not a foolish person. Even though I don’t understand why you did that, I know you’ve always treated me well. You must have done it for my sake. Thank you.”
Peiya wasn’t as familiar with Elizabeth as Elise was, so she didn’t really know what Elizabeth was trying to do. But based on her understanding of Elise, she knew Elise must have had good intentions.
“It’s good that you understand. Actually, there’s no other reason. My mother is strong, but sometimes she can also be fragile. I just hope she can let go of some things and take better care of herself.”
Elise spoke calmly, lightly tapping the doll in her hands.
Peiya’s gaze fell on the doll. It had a unique design and it looked familiar.
Wait…
Isn’t that me?
“Why did you make a doll that looks like me?”
When Peiya realized it, she couldn’t stay calm anymore. She never expected Elise to do something like this.
“Because it looks nice. Is that not okay? You’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen, but I can’t make a doll prettier than you. Is there a problem?”
Tsk… that’s very direct.
Since she already understood Elise’s way of speaking, Peiya didn’t dwell on it and instead joked:
“Then shouldn’t I at least charge you some kind of copyright fee?”
“What do you want? Money or something else?”
“I don’t want money. I want you to promise me one thing.”
“What is it?”
“I can’t tell you yet.”
“If you don’t tell me, how can I agree?”
Elise looked at Peiya seriously. She could tell that if she didn’t explain first, Peiya wouldn’t let it go.
Peiya moved her lips slightly. “In a moment, don’t move. I… plan to do something. Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you.”
Elise chuckled softly in her heart. She really couldn’t imagine how Peiya could hurt her. Right now, she just found Peiya a bit cute.
Also, after thinking about it, Elise felt that with Peiya’s personality, this was probably another clumsy little plan. So she simply nodded and agreed.
“Alright. Let me see how you’re going to ‘collect your payment’.”
Elise let her guard down and really stayed still. Seeing her chance, Peiya took a deep breath, but soon realized a new problem.
Elise wasn’t moving… but Peiya herself didn’t know what to do next. It felt just like Elise back then in the carriage, stuck before even starting.
Neither of them had any experience with romance. When they got together, both of them froze.
Even though she felt like she had endless energy, when it came to actually doing something, it was like a deflated balloon, she suddenly lost all motivation to act.
After hesitating for a long time, Peiya carefully placed one knee onto the bed. When it touched the spot where Elise had just been sitting, she could still feel a faint warmth.
More importantly, she felt a kind of push deep inside her, urging her to keep going.
After all, Elise had already made a doll of her. If she didn’t do anything, wouldn’t she just look like an easy target? So she had to do something… to “collect her payment.”
After all, Elise had made that doll without her permission. That counted as a kind of “violation,” right?
So Peiya turned into a little “justice officer” and began her “interrogation.” This wasn’t a small offense, she had to take it seriously.
Peiya gently caught the faint fragrance coming from Elise. At first, she thought about suddenly grabbing Elise to “punish” her.
But that idea felt too awkward, so she quickly gave up on it.
She was a “civilized” person. After running through several ideas in her head, Peiya decided to use a more proper method, like staring.
She looked straight into Elise’s eyes. If Elise couldn’t handle it and looked away first, then Peiya would win.
However, Peiya seemed to overestimate herself. As she looked into Elise’s eyes, she thought she could stay calm, but didn’t expect that even this kind of eye contact was hard for her to handle.
Looking at Elise’s beautiful eyes, her heart started beating fast. This was bad… it felt like her heart was racing in a strange way.
Peiya suddenly regretted choosing this “staring contest” as a punishment. It was a terrible idea.
Instead, she was the one who couldn’t handle it.
With no other choice, Peiya shifted her gaze to Elise’s eyebrows. Counting eyebrows would be easier. Simple, no skill needed.
Mm, good.
This was easy. As she counted, her eyes suddenly, and unfortunately, landed on the ring Elise was wearing on her middle finger, the one she had given her.
Her heart wavered, and her body unconsciously leaned forward. She didn’t expect this to happen at all.
In her panic, Peiya tried to grab onto something for support. By coincidence, her hand landed right on Elise’s chest. At the same time, it felt like a “mission complete” sound effect rang in her ears.
Even more unfortunately, this exact scene was seen by Elizabeth, who had just finished cutting fruit and was about to bring it to the girls.
At first, she had been worried that the two girls might not get along well, and even thought about reminding Elise to be more considerate.
But now… didn’t their relationship seem a little too close?