On the way home, as Su Nuannuan and Lin Wei walked back, inside the Su family estate, Chen Li was lying on Su Nuannuan’s soft bed, her body twisting restlessly like a worm.
She was in the middle of a cocooning frenzy!
Burying her face deep into the pillow and blanket imbued with Su Nuannuan’s unique scent, she greedily breathed in, making suppressed yet intoxicated “hiss-sha, hiss-sha” sounds.
At this moment, she had long thrown away the carefully maintained composure she usually upheld.
Ever since Lin Wei arrived at the Su residence, Chen Li’s heart had grown increasingly eager, tinged with fear—as if her most treasured possession was about to be taken away.
Her mind fixated on a single thought: to completely absorb the sweet and pure scent from the young lady’s body, as if by doing so, she could merge with her.
Just then, the faint sound of a car engine came from the estate’s gate!
Chen Li felt as if a bucket of ice water was poured over her head, instantly snapping her out of her daze, cold sweat breaking out all over her body.
It’s over! How did the young ladies come back so soon?! Today I was too lost in my own indulgence and completely lost track of time!
Panicking, she sprang up from the bed, heart pounding wildly, hurriedly tidying her disheveled hair and putting on her slightly wrinkled maid dress, desperately trying to look presentable.
The car stopped. Su Nuannuan was the first to step out, lowering her head as she walked straight into the estate, her face still carrying a hint of daze and inner turmoil—clearly not fully recovered from today’s events or Lin Wei’s sudden invitation to the amusement park.
Lin Wei stayed by the car, exchanging a few quiet words with Steward Li, her gaze frequently drifting toward Su Nuannuan’s departing figure.
Su Nuannuan kept her head down as she went upstairs, heading straight to her room. Today was just too embarrassing…
She had clearly gone out to study, but in the end understood nothing, played games instead, and almost ended up crying like a spoiled child…
But why had Lin Wei suddenly agreed to accompany her to the amusement park in the end?
Pushing open her room door…
She saw Chen Li sitting somewhat flustered by the side of her bed, putting on shoes, hair messy, and clothes untidy.
Su Nuannuan stared blankly at the scene and instinctively asked, “Chen… Chen Li? What… what are you doing in my room?”
Chen Li froze as if the pause button had been pressed, a flash of extreme panic crossing her face, her mind blank as she blurted out a clumsy excuse.
“M-My lady! I was just cleaning your room!” Her voice wavered under the strain of nervousness.
Su Nuannuan looked suspiciously at her bed.
The sheets were all wrinkled, the blanket tangled up like it had just been through a fight. Was this really what a cleaned room looked like?
Seeing Su Nuannuan’s puzzled but seemingly unsuspecting expression, Chen Li forced herself to quickly calm down.
She hurriedly finished putting on her shoes, stood up, and swiftly smoothed the rumpled sheets, folded the blanket neatly, doing her best to restore order while trying to explain naturally.
“I… I saw the blanket was a bit damp just now, so I wanted to take it out to dry. Then I remembered the weather wasn’t good today, so… I put it back on.”
“Oh… I see.” Su Nuannuan nodded, half understanding.
Though she found Chen Li’s behavior a little odd, her simple mind struggled to link the familiar Chen Li in front of her to anything perverse and readily accepted the explanation.
“My lady, the room is all tidied up. I’ll go back to my duties now.” Chen Li didn’t dare linger, afraid of exposing more slips.
She fled hurriedly out of Su Nuannuan’s room.
Watching Chen Li’s hasty retreat, Su Nuannuan glanced back at the now reorganized bed and mumbled softly, “But when I left this morning… it didn’t look this messy…”
She was a little confused.
Closing the door, she flopped heavily onto her soft bed.
Chen Li pressed herself against the wall, panting heavily. That was close—almost got caught. Thankfully, the young lady was innocent.
But next time, she’d have to be more careful. She composed herself once more, her face returning to its standard smile.
Su Nuannuan was utterly exhausted today—what did it matter?
“Hmm… whatever!” She rolled half a turn on the bed, suddenly recalling the good news, excitedly pulling out her phone.
She sent a message to Zhou Qianqian: “Qianqian! Sister agreed to let me go out! Tomorrow let’s go to the amusement park together!”
Zhou Qianqian’s reply popped up almost immediately: “Okay! Don’t be late tomorrow!”
Seeing the message, Su Nuannuan hugged her phone contentedly, chuckling foolishly.
She relaxed, nuzzling her little head against the pillow like a hamster, subconsciously sniffing, inhaling the scent of the blanket and then the sheets.
Hmm? There seemed to be a faint… somewhat strange smell? But not unpleasant.
She wrinkled her nose, puzzled but gave up on figuring it out.
“I’ll admit my mistake to sister when we have dinner…”
She closed her eyes, half-asleep, thinking, “I really didn’t behave well today…”
Meanwhile, after finishing her talk with Steward Lin, Lin Wei returned to the living room.
She instinctively glanced at Su Nuannuan’s tightly shut room door, exhaled softly, trying to sort out the reasons behind her own series of unusual behaviors today.
In the end, she could only attribute it to probably not having slept well last night.
Shaking her head, she turned back to her room, took out her notebook, and began seriously recording the company information and her own thoughts gathered today.
At the dinner table, the exquisite dishes emitted an enticing aroma, but Su Nuannuan ate distractedly.
She nibbled at her food, occasionally sneaking a glance at Lin Wei sitting gracefully across from her, her heart pounding like a drum.
The apology lingered on the tip of her tongue, circling around but refusing to come out.
Finally, she took a deep breath, as if mustering all her courage, and put down her chopsticks: “Sister… I’m sorry…”
Lin Wei froze mid-motion, looking up at her.
Su Nuannuan lowered her head. “Today… it was my fault. I played too much and didn’t study properly…” Her voice grew softer and softer.
Looking at her sincere apology—though probably not knowing exactly what she had done wrong—Lin Wei thought that as long as she understood, it was enough. Yet what came out was: “If you don’t like going to the company, then you don’t have to go anymore.”
The moment the words left her mouth, Lin Wei was stunned, her chopsticks frozen in midair.
What am I doing?! She was instantly frustrated inside.
Wasn’t she supposed to sternly tell her that even if she didn’t want to go, she had to—it was her responsibility?
Or at least tell her off a bit, that she couldn’t just think about playing? How did this turn into spoiling her?!
Lin Wei, oh Lin Wei, where is your principle?! Your plan?! Were they eaten by a dog?!
Forcing herself to maintain a calm facade, she withdrew her hand and continued eating expressionlessly, though her ears flushed slightly.
Su Nuannuan was surprised, looking up with blinking eyes.
“Re… really?” she softly confirmed, a hint of hopeful light in her eyes.
Lin Wei didn’t look at her, only responded with a hum.
Chen Li, standing silently nearby, watched everything unfold.
Seeing Lin Wei’s seemingly cold yet actually indulgent attitude, watching Su Nuannuan’s delighted expression…
It was as if flickering candlelight appeared on the table! The milk in front of the two had transformed into red wine!
In Chen Li’s mind, a whole dramatic scene instantly played out. This was no ordinary family dinner!
This was clearly an intimate two-person candlelight dinner! That wild girl! She was indeed using a soft approach on the young lady!
Front wolf feigning sleep, cover to lure the enemy!
So insidious!