Chapter 136: Just This?

Something felt off.

Long Ying’s footsteps halted.

‘Logically, this guy should be desperately denying it, or hinting that she could continue as long as she paid… So why is she getting nostalgic? Why does it feel like she’s not the Fuliji, but I am—the one being pinned down?’

Without reason, Long Ying’s intuition told her: ‘Run.’

She had the illusion that she was a mouse, and a white-furred fox had already set its sights on her.

“Long Ying: ‘You really know how to flatter, junior. I didn’t expect we’d run into each other again at the academy.’ Long Ying: ‘Is there something you need from me?'”

‘Let me test the waters first.’

“Su Ling: ‘Actually, you were the one who came to me first, senior. My mom and girlfriend were in the room just now, so I couldn’t ask.'”

Su Ling glanced at Suzuki, who was gaming with Su Yao and constantly pressuring her, and suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

Calling that girl her girlfriend…

‘Sin, sin.’

Long Ying fell silent.

That tanned gyaru is Su Ling’s girlfriend?

Then what about Luo Qianxue?

Long Ying felt like her brain was about to overheat.

She stopped walking and directly condensed seawater into a Frozen Throne, sitting down.

‘Let’s see what this Fuliji is really up to.’

“Long Ying: ‘I just happened to spot you in that store earlier. You looked familiar, so I wanted to catch up.'”

Long Ying now sensed the anomaly.

That shop was high-end—average spending per person was a million Moni.

How could a Fuliji like Su Ling appear there?

If it weren’t for her efforts to lure those little girls, regularly buying cute dresses from that shop, she would barely have become a member.

But recalling the packaging Su Ling had—black and gold—it was exactly the packaging reserved for members.

“Su Ling: ‘I was just helping the boss buy clothes. What a coincidence.'”

Long Ying’s brow relaxed a little.

‘Buying clothes for the boss, huh…’

‘Heh, that boss probably isn’t a good person either.’

Long Ying speculated maliciously.

Su Ling also furrowed her brows.

‘This woman truly deserves the title Sea King—her vigilance is high.’

‘No matter, I have time to waste.’

Just then—

“Ahhh, we lost again! I told you not to play a support caster—pick a tank support!”

Suzuki wailed, incessantly pressuring Su Yao.

Su Yao looked wronged.

“But, but… they’re so pretty…”

These two goofballs.

Su Ling’s forehead was covered in black lines.

The reason she was fishing for Long Ying was simply that she wanted Long Ying’s magic.

The Astral Grand Competition was about to begin, and she had promised Mrs.

Thatcher to find Masha.

Of course, her ultimate goal was to find the Original Owner inside Masha and find a way to kill her.

If that woman didn’t die, she wouldn’t be able to sleep.

So she had to prepare.

Originally, she had planned to target Qianxia.

But Qianxia seemed to have gone to the Second Universe last night, so she had no chance.

She hadn’t stepped onto the Sequence yet.

To gain real power, she could only rely on the E’zi Magic Cube—to seek out powerful witches, drain them dry, and obtain their Genes.

“In that case, do you have time now, junior? Want to meet up?”

Long Ying asked.

“Sure!” Su Ling replied.

“Won’t your girlfriend mind?”

Long Ying pressed.

“Hehe, I’ll just say I’m going out to have some fun. Besides, she doesn’t know I used to work as a Fuliji,” Su Ling said.

‘Oh, is this the plot of the helpless wife cuckolded?’

Long Ying immediately got excited.

That was her favorite fetish.

“Alright, see you soon then,” Long Ying said.

‘Bite taken.’

Su Ling’s lips curled.

The reason she had called Suzuki her girlfriend was because, after browsing those forums, she vaguely sensed this woman’s fetish.

Good-looking, married women, cuckolding.

Don’t blame her for setting a trap.

Su Ling glanced at Suzuki, who was still pressuring Su Yao.

The girl suddenly shivered.

‘Hiss—that’s cold.’

She looked up and found Su Ling staring at her with a barely suppressed grin.

Those heterochromatic eyes were full of mockery.

‘What?’ Suzuki was full of question marks.

“Cough, a friend asked me to hang out. I might not come back tonight. Don’t worry about me,” Su Ling said, patting Suzuki on the shoulder.

For some reason, she felt like laughing.

“Okay… Ahh, cover me! Ugh, lost again!”

Suzuki wailed.

Su Yao also looked dejected.

Ignoring the two comedians, Su Ling went to the balcony, added some cat food for Hajimi, and then gave a deep look at the doll in the corner.

G502: ‘…’ (cold sweat)

Fortunately, Su Ling didn’t do anything else and walked out.

Su Yao watched Su Ling’s retreating figure.

What Su Ling didn’t know was that Su Yao was also recalling some fragments of the past.

Su Yao’s eyes were complex.

“Big sis, don’t zone out! We’re banning heroes!”

“Oh, oh, okay! Okay!”

“Ahhh, don’t pick a support caster!”

—

Night fell.

Lily Square.

At this moment, many lanterns were lit.

Couples were hugging and kissing, enjoying the beautiful lantern performance.

“Senior, this is so pretty!”

Su Ling was holding a fox-shaped lantern, her eyes full of stars.

She had won it in a lottery.

Long Ying had won a flower rat.

“Haha, senior’s is cute too.”

Su Ling covered her mouth and laughed.

Long Ying looked annoyed.

A fox and a rat.

‘Tsk.’

“Junior, it’s getting late. Don’t you need to go home? Reluctant?” Long Ying asked.

“Your girlfriend must be getting worried.”

“Yeah…” Su Ling’s face visibly fell.

Her heterochromatic eyes—one sakura, one light—were now full of reluctance.

“Senior… can we meet again in the future?”

Su Ling looked at Long Ying, her pink lips slightly pursed, pitiful and endearing.

Long Ying was momentarily stunned.

“Of course we can,” she said.

Long Ying took Su Ling’s small hand.

Su Ling didn’t refuse.

Long Ying’s lips curled.

‘Still pretending?’

She could see right through Su Ling’s act.

‘She’s just trying to swindle some money.’

‘Hmph, I’ve long figured out these Fuliji tricks.’

“If you really don’t want to leave me, we can stay together forever,” Long Ying said, interlacing her fingers with Su Ling’s.

“Senior…”

“Shh, don’t speak.”

Long Ying pressed her index finger to Su Ling’s lips.

The lantern fair was inherently a place of ambiguity.

Under the lights, their eyes gradually grew hazy.

“Senior… I…”

“I know what you want. You asked me out, didn’t you? Trying to get some money?”

Su Ling froze.

Then a visible panic spread across her face.

“Senior, I, I’m not…”

Tears welled in her eyes.

“It’s just… My girlfriend and I are really short on money… She doesn’t work, and I have no choice…”

Su Ling grabbed Long Ying’s hand, her face pleading.

“Please, don’t tell her. I really love her… It’s just that she’s drowning in debt, and I really want to love her…”

‘Ugh, I’m gonna puke.’

Meanwhile, a flash of triumph gleamed in Long Ying’s eyes.

‘Little girl, a single move and you’ve exposed yourself.’

“I can help you~ But it depends on how you perform~”

Long Ying’s lips curled into a hunter’s smile as she wrapped an arm around Su Ling’s slender waist.

Su Ling’s body went limp, and she fell into Long Ying’s embrace.

“Mmph… As long as you don’t tell my girlfriend…”

—

THUMP!

Su Ling was thrown onto the bed.

Long Ying’s icy blue eyes gleamed with victory.

Su Ling’s face was flushed, looking like a lamb to the slaughter.

‘Hmph, you want money? No way.’

Long Ying surveyed her prey like a triumphant predator.

‘Still thinking about cash?’

‘Too naive!’

“Mmph!”

The ambiguous double room echoed with blushing sounds.

(Ten-Thousand-Word Battle)

Gradually, Long Ying felt something was off.

Why was she getting more and more exhausted?

Weaker and weaker?

Meanwhile, Su Ling seemed to be gaining energy.

‘Oh no, I think I forgot…’

‘The Magic-Blocking Array.’

‘How did I forget to set that up…’

But at that moment, a pair of pure white arms wrapped around her waist.

“What, scared?”

Su Ling’s voice teased.

‘Scared?’

Long Ying felt challenged.

(Twenty-Thousand-Word Battle)

No! No way!

Her lower back couldn’t hold up.

But beneath her, Su Ling’s heterochromatic eyes shone with an extremely eerie radiance.

“It’s okay to say you can’t take it, senior. You’ve done great!”

Su Ling said, her tone mocking.

Long Ying’s fists clenched.

‘My fingers are hardening!’

(Thirty-Thousand-Word Battle)

‘So empty…’

‘My head’s spinning…’

‘Ah hehe… My body feels so light… Am I about to turn into a bird and fly away…’

“Senior, how can you rest now~”

A hot breath blew against her ear.

Long Ying felt a pair of small hands caressing her icy-blue dragon horns.

‘My body’s tingling…’

(Forty-Thousand-Word)

(…)

(One Hundred Thousand Words)

Dawn broke.

Su Ling looked down at Long Ying, whose eyes were swirling like mosquito coils, and frowned in dissatisfaction.

Just this?

Su Ling glanced at the Magic Cube.

On the other side of Luo Ganxue’s chibi avatar was another chibi avatar—a Dragon Lady.

It was Long Ying.

Unlike Luo Qianxue’s overflowing energy, Long Ying’s side was only three-quarters full.

‘Sis, you only managed this much in one night?’

Su Ling pouted in frustration.

She patted Long Ying’s pale little face.

“Senior? Senior? You weakling senior? Don’t fall asleep.”

But Long Ying had already passed out completely, her icy-blue dragon horns seeming to have gone soft.

Su Ling had no more ideas.

She yawned and stretched.

‘Seriously, she’s supposed to be a Sea King?’

‘All show and no go.’