Chapter 54: This is the eighth floor!

Over the next two days, Lin Xiu discovered that this woman Liu Yun was constantly avoiding him.

It was different from her previous cold indifference—now, whenever she saw him, she acted like a mouse spotting a cat.

Lin Xiu actually quite enjoyed this cat-and-mouse game, because the moment he caught her, he could thoroughly “bully” this adorable woman.

For example, when she came back from grocery shopping and the two of them unexpectedly met in the elevator, she would end up being kissed so hard by Lin Xiu that her bags of vegetables dropped to the floor—and it was Lin Xiu who carried them all the way to her door.

Or during dinner time, Lin Xiu would barge into Liu Yun’s home like a robber to mooch a meal, and then treat a certain someone as his after-dinner dessert…

In short, as things went on like this, Lin Xiu could feel the woman’s resistance toward him growing weaker and weaker, to the point that she had practically given up.

Yes—given up. No resistance, no refusal, just resignation…

…

That day, Liu Yun was wearing an apron in the kitchen preparing lunch, while a certain young man was lounging lazily on the sofa, playing on his phone.

At that moment, there came a knock at the door.

Liu Yun glanced toward her side, then spoke up.

“Lin Xiu, go get the door.”

Lin Xiu, however, replied indifferently,

“No way. Not unless you address me properly, Yun-jie.”

Liu Yun froze for a second. Almost instantly, the word “Master” surfaced in her mind.

Her pretty face flushed red at the thought. Annoyed, she snapped,

“Don’t push it too far.”

She had been hypnotized into calling him that before, and now he wanted her to say it willingly? No way.

But Lin Xiu countered with a question.

“Yun-jie, back when I hypnotized you, you had already regained your senses, right? And yet you still called me that so many times. So why can’t you do it now?”

Liu Yun was rendered speechless.

The knocking continued.

Helpless, she hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip and finally said in a small voice,

“M-Master… please go open the door…”

Only then did Lin Xiu look satisfied. He stood up and walked to the entrance.

But he was still cautious—he checked the door monitor first. When he saw who it was, his eyebrow arched slightly.

Back in the kitchen, Liu Yun was stirring soup with a ladle. Seeing the boy return, she asked in confusion,

“Who was it? Why didn’t you open the door?”

Lin Xiu shrugged casually and said calmly,

“The person standing out there… looks like your so-called wife. Why is she back?”

Clang!

The moment those words left his mouth, the ladle in Liu Yun’s hand fell straight to the floor!

She froze for several seconds. Panic visibly spread across her face.

“Wh-what? That’s impossible! Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”

Xiao Xin… Xiao Xin was coming back at a time like this? Wasn’t she supposed to be out of town?

While Liu Yun was panicking, her phone suddenly rang. The caller ID showed Ning Xin!

Liu Yun’s body stiffened. With trembling fingers, she pressed accept.

“Hello… Xiao Xin?”

“Yunyun, you’re not home? I can’t find my keys—I can’t get in.”

Hearing this, Liu Yun’s heart jumped into her throat. She forced herself to sound natural.

“You… you’re back? How come so suddenly?”

“Hehe, I wanted to surprise you! But the surprise is ruined now. So… are you home?”

Liu Yun glanced at the boy beside her, then nodded.

“Y-yeah, I’m home. I’m cooking in the kitchen right now. I made extra today, and you just happened to come back. I’ll open the door for you right away.”

When Lin Xiu heard that, his eyes widened.

“Hey, that’s my food—how did it suddenly become hers?”

Liu Yun shot him an urgent glare.

“It’s this kind of moment and you’re still thinking about that? Hurry, hurry—get out of here now!”

Lin Xiu rolled his eyes.

“How am I supposed to leave? This is the eighth floor. Eighth floor.”

Liu Yun stomped her foot in frustration, then dragged the boy toward the guest bedroom. She opened the wardrobe and said,

“Hide in here for now. Don’t make a sound. Only come out when I call you.”

Lin Xiu glanced at the wardrobe and immediately complained,

“Is this even a place for a human to hide? And why should I hide anyway? Your current identity is still a ‘man,’ right? We didn’t do anything just now, did we?”

Liu Yun paused, but then shook her head. Biting her lip, she said softly,

“Actually… I’ve already decided to come clean to her.”

Lin Xiu let out an “oh.”

“Perfect. Then I can officially step up.”

“In your dreams. I mean I’m going to confess to her that I’m a woman now. As for you…”

“In any case, she absolutely cannot see you here. Hide properly. No coming out.”

With that, Liu Yun walked out of the room. Helpless, Lin Xiu reluctantly crawled into the wardrobe.

Meanwhile, Liu Yun reached the entrance. She took a deep breath in front of the closed door, then opened it.

Standing outside was a stylish, capable-looking woman, currently playing on her phone.

When she saw Liu Yun open the door, her face lit up with delight.

“Yunyun! You finally opened it. Why did it take so long? You’re not hiding a woman in there behind my back, are you?”

Liu Yun’s body stiffened. She quickly replied,

“How—how could that be? I was just cooking.”

Hearing that soft, charming voice, Ning Xin—although she already knew everything—still put on an expression of shock.

“Yunyun… your voice, and your hair…”

Looking at her surprised wife, a flicker of complicated emotion passed through Liu Yun’s eyes. She stepped aside slightly and said,

“Xiao Xin, come in first. I’ll explain everything slowly…”

Ning Xin hesitated, then nodded and dragged her suitcase inside.

What Liu Yun didn’t notice was the flash of disgust and murderous intent that briefly crossed the other woman’s eyes.

In the living room, Liu Yun slowly began recounting everything that had happened since she turned into a woman—of course, she deliberately left out anything related to Lin Xiu.

She couldn’t explain everything all at once. It would be far too cruel to Ning Xin…

“So, Xiao Xin… I’ve become a woman. I can never be a man again.”

By the time Liu Yun finished, her heart ached unbearably.

No matter what, for the first thirty years of her life she had lived as a man. Now she was forced to adapt to being a woman…

“Xiao Xin, let’s get a divorce. The way I am now, I can’t give you happiness anymore. After the divorce, you can have everything. I’ll leave with nothing…”

This was perhaps Liu Yun’s small, almost negligible way of atoning for her betrayal.

But after hearing those words, Ning Xin fell completely silent.

The two of them sat like that for a long time.

Finally, a hand reached out and gently touched Liu Yun’s face. Liu Yun slowly looked up and met Ning Xin’s tender gaze.

“Yunyun, what nonsense are you saying? We’re husband and wife. When something like this happens, we should face it together.”

Liu Yun’s heart trembled violently. Guilty tears immediately welled up and spilled over.

“But…”

I still betrayed you…

Yet Ning Xin didn’t give her the chance to speak. She said earnestly,

“I don’t care that you’re a woman now. Really. So please don’t say things like that anymore. I’m hungry— is the food ready?”

Liu Yun nodded somewhat helplessly and dazedly.

“It’s ready. I’ll go bring it out.”

The moment Liu Yun walked into the kitchen, Ning Xin’s gaze instantly turned ice-cold.

She stared at the hand that had just touched Liu Yun. Her eyes were filled with pure revulsion and disgust—as if she had touched something filthy.

“Filthy whore… Once you’re no longer useful to me, I will make you wish you were never born!”