Chapter 64: The Young Lady’s High-End Massage

“Mengdie, are you still angry?”

Penelope gently kneaded Su Mengdie’s shoulders, tilting her head to ask tentatively.

Earlier, she had been worried that Su Mengdie would overthink things, so she made a joke to lighten the oppressive atmosphere…

Who could have guessed that Mengdie would snap?

Even though she had good intentions, she ended up getting scolded by Mengdie instead.

Regardless, Penelope felt quite aggrieved.

“Hmph! What do you think?”

Su Mengdie let out a cold snort and glared angrily at Penelope.

She had spent so much time with the Young Lady day and night that she obviously knew she was joking.

But not every joke was appropriate.

In a situation like that, was it suitable to make such a joke?

“Mengdie… I know I was wrong. Can you forgive me this once?”

Although Penelope didn’t know exactly what she had done wrong, she still sincerely asked for Su Mengdie’s forgiveness.

If she didn’t admit her mistake now, she feared she would be strangled by Su Mengdie after falling asleep tonight.

“Forgive you? Sure, but you have to apologize to my mother first.”

Hearing the Young Lady take the initiative to admit her fault, Su Mengdie’s tone softened slightly.

After all, getting the Young Lady to admit she was wrong was harder than getting a Ten-pull full of Gold.

But there was still a process to follow.

If she didn’t let the Young Lady know where she had messed up, she feared the same thing would happen again in the future.

“Auntie Su Jin, I’m sorry—I made your daughter angry!”

“Does the Young Lady know what she did wrong now?”

Su Mengdie bet that she still didn’t know.

One could tell just from the tone of her apology.

Did my joke just now offend Mengdie’s mother?

Penelope thought for a moment.

Even so, she wasn’t quite sure about her answer.

“Yes, so the Young Lady does know! In a situation like that, how could you make a joke like that?”

If it weren’t for the fact that she understood the Young Lady, a more hot-tempered person would have probably started a fight with her right then and there…

Su Mengdie sighed as she covered her face, then pointed to her other shoulder.

Penelope understood and began kneading the spot she had just pointed to, a slight change suddenly appearing in her expression.

“By the way, Mengdie, do you think it’s possible your mother wasn’t even in this city back then?”

Although Gehronna and the others hadn’t arrived in this world yet, the Jinzhi Family’s influence had already permeated every aspect of the city.

Logically, since the Chief Steward had used the family’s power, it shouldn’t have been impossible to find anything.

Unless Su Jin had already left the city at that time.

“Hmm!? What do you mean, Young Lady?”

Su Mengdie’s curiosity was piqued by her hypothesis.

Penelope didn’t answer her immediately.

After calming down and thinking about it carefully, she decided not to tell Su Mengdie her suspicion for now.

“Mengdie, let me think about it some more. I’ll tell you once I have a lead.”

She was afraid that if she told Mengdie, the girl would leave her side to search in other cities.

That was something she absolutely could not accept.

“Mhm… then I’ll wait for the Young Lady’s good news!”

Su Mengdie gave a very sweet smile and then, under the Young Lady’s instructions, lay face down on the soft massage bed.

After hugging a pillow and closing her eyes, the words the Young Lady had just spoken repeated in Su Mengdie’s mind as she tried to read between the lines.

Suddenly, Su Mengdie felt something icy touch her back.

“Young Lady!? What’s that? It’s so cold!”

Su Mengdie snapped her eyes open and tried to roll over to see what it was.

As a result, before she could see anything, her behind took a heavy hit.

Smack.

“Don’t move! Did I tell you to move? Also, keep your legs together!”

Penelope didn’t know if Su Mengdie was doing it on purpose or by accident.

Letting her see such a sight was just distracting her from the massage.

If her hand slipped by mistake, whose fault would it be?

It would be Mengdie’s fault.

“I get it, but can you be a bit gentler, Young Lady? I’m not wearing any clothes to block it today. It hurts when you hit me directly like that!”

Su Mengdie felt a burning pain where she had been hit.

She wanted to reach back and rub it, but she was afraid of interfering with the massage and getting hit again.

But it really hurt if she didn’t rub it.

Su Mengdie grit her teeth and endured it.

Suddenly, she felt that cold substance being applied to the area where she had been struck.

Although it was icy at first, the pain in that spot quickly faded.

“It only works if it hurts. If it didn’t hurt, you would have spilled all of the Skincare Lotion I’ve been saving on the bed!”

Oh, so it was just Skincare Lotion.

I thought it was…

As Su Mengdie thought, her cheeks gradually grew hot.

Forget it, I won’t overthink it.

The Young Lady was being quite serious right now.

Instead of wasting time with wild guesses, she might as well take this time to get some good rest.

After all, she would surely be used as a body pillow by the Young Lady again tonight.

If she didn’t sleep well tonight, wouldn’t her match against the Earth Goddess tomorrow be a disaster?

With that thought, Su Mengdie gradually closed her eyes and peacefully enjoyed Penelope’s massage.

But what she didn’t know was that Penelope was just waiting for her to close her eyes.

As soon as Penelope saw Su Mengdie close her eyes, she freed one hand and hid the half-empty bottle among the pile of jars and bottles nearby.

That wasn’t ordinary Skincare Lotion.

It was the Jinzhi Family’s latest development, sent along with that Cat-girl Outfit.

The Cat-girl Outfit was already extraordinary, and this Skincare Lotion was clearly not simple either…

It was just that its effects wouldn’t appear immediately.

It needed to be used several times.

After hiding the important item, Penelope focused on massaging Su Mengdie’s body.

Although Su Mengdie usually helped Penelope bathe, Penelope knew her own body just as well through other means.

She knew exactly where it would hurt and where it would be comfortable to press.

With such an advantage, she used Su Mengdie’s dexterous fingers to accurately press on the pressure points that could make her feel good, causing her body, which was slightly stiff from sitting for a long time, to gradually soften.

Even though Su Mengdie had entered a light slumber, her body still subconsciously made some cute reactions.

Seeing Su Mengdie’s response, Penelope pursed her lips and suppressed the smile at the corner of her mouth, afraid that she might accidentally laugh out loud and startle her.

After a long while, it wasn’t until she finished the massage that she gently nudged Su Mengdie to wake her up.

Upon waking, Su Mengdie felt a wave of relief throughout her body, and even her skin had become much more supple.

Touching her smooth, delicate arm, Su Mengdie leaned against Penelope and asked in a coquettish tone.

“Young Lady, that Skincare Lotion is pretty good. Can you apply some for me again next time? I won’t take it for free—I’ll pay you~”

Hearing Su Mengdie’s request, Penelope couldn’t have been happier.

“Sure, sure!”

After all, it was meant for her to use in the first place…