Chapter 25: [‘Lemon Baby’ Deepwater Extra Chapter] p1
Five minutes later.
Yu Jiang woke up, and she was completely dead.
Her mind was a mess, as if a hand had pried open her forehead, poured in paste, then closed it back up and shaken it vigorously a few times.
Yu Jiang, who had completely lost her ability to think, now only wanted to do one thing.
She! Wanted! To! Curse! Someone!
The one who deserved to be cursed the most was undoubtedly that damn pervert who had proposed such a malicious task!
If it weren’t for that damn pervert, she wouldn’t be in this hellish predicament!
It was all that damn pervert’s fault!
That despicable culprit!
Besides the damn pervert, she also wanted to curse one more: the unscrupulous manufacturer of this sleeping pill!
Everything written on the instructions was a lie!
Saying it would take effect in ten minutes!
Saying it was impossible to wake up after the drug took effect!
Pfft!
Then was she caught by a ghost when she was stealing a kiss just now!
The thought of the shocked eyes she saw before she fainted made Yu Jiang want to find a block of frozen tofu and smash her head against it until she died.
That was Chu Qingzi!
The gentle Chu Qingzi who probably wouldn’t even panic if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her!
But she had been so scared by her that she had even forgotten to manage her expression. One could only imagine how much psychological damage her evil act had caused her!
Wuwuwu, I was even considering whether I should secretly stick my tongue in if the medicine really worked…
The half of Yu Jiang’s face buried under the blanket turned red at this shameful, wicked thought.
This could be considered a blessing in disguise.
If she had really been caught in the middle of sticking her tongue out, she would probably be in a different place now.
Not tucked into this warm, cozy bed that was filled with Chu Qingzi’s scent.
Yu Jiang couldn’t help but secretly take two deep sniffs with her nose.
Before she could take a third, her body jolted. Wait—
This isn’t right!
Why am I still at home!!!
Chu Qingzi actually didn’t kick me out?
A gentle breeze timely blew by her ear.
It was the good person Chu Qingzi, who held no grudges even after being secretly kissed.
Her tone was as usual, her voice a laughing inquiry.
“Baby, you’re not getting up. Are you planning to stay here tonight and sleep with me?”
Yu Jiang’s eyes shot open, and she asked with a stutter, “H-how did you know I was awake?”
Chu Qingzi folded back some of the blanket that was covering her nose so she could breathe.
“You’re so cute, baby. I was actually just guessing. I didn’t expect to be right.”
Yu Jiang: “…”
Chu Qingzi seemed to have amnesia. She didn’t ask why she had done what she did just now, but instead invited her to continue with their original plan for the night. “Weren’t you going to watch a movie with me, baby? Are you planning to watch it lying down?”
She looked troubled. “It’s not impossible if you want to watch it like this, but it’s not good for your eyesight. You can’t lie down and watch like this next time, okay, baby?”
Yu Jiang found it hard to believe.
Chu Qingzi had actually let her off the hook so easily.
She had just done something wrong, and although the other person had already forgiven her, she still felt a little embarrassed.
She sheepishly climbed out of bed and, like Chu Qingzi, sat up properly against the headboard.
Yu Jiang was extremely obedient at this moment. “I’m sitting up. Let’s just watch it sitting like this.”
After speaking, she hesitated and added, “In the future, can I still watch movies with you?”
She believed in the tacit understanding between them.
Chu Qingzi, she definitely understood what she was really asking.
Now that the key question had been asked, Yu Jiang’s heart also began to pound.
“Good girl,” this was to praise Yu Jiang for being willing to sit up and watch the movie.
“Why not?” this was the official answer to Yu Jiang’s most vexing question.
Yu Jiang, who had been dead not long ago, was revived by the gentle Chu Qingzi!
She wished she could rush to the balcony and shout to the whole world that Chu Qingzi was a super considerate and super gentle, great person!
“But, before we watch the movie, can you first explain why you stole a kiss from me just now?”
Splat.
The balcony turned out to be a shoddy project. Yu Jiang, who was leaning on the railing, lost her footing, fell straight down, and died again.
Yu Jiang voluntarily rolled her eyes.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t faint.
Escaping wouldn’t solve the problem.
Yu Jiang, who was well aware of this, let out a wail in her heart like an animal on the verge of death.
Just send a bolt of lightning to strike me dead!
Chu Qingzi didn’t speak either, just watched her with a smiling expression.
Yu Jiang could only force herself to calm down.
She quickly comforted herself. Chu Qingzi is still calling me ‘baby,’ which means she doesn’t see my actions as a substitute for a same-sex confession.
Otherwise, I would have been gently and unilaterally distanced by Chu Qingzi, just like the other girls who had failed in their confessions.
Not still be able to sit with her, whole and intact, and even watch a movie with her.
Yu Jiang gained confidence in herself.
What if Chu Qingzi’s real thoughts are different from what I guessed before?
If Chu Qingzi thinks it’s normal for good friends to kiss, then the current development can be explained.
Perhaps she’s asking so directly just because she needs me, as a good friend, to agree with this view?
But all of this was still just Yu Jiang’s own one-sided speculation.
If she didn’t guess right, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Yu Jiang was smart.
When she found that all the paths ahead seemed to be dead ends, a flash of inspiration struck, and she actually dug out a special path to survival with her own hands.
Yu Jiang put on a straight face, perfectly capturing the posture of a stubborn person trying to act tough.
She began to blame the victim in reverse, whining and complaining, “Why didn’t you drink the milk I specially made for you! Didn’t you promise me that you’d drink the milk in the living room after you put away your clothes! You lied to me!”
That’s right.
She had been too panicked to think straight just now.
The sleeping pills, produced strictly according to standards by the manufacturer, would naturally not have any problems since they were still within their expiration date.
Then the only remaining person who could have caused the problem was the last one to touch the milk.
Chu Qingzi’s train of thought was led astray. She actually followed the new topic that Yu Jiang had created out of desperation and answered seriously.
“How did you know I didn’t drink it?”
Yu Jiang learned from her. “Hmph! I was just guessing too. Just like you, I didn’t expect to be right!”
Her pouting lips and triumphant look were so cute they could melt a person’s entire heart.
Chu Qingzi suppressed the urge to kiss her until she was softer and sweeter, her voice slightly dark and hoarse as she explained completely, “How could I lie to you, baby? I didn’t have time to tell you just now. The cup of milk you personally made for me was, unfortunately, tasted by a fly first.”
In the space of a few sentences, her emotions had returned to normal. “It’s my fault. If I had known you would be so unhappy, I should have fished out the fly first and then finished the milk.”
Yu Jiang kicked away the explanation she was offering her, her unyielding attitude a kind of petulance she had never shown before.
“I don’t believe you! We’ve lived in this apartment for almost a year, and we’ve never seen a single fly before. How could one suddenly fly in tonight!”
This Yu Jiang was very abnormal.
It was as if she had suddenly grown thorns all over her body, making her difficult to approach.
This unfamiliar Yu Jiang, in Chu Qingzi’s eyes, was still cute to the point of explosion.
Chu Qingzi was not at all afraid that her thorns would sting her. She patiently smoothed down her ruffled feathers.
“I knew you might not believe me, so I also took a picture just now.”
Chu Qingzi took her phone and generously showed Yu Jiang the picture of the fly drowned in milk that could prove her innocence.
She even thought that Yu Jiang might not believe her and took the initiative to suggest, “These are some paid websites I found that can verify pictures. If you’re worried I photoshopped it, you can upload it to the website to check.”
Yu Jiang wasn’t so nitpicky as to go that far. Hearing her say this, she actually felt a little embarrassed.
She pushed her hand away, full of shame and anger. “I misunderstood you. I’m sorry. But wasting is shameful. Next time, you have to finish your milk before you do anything else, you hear!”
Chu Qingzi said okay obediently.
The topic of milk was over. Yu Jiang began to climb out of bed. “Then I’ll go get the tablet. We can watch the movie now.”
She had just half-risen when the person sitting quietly pulled her back with a hand.
Yu Jiang’s entire back uncontrollably crashed into Chu Qingzi’s arms. Before she could even feel shy, she was so scared by the whisper in her ear that her face turned pale.
“Baby, I’ve answered all your questions. So my question from just now, can you also answer it obediently for me?”
Yu Jiang’s new path was dug halfway and then blocked again.
She understood now. No matter how far she dragged the topic, no matter how exaggeratedly her persona collapsed, she was still destined to be caught and forced to solve this problem.
She wondered if she could faint for a whole night if she fainted again this time.
Yu Jiang did as she thought and immediately began to roll her eyes again.
But she rolled them until her eyelids were about to cramp, and she still couldn’t faint as she wished.
It was as if Chu Qingzi had installed an eye on her. Although her gaze was not on her face, she captured her small movements perfectly.
She asked dotingly, “Baby, do you want to faint and successfully escape the problem? I’m afraid that won’t work. Do you need my help, baby?”
Yu Jiang subconsciously covered the back of her neck. “No! You’re not allowed to hit me!”
Chu Qingzi was amused. “Of course I wasn’t talking about such a violent method. Have you forgotten how you fainted just now?”
How did I faint just now?
Like a spring, Yu Jiang shot up from her arms and sat on the bed.
She switched to covering her mouth, her large eyes wide and bright, lively and interesting.
“No kissing!”
Chu Qingzi, with some regret, changed to a more comfortable single-person sitting position and then nodded. “Okay, whatever you say, baby. If you don’t want to faint, then I won’t kiss you. Since you’re not fainting, can you tell me why you stole a kiss from me just now?”
Yu Jiang knew this question was unavoidable tonight and decided to risk it all.
She closed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and said as if she were facing death, “Aren’t… aren’t we good friends? It’s… it’s very nor-normal for good friends to kiss, right?”
Chu Qingzi’s reaction was a bit slow.
Yu Jiang waited until the flowers were about to wilt, but she still didn’t get a response, whether angry or understanding.
She really couldn’t hold on any longer and decided to take the initiative to seek a quick end!
Just as Yu Jiang had half-opened her eyelids, she met Chu Qingzi’s gaze, who was already almost pressed against her.
The other person didn’t expect her to suddenly open her eyes either. After a brief moment of stunned hesitation, she still gently kissed her.
The ambiguous atmosphere didn’t have time to ferment.
Because Yu Jiang was still the same useless Yu Jiang.
Her involuntarily rolled-back eyes brought her into unconsciousness once again.
Chu Qingzi, who had planned to say something after the kiss: “…”
Five minutes later, Yu Jiang woke up again.
This time, she dared to open her eyes.
Chu Qingzi, who had been waiting for a long time, waved her hand in front of Yu Jiang’s face twice.
After getting an “I’m awake!” in return, she finally added the words she hadn’t had time to say.
“You’re right, baby. It’s very normal for good friends to kiss.”
Yu Jiang slowly realized what Chu Qingzi had just done to her.
Being kissed by the person you like was definitely a happy thing.
Unfortunately, they were just good friends. In order not to expose her true inner thoughts, she could only pretend to be ashamed and angry, covering her mouth and stammering out a question.
“You you you, out of the blue, why did you ki-kiss me!”
Chu Qingzi didn’t feel there was anything wrong with what she had done at all. “You can take the initiative to kiss me, but I can’t take the initiative to kiss you?”
“No,” Yu Jiang refused without hesitation.
For her, at this moment, emotional exposure was already a small matter.
What tortured her more was her body’s subconscious reaction.
She didn’t want to faint again!
Fainting every time she kissed was too scary!
Chu Qingzi looked aggrieved. “Baby, that’s not fair.”
Yu Jiang was biased and ruthless. “This kind of thing has to be consensual. What does it have to do with fairness? It was wrong of me to take the initiative to kiss you just now. If you don’t like it either, I’ll—”
“Then if I don’t hate it, will you still kiss me in the future?”
Yu Jiang: “No.”
Chu Qingzi pitifully held up three fingers to her. Her beautiful, long eyes, which had become moist from being rejected, began to overflow with an expectation that was hard to refuse.
Yu Jiang didn’t understand what she meant by holding up her fingers.