“Ding~” Favorability increased.
“Gu Yuqi’s Favorability toward Liang Sheng: 30”
Liang Sheng had no idea why her Senior Sister Yuqi’s favorability toward her had suddenly risen, but she decided not to dwell on it. She was too tired. Slowly, Liang Sheng closed her eyes.
The next morning, Liang Sheng woke up in Gu Yuqi’s arms. Lifting her gaze, she saw her senior sister sleeping soundly and peacefully. Hehe, Senior Sister is so handsome and beautiful, Liang Sheng thought, falling into her usual fangirl daze.
“Se… cough cough cough.” Liang Sheng stared at her senior sister’s lovely face for a moment, intending to wake her, but the moment she opened her mouth, a fit of coughing seized her.
The coughing startled Gu Yuqi awake from her deep slumber. She opened her eyes and immediately reached out to feel the forehead of the girl in her arms.
“Mm, Liang Sheng, you’ve got a fever,” Gu Yuqi said with a sigh. She swiftly threw back the covers and got out of bed to fetch some medicine and water for Liang Sheng. Before leaving the bed, she thoughtfully tucked the quilt around her junior sister.
Only half of Liang Sheng’s small head poked out from under the covers. Her cheeks were flushed bright red from the fever as she watched her senior sister bustle around the room on her behalf, her eyes wide with adoration. Hehe, even without her memories, Senior Sister cares about me so much! Liang Sheng thought happily. She shook her head back and forth on the pillow, wriggling like a happy green caterpillar. So joyful!
Gu Yuqi returned with the medicine and poured a cup of hot water, handing it to Liang Sheng. Liang Sheng wasn’t afraid of bitter tastes, but she decided to play it up anyway.
“Senior Sister, boo hoo hoo, the medicine is sooo bitter,” she whined, pursing her lips in exaggerated distress and using her sweetest, most syrupy voice to act coquettish.
“Good girl,” Gu Yuqi said, reaching out to pat her junior sister’s head. “Take the medicine so you can get better. Once you’ve swallowed it, I’ll give you some candy, okay?”
“Okay!” Liang Sheng snatched the bowl and gulped it down with a “glug glug.”
Wow, so bitter. Liang Sheng’s face twisted into a mask of agony.
“W-Water, Sen-Senior Sister, w-water, waaah, it’s b-bitter to death!” Her tongue was completely numb, and her words came out in a jumbled mess as she stretched out her hands, begging for water.
Gu Yuqi hurriedly passed her the cup. Liang Sheng grabbed it and started chugging, only to…
“Wah!” She spat it right out, spraying it onto her senior sister’s arm. “Hot hot hot hot hot!” In an instant, several little blisters formed on her tongue.
Gu Yuqi’s arm turned red from the hot water, but she ignored it. She lifted her right hand, gently pinched her junior sister’s chin, and tilted it up. Lowering her long lashes, she commanded softly, “Open your mouth. Let me see how bad the burn is.”
Liang Sheng obediently parted her lips and stuck out her tongue.
Gu Yuqi stared at the blistered tongue and felt a pang of guilt. Why hadn’t she tasted the water herself first?
“Let me blow on it for you,” she murmured. She leaned in close to Liang Sheng’s lips and gently puffed air onto the tip of her tongue.
“Mmf!” Liang Sheng’s eyes flew wide. Oh my god! Senior Sister’s face is way too close! With her senior sister’s beautiful features right there in front of her, Liang Sheng forgot all about the pain in her tongue. Her head didn’t feel heavy anymore. Her whole body felt light and nimble—even her hands and feet were full of energy. She could probably leap out of bed right now and do a 580-degree backflip followed by a perfect 360-degree splits.
Just… a little closer wouldn’t hurt, right? Liang Sheng inched forward a bit. A tiny bit more… that wouldn’t be so bad either. Shamelessly, she scooted nearer still.
Gu Yuqi’s eyes were closed, her lips a tempting red. Liang Sheng’s already fever-flushed face burned even hotter. Maybe it was the fever muddling her brain, or maybe it was Gu Yuqi’s beauty intoxicating her, but in her hazy state, she thought: One little lick… that couldn’t be so wrong, could it?
And so, caught up in her feverish delirium, Liang Sheng did something foolish.
Gu Yuqi had been earnestly blowing on the burn when suddenly, she felt something wet against her lips. She opened her eyes and saw the girl across from her licking her mouth.
“Mm-wah!” Gu Yuqi shoved her away abruptly. Liang Sheng flopped back onto the bed in a daze, still mumbling nonsense like “candy,” “yummy,” and “I like it.”
“Ding~” Favorability increased.
“Gu Yuqi’s Favorability toward Liang Sheng: 33”
With a bitter taste lingering, Gu Yuqi tentatively licked her own lips. It was the flavor of herbal medicine. Strangely, even after being licked, she felt an inexplicable spark of delight. Glancing at Liang Sheng’s dopey expression, she concluded it must be the fever making her junior sister act so strangely.
Gu Yuqi fetched a thermometer and took Liang Sheng’s temperature.
“Ah, 39.2 degrees!” She panicked at once.
Senior Sister Gu began shaking Liang Sheng, who had flopped back onto the bed like a dead dog. “Wake up, Junior Sister Liang Sheng.” The words “Junior Sister” slipped out naturally, though she wasn’t sure why. “Come on, I’m taking you to the hospital. Your fever’s too high.”
Liang Sheng just rolled over and ignored her.
Only then did Gu Yuqi remember she could call their private doctor. Sigh, she really had let panic cloud her judgment. With that thought, she picked up her phone to summon the physician. (Look at that—rich people’s lives were so dull and predictable, not even affording a trip to the hospital for a little excitement.)
While waiting for the doctor, Gu Yuqi fretted that the fever might climb too high and damage her junior sister’s brain. She racked her mind for ways to cool her down. First, she scooped up Liang Sheng and bundled her tightly into the quilt like a sushi roll, then started feeding her cooled hot water.
“Se-Senior Sister, I’m so hot,” Liang Sheng whined soon after, sweat beading on her forehead. She kicked at the covers like a fussy child.
Gu Yuqi firmly pinned down her restless legs and said sternly, “No, you need to sweat it out to bring the fever down faster.”
“But, but, but!” Liang Sheng struggled in discomfort. “My clothes are all sticky and gross! Boo hoo, Senior Sister, I… I need to take them off.”
Gu Yuqi couldn’t win against Liang Sheng’s pleas and let her go.
The moment she was free, Liang Sheng sprang up with a carp flip and started stripping.
“L-Liang Sheng! Y-You, your… your bra, don’t take that off!” Gu Yuqi had assumed she’d only remove her shirt, but Liang Sheng finished with that and went straight for her bra clasp.
“Senior Sister, help me!” Liang Sheng fumbled with the hook at her back. “I can’t get it off. Undo it for me!”
The ever-proper Gu Yuqi couldn’t agree to that. She didn’t know why she was so flustered—after all, they were both girls—but her face was beet red as she refused. “N-No, no, you can’t!”
“I’m so uncomfortable, boo hoo.” Liang Sheng wheedled, collapsing into the lap of Gu Yuqi, who sat cross-legged nearby. She rubbed against her shamelessly. “Senior Sister, just help me take it off. It’s so sticky and awful. You can’t bear to see your little junior sister and good friend suffer like this, right?”
