Pfft. Those words were strangely heart-stirring.
But for a girl whose soul was already mature and whose body was on the cusp of adulthood, talk like that—wanting to be a kept pretty face—simply couldn’t be voiced aloud. She had to shoulder adult responsibilities!
“Cough cough, Big Sis will keep you~”
Zhen Zhu slowly lifted her head.
Liang Sheng felt a swell of relief and joy in her heart. The child was finally growing up.
“Old Hag, can you stop pretending to be so gentle? I’m not used to it.”
Liang Sheng: “?”
Ha? Ha?!
What on earth had this kid just said?
Liang Sheng kept her polite smile plastered on while viciously yanking at Zhen Zhu’s cheek, twisting the soft flesh until it glowed bright red.
“Wah wah…” Tears welled up in Zhen Zhu’s eyes from the pain. She slapped Liang Sheng’s hand away with all her might, her fur practically bristling. “Old Hag! What was that for?! It hurts like hell!!!”
Liang Sheng laughed despite her anger. “Didn’t you just tell me not to be gentle? So I switched back to my old self.”
“Hmph!” Zhen Zhu cupped her rosy cheek and rubbed it furiously, her words coming out a little slurred. “Old Hag, now this… this feels way more normal.”
“…”
“Zhen Zhu, my little friend,” Liang Sheng said with a soul-piercing question, “do you have a masochistic streak?”
Zhen Zhu froze. Her face flushed crimson as she raised a tiny fist and hammered it into the green-haired girl’s shoulder. “Y-you! How can you say something so…”
So mortifying!
Liang Sheng couldn’t resist teasing her further, not caring if it might land her in jail over some silly orange business. She snatched hold of the little claw. “This is one of the perks of dating Big Sis. Like… how she’ll…”
Liang Sheng’s gaze traveled from the sharp-tongued little loli’s head all the way down to the roots of her thighs.
Today, little Zhen Zhu was wearing a pretty pink skirt paired with white stockings.
Yowza~ The green-haired girl nearly drooled.
No! Liang Sheng slapped her own face hard, plunging into self-doubt.
Could she have latent tendencies toward young girls?
No, no, absolutely not! Liang Sheng shook her head furiously, nearly flinging it right off her neck.
“What are you staring at, Old Hag?!” Zhen Zhu cried out in humiliated fury, clapping her hands over her chest.
Liang Sheng blinked in surprise at first, then dissolved into helpless laughter. She doubled over, tears streaming down her face as she wiped at the corners of her eyes with her sleeve.
Zhen Zhu was utterly bewildered.
“W-what are you laughing at?” She had a bad feeling about this.
Still shaking with mirth, Liang Sheng pointed at the little loli’s chest, her finger trembling along with the rest of her. “Hahaha! Look at you—your chest is flat enough to park a plane, and you’re still covering it up… Mmph mph!!”
The green-haired girl’s mouth was suddenly sealed shut.
Zhen Zhu’s eyes spiraled like incense coils, her face red as if boiled. Her small hands clamped desperately over Liang Sheng’s mouth.
Liang Sheng nearly suffocated. At first, she held back, afraid of hurting Zhen Zhu, and didn’t struggle too hard. But after a few futile pushes, she realized she couldn’t budge the girl at all. Now, her lungs were burning for air.
Screw it, no more mercy. Liang Sheng yanked the little loli off her lap.
“Hah—haaa!” Liang Sheng gulped down fresh air.
“You little brat,” she gasped, giving Zhen Zhu’s butt a light kick. “You nearly smothered me.” The little loli was sprawled ass-up on the sofa, still dazed from the rough toss.
“That’s attempted murder of your future husband, you know?” Liang Sheng circled around to stand right in front of her.
Zhen Zhu buried her face in her hands and sobbed. “You called me an airport! You called me flat-chested! You’re a bad woman!”
“Pfft—” Liang Sheng lost it completely. “Hahahaha!”
It was just too ridiculous.
The sight of Zhen Zhu sniffling and snot-nosed.
“Okay, okay, don’t cry. My bad—I shouldn’t have said it.” Liang Sheng fought back her laughter and ruffled the little one’s head. “It’s fine. You’re still so young. You’ll grow eventually.”
“R-really?” Zhen Zhu nestled into the green-haired girl’s arms, her teary eyes fixed on Liang Sheng’s chin. For a moment, she even seemed a little well-behaved.
“Of course~” Liang Sheng lied without batting an eye.
As someone who knew the future, she was well aware that Zhen Zhu would top out at 145 centimeters—and her chest? Still flat enough to land planes.
Zhen Zhu pouted, the picture of misery, mumbling under her breath. “I’ll definitely grow taller than you someday! And… and my…”
Her gaze flicked to the green-haired girl’s ample bosom. Unable to resist, she poked it. It was soft and springy.
“And this! Mine’s gonna be bigger than yours someday!”
“Pfft, cough.”
Liang Sheng barely held in another laugh. She patted Zhen Zhu’s head indulgently. “Sure, sure, it will~ And if it doesn’t? Small’s fine—nice and easy to handle~”
With that, she mimed groping the air over Zhen Zhu’s nonexistent curves.
Zhen Zhu bristled all over again.
Once the two girls had tired themselves out from playing, Zhen Zhu looked up at Liang Sheng. “Old Hag, does that mean we’re officially a couple now?”
Liang Sheng nodded and flicked the tip of her nose. “Yeah. What’s up?”
Zhen Zhu’s mouth curved up uncontrollably. “I’m happy!”
Wow, so straightforward.
Amid her delight, though, the green-haired girl felt a twinge of worry. She pulled Zhen Zhu into a hug. “Zhen Zhu, there’s something Sis wants to talk about…”
“What?”
Liang Sheng cleared her throat delicately. “Could you… keep our relationship a secret from everyone else, just for now?”
Zhen Zhu looked puzzled at first. Then her eyes widened in sudden realization. She jabbed an accusing finger at Liang Sheng’s face, looking ready to unleash a tirade.
“I knew it! Old Hag, Liang Sheng! You’re a slag girl—a total Sea King!”
“Ha—?” Liang Sheng sat there minding her own business when the pot came flying down from the sky.
“Me? How am I a Sea King? Or a slag?” She couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
Zhen Zhu wriggled free from her arms and hopped to the floor, planting her hands on her hips. “I read it online! Slag Sea Kings never make their relationships public! They wanna keep their backups and fish around!”
“How could you do this to me, Old Hag…?” The little loli sniffled and wiped at her eyes.
What a waterworks. Kids.
Liang Sheng plastered on a pained expression.
“No, no, it’s not like that.” Feeling like a kindergarten teacher, the green-haired girl squatted down and cupped Zhen Zhu’s face in her hands. “What I mean is, you’re still little, right? If you go telling people you’re dating a big sister who’s almost eighteen, what are they gonna think of you? What about me?”
