“Wait!” Liu Ran was utterly terrified.
Showing up like this to Ming Siyu would be mortifying.
Another voice drifted through her mind: President Ming gave you this gift as a reward precisely so you’d use it this way. You’re just making full use of it—no need to feel ashamed. Your body has already been seen naked by her anyway.
No, that’s different. Liu Ran rebutted the voice. Despair brought tears to her eyes. She knelt by the door, begging for more time, twisting awkwardly to untangle it.
The voice returned: Maybe if President Ming sees how obediently you’ve tied up your own tail, she’ll reward you with even more. Don’t you want to try for more rewards? She said herself she really likes you lately. Not even a little excited? Not at all eager for her to see your current messy, disheveled state?
Of course not!
Liu Ran pinched her thigh hard. Why was this annoying voice appearing?
Footsteps faded outside the door. Liu Ran froze, tears welling and swirling in her eyes. Ming Siyu had left?
The urgency eased instantly, and she let out a huge sigh of relief.
But refusing to open the door for Ming Siyu—wouldn’t that make her mad? After all, it was Ming Siyu’s house.
After getting angry, would she punish her? Like locking her in a dark room, scolding her while touching her until she cried, or both.
She probably wouldn’t. After that time Ming Siyu went out in the rain to find Jian Huaici, she hadn’t punished her again.
Had Ming Siyu really just left like that?
Liu Ran wiped away her tears in confusion. Her face was still flushed from the panic earlier as she continued to patiently untangle the chain. With her movements, the pearl swung against the floor one after another, like her heart beating up and down erratically.
Before she could relax for even half a minute, hurried footsteps thudded back again. The next second, a key slid into the door lock and turned.
Liu Ran’s heartbeat shot up to 180 in an instant. Ming Siyu was the owner of the house, of course she had keys to every room!
She hurriedly reached to cover the lock, but it was too late.
Ming Siyu pushed open the door and looked down from above at Little Wolf slumped on the floor.
“What are you doing?”
Her scrutinizing gaze roamed over Liu Ran’s face.
The keyring in the lock swung back and forth like a pendulum.
Her eyes traveled up from Liu Ran’s fair and slender ankle, pausing at the curve rising under the V-neck of her sleepwear.
Liu Ran swallowed involuntarily. Ming Siyu didn’t wear underwear under her sleepwear; she’d felt it the last time they kissed. It was so fragrant and soft, the complete opposite of Ming Siyu’s tough, prickly personality.
She immediately slapped herself mentally.
What time was it? How could she still have the mind to fantasize like this? The timing, the place, the person—none of it was right.
Ming Siyu didn’t find any answers on Liu Ran’s face, and her eyes grew even darker.
At 11:30 at night, Little Wolf was alone in the room, silently fiddling with something behind her back. Her courage was getting bolder; she even dared to keep secrets from her in her own house.
She’d even refused to open the door for her.
Hiding secrets from her? Absolutely not allowed!
She stepped forward, her foot planting between Liu Ran’s parted legs.
“Explain. The reason you didn’t open the door for me. Explain.”
Liu Ran stammered, “I-I wasn’t doing anything.”
She even tried to change the subject. “Even if you have the key, you can’t just open someone else’s room door like that…”
“You’re not ‘someone else’ to me.” Ming Siyu’s voice deepened further. “And I’m not to you either. Stop stalling. Speak.”
The topic change failed. Liu Ran leaned against the bed and slowly stood up, facing Ming Siyu head-on as much as possible to keep her from seeing the pearl-adorned tail sticking up behind her.
“I was asleep. I just couldn’t find my shoes right away, that’s why I didn’t open the door immediately. What do you want now?”
“To talk about your driving practice.”
Ming Siyu kept staring at Liu Ran the whole time, scanning her up and down like a scanner. Under such sharp eyes, everything seemed to have nowhere to hide.
Liu Ran forced herself to stay calm. “What’s this about driving practice? Tell me quick, I want to sleep.”
“I was originally just going to tell you in two sentences and leave.”
“And now?”
“Now I’ve changed my mind.” Ming Siyu strongly suspected Liu Ran was hiding something behind her. She had to find out what. “Turn around.”
Had she been found out?
Liu Ran’s breathing tightened abruptly. She let out a dry laugh. “What’s up with driving practice? The instructor said I’m doing pretty well; I can take the test next week.”
Seeing Liu Ran still dodging the issue, hands clasped behind her back and refusing to show them, Ming Siyu grew even more convinced she was up to no good. She issued an ultimatum. “Little Ran, if you hand over what you’re hiding behind you right now, you’ll still be a good girl. I won’t blame or punish you—instead, I’ll reward you for your honesty. If not, I have ways to make you give it up, but once it comes to that, no matter what it is you’re hiding, all you’ll get is punishment.”
Liu Ran clenched her buttocks tightly at the words. The pearl had some weight, dangling from the tip of her tail, swinging and rubbing against sensitive nerves—not much different from the sensation when Ming Siyu toyed with her tail tip.
Did she really have to show it to Ming Siyu…?
It was so, so shameful…
At that moment, Ming Siyu glanced at the open jewelry box on the bed. It was empty inside; the custom-made necklace was gone, and it wasn’t around Liu Ran’s neck either.
She casually asked, “Where’s the reward I gave you? Did you try it on? Does it fit? Where did you put it?”
The rapid-fire questions made tears well up in Liu Ran’s eyes once more from sheer embarrassment.
In the end, just before Ming Siyu could grab her herself, she tremblingly turned around, let go of her tail with her hand, and covered her face. “I’m not hiding anything. It’s the reward you gave me… The reward’s tangled on my tail and I can’t get it off…”
Her fluffy silver-gray tail was cocked up in a very strange yet beautiful position. The hem of her sleepwear bunched up at the base, revealing the pale pink panties wrapping her round, perky buttocks. Her long, straight legs were generously displayed by their owner, like those beautiful sculptures in an art exhibit.
The tail was wrapped haphazardly in an extremely thin white gold chain, dividing the fur into clumps. The tip trembled nonstop from shame, the gold pearl catching the bedroom light in a noble, luxurious sheen as it bounced along with the shaking.
The whole tail looked just like a cat teaser toy.
And it carried a distinct erotic flair.
Like a gift wrapped messily with ribbons, tempting someone to unwrap it.
Ming Siyu, who had just looked ready to tear Liu Ran apart and devour her, saw the scene and burst into dumbfounded laughter.
Liu Ran only showed it for a second before hurriedly turning back, head bowed in utter mortification. “Really, I’m not lying. I showed you everything.”
The gloom in her eyes was replaced by complex desire.
“Lift your head. Look at me. Tell me why you tied the necklace to your tail? Do you like doing that? Being… bound?”
“No!” Liu Ran blurted out. So it really was a necklace. She’d jumped to conclusions, assuming Ming Siyu wouldn’t give her normal jewelry. Since the length didn’t match a regular necklace, she’d rashly dismissed her initial correct guess.
Breathing rapidly, she hurriedly explained, “I didn’t know it was a necklace. I thought it was a tail chain, so I tried it out. I hadn’t gotten it off yet when you came!”
“If you don’t like it, then you don’t. Why so nervous? It’s like I hit the nail on the head.”
Ming Siyu reached out very gently. “Need help untangling it?”
Liu Ran dodged away like she’d been electrocuted. “No. I’ll do it myself later.”
“But I see the chain’s all tangled up. Looks hard to undo. You sure you don’t need help?”
Liu Ran shook her head frantically.
Ming Siyu knew her tail inside and out. In this situation, even a light touch from her would make her tremble and get wet. The scene was already mortifying enough; she didn’t want to give any more damp reactions—that feeling was as despairing as incontinence.
But would Ming Siyu really agree? From what she knew, Ming Siyu would make up some excuse to play with her thoroughly.
“Alright then.” Once again, Ming Siyu defied expectations. “Untangle it yourself. I’m not sleepy anyway, so I’ll watch you do it right here. Call for help anytime if you can’t. Hmm, time limit’s midnight. If you can’t get it off, you’ll have to sleep with your tail bound.”
With that, Ming Siyu sauntered over to the small sofa in the room and sat down.
She didn’t read or check her phone—just leaned comfortably against the soft cushions, eyes fixed straight on Liu Ran.
Liu Ran’s face burned so hot she could barely breathe. “You’re just going to watch me like this? How am I supposed to untangle it?”
Ming Siyu tilted her head, pretending not to understand. “Huh? I’m just watching you. I’m not tying your hands—how would that affect you undoing the chain? Be careful not to break it; it uses special craftsmanship to be this thin.”
Liu Ran had no comeback.
Ming Siyu even checked on her injury. “By the way, how’s your hand healing? Is it because it’s not fully recovered that it’s hard for you to untangle?”
Liu Ran just wished Ming Siyu would stop talking.
After struggling for ages, her palms slick with sweat, she finally succeeded in removing the necklace with one minute to spare before midnight.
Ming Siyu’s expression seemed a bit disappointed.
Liu Ran shakily put the necklace back in the box, only to hear Ming Siyu command in an irresistible tone, “Little Ran, why not try on the necklace?”
She licked her dry lips; her mouth tasted bitter.
“It’s so late. Maybe skip it.”
“You wore it somewhere it shouldn’t go, but you won’t even see what it looks like where it’s supposed to be? Or have you decided it’s a tail chain and plan to secretly wrap it around your tail again when no one’s around?”
Ming Siyu chuckled lightly. “Little Ran, did it feel good when you wrapped it around your tail?”
Liu Ran calmly cleared her throat. “Nothing like that. Fine, I’ll wear it.”
Liu Ran first removed her collar, then gauged the necklace’s length, looping it twice around her neck and reaching back to fasten the clasp—only to be interrupted by a pair of dry, slightly cool hands.
Ming Siyu parted her hair from behind and took the necklace from her hands. Liu Ran felt an itch on her neck; before she could tell if it came from Ming Siyu’s breath or the brush of her fingers, the necklace was fastened.
Ming Siyu casually adjusted the lengths for her—one loop long, one short, the pearl dangling perfectly at the edge of her collar.
Liu Ran checked herself in the mirror. It was indescribably beautiful. It was rare to see such a large, flawless pearl.
Ming Siyu didn’t leave right away.
“I promised you—a reward for turning it over voluntarily.” She gazed at Liu Ran with a smile. “What do you want?”
