Gold Medal Mediator [Quick Transmigration] 3

Chapter 3: Cousin-in-Law, Don’t Be Like This (3)

Busted, Hua Baihe remained remarkably calm. She blinked her eyes open blearily, feigning the appearance of someone just waking up. The hoarseness from her earlier thirst perfectly enhanced the credibility of her newly awakened voice.

“Sheng Sheng?”

Since Luo Sheng and Chen Wenxian weren’t married yet, she only dared to use the title ‘Cousin-in-Law’ in private. On a normal day, their relationship was more like that of friends.

Her dark pupils, shimmering under the light, reflected a look of confusion. She seemed unsure of where she was or why Luo Sheng was here.

If Luo Sheng hadn’t been certain of the slight stiffness she felt when she touched her earlier, she might have actually been fooled.

“Who did you think it was?” A faint, mocking smile played on Luo Sheng’s lips as she looked down at her.

Looking up from this angle, Hua Baihe had to admit that Luo Sheng’s natural beauty was off the charts. Even the slightly narrowed corners of her eyes and the graceful upward sweep of their lines spoke of her charm.

So beautiful.

Hua Baihe was lost in the close-up view of the other woman’s stunning face, but her own expression remained one of someone who “didn’t understand what you’re talking about.” It wasn’t until Luo Sheng’s tone deepened as she asked the next question:

“Or perhaps, who were you hoping it would be? Your dear cousin?”

The words ‘dear cousin’ paired with Chen Wenxian’s honest, simple face almost made Hua Baihe shudder on the spot.

Under the pressure of the other woman’s invisible aura, she opened her mouth, playing dumb to the end. “Sheng Sheng… what are you talking about?”

Then, as if she suddenly understood what Luo Sheng was implying, her eyes widened in surprise. She even propped herself up on the bed, a sense of urgency on her face as she instinctively shook her head, her gaze locked on Luo Sheng.

“Sheng Sheng, did you misunderstand something?”

“My cousin and I just grew up together and are close, that’s all. You’ve always known that, haven’t you? Did I do something wrong before? If so… how about I keep my distance from my cousin from now on, okay?”

A look of hurt from being misunderstood crossed her face. She stared intently at Luo Sheng, afraid she wouldn’t be believed, almost on the verge of making a grand gesture like swearing an oath to the heavens—a classic soap opera move.

After all, Hua Baihe had no desire to become the biggest obstacle between Luo Sheng and Chen Wenxian.

That would be completely contrary to her mission’s objective.

Throughout it all, Luo Sheng just sat quietly at the foot of the bed, watching her.

**

After Hua Baihe finished her explanation, she nervously fiddled with the corner of the quilt beside her. Her gaze on Luo Sheng became increasingly cautious. When Luo Sheng remained silent, she added another line:

“Sheng Sheng, please believe me. I just applied for a transfer a while ago. After you and my cousin get married, I won’t be in this city anymore. Tonight, my cousin only invited me for a drink because he knew you were busy with work. Please, please don’t overthink it, okay?”

Luo Sheng didn’t hear a single word of her explanation.

Her mind was entirely focused on the fact that the other woman had applied for a transfer.

Chen Keyin is leaving.

As soon as she hands me over to Chen Wenxian, Chen Keyin plans to leave her.

Or rather, this person never had any intention of staying by her side.

At this thought, the chill in Luo Sheng’s eyes deepened, like two ice cubes dropped into a glass of soda, making the surrounding air hiss and crackle.

Hua Baihe sensed the drop in atmospheric pressure around her and quickly rallied her brain cells, reviewing her words for any mistakes. Just as she was about to concoct another plan, Luo Sheng finally spoke.

She enunciated each word slowly and deliberately. “You’re right, you should stay away from Chen Wenxian.”

Hearing this, the light in Hua Baihe’s eyes dimmed. A look of dejectedness from being misunderstood appeared on her face, but for a moment, she couldn’t muster the energy to argue. She could only nod silently.

Just as she started nodding, she heard Luo Sheng lazily add another sentence:

“Because it would displease me.”

Hua Baihe didn’t catch the other meaning in her words and just kept nodding absentmindedly.

At the same time, she berated the System in her mind: “What did I tell you before? Cousins this close were bound to cause trouble!”

Seeing that she hadn’t understood her at all, Luo Sheng leaned forward. She raised a hand to cup the back of her neck, bringing them face to face, her eyes filled with a deep, heavy fog.

“Whether it’s Chen Wenxian, Li Wenxian, or anyone else—you are not to get close to anyone but me. Understand?”

Hua Baihe: …I’d rather not understand.

She was about to speak, but the hand on the back of her neck moved, slowly caressing the delicate skin as Luo Sheng’s gaze held a chilling possessiveness.

Unable to bear the gentle tickling, Hua Baihe instinctively shrank back, mumbling her name like a soft plea.

“Sheng Sheng… are you drunk?”

Luo Sheng let out a cold laugh.

The sound made Hua Baihe want to tremble—

The next second, Luo Sheng leaned in again. This time, while Hua Baihe was fully conscious, she pushed her down onto the rose-red bed, bent over her, and kissed her. She even cupped Hua Baihe’s face with both hands, a gesture filled with a do-or-die determination as she plundered every last breath from her body.

Hua Baihe was kissed until her head spun. She frantically called out to the System in her mind:

“This is the third time she’s kissed me! The third time tonight! If this keeps up, I’m going to—!”

System: “You’re going to?”

Hua Baihe: “I’m going to lose control! I’m going to flip her over, pin her down, and then I’ll…!”

The System, bracing itself against the force of her vulgar fantasies, threw a meme at her of one character clapping a hand over another’s mouth: 【No! You don’t want that!.jpg】

Hua Baihe: “…”

**

Luo Sheng released the slightly breathless Hua Baihe, resting her forehead against hers. With every word she spoke, her warm, moist breath washed over Hua Baihe’s lips.

“Now, do you understand what I mean?”

Hua Baihe didn’t dare meet her gaze, afraid she wouldn’t be able to control the little deer stampeding in her heart. She could only raise a hand to cover her face, looking somewhat helpless, her eyes darting to the side, only daring to peek at the scenery beyond her fingers.

To Luo Sheng, this looked like a blatant refusal to accept reality.

I suppose…

Keyin has given so much for Chen Wenxian, how could she have room in her eyes for anyone else? And how could she possibly know that I’ve been watching her from the sidelines for so many years?

Right now, Chen Keyin was probably cursing her as a pervert in her mind, or perhaps wishing this was all just a crazy dream.

But Luo Sheng didn’t want that.

Now that she had finally taken this step after waiting for so many years, she absolutely could not let their relationship regress.

If she let Chen Keyin leave tonight, the woman might immediately flee to a place she could never reach.

Luo Sheng had already made her decision, but her face remained impassive. Her hand, which had been stroking Hua Baihe’s cheek, slowly moved down to the lips of the person beneath her.

Her thumb applied a bit of pressure, slowly rubbing against Hua Baihe’s lips, the tip of her finger occasionally brushing against her teeth with a soft click.

This feeling of being on the verge of invasion, of a predator circling its prey, ready to strike at any moment, sent the hairs on the back of Hua Baihe’s neck standing on end.

She swallowed, and in a fit of annoyance, opened her mouth to bite Luo Sheng’s finger.

But the other woman was quicker, using her other hand to grip her jaw. Her finger thus smoothly slipped into Hua Baihe’s mouth, playfully teasing the tip of her tongue in circles.

The action was overtly flirtatious, brimming with eroticism.

Hua Baihe swallowed a beat too late and choked, unable to catch her breath. The sensation made her eyes redden and a fine mist well up, making her look for all the world like she had been thoroughly bullied by Luo Sheng.

But she refused to appear so pathetic. Just before Luo Sheng could fully appreciate the look in her eyes, she squeezed them shut.

As if she couldn’t bear to look at the person humiliating her any longer.

Luo Sheng’s movements paused. She withdrew her hand and leaned down to place a cherished kiss on her lips, asking in a low voice:

“You hate me, don’t you?”

Hate me so much you won’t even open your eyes to look at me.

It almost made her feel that no matter what she did, she might never be able to make Chen Keyin remember her, or even hate her.

Little did she know, at the very same moment she asked that question, Hua Baihe was solemnly announcing to the System in her mind:

“Contestant Luo Sheng, zero points for this round.”

Luo Sheng doesn’t seem stupid usually, so why does she become so sensitive and insecure when it comes to guessing my romantic feelings?

If the situation allowed, Hua Baihe would have definitely shaken Luo Sheng by the shoulders and told her:

My dear, this is what love is!

System: 【Moron.jpg】

**

Luo Sheng noticed that the person before her had no intention of acknowledging her, simply covering her face and mumbling incoherently.

“Sheng Sheng, you must be drunk…”

Under normal circumstances, Luo Sheng might have found her attempt to turn the tables amusing.

But right now, she just slowly sat up straight, a self-deprecating look in her eyes and a similar curve on her lips as she whispered to herself:

“I’m drunk?”

The upward lilt at the end of her sentence held an emotion that terrified Hua Baihe.

Soon, Hua Baihe heard her continue, “Well then, why don’t you tell me if I’m drunk or not.”

Hua Baihe was initially confused. After the dangerous presence beside her moved away, she peeked through the gaps between her fingers to see what the other woman was doing.

Luo Sheng was bending over, pulling a large box out from under the bed.

Then came the sound of a lock being undone.

Perhaps because so many things had happened one after another tonight, severely taxing Hua Baihe’s alcohol-numbed nerves, by the time she realized what was happening, she had missed the optimal window for escape.

And then, she realized her earlier trembling had been premature—

Luo Sheng began placing items on the foot of the bed one by one. The only thing she could recognize was a pair of soft, fur-lined handcuffs. Besides that, there were various rods of different lengths covered in simulated skin, and even more bizarrely shaped objects that made one’s scalp tingle just looking at them.

The door to a new world had suddenly been kicked down in front of Hua Baihe, crushing her twenty-odd years of innocent sensibilities.

Even if she’d never eaten pork, she’d seen a pig run.

She murmured to herself internally, “System, what is all this stuff…?”

The System, being a recent factory model, was still a minor in the world of artificial intelligence. Its built-in protection mode activated, turning everything into a blurry mosaic.

And so, it fell into a dead silence.

Hua Baihe finally realized that if she didn’t run now, she might very well lose her life right here. However, she had only scooted back an inch when her ankle was grabbed by Luo Sheng, who had leaned over. The other woman raised her head and gave her a brilliant smile.

“I won’t force you,” she said.

Then, a hint of wickedness crept into her smile. “You’ll beg me, won’t you?”

The System, bewildered by the R-18 lesbian dating sim dialogue unfolding before it, felt its audio sensors being corrupted.

Then it noticed that Hua Baihe had fallen into the same stunned silence.

It racked its brain, trying to find another emoji from its knowledge base to comfort the out-of-her-depth Hua Baihe, to tell her that this was just a mission, that it had nothing to do with her real body, and that if worst came to worst—

Before it could finish its thought, it heard Hua Baihe, after a long silence, utter a single sentence:

“This is so—”

“—thrilling…”

***

Author’s Note: System: F*cking retard.