Inferior A After Having a Baby with the Top Boss 71

Chapter 71: Skin Against Skin

Ming Fei suspected her core programming had malfunctioned.

Otherwise, why didn’t she pull back, move away, or push Zhu Yiqiao away after she kissed her dimple? Even… between good friends, a kiss wasn’t an appropriate reward or punishment, right?

But Zhu Yiqiao didn’t give her much time to think.

She pulled back slightly, resting her head on Ming Fei’s shoulder and neck, her eyes closing slightly as if sleepy, and then politely added,

“Thank you, Ah Fei.”

Thank… thank you?

Thank you for what?

Thank you for showing her her dimple?

Ming Fei, whose core programming had seemingly crashed, was completely confused, even subconsciously and dazedly replying,

“Y-You’re welcome.”

Just as she finished speaking, Zhu Yiqiao suddenly opened her eyes, her tone quite serious.

“Ah Fei, do you like it?”

Ming Fei found that she couldn’t keep up with Zhu Yiqiao’s train of thought. She realized once again how flustered she had been when she got drunk last time, while Zhu Yiqiao had been completely tolerant and indulgent, responding to everything she said, even confessing that she was One Raccoon Hill.

So, she tried to keep up with Zhu Yiqiao’s thinking, slowly rebooting her brain. Although her core programming was still being repaired, she was calmer than a minute ago, at least on the surface.

She asked, “Like what?”

Zhu Yiqiao’s index finger lightly touched the dimple she had just kissed.

“The reward.”

Ming Fei’s reboot failed. After a few seconds of silence, she tried again.

She tried to explain to Zhu Yiqiao, “…Jiejie, can we change the reward method in the future?”

Unlike the curious Ming Zaozao, Zhu Yiqiao rarely asked “why.” Most of the time, her replies were “mm-hmm,” “I know,” “okay,” and so on. But at this moment, Chief Judge Zhu, who usually remained calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before her, looked at her “partner” curiously and asked “why.”

As if she was genuinely curious about why Ming Fei wanted to change the reward.

The successfully rebooted Ming Fei said, “Because that kind of reward isn’t appropriate between good friends.”

Zhu Yiqiao didn’t speak.

The pheromone concentration in the room was getting higher and higher. The raccoon cat, which had just been holding its tail high and its ears perked up, suddenly hid in the snow, only the tip of its fluffy tail exposed, silently expressing its displeasure.

Sensing the pheromone situation, Ming Fei smiled, her dimple reappearing.

Then—

Zhu Yiqiao, using the same tactic, stroked the dimple again. She didn’t deny the “good friend” part, only saying, word by word,

“It’s okay for Ah Fei.”

Ming Fei didn’t understand what she meant. After repeatedly rebooting, she skipped over this question and tried to shift the conversation to the most important matter at hand. As their eyes met, she couldn’t help but brush Zhu Yiqiao’s stray hair behind her ear.

“Jiejie, you’ve already seen my dimple, can you let go of my hand now so I can go to the bathroom to get a towel?”

Zhu Yiqiao: “I’ll go too.”

At this point, Ming Fei didn’t hesitate any longer, picking up Zhu Yiqiao and walking towards the bathroom.

Thanks to her regular exercise, whether it was carrying Zhu Yiqiao from the first floor to the third floor, or moving around now, Ming Fei could do it easily and effortlessly.

Although Ming Fei had entered the master bedroom a few times before, this was her first time in the bathroom. The style was very simple and technologically advanced. The automated intelligent bathtub on the right beeped, and Ming Fei closed the pop-up window on the display screen before placing Zhu Yiqiao on the spacious and clean vanity.

She didn’t ask Zhu Yiqiao to let go again, directly wetting a towel with warm water and carefully wiping Zhu Yiqiao’s face.

Through the mirror on the vanity, Ming Fei noticed that the blush on her own face hadn’t faded yet. After wiping Zhu Yiqiao’s face, when Ming Fei was about to wipe her hands, Zhu Yiqiao first asked Ming Fei to take off her pheromone bracelet, then said sleepily,

“My neck is itchy.”

Ming Fei re-wetted the towel: “Do you want me to wipe it for you?”

“Mm.”

Then, Zhu Yiqiao took Ming Fei’s hand and slowly moved it towards the top button of her shirt: “Unbutton it.”

Ming Fei coaxed her, “It’s already very convenient like this, no need to unbutton it.”

“Itchy.”

Ming Fei’s eyelashes trembled slightly: “Then Jiejie, can you wipe it yourself?”

Zhu Yiqiao tightened her grip on Ming Fei’s hand, silently refusing. Ming Fei, at a loss, coaxed her softly,

“…Jiejie.”

“You need to rest early so you won’t have a headache.”

Zhu Yiqiao had already washed up when Ming Fei went to the garden to pick flowers. Knowing this, Ming Fei coaxed her while quickly finishing the task. After wiping Zhu Yiqiao’s face, neck, wrists, and other areas, she was about to carry Zhu Yiqiao out when Zhu Yiqiao gestured for Ming Fei to get the white bathrobe next to her.

“What’s wrong?”

Zhu Yiqiao explained, “I want to wash up.”

Ming Fei indeed hadn’t showered yet. She replied, “I’ll shower later.”

This time, Zhu Yiqiao was unprecedentedly “obedient.” She let Ming Fei carry her out of the bathroom and sat quietly on the left side, waiting for Ming Fei to finish showering.

Ming Fei quickly completed her bedtime routine.

But when she came out of the bathroom wearing Zhu Yiqiao’s white bathrobe, Zhu Yiqiao, who should have been sitting on the bed, was sitting on the carpet for some reason, and her nightgown had been changed to a dark one of the same style.

And the tie around her waist was a little loose, as if it would fall off at any moment.

Ming Fei quickly walked to her side, carried her to the edge of the bed, and, her ears burning, tightened the tie around her waist, making sure it was secure before letting go of her hand.

There was no discarded nightgown on the carpet. Ming Fei deduced that Zhu Yiqiao must have changed in the bathroom. Just as she looked up, she was caught in those misty blue eyes.

“…Ah Fei.”

“Mm?”

“Sleepy.”

Ming Fei understood and said softly, “Then let’s rest, okay?”

“Mm.”

Ming Fei was about to move to the other side of the bed when her waist was suddenly held. Looking down, she found that Zhu Yiqiao was hugging her waist, or perhaps the metaphorical raccoon cat was also wrapping its tail around her leg.

In any case, she couldn’t move.

Zhu Yiqiao said directly, “Sleep together.”

Hearing this, Ming Fei felt that the drunk Zhu Yiqiao was even clingier than Ming Zaozao.

She smiled and carried Zhu Yiqiao to the bed, lying down. In her mind, it was perfectly normal for good friends to sleep together, but her definition of “sleeping together” was each having their own blanket, using the blanket as a boundary, and sleeping peacefully, not like now, sharing a blanket, their fingers intertwined, their breaths almost mingling.

Perhaps because they were too close, Ming Fei noticed that Zhu Yiqiao’s pheromones seemed to be getting stronger. She caught the happy signals sent by the pheromones, confusion rising in her heart.

However, Zhu Yiqiao had said long ago that her pheromones liked her pear scent very much, so this wasn’t strange. She thought.

Snowy nights were always silent.

But as Ming Fei felt the warmth of their skin touching, the sound of her heartbeat grew louder and louder. Her ears burning, she moved slightly to the side, and Zhu Yiqiao would also move closer, the arm around her waist like an unbreakable vine.

After repeatedly rebooting, her core programming was finally repaired.

Ming Fei belatedly thought, if Zhu Yiqiao didn’t have a blackout tomorrow and remembered everything clearly, what would happen?

She hoped Zhu Yiqiao would forget tonight’s events, because that would avoid the awkwardness when they met.

However, she vaguely felt that she had missed something, she couldn’t tell if it was crucial, but her subconscious told her that it would be better if she could grasp it.

As her thoughts raced, the person beside her suddenly said,

“Ah Fei, I want to hear you sing.”

Ming Fei’s face flushed: “…My singing isn’t very good.”

Zhu Yiqiao: “It’s good.”

A smile appeared in Ming Fei’s eyes: “How does Jiejie know it’s good?”

“You sang to Zaozao.”

Ming Fei: “Do you really want to hear it?”

“Mm.”

Ming Fei couldn’t refuse in this situation. She hoped Zhu Yiqiao could rest early, so she sang a slow lullaby, her voice like a mountain stream flowing over jade. When she finished humming the tune, the person in her arms had already fallen asleep, her long, thick eyelashes like butterfly wings gently brushing against Ming Fei’s heart.

Ming Fei smiled: “Goodnight.”

After tossing and turning all night, she also fell asleep soon after. As her breathing evened out, the person who had already fallen asleep suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze clear, without a trace of drunkenness.

—Unfortunately…

Ming Fei, who hadn’t believed 0619 and had chosen to believe Lan Lubai, had chosen the wrong person and guessed the wrong answer.

Wine tasting was a compulsory course at the Ole Empire’s Omega Noble Academy. Whether it was Princess Eloris, who had achieved full marks in all courses at the Noble Academy, or the current Chief Judge of the Trial Court, Zhu Yiqiao, both had an incredibly high tolerance for alcohol, although she usually didn’t drink.

By the faint moonlight, Zhu Yiqiao stared intently at Ming Fei.

She was sleeping soundly, her sleeping posture quiet and gentle, a faint smile always lingering on her lips.

Zhu Yiqiao guessed that she must have been very happy today. The scene she had seen in Xu Zhou’s surveillance footage, the scene in the garden where Ming Fei firmly said she wouldn’t divorce, and the scene in the afternoon on their way back when Ming Fei smiled brightly at her, all flashed through her mind.

So many scenes.

All related to Ming Fei.

She was happy that Xu Zhou was Ming Fei’s older sister, happy that Ming Fei had found her family in this world. But the conversation with Xu Zhou also made her realize something she had subconsciously ignored.

She was used to being in a high position, used to being in control, taking the lead, always holding the initiative, so much so that when she realized she liked Ming Fei, and wanted Ming Fei to like her too, she still habitually placed herself in the dominant position.

Patiently waiting to capture Ming Fei’s heart.

But—

Relationships weren’t a game.

From the moment she fell in love first, she had lost the initiative.

And because of habit and neglect, she had let this relationship be misunderstood by Ming Fei as friendship, and had been assigned the role of “good friend.” She was certainly willing to be Ming Fei’s good friend, but her intentions went far beyond that.

The next day, the snow continued to fall.

When Ming Fei woke up, Zhu Yiqiao was already gone.

She felt a little dizzy, vaguely guessing that Zhu Yiqiao was probably busy with work. After sitting up, her rationality gradually returned. Realizing that this was a perfect opportunity to avoid any awkwardness, she immediately got out of bed and left, walking quietly past the study as if playing hide-and-seek.

Back in the master bedroom on the second floor, she belatedly thought, …there was no need for this.

Because it was Zhu Yiqiao who got drunk.

Because it was Zhu Yiqiao who held her and wouldn’t let her leave.

Anyway…

“Buzz—”

The phone she had brought with her suddenly vibrated, interrupting Ming Fei’s thoughts. She glanced sideways and saw it was a call from her friend Li Xing.

“Ming Xiao Fei—”

Ming Fei moved the phone away slightly. After Li Xing lowered her voice a bit, she asked with a smile,

“What’s wrong?”

Li Xing realized something: “Did you just wake up?”

“Mm.” Ming Fei glanced at the time and found that it was already ten o’clock. “I accidentally overslept.”

Li Xing stated her purpose: “Then go online and take a look.”

She muttered, “Why didn’t you tell me anything? I didn’t know someone threw something at you, that’s too much!! But Chief Judge Zhu is really something, she actually publicly shared her honors with you.”

“Those are Chief Judge Zhu’s medals and honors!!!”

Li Xing’s tone was full of excitement.

“This means that from now on, hitting you is the same as hitting her, insulting you is the same as insulting her, everything she has is tied to you, and those people will be held accountable according to the law. You enjoy the highest level of protection in the country~”

Hearing this, Ming Fei’s mind froze, a blank slate.

She clearly understood what this meant, and couldn’t help but wonder, would a good friend really go this far?

And, it was strange.

Why was her heart beating so fast?