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Join the ServerLuo Xiaoning had just turned around to get onto the sofa when she heard those words. She whipped her head back and stared at Su Yutao in shock.
Her eyes went round, her mouth slightly open. Was this little blind girl actually stupid, or just pretending?
She knew full well there was no kindness behind this visit. And she still dared to come to her on her own?
A few thoughts spun through her head. But the smile was back on her face in no time, her voice all sweet:
“Little Peach wants to play with me? Sure, sure. I can’t sleep anyway.”
Lin Qingxue stood up and looked at Luo Xiaoning, a trace of scrutiny in her eyes.
She wasn’t smiling, and her voice wasn’t harsh, but every word came out clear.
“Luo Xiaoning, you can play with her for a while. But remember a few things.”
“First, don’t touch her.”
“Second, don’t push her.”
“Third, don’t yell at her.”
“Fourth, don’t scare her.”
“Fifth…”
She paused.
“If you notice anything wrong with her, come knock on my door directly. Got it?”
Luo Xiaoning was a bit stunned by the barrage of don’ts. Her smile almost slipped.
She swallowed and nodded obediently. “Got it. Don’t worry, Sister Lin. I’ll be really good to Little Peach.”
Lin Qingxue looked at her for two seconds, then turned to Su Yutao.
She stroked Su Yutao’s head. Her voice softened.
“Little Peach, if you get sleepy, make some noise. I’m a light sleeper. I’ll wake up right away.”
Su Yutao nodded.
Lin Qingxue straightened up, walked to the bedroom door, and glanced back once.
Su Yutao stood in the middle of the living room, hugging the penguin, facing in Luo Xiaoning’s direction.
Luo Xiaoning sat on the sofa with a smile, but her hands were gripping the blanket, knuckles white.
Lin Qingxue looked away, walked into the bedroom, and closed the door.
The light went out.
She lay in bed, not asleep, ears pricked for any sound from the living room.
In the living room, Luo Xiaoning studied Su Yutao and tilted her head. Her voice was lowered, with an unreadable edge:
“Little Peach, do you really want to play with me, or do you have something else in mind?”
Su Yutao didn’t answer. She just stood there hugging Qiansui, facing Luo Xiaoning, completely still.
Qiansui whispered in Su Yutao’s ear. “Host, are you really going to play with her? She was choking you in the bathroom a little while ago.”
Su Yutao said in her mind, ‘Play? Why not? I’m dying for her to mess with me right now.’
Qiansui thought for a moment and whispered, “Host, did Lin Qingxue turn you into an M or something? You’re that eager to get hit?”
Su Yutao didn’t answer. She just hugged Qiansui tighter.
Luo Xiaoning saw she wasn’t talking and found it boring. She patted the sofa beside her. “Come sit. Aren’t you tired standing there?”
Su Yutao slowly fumbled her way over and sat at the other end of the sofa, leaving a person’s worth of space between them.
Luo Xiaoning didn’t move closer. She tilted her head and watched her, a hint of a smile at the corner of her mouth.
“Look at you. You were so fierce when you were choking me in the bathroom. Why are you acting all obedient now?”
Su Yutao ignored her. She just lowered her head and stroked Qiansui’s fur.
Meanwhile, for some reason, Lin Qingxue’s eyelids suddenly felt heavy. She wanted to snap herself awake and listen for whether Luo Xiaoning was bullying Little Peach in the living room.
But she was too tired. She couldn’t hold on.
Her breathing slowed, evened out. She fell asleep.
The light was still on in the living room.
After Luo Xiaoning said that, she waited a long time. Su Yutao still didn’t react.
She watched Su Yutao curl up in the corner of the sofa, hugging the penguin, head down, white hair spilling over half her face. She looked like a wall that gave back no echo.
Luo Xiaoning suddenly found it boring.
She leaned back, stared at the ceiling, and her voice turned lazy, with a tone of “I can’t be bothered to argue with you”:
“Forget it. I’m not playing with you. Let me tell you something serious.”
She turned her head and looked at Su Yutao.
“Little Peach, let me be straight with you. Staying by Sister Lin’s side will only drag her down.”
“She could have had a better life. But because she has to take care of you, the higher-ups got their eyes on her and sent me to watch her.”
She paused and lowered her voice a little.
“And if you don’t know what’s good for you, I don’t mind getting rid of you with my own hands.”
“I don’t have the authority to dispose of people at will like Sister Lin Xue does, but quietly making you disappear is no problem for me.”
Su Yutao’s fingers paused on Qiansui’s fur.
Qiansui whispered in Su Yutao’s ear. “Host, Pink Hair is threatening you again.”
Su Yutao didn’t answer.
She kept her head down. She didn’t speak or move.
Luo Xiaoning saw no reaction and figured she’d taken it to heart. A sense of “I’m doing a good deed” welled up inside her.
She reached out and patted Su Yutao’s shoulder. Her voice carried the gentle tone of “big sister knows best”:
“Think it over. I’m saying all this for your own good, and for Sister Lin’s too.”
She stood up and yawned.
“Alright, I’m sleepy. Go to bed. Don’t hang around here getting in the way.”
She turned and walked toward the sofa, ready to lie down.
Su Yutao stayed where she was. She didn’t move.
Qiansui was stunned. “Wait, what? So she just warns you a bit and that’s it, no bullying? Host, your plan won’t work.”
Su Yutao hadn’t seen that coming either.
She’d expected Luo Xiaoning to do what she did in the bathroom: choke her, press her down, pull her hair. At least she’d get physical.
But this person just said a few “for your own good” lines and was ready to sleep?
So she’d put up with it all for nothing?
She’d been sitting here waiting to be bullied, and now the other girl just wasn’t going to?
A feeling she couldn’t name rose in Su Yutao’s chest. Resentment, not relief.
Why? This person had pinched her face, shoved her under the water, pulled her hair, all for no reason. And a few “for your own good” words were supposed to settle it?
Was Su Yutao really that easy to brush off?
She remembered being pressed underwater in the bathroom, choking, unable to catch her breath. And this person just said “not playing anymore” and stopped?
Su Yutao’s fingers tightened around Qiansui’s fur.
Qiansui felt her mood and whispered, “Host? You okay?”
Su Yutao didn’t answer.
She was thinking about how to provoke her.
She couldn’t talk, couldn’t see, and couldn’t fight back.
But she could… annoy her.
Luo Xiaoning had already lain down.
She rolled over to face the back of the sofa, pulled the blanket over herself, and closed her eyes.
The light was still on, but she couldn’t be bothered to turn it off.
Anyway, that little blind girl would feel her way back to the bedroom on her own. No need to worry.
Then she felt someone tugging at her blanket.
Luo Xiaoning opened her eyes and turned her head.
Su Yutao had come over without her noticing. She stood by the sofa, one hand tugging at the corner of the blanket, the other hugging the penguin.
Her face was turned toward Luo Xiaoning, purple eyes half-lidded and unfocused. But the meaning was written clearly on her face: ‘I did that on purpose.’
Luo Xiaoning frowned. “What are you doing?”
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