Chapter 17: ✈️

Lin Yi: 😅.

If this quest wasn’t completed within the two-hour time limit, it would mean failure. Failure meant that three points would be deducted from his Stamina, Technique, and Luck.

Once they were deducted to 1, each one had a fatal drawback. With all three stacked together, wouldn’t that just be waiting to choke to death on a sip of water?

“Teacher Lin Yi, why the sudden long face? You look just like a startled little bunny. It really makes one want to dote on you. A cute man like you can’t just make that kind of expression. You’ll be targeted by other bad women.”

Shen Xixi covered her mouth, smiling wantonly and boldly, her soft chest trembling.

“Teacher Lin Yi, were you frightened? It’s alright, I will always stand by your side. No matter where you are, just give me a call, and I will come to your side immediately.”

Yun Ling pulled Lin Yi’s hand into her arms, stood up, and leaned tightly against Lin Yi’s shoulder, stroking his hair as if a mother were comforting her child.

Her soft and milky-scented chest gently pressed against Lin Yi’s face.

Shen Xixi’s eyes narrowed slightly. She tapped the table and said with a faintly chilly smile, “Men, sometimes they’re just like that. They get startled uncontrollably when they encounter a little something. But there are many ways to comfort them, wouldn’t you say, Teacher Yun Ling?”

“Oh, oh, you mean… but here? I’ll need to prepare, find some rope to tie him up first, in case he wakes up and runs away. That wouldn’t be good…”

Yun Ling was somewhat perplexed and surprised.

“…You’re overthinking it. What I mean is, he has a wife. Can you please not get so close to him?” Shen Xixi rolled her eyes.

“Oh, oh.”

Yun Ling shuddered, awkwardly and guiltily releasing Lin Yi and returning to her seat.

She took a sip of tea, her gaze wandering.

“…It’s nothing, just a little surprised.”

Hearing Shen Xixi’s voice, Lin Yi, who hadn’t heard Yun Ling’s words because he was thinking about the quest, came back to his senses. He picked up the warm teacup on the table and took a sip.

“Teacher Lin Yi, no need to be surprised. With me here, everything will be handled very well, just like before.”

Shen Xixi alluringly extended her finger and gave a little hook.

“Before?” Yun Ling looked at Shen Xixi questioningly.

“Oh, Teacher Yun Ling might not know about this. The novels Lin Yi used to write were female-oriented. I’ve been following Teacher Lin Yi’s work for a long time, and I’ve always wanted Teacher Lin Yi to write a character based on me, to be in a loving relationship with the male lead.”

Shen Xixi smiled happily, taking out a novel with a slightly yellowed cover from her handbag.

“My Messy Boyfriend Only Likes Wu Tao”¹

“Ah… so Teacher Lin Yi once wrote female-oriented works. That’s something I didn’t expect. But in that case, since Teacher Lin Yi already has experience creating works of other genres, he should be even more inclined to try opening up a new one.”

After a moment of surprise, Yun Ling looked at Lin Yi with even more determination in her eyes.

“…Then let’s go with what Teacher Yun Ling says. I will work hard on the quality of the work.”

Lin Yi looked at the novel Shen Xixi had taken out of her handbag, his lips twitching slightly.

That was a work from over a year ago.

At that time, he and Shen Xixi had just met. He was still an obscure, unranked writer, making a living by writing some titillating content that everyone loved to see.

Moreover, the female-oriented works of this world were quite similar to the male-oriented harem light novels from Earth, so it was relatively easy for him to write.

And at that time, Shen Xixi was already a relatively famous illustrator.

She often gave him a lot of advice in the guise of a gentle older sister, frequently waiting for him quietly under the large cherry blossom tree in front of the apartment he lived in at the time.

The falling pink cherry blossoms and the season filled with a colorful atmosphere, a beautiful, gentle, mature older sister…

Until he discovered the impossibly deep basement in Shen Xixi’s house…

Only then did he realize that the prototype for this work, which was inspired by Shen Xixi’s words, was actually himself.

“Since Teacher Lin Yi has also agreed, let’s start eating. We’ll order a few small drinks. Some work needs to be done while drinking to make it go faster.”

Yun Ling excitedly called for the waiter, asking them to serve the dishes according to the set menu and to bring a few more drinks.

From an angle Yun Ling couldn’t see, Shen Xixi looked at Lin Yi greedily, hooking her red lips, her eyes flashing with a strange light. She opened her mouth without making a sound.

Lin Yi understood her words:

“Remembering things from the past, aren’t you? At that time, I was by your side, using my body to guide you on how to write a good female-oriented work.”

Lin Yi was conflicted.

He couldn’t deny it, but that didn’t mean he would accept the past.

The past should remain in the past…

One by one, the dishes were brought to the table by the waiter, along with a low-alcohol liquor that exuded a faint, fragrant aroma.

“To the happy cooperation of both teachers!”

“Cheers!”

“Cheers…”

And so they went back and forth, drinking and eating, discussing the issue of creating a new milestone in male-oriented works.

Before they knew it, two full glasses of liquor had gone down.

Yun Ling couldn’t hold her liquor. She held up her small porcelain cup, her pretty face flushed crimson, her eyes hazy, and leaned back drunkenly.

“That… I’m not drunk, just a little dizzy… Let me rest for a bit, just a bit…”

Yun Ling’s voice gradually faded.

She was drunk.

Shen Xixi’s small tongue licked her lips. She swirled the half-cup of liquor remaining in her hand.

She suddenly stood up, carrying an alluring aura tinged with the fragrance of alcohol, and walked straight to Lin Yi’s side. She leaned down, her lips slightly parted, exhaling a fervent breath at Lin Yi.

“Lin Yi, it’s just the two of us left in the room now. You don’t have to put on an act anymore. Back when you were drunk, who was it that acted as your airplane~?”²

Shen Xixi wildly and wantonly bit Lin Yi’s earlobe.

¹ The name 吴涛 (Wú Tāo) is likely a pun. 吴 (wú) sounds like 无 (wú), meaning “without,” and 涛 (tāo) sounds like 套 (tào), meaning “condom.” So, the title could be interpreted as “My Messy Boyfriend Only Likes It Without a Condom.”

² “飞机” (fēijī), literally “airplane,” is a common slang term for a handjob. The tilde (~) adds a playful and suggestive tone.