Chương 128: "Xiaoying's" Humiliating Night

Chapter 128 "Xiaoying's" Humiliating Night (Part 2)

"Are you going to continue pretending?"

"My dearest—A-Che?"

The two simple questions struck Ji Ying like thunderbolts, leaving her mind blank for a moment.

It's over! Utterly over! She never imagined that Su Yuqing would actually—actually see through her disguise?!

No! Impossible! I had performed flawlessly! My tone, actions, and responses were all perfectly in embodying the role of "Silent Shadow, the Apostle of the Void Realm." How could she have seen through me?!

But the instinct to survive, or rather, the strong obsession with not wanting to "die" completely in this shameful state, still made her try to make a final struggle after the brief shutdown.

Ji Ying deliberately avoided Su Yuqing's teasing gaze, her voice carrying a deliberately feigned confusion and innocence: "Eh? Yin... Yin Xue? What are you talking about? A-Che—are you referring to your brother? I... I don't quite understand what you mean—" She squirmed in Su Yuqing's arms again, trying to break free, but to Su Yuqing, the force she used was practically the same as her whining.

"Pfft?"

Looking at "Xiaoying" in her arms, who was clearly cornered but still trying to play dumb, Su Yuqing felt her heart melt.

"No, no, no!" She let out a lewd laugh, and instead of letting go, she hugged the petite "Little Shadow" in her arms even tighter, rubbing her fair cheeks against the other's equally soft and delicate face.

"Xiaoying, how can you be so cute! Even when you're trying to hide your guilt, it's incredibly adorable! I can't take it anymore!"

Looking at this scene that could be described as "restricted," and recalling the almost inhuman strength and ruthlessness displayed by the black-armored knight who called himself "Silent Shadow" in the park, and now the petite and cute girl struggling "helplessly" in Su Yuqing's arms like a frightened kitten, the huge contrast was so great that it almost tore apart her cognition, and she couldn't help but chuckle.

She pursed her lips gently, trying not to laugh out loud, but her eyes revealed a clear smile as she nodded slightly in agreement.

Yes, indeed—very cute.

Ji Ying, who was being treated so badly by Su Yuqing, felt her shame and despair reach their peak.

She struggled violently and protested loudly and angrily:

"Alright, alright! Yinxue! Let me go right now! Didn't I tell you I have very important things to do?! Very, very important matters! If you don't let me go, I... I really won't be polite!"

However, to Su Yuqing, this "rude" threat sounded more like the weak and intimidating meows of a puffed-up kitten, making her feel even more adorable and wanting to bully it.

Seeing that Ji Ying was still trying to change the subject with the lame excuse of "being busy" and continue to pretend, Su Yuqing revealed a knowing and sly smile.

He loosened his grip on her arms slightly, but still didn't completely let go of "Xiaoying" in his arms. Instead, he lowered his head slightly and stared intently at her face, which was flushed red with shame and embarrassment.

Her voice carried a hint of laughter, yet her tone was unusually firm: "Xiaoying, do you know?"

"Every time you lie, or feel incredibly guilty, you subconsciously avoid eye contact, your gaze involuntarily drifts to the upper left, and—your right hand unconsciously rubs the seam of your pants."

Su Yuqing reached out her other hand and gently tapped Ji Ying's cheek, which was slightly puffed up with shame and indignation. Her smile grew even brighter: "Just like—now."

"And Ah Che—coincidentally, he also has the exact same cute little habit."

Su Yuqing's seemingly casual but actually incisive "confirmation" struck like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering the last line of defense in Ji Ying's heart.

She deflated instantly, like a balloon whose secrets had been punctured. All her previous struggles, explanations, and attempts to maintain composure vanished in an instant.

She lowered her head in shame and indignation, her cheeks flushed red as if they were about to bleed, and her body trembled slightly with despair and helplessness, unable to utter another word in defense.

Utterly defeated!

Looking at Ji Ying's completely resigned and head-down expression, Su Yuqing wore a radiant smile of victory.

She feigned surprise with an "Eh?", as if she had just confirmed her guess: "Oh! So, Xiaoying, you really are A-Che! I knew it! I wasn't wrong!"

Upon hearing Su Yuqing's words, Ji Ying suddenly raised his head, his dark red eyes filled with disbelief and a hint of exasperation at being tricked.

She pointed at Su Yuqing, her voice trembling with excitement: "You, you—you weren't even 100% sure just now! How could you be so certain?! You're bluffing me!"

Seeing this, Su Yuqing immediately blinked innocently, a sly smile appearing on her face, and explained:

"Hehe, after all, it's a bit unbelievable that you, A-Che, could become such a cute girl as Xiao-Ying."

"Although I do have many guesses in my mind that you are very likely to be A-Che, I can't be 100% sure."

She paused, her tone becoming even more innocent: "Besides, even if I'm wrong, Xiaoying, you're so gentle and kind, you'll definitely forgive me, right?"

As she spoke, Su Yuqing gave a mischievous smile and tightened her grip on Ji Ying's arm.

"However, now that you've admitted it, those assumptions are meaningless."

Jiying: "——" Seeing Su Yuqing's sly, mischievous smile, as if she had gotten a good deal but was still acting innocent, Ji Ying instantly recalled that when he was first reborn, he was in the same situation, tricked by Su Yuqing into revealing that he also had memories of his past life.

History—it repeats itself in such an astonishing way!

But now that things have come to this, no amount of regret or resentment will help. Since the two people in front of her already know the fact that "Xiaoying is Lin Che," then it seems that they can only accept their fate.

But she immediately realized that she should at least keep the secret of being Starfrost.

Unlike "Xiaoying", Xingshuang is a gentle, reliable and powerful senior in their eyes. As long as she is careful, her identity will not be easily exposed. What she needs to do now is to perfect her previous story and make sure they do not continue to overthink things.

Thinking of this, Ji Ying took a deep, deep breath and slowly exhaled, trying to suppress the emotions on the verge of collapse in her heart and attempting to make the expression on her face, which was flushed with shame and indignation, appear a little calmer.

She coughed lightly and slowly said, "Alright—I admit it, is that okay?"

"I'll tell you everything you want to know, but we'll talk after I change back. It's really inconvenient to talk like this."

She simply couldn't imagine that she would have to endure this shameful state and be subjected to a serious "interrogation" by these two juniors who already knew her true identity, asking "Why do you have this disguise?" and "How many things are you still hiding from us?"

Just thinking about that scene made her want to die on the spot.

Upon hearing this, Luo Bingli felt inexplicably disappointed. She knew that if Jiying were to revert to Lin Che at this moment, he and Yuqing might engage in intimate interactions in front of her.

Just thinking about that scene made her feel a sharp pain in her heart, and she subconsciously wanted to avoid it. But she also knew that what the other party was about to say was very important, and she needed to understand that information, so she couldn't just leave.

As Luo Bingli struggled with her dilemma, just as Ji Ying concentrated, preparing to deactivate his transformation and revert back to Lin Che, Su Yuqing shook her head without hesitation and cried out, "No! You can't change back!"

Ji Ying looked up at the other person in surprise, and subconsciously asked, "Why not?"

"That's because—." Su Yuqing herself paused slightly at the words of her own, seemingly unable to think of any reason why she could stop Ji Ying from reverting to his transformation.

But her bright eyes darted around, and she quickly realized what was going on.

She quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket, pointed it at the "Little Shadow" on the bed who was slightly dazed due to confusion, and pressed the shutter without hesitation.

"Snap!"

Accompanied by the crisp click of the shutter, a photo clearly shows Lin Che's room as the background, with the subject dressed in daring hot pants and boots.

The "top secret file" of the black-haired, red-eyed beauty with a side ponytail has just been released.

After doing all this, Su Yuqing shook her phone with satisfaction, a smug smile on her face that said, "Everything is under control."

"If you change back right now—hehe, I'll send this photo to Mom and Dad right away!"

"Of course I won't tell them that the cute black-haired, twin-tailed, red-eyed beauty in the photo, wearing hot pants and boots, showing off her slim waist and long legs, is their seemingly decent and reliable son."

"However—" she deliberately dragged out the last syllable, her smile becoming even more cunning.

"Just wait and explain to them why a strange girl dressed so scantily cladly and so cute appears in your room late at night!"

"you!!!"

When Ji Ying heard Su Yuqing's "outrageous" threat and saw the smug look on her face that clearly said "I've got you figured out," he trembled with rage.

She panicked! She was really panicked!

"Su Qing! Delete that photo right now! Don't post it! Do you hear me?!"

While screaming in exasperation, Ji Ying tried to get out of bed and lunge at Su Yuqing to snatch the phone containing the "ironclad evidence" of her "dark history".

However, reality is cruel.

She soon realized with dismay that, in her current form and without using her ethereal energy, her strength and physique were not even in the same league as Su Yuqing's!

Su Yuqing didn't even try to dodge. She used only one hand to firmly grasp Ji Ying's two slender wrists, lifted them high above her head, and then pressed her down onto the soft bed again.

"Oh dear." With the air of a victor, she leisurely looked down at "Xiaoying" on the bed, whose face was flushed with anger and shame, and who was constantly writhing and struggling in vain.

With his other hand, he lightly and deliberately stroked the other person's flat, smooth abdomen, which was completely exposed due to their revealing clothing, with an obvious hint of provocation.

A bright, mischievous smile, tinged with a hint of mockery and knowing knowing, spread across her face, her tone full of teasing:

"So—Ah Che is actually this frail in this state?"

"No wonder you were so careful when you hugged me last night, and even asked me weird questions like if I was afraid of being hugged. So—you were worried you might 'hurt' me?"

She leaned closer, her warm breath gently brushing against Ji Ying's ear. Looking into his dark red eyes, almost spitting fire with shame and anger, and his pink lips trembling slightly with excitement, her smile grew increasingly wicked.

"Seriously—she's so cute, so cute—it makes me want to tease her a little more."

Just as Ji Ying felt that his dignity and rationality were about to be completely crushed by Su Yuqing's increasingly audacious "teasing," and he was already considering whether to forcibly deactivate his transformation and "teach this unruly girl a lesson" without regard for anything else, Luo Bingli, who had been silently watching this "farce" from the side, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

She walked to the bedside, reached out and gently tapped Su Yuqing's head: "Yuqing, you went a little too far."

Reminded by Luo Bingli, Su Yuqing seemed to sober up a bit from her somewhat "overconfident" and "overly excited" state.

She glanced at the "little shadow" beneath her, which she had almost "played with to death," and a slightly embarrassed expression appeared on her face.

Sticking out her tongue, she guiltily loosened her grip on Ji Ying's arm and climbed off her, saying with a hint of apology:

"Ah—sorry, sorry, A-Che—no, Xiao-Ying—I, I was just—a little too excited and couldn't control myself, hehe—" Ji Ying finally managed to break free from Su Yuqing's "clutches." She sat up from the bed in a disheveled state, panting heavily as she frantically straightened her clothes, which Su Yuqing had crumpled and messed up.

Then she looked up and gave Luo Bingli a grateful look, almost with tears welling up in her eyes.

Xiao Li! You are truly my savior!

Luo Bingli then said to Su Yuqing in a "righteous" tone, "Yuqing, it's not okay to use these kinds of photos to blackmail Xiaoying every day. So after tonight, you'll delete all those photos, understand?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yuqing showed obvious reluctance and regret on her face, but seeing her friend's serious expression, she finally nodded somewhat reluctantly: "Okay—I'll listen to Xiaoli."

However, before Jiying could utter a single word of gratitude, the next sentence made her heart leap into her throat once again.

The next second, a sly glint flashed in Luo Bingli's clear eyes, a glint completely different from her usual aloof demeanor.

With a faint smile, she spoke to Jiying in a gentle tone that seemed to be negotiating but was actually firm and left no room for refusal:

"However—in order to compensate Yuqing for losing these precious photos, Xiaoying, please stay in this form tonight and don't turn off your transformation, okay?"

"Just consider it—a brother taking care of his sister."

"Pu99" Upon hearing Luo Bingli's suggestion, which could be described as a "divine move," Su Yuqing's eyes, which had dimmed because the photos were about to be "destroyed," instantly shone with an excitement several times brighter than before.

Xiao Li! Well done!

Upon hearing Luo Bingli's sharp words, Ji Ying's expression instantly shifted from gratitude for surviving a disaster to stiffness and despair at being "betrayed a second time" and "jointly harmed."

These two heads were fat-free beforehand, right?! Fat-free, right?!

She opened her mouth, making a final struggle and protest, but when she saw the burning light of the two girls on the table, filled with intense expectation, all her words of protest ultimately turned into a sigh full of grief and resentment.

"--I see."