Chapter 438. Ning Chu’s Unreasonableness 8/12
“So uncomfortable…”
Lying on the bed in the rental apartment, Ning Chu pitifully tugged at Wen Yang’s clothes, looking up with watery eyes.
Seeing the little demoness’s weak and helpless expression tugged at Wen Yang’s heart, and he gently patted her head, “I’ll go buy food later. After eating, take your medicine and have a nap. I’ll help you ask for leave this afternoon.”
“Just help me ask for leave?”
“Well… I’ll ask for leave too, and stay home to take care of you this afternoon?”
Ning Chu nodded in satisfaction, then weakly rested her head on Wen Yang’s thigh, sniffing hard.
Although she felt unwell, it wasn’t to the extent of needing to take leave.
In fact, when she was still a man, she wouldn’t bother taking medicine for such a minor ailment, let alone eat even if the medicine was right on the table; she’d endure it for a day or two.
She also didn’t like to appear pathetic in front of others, but this was her boyfriend.
Of course, she’d act cute and pitiful at a time like this to get Wen Yang to take care of her!
That caring gaze and demeanor were uplifting.
The little demoness lay on Wen Yang’s thigh, clearly just having a mild fever, but acting as if she were on the brink of death.
“Paper.”
Wen Yang quickly handed over two tissues, but Ning Chu just lifted her head and wiggled her nose.
“This isn’t just a mild fever; it’s practically paralysis.”
“My arm muscles hurt~ Ouch~ If you’re going to be dismissive, I can handle it myself.”
He shook his head and smiled, wiping Ning Chu’s nose for her.
“What do you want for lunch?”
“I’m not really hungry…”
“Just eat a little, how about steak? Get some protein.”
Ning Chu’s appetite suddenly sparked, her head nodding energetically: “Sure! I haven’t had steak in ages! Is it expensive?”
“Probably just over forty for takeout, one portion is enough for you.”
Wen Yang fiddled with his phone: “It’s been raining these past couple of days, so the takeout might be slow. It should arrive by noon.”
“I want to drink cola~”
“Not happening.”
“Cola is good for colds; have you heard of cola ginger tea?”
He glanced down at Ning Chu, trying to persuade him, then rolled his eyes: “I’ve never heard of it. You’re just craving it. I’m making you hot water.”
Gently lowering her head from his thigh, Wen Yang stood up to get the kettle, but he quickly heard some rustling on the bed.
Turning around, he saw the little demoness had wrapped her tail around her waist, rolling back and forth on the bed like an unruly kid.
“I’m going to die if I can’t have cola~ I’m dying~ Gah!”
Watching her dramatically flopping down and pretending to be dead, Wen Yang smacked her plump little butt: “Stop messing around. Why drink cola when you’re sick?”
“Oh~”
It was rare to see Ning Chu being so eager to act cute.
Usually, even when she acted cute, she’d be hesitant, but today she deliberately squeezed her voice into a cute little girl tone, pouring on the cuteness, making her both adorable and amusing.
Wen Yang thought, surely a mild fever couldn’t fry her brain, right?
While he was boiling water, Ning Chu had already gotten up from the bed, wrapping herself in a blanket and sitting at the head of the bed.
“Wen Yang, I’m planning to become a magical girl.”
“Did the fever really fry your brain?”
“There’s Qian Qian around! Two magical girls can’t take down one, can they?!”
Ning Chu pursed her little face, dropping her earlier playfulness: “Plus, I suspect that the octopus Lily raised is definitely a tentacle monster. If I wait too long, one day Lily might end up being… well, you know!”
She paused, muttering quietly, “Although she might actually enjoy it…”
That little octopus looked like it walked out of a two-dimensional world, even cuter than the tentacle toys at Lily’s place.
The demon family even had egg-laying toys!
Wen Yang frowned and shook his head again: “I said no, so it’s no. Don’t take advantage of your illness to mess around.”
“But the tentacle monster was something I made up for my novel…”
“Don’t think too highly of yourself. Your novel and reality just happened to collide.”
His face darkened as he slammed the kettle down on the table with a loud “thud,” startling Ning Chu, who recoiled her neck.
It was clear this idea wasn’t going to fly.
Ning Chu suddenly raised her head, looking pitiful: “You’re being mean to me!”
“No,” Wen Yang immediately showed a flattering smile, leaning closer, sitting beside her, “Just focus on getting better, and don’t think about those random things.”
“Hmph!”
Her cheeks puffed up like a pufferfish, she crossed her arms and turned her head away from Wen Yang.
“My bad, my bad, I won’t be mean anymore.”
No wonder some girls can be melodramatic and unreasonable~
Just showing a little unhappy face gets them pampered, and after a while, isn’t that just being spoiled?
Ning Chu grumbled inwardly, as if nothing had happened, concealing her irritation, comfortably leaning against Wen Yang: “Did you order the steak?”
“Ordered it.”
“What about you?”
“I’m going downstairs to buy stir-fried noodles.”
“Eat some steak too; I won’t finish it anyway.”
Her lower eyelid twitched suddenly, her body tensing and leaning back, as she sniffed and looked up, then abruptly sneezed.
“Ha~choo!”
The heavy sneeze made her head bob, and by the time she realized it, a long line of transparent snot was dangling beneath her nose, swaying back and forth like it was about to land on the blanket.
She frantically pointed at the bedside cabinet: “Paper! Paper!”
Wen Yang hurriedly grabbed a tissue to wipe her, chuckling: “Your sneeze sounded pretty cute.”
“Cute my foot~ I’m about to cry.”
Suddenly, there was a gentle knock on the door, and both of them froze, hearing Qian Qian’s voice from outside.
“Are you home?”
“Yeah, what’s up?” Wen Yang stood up to open the door, warily scanning the area.
She wouldn’t be trying to convince his little demoness to become a magical girl, right?
“Have you seen Little Black? I couldn’t find it when I woke up this morning.” Qian Qian peeked into the room.
Ning Chu was sitting at the bed’s edge, no longer the cute and noisy version from earlier, looking much more serious: “Isn’t that standard for every magical girl?”
Qian Qian shook her head: “No~ It’s more like a newbie mentor from a game. It stays with new girls for a while.”
“Then if it left your side, it might have already contracted with another suitable magical girl?”
She suddenly realized: “It must be! I wonder which girl got tricked by it.”
Wen Yang breathed a sigh of relief; now that the magical girl spot was gone, even if Ning Chu wanted to, she couldn’t become one.
Unless another tentacle monster dropped from the sky.
He glanced out the window.
Ning Chu kept sneezing, clutching a box of tissues, wiping her nose every now and then, her voice thick with nasal congestion: “By the way, can magical girls only contract with demonesses? Why is Black Cat so interested in me and Lily?”
“Ah? You’re a demoness?!”
“……”
“No wonder you have such a strong aura of lust!”
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