Chapter 353. Lily’s Family
A man and a woman stood silently on one side of the living room, pained as they looked at the girl sprawled chaotically on the sofa.
If it weren’t for the three girls’ clothes draped all over and the absence of any male figure in the house, they might have thought their daughter was hosting a wild party.
Their daughter had always been well-behaved, nothing like a succubus, and even now in college she didn’t have a single male friend.
But while they were out, their daughter’s life took an unexpectedly disastrous turn.
Getting completely wasted in broad daylight…
They had checked the liquor cabinet at home, and it looked like it had been raided.
Lily was the first to open her eyes, her face a mask of confusion as her unfocused gaze stared at the ceiling.
Her head throbbed painfully, heavy and unable to lift, as if a weight had been stuffed into her brain.
After a moment, her nervous system finally connected with her brain, and her senses returned.
Only then did she realize her thigh was numb from being used as a pillow by Ning Chu.
The end of her long dress was clutched in Yan Xinya’s hands, held close.
“Seriously…”
Lily held her aching head and groggily sat up, and only then did she freeze, her peripheral vision catching a glimpse of familiar figures.
She jumped up with a start and quickly turned to face the living room side where her parents were looking at her with complex expressions.
“…”
“What’s wrong~ Lily~”
Yan Xinya was jolted awake by Lily, yawning as she rolled over and immediately fell into the gap between the sofa and the coffee table.
“Hey? Are you okay?”
She lay on the ground without a sound, showing no intention of getting up, instead lifting her arm and enthusiastically shouted, “Give me another bottle!”
Desperate, Lily kicked Yan Xinya’s butt a couple of times.
Don’t embarrass me in front of my parents!
“Your friend?”
“Um… my college roommate.”
“…”
They had always been good kids—obedient, sensible, and not like the common succubi who create chaos, but rather pure like children from a normal family, even somewhat cold-hearted.
Her whole persona had collapsed!
Lily awkwardly turned her head, avoiding her parents’ gaze: “I need to go to the bathroom.”
She dashed to her bedroom, and just as she closed the door, she suddenly spotted a large box that Ning Chu had opened.
The box was on the bedside table, originally neatly packed back by Ning Chu, but it was obvious someone had tampered with it…
Even if she said she never played with toys, her parents would probably never believe her.
It was supposed to be Ning Chu playing with it today…
Ning Chu had also woken up and was startled to find a man in the room.
She instinctively glanced at her own clothes, and only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, beginning to feel stressed about the bad impression she had left on Lily’s parents.
It was their first meeting, and it only happened when she was completely plastered.
If it were her mother, she would have most likely forced her to cut ties with such a terrible friend…
“Ning Chu~ bring me another bottle~”
Yan Xinya was also awake, lying on the ground, her arm reaching out to grope the coffee table for another bottle.
This scene was too terrible!
Ning Chu forced an awkward but polite smile at Lily’s parents, then shifted uncomfortably to sit at the far end of the sofa, legs together, hands neatly on her thighs sitting upright.
Keep your distance from the drunkard~
After about an hour, all three of them had sobered up.
The empty bottles and leftover BBQ scraps in the living room had all been cleaned up.
Ning Chu, Lily, and Yan Xinya sat in a row, each wearing increasingly guilty expressions, heads bowed as they secretly exchanged glances and deflected blame.
‘It’s all your fault! Drinking in broad daylight!’
‘You were enjoying it just as much!’
‘This is bad, really bad…’
‘I never brought up drinking!’
“But you agreed to it.”
‘Oh no, oh no…’
Ning Chu and Yan Xinya bickered, tossing blame back and forth, while Lily remained particularly withdrawn.
A man and a woman sat on the opposite side of the sofa, and Ning Chu glanced up, her gaze landing primarily on the woman.
Lily’s mother… her looks weren’t particularly striking, but she maintained her figure well; she had taken off her heavy jacket and currently wore fitted jeans and a black sweater, completely hiding the tail that represented her as a succubus.
It wasn’t wrapped around her waist, nor was it hidden in her pant leg.
Moreover, compared to Lily’s seductive yet icy face, there seemed to be no resemblance in their features or expressions.
Ning Chu’s curiosity was piqued as her eyes darted back and forth between Lily and her parents.
“Mom…”
Lily stiffened, her icy expression shifting to vulnerability and anxiety as she looked down at her feet, her tail nervously swaying beneath her skirt. She explained, “They’re all classmates, very good friends.”
“Mm,”
“Why did you come back early?”
Her mother shook her head helplessly, a headache evident: “To give you a surprise. Don’t you always complain about how boring it is when we’re not home?”
Their daughter had always been well-behaved; she only returned home during the winter and summer breaks. The couple had recently had work changes, and they had taken a trip.
But coming back, they found out a different side of their daughter, and the surprise turned into a shock…
“Come with me to the bedroom for a moment.”
“Oh.”
Lily felt even more nervous, realizing this was to avoid embarrassing her in front of others.
She stood up, angrily glared at Yan Xinya, then quickly followed her parents’ steps.
The living room was left with Ning Chu and Yan Xinya, and the two instantly sighed in relief.
“Seriously, I hate surprises like this~” Yan Xinya slumped against the sofa, “Lily told me her parents wouldn’t be back until two days before New Year’s, but they came back so much earlier.”
“If we hadn’t drunk, it would have been fine. What a shame…” Ning Chu sighed heavily, then suddenly perked up, leaning close to Yan Xinya’s ear and whispering, “Did you notice? Lily’s parents don’t look anything like her~”
“You didn’t know? Lily was adopted.”
“You guys never told me!”
Yan Xinya looked at Ning Chu as if she were an idiot: “How else would you raise such a conservative weirdo like Lily?”
“Conservative…”
“You’re pretty weird too,” she muttered, “But I can understand the late development. Besides, she’s overtaken you; she’s a real succubus after all.”
“A real…”
Ning Chu turned her head away, feeling as if Yan Xinya’s words were stabbing her right in the heart.
Not just overtaking, her starting point was absurdly low; at least Lily was a succubus from early on, while she had always been a man…
She changed the subject: “Shouldn’t we leave soon? It’d be awkward for us to stay here with her parents.”
“Oh right! Hurry and buy tickets!”
“Do you think Lily will get in trouble? Just leaving her like that…”
“She won’t, she won’t~ I bought tickets for five o’clock. Want to go to the station together?”
“Sure.”
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