Chapter 478. Lily’s Wallpaper
Lily had summed up a rule since she was little.
The more she worried about something happening, the less likely it was to actually happen.
For example, signing a bad exam paper for her parents, or forgetting to put away a little toy in her bedroom… Although she was always anxious about being discovered, throughout her childhood, despite all sorts of blunders, her mother had never entered her room without permission.
This led to a decrease in her wariness, and during the winter break, she revealed her succubus form in front of her mother.
Fortunately, her parents weren’t completely oblivious to succubi. Although they gave her a stern lecture like any regular parent would, they didn’t completely take away her toys.
After all, compared to other succubi who threw wild parties, she was quite innocent.
So, although she was feeling anxious this time, it was highly unlikely that a forgotten toy was hiding in the corner of her bedroom, which Qian Qian happened to see.
This allowed Lily to take her time cleaning up the takeout boxes and placing the trash by the elevator door before slowly walking into her room.
Inside the bedroom, Ning Chu and Wen Yang were sitting cross-legged on the floor, their faces full of excitement as they played a co-op game, while Qian Qian sat at a computer nearby, peering in to watch them play.
“Left, left! Quickly dodge!”
“Hey! So close! If it were me, I definitely would’ve dodged it…”
“Hit it! Use your ultimate!”
Even though Qian Qian wasn’t playing, just watching the game and giving feedback made her just as excited. Her fists were clenched tight, making her look more tense than Ning Chu, who was actually playing.
“Stop talking! The more you talk, the worse my gameplay gets!”
Ning Chu finally couldn’t take it anymore and shot a glare at Qian Qian: “If you think you’re so good, why don’t you give it a try!”
Seeing Ning Chu slightly lose her temper, Qian Qian shrank her neck and turned to Lily, who had just entered the room: “Lily sis, can I play on your computer?”
“Sure.” Lily casually replied, sitting at the foot of her bed and looking at the game on the TV screen.
Every time Ning Chu came over, she fixated on the gaming console. Lily could never quite understand what was so fun about those violent games; after half an hour of play, she’d be super tired.
Much better than butter.
“Hey, Lily.” Ning Chu suddenly paused the game and turned to ask, “Is your octopus not back?”
“No.”
“What if it escaped?”
“It’s locked in the cabinet.”
“Oh~”
Ever since she saw Qian Qian use magic to turn her suitcase into a little dog that followed her, Ning Chu had increasingly understood why Lily kept that tentacle monster.
It was indeed quite convenient…
When a magical girl could become more beautiful and use handy magic, gaining self-defense capabilities against bad guys, the only threat was the tentacle monster that was now trapped in a cup, weak and bedraggled, just being a decorative piece. If it were her, she wouldn’t want to get rid of it either.
Yet, Ning Chu still suspected that Lily might be hiding other intentions.
“Shao Qing and Qian Qian are here.” Wen Yang’s phone vibrated, and he looked down to see a message from Zhang Shao Qing. “I’m going downstairs to pick them up. Are you playing or not?”
“Sure.”
Lily took the controller handed to her and sat where Wen Yang had just been.
“The cleaning is done, so that’s a win for Shao Qing…” Ning Chu grumbled unhappily, “I’m still dealing with my foot pain and cleaning, and he shows up now.”
“Even if he had come with us, he would have just sat there watching us clean.” Wen Yang countered, “I’ve never seen him do housework when we shared a dorm.”
“After all, he’s a rich second-generation kid, never touching a drop of water~ and he’s so thick-skinned.”
Ning Chu habitually mocked Zhang Shao Qing, even though that guy couldn’t hear her at all at that moment.
“I’m going to get them.”
As Wen Yang turned to leave, he glanced back at Lily: “Lily, do you want to get familiar with the controls?”
She noticed Lily’s face suddenly looking bad as her gaze fixed intently on Qian Qian, who was sitting at the computer desk.
Following Lily’s line of sight, she saw that Qian Qian’s face was now red and filled with shyness.
There couldn’t possibly be anything indecent on the computer, could there?
Qian Qian’s eyes darted around the screen, filled with evasiveness, but she occasionally glanced at it, looking as if she wanted to see but was too shy and curious to do so.
She didn’t even realize Ning Chu and Lily were staring at her, her entire focus consumed by the screen.
Ning Chu thought that Qian Qian didn’t seem like the type to rummage through someone’s folders and invade privacy, so there must be something on Lily’s desktop that could embarrass a girl to the point of turning red.
She winked teasingly at Lily, whose cold face now bore a rare blush, as she averted her gaze shyly.
“Did I start the game?”
Lily feigned calmness and nodded.
She had realized what Qian Qian had seen…
Considering that her parents never messed with her computer, the wallpaper on her home computer was an outrageous and risqué anime girl image, widely inappropriate.
But there was no turning back now; could she use magic to erase this moment from Qian Qian’s memory?
“Lily! I’ve cleaned the table!”
Yan Xinya suddenly rushed into the room, startling Qian Qian so much that she quickly switched the computer to a webpage.
As soon as Wolf Girl entered, she felt the slightly strange atmosphere in the room.
Qian Qian was so embarrassed she couldn’t lift her head, usually expressionless Lily now looked visibly flustered, and Ning Chu wore a sweet smile, her grin particularly teasing, like a little devil.
“What’s going on?”
“Nothing.” Lily, red-eared and a bit flustered, got up and shoved the game controller into Yan Xinya’s arms, “I need the restroom.”
She fled the room, while Qian Qian sheepishly shut down the computer, sitting bare-footed on the computer chair, curling up with her arms around her knees.
“How strange~” Yan Xinya’s wolf ears tilted in confusion, “Did you do something bad to her?”
Ning Chu, while playing the game, shook her head in denial: “What could I possibly do to her?”
“And that’s Qian Qian?”
Qian Qian, her face flushed red, hid half of her face in her arm, revealing only her big eyes: “…”
“Did you find out something!” Wolf Girl suddenly perked up, all excited.
“This…” Qian Qian was extremely aware to keep Lily’s secret, shaking her head like a rattle drum, “No!”
God knows that the ice-cold goddess she idolized actually had such a computer wallpaper!
It did fit with the identity of a succubus…
An ice queen succubus who’s cold yet spicy?
“Wow! Your place is quite luxurious! Way better than mine!”
Ning Chu’s sensitive ears twitched slightly as she heard commotion coming from the living room.
She put down the controller and got up to peek outside.
Sure enough, it was Zhang Shao Qing…
“Yo!”
The moment her gaze landed on Zhang Shao Qing, that know-it-all also spotted her peeking head: “I heard there’s a game console here! I…”
“Didn’t you say you were going shopping?” Qian Qian suddenly interrupted.
Zhang Shao Qing sighed in a resigned and sad manner: “I’m really tired; let me rest for a bit?”
Although he still looked as energetic and shameless as usual, Ning Chu keenly noticed that his steps seemed a bit more unsteady than usual, soft and fluffy, and his complexion wasn’t great.
How could he still play the role of the male second antagonist? He was such a mess! Even a cat girl on her period couldn’t handle it!
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