Chapter 270: The Door to the New World
Lily’s spacious apartment was probably over two hundred square meters, with too many rooms to explore. In the living room, there was a massive glass window, allowing a high-up view of the city skyline at night, with the coastline faintly visible in the distance.
But the place had been unoccupied for a long time, so a thin layer of dust covered everything.
After a quick cleanup of Lily’s bedroom and the living room, everyone collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted.
“It’s time to eat~” Yan Xinya flopped down on the sofa, propping her feet on the armrest, gazing up at the two sitting across from her. “I’m hungry! Should we go out to eat?”
Lily shook her head. “There’s nothing to eat.”
This was a newly developed area, with very few shops around.
She lowered her head, opened a takeout app, and handed her phone to Yan Xinya. “You order.”
“Let me see~ Are there any local specialties here?”
“None……”
Lily quickly turned her attention to Ning Chu, who was curled up nearby, playing with a tentacle figurine.
She froze for a moment, then casually asked, “Do you like it?”
“It’s okay~ It’d look nice on my computer desk.”
“Want me to get it for you?”
“Didn’t you say it costs hundreds? Too expensive…” Ning Chu mumbled, shaking her head. She stole a glance at Lily’s expression and keenly sensed something off.
Her suspicions deepened.
She doubted this was some odd little toy, but she didn’t dare be certain.
After all, its appearance was a bit too extreme, with its Cthulhu-style tentacles. Quite a taste!
It looked cool, but for a small toy, it was just too weird…
“Where did you buy it? Can you send me a link?”
Lily’s cheeks flushed slightly as she lowered her head and sent Ning Chu a link.
Once online, her combat power suddenly shot up, and after sharing the link, she added a facepalm emoji: “Don’t guess, it’s my toy.”
“……”
Ning Chu looked down at the chat history, and her mouth twitched.
“It’s really comfortable~ Do you want to give it a try? I’ve disinfected it.”
“No, no.”
“You use it from the back, so don’t worry about Wen Yang getting the wrong idea~”
“!!”
Ning Chu instinctively put the tentacle back on the coffee table and turned to look at the massive glass window in the living room.
You play with toys here?
Aren’t you worried about being seen…? There were no taller buildings in front.
Imagining that scene was quite thrilling…
Ning Chu’s face also flushed a bit; it was her first time seeing such an exciting toy, and her head felt a little dizzy from the embarrassment.
Just moments ago, she was happily holding it!
Truly a succubus~
She curiously gazed at the tentacle, and a strange thought popped into her mind: What would something so bizarre feel like?
“Why are both of your faces so red?” Yan Xinya looked up after selecting takeout, noticing her friends both blushing enticingly. “Are you two secretly doing something naughty without me?”
“No way.” Ning Chu quickly pushed away the yellow thoughts in her head, denying it vehemently as she reached out for the phone. “So tonight it’s Lily treating us?”
“Of course it’s her~”
Yan Xinya looked at the large floor-to-ceiling window with envy. “Lily, you can wake up to the sea every day~ The night view outside is so beautiful~”
“Aren’t we going to do something fun tonight? Like have a drink?” Wolf Girl’s eyes lit up. “We’re at Lily’s place with no outsiders, Ning Chu should drink a bit too!”
“Girls love drinking like this…”
“Feeling dizzy is really nice~”
“Eventually, someone will get wasted outside and cause trouble.”
Ning Chu mumbled as she casually ordered some dinner, handing the phone back to Lily.
She curled her legs up, her curiosity still creeping up, and secretly glanced at the other two. Then she pulled out her phone again, opening the link Lily had sent earlier.
Entering the shop page, she found not only the tentacles but a bunch of odd, cool toys.
This is dangerous~
Cthulhu fantasy-style toys…
Ning Chu felt like she had opened the door to a new world~
Satisfying her curiosity, her ears felt slightly warm. After following the shop, she raised her head and asked, “Lily, don’t people usually live here?”
“Yeah, it’s just me.”
“You live alone in such a big place~” Ning Chu hugged her legs, resting her chin on her knees. “That’s so nice.”
Her place was only seventy square meters, with three people in a two-bedroom, leaving them cramped.
Back then, the two brothers could sleep in one room, but now she turned into a succubus with a cat girl sister at home. With four people in seventy square meters, it felt even more crowded.
When winter vacation came, she’d probably end up sharing a bed with Hei Dou and her mother.
Lily turned on the projector, and a huge white screen descended on the wall directly in front of the sofa, turning the living room into a private movie theater.
She casually selected a movie, got up, and left. A moment later, she returned with a bottle of wine and three highball glasses.
“Xinya.”
“Here, here! Your family really has money~”
“No villa…” Lily sat down expressionlessly. “And no mansion either.”
But even this large apartment, while not absurdly priced in a first-tier city, definitely counted as a luxury home in this third-tier city.
Sure enough, only I and Wen Yang are poor.
Ning Chu turned to look at Wolf Girl, who was struggling to open the wine bottle. “Your family can’t be loaded too, right?”
“Ah? My dad sells meat at the market. How can we be rich?”
Hard to say…
“Bang!”
The noise of the wine bottle popping made Ning Chu and Lily jump at the same time.
“Finally got it open!”
Lily, delighted, poured wine into the three glasses, her ears perked up excitedly, her tail twirling like a fan. “Cheers!”
“Drink less… cheers.”
Ning Chu helplessly picked up her glass.
Though it was best not to drink in the world of Small Royal Text, being with her close friends didn’t pose much worry.
In fact, with her current looks, she could easily get into dangerous situations even when sober.
Taking a small sip, she kept feeling the tentacle on the coffee table was off-putting, so she bent down, picked it up, and put it into the drawer under the coffee table.
There was a clattering sound in the drawer, and several oval-shaped pink balls rolled around inside.
“……”
Ning Chu recognized those; Lily had once generously offered to lend them to her.
She strongly suspected this succubus was trying to turn her into a fellow toy enthusiast…
With a stony expression, she closed the drawer and looked up at Lily, who remained unfazed, still calmly sitting on the sofa, seemingly focused on the movie.
“When’s the takeout coming? I’m so hungry!”
“In about half an hour.” Lily glanced at the delivery time and continued, “Tomorrow, should we go out to play?”
“Definitely~ Take us out to eat something delicious!”
Ning Chu teased, “Xinya only thinks about food, more gluttonous than my little cat girl at home.”
“No way!”
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Didn’t expect everyone to understand so well~ HSO~
Two updates today! Going out for seafood~
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