Chapter 48: True
Today, the restaurant was completely booked by the Ye family.
With rows of screens set up, the private room was completely sealed off.
It was just Ye Zhibai and Chi Yuliang, plus a little fox challenging the stone lion statues.
Unless Ye Zhibai asked for the food to be served, the staff wouldn’t dare come in.
They had no idea what kind of important figures were dining today! Just the two of them having dinner and booking the entire restaurant?!
No need to guess—definitely some big shots.
At this moment, Ye Zhibai only wanted to delay the serving of the dishes as much as possible.
After all, there’s no greater joy in life than this.
Ye Zhibai shifted her head back slightly, savoring the sensation of her resting position.
—Soft, warm!
If she had to break it down, the left side of the back of her head felt the slight, rough texture of Cool Sister’s floral dress hem.
While the right side, meanwhile, was greeted by the cool, silky fabric of her black stockings!
Here’s what happened.
Earlier, Chi Yuliang’s suggestion seemed very reasonable to Ye Zhibai.
After a bit of symbolic refusal, she couldn’t resist and, with her words saying “no” but her actions saying “yes,” she moved two chairs together from the corner of the private room.
Then, with a thunk, she lay down on them!
And the spot where her head was resting—now that was paradise!
Chi Yuliang had crossed her legs gently, allowing Ye Zhibai to lie comfortably on her lap, while she carefully gathered up Ye Zhibai’s galaxy-like silver hair, making sure it didn’t touch the floor.
Ye Zhibai’s hair is so beautiful—it absolutely cannot get dirty.
Cool Sister had a slim figure, but her body was naturally soft, with a bit of elasticity in her thighs that made them feel a hundred, a thousand times better than any pillow!
The word femininity was fully embodied by Cool Sister.
There’s an old saying, “When a woman looks down and can’t see her feet, she is a rare beauty.”* This scene was the perfect example of that!
[*” The old saying (俗话常说, súhuà cháng shuō)” – Refers to the idiom “女子低头不见足尖,便是人间绝色” (nǚzǐ dītóu bú jiàn zú jiān, biàn shì rénjiān juésè), which means “A woman who cannot see her feet when she looks down is a rare beauty.” It highlights traditional aesthetic values in Chinese culture.]
Lying on Sister Liang’s lap, when Ye Zhibai looked up, all she could see was the shadow of that marshmallow-like embrace!*
[*” Marshmallow-like embrace” – A metaphor used to describe something soft and comforting. In this case, it refers to Chi Yuliang’s lap.]
Cool Sister, could you lean forward a little? I can’t see your face!
Ah… anyway, Ye Zhibai felt incredibly proud to have such an outstanding older sister in every aspect.
She turned over, squirming on those soft thighs, letting out a small, contented sound.
She normally would never behave so shamelessly!
It’s just that… it had been so long since she’d spent time alone with Cool Sister like this, She wanted to savor the purity of those childhood memories.
It wasn’t just Lin Zihan who needed healing; in a way, Ye Zhibai did too.
Everyone needs some form of spiritual support.
Chi Yuliang let Ye Zhibai be as reckless as she wanted.
She reached out and gently stroked her head, smiling.
“Ye Zhibai, do you remember? When you were little, on stormy nights when you couldn’t sleep because of the thunder, you’d lie on my lap like this, holding onto me, too scared to move.”
“Cough… Let’s not talk about past glories, or, well, past embarrassments either.”
“Alright, alright, we won’t talk about it~ But I wonder which little hero wasn’t actually scared of the thunder, but pretended to be just so she could hug me and keep me from being afraid~ Ye Zhibai, did you know that?”
“……”
Ye Zhibai remained silent, just gently swinging her little feet. It was unclear what she was trying to express. Seeing this, Chi Yuliang couldn’t stop laughing.
“Hahaha, you really thought you could fool me? Ye Zhibai is my little hero~”
“Cool Sister, let’s not talk about this anymore… save me some face.”
“Alright, since Ye Zhibai doesn’t want me to talk about it, I won’t. Haha… but I’ll still remind you of all the times you tried to act tough when we ate later. But for now… Ye Zhibai, is it comfortable lying like this?”
Ye Zhibai shifted forward a bit, her cheek pressing against Chi Yuliang’s soft abdomen.
With her face buried there, her voice came out slightly muffled.
“Mm, it smells nice.”
“!?”
Hearing this, Chi Yuliang’s hand, which had been lovingly stroking Ye Zhibai’s head, suddenly froze.
Her delicate and gentle face showed a faint blush.
“Ye Zhibai…Ye Zhibai! Don’t make fun of your sister.”
“Eh? Uh…” Ye Zhibai was startled, and then, after thinking for a moment.
Suddenly, she realized what she had just said!
— It smells so good. That phrase, it made it sound like I was intentionally smelling Cool Sister’s scent!
How perverted is that!
Cough cough, although Ye Zhibai had always been able to sense the faint vanilla and milky fragrance on Sister Liang, that wasn’t what she meant just now!
“Cool Sister, that was internet slang just now. ‘It smells so good’ means being very satisfied with something.”
“Ah…! Right! I know those expressions too… Sorry, Ye Zhibai, I wronged you.”
“Mmm, it’s fine. I was just saying that Cool Sister’s thighs are soft and comfortable, so… they smell good.”
“…”
Some people are wronged, but not entirely.
But well… as long as Ye Zhibai likes it.
After lying there a bit longer, Ye Zhibai opened her previously closed eyes, enjoying the moment, and then sat up from Chi Yuliang’s lap.
“Ye Zhibai?”
“It’s time to eat. Today, I’m treating Cool Sister, and if I keep lying here, wouldn’t I become the one being hosted?”
“Is that so, alright, then let’s eat. Ye Zhibai, you must be hungry too!”
“Not… not really?”
Though eating is indeed right, there’s a saying—People are made of iron, and food is made of steel.* Missing a meal makes one feel hungry. Even the gods endorse this truth!
[*” People are made of iron, and food is made of steel (人是铁饭是钢, 一顿不吃饿得慌) — *rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng, yí dùn bù chī è de huāng” – A saying that emphasizes the importance of eating, even saying that even gods acknowledge.]But after sitting up, “Cool Sister, why do you look so obviously disappointed?
I’m the one who should be disappointed!”
“Though I feel a little regret since I’ve already gotten up, I don’t have the face to lie back down.”
Ye Zhibai obediently pulled her little chair and sat across from Chi Yuliang.
By the way, she pressed the button on the wall to call the waiter.
When they first arrived, the waiter explained that when they wanted to serve the dishes, they just needed to press this button.
The food needed to be served in order, but just after pressing the button, a competent young waitress knocked on the door and brought the drinks over first.
As for drinks, Ye Zhibai had ordered a large bottle of milk.
Upon seeing this, Guang Yu’s little face showed a visible disdain!
Now, that’s more like it.
Ye Zhibai had ordered it just for her.
Ye Zhibai: I know you hate milk, but this stuff is good for your body, much better than your mustard and drinks. Yun’er drinks milk for growth and development.
As for Ye Zhibai, she wanted Guang Yu to drink milk to change her taste!
— By the way, if she could grow a bit, that would be great.
Don’t keep filling the house with mustard bottles, it’s too much to handle!
As the dishes were served, Ye Zhibai was no longer in a lazy state. She sat up straight, blinking as she watched dish after dish of exquisite meals, which she couldn’t afford before, being placed on the table.
Ye Zhibai thought, Thank you. This was the first time in my life I treated someone to such a luxurious meal. It feels good.
If it were treating someone else, Ye Zhibai would feel pained.
But treating Sister Liang, this money was well spent!
As the food was served, Ye Zhibai casually asked Chi Yuliang a question.
“Cool Sister, what are your plans for the future?”
“Eh? Plans…? I plan to get along well with Ye Zhibai again!”
“That’s not what I meant…”
My fault, my fault, I didn’t make myself clear.
Ye Zhibai brushed away Guang Yu’s hand, which was tentatively poking at the milk bottle, and clarified.
Ye Zhibai added, “I meant your career plans. After graduating from university, are you going to look for a job?”
“Hahaha… about that… I originally planned to find a job in the capital right away, but…”
“But?”
Chi Yuliang spread her hands and smiled bitterly.
“But I found that the companies I like all require at least a master’s degree… so, for now, I’ve decided to take the exam for graduate school again. That’s what my foster parents also suggested, to further my studies. There’s no rush to find a job.”
“That’s fine.”
Reality.
The competition never stops!
A top student from the Capital University still has to compete fiercely?
Indeed. They’re competing at a higher level, that’s all.
