253. Night Talk
“I’m so full~”
As soon as the rental apartment door swung open, Black Bean staggered in, clutching her bloated belly, and promptly dropped her shoes on the floor.
The moment her feet hit the tiled floor, she plopped down like a rag doll, sprawling flat on the ground, completely unwilling to move an inch.
Ning Chu stepped over Black Bean’s sprawled-out form, grumbling, “Can you not act like a cat for a change? Get on the bed.”
“Oh~”
But Black Bean still didn’t budge.
Their mother, with a pleasant smile and a face full of maternal love, walked in, “It’s fine, she’s just a child~ You used to like sitting on the floor and playing too.”
“I didn’t do that when I was ten…”
“She’s only half a year old.”
Ning Chu turned her head and looked at Wen Yang, who was dragging a pile of shopping bags behind him.
After dinner, their mother had taken them out shopping, buying a ton of autumn and winter clothes for Black Bean and Ning Chu.
“Mom, are you taking Black Bean to take a bath?”
“I don’t want to!”
Their mother squatted down and poked Black Bean’s reluctant little face, “Your sister won’t like you if you’re all dirty.”
“I hate baths…”
Wen Yang, stuck at the door with both his mother and Black Bean, looked at Ning Chu with a helpless expression and handed the shopping bags into the room, “I’m heading back to the dorm soon.”
“Yeah, Shao Qing is back at the dorm tonight, right? Help me check what shape he’s in after getting beaten up.”
“I also bought some goji berries earlier, to give to Wang Jie to brew tea~”
Ning Chu’s tone dripped with schadenfreude.
However, Wen Yang was still worried about his own matters, giving a solemn nod, “Auntie, I’ll get going now?”
“Go ahead.”
Future mother-in-law showed zero signs of wanting to keep him around.
Ning Chu leaned in, softly reassuring him, “It’s okay, you did your best.”
Outside, Wen Yang practically rushed to do everything, and aside from not being sweet-tongued enough, he managed to do basically everything.
Now it was just a matter of whether their mom could change her opinion about him.
“Okay.”
After sending off Wen Yang, Ning Chu finally closed the door and turned around, only to find her mother standing up, looking at her with an oddly mischievous smile.
She immediately realized that tonight might not go so smoothly.
“He takes good care of you, right?”
“Um…”
“I’m going to take a shower first; I feel all sticky.” Ning Chu’s cheeks flushed a bit as she hurried toward the wardrobe, calling out to Black Bean, “Black Bean! Come join your sister for a bath!”
“I’m so full~ I can’t move~”
“Quickly!”
Black Bean, reluctantly, got up, pouting and looking all wronged.
Ning Chu usually took only ten to twenty minutes for her own shower, but washing Black Bean turned into a forty-minute ordeal.
This cat clung to her like a koala the moment she got wet.
After a long battle, Ning Chu emerged from the bathroom wearing a long nightgown.
Her tail poked out from underneath the dress, standing upright, as if afraid Black Bean would mistake it for a toy.
“Mom, did you bring a change of clothes?”
“Just wear yours.”
“Ugh…” So Ning Chu fished out a short nightgown from the wardrobe and handed it to her mother.
Her mom took it without a care and waddled into the bathroom.
It was still early, so Ning Chu plopped down at her computer. At this time, she should have been writing her novel, but since her mother was around, she had to settle for sending out one of her previous drafts.
While blowing her hair dry, she turned her head to look at Black Bean, who lay on the bed playing with her own tail.
“Black Bean, you’re leaving tomorrow.”
“Yeah.”
“When you get there, don’t be too rowdy, or mom will get mad.” Ning Chu cautioned, “You might have to go to school, so don’t bully your classmates.”
“I know~”
She was really worried about Black Bean’s education; the cat looked ten, but should be in the fourth grade, yet in reality, she hadn’t even reached kindergarten level.
After all, she had been a cat and never went to school.
“Sis…” Black Bean peeked up at Ning Chu, “Are you trying to get rid of me?”
“How could I?”
“Then why are you sending me away… I don’t want to be a stray cat anymore.”
Ning Chu climbed onto the bed, half-lying down, and stroked Black Bean’s head, comforting her, “I’ll be back in two months; it’s not that I don’t want you.”
“Oh…”
Black Bean looked rather unenthusiastic, lying in a skewed manner on the bed, losing her usual carefree demeanor.
This dampened Ning Chu’s spirits a bit too; she could only continue petting the little catgirl’s head, unsure how to console her.
After showering, their mother settled at the foot of the bed, her tail swishing behind her, quickly catching Black Bean’s attention. The little kitty’s eyes followed the tail’s heart-shaped tip, just waiting to pounce.
“Mom, watch out.”
That tail was sensitive; if Black Bean got a bite of it, it might just reduce her to tears.
“It’s fine.” Their mother leaned against the wall, not caring that her skirt was too short around her daughter, and asked Ning Chu, “Are you serious about Wen Yang?”
“Eh… why are we talking about him again?” Ning Chu sighed, lowering her gaze and fiddling with her nails, muttering, “Of course it’s serious, it’s not just for fun, right?”
Her mother surveyed her with a slightly furrowed brow: “He… doesn’t have any issues, does he?”
“Issues?”
Ning Chu froze for a moment, and her face turned beet red all of a sudden. She hurriedly shook her head, “No, no! I don’t let him touch me…”
“You’re quite conservative.”
She felt her mother’s tone was a bit teasing. It had only been a few weeks, and she had practically let him invade every part of her life – they just hadn’t gotten to the last step yet.
Couldn’t really call that conservative.
But if you looked at it from a succubus’s perspective… it was indeed a bit conservative, considering she hadn’t devoured the guy right off the bat.
“He doesn’t come from a good family; staying with him means hardships.” Their mother said in a half-joking tone, “Don’t suffer with him, or he might just find a younger, prettier girl when it’s time to enjoy life…”
“Eh, that won’t happen.” Ning Chu mumbled, looking down, “I keep a pretty tight leash on him…”
Looking at her daughter like this, their mother could only shake her head with a sigh: “We aren’t in bad shape ourselves. It’s not like you have to find some poor guy to suffer with.”
“Let’s not talk about that; it’s only been a short while. God knows what will happen in the future.”
From the looks of it, she was already completely smitten~
Watching Ning Chu, her mother seemed to catch a glimpse of her younger self.
Suddenly, her tail slapped to the side, causing Black Bean to lunge for nothing, and then it flirtatiously swayed in front of Black Bean’s eyes.
Without even glancing at Black Bean, their mother pulled out two boxes of condoms from the shopping bags and placed them on Ning Chu’s bedside table: “I can’t dissuade you, but don’t let anything happen during college.”
“Don’t get too carried away just for comfort…”
“Mom!”
“Alright, alright.” Their mother covered her mouth, chuckling, “I’ve left them by your bedside. Remember to use them when the time comes.”
Ning Chu shot her mother an annoyed glare.
“After all, you used to be a boy~ so easily embarrassed~”
Hiss~
Just mentioning that sent Ning Chu’s embarrassment through the roof.
She almost couldn’t catch her breath and dove straight under the covers: “I’m going to sleep!”
