Chapter 17 – Lily (End part)
TL: Milaryn
Edit: IlkonEbi
“Ling-lingjing… What’s the matter?” Even though Shasha was bothered at having her naked body seen, what could she do about it? When she saw Lingjing cry, she pushed her worry aside and sat on the bed to comfort her first.
“Sniff… Jiaming… He…”
“Yes, Jiaming is the worst. He didn’t even knock before entering. When I see him again…”
“N-no, it’s not that. Sniff… Jiaming saw us like that. He… He’s going to hate me…”
“What? That’s not possible. He wouldn’t…”
“He won’t say it out loud, but… He will definitely think it… sniff…”
As the little lady sat there sniffing and sobbing, Shasha could only pat her awkwardly, unsure of how to comfort her. She could only mentally swear to beat the crap out of Jiaming when she saw him, because it was not just Lingjing whom he saw naked – he had seen both of them.
After another ten minutes or so, having nearly going through a box of tissues, Lingjing finally stopped crying. She hoarsely asked, “He… He’s really not going to hate me, is he?”
“Oh please, he wouldn’t. In fact… He’d be jealous.” Shasha spouted whatever nonsense came to her mind. After an awkward pause, she quietly asked her, “Lingjing, do you… Do you like him?”
Back in those days, asking if one “liked” someone basically meant if they “loved” someone. Lingjing blushed furiously again. “I… We grew up together and we… We’re good friends…”
“I’m not asking about that.” Shasha tried to lighten the situation by poking her gently. “You know what I mean… Do you want to marry him when you grow up?”
Lingjing hung her head shyly and stuttered out very slowly, “I… I… When I got caught by the two people during our camping trip, he… He offered himself to go instead of me and called me his… his…”
Her courage failed and she faltered as she could not say the word “girlfriend”. Shasha understood her thought process however, and while her heart seemed to clench in reaction to that, she only grabbed Lingjing’s hand. “It’s fine, I understand. If he dares to laugh at you, I’ll… I’ll… Hmph, he wouldn’t dare. Come, let’s go eat breakfast…”
“But…”
“We should eat breakfast! There’s two of us and one of him, you don’t need to be afraid!” She temporarily forgot that the two of them were usually not afraid of him. She smoothed down her clothing and pulled Lingjing along – Lingjing’s eyes still red rimmed from crying.
Hot congee, youtiao (Chinese fried dough) and soymilk were already waiting for them on the dining table. When Jiaming saw the two of them, he picked up his bowl of congee and shovelled it into his mouth, his shoulders silently twitching. Originally, Shasha was unconsciously feeling shy, but when she saw him like this, she took a small pillow and whacked him with it.
“Why are you laughing, who told you to laugh…”
“Pfft… Hahahaha… Don’t hit me, I surrender… Hahahaha…”
“You’re still laughing!” Shasha stood next to him, her hands propped on her waist, glaring at him, while Lingjing stood on the other side, arms crossed on her chest. Her red rimmed eyes were tearing up again. Jiaming gently wiped a few of her tears with his rough thumb, and then spread his arms wide and slung one over each of the girl’s shoulders.
The chairs at Shasha’s dining table were really large, so when Jiaming did this, the two girls plopped down beside him. The three of them had played together since they were young, but it was very uncommon for Jiaming to act so intimate towards them. The two girls pressed against his side and he was basically hugging them with one arm each. They blushed at that, but did not struggle against it.
That was, until they heard Jiaming quietly say, “Don’t worry about it, I understand. We’ve known each other for so long already, this is just a small thing… Even though I was shocked, no matter what, the three of us are still good friends right? Even from now to the rest of our lives, we’d be good friends… That’s why, now that I know, you two don’t need to spare my feelings. Come, you should just kiss in front of me… Hahahaha… Ow, that hurts…”
The truth was that Jiaming had overestimated the two girls’ EQ. They did not understand the first part of what he was saying, but they did feel relieved from his words. When Jiaming pushed the two girls together to kiss however, they both turned and punched him at the same time. A blushing Shasha wriggled out of Jiaming’s grasp and was just about to say something, when Jiaming jumped up and whacked her face with a cushion.
Shocked at the action of the normally nonviolent Jiaming, she stared at him before grinning viciously and leaping at him. Jiaming hurriedly turned tail and ran from her.
“Gu Jiaming, stop running…”
“Come, Liu Huaisha! Lingjing was originally my girlfriend, but since you snatched her, I have to teach you a lesson!”
“Hmph, that’s right! You suck! Lingjing’s mine now, you can stop running…” Caught up in the moment, Shasha lightly kissed Lingjing’s snow white cheek and then continued chasing after Jiaming.
Bang! Bang! Bang! The sounds of running and things being knocked over filled the room…
Amidst the chaos in the villa, Lingjing only stood there blushing furiously. Jiaming said I was originally his girlfriend and then Huaisha joined in and done that. What exactly is it that Jiaming understood? And that thing about being good friends forever… forever huh…
Is the situation resolved now? Won’t it be… Somewhat strange…
She thought for quite a bit, but was not able to come up with a satisfactory answer. She only touched the place where Huaisha had kissed with a complicated expression. Then, picking up another cushion, she ran after the two of them.
“Ah——”
Forget it, I’ll just leave it as is…
“Hey! Two against one, that’s not fair… You pair of loose girls…” Jiaming shouted as as he ran away from them.
“Haha, Lingjing help me corner him, hurry, hurry… Wait, why are you hitting me too?! Jiaming you jerk, you’re attacking now as well…” When Lingjing attacked her, Jiaming turned around and snuck in a few hits of his own.
“Ah—— Help, I’ll stop, I’ll stop! Help…” The two of them had turned against Lingjing as she was pushed back onto the sofa and continued hitting her with cushions from both fronts…
This noisy, bustling atmosphere, full of the simple joy of children, happened early in the morning at the Liu family’s villa.
The word ‘lily’ had a few meanings, so I kept it as is; one meaning is the actual flower, another is figuratively used to describe a pure and spotless person and lastly, it refers to a virgin.
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