Put Your Legs on Me

Huo Yi smiled as if she wanted to dig out every secret hidden in Lin Meng’s heart. “Tangtang is the heiress to Jing City’s richest family. Beautiful and rich. So why don’t you like her?”

By the time Lin Meng got that far in her own head, she’d finally untangled Huo Yi’s logic. “If someone’s beautiful and rich, does that mean I have to like them? Then there’d be way too many people in the world for me to like.”

No amount of affection could bridge the gap in social status.

Lin Meng only ever got close to people like this in novels. In real life, she was always online talking about how badly she wanted to get close to rich, beautiful women—but that was only online.

Life as an ordinary person was already exhausting. Wasn’t she allowed to run her mouth a little when she was entertaining herself online?

Huo Yi seemed a little surprised. “You’re not after her money?”

At that, Lin Meng knew Huo Yi must have lumped her in with everyone else who approached Su Yutang with an agenda.

She really hadn’t expected to run into Su Yutang so easily at first.

Because of her preconceived impression of Su Yutang, she’d always assumed the untouchable heiress would quietly dispose of her. But now she felt Su Yutang wasn’t as bad as she’d imagined.

It was like when she’d first read the novel and thought Su Yutang was absolute scum, and that she only got her happy ending with Yun Huaizhu because the other girl was willing to fish her out of the trash.

But after actually spending time with her in this world, Lin Meng felt Su Yutang had a gentle side too.

Even though she was always saying threatening things like “Who do you think you are?” and “Do you believe I could kill you?”, Lin Meng never genuinely sensed that she truly wanted to kill her. It was more that the other woman simply had the bad temper of a young miss.

Well, that made sense. If someone had everything go their way from birth, getting whatever they wanted whenever they wanted it, then when someone occasionally defied them, they’d naturally be very displeased.

The more Lin Meng thought about it, the more she found Su Yutang a bit childish.

Lin Meng knew Huo Yi was fishing, so she answered with complete honesty: “Who doesn’t like money? It’s just that her money isn’t mine. Miss Su is a wonderful person, and she’ll surely find someone to spend her life with. How much money you get in life depends not only on your family background but also on hard work. I have my own two hands, and what I earn is enough to live on. The world of wealthy families is far too distant from me; forgive me for never having considered it. If Miss Huo wants to keep testing me, my answer will be the same.”

For someone who looked a little slow and silly, she was exceptionally perceptive.

Huo Yi studied Lin Meng’s face—which happened to be very much to her taste—and said seriously, “It’s not that I want to test you. It’s that over the years, too many people have approached Tangtang with all sorts of motives. If you want her money, or you want to gain something from her, just tell her directly. There’s no need to beat around the bush. After all, what Tangtang hates most are people who put on a virtuous front.”

Lin Meng: “...”

Why not just read out Yun Huaizhu’s ID number while you’re at it?

Lin Meng shook her head. “Miss Huo, you’ve really misunderstood me. I truly have no designs on Miss Su at all.”

I just like her pretty face. I want her to mend her ways so she can live happily ever after with her wife.

Huo Yi elegantly picked up the teacup in front of her and took a small sip. “Fine. Since you’ve put it that way, we’ll drop the subject. Do you know who the person I brought back today is?”

The question caught Lin Meng off guard. She knew Huo Yi was far too sharp; there was a chance she could guess from Lin Meng’s expression that she might know Bai Li.

She quickly picked up her teacup and took a sip of water to hide her expression.

Huo Yi smiled and continued, “Her name is Bai Li. She’s the daughter of the nanny who used to work at Tangtang’s house. She had special feelings for Tangtang, so Aunt Su sent her abroad. Tangtang has never been able to forget her all these years. Now that she’s back at this critical juncture, I’m afraid no one else who gets close to Tangtang will have a chance.”

Lin Meng was stunned.

The situation Huo Yi described matched what she already knew. As for whether anyone had a chance, that wasn’t for Huo Yi to decide. No matter what, she would stop that wicked little white flower from harming Yun Huaizhu.

Lin Meng acted as if she didn’t care. “That’s wonderful. A young love that couldn’t be fulfilled, reunited after a long separation—what a lovely drama of a broken mirror made whole again.”

Sigh... Actually, when she thought about it carefully, Su Yutang was quite pitiable as a young miss. None of the people who approached her truly loved her, and even the white moonlight she believed in had only come back for personal gain.

The more Huo Yi listened, the more fascinating she found this person. She stood up and leaned across most of the tea table toward Lin Meng. Lin Meng was completely unprepared and flinched backward, startled by the woman’s sudden approach.

Huo Yi lowered her voice and whispered in her ear like a demon: “Miss Lin, if what you just said gets back to Tangtang, you’re dead.”

Lin Meng’s eyes widened in terror.

No way. Was Huo Yi also trying to stir up trouble for her?

Seeing the little sheep’s terrified expression, Huo Yi could barely suppress her delighted smile. “I’m joking. This is Tangtang’s own business. Why would I interfere?”

Lin Meng’s heart, which had just leaped into her throat, settled back down, though her heartbeat was still much faster than before.

You don’t like to interfere in other people’s business? You’d better not!

Just then, Huo Yi noticed a row of street food vendors downstairs and found it novel. She had been to lively places before, but always sneaking off on her own, with no one to accompany her.

After all, her schedule wasn’t something she could casually reveal to just anyone. And even if someone did accompany her, if they were an idiot or playing mind games, she wouldn’t like it either.

Seeing the teapot was empty, Huo Yi walked around the table and took Lin Meng’s hand. “It’s not often we get to come here and relax. Let’s go downstairs and look around?”

Lin Meng tried to pull her hand back. “Sure...”

Going shopping is fine; why are you holding my hand?

But Huo Yi’s grip was surprisingly strong. Lin Meng tried to pull free, but couldn’t budge it at all.

Huo Yi could clearly sense that although this person was timid, she had a stubborn streak. She narrowed her eyes and smiled at Lin Meng. “Miss Sheep, there are a lot of people down there. If I don’t hold your hand, you’ll get lost. Getting a taxi back from here would cost two or three hundred yuan. Are you sure you want to shake me off?”

Lin Meng was briefly stunned by Huo Yi’s threatening tone and stopped struggling. “I... I won’t get lost. I have my phone.”

“Then do you have my contact info on your phone? Or do you want to reach me through Tangtang? She’s busy catching up with her old flame right now. Whether she has time for you, I couldn’t say.”

Although Huo Yi didn’t physically block off all her escape routes the way Su Yutang did, her words left no room for retreat either.

But then again, what kind of address was “Miss Sheep”?

Just as Lin Meng was about to retort, Huo Yi pulled her phone from her trench coat pocket. “I’ll give you two choices. First, you obediently hold my hand and go shopping with me. Second, you add my contact info, so if you get lost you can reach me and I’ll find you quickly.”

Why would she add her contact info?

Lin Meng felt that dealing with Miss Su every day was already exhausting enough. If she added a Miss Huo who could stir up trouble at any moment, she might as well just explode.

Lin Meng quickly shook her head. “No, no. Let’s just go shopping like this.”

Huo Yi’s smile faded slightly at Lin Meng’s answer. Although she had predicted Lin Meng’s choice, hearing that Lin Meng would rather be led by the hand than accept her contact info still stung a little.

After all, her contact info was as precious as Su Yutang’s. Countless people had licked the Huo Family’s boots without ever getting to meet her, and she had laid such a precious opportunity before this little sheep, yet the little sheep remained unmoved.

So she really wasn’t after money.

Not after money, not after affection—this kind of person was very pure. Huo Yi felt she couldn’t quite figure this person out. Perhaps she liked watching mime performances just like she did.

Over the years, Huo Yi’s public image had always been that of an abstinent workaholic. Even if a high-grade omega in heat, emitting concentrated pheromones, threw herself at her, she wouldn’t be moved.

But now, looking at Lin Meng, she felt as though she had found one of her own kind. She not only wanted to dig into this person’s thoughts but also wanted to explore her body.

...

At the Su family villa.

Su Yutang led Bai Li to the largest bedroom on the fifth floor. Bai Li followed cautiously behind her, watching her expression.

Su Yutang sat on the bed and pointed to a small sofa across from it. “Sit.”

Bai Li sat down with an uneasy heart.

What was going on?

She had imagined countless times what reuniting with Su Yutang would be like. Su Yutang might cry and embrace her, or fly into a rage and demand why she had agreed to Madam Su’s demand to study abroad.

But never once had she imagined their reunion would be this calm.

Su Yutang even seemed somewhat impatient as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “How long have you been back?”

Hearing that she cared, Bai Li quickly answered, “Not long. Just a week.”

Su Yutang looked up at her fidgeting, anxious figure. “Then what did you come to see me for this time?”

Bai Li hurried to explain. “I... Sister, I’ve always felt guilty toward you. What happened back then, I...”

Before she could finish, Su Yutang cut her off. “Don’t call me sister anymore. Just call me by my name. I think our relationship is no longer as close as it was when we were children.”

Bai Li’s heart suddenly ached dully at Su Yutang’s cold, distant tone.

Back when she used to follow Su Yutang around like a little shadow, whether at school or at the Su household, everyone treated her with respect for Su Yutang’s sake. At first she only dared to address Su Yutang as “Young Miss,” but later Su Yutang doted on her and made a special exception, allowing her to call her “sister.”

So even that privilege was gone now.

Bai Li lowered her head and choked out, “Yutang... I’m sorry. But back then I had no choice. Madam threatened me with my mother. I had to leave without saying goodbye. After all these years, I’ve realized I still like you. I came back a week ago, but every day this past week I couldn’t eat or sleep peacefully. I wanted to come see you, but I was afraid...”

She paused there, lifting her pitiful, red-rimmed eyes to Su Yutang, begging her to feel sympathy at the sight of her.

But unfortunately, there was no expression on Su Yutang’s face at all.

Bai Li lowered her head dejectedly, tears the size of beans falling one by one. “I was afraid you’d show me that reproachful look again. Yutang... can you give me another chance?”

Looking at her like that, Su Yutang seemed to recall many things from childhood. She had known from a young age that many people approached her with impure motives; everyone just wanted something from her.

Like her mother said, whether making friends or marrying, one had to match status for status. Only then would there be common ground, and others would scheme against you less.

The only person she had ever considered a true friend from childhood was Huo Yi. Of course, before she turned eighteen, Bai Li could also be counted as a good friend.

She had known early on that she had an almost obsessive need to control her friends and even her pets. However much she had loved something before, once it betrayed her, she would feel a hundredfold more disgust.

But considering her past friendship with Bai Li, and the fact that Bai Li had genuinely brought beautiful moments to her youth, Su Yutang still spoke. “Have you run into some difficulty coming back now? If you have, you can tell me freely. As long as I can help you resolve it, I will.”

Seeing Su Yutang’s attitude soften, Bai Li stood up and removed the black scarf from around her neck. “Yutang, do you remember? You knitted this scarf for me yourself back then. Even though I’ve been abroad all these years, I’ve kept it.”

Yes, from the moment she walked in, Su Yutang had noticed that scarf.

During that period, she had doted on Bai Li excessively. Bai Li was always clinging to her arm and acting cute, saying she wanted a scarf knitted by her sister’s own hands. If she could fulfill that wish, Bai Li would be willing to play the puppy game with her.

As the Su family heir, how could she possibly knit a scarf with her own hands? But during that time, she didn’t know what had come over her; it was as if she were possessed, frantically asking others how to knit, even secretly knitting late at night when no one was around.

No one noticed she was knitting a scarf. Even Bai Li thought Su Yutang had forgotten about it. But when Su Yutang gave her the finished black scarf, her eyes lit with extraordinary delight.

What had Bai Li said to her then?

Oh right, she seemed to remember: “Thank you, sister. Did you really knit this yourself? It’s so beautiful. But why black? With your personality, I’d have thought you’d knit red or some bright color. But I’ll treasure it. Thank you, sister.”

Su Yutang had felt a moment of disappointment when she heard that.

Why?

She remembered playing in the garden when she was eight and seeing Bai Li in a black dress, cautiously hiding in a corner and peeking at her.

She had mocked her then: “Why are you wearing a black dress instead of a red one? You look like an ugly crow.”

Bai Li had said cautiously, “Mom says black dresses don’t get dirty easily. I like wearing black dresses.”

To this day, Su Yutang still couldn’t tell whether Bai Li preferred black or red.

It was pointless to dwell on it now. She wouldn’t dote on Bai Li the way she used to, nor would she ever pick her back up to play the puppy game with her again.

Because she already had her most beloved puppy.

Bai Li saw Su Yutang’s gaze gradually soften and thought it must be because Su Yutang was remembering the beautiful memories they had shared.

Delighted, she took off her coat, revealing the dress underneath. Around her neck, which she had been hiding all along, was a black collar with a small pure gold dog tag hanging from it, engraved with the English name “Maria.”

After removing her clothes, Bai Li slowly lowered herself to the ground, just as she used to when playing the puppy game with Su Yutang. “Sister, do you remember this tag you gave me? I was your puppy for a day, so I’ll be your dog for life. Will you give me a chance, sister?”

Su Yutang’s eyes widened in shock at the sight. A deeply twisted, ugly expression appeared on her face. “Enough!”

Bai Li was so frightened by Su Yutang’s shout that she stopped what she was doing. Her trembling pupils looked pitifully toward Su Yutang.

Su Yutang slowly crouched down with a dark expression, staring at her without any emotion.

Bai Li had seen this expression on her before.

Su Yutang rarely truly lost her temper. When she was genuinely angry, she never shouted or flew into a rage. She truly had the ability to make a person disappear without a trace.

Bai Li lowered her head and trembled. The infatuation on her face had completely vanished.

Su Yutang stared at her face. “When you go back, remember to burn all the things I gave you. Tell me how much they’re worth and I’ll compensate you. If I find out you dared to keep any of them and show up in front of me with that disgusting garbage, don’t blame me for disregarding our past and showing you no mercy!”

She was truly angry, but Bai Li refused to accept it. How could Su Yutang, who had once been so good to her, have become so cold?

It must be that Su Yutang cared about her too much, so she was still angry about her leaving without saying goodbye.

Bai Li quickly shook her head. “No, sister... I won’t do that. These are all things you left me. You were so good to me before. Why have we become like this now? Is it because of that woman just now?”

The moment Bai Li mentioned this, Su Yutang thought of how Yun Huaizhu had been vying to curry favor with Lin Meng earlier. Her expression turned extremely grim. “Although you’re already a runaway dog I once raised, I’ve always been especially lenient with my own puppies. So please get out of my sight yourself. If I see you flaunting my things everywhere, I won’t need my mother to send you abroad; I’ll make sure you can never return to this country for the rest of your life.”

Her tone was exceptionally calm as she said this, but it was as if she had pronounced a death sentence on Bai Li.

Bai Li collapsed on the ground in heartbroken despair. Su Yutang walked out irritably.

The events of the past few days had left her exhausted. She really needed a good rest.

...

Su Yutang didn’t close the door when she left. Bai Li sat numbly on the carpeted floor for an unknown amount of time. When she came to, she found a woman standing at the doorway, arms crossed, turned sideways toward her.

Bai Li scrambled to her feet. In an instant, she recognized who the woman was.

This woman was only prettier than her and from a slightly better family. What right did she have to attract Su Yutang’s attention?

If only her family background had been better, if only she weren’t a nanny’s daughter, then even if she had been tested as a low-quality omega, Madam Su would still have agreed to let her be with Su Yutang.

This circle was always about family first and interests first, so from the moment she laid eyes on this woman, she had felt an intense aversion.

When Bai Li stood up, Yun Huaizhu’s pale eyes met hers. As if she had caught the provocation in the woman’s gaze, Bai Li said, “Don’t get too smug too early. Yutang-jie is just treating you like a lapdog. I grew up with her since childhood. Even after being separated for so many years, she still can’t forget me. She’s just angry for now. Once she calms down...”

Seeing Bai Li ramble on as if she were comforting herself, Yun Huaizhu couldn’t help but cover her mouth and giggle. “Don’t worry. I came here to encourage you. I’ve known all along that you and Su Yutang share a deep, inseparable bond. Like you said, your Su-jie is only temporarily angry with you. Don’t give up—you two must stay sweet and loving together!”

Bai Li was almost dumbfounded. She thought the woman was being sarcastic. “Don’t be so smug. I will be with her, and when I am, she’ll abandon you!”

The more Yun Huaizhu heard, the happier she became. She even made a cheering gesture at Bai Li. “I believe in you. You must work hard! When you need my help, be sure to let me know!”

With that, she turned and left in excellent spirits.

This was wonderful!

Su Yutang liked keeping dogs, and her former childhood sweetheart liked being one. The two of them absolutely had to be sweetly and lovingly locked together. That way, that lunatic Su Yutang wouldn’t set her sights on Lin Meng anymore.

...

Huo Yi held Lin Meng’s hand and walked around the snack street.

Lin Meng had been nervous at first, but after Huo Yi bought her a box of takoyaki, she gradually let her guard down.

After that came fried potato tornadoes, meat skewers, peanut brittle, and freshly steamed crab roe buns. Huo Yi fed Lin Meng without pause.

Lin Meng was happy because she had never dared to travel alone before. Even when she went to crowded places alone to clear her mind, the crowds made her anxious. She had really wanted to try the food back then, but she always felt scared eating alone, so she could only hastily admire the scenery and walk away dejectedly.

Things at tourist spots cost two or three times more than outside, so her stingy self had never allowed her to buy snacks at scenic areas, with the exception of bottled water.

Actually, if there was a chance to indulge and eat snacks freely, she wouldn’t mind. Most importantly, Huo Yi was shrewd; staying by her side meant she wouldn’t suffer any losses.

Seeing how happily Lin Meng was eating, Huo Yi wanted to buy her a few more things. Lin Meng instinctively reached out to pull her back. “No... no need. I’m going to burst from all this food.”

Seeing Lin Meng holding various snacks in one hand and tugging at the hem of her coat with the other, Huo Yi was briefly stunned.

Lin Meng quickly withdrew her hand. Had she gotten grease on her fingers while eating? Huo Yi’s coat must be very expensive. She looked around anxiously, trying to find somewhere to wash her hands.

There was a reason Lin Meng thought this way. When she had tugged at Huo Yi’s coat just now, Huo Yi had worn a look of utter disgust.

She was very afraid of others making that expression at her. Whenever someone did, Lin Meng would wonder if she had done something wrong. If others disliked her that much, what should she do to make them less angry?

“I’m... I’m sorry...”

Lin Meng lowered her head, not knowing how to continue shopping with Huo Yi.

Hearing this, Huo Yi reached out and pinched Lin Meng’s cheek. Before Lin Meng could react, Huo Yi used the handkerchief from her pocket to wipe Lin Meng’s face, which was messy like a little kitten’s from eating. “What are you sorry to me for?”

Lin Meng was stunned. Looking at Huo Yi’s face, which held an inexplicable amusement, she stammered, “I... I was careless. I think... I got your clothes dirty.”

Huo Yi bent down, squinting and smiling. “So what are you going to do about it? Are you going to compensate me?”

Lin Meng knew Huo Yi’s coat must be very expensive. If she had to compensate her, she might really go bankrupt. She had been eating so happily just moments ago, but now she wasn’t smiling anymore because of her own mistake. Her eyes reddened almost instantly, and she choked out, “C... can I wash it for you?”

Huo Yi seemed to grow interested. “No. The material of this outfit is very special. Once it’s dirty, I throw it away.”

Lin Meng was about to cry. “Then... then how much is this coat?”

Huo Yi really couldn’t bear to see Lin Meng cry on the street; it would make her look like a bully. With what seemed like extraordinary tenderness, she placed her palm on top of Lin Meng’s head. “Don’t cry. It’s just a piece of clothing. Since you’re Tangtang’s good friend, I naturally won’t make a fuss over this.”

Lin Meng looked up in surprise. “R... really?”

Huo Yi nodded. “Really. But I have one condition.”

The smile on Lin Meng’s face diminished by thirty percent.

She knew this woman wouldn’t be so easy to deal with!

Huo Yi felt that a piece of clothing was nothing, but she was a bit of a neat freak and especially disliked others’ dirty hands touching her. When she first took Lin Meng’s hand and walked down this street, she had already begun weaving a soft yet resilient web in her heart.

If she were truly as terrifying as Su Yutang, Lin Meng would easily escape from her, wouldn’t she?

To build an intimate relationship with someone, you first had to act intimate.

Even if you had to fake it.

Lin Meng got a headache looking at the new “Miss Huo” message box that had appeared on her WeChat page.

Actually, the night scenery at this scenic area would be even more beautiful soon, but Lin Meng felt it was getting late. If she didn’t return to her rented apartment now, she would feel very insecure.

Seeing Lin Meng plead like this, Huo Yi naturally agreed with good grace.

But when she got in the car and was about to start the engine, she turned toward Lin Meng with a regretful expression. “Sorry, my car happens to be out of gas, and the nearest gas station is back at the highway rest stop we passed on the way here. Looks like we’ll have to stay the night here.”

Lin Meng clenched her jaw. She had finally learned Yun Huaizhu’s smile-without-smiling expression. “Okay.”

You’re doing this on purpose! If your car was almost out of gas when you drove here, how could you not know? There was a gas station on the way, so why didn’t you fill up in advance?

Had Huo Yi planned from the moment she got on the highway not to take her home tonight?

Lin Meng had just started to feel some goodwill toward Huo Yi, but this move instantly crushed that budding goodwill back to square one.

...

Lin Meng leaned against the window of the inn, looking out at the night scenery. If she had to say whether she was tired, she really wasn’t tired today. But why did her heart feel so exhausted?

Probably because she had met too many people today.

Whether it was Su Yutang, Yun Huaizhu, or even Huo Yi, who was now sharing a room with her, they were all nearly perfect characters from the novel.

People like them were someone the old Lin Meng could never even dream of meeting. And now, in just half a year, she had followed these people to see things she would never have encountered in her lifetime.

She should already be quite satisfied. Once she prevented the plot where Su Yutang forces herself on Yun Huaizhu, the later plots—pregnancy, miscarriage, even the car accident—wouldn’t happen.

Because a third of the angst in the novel was caused by that unborn child. What fault did the child have? When she came into this world, no one ever asked if she was willing.

So Lin Meng simply wouldn’t let this little angel come. Anyway, if she came, she’d just be tortured to death.

Perhaps the liveliness outside at night was directly proportional to the quiet inside the inn.

When she saw the various colorful lanterns hanging outside and the pedestrians coming and going, she suddenly remembered certain things from the past. That memory wasn’t a very good one; she had rarely thought of it since leaving that suffocating house.

Had she suddenly recalled the angsty moments between Su Yutang and Yun Huaizhu in the novel?

But in this world, none of the novel’s angst had happened.

At this thought, Lin Meng couldn’t help feeling as though she had accomplished something truly great. She had saved a pair of lovers who had nearly lost their way.

Perhaps this was the most meaningful thing she had done in her ordinary twenty-four years!

Huo Yi was very unused to the inn’s environment. It was far removed from the tea house she had visited before. She could only accept spreading her coat over the inn’s chair and sitting on that one seemingly uncontaminated spot.

Lin Meng was staring blankly out the window, while Huo Yi watched her with great interest.

She hadn’t expected the seemingly carefree little sheep to show such a melancholic expression.

Although Huo Yi was a bit tired today too, she would rather sleep in her car than sleep in this dump.

Lin Meng thought that once this matter was over, she would reduce her contact with Su Yutang and Yun Huaizhu. After all, it wasn’t good for an outsider like her to meddle in another couple’s affairs.

Once that important turning point that would change the direction of all the novel’s subsequent plot passed, she could return to a normal, peaceful life.

With that thought, Lin Meng finished her mental review. Just as she stretched and was about to go to bed, she noticed Huo Yi, who was so sleepy she was nodding off, her head bobbing.

She had originally wanted to pat Huo Yi but was afraid Huo Yi would show that disgusted expression, so she called out softly from beside her. “Miss Huo? Huo Yi?”

Huo Yi immediately opened her eyes alertly when she heard her name. Lin Meng staggered back a step at the frightening sight of her suddenly snapping her eyes open.

This person seemed to have a temper when woken up. She asked coldly, “What is it?”

Looking at her bloodshot eyes, which were from forcing herself to stay awake, Lin Meng answered cautiously, “You’re sleepy. Hurry and get in bed.”

Huo Yi shook her head. “I’m not sleepy.”

Lin Meng squinted in confusion at this.

Not sleepy? If you sit in that chair any longer, you’ll fall to the floor.

Thinking about this and combining it with the disgusted expression Huo Yi had unconsciously shown when she touched her earlier, Lin Meng wondered—could she be a neat freak?

She remembered one time when she went on a business trip with a senior colleague who had cleanliness obsessions. The senior not only brought her own four-piece bedding set, slippers, and even clothes hangers, toothbrush, and bath towels; she brought all her own daily necessities.

Lin Meng felt exhausted just looking at her full suitcase, let alone the fact that she had to help tidy up for over an hour.

People with cleanliness obsessions were like that. Even after cleaning a room for over an hour, they wouldn’t feel tired.

Fortunately, that senior didn’t dislike her and even let her sleep on the new bedding set. Otherwise, she really would have cried that night.

With that thought, Lin Meng looked helplessly at Miss Huo, who was just as difficult to serve as Su Yutang.

What was she going to do? There didn’t seem to be any new bedding here, and Huo Yi had a cleanliness obsession and wouldn’t be willing to sleep on this bed at all.

As Lin Meng thought about this, she reached out and patted Huo Yi’s shoulder. Huo Yi looked up listlessly. “What now?”

Lin Meng put her hands on her hips seriously. “Stand up for me.”

Huo Yi looked dazed. Although she didn’t quite understand why this person had suddenly become so assertive, she obediently stood up as if hypnotized.

Seeing this, Lin Meng pulled the coat Huo Yi had spread on the chair and laid it out on the bed. Huo Yi instantly sobered up a bit at the sight, her face darkening with displeasure. “What are you doing?”

Lin Meng got on the bed and spread her own jacket over the pillow, then left a space where the coat occupied the bed. “Hurry up and get on. This way you can sleep.”

Huo Yi was stunned. She stood in place without moving.

Seeing this, Lin Meng grabbed her hand and made her lie down beside her. “Look at how sleepy you are. I’m counting on you to drive tomorrow. Please sleep, Miss Huo. Oh right, this coat doesn’t seem to reach your feet. You can put your legs on me, then you can sleep, right?”

Huo Yi came back to her senses. As if seduced by this beta who had no pheromones at all, she found herself lying on her own coat as if possessed. She followed Lin Meng’s instructions and put her legs on this person.

Before, she would never have set foot in an inn like this that had been visited by who knew how many people. But at this moment, lying beside Lin Meng with her legs on this person’s warm body, she didn’t feel uncomfortable at all.

Perhaps she really was tired today. She soon closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

...

What Su Yutang hated most was an unwanted person hovering around her house every day, so the next day she finally ordered Yun Huaizhu out as if she couldn’t stand it anymore.

And Yun Huaizhu happened to be unwilling to look at Su Yutang’s awful expression anyway. In two days it would be the Su family charity gala. Leaving at this juncture, Su Yurong, who was busy hosting the charity gala, probably wouldn’t have time to hold her accountable.

After Yun Huaizhu walked out of Su Yutang’s villa, she instantly felt the air was much fresher. But then she suddenly remembered that Huo Yi seemed to have taken Lin Meng away yesterday. It was already 10:30 in the morning, and Lin Meng still hadn’t sent her a good morning message.

At this thought, Yun Huaizhu quickly called Lin Meng.

Lin Meng rarely had this kind of relaxing time. Because this inn didn’t face south, she slept until 10:30 without the sun waking her.

As she and Huo Yi lay in each other’s arms sleeping, she suddenly heard her phone ringing again and again. She instantly shot up as if remembering something. “Oh no, oh no, I’m going to be late for work! Work, work—”

Huo Yi, who had been sleeping soundly nestled beside her, was startled awake by her sudden movement.

Lin Meng quickly grabbed her phone and was about to rush into the bathroom to freshen up, but when she noticed the unfamiliar surroundings, she seemed to come to her senses and calmed down.

Oh right, wasn’t she on a week-long vacation? She didn’t have work today.

Lin Meng looked down at her phone. The caller ID showed “Little Pearl.” She quickly answered. “Hello.”

Yun Huaizhu had waited a full thirty seconds on the phone. Just as her frustration was building bit by bit, she finally heard Lin Meng’s voice, and her mood instantly brightened. “Mengmeng-jie, where are you right now? Didn’t you say last time you’d come to the gala with me? Do you have a gown for the gala? If not, I’ll take you to pick one out right now, how about that?”

Just as Yun Huaizhu finished speaking, a woman’s voice that sounded like she had just woken up came from Lin Meng’s end. “Who is it?”