Chapter 23
4 a.m.
Li Miao kept her word and waived the extra time for Guan Shiyun, because all her anger dissipated after the two of them had a duet dance.
She danced with the wicked woman, and then listened contentedly as the wicked woman kept calling her "meow." Finally, she asked the question: "Sister, who is more like a kitten now?"
King Li is a master planner. Although the first plan wasn't perfect, the second plan was completed, wasn't it?
Guan Shiyun, exhausted from all the commotion, couldn't take it anymore by 2:30. So she pretended to faint, but she fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she saw her diligent kitten still nestled on her chest, busy eating cherries, greedily taking some with it. It turned out she hadn't woken up, but had been woken up by the kitten, and now she was here. Guan Shiyun really wondered where this little rascal had learned this trick—had he read a comic book?
"Have you been reading the comics in the study?"
"Huh? No, I haven't seen it." Li Miao was still feeling smug and was a little confused by the question.
"Where did you learn it, and from whom?" Guan Shiyun couldn't help but ask, quite puzzled.
"What should we learn?"
“Well…” Guan Shiyun hesitated to say it, those… strange and niche hobbies.
"Is what you mean by □□? Do we even need to learn that?"
Li Miao was also puzzled. Wasn't this something that was self-taught? Did animals in nature have some kind of learning material to do this? But why would Guan Shiyun ask such a question?
Guan Shiyun also found it unbelievable; she didn't quite understand what Li Miao meant by being self-taught.
"Did you learn that from someone, sister?" Li Miao's eyes darkened at this moment, her good mood just now vanished instantly, and she stared at Guan Shiyun. She knew that Guan Shiyun had many exes.
"Can you tell me what 'self-taught' means first? I'm a little curious." Guan Shiyun was still very curious, her eyes full of doubt. Jealousy of her ex was not an option for her; she just wanted to know what the little cat was thinking and how he had become self-taught.
"I don't want to talk about it! Tell me who you learned it from first!" Li Miao's voice rose, her tone uncontrollably sour, but seeing that Guan Shiyun was about to speak, she suddenly covered Guan Shiyun's mouth with her hand, and she didn't want to listen anymore.
"I don't want to hear it anymore, please lie to me." Li Miao leaned against Guan Shiyun's chest, feeling very sad. She sniffed the scent on Guan Shiyun's neck, where the marks she had just left were still there. But the thought that others might have been with Guan Shiyun even before her...
She had never thought age was a big problem, nor did she feel young, but now she truly felt she was too young; she couldn't catch up with the eight-year age difference between her and Guan Shiyun. What was she doing when Guan Shiyun was her age? Being chased and scolded by the director of an orphanage.
And what about Guan Shiyun? Would she be in a relationship with someone else when she was eighteen, just like she was now, and afterwards, would she be leaning on someone else's arms like she was now? Others had seen Guan Shiyun at eighteen, but she had never seen her. This made her so jealous, and the more she thought about it, the more her heart ached, and tears streamed down her face.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying like this?" Guan Shiyun pulled Li Miao out of her arms and wiped away her kitten's tears. She didn't quite understand why the kitten was crying. Was it because of her reputation?
"Don't stay silent, Meow Meow, what's wrong? Tell me, okay?"
Looking at Guan Shiyun's gentle appearance, Li Miao felt increasingly upset. However, she knew she was being unreasonable, so she pouted and remained silent, tears streaming down her face like broken pearls.
"Are you crying because I have so many exes? That reputation for womanizing you've heard about?" Guan Shiyun's eyes suddenly turned cold, filled with disappointment, sadness, and anger. She didn't want to explain, recalling the condescending attitude of those suitors who said, "I don't mind you," which made her feel nauseous.
"Yes, no, I don't know, I'm too young." Li Miao's voice was punctuated by intermittent sobs.
Why do you say it's too small?
“I was 18 when I started dating you, and you were probably dating someone else when you were 18, while I was being scolded at the orphanage. I was too young to catch up with you.” As she spoke, Li Miao burst into tears again.
Guan Shiyun pulled her kitten into her arms, gently stroking its head and kissing its hair. Thankfully, her kitten was different from those other kittens.
"I've talked about it... um."
Li Miao covered Guan Shiyun's mouth; she didn't want to hear it, but her palm was gently brushed, wet and itchy, making her involuntarily pull her hand back. Li Miao turned around to face Guan Shiyun in shock, carefully looking at her face. The person who was always reserved in intimate matters was suddenly bold; the gentle woman was now very alluring.
"You really won't listen?"
"Let's kiss for a bit first." Li Miao was bewitched. She suddenly wanted to listen again, but at this moment she only wanted to kiss this bad woman. She got up, grabbed the bad woman's head, and kissed her deeply.
"Hmm"
...
One kiss is never enough for someone who has been bewitched. Guan Shiyun looked at the several more bite marks on her body and felt that she had really asked for that kiss unnecessarily. However, compared to before, the two of them had switched places.
Now Guan Shiyun is leaning against Li Miao's chest, resting her head on his shoulder. She is curiously imitating the cat's movements by burying her head in the crook of his neck. She can't help but sigh that it's no wonder the cat likes it. It does smell nice. It is very pleasant to have the tip of her nose brush against the crook of his neck.
The kitten naturally understood, tilting its head to gently nuzzle the person in its arms. Only when Guan Shiyun realized what she had done after noticing the kitten's response did she understand, and her already red face suddenly turned even redder.
"Sister, it's alright to rest your head here."
"Shut up." Li Miao didn't care, she reached out and pulled the person closer, hugging them even tighter, and kept turning her head to rub against the person in her arms.
She felt like she was holding a treasure in her arms, and couldn't bear to put it down. She couldn't help but think that it would be nice to hold Guan Shiyun like this in the future.
"Sister, weren't you curious about how I learned it? I'm a woman too, and I've tried it and really like it."
"Oh, did you find out by watching a video or trying it with someone else?" Guan Shiyun looked up.
"No, just try it yourself. Who knows my body better than me?"
Li Miao didn't quite understand Guan Shiyun's point. Who to try it with? What videos to watch? Of course, she knew there were some erotic videos, but what did watching that have to do with her own pleasure? She first felt desire when she watched scenes of male and female leads kissing in TV dramas at the age of 16, and then she played with herself according to her body's reactions, which was quite nice.
"Sister, do you need someone to teach you where you feel comfortable? Videos can't teach you that." Guan Shiyun felt a jolt of realization; she was startled by the kitten's words. Yes, she knew best whether her own body felt comfortable or not. Why would she connect looking at herself with these two things?
"Then, so many...so many positions, how did you know all those variations?"
"What are the patterns? Are there standards for these? I just want to get closer to you, and I feel like you also want me to get closer to you. I want to know what would make you feel comfortable."
Yes, there is no standard. Li Miao is clear about her own needs and is also exploring them; she is constantly aware of herself. Whose fantasies are all those various materials on the market serving? She suddenly understands why the conversations in the so-called 'materials' she saw made her feel uncomfortable.
The 'materials' weren't meant to teach her how to satisfy herself, but rather how to please others.
What were you thinking when you did that today?
"You told me that you wanted to get closer to me but didn't say it. I was jealous and really wanted to get closer to you, so I think you probably feel the same way."
The kitten wasn't satisfying itself; it sensed her desires that it couldn't openly express, and the kitten picked up on those desires, so…
"So today, you sensed that I want to be close to you, right?"
"Hmm, you can fool my brain, but you can't fool my feelings. Your eyes have told me everything, and your lower body... um..." Guan Shiyun covered the kitten's mouth.
"Covering your mouth again, you never let anyone talk. Humph!" Guan Shiyun leaned against Li Miao's chest, putting her arm around her waist. She felt her sense of shame had faded a lot, and Li Miao could see herself clearly.
"Meow meow".
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just calling you." Guan Shiyun nuzzled her head against the kitten she was holding.
Li Miao sensed a change in Guan Shiyun, but she didn't know why. She responded to Guan Shiyun's hug and mischievously moved her hand from her waist upwards.
"Sister, please pinch me, I want to, please."
"..." Guan Shiyun followed her heart and complied with the kitten's request; she really knew how to take advantage of a situation.
"Sister, what's with all those exes of yours?" Li Miao couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy as she spoke.
"I've spoken to two people, the rest are just rumors," Guan Shiyun stated as her conclusion.
"How old were you when you started dating? How old am I?" Li Miao pouted, already dissatisfied.
Guan Shiyun once again felt that the kitten's focus was always unexpected, and she thought about it carefully.
“Meow, I don’t know either. You may understand, but you may not. A good woman’s reputation doesn’t help my work at all. In fact, I suffered for it at the beginning. A good man with a stable family is an effective business card, but behind a good woman’s reputation are all problems.” Li Miao thought carefully about Guan Shiyun’s words.
"Is it like me? Even though many people criticize me for seducing men and gold diggers, I'm still the top salesperson." Guan Shiyun looked at the kitten in surprise, then suddenly laughed.
"Hmm, Meow Meow is so smart."
"Of course, I'm very smart." Li Miao said proudly.
“At first I didn’t understand. I was twenty-one then, and you were only thirteen. It was a time when the company needed to grow. My first boyfriend, I didn’t love him. I just wanted a business card. He wanted money and I wanted a name, so we hit it off. But when I found it was useless, we broke up. It was also with him…” Guan Shiyun looked up at the jealous cat.
"When he kissed me, I realized that I must like women." Guan Shiyun didn't explain in detail. It was supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement, but the man tested her boundaries step by step with holding hands, hugging, and kissing. He said he loved her, but did things that hindered her. She decided to break up with him decisively.
"The second thing is that I got a girlfriend."
"The rest are all rumors. As for work-related contact and ambiguous relationships, I guess they don't really count. If someone has feelings for me, why would I have to make them clear myself? Besides, I have to deal with them because of work. The rest are some people I've helped, mostly girls." Guan Shiyun didn't know how she got such a reputation for being a womanizer.
"Moreover, after my reputation was ruined, I found that my situation actually improved. It was as if I had become a spirit that sucked people's life force. I was no longer chased by a lot of boring questions, and people avoided me like the plague. They only treated me as 'General Manager Guan,' which made me very satisfied. So let the rumors spread. I was just too young and put the cart before the horse back then. Later I realized that being a young entrepreneur is my greatest calling card."
Guan Shiyun finished speaking. She didn't expect Xiao Mao to understand, but it was because of her reputation that Xiao Mao came to her. In fact, other people had also inquired about her and come to her. She would provide some help within her power depending on the person and the situation, after all, she also had the help of benefactors when she got started.
"And the second one?" Li Miao tightened her arms around him.
"What, the second one?"
"My second girlfriend."
"Oh, I'm 23, you're 15, and you're still getting scolded at the orphanage."
"Hmph!" She tightened her arms and shook the person in her arms.
"If you don't want to hear lies, don't ask stupid questions. Stop it now."
"I'm asking you, I love hearing lies, quickly say I'm your first love, quickly say I'm not young." Li Miao hugged the person in her arms very tightly. She couldn't catch up with him at all. Luckily, she caught up with him when she was 18. And he still complained that she was too young.
"Sister, when are you planning to sleep with me?"
“…”
“We’re in love now, why can’t we? Just because I can’t make money doesn’t mean my feelings don’t count. Your reasoning won’t work anymore. What’s the problem? We can just sleep together tonight, right?” Li Miao felt she had completely figured out the crux of the issue, and she was going to take control of Guan Shiyun.
"Look at me, meow meow, do you like me?"
"I like you!" Li Miao's eyes brightened, but the joy in them vanished in an instant, leaving only clarity.
"You're lying." Li Miao's confident lie was still exposed.
She couldn't understand her own 'liking'; how could she explain it? "Then I'll sleep with you, is that alright?"
“…”
"I really love you, sister. You can believe me. Lin Bei said so, she wouldn't lie."
Guan Shiyun didn't know why the joy in her eyes disappeared in an instant. She tried to sense their interactions like a kitten, wondering how much of it was real and how much was fake. She believed that Li Miao also liked her.
Guan Shiyun pondered the reason. Perhaps it was because of her keen perception that Li Miao, though unaware of the inequality in the relationship, was still unconsciously wary of her. That's why she acted this way. Her liking was real, but so was her wariness, which made her feel insecure.
"I'm afraid you'll regret it someday, because what you want most is money. So I'll give it to you, that way I'll feel at ease. Otherwise, I'm afraid your affection for me is just an act, an attempt to please me, and that's not what I want, meow meow. I'll wait until you get what you want, and then give me your answer. At that time, you'll still say you love me... then... is that okay?"
Now, Li Miao feels safe and at ease. If she wanted to portray genuine emotions, her current wealth could buy the services of an actor who perfectly met her requirements. She could even fake it for a lifetime, making it indistinguishable from the real thing. But this is not what Guan Shiyun wants, nor does it align with her principles.
"Aren't you afraid of being taken advantage of, or me running away?" Li Miao knew where the problem lay, so she decided to reassure Guan Shiyun. She believed that Guan Shiyun would still give the same answer then, but she didn't want to abstain from sex now.
"I'm not afraid."
"Alright then."
Li Miao turned over and restrained the person in her arms, her tone full of seduction; she wanted to bewitch Guan Shiyun.
"If you're not afraid of taking a loss, then go and sleep with me. You just said that, sister, please."
"You little rascal, ugh..."
Before Guan Shiyun could answer, she decided to shut her up first, otherwise she'd get caught up in this wicked woman's schemes again. She could sense Guan Shiyun's restless heart; if she couldn't seduce her, she'd let her keep 'losing out,' and when Guan Shiyun got angry and couldn't hold back anymore, she'd obediently lie down and wait for her revenge. Then it would be a back-and-forth, how interesting! Very good, she really was a master planner.
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