Even hybrid monsters have their day

Chapter 219 Coming

But she couldn't show it in front of Lu Shuaishuai, who had finally lowered his guard against her these past two days. Geng Miaowan casually pulled him to the table and sat him down, placing noodles in front of him as she asked, feigning nonchalance, "Has he arrived?"

Geng Miaowan herself didn't realize that while waiting for Lu Shuaishuai's answer, she held her breath and tightly gripped the chopsticks she hadn't put down yet.

Lu Shuaishuai shook his head. "He didn't come."

"Oh." She put down her chopsticks, her expression immediately relaxing. "Then you eat. We'll have noodles for today, and after school tomorrow we'll go buy some groceries and cook something delicious."

"Hmm." He lowered his head and focused on eating his noodles.

It must be said that Lu Shuaishuai is a very well-behaved child, except that he occasionally talks about topics related to Xiaoming.

One thing that puzzled Geng Miaowan was that he seemed to really dislike taking a bath. No matter what she said, even coaxing and cajoling, he just wouldn't take a bath. When she asked him why, he said it was because the water was too cold.

She found it strange and took his hand to let him try the water temperature to his liking, but he insisted that the water was too cold and refused to take a bath no matter what. In the end, she couldn't persuade him and just wiped him down casually.

Although Geng Miaowan had spent some time in kindergarten, she didn't have much experience taking care of children at such close range and just acted on her own intuition.

After she finished showering him, she asked Lu Shuaishuai if he wanted to hear a story, because in her impression, children seemed to like listening to stories, and Lu Shuaishuai's room had a bookshelf full of storybooks, which meant that he should like listening to stories.

Sure enough. Hearing her question, Lu Shuaishuai quickly nodded.

Geng Miaowan sat on the edge of the bed telling a story, while Lu Shuaishuai lay quietly listening. As she spoke, she observed him to see if he had fallen asleep.

Halfway through her story, she noticed him suddenly look at her and smile slightly. She quickly put down her book and asked, "What's wrong?"

Because there is nothing in this story that can make people laugh.

Lu Shuaishuai didn't answer, but a smile crept onto his lips again. He looked very happy. Geng Miaowan, however, leaned closer and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Only then did she realize that his eyes had never been on her the entire time, but were fixed on something behind her. His smile made it seem as if someone was standing there, and he was snoring at that person with his smile.

Geng Miaowan suddenly felt a chill down her spine, as if something was staring at her, making the pores on her body almost stand on end.

At that moment, Lu Shuaishuai pointed behind her. "Xiao Ming is here."

"Ah~" Geng Miaowan's heart jumped, and she turned around reflexively, only to find that there was nothing behind her, and even the door to the room was closed.

Her heart was pounding wildly.

"He's gone." It seemed that Lu Shuaishuai's mood improved when she saw Xiaoming. She pulled the blanket over herself and said to her, "No need for a story, I'm going to sleep."

"Then you should sleep well, goodnight." She turned off the light for him and left the room.

As Geng Miaowan groped her way out of the room in the dark, she didn't notice a small, dark water stain on the floor behind where she had been sitting.

When Geng Miaowan finished washing up and returned to her room, she found more than a dozen missed calls on her phone, all from Peng Yuxian. Puzzled, she dialed back, and the phone was answered after only one ring.

"Where have you been? I called you and you didn't answer!" Peng Yuxian roared as soon as he picked up the phone.

"I..." She only managed to say one word before he finished her sentence, "What do you mean 'I'? I'm at Lu Shuaishuai's door now. Come down and open the door."

"Huh? What happened to you..." The phone went dead.

Geng Miaowan looked completely bewildered; she hadn't even put down her phone yet. A knock sounded at the downstairs door. The sound of the knocking on the iron gate was especially jarring and startling in the quiet night.

She quickly ran downstairs, afraid of disturbing other people's rest.

As soon as the door opened, Peng Yuxian rushed in, yelling like a cannon, "What's wrong with you? Coming to a stranger's house in the middle of the night, and..."

It wasn't until he entered the courtyard that he saw her clearly; she was only wearing a silk slip dress. The low-cut design revealed a large expanse of her snow-white skin, and the pink lace on her chest made her skin appear even smoother, like solidified cream. The dress barely covered her hips, revealing her long, straight legs, which seemed to inspire endless fantasies.

He turned his head somewhat awkwardly, then looked at her as if he had just remembered something, "How dare you come downstairs to open the door for someone dressed like that!"

Geng Miaowan looked down at her clothes. Although they were a bit... well, they covered everything that needed to be covered. If she hadn't been in a hurry to open the door for him, she wouldn't have forgotten to put on a coat before coming down.

As she closed the door, she casually remarked, "There are people on the street who are dressed even less than me, and I'm only wearing this at home, not outside."

“You…” Peng Yuxian didn’t know what to say to her, so he turned and walked into the house.

Geng Miaowan didn't dwell on his inexplicable temper, because in her mind, Peng Yuxian was just a person with schizophrenia. As she walked through the yard, she suddenly felt her feet get wet; she had stepped into a puddle.

Geng Miaowan looked at the puddle with suspicion, thinking, "Strange, it hasn't rained for many days. How come there's a puddle here?" Just as she was about to take another look at the puddle, Peng Yuxian, who had already entered the house, shouted at her, "What are you doing there?"

She shook her head, trying not to think about it anymore, and quickly ran into the house.

Because this courtyard house only has one guest room, and now that Peng Yuxian has suddenly joined, a place to stay has become a problem. Although Lu Fangtong and his wife are not here, and the master bedroom is empty, who would stay in someone else's master bedroom? That's clearly unreasonable.

Geng Miaowan thought for a moment and said, "How about you sleep in the guest room, and I'll sleep in the living room."

Usually at this point, a man would say, "I'll sleep in the living room, and you can sleep in the guest room." However, Peng Yuxian just glanced at her and said "okay," which almost made Geng Miaowan choke on her breath.

Is it really necessary to be so direct?! (To be continued.)