Side Story 4: Lou Mi x Chi Lin
Tiger, having finished his business in the yard, trotted back inside, tail wagging.
Following the sounds, he paused at the bedroom door, hearing his owners’ voices.
Moans and gasps, a mixture of pain and pleasure.
Tiger pawed at the door, whining softly, then, tilting his head, circled the door, confused.
He hadn’t seen his beloved owners all night.
What were they doing…?
By the time they entered the bathroom, dawn had broken, unnoticed by the two lovers entangled in the dimly lit bedroom.
Emerging from the shower, Chi Lin’s skin was flushed, her body wrapped in a bathrobe, her long hair dripping wet. Exhausted, she leaned against Lou Mi, wanting nothing more than to stay in her arms.
Lou Mi carried her to the bed in the bathroom and gently dried her.
Chi Lin drifted off to sleep, then woke up, a soft smile on her face as she looked at Lou Mi.
“I fell asleep?” Her voice was soft and slightly slurred, the drowsiness adding a touch of vulnerability to her mature features.
“Yes, you dozed off in my arms.”
Chi Lin rubbed her eyes, seeing that Lou Mi was still awake and seemingly not ready for sleep, she tried to stay awake with her.
Lou Mi, noticing her effort, caressed the mole under her eye: “Go back to sleep if you’re tired, I don’t want you to stay up late. Besides, we have plenty of time.”
Chi Lin snuggled closer, her eyes closing, clearly enjoying Lou Mi’s preference for her true form:
“It’s just a pity we can only be together like this every three months.”
Lou Mi was about to reply when Chi Lin suddenly opened her eyes, staring at her intently.
Lou Mi, startled: “What’s wrong?”
“What time is it?”
Lost in their passion, they had forgotten about time.
Lou Mi, also exhausted, looked at the clock: 6:15.
“It’s that late already?”
Lou Mi’s face was still flushed, but the dark circles under her eyes betrayed the late hour.
She suddenly realized something.
Looking at the time, then at Chi Lin, still beautiful but her face pale, Lou Mi understood.
“No wonder…” She said, “we didn’t fall into the abyss in the bathtub.”
The night was over, the guiding star and the moon had separated again!
Their time together was always too short…
They knew it was short, but they hadn’t expected it to end so abruptly!
Lost in their passion, they had completely forgotten about time!
The abyss was gone; it wouldn’t reopen for another three months.
They stared at each other in dismay.
Chi Lin’s first thought: “I… have class!”
Lou Mi also panicked: “Can someone cover for you?”
“It’s all AI facial recognition now. And I have final exams coming up.”
They were in trouble.
They wrapped themselves in their bathrobes and rushed to the bathroom, looking at the now-cold bathtub.
There was no trace of the abyss.
Chi Lin reached in and touched the bottom. Lou Mi’s last sliver of hope vanished as Chi Lin shook her head.
Three months.
There was a two-month summer break after the finals, but what about the next month?
Classes, exams… Chi Lin, in this unfamiliar body, couldn’t even enter the school, let alone take exams.
Chi Lin slumped against the bathtub, tears welling up.
Lou Mi knelt beside her, her face pale, sweating, feeling like she had made a terrible mistake.
Chi Lin had already spent a year retaking the exams, finally getting into a top university’s history program, and now, because of this oversight, her studies would be delayed again.
Seeing Lou Mi’s distraught expression, Chi Lin couldn’t bear it. She sat up and took her hand, sighing:
“I’ll have Mother ask my tutor for a sick leave, maybe I can take a leave of absence. If not…”
The mention of Peng Ziyuan sparked an idea in Lou Mi’s mind.
“Your Majesty?”
“This might actually work!” Lou Mi jumped up and grabbed her phone.
6:30 am. Peng Ziyuan was already up and getting ready.
Receiving Lou Mi’s call and hearing her explanation, Peng Ziyuan asked incredulously:
“It should be possible, we manufacture lifelike AI companions, you know, the ones that look exactly like humans? If not for the small button on their necks, no one could tell the difference. We can just print a face exactly like Little Sister’s and attach it to one of those.”
Peng Ziyuan, a bold and resourceful woman, was intrigued by the idea.
After a moment of thought, she agreed.
Chi Lin stayed home that day. Peng Ziyuan and Lou Mi returned in the evening with the custom-made face mask.
This was Peng Ziyuan’s second time seeing Chi Lin’s true form, the first time just a brief glance.
Now, she froze as soon as she entered, staring at Chi Lin.
Chi Lin, slightly embarrassed by her intense gaze, instinctively bowed: “Mother…”
“Oh my god, Little Lin, you’re so beautiful…” Peng Ziyuan dropped her bag, rushed over, hugged Chi Lin, and started nuzzling her face.
“So soft, so fragrant, so beautiful.” She kissed her forehead and cheeks, unable to stop touching and smelling her. “I have two beautiful daughters! Let me look at you, your beautiful face…”
Chi Lin, struggling to breathe: “Mother, I’m… suffocating.”
Lou Mi, watching from the side, blushed.
Peng Ziyuan cuddling the younger Chi Lin had been a heartwarming scene, after all, it was her real daughter.
And Little Sister was shorter, their embrace natural and affectionate.
Now, with a mature woman a few inches taller than her, Peng Ziyuan’s enthusiasm was a bit much.
Chi Lin kept looking at Lou Mi for help, but Lou Mi didn’t dare approach them.
She finally managed to pry Peng Ziyuan away and, gasping for air, went to get some water, complaining:
“Mom, stop that, it’s embarrassing.”
After their marriage, they had both started calling each other’s parents “Mom” and “Dad.”
Peng Ziyuan held up the printed mask: “What, you can have two wives, but I can’t have two daughters? Do you still want this mask or not?”
Lou Mi almost choked: “What two wives?! I only have one!”
“Oh, one wife, but with interchangeable appearances.”
Lou Mi and Chi Lin: “…”
Peng Ziyuan, thinking of Lou Lixing, then, looking at Lou Mi and Chi Lin with envy, said:
Lou Mi: “…Mom, stop overthinking things.”
Peng Ziyuan was curious about Chi Lin’s situation. She knew she was a time traveler, but hadn’t asked for details.
While helping Chi Lin try on the mask, she asked how she switched bodies.
Chi Lin explained about the abyss.
Peng Ziyuan, even more surprised, looked at Lou Mi: “So, you also have another body? And you were an empress?”
Lou Mi didn’t want Peng Ziyuan to know, but Chi Lin, trusting her, had already explained, so Lou Mi just nodded and went to get some milk.
“I understand now,” Peng Ziyuan said, blushing slightly. Chi Lin, seeing her expression, knew she was thinking about something inappropriate. And Lou Mi, of course, had to ask:
“Understand what?”
“You young people are so playful,” Peng Ziyuan smirked. “Next time, it’ll be Little Sister and the Empress, right?”
Lou Mi choked on her milk, coughing and sputtering.
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