Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady

Coming back from the riding school, the hour was earlier than usual, and the villa was deathly silent, with not a soul awake.

Dubian Che treaded lightly, returning to the bedroom.

On the large, soft bed, Jiutiao Meijie was sound asleep.

She always slept on the right side of the bed, even though Dubian Che, who originally slept on the left side, had already left, and her body remained in her allotted place.

Last year, when they first got together, Miss Jiutiao, who was accustomed to monopolizing a large bed on her own, would often shove Dubian Che to the edge of the bed.

Sometimes, because she herself would come over, causing Dubian Che to lie on her hair, she would use this as a pretext to make someone sleep under the bed.

Back then, the two of them, one with the threat "Wait until I'm strong enough, and I'll have the Jiutiao family gone for you," the other with the command "Dare to disobey me, and I'll kill you right now," but at night, they would still sleep together on the same bed, performing the most intimate acts.

These memories, once filled with pain, hate, and entanglement, have now all become irreplaceable recollections.

Lying on the bed and occasionally mentioning these moments, they would still tease each other, settling accounts after the fall.

Dubian Che removed his clothes and slipped under the covers.

The moment he lay down, he reached out and wrapped his arms around the warm body of Jiutiao Meijie, pressing their bodies tightly against each other.

Jiutiao Meijie stirred in his embrace, already close yet still snuggling deeper into his arms.

"Are you back?" she murmured.

"Mhm. I have something to report to Meiji."

Jiutiao Meijie didn't respond, and Dubian Che continued, "I picked some Mountain Lilies for Mr. Xiaoquan and had them delivered."

Jiutiao Meijie, eyes still closed, tilted her head back, as if about to leave his embrace.

Dubian Che pulled her back a bit harder.

"She's here for training these three days; I won't be dating her, I can only send flowers."

"What about me? What did you pick for me?"

"Nothing."

Jiutiao Meijie tried to leave Dubian Che once again, but Dubian Che pulled her delicate body back to him, at the same time lifting his left leg to hook around her pale and soft legs.

Miss Jiutiao had become a human pillow.

Dubian Che sighed contentedly and said, "Just by holding Jiutiao Meijie like this, Dubian Che is very happy."

"Then why go pick flowers for another woman?" Jiutiao Meijie said harshly, her hand meanwhile tightening around his neck.

The soft touch of her chest pressed against Dubian Che's heart.

"It was for morning practice."

"Why didn't you pick any for me?"

"Mr. Xiaoquan hasn't been around for a while, whereas we sleep together every day."

"Because we sleep together every day, you can't be bothered to cajole me?"

"I cajole you the most, and besides, I already said, Dubian Che feels happy just holding Jiutiao Meijie."

"How happy?"

"As happy as a boat docking in the harbor, as the sunset calls the birds home, that's how happy."

"Mhm—" Jiutiao Meijie made a satisfied sound, "I feel the same way."

"Because you sleep with me every day, you take me for granted, and a simple 'I feel the same way' suffices as a fob off."

"Hmm?" Jiutiao Meijie opened her eyes.

"I made a mistake." Dubian Che affectionately wrapped his arm around her shoulder, and Jiutiao Meijie closed her eyes again in his embrace.

Dubian Che stared at her face for a long while.

Just when Jiutiao Meijie was about to fall asleep, he said, "No matter how long I look or how many times I look, Meiji is still so beautiful."

"How beautiful?"

"Either time stops right now, or wherever I go, I must take you with me."

"Have you said the same to those other women?"

"I have something to whisper to you, just between us, don't tell anyone."

"Mhm."

Dubian Che moved close to her ear and said in a low voice, "I love you the most."

"So that's supposed to be a secret, huh." Miss Jiutiao said teasingly, "I thought it was a matter of course."

"Of course, it's a matter of course," Dubian Che immediately backtracked.

"What about Kiyono Lin?"

"Talk about her in bed?"

"I'm allowing it."

"...I've been in love with her."

"And then?" Jiutiao Meijie asked leisurely.

"I still love her now."

"I'll kill you," Jiutiao Meijie said, but made no move to do so, not even a pretense of leaving Dubian Che's embrace.

"I tend to lie, but after the family camping trip, I decided to be honest." After saying this, Dubian Che added, "At least with you, I'll tell you everything."

"You're imagining her joining in, aren't you? The future your mother talked about."

"To say I don't think about it at all, I'd have to be without normal desires, but as I've said, I'm just a cog, I don't get to decide your lives."

"From now on, keep lying to me."

"Oh."

"Hmm?"

"...Meiji, you're too bad." Dubian Che held her a little tighter, and they felt their bodies pressed together once again, enjoying the tender warmth of the embrace.

Neither spoke for a moment, quietly savoring each other's warmth.

After a while, Dubian Che said, "Your mother thinks you two could accept such a future, what do you really think?"

"Don't even think about it," Jiutiao Meijie said without hesitation.

"Mhm, don't think about it."

Dubian Che lay still, cradling her young and bountiful body, indulging in the warmth of her skin.

As he was about to drift off to sleep, Jiutiao Meijie's voice, sounding distant, echoed in his embrace.

"If it's like this every year, I could accept."

Dubian Che felt he should be very happy now, since the thing he wanted to do most in his heart was half accomplished.

But at that moment, his heart was filled only with endless love for Jiutiao Meijie.

"We owe nothing to each other," he said, "you don't need to force yourself. If I ever do something to wrong you, go ahead and kill me."

"Really?" Jiutiao Meijie asked softly.

"Mhm, but on one condition: if you're going to kill me, I hope we die together. You're mine for this lifetime, wherever I go, I must take you with me."