Chapter 304: 305. Chapter 305: Meng Hongchen: Orange, You Stole Food!

305. Chapter 305: Meng Hongchen: Orange, You Stole Food!

Night.

After dinner, Orange and Meng Hongchen held hands and went upstairs to bond.

Bai Zhou was still under house arrest, forbidden from going upstairs...

But Bai Zhou naturally wouldn't just sit and wait.

When midnight came and Bai Zhou sensed his children had finally finished their whispered talk and gone to sleep separately, he flashed instantly and slipped directly through Orange's window.

Second floor.

Orange had just finished bathing, put on her pajamas, applied the beauty mask Bai Zhou had given her, and was ready to enjoy a good night's sleep.

Suddenly, she caught sight of a shadow at the window and froze in shock.

"Ah! How did you get here... weren't you told not to come upstairs?!" Orange quickly pulled the covers over herself, looking guilty.

"Whoosh—"

Bai Zhou flashed instantly to right in front of Orange, grabbed her cheeks, pinched her mouth into an "O," and grinned: "Hehe, you performed well today. I played along with your act, maintained the persona—won't you cooperate with me tonight?"

"Mmm... don't you dare do anything, Xiao Meng's next door..." Orange pouted, whispering softly.

"Don't worry, if you keep your voice down, she won't hear. This time, I didn't block the sound~"

Bai Zhou chuckled and pressed his face right against hers.

"You... mmm..."

Orange panicked the moment she realized Bai Zhou hadn't silenced the room.

Too late.

Soon, soft sounds echoed through the room...

Even though Orange tried hard to stay quiet, some noise still leaked out.

After all, Bai Zhou had been provoked all day, and now all that heat fell on Orange.

This made Orange suffer terribly.

She now deeply regretted it.

Deeply, deeply regretted it.

If only she'd held back during the day...

Walls have ears.

In the next room, Meng Hongchen, in a new environment, had trouble falling asleep.

Of course, she still longed to snuggle up with Bai Zhou and sleep together—if things were normal, she might already have gone downstairs to find him...

But during the day, Orange had told her that girls should be reserved, not too forward, or they'd seem cheap.

Besides, being too forward would let Bai Zhou, that bad guy, take advantage and become even more reckless.

Because of this, she had been especially restrained.

But the more she restrained herself, the more her mind wandered, thinking of other things...

Yet as she thought, Meng Hongchen began to hear strange sounds.

She was lying on her side, her ear pressed tightly against the bedframe, which pressed tightly against the wall. Though the sounds from next door were faint, almost suppressed, with the heightened hearing of a Soul Master, she heard every detail clearly...

Before meeting Bai Zhou, she might have been confused.

But now, she naturally knew what it was...

"Orange Sister, you big liar—you're stealing food!!" Meng Hongchen puffed out her cheeks, indignant.

During the day, Orange had told her to be restrained, reserved, calm...

Yet at midnight, Orange was stealing food!!

But Meng Hongchen wasn't stupid.

She didn't think Orange was some scheming hypocrite pretending one thing while doing another. She hadn't interacted much with Orange, but she knew her character well.

This wasn't because Orange couldn't hold back—it was because Bai Zhou couldn't, and had sneaked into Orange's room himself...

"Bad guy Bai Zhou, why didn't you come to me first..." Meng Hongchen felt a tiny twinge of sourness, despite understanding this.

But it was only a tiny twinge—gone in an instant.

Immediately, she pressed her ear tightly against the wall, eager to hear what Bai Zhou and Orange were like in private—whether they did strange things like in romance novels...

Unfortunately.

Something seemed to interfere; the sounds she heard were broken and intermittent, and the voices were completely unintelligible.

"Damn!"

Meng Hongchen's face flushed red, her heart itched, and she felt strangely uneasy—she wanted to rush to Orange's door and eavesdrop...

Next door.

Orange knelt on the bed, hands gripping the sheets, whispering in plea: "Waaah... I'm sorry, okay? I won't act up anymore..."

"Mmm, good attitude. I'll forgive you this time~" Bai Zhou leaned down, blew gently into Orange's ear, then...

……

……

Half a quarter-hour later, Orange leaned against Bai Zhou's arms and finally regained some strength.

"Mmm, I went to so much trouble calming Xiao Meng, and you still bully me—you ungrateful jerk…" Orange bared her little fangs and bit Bai Zhou's neck, expressing her discontent.

"You didn't calm her—you clearly turned her against me. Meng Hongchen was always well-behaved; you nearly corrupted her," Bai Zhou said, pinching her chin, utterly speechless.

"Ah! Bastard! You eavesdropped on our conversation…! That's too much!" Orange's face instantly flushed red with shame and fury as she gripped Bai Zhou's neck and shook him violently…

She was so embarrassed she wished she could crawl into a crack in the floor.

After all, what she and Meng Hongchen discussed wasn't just that—there were also some girl-only secrets, the kind with quite a large boundary…

Just thinking that Bai Zhou had heard all of it filled her with crushing social death; she couldn't face anyone anymore…

"I didn't eavesdrop—I just guessed."

Bai Zhou gently moved her hand away and said dryly, "Normally, Xiao Meng would come to me at night, or at least send me a Micro Card message. Now there's no word at all—I knew it was your doing."

Hearing this, Orange finally exhaled in relief.

Still, she looked guilty but stubbornly denied: "…I didn't…"

"Really didn't?"

Bai Zhou raised an eyebrow and lightly rubbed his fingers together… threateningly.

"Mmm, no no no, I'm sorry! I won't do it again…" Orange, caught by the leverage, immediately surrendered.

"Good girl~" Bai Zhou finally smiled and gave Orange a loud smack on the cheek.

"Mmm, jerk, always bullying me…" Orange rolled her eyes, but instinctively snuggled closer into Bai Zhou's arms.

"I'm not. If you behave well, I'll naturally reward you~" Bai Zhou smiled warmly.

"Pfft, no way—I don't want any reward… jerk…" At this, Orange's face flushed red; her first thought was that Bai Zhou would reward her with some "weird and strange" things, and she naturally wanted to refuse.

"Fine, if you don't want it, I'll give it to Xiao Meng. I thought you liked the 'Tear of the Ocean' I prepared for you."

Bai Zhou shrugged, feigning helplessness.

"Wait—what Tear of the Ocean? Explain! Give it to me, give it to me now!"

Hearing this, Orange immediately pounced on Bai Zhou, pinning him to the bed and frantically searching…

(End of Chapter)