Chapter 777: Liu Xue's Inspection

Lin Yuan, after hearing those words, was completely dumbfounded.

His heart was filled only with shock, and for a moment he could barely react.

After a brief moment of bewilderment, only sheer embarrassment remained.

Lin Yuan hurriedly gently broke free of her hand and stepped back a little.

Lin Yuan waved his hand… politely refusing:

"Better to forget it, it's really not suitable, too risky."

He genuinely dared not continue entangling; tonight's absurdities were already more than enough.

If even a slight mistake occurred… being discovered by the elders upstairs, the consequences would be impossible to contain.

But Li Sisi had already been dazed by the obsession in her heart and the palpitations of the whole night.

Li Sisi was unwilling to just give up like that.

Before Lin Yuan could utter another half-sentence of excuse… Li Sisi suddenly summoned all her courage.

She suddenly rose onto her tiptoes, leaned her body forward, and actively moved closer.

In the next instant, a soft, warm sensation fell upon them.

Li Sisi hesitated not, and directly kissed Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan's whole body… instantly froze in place, his blood seeming to have stopped, his mind completely blank.

He never expected… that Li Sisi would be this proactive?

This, Lin Yuan had no chance to react or dodge at all, and was simply firmly blocked by her,

At this moment, all of Lin Yuan's words, all his excuses, were forcibly swallowed back down.

Because he couldn't utter a single word.

The tranquil courtyard, a gentle night breeze blew over, dispelling the slight chill of the night, but could not dispel the suddenly warming ambiguous atmosphere among the three.

Just as Lin Yuan lost himself and froze…… Su Mo Nong, quietly observing from the side, had a hint of amusement in her eyes.

A gentle aura slowly enveloped, carrying her unique coolness.

Li Sisi stood on tiptoe, firmly blocking Lin Yuan's lips, sealing off any possibility of him speaking.

Lin Yuan, … unable to move.

They were so exhausted they could barely catch their breath.

The people… only then reluctantly parted.

The late-night detached villa…… fell completely silent,

All the main lights inside the house were extinguished.

The entire building was quiet and still, not a single extra sound,

Only the extremely faint night light in the hallway corner glowed, spreading a little warm glow, barely illuminating the way ahead.

Li Sisi whispered: "Let's… go inside to talk, this place is too dangerous…"

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Just then…… a sudden, sharp, abrupt knocking sounded.

A few thuds, exceptionally clear in the silent night, instantly penetrated the bedroom door.

From outside the door came Mother Liu Xue's voice, full of doubt and incomprehension.

"Sisi? It's so late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

Li Sisi inside the bedroom tensed all over……

The air instantly solidified, Li Sisi…… was instantly replaced by panic.

The sudden change left Li Sisi's mind a blank.

Li Sisi panicked for several seconds…… before barely steadying her spirit.

Li Sisi forced composure, through the door…… replied in a deliberately flat tone, flustered:

"Ah…… Mom, I, I, I'm not awake, I've already prepared to sleep, you should rest early too."

Even the slightest movement or sound leaked through the crack, and happened to be heard clearly by the lightly sleeping Liu Xue in the next room.

But Li Sisi was too nervous, her voice…… betraying undisguised panic.

Her tone was stiff and awkward, completely different from her usual clear and steady voice; anyone could tell something was off at once.

Mother Liu Xue outside the door, so attentive, instantly caught the abnormality in her daughter's voice, her doubts deepening.

Liu Xue did not let it go; after a silent half-second, filled with suspicion, she reached out, grasped the doorknob, and gently exerted force, intending to push the door open to investigate.

Not sleeping in the middle of the night, her voice still strange, clearly something was wrong.

The doorknob turned slightly, emitting a soft click, especially piercing in the dead silence of the night.

Liu Xue then pushed open the bedroom door and pressed the wall-mounted light switch.

A soft warm white light instantly flooded the entire bedroom, dispelling the gloom and illuminating the scene on the bed.

The view that met her eyes was especially peaceful.

Her daughter Li Sisi…… was curled up quietly in the blankets.

The covers were pulled tight, revealing only a small section of fair neck and half a face.

Li Sisi looked as if she had already lain down and fallen asleep.

But Liu Xue stood at the doorway, her gaze sweeping slowly over the whole room; that strange sense of unease in her heart just wouldn't go away.

Although everything appeared normal, Mother Liu Xue still felt something was off, her whole body exuding an indescribable strangeness.

The room was clean and tidy, showing no sign of abnormality at all.

Liu Xue took two steps forward, her gaze still scrutinizing, her face full of surprise:

"Sisi, are you really okay?"

Li Sisi under the covers……suppressed her pounding heart,

Li Sisi, feigning laziness, rolled over, carrying the grogginess and irritation of just being woken up.

She spoke softly:

"Mom, why did you just barge in? I've already been asleep for a while."

Liu Xue frowned, still not letting go of her doubts, and bluntly voiced her suspicion:

"Then how did I clearly hear talking in your room just now? And the sound of high heels?"

As soon as she said that, Li Sisi's heart under the covers jumped again,

"What could be wrong?" Li Sisi feigned confusion, her tone flat,

She deliberately put on an innocent look,

"I was just lying in bed trying to sleep, Mom—did you mishear something?"

Li Sisi forced herself to stay calm, gently shaking her head.

She spoke at an even pace, making up an excuse:

"There's no strange sound; it must be the audio from the Douyin videos I was watching before bed. The room's soundproofing is average, so it sounds a bit noisy—you're just overthinking it, Mom."

To make her excuse more convincing and dispel her mother's doubts, Li Sisi naturally reached for her phone beside the pillow and handed it to Liu Xue.

The screen lit up, indeed staying on Douyin's recommendation page, with the playback history clearly visible.

"See? I've just been scrolling videos, really nothing else." Li Sisi spoke calmly, her eyes open, trying hard to hide her inner panic.

Liu Xue lowered her head……stared at the phone screen for several seconds, confirming there were no flaws,

Her mother's tense expression finally eased a bit; she likely just misheard at night and was being overly suspicious.

But just as she was about to turn and leave, her gaze……unintentionally fell back on Li Sisi's face, and her brows furrowed again.

Liu Xue immediately became alert again, quickly leaning over and lightly pressing the back of her hand against Li Sisi's forehead and cheek.

At the moment her fingertips touched, a wave of scorching heat came through, making her instinctively pause.

"Oh no!" Liu Xue let out a low exclamation, her face full of worry,

"Why is your face so hot? Your forehead is burning—are you running a fever?"

Li Sisi's heart gave a jolt.

Afraid her mother would press further, Li Sisi hurriedly opened her mouth to find an explanation.

Li Sisi's tone……carrying the grogginess and haste of just waking up:

"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry. I did some yoga before bed since I was idle; the exercise was a bit intense, I got hot all over and sweated a lot, so my face is flushed."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xue's gaze unconsciously fell on Li Sisi's exposed neck.

On the daughter's delicate, snow-white skin, there was indeed a thin layer of fine fragrant sweat, the skin glistening with a moist sheen, truly looking like she had just exercised.

With this reasonable explanation, Liu Xue's doubts were instantly dispelled by more than half, the previous strangeness completely gone, and she no longer pondered other possibilities.

Just looking at her daughter covered in light sweat, she couldn't help but chide with a hint of annoyance:

"So that's it, but you're too careless—after sweating all over, why not take a shower first? Getting into the covers all sticky is uncomfortable and makes you prone to catching a chill."

Li Sisi's tense nerves eased a little, and she quickly responded with a coquettish pushback.

At this moment, she just wanted to get her mother to leave quickly:

"I'm exhausted today, really have no energy to toss and turn—I just want to lie down and sleep."

Having said that, Li Sisi immediately closed her eyes, feigning sleepiness as she curled up.

She spoke rapidly to shoo her away: "Mom, I really need to sleep now—you should go rest too, don't stay up late."

Li Sisi instantly panicked to the extreme, gritting her teeth.

"Sisi? What's wrong with you?"

Liu Xue furrowed her brows tightly, her eyes once again filled with doubt, all the previous relief completely gone.

Li Sisi's brow and eyes……were twisted with hard-to-conceal discomfort and panic.

She dared not look up at her mother, only able to stiffly shake her head: "No, no…… I really am fine……"

But her trembling voice and tense body couldn't fool anyone,

Adding to the earlier strange sound, Liu Xue was completely certain something was off.

The mother's doubts could no longer be suppressed.

She no longer listened to her daughter's perfunctory excuses, reached out decisively, and yanked open the thick covers covering Li Sisi.