Ideal Mary Sue - Chapter 58

Listening to the sound of showering water coming from the bathroom, Su Ning finally relaxed.

…If she guessed right, Lin Yu had a split personality. Not to mention the entirely different “characters” of Loyal Dog Lin and Mad Dog Lin, just considering what Mad Dog Lin had said—’You’ve been spoiled by him,’ ‘I’m not like him’—wasn’t it obvious? He was an abnormal personality split from Loyal Dog Lin.

So, at first, Su Ning didn’t dare to resist Lin Yu’s advances and embraces too much.

But retreating too far would only make him more reckless. Therefore, Su Ning angrily fought back, tentatively testing his limits, fortunately causing him to back off.

Su Ning, who very much disliked being completely suppressed by him, declared that his compromise this time proved that she could possibly take the initiative in the future, and once again lead a comfortable life being well-fed and well-tended to…

Although he was still a bit abnormal, Su Ning, who was experienced in dealing with ‘normal’ men, was very confident that she could train him back to his previously loyal and dutiful boyfriend persona!

If he wanted to kiss and hug her without being obedient to her, he was dreaming!

Despite the heat, the coolness from the floor was bone-chilling, so Su Ning tiptoed and ran back to the bed, tucking her feet into the warm quilt. Once her feet were warm, she started to feel sleepy.

Su Ning crawled into the quilt, pulled over the pillow, and fell comfortably asleep.

When Lin Yu came out of the bathroom, he saw a big bulge on the bed.

He walked over, lifted a corner of the quilt, and saw her with closed eyes, her lips colorless, and her face very pale.

Lin Yu frowned and picked her up into his arms, placing the back of his hand on her forehead.

No fever…

Su Ning weakly pulled his hand to her stomach, her face against his chest, her eyelids drooping, as she complained, “I… I think… I have menstrual cramps… Warm me up… Rub it a little…”

Lin Yu gently kneaded her stomach.

“No… no…” Su Ning pushed his hand away, sat up from his arms, and slowly crawled into the quilt, wrapping herself into a cocoon, curling up, “…Uncomfortable… Uncomfortable…”

Su Ning, who had never experienced menstrual cramps before, was deeply feeling the pain of being a woman, complaining about her delicate body. Yet she never thought about the kidnapping by the invisible man, almost being bitten by a zombie, being thrown down by Lin Yu, taking two baths, running around barefoot… These events had undoubtedly made her delicate body, already in a special period, more irritable!

Without the strength to even turn over, Su Ning was barely hanging on.

Lin Yu’s furrowed brow never relaxed. He searched the system store and found a pill that was said to relieve all ailments. Without thinking, he directly exchanged for it.

“Open your mouth.” Lin Yu held the pill to her mouth, “Swallow it.”

Su Ning didn’t even open her eyes, just gently shook her head and said, “…I have no appetite… I don’t want to eat anything…”

She just wanted to lie there forever.

“Eat it, and the pain will stop.” Lin Yu supported her back with one hand, helping her sit up.

“I won’t eat! I won’t eat!” Su Ning closed her mouth tightly, trying to shrink back into the quilt.

Lin Yu directly held her waist, firmly clasping her in his arms, pinched her nose with two fingers, and threw the “medicine” into her mouth when she opened it to breathe.

The pill melted as soon as it touched her tongue, sliding down her throat without even needing to be swallowed.

This sensation was just like that of the anti-gas pill. Su Ning opened her eyes and looked at him, asking, “What did you give me to eat?”

Lin Yu glanced at the name of the pill, only to realize that it belonged to the cultivation world. His slightly relaxed brow furrowed again, as the things from the cultivation world usually didn’t work on ordinary people in this world who weren’t hosts.

Lin Yu pursed his lips, pulled over the quilt to wrap her up, and said, “Go back to sleep.”

As he began searching for items in the system store again, he saw her poke her head out of the quilt, her eyes sparkling and twirling as she said to him, “This thing works really well, and it takes effect so quickly. As soon as I took it, I didn’t feel any pain at all!” While speaking, she stretched a hand out from the quilt and habitually rummaged in his pocket, “What a great thing, tell me what it is! Do you have more?”

Lin Yu grabbed her chaotic hand, his gaze shifting to her face. Her previously pale face had become very rosy, her lips had regained their color, and her smooth and fair skin seemed to emit a faint glow. She looked radiant and spirited, showing no signs of the previous frailty.

Had the medicine worked?

It was as if he realized something. Lin Yu’s deep, dark eyes became thoughtful.

Thinking about the administrator that had appeared by her side, Lin Yu gently stroked her hair, his large hand coming to rest on her forehead.

A signal from the system reached his ears.

She… is a host…

“What are you doing?”

The hand on her forehead was burning hot, making her feel uncomfortable.

Su Ning turned her head away in displeasure, kicking the quilt, and muttered, “It’s too hot, too hot, I’m about to break into a sweat.”

“Don’t hold me anymore!” Su Ning pushed the hand that was gripping her waist and said rather rudely, “I want to eat chilled watermelon, which you promised me earlier… No, never mind the chilled watermelon, my period is too unbearable, please make me some ginger sugar water with some red dates. I need to replenish my blood…”

Su Ning, who had been probing his limits, was no longer as cautious as before.

“Also, after messing around all day, I’m hungry now. The sour fish soup from this morning is still not finished, remember to warm it up for me later… Oh right, there’s no table here, why don’t you look in the space to see if there’s a small desk that can be placed on the bed, like the one I used to have when I was reading…”

Her voice trailed off.

Seeing that his dark eyes were fixed on her, and he said nothing, Su Ning simply fell silent, rather frustrated, her eyes shifting. Oops, she’d spoken too much, she should have taken things step by step!

Su Ning lowered her head, fumbling with the sheet, grabbing a corner to cover his hand, her tone softening, “You just took a cold shower, you must be a bit chilly. I’ve already warmed up the bed, you can lie down for a while.” Speaking, she rubbed her stomach and continued, “Don’t worry about me; I can go hungry for a while. Even if my stomach hurts again, I can bear it…”

This made her quite proud; her pitiful little Su Ning act had always been a winning strategy!

However, instead of the comforting and sympathetic response she was expecting, she heard 1414’s high-pitched scream.

Su Ning’s ears were filled with a mixture of screams and noise, making it hard to hear clearly.

Only a moment later, 1414 was muted.

Su Ning sighed deeply inside, realizing that she always seemed to have problems on her own. 1414 was indeed an unreliable product, something she just couldn’t depend on. She should have stayed in her previous modern world!

What was she thinking at that time, insisting on completing some task?

“Okay.” Lin Yu laid her down on the bed with the quilt, a mysterious glint flashing in his eyes, and the corner of his mouth lifting in a barely noticeable curve, “I’ll make the ginger sugar water for you. Besides sour fish soup, is there anything else you’d like to eat?”

This… this… Though she had thought about training him to be obedient before, she didn’t expect progress to be so fast.

But that didn’t stop Su Ning from seizing the opportunity to secure more rights for herself.

Su Ning sat up wrapped in a quilt, holding a pillow, and said softly with downcast eyes, “Lin Yu, a small desk…”

“Yes.” Lin Yu directly placed a small desk in front of her.

“Also, I want to take a hot bath every day, can you run the water for me?”

“Yes.”

“But I want to wash myself.”

After contemplating for a moment, he finally answered, “…Alright.”

Su Ning continued calmly and seriously, “Lin Yu, the weather has been really hot these days, and even sleeping alone makes me feel like I’m going to sweat. Could you sleep on the sofa downstairs?”

“What do you think?” Lin Yu asked, his face stern.

Su Ning’s heart fluttered. Alright, that’s enough for today.

She kept her composure, smiling, “The bed is comfortable, you should sleep on it. Sweating is healthier, heh heh…”

Lin Yu stood up and reached out to ruffle her hair, “Anything else?”

“No, no more.” Su Ning habitually rubbed his palm, her eyes curving into a crescent moon as she smiled, “You should go cook…”

Lin Yu turned and left the room.

…

After finishing the meal, Lin Yu was tidying up the bowls and chopsticks, asking, “Is there anything else you’d like to eat? Dessert, fruit?”

Su Ning, however, shook her head. Slowly extending one hand to hold his, while the other uncertainly clutched the pillow hidden under the quilt, she lowered her eyes and tentatively said, “I don’t want to eat anything else. I just feel that it’s too unsafe for only the two of us to be in this place. I know you’re very capable and can protect me well, but what if, like this morning, invisible people appear again and take me away?”

“I’m scared, Lin Yu. Can we go to the base? No zombies can get in there, and there’s a military garrison guarding it, so it’s very safe. This way, you don’t have to watch over me all the time, and you can relax a bit…”

“Yes.” Lin Yu stopped what he was doing, his dark eyes looking at her, speaking calmly, “If you want to go, I’ll take you there.”

Getting such a prompt response from him, Su Ning was first stunned and then nodded happily, “Mm-hmm.”

He was so complying, she decided to give him a sweet reward.

Su Ning opened her arms, draping them around his neck, her chin resting on his shoulder, she said obediently, “Lin Yu, you’re so good.”

Lin Yu embraced her in return, inhaling the faint scent coming from her body, his eyes very somber.

What kind of mission she had, he really wanted to know.

He wasn’t sure if she could complete the mission.

The only thing he was sure of was that she would never be able to leave.

Never ever.