V2: Chapter 40: Sneaking Under the Table Doing Mischief

“Hey, Liang Li–”

Natalie darted forward, trying to get closer to Liang Lin. However, Liang Di, with a swift movement, reappeared in front of her, smiling.

“Miss Natalie, are you hungry? If you are, I’ll have the maids prepare some desserts for you. They’re all made in our own shop, very delicious.”

Natalie’s annoyance level increased by 1.

She took a deep breath, then exhaled heavily.

“No need, Miss Liang Di, I’m not hungry.”

Hearing the commotion behind her, Liang Lin turned around, looking back with a questioning gaze. Natalie met Liang Lin’s gaze, instantly perking up, and spoke again.

“Miss Liang Lin, is your daughter one year old?”

“My daughter....” Liang Lin was about to answer.

“Yes, one year old.” Liang Di preemptively answered. Then, she once again blocked Liang Lin, separating Natalie.

Natalie: "....."

Liang Lin: "??"

How come I never noticed how talkative she was before? Why is she so chatty today? She has to chime in on every single sentence.

Natalie's annoyance level +2.

So annoying!

But she still has to keep smiling.

Natalie was looking down at Liang Di slightly. Liang Di finally experienced how Liang Lin felt when she looked down at her. This feeling was truly unpleasant.

"Your daughter is so cute." Natalie tried to walk past Liang Di.

Liang Di teleported and blocked Natalie's way again, smiling, "Yes, my sister's daughter and I are very cute."

Natalie: "..."

Annoyance level +10086.

After hearing Liang Di's words, Liang Lin was completely shocked and panicked. She almost dropped Carol in her arms and elbowed Liang Di in the waist, furious.

"What nonsense are you spouting! Liang Di! She is just my daughter!"

Liang Di's attention was focused on Natalie, completely unaware of Liang Lin's elbow. The elbow strike landed heavily on her waist, nearly causing her to spit out a mouthful of blood. Liang Di's brow furrowed, her face turning deathly pale. Inwardly, she was grimacing, but outwardly, she had to maintain her elegance and smile.

"Yes, but I also raise Carol. How can she not be considered my and my sister's shared daughter?"

This forced explanation actually convinced Natalie.

Upon reaching the back garden, Liang Di pulled Liang Lin to a corner seat, then sat down beside her. Then, seemingly boasting, or perhaps swaggering, she said to Natalie, "Miss Natalie, please sit down."

No matter where Natalie sat, she couldn't get close to Liang Lin.

However, Natalie smiled slightly and picked up a chair.

Click~

She placed it on Liang Lin's other side and sat down steadily.

"Miss Liang Lin."

Natalie rested her chin on her hand, tilted her head, and smiled sweetly at Liang Lin. Her gaze was so intense that Liang Lin shivered, unable to meet her eyes, and sheepishly looked away.

"..."

This time it was Liang Di's turn to turn ashen.

Is this girl a leech? Why does she have to stick to Liang Lin? So shameless!

Liang Di was so jealous she felt tentacles wriggling under her feet.

"Miss Liang Lin, may I hug Carol? She's so cute, I really can't resist..." Natalie only said things Liang Lin wanted to hear, making Liang Lin's heart flutter with joy.

“You have quite the eye,” Liang Lin said carefully, handing Carol to Natalie. “Here, be gentle, be steady, don’t drop my daughter.”

“No, no.”

Natalie carefully took Carol, hugging the child tightly and rocking her gently.

“Looking at her so closely, she looks even cuter…”

“Hmph~” Liang Lin crossed her arms, chin held high, looking very proud. “Of course, she’s my daughter.”

In an instant, Liang Di’s eyes reddened, tears welling up.

Why?!

Why?!

Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?! Why?!

Why can she hug Carol just because she saw her a second time? Carol is my daughter, yet I can't hold her often. But this woman, just because she saw Carol a second time, can hug her and play with her?!

WHY?!

Liang Di's pupils turned a deep, eerie green again, the vortex in her eyes widening. She stopped smiling, her face expressionless.

"Huh?"

Liang Lin felt something wrap around her ankle. She looked down and instantly snapped awake, goosebumps rising all over her body.

A pink, delicate tentacle was wrapped around her slender ankle, and she could even vaguely feel it wrapping upwards.

“Liang Di, you…”

Liang Lin glared at Liang Di, meeting her gaze in Liang Di’s swirling pupils.

Once again, she was startled.

Liang Lin didn’t think much of it, assuming Liang Di’s current reaction was a side effect of the previous experiment, now starting to backfire. She immediately looked away, wanting to say something, but Natalie was beside her, and she dared not speak.

But…

“Hey, Liang D!”

Liang Lin blushed, glaring fiercely at the tentacle woman beside her.

The reason is as follows:

The tentacle wrapped around her ankle was slowly spreading upwards along her thigh, past her calf, all the way up to her thigh. Just a little bit more, just a little bit more, and it would poke…

Ugh…

Liang Lin parted her teeth slightly, biting her lower lip, utterly ashamed.

So, here she was, with the completely oblivious noblewoman Natalie beside her, holding her adorable, barely-speaking daughter in her arms. And here she was, in this pathetic, disheveled state, her face probably as red as a boiled shrimp.

It was a strange, strangely stimulating feeling.

"Miss Liang Lin, why is your face so red? Are you hot?"

Poor Natalie, concerned and worried about her beloved girl, holding her daughter in her arms. But she was completely unaware that her beloved girl's legs, hidden under the table, were playing and frolicking with something else.

What kind of NTR novel plot is this?

The tentacles have reached the groin.

No, she couldn't let this tentacle go unchecked.

Liang Lin was still too naive, firmly believing that Liang Di was suffering a backlash from her previous experiment, which was why she was doing these strange things.

Otherwise, she hadn't provoked her recently, hadn't been sarcastic, and had even spoken to her normally, letting her hold the baby. The baby had been relatively kind to her lately, so Liang Di had no reason to tease her today.

"Hey, I said, Liang Di..."

After thinking for two seconds, Liang Lin turned to Natalie. "Miss Natalie, could you watch the baby for me? I, I thought, no, my sister just told me she's not feeling well, so I'm taking her back to her room. Yes, she's not feeling well, I'll take her back to her room first, and we'll talk later."

Before Natalie could react, she grabbed Liang Di's hand and hurriedly ran away. Before pulling Liang Di up, Liang Lin stomped hard on one of Liang Di's tentacles, causing Liang Di to wince and retract the tentacle.

"Liang Di, are you alright?"

Liang Lin pulled Liang Di to a corner, then placed her hands on the other's shoulders, pressing her against the wall, and anxiously asked.

This mother is too naive. Even now, she still thinks Liang Di is only acting this way and that way because she's been affected by the backlash.

"Hmm... hmm?"

Looking at Liang Lin's face so close, Liang Di finally came to her senses. She looked around and realized Natalie was gone. She recalled that Liang Lin had pulled her away.

"Say something! Are the aftereffects this bad? It's made you unable to say anything?"

Liang Lin shook Liang Di's shoulders frantically, as if she wanted to shake her head off.

Liang Di finally realized what was happening.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine, Sister Liang Lin."

Liang Di felt much better now that she couldn't see Natalie anymore, and her standard smile returned.

Seeing the other person smile, Liang Lin breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew~ You scared me to death! I thought you'd suffered a backlash from that previous attempt, or some kind of aftereffect... You... no, do you even know what just happened?"

Liang Di, of course, knew what had happened. Even though she was blinded by anger, she could clearly feel her tentacles wrapping around Liang Lin's ankles, wriggling and climbing upwards, entangling Liang Lin's calves, thighs, and even touching her groin.

She hadn't felt anything at first, but now, thinking back, it felt increasingly stimulating.

If only it could continue.

Liang Di licked her lips and swallowed lightly.

Seeing that the other person wasn't speaking, Liang Lin assumed she had gone mad again.

"Hey, I'm talking to you! Can't you hear me? Are you... are you alright? You can't even listen to me!" Liang Lin started shaking the other person's body again.

Liang Di snapped out of her daze and hurriedly shook her head. "I'm really fine, Sister Liang Lin."

In this situation, she could only play along. If she told Liang Lin that she had deliberately teased her about her thigh, wouldn't Liang Lin explode? Wouldn't she punch her a couple of times? Right now, she was trying to build up Liang Lin's goodwill towards her; she couldn't do something so stupid.

After shaking her head, Liang Di immediately nodded. "Yes, I didn't know what happened at the time, so, what exactly happened, Sister Liang Lin~?"

Liang Lin felt, perhaps it was just her imagination, that there was a hint of mockery in Liang Di's tone. It couldn't be a misperception; Liang Di's voice was rising in pitch when she said that.

"Huh? You really don't remember?"

Liang Lin recalled the embarrassing incident that had just happened, stammering for a long time, unable to explain herself clearly. Her eyes darted around, trying to figure out how to tell the story in a way that wouldn't be so embarrassing.

In the end, she couldn't think of anything.

Liang Lin blushed, gritting her teeth, "No, no, nothing happened. It's just that I saw your eyes were glowing green again, and there were swirling eddies, so I was just a little worried about you. Ah! No? I wasn't worried about you! I, I was just worried about myself, I was worried about Natalie, I was worried about Carol, I was afraid you would hurt others, cause trouble for us, understand? I wasn't worried about you!"

Liang Lin rambled on for so long, her mouth moving on its own; she hadn't really thought about it at all.

"Oh..."

Liang Di's voice suddenly softened, like a little puppy that had been abandoned, her head drooping.

"Okay... I know, Sister Liang Lin, I understand everything. You don't need to explain so much. Don't worry, Sister Liang Lin, I won't cause any trouble for others, and I won't hurt you again. Really, I'll prove it with my actions."

Liang Lin: "....."

It felt like my heart had been kicked hard. What... what did this mean? Why did she look so wronged? 

Liang Lin covered her chest, feeling like she had been too harsh just now, wronged the other person, and made her suffer a great injustice.

Liang Di lowered her head, secretly laughing in a corner where Liang Lin couldn't see her.

That's right, it was all an act, that pitiful look was all an act too. After all, Liang Di was a naturally gifted and skilled actress, a born performer.

She could tell from Liang Lin's hurried tone that there was concern and worry for her. However, Liang Lin was the type who disliked showing concern to others, always feeling it was embarrassing to express it, so she would become sarcastic and sharp-tongued.

So, Liang Di decided to go along with it.

Tsundere types are most vulnerable to this.

A feeling of "I think I said something wrong" washed over her.

Liang Lin was a little annoyed, but remained stubborn. She turned around with her hands behind her back, "Since you're alright, let's go back. Natalie and Carol are still waiting for us over there. Uh, if you're really not feeling well, you don't need to go over. I'll go talk to her. After all, she's a guest; it's impolite to leave her hanging."

Oh dear, Liang Lin, usually so lacking in emotional intelligence and manners, was now lecturing others.

At the mention of Natalie, Liang Di's face fell again.

"This is so annoying! When will this woman leave? She's staying in someone else's house, even trying to get intimate with my wife. She's acting like a brat, has she no shame?"

Liang Di complained, following behind Liang Lin.

"Sister Liang Lin, I'll go back with you."

Of course, she couldn't leave Liang Lin alone there with Natalie. This lonely girl... well, Carol is still a child, not even a child yet!

(Carol: Aba?)

In that split second, what if something sparks fly?

"Don't do that again! Your eyes were practically swirling with desire. If something else goes wrong, we can't handle it," Liang Lin naged, like a mother hen.

Since becoming pregnant and giving birth to Carol, Liang Lin had gradually become more talkative; a strange trait within her was awakening.

Back in the back garden, Natalie was holding Carol, playing with the child. Seeing Liang Lin return, Natalie immediately smiled.

"Miss Liang Lin, you're back! Carol and I had a great time playing together. She seemed to really like the necklace I was wearing, so I took it off and gave it to her."

Upon hearing this, Liang Lin looked at Carol's hand. She was shocked to see her daughter clutching such a large diamond necklace; one glance was enough to tell it was incredibly valuable.

Oh dear, this child! Is she going to make me owe a favor?

Like a normal mother, Liang Lin immediately ran over and snatched the diamond necklace from Carol's hand.

"Miss Natalie, this gift is too precious. Carol is still a child; what if she breaks it?"

After saying that, Liang Lin tried to put the necklace back around Natalie's neck.

Huh?

Seeing the other's hand around the back of her neck, Natalie blushed. She could clearly smell the other's fragrance, and that small, cute chin was just above her face; it seemed that if she stood up slightly, she could kiss it.

At this moment, Liang Di, standing behind the two, was petrified.

No, she felt like she was being cuckolded.

Just as Liang Lin was about to put the necklace back on, Liang Di slid in.

"Pfft!"

Liang Lin almost flew out of the way—well, she was slid in by the other's tackle.

"Damn it, what's wrong with you now, Liang Di!"

Liang Lin roared, wanting to give Liang Di a good beating.

"You bastard, where's your sportsmanship? Why did you sneak up on me? If you wanted to fight me, just tell me! We'd have a one-on-one duel. I won't use a sword, and you won't use your.... uh, you won't use any weapons. We'd fight hand-to-hand! You used such underhanded tactics to ambush me! You want to fight me, don't you?! You want to battle me! You want to fight me?!"

Sigh, Liang Lin's mind was filled with nothing but fighting. If her opponent touched her even slightly, she felt like they were there to fight.

Liang Di snatched the diamond necklace from Liang Lin's hand, looked at Natalie with a forced smile, and mimicked Liang Lin's gesture, putting the necklace on her.

"Miss Natalie, here, your necklace, here you go."

Natalie's expression darkened again. In just one day, she had learned how to freely change her expression.

Watching Liang Di help Natalie put on the necklace, Liang Lin became even more certain of her previous chaotic thoughts.

That's right, Liang Di wanted to fall for someone else now. She had kept rejecting her, and now Liang Di was desperate; she wanted to make a move on to someone else; she wanted to abandon her and like someone else.

Ha, is this what women are like? Falling for someone else so quickly?

Liang Lin thought sarcastically to herself, pouting.

Even going so far as to try and sabotage me for another woman?!