They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

Think of this,

Lin Mo turned off his phone, ignoring Shen Qingning's invitation to live off her, and got up to walk across the hall.

As the saying goes, every action has a counterpoint; Bai Limeng has the key to her house, and Lin Mo naturally has the key to Bai Limeng's house as well.

"Snapped!"

Lin Mo flung open the door, ready to storm into the girl's room, only to find it pitch black inside.

The flickering light and shadows through the crack in the girl's bedroom door piqued curiosity.

"Lin Mo. Lin Mo"

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Why the hell are you calling my name in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?

Are you using me as a magical tool to perform water magic?

"Bai Limeng!" Following the principle of returning the greeting, Lin Mo also called out to the door.

"Ugh! What are you doing! Lin Hei Gou, are you sick?!" Suddenly, a girl's almost breathless, embarrassed and angry voice came from the bedroom.

"It's nothing, just checking if you were asleep." The door was ajar; Lin Mo pushed it open slightly and looked around.

Oh, Bai Limeng wasn't performing a ritual; he thought...

"I'm going to sleep!" The girl buried her face in the pillow, kicking the blanket with her fair and delicate feet, refusing to face him directly.

"Get up and go back to sleep," Lin Mo said domineeringly.

".ill"

"Here's the thing, Shen Qingning just added me as a friend and even discussed the idea of ​​living off a woman with me. I'm a bit unsure about what to do, so I came to ask you."

Lin Mo told the truth.

But Bai Limeng remained silent, her voice slightly hoarse. Upon hearing this, she almost laughed in anger, thinking Lin Mo was bragging.

"Hehe, you didn't join the class group and start fantasizing about other people's profile pictures so much that you couldn't distinguish reality from fiction, did you?"

Tsk, no one believes the truth. Women really are all about lying.

Lin Mo: "No, no, it's because I found that my seat number was next to hers. Don't you think that's fate? So it's normal for her to add me as a friend."

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Hearing words that would normally make one frown, Bai Limeng suddenly felt relieved and glanced at him.

These slow-witted children all look the same.

Someone like Lin Mo has no chance of getting the favor of those two in the top class.

He can only attract ordinary girls in regular classes by relying on his good looks.

I don't need to worry too much about myself.

"Hey? You cried while steaming the buns?" Lin Mo pointed to her reddened eyes.

Bai Limeng quickly wiped her face, then buried her head again, her little feet finally settling down. Her toes, pink like tender buds in early spring, curled up as she uttered her coquettish voice.

"She didn't cry, she was just yawning and sleepy."

"Get out of here, get out of here, I'm going to bed."

Lin Mo, of course, did not leave just as the girl had suggested.

He had considered that since the system had instantly maxed out her progress, Bai Limeng's inner thoughts were definitely not as calm as they appeared.

I decided to come and take a look.

However, he was also worried that she might evolve into a yandere and kill him in the middle of the night, so he came to find out the actual situation.

Unexpectedly, Bai Limeng was crying.

Hmm. The last time I saw her cry was the day her grandmother fainted.

"How is Grandma?" he asked.

Bai Limeng's grandmother watched them grow up, and Lin Mo also treated the old lady as his own grandmother.

Hearing his suddenly gentle tone, the cold words the girl had been holding back vanished instantly.

In the end, he just muttered something.

I didn't dare ask.

Lin Mo nodded, not wanting to provoke Bai Limeng any further, and simply turned off her nightlight.

In the darkness, the girl seemed to be blinking her beautiful eyes, looking at him blankly. Her breathing was intermittent, still caught in her sobs.

"you"

"Go to sleep. I'll wait here until you fall asleep before I leave. I'm afraid you'll cry so much that you'll want to jump off the building with me."

"Tch, pervert. If you want to stay here and sneak a whiff of my fragrance, just say so."

"Yes, it smells really good."

"right."

I didn't expect him to confirm it so directly.

Bai Limeng mumbled something, then turned over.

The scent of a young girl, released as the blankets were turned over, was both intoxicating and arousing, tempting one to indulge in forbidden pleasures.

There was a long silence, until the cicadas and frogs outside became clear.

"Then...don't go."

It sounded like Bai Limeng sobbing. Lin Mo wasn't sure, so he didn't ask and just gave a faint reply.

He remembered that Bai Limeng used to be very clingy.

The little girl doesn't like Barbie dolls or playing house. Her favorite food is ripe, sandy apples, which she eats with a spoon. She always has a cat in her arms.

Her parents would always coax her to sleep, then leave home under the cover of night to go to work.

However, every night Lin Mo would see her wearing pajamas, hugging a cat, holding an apple she had peeled for her parents, and pitifully wailing in the night.

What disturbed her peaceful sleep was never her crying, but the lack of love in her gloomy childlike heart.

"call"

The evening breeze blew by.

The girl's inner conflict gradually became clear in his mind.

Chapter 15 The Socially Anxious Girl's Pure Love

Lin Mo sat at the door of the girl's bedroom, half asleep and half awake, spending the night there.

Fortunately, there's a way to refresh the page. Staying up late doesn't have much of an impact on his physical health, just a slight feeling of mental fatigue.

Throughout the night, Bai Limeng called out "Dad" and "Mom" at least ten times, "Grandma" five or six times, and the cat's name two or three times.

And his name appeared dozens of times.

To be honest, she usually called him by his nickname, but after guarding him all night, Lin Mo felt for the first time that being called by his full name by a sweet and soft-spoken high school girl was indeed a little unbearable.

It would be even better if this high school girl didn't intend to lock him in a dark room and feed him steel wool.

Even if it's not a steel wool ball, any other kind of ball is terrifying.

Lin Mo stretched his limbs, glanced at Bai Limeng in the bedroom, who was still fast asleep, clutching a large cat plush toy, her eyes red-rimmed.

Girls always seem to like to tuck something between their thighs when they sleep. Lin Mo hadn't seen anyone else do it, but Bai Limeng did.

Regardless, they're all seen as showing off or suppressing.

Thinking of her future self, she's both hateful and pitiful; but thinking of her past self, it's not so easy to hate her.

"You're such a gentle man."

With a sigh, Lin Mo went back to his room to wash up, then cooked two bowls of danzai noodles. He wasn't a great cook, but these noodles were quite good; he had his own recipe.

He finished one bowl in three or four minutes, then carried the other bowl into Bai Limeng House while drinking the soup.

"Eat noodles when you wake up, I'm going to school now."

"Eat noodles," the girl mumbled sleepily, while simultaneously scratching her bottom in a very unladylike manner.

Lin Mo was horrified by what he saw and heard, and couldn't help but feel a chill.

"Damn it, can't you be a little more civilized this early in the morning?"

"Then come on."

"?"

Lin Mo chose a strategic retreat.

There's no way around it; you raise sons frugally and daughters lavishly, and you end up with a beautiful boy and a fairy-like girl that he can't beat.

Upon arriving at school,

The system then popped up, notifying him that the progress of Bai Limeng's negative information had increased from 1% to 2%.

Lin Mo's mouth twisted into a crooked shape, as if he were in control.

If a woman can gain favorability with just a bowl of noodles, then feeding her for a hundred days would surely uncover the dirty secrets of the evil Huangmei.

But what other scandals could Bai Limeng possibly have? Did she die more than ten years later and become a female ghost to repay his kindness?

He's a materialist, but when it comes to beautiful girls...

It's okay to be a little idealistic.

I just don't know if the dowry for marrying a female ghost is ghost money.

"morning."

I called out as usual when I got to the classroom, not caring whether anyone answered.

Today is Monday, so there's no morning self-study session. The flag-raising ceremony will start promptly at 7:30.

We did arrive a bit early; there wasn't a single person in the class. Okay.

Aside from Xu Lingxi, who was using the "King of Scrolls" body, she was currently munching on a steamed bun while reciting her Chinese textbook.

Hearing him greet her with "Good morning," Xu Lingxi, her face still half-eaten, turned around in a daze.

Like a cuddly hamster, its eyes suddenly widen when it notices humans.

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The morning sunlight isn't really evocative; in summer, it's no longer needed for warmth, only for scorching heat.

People always combine the day's plans with the morning.

But when the girl sitting next to me had her high ponytail, the sunlight blending with it to create golden curves, casting elegant shadows on her delicate features,

Lin Mo suddenly realized that what was beautiful was not the morning itself, but the girl he would meet in the morning.

"Cough cough."

This wasn't the best possible encounter, because Xu Lingxi clearly hadn't expected someone to arrive so early, especially her former deskmate who had confessed her feelings before.

Being seen eating a steamed bun while reading in such an unrefined manner was quite embarrassing for her, as she was very concerned about her image and easily embarrassed.

It was no different from Lin Mo being caught drooling over the blue and white striped dress Bai Limeng was hanging on the balcony.

Of course, he didn't do such a thing.

The instant their eyes met, Xu Lingxi's pretty face flushed a deep apple red. It could be from the sun, but it was more likely from embarrassment.

She turned her head away, quickly swallowed the steamed bun in her mouth, but choked. She clutched her throat, her face turning even redder, and flailed her hands frantically, unable to find anything to drink; the kettle was empty.

"I should have saved money by not buying soy milk, I'm going to die!" Xu Lingxi thought to herself.

Fortunately, someone patted her on the back and handed her a carton of milk.

Without thinking too much, she simply picked up the milk carton and started drinking.

"Gulu gulu."