Ideal Mary Sue

“Hehe, don’t worry, I’m not a child.” Su Ning gave him a reassuring smile and said, “Come on, let’s go back to the inn!”

“En.”

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“Senior Brother, what are you looking at?” Yun Xingyan was carrying the cake she had just bought and halfway across the road, she met Lin Yuan, who was holding a lotus lantern in his hand, merely staring at the crowd in front of him motionless. His face was pale and she couldn’t read his emotions.

“Senior Brother, are you here to find me?” Yun Xingyan felt somewhat uneasy. “I’m sorry, Senior Brother. I should have told you before going out. I was just afraid of disturbing your rest…”

Lin Yuan put down the lotus lantern in his hand and said with a light smile: “Yun’er, Senior Brother is going to give you a task now and if you can’t do it, Senior Brother will be very upset…”

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Back at the inn, Su Ning ate some sesame cakes, showered, turned off the lights, and went to bed. When 444 was just about to take her away, she suddenly heard the sound of fighting in Xiao Hei’s room next door.

Su Ning hurriedly put on her coat and walked towards the door with the help of the moonlight, but she walked into a stool and nearly hit the corner of a table. Luckily, a hand stretched out from the darkness and grabbed her waist in time, drawing her closer and leading her to the window, seemingly wanting to take her away.

Alas, Lin Yuan came too quickly and I still have to hand him to the trustee. Forget it, forget it. Come on, help yourself and have ample food and clothing ah!

(TL: I’m not 100% sure what this means. I think it means since Su Ning can’t switch with the trustee right now, she’ll just handle it herself. But really I’m not sure.)

“Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, is that you?” Su Ning stretched out her arms and hugged his waist, resting her head on his chest, and said affectionately: “It’s only been a short while, yet I miss you so much!” In Su Ning’s tone was the surprise of suddenly seeing one’s beloved after a separation.

The hand that had reached out for her neck and wanted to press on Su Ning’s pressure point stopped its actions and instead stroked her hair. Lin Yuan couldn’t see any expression on her face in the darkness and said in a faint tone, “Oh? You miss me?”

“En, en!” Su Ning nodded like a chick pecking at rice, “I thought we were going to be apart for a long time…”

“Why do you say that?” Lin Yuan tightened his arms around her waist, his tone a little softer but still unstable. “Didn’t I tell you to wait for me? If you don’t leave, we’ll never be apart.”

“I don’t want to leave… I still want to put the lotus lamp in the lake with you!” Su Ning stretched out both hands and hung them around his neck. Using her toes, she appeared a little bit taller. She rested her forehead on his neck.

The hot breath she exhaled hit his Adam’s apple. Su Ning’s tone was like she had experienced many wrong-doings. “As you know, I ran away from home and while I was waiting for you, I was seen by my big brother, so I ran away, but in the end, I couldn’t run from him, so I was caught and brought back to the inn…”

A man in love has 0 IQ. Even if he is suspicious, under her attack all he can do is admit defeat.

“… Your big brother?” Lin Yuan’s Adam’s apple slid up and down. His throat was dry. His hands were slowly moving from her hair down to her back. His burning gaze stuck to her lips.

“En. He lives in the room next to me, and he wants to take me back…” Su Ning lowered her eyes and sighed: “I wanted to go to Tongzhou with you…”

“Why can’t we be together?” Lin Yuan held her hand, which was twisting the hair around his neck. “As long as you tell him the relationship between us—”

“No!” Su Ning shook her head hurriedly and mumbled: “My family is very strict, so if you let him know about our relationship, he will teach you a lesson!”

“Then let him, ah! As long as he recognizes us, I won’t fight back…”

“It still won’t work…” Su Ning rubbed against his neck once more and said fondly, “I can’t bear him hitting you!”

“Just wait for me to return to the Su Mansion and then use the jade bracelet to propose marriage so that when I see it, I will know it’s you!”

“… Okay.” Lin Yuan gently pressed a kiss on her forehead and said, “Just wait for me.”

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As soon as Lin Yuan left, the room next door became quiet. Xiao Hei jumped in from the window, saw her lying in bed, and turned around to leave.