"I’m warning you! Stay away from my wife!" Su Shui watched Liu Shuang nervously beside him.
"No can do~" Liu Shuang shook her head. "Someday, your wife will be mine!"
"I help you out, and you try to cheat on me?!" Su Shui glared at her. "You help me, I help you. You don’t help me? I still help you. But if I help you and you ruin me, I’ll take you down with me!"
He moved to rush out and expose the truth.
"Don’t be like that~" Liu Shuang winked flirtatiously and grabbed him. "Look, if I’m with your wife, you lose nothing. Plus, I work for free at your place…"
"Impossible! She’s mine alone!" Su Shui glared at the daydreaming fool.
Seeing her suggestive expression, he quickly grabbed a towel to dry his hands.
"No. I’m taking Ning far from you!"
"Don’t! If this gets out, I’ll be stuck on blind dates every day again!"
"Good! That’d put my mind at ease!"
Su Shui strode firmly toward the door. Liu Shuang yanked his arm.
"Just kidding~ Seriously, just kidding~" she soothed him. "I gave up when you two married. And I’ve got someone I like now~"
"Really?"
"Really!"
…………
……
Liu Shuang’s mom sat on the sofa with Lin Ning and Nan Surou, watching TV.
Watching her daughter and Su Shui’s "friendly chat" in the kitchen, she nodded contentedly. "This is the right atmosphere~"
Happy, she sipped tea. Lin Ning, however, was about to explode.
Seeing Su Shui and Liu Shuang whispering closely in the kitchen, Lin Ning shot up and squeezed between them.
"Having fun, you two?"
"No, no~" Su Shui stammered. But seeing Liu Shuang and Lin Ning smile together, he pulled Lin Ning aside.
Before, he hadn’t noticed anything odd. But after Liu Shuang confessed her feelings for Lin Ning, everything about her seemed suspicious.
"You’re grinning like a pervert!"
Su Shui blocked Liu Shuang’s view, cutting off any chance to talk to Lin Ning.
Liu Shuang frowned. I promised not to go after your wife—why guard me like this?
Lin Ning stood behind Su Shui, glaring at his back. "Oh yeah? Now you dare cozy up to her right in front of me?!"
She yanked his sleeve, dragging him behind her.
Liu Shuang smiled as Lin Ning leaned close again.
Su Shui panicked. This is like sending a lamb to a wolf’s mouth—a dumb lamb trotting right in!
"Get back!" He pulled Lin Ning behind him.
"No!" She yanked him back. "You stay put!"
"No!"
"Get back!"
……
Su Shui and Lin Ning tugged back and forth, neither letting the other near Liu Shuang.
So that’s why lesbian drama is scary~
"Enough!" Liu Shuang shouted, squeezing between them. "Now you don’t have to fight~"
Proud of her cleverness, she beamed. But Lin Ning and Su Shui exchanged a look—and threw her out of the kitchen together.
"Out you go!"
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"Xiao Shuang, is that really your boyfriend?!" Liu Shuang’s mom pointed at the two washing dishes in sync in the kitchen.
"Y-yes, my boyfriend~" Liu Shuang avoided her gaze. "They just think I’m in the way~"
"Oh~" Her mom studied her. "Is that so~"
…………
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Night fell slowly. Liu Shuang’s mom checked the darkening sky.
"Time flies~" She stood up. "I’ll drive Ning and Surou home~"
"Okay~" Nan Surou turned happily to leave. Lin Ning grabbed her arm.
"No, no need~ We planned to stay over tonight~"
Lin Ning wouldn’t dare leave Su Shui alone here. One man, one woman, and a mom playing matchmaker? Even if nothing happened, rumors would start.
"Alright then~" Liu Shuang’s mom clapped her hands. "So… room assignments tonight~"
Liu Shuang’s small two-story apartment had four rooms upstairs—a real dilemma.
"How about Xiao Shui and Xiao Shuang share a room~" Her mom chuckled, eyeing them.
"No way!" Liu Shuang yelled before Lin Ning could react. Sharing a room with a man? She’d rather die.
"How about this~" She grinned mischievously. "Ning and I squeeze into one room~"
"Impossible!" Su Shui jumped in. "You and Auntie haven’t seen each other in ages—you must have so much to catch up on. You two share a room!"
……
Each schemed to gain an advantage. Three women make a play, Su Shui thought, surrounded by four chattering women. His head throbbed.
"Enough!" he yelled. "Stop arguing! I’ll sleep downstairs!"
He grabbed a small blanket and spread it on the sofa.
The four women nodded in relief.
"Good idea!"
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Midnight. Everyone slept soundly in bed.
Su Shui, wrapped in his blanket, snored softly on the sofa.
"So soft~" Something warm snuggled into his arms.
"This feels familiar…" Half-asleep, he hugged it without opening his eyes.
"Must be my wife~"
He pulled it closer. A meaty smell filled his nose.
"Huh? Did Ning sneak some meat?"
He leaned in and "smack" kissed it.
"Huh? Something’s wrong. Why’s my wife’s mouth so long? And wet?" He fumbled in the dark. "Why are the teeth so sharp and pointy…"
He slowly opened his eyes. A big Husky lay in his arms, gazing at him pitifully.
"Holy crap!"
Su Shui’s scream shattered the night’s peace.
"What’s wrong?!" Lin Ning rushed down first. Su Shui crouched in the corner, pale and frantically wiping his mouth.
"What happened?"
"I… I…" Tears welled in Su Shui’s eyes as he pointed at the Husky, speechless.
What could he say? That he almost made a move on a dog?
Liu Shuang stumbled down, rubbing her eyes. She saw the Husky on the sofa and Su Shui trembling in the corner.
"Oh, I forgot to mention~ That blanket’s Sija’s~"
"Why’d you let her out?! You scared me half to death!" Su Shui sat there tearfully.
"It’s fine~" Liu Shuang waved as she headed back upstairs. "She’s female—you didn’t lose anything~"
"Oh, that’s good…" Su Shui stared at her. "Like hell it is! Lock her up now!"
