Lily Liu’s reaction caught Lulu Lu a little off guard.

Was she... scared?

Or was she angry and hurt?

But even if she felt wronged, there was no way she’d cry this hard, right?

For a moment, Lulu Lu couldn’t understand what her childhood friend was doing. Still, that didn’t stop her from instinctively comforting the sobbing Lily Liu.

She reached out and slowly stroked the girl’s head.

At such a close distance, Lulu Lu could smell the rather strong scent on her childhood friend.

She hadn’t bathed for over two days. She’d been crying over and over. And she’d even been forced to use the toilet through her panties. Lily Liu didn’t smell good.

But Lulu Lu didn’t frown even once.

If anything, when she breathed in Lily Liu’s scent, she felt reassured. She even felt happy.

No matter what kind of Lily Liu she was, she was still the person Lulu Lu loved most.

Clean, dirty, pure, rotten. No matter what Lily Liu became, Lulu Lu’s love would never waver.

That was how pure and intense a yandere’s love was. It didn’t change for any condition.

Maybe even if Lily Liu had already become a corpse, Lulu Lu would still gently feed her homemade omurice. Even if she became nothing but a skeleton, Lulu Lu would still sleep with her in her arms at night.

While comforting Lily Liu, Lulu Lu also carefully observed her condition.

Her hair was a mess. Her eyes were red. Her face was covered in tear tracks. Right now, Lily Liu was undoubtedly miserable, pitifully miserable.

In Lulu Lu’s memory, Lily Liu had always loved being clean. Winter or summer, she bathed every day. Her clothes were always neat too.

Lulu Lu’s heart ached. Once again, she cursed her own stupidity inside. To actually forget the person she loved most for so long... what a disgrace to the yandere world.

After a long while, Lily Liu finally stopped crying out loud. She leaned against Lulu Lu’s shoulder and sniffled softly.

“Feeling a little better now?”

Lulu Lu asked gently.

“Mhm...”

Lily Liu nodded.

“Can I feed you now?”

Lulu Lu asked.

“Mhm...”

Lily Liu nodded again.

For some reason, Lily Liu seemed very obedient. While Lulu Lu fed her, she kept sneaking glances at Lulu Lu’s eyes, cautious and trembling with fear.

This time, Lulu Lu didn’t feed her mouth-to-mouth. She just fed her spoonful by spoonful.

Lily Liu ate bite by bite. She was cooperative and obedient, like a little cat... no, a little dog.

An obedient little puppy.

Very soon, Lily Liu finished all the food Lulu Lu had brought. She didn’t leave a single bite.

Lulu Lu cleaned up the dishes and planned to take them back to the kitchen.

Unexpectedly, the moment Lily Liu noticed Lulu Lu was about to leave, she became agitated and hurriedly asked,

“L-Lulu, where... where are you going?”

Without turning around, Lulu Lu answered,

“I’m putting the plates back.”

But then Lily Liu’s tearful voice came from behind her.

“Don’t go! Lulu, please, stay with me a little longer...”

That made Lulu Lu turn back after all. She found Lily Liu’s eyes brimming with tears again, her face full of panic and fear.

Seeing Lily Liu look so fragile and pitiful, the ache in Lulu Lu’s heart grew even stronger.

A yandere might pick up a knife and stab hard at the disobedient body of the one they love when that person tries to run away.

But they also had a fatal weakness.

They had absolutely no resistance to the pleading and coaxing of the person they loved most.

If you acted spoiled toward a yandere, it would probably break their defenses a hundred percent of the time. Even if you asked for something absurd, like plucking the stars and moon from the sky, a yandere would definitely agree without hesitation.

But at that moment, Lulu Lu suddenly remembered how icy Lily Liu had been in the last attempt.

She’d clearly said, “From now on, I don’t like you anymore.” So why had that Lily Liu acted so cold and aloof, like she couldn’t care less?

She hadn’t even been willing to say Lulu Lu’s nickname.

And yet the Lily Liu in front of her now was like this.

At this same point in the last attempt, Lily Liu had only taken two casual bites before tossing Lulu Lu’s omurice aside.

Could it be that coldness and indifference had just been an act?

She said, “I don’t like you anymore,” put on a lofty attitude, and then let herself enjoy Lulu Lu’s careful service with a clear conscience?

What a naughty child...

Lulu Lu was a little annoyed. She held back the urge to grant Lily Liu’s request.

She decided to give Lily Liu a punishment.

A punishment for saying those words.

Of course, Lulu Lu felt terrible for Lily Liu, so this would also be the only punishment.

Her tone stayed gentle, but her gaze turned sharp and pressing.

“But Lily, didn’t you say you didn’t like me anymore?”

“...”

That one simple sentence from Lulu Lu tore away all of Lily Liu’s disguises in an instant.

At that moment, her mental defenses completely collapsed. The so-called dignity she had struggled to maintain exploded on the spot, shattering into scraps all over the ground.

Lily Liu started crying again. She cried so hard she could barely breathe, and snot even ran into her mouth.

“I-I... I’m sorry, I was wrong...”

Like a child who had done something wrong, Lily Liu cried as she spoke.

“Lulu, I-I was wrong... I shouldn’t have said those things. Please forgive me... Lulu, don’t punish me like that again. I’ll be good... s-so please, please don’t leave me, okay? I-I’m so scared you’ll lock me in this room by myself again, for that long. It hurts so much, it’s so awful, I’m so scared...”

“Please forgive me, Lulu...”

Lily Liu’s reaction finally made Lulu Lu understand everything.

So this was it...

Lily Liu had taken yesterday, when Lulu Lu forgot about her, as a punishment from Lulu Lu.

The moment she realized that, Lulu Lu instantly understood the motive behind all of Lily Liu’s actions.

In this attempt, Lulu Lu had been in a hurry to think of a plan. After Lily Liu said, “I don’t like you,” Lulu Lu had brushed her off with a perfunctory reply and left. After that, she hadn’t gone back to pay Lily Liu any attention.

But from Lily Liu’s point of view, it was easy to see that as punishment for saying those words.

Being left alone for more than ten hours had robbed Lily Liu of the courage to keep resisting Lulu Lu. Time had ground away her composure and dignity, leaving behind only the fear of a small animal.

What a huge misunderstanding.

Still, that misunderstanding seemed to have brought some unexpectedly interesting information with it.

Seeing Lily Liu’s emotions reach their peak, Lulu Lu finally moved.

She wrapped both arms around her childhood friend and pulled her into an embrace.

Leaning close to Lily Liu’s ear, Lulu Lu said softly,

“Lily, of course I’ll forgive you. And I won’t leave you either.”

“Because my promise will never go out of date. My love for you is still the same, like a diamond. Lily, you know diamonds are eternal, right? They never change, and they always shine.”

Lulu Lu paused slightly, then spoke with utmost seriousness.

“I, Lulu Lu, will only ever love Lily Liu in this lifetime.”

“So don’t be afraid, okay?”

“As long as Lily is good and obedient, there’s no way I’d abandon Lily, and no way I’d punish Lily either~”

“Lulu, I...”

Lulu Lu could feel the person in her arms trembling. Her voice was tiny, almost like a mosquito’s buzz, full of the joy that came after all that pressure was finally released.

“I love you too... I’ll be obedient, I promise...”

All of a sudden, Lulu Lu felt deeply guilty, as if she had done something truly, horribly unforgivable.

Because the Lily Liu right now was so humble, so unlike the mature and steady girl she knew.

From calm and rational before, to breaking down in tears now.

Lulu Lu hadn’t even really done anything.

She had only forgotten Lily Liu for a little over ten hours.