“Uh… w-wait a second, you two.”

“Um… no matter how long you two keep doing that, you only get two free milk teas, you know?”

“Ah, this is so embarrassing. I can’t look… You two, um…”

The clerk covered her face with her hands, sneaking peeks through the gaps between her fingers.

Ruo Xiaoxi’s eyes flew wide. Xia Zhibai’s image filled them as she kept pounding on Xia Zhibai’s back, but her own body went limp and light. She tried to push Xia Zhibai away, only to find she didn’t have the strength.

“Pwah!” Ruo Xiaoxi gulped in a breath, then leaned over the counter, panting.

“Huff… huff… W-well? That little mouth of yours never stops running. Still love the sound of your own voice?” Xia Zhibai couldn’t take it anymore. Seeing that smug, asking-for-a-beating look on her face was just too infuriating.

She showed off her looks without a hint of shame, deliberately teasing people with those little glances. She was clearly a little tease who liked to be submissive, yet acted all cocky like she was the dominant one. So Xia Zhibai would teach her to get her act together and show her who was really in charge!

Xia Zhibai got lipstick all over her mouth, then simply kissed Ruo Xiaoxi’s slender neck, leaving her mark as if to prove the girl belonged to her.

The sudden move startled Ruo Xiaoxi, and she quickly covered the spot Xia Zhibai had kissed.

She was just about to start cursing like a little brat when a straw was shoved into her mouth. Somehow, she found herself holding a cup of milk tea.

“Y-you… you…” Ruo Xiaoxi couldn’t get the words together. She hadn’t expected Xia Zhibai to actually kiss her like that in public—and for well over a minute!

“Did you like kissing me?” Xia Zhibai’s face was red too, but what she meant was that she wanted to keep kissing her.

You shameless little flirt, always pretending to be innocent. Do you want me to dote on you that badly?

Ruo Xiaoxi’s ears turned faintly red. She hurried backward, stumbling a few steps and nearly landing on her butt. Her legs felt weak, and a tingling softness ran through her back.

Oh no. Could she really be a submissive?

But Ruo Xiaoxi had always been blunt. After Xia Zhibai asked her like she was giving her a lesson, Ruo Xiaoxi actually blushed and answered softly, without a trace of dishonesty: “A little… It was c-comfortable…”

Xia Zhibai froze in place, and a fierce undercurrent surged through her heart.

But more and more people were gathering to watch, so she grabbed her milk tea, took Ruo Xiaoxi’s hand, and ran out of the crowd. They kept going for quite a while before finally slowing down…

“You little brat! You actually said it felt good in front of all those people…!” Xia Zhibai’s cheeks were bright red.

“W-what? Kissing Sister Xia feels good, and you’re the one who asked me!”

“I-I… you…”

Looking at Ruo Xiaoxi’s innocent expression, and feeling secretly happy at what she’d said, Xia Zhibai laughed in exasperation. All her anger vanished. Couldn’t she even stay mad at her properly?

Even as a little brat, Ruo Xiaoxi could be the cutest, sweetest little brat around.

This girl was an infuriating flirt and an infuriating sweetheart! What was anyone supposed to do with her? She didn’t even look sorry. Xia Zhibai both loved and hated her—and really wanted to lock the two of them together with a pair of handcuffs.

“Forget it. I really can’t do anything with you. Instead of getting mad, how about… I take you shoe shopping?” Xia Zhibai walked slowly alongside her down the street.

“…Why are you buying me shoes?” Ruo Xiaoxi sipped her milk tea. She might as well drink it if it was already there. After getting kissed by force, she deserved to get something out of it.

“I’ll buy you a nicer pair, so those pretty feet of yours won’t keep slipping out and tempting people. And wouldn’t it be nice to dress you up a little?”

“Sister Xia, are you into feet…?” Ruo Xiaoxi looked down at her own. She was wearing shoes with high heels and low sides, deliberately showing off her pretty ankles.

Actually, there were little hints of heart-fluttering sexiness all over her.

“I don’t know if I’m into feet, but I think yours are beautiful. They’d look great even without white stockings—barefoot, too. Even your little toes are as delicate as crystal grapes…”

“Sister Xia, isn’t it a little perverted to talk so openly about someone else’s feet, such an embarrassing part of them?”

“Yeah, I like you! I like every part of you. So what? It’s not like I only like your feet. Even your little rice-ball-shaped breasts are gorgeous—round and full, and so perky. They’re every sagging girl’s dream! Do you have any idea how beautiful you are!?”

Girls talked about things like this all the time, but somehow it still felt a little strange. Of course, what girl wouldn’t be happy to hear someone praise her figure? Ruo Xiaoxi knew just how pretty she was.

She was only five feet tall and very slim, yet she still had a perfectly proportioned C-cup chest.

And she could only be such a flirt because she was pretty. Otherwise, no one would want her. People often thought she was beautiful and liked her, but they had no idea what to do about her personality.

“Honestly… Oh, right. Didn’t you say you wore thigh-highs especially for me today? You still haven’t lifted your skirt a little so I can see.” Xia Zhibai asked.

“Huh? Hehehe, I am letting you admire them~ You must not have been paying enough attention, Sister Xia. You need to keep a closer eye on me.” As she spoke, Ruo Xiaoxi skipped a few steps ahead.

Then she clasped her hands behind her back and bounced lightly like a little rabbit. Her snow-white ponytail swayed, and her skirt fluttered, occasionally revealing the band of her thigh-high stocking at that perfect little gap.

“Hehe, did you see?”

Ruo Xiaoxi turned her upper body to the side, flashing a row of little white teeth as she smiled with pure, adorable sweetness. She’d carefully mastered these angles: showing just a little, but never too much.

Keeping one foot planted, she slowly traced an elegant arc around it like a compass needle, then turned to face Xia Zhibai and lightly bit her collar. Innocent and alluring at once.

She fluttered her big, sparkling eyes and teased:

“I’m cute, but please don’t fall for me. Otherwise~”

“You’ll definitely get hurt because of me.” Ruo Xiaoxi’s lips curled up slightly.

She was a rose standing alone here, the most dazzling one of all, covered in thorns. No one could reach out and pluck her. They could only be drawn in by her beauty, then prick their hands and bleed on her thorns.

In the end, they’d be left battered and bruised before this little beauty, sweet as poison.

—【So, don’t fall in love with me, okay?】