“Uh.”

Lin Mo froze.

He had no idea what this idiot was talking about.

But after a brief pause, he seemed to grasp the situation:

“Are you crazy?!”

Lin Mo slammed his forehead into the forehead of this dazed girl.

Thud!

“I’m covered up from head to toe. You haven’t even seen my face—only heard my voice! And you still got horny?!”

“Nngh—! Ah, nngh…”

Su Qia tried to raise a hand to cover her forehead, wincing a little in pain.

But as soon as she lifted her little hand, she accidentally bumped Lin Mo’s chin.

“Ah! S-sorry!!” The girl dropped her hand as if she’d been shocked. But her fingers kept reliving and savoring the sensation. She’d even made up her mind: she wasn’t going to wash that hand tonight, not until she passed out!

“Ah, geez…” After grumbling, Lin Mo started to calm down a little.

After all, even if she was a shameless idiot, she’d still put him—face hidden and all—ahead of that bastard over there. He had to admit, that made him feel pretty good.

“Hah. You’re a pretty dumb girl, but at least you know what’s what.”

Feeling a little smug, he stepped back and waved a hand. “But I’m not used to some stranger suddenly confessing to me. Hmm… ahem. So, should I let you be my lapdog or not?”

If he really went along with it, how was he supposed to treat this girl?

She was definitely his type looks-wise. Her personality was pretty irritating, but if she was fawning over him instead, then her shyness was kind of cute—more cute than annoying.

He frowned and thought for a moment. Then Lin Mo suddenly raised a finger.

“Hey, let me ask you something.”

“Nngh, ah…” Su Qia was so nervous she could barely think. She had no idea why she’d suddenly said something so stupid.

But what felt even stranger—and scarier—was that this masked boy hadn’t been so disgusted by a girl like her declaring herself his lapdog that he kicked her away, swore at her, or slapped her. Instead, he’d started thinking it over, and he even looked pretty pleased!

H-he’s actually considering someone like me…

Su Qia’s eyes immediately dimmed a little. After all, this was absolute proof that the boy in the white robe from head to toe was ugly…

Even a useless girl like Su Qia didn’t like ugly boys.

But even ugly boys didn’t like her. And the reason she’d spent the past six months pursuing Little Honey was partly because she’d long since accepted that no guy would ever put his dick inside her. So she’d figured she might as well go after someone difficult to win over. That way, even if he turned her down, at least she’d look good doing it.

In other words, while she couldn’t stomach ugly boys on a conscious level, her body was actually pretty okay with them…

Especially since this boy was the only one in her entire life who’d ever started a conversation with her—and he was even considering her offer! Oh my gosh, even if he was just messing with me, if I lick him, then going by how things are now… Even if he doesn’t like me or want to sleep with me, he’ll still act like he cares about me in front of other people, right?!

After all, he looked like he hadn’t had many girls pursue him. That was probably why he’d even consider a timid little shrimp like me…

The more Su Qia thought about it, the more she trembled.

If things went that far, maybe they wouldn’t just hold hands… They might even kiss? Maybe hug, too??

She fought hard to suppress her feelings. With all her heart, she tried to find something charming in Lin Mo’s face beneath the white cloth. Ah, ahhh! I can’t take it. I’ve only been looking at him for a little while, and I’m already completely smitten… Nngh, nngh.

It wasn’t even because his looks had bewitched her.

His wonderfully kind attitude alone was enough to make Su Qia fall for him!

“As his lapdog, how far have you gotten with that guy over there?” Lin Mo had no idea what Su Qia was thinking.

As a man—a male—he still had the possessiveness and pride he’d been born with, even in this female-dominated world.

“Have you done it? …Ah, I can tell from your face that you haven’t.” Lin Mo started with the thing he cared about most.

But honestly, he only had to think about what had just happened to be absolutely certain the answer was no.

And as long as that hadn’t happened, whatever else he asked didn’t seem like it would affect him much.

Lin Mo had already decided to let this girl be his lapdog. But he’d never had one before, so he had no idea what he was supposed to do.

“Okay. Have you kissed the guy over there?”

“N-no! Never!” Su Qia did understand men, at least.

She strongly suspected Lin Mo was only trying to get her to admit she had no experience, so he could mock her cruelly after she’d laid her heart bare.

But even so, she still didn’t want to wake up from this beautiful dream:

“I’ve never kissed anyone, and no boy’s ever hugged me. I’ve never slept with a boy, either.”

When Su Qia said this to Lin Mo, she’d thought she’d feel ashamed and afraid.

But for some reason, she was a little excited. It felt like walking alone in a long coat down a desolate, empty road, then suddenly exposing her plain, unremarkable body to a man coming toward her—a thrill she’d never actually experienced, of course.

“Mm, mm.” Lin Mo nodded, satisfied.

Then he asked, “So what kind of physical contact have you had with him? Don’t tell me you started being his lapdog without even holding hands.”

“H-holding hands! Of course we’ve held hands!”

Su Qia forced herself to stay composed and argued back. “There are ten steps to a girl pursuing a boy. I see them as a kind of progress chart! Sure, I’ll never make it to the final step, but holding hands counts as the first step on this path I’m taking!”

“Ten steps?” Lin Mo perked up.

He raised a hand to his chin. “What are the ten steps, exactly? Where did you see them, or who told you about them? Can you give me the short version?”

“W-well…”

It was the first time Su Qia had ever had a normal conversation with a boy for this long.

She even started to get the strange feeling that maybe she was secretly a love expert. Maybe she was actually great at talking to boys? Maybe she was as popular as Big Sis Diona, and she’d just never realized it because she’d fallen short on some little detail or other?

She knew it was nonsense, of course. Still, the fantasy gave Su Qia a good deal of courage.