Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 339 - It’s A Tie

“Shu! I was talking to Lin Yi, not you!” Mengyao said in disbelief before turning to Lin Yi. “What’re you looking at? Maybe we should poke your eyes out?”

“Oh……” Yushu moved her hands away from her eyes and pulled the blanket on the sofa over her body, her face red like a lobster.

“Uh…… The sun outside was too bright, so my eyes were adjusting when I came in here, I didn’t see anything……” Lin Yi raised his hands up to express his innocence.

“The streetlights outside are turned on already, Lin Yi!” Mengyao wasn’t that gullible.

“Wait, I messed up- I meant that the lights in here were too bright, it was too dark outside, so my eyes were adjusting… I didn’t see anything……” Lin Yi said awkwardly. “Well, I’m going back to my room… I gotta take a shower……”

“You stop right there! You saw everything on Shu’s body, so how’re you gonna make up for it!!” Mengyao wasn’t about to just let Lin Yi go that easily- she found herself in a lot of discomfort, and was very upset for some reason, even though it was Yushu’s body… She didn’t understand why.

“Ugh…… Let’s talk about this after I shower!” Lin Yi didn’t want to piss Mengyao off- he decided to wait after she’d calmed down. She’d probably forget about the whole thing by then.

“Shield Bro…… Are you rushing to the bathroom so you could jerk off……” Yushu said weakly.

Mengyao flipped- what on earth was this woman saying??? “Shu, what’re you talking about?!”

“I just… wanted to confirm if what the books say are real……” Yushu stuck her tongue out at Mengyao- she read that boys had a reaction down there whenever they’d encounter something exciting, and that they’d think about doing something like that… Why else would Shield Bro insist on getting himself to the bathroom if not for relieving himself!

“Shu, are you losing some part of your brain?” Mengyao was going crazy. “Can’t you just not say stuff like that???” 

“I…… Uh, I’ll go back to my room……” Yushu was making Lin Yi feel embarrassed himself- he wanted to take a shower because he hadn’t for two days, running around and everything! The girl just assumed he wanted to jerk off… She even thought that he’d be masturbating to her……

“Don’t you dare, Lin Yi! I’m not gonna let you use Yushu’s body for that!!” Mengyao glared.

“No, no……. I really just wanna take a shower, I’m sweating all over… If you don’t believe me you can come see for yourself!” Lin Yi couldn’t help but grin at that last part.

“You-!!” Mengyao hmphed. “Who’d want that?!”

Lin Yi then slipped into his room and let out a deep breath- that scene was way too exciting! Why couldn’t time have moved slower? He wondered when he’d get a chance like that again.

Although, he was perfectly capable of sneaking upstairs for a look at night- General Wei Wu was nothing more than a decoration. 

That would, however, brand him a pervert, and Lin Yi wouldn’t stoop that low.

Naturally, something like this had to be done civilly! Yushu hadn’t shown her body to him on purpose or anything, but Lin Yi didn’t mind accidents like that to happen more  now and then… It was quite refreshing……

“Shu, what’re you gonna do?? A girl getting her entire body seen like that, how’re you supposed to marry now!” Mengyao said helplessly after Lin Yi had left.

“Shield Bro’s not an outsider or anything you know… He even kissed me before……” Yushu blushed at the thought.

“Kissed you?” Mengyao realized that she wasn’t aware of some things at that moment. “When did he kiss you??”

She only knew about Lin Yi touching her boobs, what was this about a kiss?! Were these two hiding things from her!

Yushu regretted letting that slip, but the only thing she could do now was cover for it. “No, it’s… It’s that time when I was drowning, Shield Bro covered my lips to stop the water from flooding in……”

“Why… Why didn’t you tell me before?” Mengyao was quite angry. “Shu! You’re a girl, you can’t just let him kiss and touch you and everything! This can’t be, alright! No, I’m gonna go tell him to take responsibility!”

“It’s not that big a deal, is it……” Yushu was a bit shocked as well as Mengyao spoke- since when had Lin Yi taken advantage of her so many times??

“Of course it is! I can’t- I need to tell father about this, he can’t stay here anymore! It’s too dangerous.” Mengyao was very confused herself.

“Come on, Yao Yao, it’s not like we’re the only ones being taken advantage of. Wasn’t there that time at school, where we saw his parts as well……” Yushu said seriously. “If we think about it, it’s actually a tie. We took advantage of him too……”

“Is that really us taking advantage of him..?” Mengyao was speechless- this girl always used weird logic to reason.

But Mengyao was finding it odd as well- Yushu was never one to just get taken advantage of like this… Telling her brother Chen Yutian of this would get Lin Yi beaten up badly……

But was Yutian even a match for Lin Yi? From what Mengyao could remember, Yutian was really strong- he could put anyone down swiftly other than Song Lingshan……

But from what Shu had told her, even Lingshan had been completely tamed by Lin Yi, who took pictures of sand castles using her phone and even told her to send them to him…… Was this something Lingshan would do?

“Why don’t we…… Take a look at him when he showers? Then we’d get something back from the loss.” Yushu put on the table a tempting suggestion.

After all, even Mengyao was at least a bit curious, but peeking on Lin Yi showering? Wouldn’t that brand them female perverts? It was an impossible suggestion. “Shu, you’re getting way too open-minded recently… That’s never good, it’s a sign that the girl would lose her virginity!”

“Ah!! Is it that serious?!” Yushu was shocked as well, her face blushing again- she didn’t mind Lin Yi or anything, that much was true, since she only felt her heart thumping after all those things he’d done to her, and that was it… She didn’t feel like hating him for the actions at all! Yushu wondered if that counted as intimate feelings towards Lin Yi? Mengyao was making it sound pretty serious, too……

“Yes, it’s serious, very serious! So, if you don’t like Lin Yi and aren’t thinking of marrying him in the future, then you need to get away from him as soon as possible!” Mengyao said solemnly.

“Oh. Okay then, do you want to marry him, Yao Yao?” Yushu nodded and sent a question back at Mengyao.

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Chapter 340 - Tang Yin's Cousin

“W-What’s this got to do with me??” Mengyao hmphed, uninterested. “Don’t tell me that you’re really planning on marrying the person I marry? You’re getting weirder and weirder, Shu……”

“I think I’m pretty normal though……” Yushu patted her head softly.

“Come upstairs with me and put some clothes on! You can’t be this open-minded from now on!” Mengyao didn’t bother telling Yushu all this anymore- she decided to just pull her upstairs.

Lin Yi felt all his pores open up after his hot shower- it felt good. He lay in bed comfortably and turned his phone on.

There were a lot of texts.

The first one was from Wang Xinyan, sending her phone number to him in a text.

He saved the number and went back to the messages- a couple of them were Xiaobo reminding him about his second grandpa’s birthday feast that weekend.

The last one was from Tang Yin, a short text. “When are you coming back to school?”

Lin Yi sent her a quick reply. “Just finished here, going back tomorrow.”

A beep sounded from Tang Yin’s phone. She jumped up, frightened- she hadn’t told her mother about the phone yet, and even forgot to silent it!

“Whose phone is that? Old Tang, is that yours? Mine doesn’t sound like that.” Mrs. Tang called out as she prepared dinner.

“It’s not, mine doesn’t sound like that either! Doesn’t that sound like a Nokia?” Mr. Tang replied after taking a look at his phone. “I think Old Zhang’s phone has the same beep!”

“Eh? Whose is it then? Yin, did you hear that?” Mrs. Tang asked.

“It’s… It’s mine…….” Tang Yin had no choice but to pull her phone out- it was too late for lies, and she wasn’t a very good liar in the first place.

“Yours?” Mrs. Tang looked at Tang Yin’s phone, surprised. “When did you buy a phone, Yin?”

“I didn’t… Lin Yi gave it to me……” Tang Yin lowered her red face, as if she were a child who’d just done something bad.

“Lin Yi bought you that?” Mrs. Tang wasn’t scolding her at all- she actually looked quite delighted. “Lemme see- that’s gotta be a thousand kuai, right?”

“Mom!!” That actually upsetted Tang Yin- her mother’s attitude felt so superficial!

“What’re you being embarrassed for!” Mrs. Tang eyed her daughter. “What’s bad about giving you a phone as a gift? Your father hasn’t even bought me a phone all this time I’ve been married to him! I even had to buy my own knock off phone with the money I earned myself!”

Tang Ju lowered his head- he always hated himself for being useless at times like these, weighing his family down with his disability and medical fees……

He even felt like dying off sometimes so that he wouldn’t be a drag on them anymore, but he simply couldn’t do that! His wife kept calling him useless, but even he understood that she still loved him, especially when she busied herself like that to support the family.

“Mom, dad actually treats you really well you know……” Tang Yin felt that the relationship between her parents was healthier and more blissful than the unstable one she had with Lin Yi.

“I know that, it’s the only reason I haven’t divorced him!” Mrs. Tang hmphed. “But Yin, you have to learn from my example- I’ve accepted my fate for falling in love with your father, but you can’t end up like me!”

Tang Yin knew that her mother wanted to talk about Lin Yi again, but was she really a proper match for him? She felt that she was walking on thin ice here, like everything wasn’t very real… What if Lin Yi stopped liking her one day?

Knocking could be heard outside their door all of a sudden, and Mrs. Tang walked over after putting the plates down.

“Aunty, it’s Wei and I……” A girl’s voice sounded.

“Little Dan? Why’re you here this late at night?” Mrs. Tang recognized the girl’s voice- it was her distant nephew’s childhood friend she’d grown up with.

She opened the door to see Dan, a panicked expression on her face as she held the hand of a slightly stubborn-looking boy, her eyes lighting upon seeing Mrs. Tang as if she were her savior. “Aunty, please talk to Wei! He wants to sell his kidney!”

“What??” Mrs. Tang jumped in shock from the words. “What’s this about? Wei, you want to sell you kidney?”

“Don’t stop me, Aunty- Dan pulled me here for you to talk me out of it, but that won’t happen! I need to do this!” Wei said willfully.

Tang Yin was shocked as well- what was her cousin talking about, selling his kidney? She ran out to talk to him. “Wei, what’re you saying? Why would you want to sell your kidney?”

“It’s the same if it’s you, Sis- I’ve made up my mind! Dan will be in danger if I don’t!” Wei said.

“Dan, bring Wei in first, come talk to me… What happened? What’s so serious that you need to sell your kidney for?” Mrs. Tang didn’t think that Wei was joking- this was a serious matter.

Dan was on the verge of tearing up as she pulled Wei into the house. “Tang Yin sis, please, talk some sense into Wei! He’s not listening to me at all……”

“Wei, tell sis why’re you want to sell your kidney, alright?” Tang Yin was panicking from the news as well- she even thought Wei was joking before she saw his face!

“Sis, I told you that I’ve made my mind up. I need money, but our families are in the same financial situation- I don’t have a choice!” Wei shook his head.

“We can work out a solution together, we can think up ways to get money! You don’t need to sell your kidney!” Mrs. Tang said. “Wei, how much do you need?”

“One hundred fifty thousand! Where am I supposed to borrow money like that? Uncle’s sick in bed too, and there’s still his medical fees! I would’ve borrowed the money long ago if I could’ve!” Wei sighed. “Sis, aunt… I know you wanna help, but I don’t have any other choice!”

“One hundred fifty thousand??” Mrs. Tang and Tang Yin were both surprised- why did Wei need that much money?