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Chapter 144: Super Upgrade In Seniority

The so-called “hate by association” is the opposite of “love me, love my dog.” Since she had never liked her stepmother, Li Mengyue naturally extended her resentment to her own father.

Now, seeing the person she was currently closest to getting along so well with the one she disliked most made her feel increasingly uncomfortable.

She couldn’t help but reach out and, making sure Feng Yin couldn’t see, gave Ye Xiao a discreet poke.

Ye Xiao still wore a cheerful smile, as if she hadn’t noticed Li Mengyue’s little move.

But her hand under the table had already gently grasped Li Mengyue’s fidgeting fingers, letting her know otherwise.

“Big Sis Feng Yin~ Try this dish. It’s really good!”

Ye Xiao smiled at Feng Yin while using her finger to draw circles on the back of Li Mengyue’s hand.

A jolt of electric current seemed to pass through Li Mengyue’s body at once. Ye Xiao’s gentle scratching felt like a kitten pawing at her heart—utterly ticklish and maddening.

But with her stepmother sitting right across the table, she didn’t dare show too much intimacy with Ye Xiao. Otherwise, her stepmother would definitely report to her dad once they got home.

Though she resented him at times, a father was still a father. Deep down, she still feared him a little.

Just when Li Mengyue was feeling both nervous and excited, wondering if Ye Xiao would take things further, Ye Xiao suddenly withdrew her hand.

Li Mengyue couldn’t help feeling disappointed.

Then she watched as Ye Xiao pulled out her phone from her little purse, quickly typed a message, and hit send.

A moment later, the screen of Li Mengyue’s phone, lying on the table, lit up.

She glanced back—it was a message from Ye Xiao, who she had set to special contacts.

Why send a message when they were sitting right next to each other? Why not just say it aloud?

She looked at Ye Xiao beside her, then at Feng Yin across from her, and suddenly understood. She opened her WeChat.

“Miss Fishy Big Sis, don’t be anxious! Didn’t you want me to help with your problem? Well, here’s your chance!”

“What problem?”

Li Mengyue was puzzled but still followed along and replied.

“Miss Fishy Big Sis, you forgot already? You were just apologizing to me about it a moment ago! So even your memory’s at a fishy level, huh~ Fishy~ Fishy~”

Ye Xiao sent the message with a bright smile, then turned back to continue chatting with Feng Yin.

The two of them even started talking about men remarrying and taking concubines.

Naturally, Ye Xiao just followed Feng Yin’s lead, agreeing with whatever she said.

The more Ye Xiao humored her, the more excited Feng Yin got.

At one point, Feng Yin even thought: If only Ye Xiao were my stepdaughter instead of Li Mengyue… I probably wouldn’t have pulled so many stunts. I might’ve even treated her like my real daughter.

Meanwhile, Li Mengyue paid no attention to their conversation, deep in thought over Ye Xiao’s cryptic message.

Could Ye Xiao have guessed something?

Li Mengyue herself suspected that this whole prove your value or be married off thing wasn’t really her dad’s idea. Most likely, it was the work of Feng Yin.

If so, then everything—motives, reasons—became clear.

Ye Xiao, just after meeting her stepmother for the first time, seemed to have already guessed it?

Which meant she wasn’t just a cutesy girl with maxed-out “seduce the sister” stats.

After all, if she were only good at flirting, she wouldn’t have been able to make a game like “My World”.

When she looked up again, she was startled.

She didn’t even know when it had happened, but Feng Yin had already moved to sit beside Ye Xiao. Her posture was practically shouting she wanted to become sworn sisters.

“Xiao Xiao, we really hit it off today. How about we take this chance and become sworn sisters?”

Feng Yin felt Ye Xiao was not only sweet-tongued but also clever. If she could build a good relationship with her, Ye Xiao might even help her scheme in the future.

With someone smart on her side, wouldn’t it be even easier to keep that old Li Yansheng under control?

Li Mengyue’s eyes widened. She seriously wondered if her ears were playing tricks on her.

“Sis, isn’t this a bit inappropriate? I mean, I’m Mengyue-jie’s…”

Ye Xiao looked slightly troubled and cast a glance at Li Mengyue, as if to say, I’m her friend—if I become your sworn sister, wouldn’t this mess everything up?

But Feng Yin, in her excitement, didn’t care about any of that.

Who was Li Mengyue to tell her, the stepmother, what to do?

“Xiao Xiao, don’t worry about it. We can treat each relationship separately. You keep calling Mengyue your jie-jie, and I’ll have her call you auntie! It’s settled.”

Feng Yin shot Li Mengyue a glance, but clearly had no intention of asking for her opinion.

This was outrageous. Absolutely outrageous.

This was a “super upgrade in seniority” that Li Mengyue never saw coming.

Even with all her usual composure, she couldn’t handle the idea that the girl who had been sharing her bed just a short while ago was now being bumped up to the level of her aunt.

Besides, she wasn’t that composed.

This was a total disaster.

Li Mengyue was just about to explode when Ye Xiao reached out and gently held her hand, calming her a bit.

Ye Xiao’s soft fingers soothed her slightly, but her heart was still filled with frustration and indignation.

Feeling stifled, she suspected Ye Xiao had some sort of plan, but it still made her feel awful.

“Hmph!”

She let out a cold snort, picked up her phone, and began furiously swiping the screen to vent her anger.

“Ye Xiao! How could you agree to become sworn sisters with Feng Yin?! What does that make me?!”

“Sorry, Sis Yin, I need to reply to a message real quick.”

Ye Xiao pulled her hand from Feng Yin’s grasp and waved her phone.

“Calm down, Miss Fishy Mengyue. Do you want to solve your problem or not? This isn’t the time to talk—once we send your stepmom off, I’ll explain everything.”

Just hearing that made Li Mengyue deflate. She didn’t even notice that Ye Xiao was still teasing her in the messages.

After all, she really didn’t want to become some tool in a corporate marriage alliance.

She had no choice but to quiet down.

Seeing that Li Mengyue looked a bit upset, Feng Yin was even more pleased. She felt she’d made the perfect decision coming here today.

Even though she didn’t catch Li Mengyue sneaking around with a boyfriend, she still managed to “steal” her bestie and turn her into a sworn sister right in front of her.

The sense of in-your-face NTR gave her inexplicable satisfaction.

Feng Yin looked even more smug now, raising her chin like a proud songbird.

Ye Xiao, realizing Li Mengyue was about to burst, quickly said, “Sis Yin, looks like we’ve eaten enough for today. I’ve got things to do later—let’s catch up another time, okay?”

“Sure! Here, scan my WeChat.”

Li Mengyue glared resentfully at Ye Xiao as she scanned Feng Yin’s QR code.

If Ye Xiao couldn’t give her a good explanation later, she wouldn’t let her off easy tonight.

If needed, she’d even call Qingyue to help teach her a lesson.

It wouldn’t be the first time, anyway.