NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 524. Daily Life at Home
Once upon a time, Ning Chu was quite an independent person—going to a strange city for school, working part-time on her own, renting a place, and even looking for internships…
Although back then she still depended on her grandparents for living expenses, she was used to handling everything independently.
But ever since she became a girl and got together with Wen Yang, she gradually started to get corroded.
That guy always took special care of her, whether it was picking up takeout, ordering food in the cafeteria, or even helping her carry her bag while walking down the street, loading it with things she might need.
She didn’t have to worry about anything; she just had to sit and wait, and Wen Yang would happily take care of most things for her.
Even in their relationship, it was usually Wen Yang who took the lead; she primarily just played along… like dressing up as a bunny girl during the Year of the Rabbit, even though a rabbit with long ears looked quite strange.
This made her feel a bit uneasy after returning home.
When going out with Hei Dou, she would first look to her side when she saw something she wanted to eat, trying to get Wen Yang to buy it. Even at home, when she wanted a cola, she would subconsciously seek Wen Yang to go downstairs.
Clearly, she had been cautious about being eroded by Wen Yang’s care from the start, yet somehow she had been pampered into a little princess and was enjoying every moment of it.
“Wen… Hei Dou, I want to drink cola.”
“Go buy it~ I’m doing my homework.”
Ning Chu turned her head to look at Hei Dou sitting at the desk, doing her homework. Her lips moved, but she held back the urge to ask Hei Dou for help.
One had to be a little more independent, after all.
Being taken care of all the time wasn’t really good, even if it was comfortable.
She thought about getting up to go downstairs, but just thinking about that little convenience store at the entrance of the complex—it’d take at least ten minutes back and forth—made her flop back down onto the desk.
“Sis~ are you asking me to buy it for you?”
“If you want to?”
Hei Dou, with bare feet, pattered across the wooden floor and ran to Ning Chu’s side, tilting her head at her sister who was sprawled over the desk.
“But I’m too lazy to go downstairs~”
“……”
“I want to go watch a movie tonight! There’s an animated film that my classmates say is really good!”
Ning Chu nodded almost without hesitation, “Then I’ll go with you tonight?”
At least Hei Dou’s focus had shifted from eating.
“I’ve never had popcorn! Mom says it’s high in calories and makes you fat if you eat too much.”
“You’re not wanting to watch the movie just for the popcorn, are you?” She saw right through Hei Dou’s thoughts.
That little cat now knew to pretend for a bit, but unfortunately, she nearly drooled when popcorn was mentioned.
Hei Dou awkwardly shook her ears, turned, and ran off: “I’ll go buy you a cola!”
But she quickly turned back: “Sis! I have no money!”
“Take my phone.”
“Okay~”
Soon, there was a “bang” sound as the door closed outside. Ning Chu pursed her lips, stretched, and got up to start unpacking the luggage that had been sent back a while ago.
Most of the luggage was filled with random items: half a bottle of hair conditioner, nearly unused whitening serum, skincare lotion, and a wig she bought on a whim.
Perhaps due to her succubus talents, she found that even without skincare products, her skin stayed quite nice; staying hydrated was enough to prevent it from becoming too dry and itchy.
As for the wig, she realized after buying it that she had horns on her head and couldn’t use a full wig at all, only hairpieces.
Ning Chu opened all sorts of bags, setting aside the useful items and putting the useless ones into the cabinet… until she reached the last package, which was rather tightly wrapped.
Taking advantage of Hei Dou not being home at the moment and their mother watching a TV show in the bedroom, she quickly tore it open and hid it!
She absolutely didn’t want to face the same embarrassing situation as Lily… What if her family found out? Even if her mother knew she was a qualified succubus, she would still feel too embarrassed to face her family.
Ning Chu tugged at the tightly taped package, but after struggling for a long time with no success, she turned around to grab some scissors from the kitchen.
The main bedroom door was ajar, and their mother watched curiously as her daughter dashed back and forth like the wind. She got up from the bed and peeked into the second bedroom, only to see the door slam shut with a loud “bang,” followed by the sound of it locking.
“What’s all this fuss about?”
The mother could guess her daughter’s little secret with considerable accuracy.
In the room, Ning Chu locked the door, moving stealthily as if she could be caught at any moment.
She cut open the package, revealing a big box filled with a variety of strangely shaped, multifunctional toys.
Once, she had been a bit shy about this; she never turned down Lily’s recommendations and would always blush at the sight of these kinds of things.
But now her toy collection had expanded to include some unusual “monsters.” They vibrated, heated up, stretched, and had numerous features.
Her collection might even surpass Lily’s.
As a succubus and the main character who completed quite a few plots with the male lead, isn’t it normal to have a few quirky collections?
But she absolutely couldn’t let her family find out!
She only took a glance at the box and quickly shut it, then scanned the room for a place to hide it.
The box was rather big; it wouldn’t fit in any drawer. But if she separated it, her family would be likely to find the parts, and who knows which drawer Hei Dou might open?
So she looked up at the top of the wardrobe, the space under the ceiling meant for storing blankets.
However, that spot was too high. Even standing on a stool, she couldn’t reach it, and she might need to get the folding ladder from the balcony.
Just then, there was a sound of a door opening outside, making Ning Chu jump in fright, and she hurriedly shoved the box under the bed.
“Ning Xin, come here for a moment!”
But their mother was calling Hei Dou from outside.
Ning Chu paused, pushing the box even further under the bed before getting up to open the door and peek outside.
Their mother was sitting on the sofa, her delicate succubus tail lifted high, swaying in the air. Upon seeing this, Hei Dou’s excitement bubbled over, and she tiptoed, trying to grab the “cat teaser,” but her tail made her tumble around on the sofa.
Hearing the door open, their mother looked up in surprise at Ning Chu.
“So fast?”
“Ah?”
Seeing Ning Chu’s confused expression, their mother awkwardly pulled her tail back: “Never mind, Ning Xin, go play with your sister.”
“Oh…”
Disappointed from not catching the cat teaser, Hei Dou’s mood drooped as she approached Ning Chu and handed her a cola.
“Finish your homework, and then let’s see if your sister’s tail can play with you.”
“Eh? I don’t want to! It hurts when I get caught!”
“Okay!”
Hei Dou excitedly dashed into the bedroom.
Ning Chu followed her in, a bit worried that the box hidden under the bed would be discovered.
But who would be bored enough to check under the bed, right?
Even if they saw the black box, would they really bother to crouch down and pull it out and open it?
She couldn’t shake the feeling that she was walking around with a big sign over her head.
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Running errands to visit relatives all day~