After the Paranoid Female Lead Lost Her Memory, She Insisted on Pursuing This Cannon Fodder - Chapter 26

The soft touch and warm body temperature seeped through the thin pajamas.

Lin Zhaoyue was completely stunned. She was sitting sideways on Shen Yuan’s lap, close enough to hear Shen Yuan’s breathing.

Wait a minute…

How did I end up on Shen Yuan’s lap?!

Lin Zhaoyue felt her cheeks burn instantly. She quickly lifted her leg, trying to get off Shen Yuan.

But just as she shifted one leg, changing from sitting sideways to straddling Shen Yuan with her back to her, Shen Yuan suddenly let out a scream even more piercing than her own earlier.

As if grasping at a lifeline, Shen Yuan’s arms wrapped tightly around Lin Zhaoyue’s waist, trapping her in a suffocating embrace.

“Don’t leave, Zhaoyue! Don’t leave, it’s so scary!” Shen Yuan’s voice trembled with tears and terror.

“That… that ghostly face… it was terrifying! I-I can’t look! Don’t abandon me! I’m so scared!”

As Shen Yuan spoke, she trembled dramatically, tightening her grip on Lin Zhaoyue. Her warm breath brushed against Lin Zhaoyue’s neck, sending shivers of ticklish numbness down her spine.

Lin Zhaoyue: “……”

Feeling Shen Yuan trembling like a leaf behind her, as if genuinely terrified, Lin Zhaoyue hesitated for a moment. The embarrassment and awkwardness she felt from their intimate position were surprisingly overshadowed by Shen Yuan’s exaggerated “fear.”

Stiffly maintaining her position on Shen Yuan’s lap, she muttered softly, “T-then… let’s just stay like this for a while…”

Shen Yuan, who was holding Lin Zhaoyue tightly in her arms, could barely suppress her laughter, shaking uncontrollably.

Hmm, Zhaoyue’s waist is so slender.

Holding her feels so comfortable.

Lin Zhaoyue remained oblivious to Shen Yuan’s thoughts. However, after getting this close, even the horror movie seemed bearable.

Mustering her courage to face the terror head-on, she suddenly found the scene on the screen shifting without warning.

In the eerie ancient mansion, the two female leads, having just survived a terrifying ordeal, comforted each other. Then, inexplicably, they suddenly found themselves on the large bed, as if deliberately courting disaster.

Soft, lingering background music began to play.

In the soft light, they gazed at each other, then… slowly leaned in, their lips meeting and entwining. The camera work was full of suggestive close-ups: intertwined fingers, slipping clothes, and increasingly rapid breaths punctuated by soft, frantic kisses.

Lin Zhaoyue: “???”

Her eyes widened in disbelief.

What… what’s going on?!

This movie’s tone just shifted way too fast! What happened to the vengeful spirits, cursed mansion, and escape room survival horror? How did it suddenly… suddenly turn into this indescribable content?!

She instinctively wanted to glance back at Shen Yuan behind her to see if she was witnessing this bizarre scene too. But the moment she moved, the arm around her waist tightened sharply.

“Don’t move! Zhaoyue! Don’t move! It’s so scary!!” Shen Yuan’s voice still carried a “terrified” sob, her cheek pressed tightly against Lin Zhaoyue’s back as she squeezed her even tighter. “I-I can’t watch! Don’t leave me alone! I’m so scared!!”

Lin Zhaoyue: “……”

Lin Zhaoyue could feel Shen Yuan’s body still “trembling,” but the frequency of the shaking… it almost felt like she was suppressing laughter.

And the movie’s already showing adult content! Why is she still acting “so scared”? At least try to make it believable!

On the screen, the scenes were becoming increasingly explicit. What had started as a movie had now devolved into something far more graphic—full-blown hardcore!

Lin Zhaoyue felt like she was about to burst into flames.

Forced into an incredibly suggestive position, watching this restricted content with a woman who harbored ulterior motives… this was even more unbearable than the horror movie had been!

She abruptly turned her head, trying to distract herself.

“So, what’s up with your friend? Didn’t she say she’d be here by afternoon?”

Good riddance if she doesn’t show up.

As Shen Yuan thought this, she responded smoothly, a hint of barely perceptible grievance in her voice:

“I don’t know, Zhaoyue… do you really have to make me leave?”

“Of course!”

Especially in this situation.

“Oh…” Shen Yuan murmured softly, falling silent.

An awkward silence descended between them.

The only sounds in the living room were the passionate gasps and kisses of the two women on the screen, amplified infinitely in the darkness.

Lin Zhaoyue couldn’t help but glance at the screen. How did these close-up shots even pass censorship?!

She squirmed uneasily, nearly driven mad by the strange atmosphere, when—

Click.

A soft sound announced that the living room door had been pushed open from outside.

Light footsteps approached, accompanied by a puzzled female voice:

“Hello? Xiao Yuan? Lin Zhaoyue? Aunt Wang said you were home. Anyone here? Why are the lights off?”

It was Zhang Wei—she had finally arrived!

Unable to see the television screen from the doorway, Zhang Wei groped her way into the dimly lit living room. By the flickering light of the screen, she vaguely made out two figures huddled together on the sofa.

“What are you two doing in the dark?” Zhang Wei muttered, instinctively reaching for the light switch on the wall.

“Don’t turn on the lights!” Lin Zhaoyue protested.

Summoning every ounce of strength, Lin Zhaoyue abruptly broke free from Shen Yuan’s embrace, scrambling off her lap in a flurry.

“You—go! Get out now!”

Ignoring the explicit scene still playing on the screen, Lin Zhaoyue shoved Shen Yuan, who remained frozen on the sofa, toward the door.

“Your friend is here. Don’t stay in my house any longer!”

“But…”

“No buts!” Lin Zhaoyue’s tone was resolute.

Only after she had practically kicked Shen Yuan out did Lin Zhaoyue finally exhale deeply, feeling her taut nerves begin to relax.

The System spoke up then: Host, didn’t you want to save Zhang Wei? Why did you let her take the main heroine away? I thought you’d find some excuse to keep her here too, for easier surveillance.

Lin Zhaoyue banished the heat from her cheeks and replied mentally:

Ahem, I’ve already thought this through. Anonymous tips and such are too cumbersome and prone to failure—not guaranteed to work at all.

But as the Young Miss of the mighty Lin Family, tracking down an ordinary person’s movements is child’s play. I’ll assign some subordinates to monitor Zhang Wei’s every move. When the time is right, we’ll simply kidnap her and keep her in a safe place for a few days.

The System paused before praising: Now that’s the kind of villainous thinking you’re born for.

Wasting no time, Lin Zhaoyue summoned Aunt Wang.

“Aunt Wang, assign some subordinates to follow those two closely. Report their movements at all times, but make sure they don’t get discovered!”

After being kicked out, the harsh sunlight made Shen Yuan squint slightly.

“Don’t look back, Xiao Yuan. They don’t want you here. Let’s go.”

“Sigh… Alright.”

As she took a step, Shen Yuan sensed something amiss. She glanced down and noticed a small, barely noticeable wet patch on her thigh, slowly spreading outward.