Being a Tutor to a Rich, Psychopathic Young Lady - Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Shi Mingyue forcefully pushed the person who was clinging to her away. She looked at Xiao Dengqu angrily. Because her face was flushed, her anger wasn’t strong enough. It was more like a pink, delicate fury, beautiful and alluring.
Like an iced red plum in a glass on a summer day, its surface radiated an enticing, sweet luster. Only when you bite it do you realize it’s sour and astringent, making you salivate uncontrollably.
Xiao Dengqu didn’t let her go immediately. She pinched Shi Mingyue’s leg again, squeezing it hard with her fingers. This touch felt like it was going to drag Shi Mingyue back. Shi Mingyue tried to lift her leg with force. Xiao Dengqu’s hand hit the edge of the bathtub with a loud sound. Shi Mingyue’s movements stopped for a few seconds. Xiao Dengqu, unafraid of the pain, tried to grab her again. Shi Mingyue, with bare feet, grabbed the clothes on the rack next to her. The hidden clasp on her back had already been undone, and the fabric was about to fall off. She reached out to cover herself, but her feet slipped, and her body fell forward, almost causing her to fall. In the end, that small piece fell to the ground. Because Xiao Dengqu’s movements were too fast behind her, Shi Mingyue grabbed her clothes and ran out quickly, putting them on as she went.
When she opened the door, her knee even hit the doorway.
Shi Mingyue returned to the room next door, closed the door, locked it, and threw herself on the bed. Her face was hot and flushed. Shi Mingyue buried herself deeply under the thin blanket.
She didn’t understand how things had gotten to this point.
Her underwear had fallen over there. Shi Mingyue had always been frugal; as long as she had enough clothes to wear, it was fine. If she didn’t get it back, she wouldn’t have a change of clothes on a rainy day.
A few seconds later, Shi Mingyue held the soaked clothes and looked at them. She didn’t know if the color was wrong, but it seemed to be… swollen.
Shi Mingyue grabbed the thin blanket again and covered herself with it.
Xiao Dengqu didn’t chase her out. She lay on the edge of the bathtub, looking at the floor for a long time. Then she got out of the bathtub and squatted on the floor to look. She gently poked it with her finger… “This is the teacher’s.”
“So cute.”
The next day, Shi Mingyue still woke up very early. She was naturally cold, and after staying here for a while, she became much more dignified than the young lady when she was quiet.
Xiao Dengqu added food to her bowl. Shi Mingyue didn’t refuse her or put the bowl away. She just ate the other half of the food, while the half that Xiao Dengqu had touched remained untouched.
After breakfast, Shi Mingyue, as usual, went over yesterday’s test papers with her. Xiao Dengqu had missed one of the multiple-choice questions in biology. But that didn’t mean she didn’t know the answer. This was a problem with Shi Mingyue’s previous teaching. She was worried that Xiao Dengqu would lose points, so she specifically told her to give up on all-selecting if she was unsure about the multiple-choice questions. This time, after explaining the question, Shi Mingyue told her to be bold and choose.
Xiao Dengqu held her chin with the pen in her hand. She got it right. She looked at Shi Mingyue triumphantly. Shi Mingyue ignored her and, after finishing biology, went straight to math.
74 points wasn’t a passing grade, but given the difficulty, it was a good score. And she had lost points on topics that Shi Mingyue hadn’t even taught her yet.
After the lesson, Shi Mingyue started on her graduation project. Xiao Dengqu kept staring at her repeatedly. Shi Mingyue ignored her. Xiao Dengqu knelt on the soft mat and leaned down to look at her screen as she normally would. Shi Mingyue immediately closed her laptop, not letting her see.
Xiao Dengqu looked up, unhappy. Xiao Dengqu said, “Teacher, what are you doing?”
Regarding the shower that day, it wasn’t an impulse. After being with Xiao Dengqu for a long time, Shi Mingyue knew Xiao Dengqu’s character. The only way to get along with the young lady was to go along with her.
But, after they kissed, showered together, and touched, could she still be a straight woman?
Shi Mingyue frowned.
The straight women who share their experiences online are all so open and uninhibited. They can pinch and check each other’s bodies to see the shape and size.
Of course, all these things were shared with her by Xiao Dengqu. She had casually opened them to see what they were about: “Do you straight women shower together?”, “This is how straight women and straight women get along. It’s not fun if you don’t shower with her now”, “It’s really amazing to have a best friend like this. You eat and live together. When you’re in a bad mood, your best friend will even offer to massage you. We’re our own people”, “Hahahahaha, who can relate? My best friend taught me my perfect kissing skills, but unfortunately, I’ve been single since birth and have no use for them.”
Straight women who are in the same pool will help each other scrub their backs, which is even more extreme than what they did that day. Shi Mingyue also knew that best friends could indeed be like this, but she couldn’t accept Xiao Dengqu’s behavior. Xiao Dengqu gave her a bath and accidentally pinched “that place”…
The next few days were the same. They didn’t kiss or hug. Xiao Dengqu tried to kiss her, but Shi Mingyue would turn her face away. Sometimes, she would even give Xiao Dengqu a lot of homework with a cold face.
After all, Xiao Dengqu was a young lady. She had never been so wronged. She would look at Shi Mingyue with a gloomy expression.
Shi Mingyue had been accustomed to being cold since she was a child. Her heart hardened, and she pretended not to see her. When the time came, she would pack up her computer and go to the room next door.
Xiao Dengqu would bring her roses, but she wouldn’t accept them. She wouldn’t respond to anything Xiao Dengqu said, except when she asked her a question about her studies.
Throughout the day, Xiao Dengqu would open her mouth about biology and close it about math. After a while, even the steward felt that Xiao Dengqu had gone crazy. In the morning, she would look up at the position of the sun several times, and in the evening, she would check where the sun was setting.
The steward felt a deep sense of powerlessness from Xiao Dengqu for the first time. Xiao Dengqu looked at the steward with a deep, resentful look. While the steward felt a chill down her spine, she also couldn’t help but sigh, “Oh my, it turns out that little psychopaths and weirdos can’t stand silent treatment either.”
In the evening, Shi Mingyue went to the bathroom to shower. She stood under the showerhead and touched her body with her fingers. As expected of a high-end essential oil, her skin had become smooth and soft. No wonder there was a saying that described skin as “so delicate it could be broken by a mere touch.”
Before, one of her roommates had a well-off boyfriend. On her birthday, she received an essential oil that cost over a thousand yuan. After moisturizing her skin, the roommate let everyone touch her face, saying that her face was as soft as tofu curd.
At that time, that roommate’s boyfriend had chased her. The roommate had deliberately showed off and then deliberately left her out, not letting her touch it. Shi Mingyue’s fingers unconsciously rubbed her arm back and forth several times. She turned around and saw her own chest in the mirror.
Shi Mingyue’s face was hot. She quickly turned her back and hugged herself with her arms. Even after using shower gel several times, she could still feel that touch and smell that pleasant scent.
After she came out of the shower, there were two knocks on the door. Shi Mingyue didn’t open it. She waited for a voice from outside.
The steward asked, “Are you there, Teacher Shi?”
“I’m here.” Shi Mingyue composed herself and went to open the door.
Only the female steward was standing outside. She said, “It’s like this. You might have to go on a business trip soon.”
Xiao Dengqu had said that she wanted to go out and play later. Shi Mingyue had always thought that Xiao Dengqu was deliberately making up a reason to trick her into showering together.
The steward said, “Her grandmother is celebrating her 80th birthday. The location is by the sea, quite far from here. I will pay you a business trip allowance. Mr. Xiao is very satisfied with her test results this time. According to the reward, I will transfer 20,000 yuan to you.”
The amount was very high. Shi Mingyue was surprised and thanked her. But she didn’t immediately agree to the seaside trip and asked, “Can I think about it?”
“There’s a bonus,” the steward said.
“I’ll think about it again.”
The steward looked at her face. There was a faint dark circle under Shi Mingyue’s eyes. She hesitated and then changed her words, “I hope you won’t give the young lady the silent treatment. After all, the tutoring fee is not low. Of course, you don’t have to feel too much pressure. If you need anything, you can ask, and I will do my best to help you.”
“Okay.”
The steward didn’t stay long. Shi Mingyue looked towards the room next door. It was rare that Xiao Dengqu didn’t come over. Usually, when Xiao Dengqu heard a noise here, she would quickly run out to see… She wondered what she was doing.
Back in her room, Shi Mingyue opened the gift box. Inside was a laptop. There was a beautifully made, scented card underneath.
Shi Mingyue didn’t look at the card. She first plugged in the computer and went through the new machine setup, then downloaded her professional software and imported the design she had made the day before. The computer ran incredibly fast and smoothly, as if it had been rubbed with essential oil.
“Essential oil…”
Shi Mingyue frowned and continued to mess with the computer.
She used to have to search online for gifts from wealthy families, but now she accepted them calmly.
Her old machine took three minutes to boot up every time and would often crash when she tried to run her design software.
This brand cost over 10,000 yuan for a single unit. This one was a high-end model, and the price went straight up. Only the rich guys in their major could afford it.
The scent of the card was very familiar. Shi Mingyue turned her head to look. The green rose on the table had a small bud at first, and now only a few shaky petals were left.
Shi Mingyue put down her mouse and got up to go to the balcony.
The night was beautiful, with a bright moon and twinkling stars. The chirping of unknown insects and the summer breeze sounded. The lights in the courtyard were on, and several workers were entering and exiting the flower room. They were still working overtime.
“They’re really working hard.”
Shi Mingyue sighed softly.
For the past few nights, the Xiao family villa had been very busy. Every morning, the young lady would go to the flower room and clip a rose. In the evening, if she wasn’t satisfied with the rose, she would pull out that variety of rose and cut it to pieces. Because the teacher didn’t like it, it couldn’t be disliked; it had to be destroyed.
Late at night, the gardeners and workers would work overtime to transplant new roses, because the next day, the young lady would have to come and find a new rose.
The whole villa was thinking, “Reconcile, please reconcile.”
Ten minutes ago, Xiao Dengqu had sent a message to Shi Mingyue: “Teacher, let’s make up. I’m not mad at you anymore.”
It was true that continuing this cold war wasn’t good. Why would anyone spend tens of thousands of yuan to suffer? The steward had specifically come to her today, which was most likely not a reminder but a warning.
Shi Mingyue gripped her phone and replied: “Xiao Dengqu, if you keep this up, I’ll have to tell the steward.”
Xiao Dengqu seemed genuinely afraid and said: “No, no, no, don’t tell her.”
Shi Mingyue finally felt relieved. Xiao Dengqu sent a voice message. She sighed with a hint of melancholy, “If you tell her, she’ll be too excited to sleep. What if she ships us every day?”
“…”
Shi Mingyue just wanted to maintain a normal teacher-student relationship. Before ending the cold war, she had to find a way to maintain a balance.
Xiao Dengqu: “Teacher, you’re not talking again. You can’t be this cold to me. It’ll make me overthink. I’ll keep wondering why the teacher is like this and want to understand it. The more I think about it, the weirder I feel. What should I do? I feel like I’m about to become gay. Teacher, please teach me.”
The two rooms were close to each other. The light was on in Xiao Dengqu’s room. At first, she just glanced at it. Then, she frowned hard and looked carefully.
On the small balcony was something she was all too familiar with—her underwear. Water was still dripping from it, clearly freshly washed.
Shi Mingyue: “Don’t even think about it.”
She typed again, seriously: “Give me back my clothes.”
Xiao Dengqu replied to the first message first: “Okay, there’s no hope for me. From now on, I have to try my best to get used to being a lesbian.”
Then, about ten seconds later, she replied to the second message as well.
“It’s okay. I washed them very clean for the teacher. It’s my first time washing this kind of thing. I felt like they weren’t very clean, so I washed them many times. It’s so strange. But I promised my cousin that I would treat you well. Besides, you are my Teacher Mingyue, so I have to be good to you. I washed them again today, and my fingers are still wet. I used laundry detergent, by the way. ps: The first time I used soap”
Xiao Dengqu’s tone was very serious. She really didn’t understand this strange state, and the pampered young lady really didn’t know how to do laundry: “The teacher can check them. They are really, really clean and smell good. I feel like if the teacher keeps ignoring me, I’m really going to become a lesbian.”
“（＾＿＾）”
Shi Mingyue had a headache. Every time Xiao Dengqu said “smells good,” she would sniff first. Shi Mingyue typed: “Xiao Dengqu, you might not be a lesbian, but if you keep this up, you’re very likely to become a pervert!”