V2: Chapter 146: A Day of Green Tea Acts
Liang Lin: "..."
Tch, who's she trying to fool with this act? Who would like that?
Liang Lin, well, she's totally into it.
"What I say goes, just listen," Liang Lin said, still with her fierce attitude. "Don't act like I'm bullying you. You cried while you were talking. I didn't say anything too harsh this time, so don't blame me after you're done crying."
Liang Di pressed her soft, chubby cheeks against Liang Lin's arm.
"How could I blame you, Sister Liang Lin? I'm happy you want to take care of me, how could I blame you?"
A blush crept onto Liang Di's cheeks.
"If you want to take care of me in the future, you can do whatever you want with me~ I won't mind how you manage me, I'll do whatever you ask~"
Ah.
The way she said it gave off a feeling of inducing someone to commit a crime.
"Okay, I understand."
Liang Lin was still angry about Liang Di playing tricks on her, forcefully pulling her arm away from the other's embrace. "You keep thinking of countermeasures, I'm going to play with Carol."
After saying that, she tried to leave.
But Liang Di followed her out of the room.
"Why are you following me?"
Liang Lin couldn't hold back anymore, turning around and glaring fiercely at the tentacle girl. "I already said I'm going back to my room, don't you have your own things to do? Instead of following me every day."
Exactly, she was like a shadow, like a little tail, a real leech, impossible to shake off.
Liang Di still had that innocent expression.
“I promised Carol I’d spend one day a week with her, and this week is the weekend, and I haven’t spent any time with her yet,” Liang Di said seriously, straightening her back, her eyes as determined as a knight about to join an order of knights. “We teach children to be trustworthy from a young age, so we must set an example for them, be role models, and not break our own promises. Otherwise, their character won’t improve.”
Liang Lin stood there stunned for two seconds.
Wow, there really isn’t a way to refute that. This reason isn’t exactly outrageous, but it also had a strange, inexplicable quality.
“Fine then, since you’re going to spend time with her, I can go practice my swordplay in the back garden.” Liang Lin thought about it and was happy to have some peace and quiet, so she decided to leave Carol with Liang Di for half a day.
But, as everyone knows, Liang Di’s intentions weren’t what they seemed. How could she let Liang Lin leave so easily?
Just as Liang Lin was about to go downstairs, Liang Di called out to her. “Sister Liang Lin!”
“Hmm?” Liang Lin turned back, a hint of impatience in her voice.
“It seems like it’s been a long time since the two of us spent time with Carol.”
That was true.
“I think Carol really wants the two of us to be with her. You know, what children need most is companionship.”
After saying this, before Liang Lin could react, Liang Di continued, “You know, Sister, what I lacked most growing up was this, and I really hope my child won’t lack it.”
How to put it? Part of this statement was genuine, and part was an act. Liang Di was the kind of person who would use her own suffering as a reason to elicit sympathy, even if bringing it up would reopen her raw wounds. But she was someone who wouldn’t give up until she achieved her goal, willing to sacrifice herself even at the cost of her own life.
Moreover, a large part of this statement was true; she genuinely didn’t want Carol to lack love and companionship.
"Children who don't understand love will become monsters."
This was a heartfelt truth, something Liang Di had always believed. She felt that although she was a born monster, her personality was entirely influenced by her environment; it was those disgusting people in the Magic Tower who forced her to become who she was.
Liang Di felt that her resilience was actually quite strong. Even after being treated like that, she still hadn't entertained the thought of destroying the entire world. If it were someone else, they probably would have either become a psychopathic killer or already hanged themselves.
Liang Lin was stunned again upon hearing this, this time the stunned look was obvious, and her body trembled slightly.
Since the other person had said that, Liang Lin hesitated, ultimately unable to bring herself to say anything.
Sigh, her life of a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
Inside the room.
“Carol really likes my tentacles.”
Carol sat in Liang Di’s lap, giggling as she grabbed her mother’s tentacles, swinging them around in the air, occasionally tying a knot before untying it. Carol was at a very mischievous age, and even Lianglin, as her mother, didn’t really want to see her; just looking at her gave her a headache.
Seeing Carol fiddling with Liang Di’s tentacles, Liang Lin suddenly thought of a question.
“Hey, about that,” she nudged Liang Di’s shoulder with her elbow, “Do you think Carol will grow up to be like you?”
Liang Di searched for a moment, then shook her head.
“Basically, it takes a generation to produce a Tentacle mutant. In our family history, there haven’t been many cases of two generations being Tentacle mutants. Of course, we can’t say for sure; there have been a few, but the chances are very low, maybe three percent.”
Liang Lin, however, thought three percent was quite a lot.
To be honest, Liang Lin didn't really want her child to be a monster; she actually hoped her child would have the talent of a magician.
"That... that's good."
Liang Lin kept her sharp tongue to herself.
Sometimes, she was quite tactful, knowing which words would be particularly hurtful, and she would never say anything she could think of. It wasn't like ordinary swearing; it directly hit someone's weak spot, poked at their darkest shadow. Liang Lin didn't like being hit like that, and she didn't think others would like it either.
Well, Liang Lin felt she preferred swearing and making up insults.
"Sister Liang Lin doesn't want Carol to be a little tentacle?"
Liang Di seemed to have guessed Liang Lin's thoughts.
Suddenly having her thoughts guessed, Liang Lin immediately gave an awkward smile, "No, it's not that, it's still my own child, but, but..."
Liang Di interrupted her.
“Sister Liang Lin, don’t panic, and don’t explain to me.”
Liang Di dropped her playful expression and said seriously to her sister, “I also really don’t want Carol to be a monster, a monster like me, hmm.”
These words sounded somewhat sarcastic, yet Liang Di’s expression was very solemn.
Liang Lin couldn’t tell whether the other woman was truly angry or not.
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