After her shower, Ning Chu stepped out of the bathroom in her pajamas.
She peeked into the living room and saw her boyfriend and her brother chatting on the couch. Seeing them getting along okay made her quietly breathe a sigh of relief.
“Black Bean! It’s your turn to shower!” she called.
“Coming!”
Black Bean darted past like a little whirlwind.
This cat girl used to be terrified of water—just bathing her once was enough to nearly kill Ning Chu. When she had first turned into a cat girl, every bath was a nightmare.
But somehow, under their mom’s stern training, Black Bean had gradually overcome her fear. Now, just a single call was enough to send her trotting off obediently.
Well… Mom is scarier, after all.
After watching Black Bean rush into the bedroom to grab her pajamas, Ning Chu walked over to the couch, casually observing the two guys again.
While she was showering, they must’ve chatted a bit. Judging by the atmosphere now, they were getting along decently.At the very least, her brother didn’t seem to be glaring daggers at Wen Yang.
“How are your grades? You haven’t been slacking off and just playing around at college, right?” Ning Yuan asked, cracking sunflower seeds as he spoke.
The mention of grades made Ning Chu feel a little guilty.
She had basically spent the entire semester goofing off—until the last two months, when Wen Yang crammed with her nonstop and saved her from flunking half her classes.
“They’re okay, I guess…” she muttered, perching on the arm of the couch. “Whatever I didn’t understand, Wen Yang taught me. He’s a total study god.”
“Oh?”
Ning Yuan glanced over at Wen Yang, now a little more impressed with his future brother-in-law.
Handsome, kind, responsible, good with people and good at studying... His sister actually had good taste. Not like some of those girls who go crazy over unreliable punks.
Wen Yang smiled shyly. He was still clearly uncomfortable in her family home—always trying to stay quiet, volunteering for chores, doing his best to come across as dependable and serious.
“I’ll head back to my room now—I’ve got stuff to do,” Ning Chu said.
Since it seemed like her brother didn’t object to Wen Yang, she gave her boyfriend an encouraging little glance before darting off to her room.
She hadn’t updated her novel today.
She hadn't even written a single word...
Ning Yuan looked down at the thin futon on the floor and twitched his mouth in frustration.
With no adult man at home, he had always been the number-two figure in the family after their mom. When they were younger, even if Ning Chu had dared to whine and act up in front of their mother, she’d never mess around in front of him.
Because he would actually hit her if she crossed the line.
But now? Things were different.
Ning Chu had become a girl and instantly turned into their mother’s precious princess. She didn’t have to say it—he could feel how much more attention she got.
Then out of nowhere, they ended up with a cat girl in the family too. A quirky, mischievous little sister.
She was younger, sure, but somehow ranked above him in the family pecking order.
Now he didn’t even have a proper bed to sleep on. Just a sad little futon on the floor.
Ning Yuan glanced over at Wen Yang next to him and suddenly felt a kind of silent camaraderie.
“…Hey, how about we go find a hotel or something?” He stretched, sighing. “The apartment’s too small. It’s not that I want to make you sleep on the floor—it’s just that even I have to.”
“A hotel? That’s probably not necessary, right?”
“Only if you’re okay with it.” As they got more comfortable with each other, Ning Yuan’s natural talkative side started to show. “So how’s my sister doing at school? Is she really doing okay academically? I feel like with her personality, she’d totally let loose in college.”
“Was it hard for her to adjust after becoming a girl? Has she made any new friends? And how’d you two even meet? Things seem to have moved fast between you. Also, what does my mom think of you?”
A barrage of questions came pouring out of Ning Yuan’s mouth, leaving Wen Yang momentarily overwhelmed—he didn’t even know where to begin.
So he simply answered them one by one.
But when he got to the last question, he hesitated slightly, and his voice softened with guilt:
“Auntie… isn’t too fond of me. She thinks my family’s a little too poor.”
Ning Yuan raised a brow. “Poor’s fine. Not like we’re rolling in money either. How poor are we talkin’, though?”
Wen Yang gave a helpless smile. “Well, not quite living in a shack… but close enough. Basically dead broke. Even my college tuition was covered by school grants and donations from some uncles and relatives.”
“…”
Ning Yuan fell silent.
That’s not "a little poor"—that’s practically qualifying for government aid.
After a moment, he offered some awkward encouragement:
“It’s okay. At least you made it to college. Just work hard from now on.”
Wen Yang could only smile bitterly and nod.
Thankfully, Ning Yuan didn’t seem to mind too much.
In the bedroom, Ning Chu had only managed to write a few hundred words before their mother strolled into the room.
Startled, she quickly tabbed away from her writing software and switched to a webpage before turning her head.
“Mom? What’s up?”
“Are you busy?”
“Not really. Just watching a video.”
Her mom sat on the edge of the bed and glanced at the anime playing on screen, then made a face:
“Still watching cartoons at your age?”
“Uh…”
Ning Chu had no idea how to respond.
Did her mom even know what kind of "cartoon" this was? The screen was practically glowing with censored light and priests in skimpy robes. Definitely not for kids.
“So... how are things between you and Wen Yang lately?”
“Pretty good.”
“You’ve been remembering to be safe, right?”
Ning Chu froze.
Her mind flashed to the box of condoms her mom had left in her nightstand drawer.
Even though they were already the biggest size, it was… obvious that they didn’t fit Wen Yang manhood.
She let out a small sigh. “Mom, we haven’t even done it yet…”
“!!!”
Her mother looked completely stunned.
Her daughter was a succubus. She had a boyfriend. Months had gone by… and still nothing?
A complicated look crossed her face. She glanced toward the door with suspicion.
“…Is he the one with the problem?”
There’s no way her daughter would have an issue—it had to be Wen Yang.
Ning Chu’s entire face turned red. She lowered her head and mumbled, “No, Mom… It’s just that a few months ago, I was still a guy...”
“It’s still really hard for me to accept it myself.”
“And besides—what’s wrong with a little self-control?”
Sure, with her current succubus nature, if Wen Yang really did want something and pushed hard enough, she might only resist weakly before caving—saying “no” while her body said “yes”...
But in truth, she was trying to be responsible.
Her mother nodded approvingly. “Well, that makes sense. You’ve only recently found out you’re a succubus, and you’ve barely even finished developing.”
Of course, she hoped her daughter would value herself—but the nature of a succubus made that kind of self-discipline almost ironic.
Still, feeling a bit nosy, she asked:
“So... how do you deal with it, then?”
Ning Chu nearly buried her head in her chest, ears burning bright red. She muttered under her breath:
“I just… handle it myself...”
Sometimes Wen Yang helped. Sometimes she used toys.
There were plenty of ways.
She got really needy sometimes, sure—but she could usually hold it in.
“Oh~”
Ning Chu couldn’t hold back any longer and fired back: “What about you, then?”
“You little brat, you wanna get smacked?!”
Her mom raised a fist in mock outrage.
Ning Chu flinched. “Okay okay! I take it back! I’m working now! Go to bed, Mom!”
So unfair. Mom gets to ask anything, but I can’t even ask one question?
What a tyrant.
Still, it wasn’t hard to guess the answer anyway…
“Big sis! I’m done with my shower!”
Black Bean ran into the room, full of energy. “Mom! I’m going to bed now! I’ve got class tomorrow morning!”
“Alright, I’ll turn off the lights for you two.”
Their mom stepped out, turning off the room lights and closing the door behind her.
Black Bean climbed into bed obediently, pulled the blanket over herself, and stretched out, getting ready to sleep.
But Ning Chu wasn’t done yet.
“Black Bean, I want to ask you something.”
“Hm? What is it?”
“Do you ever see a middle-aged man come over to the house often?”
“Middle-aged man? Oh—you mean Dad, right?”
Black Bean thought for a moment. “He comes over twice a week, I think?”
Ning Chu's eyes lit up.
Oh~
So that is how she did it~
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