"That's enough..." Curled up at the head of the bed, Chu Lian's face looked as though it had been completely dyed by the crimson glow on the horizon.
Her eyes were watery, filled with lingering allure and desire. Looking at the two girls wearing delighted smiles, she wanted to scold them, yet could not bring herself to say anything harsh.
"Well, who told you to suddenly barge in? We've wanted to do this with you for a very, very long time. That's why we acted like this." More than ten minutes had passed since then, and only now had the girl finally broken free of their restraint—though that was obviously impossible, wasn't it?
The real reason was that Chu Lian had wanted to enjoy this feeling of seemingly being ravished while also being pleasured. After all, this was her first time doing something like this with them. She had worried that resisting would embarrass them, so she had pretended she could not break free.
Both sides understood the truth perfectly well, but no one said it aloud. It was as though the two of them truly had been at fault and had bullied Chu Lian.
Speaking of which, the girls' tolerance toward Chu Lian had practically reached its highest possible level. Not only did they dote on her, but whenever they saw her acting shamelessly, they were willing to play along.
This was the balance between giving and receiving. Chu Lian would brave fire and water for them, willing to face any danger no matter how great.
They were grateful for the way she cherished and protected them. As they spent time with her, that gratitude was gradually touched by her charm and transformed into affection.
Afterward, through their daily lives and interactions, they watched her every action and gradually came to like and admire her. By now, they had grown accustomed to indulging her, even when she occasionally went much too far.
"And you're still saying that." With her tearful expression and flushed cheeks, she looked terribly aggrieved. To stop Nana from continuing, she even threw a pillow at her.
"All right, all right, we won't say any more." Catching the pillow, the two girls exchanged smiles and stopped teasing her. Instead, they curiously asked why Chu Lian had come over. "Why did you come here?"
"I wanted to talk to you about Monday's performance, but then you two..." Chu Lian pouted. Although she had enjoyed herself greatly, that truly had been her original purpose.
"Oh, please forgive us." Lux still maintained her usual attitude that everything was her fault, leaving Chu Lian too embarrassed to keep acting spoiled.
"I have a method that can transfer my experience and proficiency in performing a particular song through a special form of contact. I originally didn't want to use it, but for Monday's performance, and to keep us from attracting too much attention afterward, I decided to do it."
That explanation was complete nonsense. It was enough that she knew the truth herself. It did not prevent her from using those words as an excuse when speaking to them.
They would not know the actual truth anyway, so it did not matter even if she made something up... probably.
"Huh? There's actually a method like that? Chu Lian, doesn't that mean anything you know can be taught to us in the future?" Hearing her explanation, Nana's first thought was about their future lives. Could the girl also use this method to teach them everything else she knew?
"How could it be that simple? It costs a great deal. After transferring all of this to you, I won't have much power left." Chu Lian felt helpless. She wanted to transfer more too, but unfortunately, she could not.
This time, she planned to include Inori and transfer these songs to her as well. Otherwise, she would have calculated the cost for six people rather than seven.
Although Inori could not go onstage and perform alongside them, she would still be watching from below. She should be able to understand Chu Lian's feelings.
However, that would leave Chu Lian with only enough points for an emergency.
"All right, so there are limits like that. Hah, there goes my wish." Ruriko Nana sighed somewhat regretfully, but there was no helping it. Everything demanded a corresponding price. Although that was not an absolute truth, it was true to some extent.
"Exactly. After transferring everything to you, Lux, Chu Chu, Xiu'er, Yanran, Ya, and Inori, who knows how long I'll need to accumulate enough before I can do this again?" As Chu Lian spoke, her heart ached visibly. The two girls could tell she truly was paying a heavy price.
"Hm? Should we give you some compensation?" Lux leaned close to Chu Lian's ear and whispered something that made her visibly tempted and eager to try, though she was also worried Nana might refuse.
"Nana, Chu Lian is worried you won't agree." Leaning against her shoulder, Lux repeated what she had just whispered.
After hearing it, Ruriko Nana became thoroughly excited. Her gaze traveled from the collarbone of Chu Lian, who was hugging the blanket around herself, down to the exposed length of her fair calf, then to her delicate feet and pearl-like toes. Licking her lips, she said, "I'm looking forward to it..."
"I..." Chu Lian suddenly realized that agreeing just now might not have been a good thing. At this rate, when would she ever finish what she had come here to do?
Unfortunately, before she could resist, both girls had already caught her feet. Then they opened their mouths and took them between their lips...
"Mmhn..." Chu Lian bit her finger. That strange sensation made her want to escape their teasing tongues.
Yet the longing in her heart kept her from pulling away. Instead, she began enjoying it more and more, allowing herself to sink into the sensation.
Caught between wanting and not wanting, escaping and not escaping, she finally could no longer endure it. She threw back her head, forcefully suppressed the sensation that had nearly overwhelmed her, then panted as she looked at the two astonished girls.
"Hmph. Don't think I'll lose control like you two. I'm Chu Lian. You think something at this level can..." She had barely finished speaking when both girls leaned forward together and moved closer.
A sense of foreboding rose in her heart. Perhaps she should not have provoked them.
"Ahem, I misspoke. Please spare me." A true hero knew when to yield. As a little girl, why would she care about something like pride?
Besides, this was in front of girls. To avoid being thoroughly toyed with by the two of them, begging for mercy was far more satisfying.
"Hm?" After exchanging a glance, the two of them did stop. However, they turned toward each other, reached out, interlocked their fingers, brought their faces close, and kissed.
The wet sounds of their entwined lips and tongues made Chu Lian bite her finger. She wanted to join them, but... forget it. If she went over there, she would definitely be bullied again.
Damn it. Just you wait. The next time I catch one of you alone, I'll make you repay me tenfold. You're going too far.
As though deliberately trying to provoke Chu Lian, the two kissed for a while before separating, leaving a glistening strand stretching between them.
Then they kissed again, as though they could not get enough.
After repeating this several times, they finally stopped. Instead, after separating, they kissed each other's slender necks and collarbones before bringing their lips together once more.
"That's enough!" How could she possibly endure this? Chu Lian certainly could not. She leaned forward, intending to pull the two girls apart.
Yet as though they had plannead it beforehand, both of them turned their heads and kissed her at the same time, bringing all three mouths together.
Chu Lian's eyes widened. Seeing the laughter in their eyes, she realized she had fallen into their trap.
But she did not avoid them or retreat. Instead, she extended her tongue and tangled it with theirs, sucking and teasing one another...
"Knowledge transfer, begin." However, Chu Lian had not forgotten what she was supposed to do. Amid the intertwining of lips and tongues, she immediately activated the method Shiroha had taught her, transferring all the singing and instrumental techniques for the four songs to the two girls.
White roses bloomed and wrapped around the three of them. The girls' entanglement did not interfere with the transfer of knowledge.
The knowledge was copied directly from Chu Lian's mind and pasted into the memories of the two girls.
Whatever she knew, they now knew as well. The sensation was extraordinarily strange to them, as though they had embarked on a miraculous journey.
"Mmhn~" Only after a long while did the three gradually separate. Seeing the flush on each other's faces and the glistening moisture at the corners of their lips, they suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.
"Although I imagined it before, I never expected something like this to happen between us so soon..." Chu Lian's feelings toward the two girls were complicated. They were friends and close confidantes, and she also felt a faint affection for them.
However, that affection was nowhere near as deep as what she felt for Li Xiu'er, Liu Yanran, and Cai Ya. It was only the faintest trace. She had imagined that this kind of relationship might happen one day, but she had never forced it.
Who would have thought that a series of coincidences would suddenly cause her relationship with both girls to surpass friendship? She could not help feeling emotional, as though everything had happened far too quickly.
"We imagined it too. We wondered when you would suddenly realize that the two of us were actually waiting for you. We never expected you to suddenly open a door, as though God himself had given us permission to walk together." Lux Lyle sighed emotionally. Fate truly was wondrous, wasn't it?
"That's right. Nana thought you would probably reject us, but Chu Lian, you..." Nana's gaze roamed over her naked body, clearly revealing her desire to do it again.
"No, no, no. It's just... once my feelings take control of me, I have a very difficult time refusing." Chu Lian was telling the truth. She had always allowed her emotions to guide her, which was precisely why she ended up like this.
"Oh, so that's how it is. We understand now." Hearing Chu Lian's words, Ruriko Nana and Lux Lyle both nodded in realization. So that was the reason. No wonder.
So once she starts feeling something, the strength of her resistance gradually weakens. In the future... Neither girl said those words aloud. They simply buried them in their hearts and waited for another chance to "attack" Chu Lian.
"All right, even if none of this had happened, I still needed intimate contact with you." Chu Lian waved her hand and brushed the subject aside, returning to the reason she had come here.
"Could it be that it only works through kissing?" How could the two girls have failed to notice the phenomenon that had occurred just now? After hearing her words, Lux immediately confirmed the answer.
"Yes. Kissing opens a bridge between our minds, allowing the knowledge to be transferred. Although it consumes a lot, at least I got some compensation." When it came to making things up on the spot, no one here could compare to Chu Lian.
"All right, we understand. You still have to do this with the others later, don't you?" Nana covered her mouth and laughed as she spoke.
She knew the other girls might be relatively easy to handle, but Cai Ya's difficulty level was unquestionably extremely high. If Chu Lian walked up to her and said, "Come on, let's kiss," there was every chance Cai Ya would throw her out of the room in the very next second. How could she possibly do anything else?
"Cai Ya won't be easy. She's extremely tsundere, and you've provoked her recently. She definitely won't let you succeed so easily." Lux did not laugh. Instead, she seriously discussed the matter with Chu Lian.
"Exactly. Ya is the one I'm most worried about. Sometimes she's far too unreasonable. She clearly wants it so badly, yet she always rejects me. Honestly..." Chu Lian regretted not remembering to transfer the knowledge to Cai Ya at noon. Otherwise, things would not be so troublesome now.
"Then we'll tell you a method. It's especially effective against tsunderes." Lux Lyle and Ruriko Nana exchanged a glance, then looked at Chu Lian and leaned closer to give her advice.
"Are you sure there won't be any problems if I do that?" Chu Lian was tempted by their suggestion, but she was even more worried that acting that way might cause the girl to despise her.
"Her heart is already on your side, so there won't be any problem if you treat her that way. Unless she's truly angry or genuinely hates you, nothing will happen." Lux Lyle had also been born into a great family, so naturally, she understood how to deal with a proud girl like Cai Ya.
In fact, had Lux not experienced a major setback a few years earlier, her pride would now have been even greater than Cai Ya's. Unlike Cai Ya's inward arrogance, however, Lux would have displayed hers openly.
"All right. I only hope she'll forgive me. In the future, I should think more about how to make her happy instead of making her feel that I don't care about her." Supporting her chin with one hand, Chu Lian thought for a while. It seemed this truly was the only method, so she made up her mind to follow their advice.
"Mm, go ahead. Don't stay up too late. We still have training tomorrow. The two of us will familiarize ourselves with everything first. Leave the sheet music and lyrics to us." As Lux spoke, she picked Chu Lian's underwear and nightgown up from the floor and handed them to her.
The girl hesitated briefly, but eventually accepted them and began dressing in front of the two girls.
They had already stripped her completely and seen every part of her body, so there was no need to keep feeling embarrassed. Still, she absolutely could not come over the next time the two of them were being intimate. It would be the death of her.
Climbing out of bed, Chu Lian waved goodbye to the two girls, opened the door, and left. The first person she intended to conquer was Cai Ya.
Tiptoeing to Cai Ya's door, Chu Lian first patted her chest and exhaled. She used her spiritual awareness to examine the door, and after discovering it was not locked from the inside, she reached out and gently turned the handle.
"Who is it?" The girl sitting before the vanity heard the door and instinctively turned around to ask.
Yet a figure immediately rushed over, wrapped her in an embrace, and kissed her fiercely.
Her eyes widened as she stared at Chu Lian. She struck Chu Lian's back with both hands, trying to make her let go.
Unfortunately, Chu Lian had already resolved to force the issue, so she ignored her completely. Instead, she parted Cai Ya's soft lips and white teeth and slipped her tongue inside.
Their tongues tangled together. The sensation gradually left Cai Ya's eyes hazy, and the strength with which she struck Chu Lian grew weaker and weaker.
In the end, the girl shyly closed her eyes and began to enjoy it...