【+999】X015

Though it was still spring, as mentioned earlier, the sunlight today was just right.

The temperature had nothing to do with the word "cold."

But as the saying goes, "See through but don’t expose."

Su Qi, however, pretended not to notice.

He even took a few steps forward, moving closer to the bed.

Playing the role of a parent who "doesn’t understand human speech," he said, "The temperature is quite comfortable today. How could you be cold?"

Liu Yuan, seeing that Su Qi was utterly unyielding, simply burrowed entirely under the blankets.

A muffled voice came from beneath the covers, faintly tinged with a sob: "Brother! Get out first~"

"I need to change clothes."

"How can I change if you’re in the room?"

Su Qi continued his "relentless" approach: "The food’s really going to get cold."

"I’m not eating!" Liu Yuan’s voice grew even more flustered, and her body beneath the blankets seemed to curl up tighter. "I’m not eating! Not eating! I won’t eat at all today!"

Su Qi feigned ignorance: "That’s not right, Yuan. Stop hiding under there. Let me see—why was your face so red earlier? Do you have a fever?"

He reached out, making as if to pull the blanket down slightly.

Though separated by the covers, Liu Yuan could clearly sense Su Qi’s movement.

It was enough to make the girl beneath them bristle.

Liu Yuan’s small head emerged from the blankets again.

Proving that people can do anything when pushed to their limits, she blurted out: "No! I forgot to dry off after my shower, and the water evaporated and absorbed heat, so now I feel cold!"

Her face was flushed crimson, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears, brimming with embarrassment and indignation: "Brother, hurry up and get out! You can’t just barge into a girl’s room!"

During her time hiding under the blankets, she had already undone the straps on her arms.

Now she could extend her hand to push Su Qi away.

The force was weak, soft—more like a coy, half-hearted resistance.

Su Qi seized the opportunity to catch his sister’s wrist as she swung it toward him.

It was burning.

An alarming heat.

Su Qi felt as though he were holding a small furnace.

Having her wrist grabbed only made Liu Yuan panic more: "Let go! Brother!"

Her voice trembled, carrying an odd, trailing note.

Su Qi didn’t release her. Instead, he tightened his grip slightly, pulling her closer.

He could clearly feel the rapid pulse at her wrist, along with the unnatural warmth of her skin.

"Are you really not feverish?" He leaned in closer. "But your body’s so hot."

"I—I’m not…" Liu Yuan stammered, her mind blank.

The shame of being on the verge of discovery surged over her in waves, threatening to drown her.

The thought of her brother catching her trying on the strange outfit he’d hidden away…

Just imagining it made her toes curl, an indescribable feeling rising in her chest.

"Whether I’m sick or not, it’s still wrong for you to come into my room!" Liu Yuan tried to regain some semblance of reason, but her voice grew weaker, softer, more honeyed.

Su Qi could even feel the blood vessels beneath her skin pulsing wildly where he held her wrist.

Liu Yuan’s breath hitched.

She felt her body growing increasingly strange.

A peculiar sensation rapidly spread through her limbs.

Where Su Qi’s hand touched her wrist, the contact burned like fire, the heat traveling up her arm and searing into her chest.

Her vision blurred. A buzzing filled her ears, drowning out everything but the frantic rhythm of her own heartbeat.

"I… I…" Liu Yuan’s lips parted, but no coherent sound emerged.

Her fingers reflexively tightened around Su Qi’s hand, gripping him with desperate strength—like a drowning person clinging to their last lifeline.

"Brother…"

Her voice was barely a whisper, broken by a fragile whimper.

Not resistance. More like… a plea.

[Pleasure +999]

[Pleasure +999]

[Pleasure +999]

…

A rapid series of [Pleasure] notifications flashed, updating nearly every second.

The cascade lasted a full fifteen seconds before finally stopping.

Su Qi froze.

This feedback from the [Pleasure] points… was it a bit excessive?

His original intention had just been to tease his sister, poke holes in her flimsy excuses, and enjoy the sight of her flustered, adorable reactions.

At most… at most, he’d wanted to see how she looked wearing that cosplay outfit.

But this situation had spiraled far beyond his expectations.

This wasn’t just ordinary shyness or embarrassment anymore.

Liu Yuan seemed to have lost all strength, collapsing limply onto the bed, only the rapid rise and fall of the blankets betraying her labored breathing.

Tears—purely physiological—welled at the corners of her eyes, slipping down her cheeks.

Her gaze was unfocused, her mind clearly still adrift.

Su Qi: "…"

He studied his sister, now in full system failure mode.

Well…

This might have been a mistake.