All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

Perhaps, it will follow the established path.

Until that day comes.

Because it was a long-awaited holiday, Xiaomeng slept very soundly.

She heard Cream calling her in her dream, but sleepiness overwhelmed her, and she murmured incoherently in her dream.

"Creamy... I'll give you more rice later, sweetie~"

After waking up, she immediately went to feed Cream. Cream was very well-behaved and wagged its tail happily when it saw its owner. Xiao Meng stroked its fluffy little head and showed a very healing smile.

Upon seeing this, the younger brother complained with dissatisfaction.

"This dog is so noisy this morning, I'll just get rid of it someday!"

"You, you dare!" Xiaomeng was immediately anxious upon hearing this. This was the first time she had ever lost her temper with her younger brother. In the past, she had always been submissive and accepted her parents' arrangements. Even a portion of her salary was often used to buy stationery and pay tuition fees for her brother.

Xiaomeng's younger brother seemed surprised that his sister dared to be fierce to him, and stood there stunned for a long time.

For Xiaomeng, her younger brother's reaction was both novel and delightful.

She believes this is the beginning of her transformation. With the companionship and help of Sister Shixue and the presence of Cream by her side, she has become brave and is no longer the weak person she used to be.

After breakfast, Xiaomeng went to work part-time at the Sweet Maid Cafe as usual.

Every girl likes cute things, and she was no exception. Moreover, compared to other part-time jobs, being a maid was not as tiring.

But when she arrived at the store, she couldn't find Sister Shixue anywhere.

Isn't Sister Shixue coming today...? She thought to herself, but clearly...

After that, she became distracted at work, constantly thinking about this matter.

Store manager Han Ying walked past, seemingly making a phone call.

After hanging up the phone, she muttered a regretful remark to herself.

"Oh, it's a real shame that Shixue resigned."

That moment was like a bolt from the blue for Xiaomeng.

She became distraught, and after a struggle to rouse herself, she overheard the maids talking about Sister Shixue.

Call her aloof or self-centered, but these cliques always talk badly about her behind her back, while she's kind and friendly in front of others.

This time, however, they weren't saying anything bad about Sister Shixue; instead, they all looked quite envious.

"I heard that Shixue was ordered by her master not to come to work anymore."

"Wow? That's such a possessive thing! I love it~"

"I heard he's a handsome guy, and as you all know, Shi Xue loves her master so much that she works to support him in his schooling."

"Now that her owner has graduated, he directly told her, 'I'll take care of you from now on.' I'm so envious."

"Really?"

"That's still false."

"..."

Is Shixue's...master?

Xiaomeng felt a mix of emotions upon hearing these words.

She knew that he was a very good person. Sister Shixue had told her that whenever she talked about her master, Sister Shixue's eyes seemed to sparkle like a sky full of stars.

At that time, Xiaomeng was so envious, wishing that at least one of those stars belonged to her and shone for her.

Perhaps to Sister Shixue, I am just a colleague who needs to be taken care of and is dispensable.

But Sister Shixue was her only close friend, and Xiaomeng felt terrible.

It's like forgetting your umbrella in a downpour, stepping into a muddy puddle, getting covered in dirty water, feeling indescribably cold and miserable...

She spent her workday in a daze, and when she got home in the evening, she called out Cream's name.

But not a single playful puppy came out to greet him.

She suddenly remembered what her brother had said that morning: "We'll throw away the cream sooner or later." She immediately rushed into the house without even changing her shoes to look for the cream.

But it was nowhere to be found; the doghouse was empty.

The house was so small, and Xiaomeng searched everywhere, tears streaming down her face.

When her parents came home that evening, they told her that their dog had bitten people, so they had given it away and that she should never bring a dog back again, as if it were a trivial matter.

The younger brother ate his meal silently, offering no comment.

"Cream won't bite!"

That was the first time Xiaomeng had yelled at her parents, but it sounded like she was crying.

She stopped eating, hid in her room, and sobbed. Outside her door, she could hear her parents complaining, saying they'd raised an ungrateful wretch, and that it was all for a dog…

Xiaomeng gritted her teeth, her chest feeling like it was about to burst. Several times she almost felt like she was about to pass out and couldn't breathe.

Within a single day, the two bonds that held her fragile heart snapped simultaneously.

Her sister Shixue, her cream...

She no longer knew how to go on living; perhaps death would be a relief...

That day, she had two new scars on her wrists, one shallow and one deep. No one knew the order in which she cut her wrists or what kind of internal struggle she went through.

From the second day onward, she stopped going home and used the little money she had saved to rent a very small house outside. She only took her necessities, her cream-colored doghouse, and her dog's toys.

She began a life of working part-time every day and searching for cream everywhere after get off work, perhaps her parents had taken the cream to a faraway place and then abandoned it...

Otherwise, if it were still nearby, it would have a reason to go home...

Although this conclusion makes the possibility of recovering the cream even more remote.

But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Xiaomeng doesn't want to give up.

She wanted to find cream again, to return to those ordinary days that were truly getting better little by little.

She wanted to find the everyday moments that made her happy, instead of the days she spent crying and getting new scars every day.

Perhaps she has a masochistic tendency. It's clear that thanks to Sister Shixue and Cream's healing, she gradually emerged from that psychological illness.

Now that she's being asked to go back, how could Xiaomeng possibly be willing to accept it?

It was the day the maid cafe was going to set up its booth at the comic convention. She put on light makeup in her rented room to cover up her haggard appearance over the past few days, but her body was already weak and her face was even paler, so it was all in vain.

No one likes a sickly maid, but she was hoping to attract more customers and earn some bonuses. She wanted to go to a more distant place to find cream on the weekend, but the travel expenses and food costs were a considerable expense.

She never expected to reunite with Sister Shixue at the comic convention.

She was very happy, really happy!

But what followed was a huge, dangerous feeling.

She knew that Sister Shixue would not stay by her side, nor would she come to the maid shop again. She was only back now as a former colleague to visit the shop manager and the other sisters, and she was just an ordinary member among them.

I am not any special person like Sister Shixue.

Only him...

He is the one.

The man that Sister Shixue couldn't help but smile when she mentioned.

She was so jealous and insecure; she couldn't quite describe her feelings.

She wouldn't fall in love with Sister Shixue, but Sister Shixue was one of the few bright spots in her bleak life.

Taking away that light will not return that area to darkness, but will instead create an even more terrifying void that can never be filled.

To be a moth drawn to a flame until death is perhaps the best possible outcome.

Because they finally filled the void created by their own lives, a void born from the longing for light and warmth.

Xiao Meng's name is Die Meng, Cheng Die Meng.

But she longed to be an ugly moth.

?069 You continue

"Answer...my question."

She was threatening him; the fruit knife pressed against Jiang Tang's back was the best proof of that.

But Jiang Tang only heard the vulnerability in her tone.

This is really something, Shixue, what kind of girls have you attracted...?

Her question was, "Why did you make Shiyuki leave the maid shop?"

"Needless to say," Jiang Tang answered honestly.

"Because it was not an easy job for her; in fact, you could say that Shi Xue hated being a maid in a maid shop."

"Although I shouldn't say these things myself, because it seems a bit narcissistic."

"But the truth is, Shi Xue only wants to be my maid, so what's wrong with me letting her leave a job she hates?"

"but……"

The girl wanted to argue back, but she was really standing on the side that "if she had even a little bit of a reason, she wouldn't be completely without reason."

"Put it away, and I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, if you call the police..."

Jiang Tang's lips twitched; it seemed like calling the police wouldn't work.

Even if the girl held a knife to his neck, as long as it was in a closed room without surveillance evidence, the girl could easily accuse Jiang Tang of "violence first and self-defense," leaving Jiang Tang with no recourse.

So he had to try a different approach to persuade the girl.

"Xiaomeng, maybe you hate it when I call you that, but what I want to say is... if Shixue knew what you're doing right now, what would she think?"

Jiang Tang could clearly feel the fruit knife pressed against his back. The blade was pushed in much harder. If Jiang Tang hadn't tensed his muscles, pulled in his stomach, and straightened his chest, he might have actually been pierced through his skin.

The girl was nervous and putting on a brave face because Jiang Tang had said something she instinctively resisted thinking about.

That is the consequence of doing all this.