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After a few drinks at the banquet, she became somewhat out of control, immersed in her longing for her missing eldest disciple and her sorrow for the youngest disciple in her arms who was about to follow in his footsteps.
Fortunately, this mature and beautiful woman is strong enough to forcibly switch between being a social media star and a "Xianglin's Wife" type of person...
At that moment, the sudden "support" from her full breasts allowed her to briefly escape her sadness.
"Little Pu?"
She blinked away the tears blurring her vision, only then realizing, belatedly, that the only thing she had left—the "human-shaped pillow" she was still instinctively clutching to her chest—was about to be taken away by the "Chosen One of Pleasure" sitting at the head of the table!
The overwhelming panic was like ice water poured over her head, sending a shiver down her spine and almost making her lose her mind.
"Please calm down! Children speak without thinking. If he has offended you, I, as his teacher, will immediately apologize on behalf of my unruly disciple..."
Chun-Li's voice changed slightly due to her urgency. She was already kneeling on the Japanese tatami mat, and she immediately turned her whole body towards the catgirl Liv on the main seat in a flustered manner. Her hurried movements caused Lip, who was being pressed down by Liv, to be pulled away.
A teacher for a day is a mother for life. For her two young apprentices, she is now willing to do anything...
Chun-Li's pleading and humble posture startled Liv, who jumped up from her seat as if she had been burned.
I almost made my master, who's been like a mother to me since childhood, kneel down before me!
The little cat girl was now truly regretting hosting the banquet...
First her own mother offered her a toast, now she's kneeling down, and that damned junior brother even egged her on to kowtow to her...
She's so embarrassed she could dig her toes out of a three-bedroom apartment!
An unnamed rage suddenly surged up Liv's head. Her beautiful cat-like eyes instantly locked onto the source of the problem beneath Chun-Li, who was still completely oblivious—it was all this little rascal's fault!
He's getting more and more unruly!
Although I was naughty when we met last time, I was definitely not this annoying or good at stirring up trouble!
Master! It must be you!
You must have been spoiling your junior brother who just started out these days!
You've spoiled this child rotten! You've indulged him far too much!!!
But as soon as this thought arose, another idea popped the bubble like a needle—Master's unconditional protection of his junior brother... was probably because he had lost his eldest disciple...
My heart suddenly softened, like a punctured balloon, and quickly deflated.
The anger towards the brat instantly subsided by more than half, leaving only an overwhelming sense of heartache and a trace of helpless self-blame.
How much pain must have been in Master's heart when I left...
She took a deep breath, suppressing her chaotic thoughts, and tried her best to imitate the mocking yet slightly eerie tone of the 'Masked Fool' from her memory, deliberately keeping her voice low and gentle:
“Master Chunli, don’t panic. I understand your concerns… cough, I understand. It’s just that there are some other things I need to talk to him about.” She almost blurted out “disciple” again, which startled her so much that her tail hairs nearly stood on end. She quickly covered it up with a fake cough.
"You should know that, in the eyes of us believers in 'Joyful Destiny,' the instinctive pursuit of instant gratification by children is very similar to our destiny philosophy."
The implication is that they wouldn't harm children.
Mai Shiranui, standing to the side with her arms crossed, chimed in, "That's right. My husband and my master are old acquaintances. You silly woman, don't make a fuss and ruin my husband's plans."
Chunli looked down blankly at her little apprentice Li Pu in her arms, while Li Pu nodded vigorously at her.
Then, she looked at Tifa, her "good sister" who had been silent but seemed more reliable.
“Chunli, don’t worry, we met this gentleman before we went to the hotel.” Tifa immediately told Chunli everything she knew.
Seeing Tifa and the little Pu in her arms reacting this way, Chun-Li finally felt a little relieved.
Her lips trembled, a thousand words stuck in her throat, finally turning into a weak, nasal plea: "...Then...come back soon..."
Li Pu raised his small eyebrows slightly as he looked at his beautiful master, who was still in a daze.
He suddenly broke free from Chunli's hand that was loosely on his body, and like a nimble kitten, he pounced on her, stood on tiptoe, stretched out his little arms to hug Chunli's neck, and gave her a loud "smack" kiss on her soft cheek!
"Don't worry, Master~" After the kiss, the boy patted his chest, as if making some great promise.
Chun-Li's body visibly stiffened for a moment.
She was a little stunned. She raised her hand and gently touched the spot where the little guy had kissed her. There seemed to be a lingering warmth and wetness from the little guy. A feeling of helplessness mixed with indulgence spread through her heart.
"This child..." she sighed and shook her head, but the gloom in her heart was eventually dispelled by the kiss from this "little sun".
Liv, who was standing to the side, witnessed the whole thing and felt a mix of emotions.
Seeing her master calmed down by this brat, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was immediately filled with another complicated emotion—damn it! This little rascal is getting more and more skilled at acting cute towards his master!
The little cat girl's snow-white ears twitched almost imperceptibly, before she forcefully suppressed them. No! She couldn't lose her temper! She was now the noble, emotionless chosen one of 'Pleasure'!
And so, under the watchful eyes of a group of beauties—some dignified, some stunning, some spirited—
Little Liv tried her best to adopt the mysterious and unpredictable demeanor that a "chosen one" should have—or rather, the demeanor she imagined she should have.
She took her junior brother's hand, her cat ears twitching as she left the room.
……
The cat girl suppressed her anger and led this rascal junior brother to the front hall.
That brat! He's finally in my hands!
Before she could make a move, she turned around and saw the cute boy reaching out his hand to her face like a gorilla.
"Sister..."
His little mouth was turned down, as if he had suffered a great injustice, looking adorably cheeky...
The kitten girl exploded immediately!
He pressured my master to toast me! He even made him almost kneel down before me!
Now! They actually dare to! Rightfully! Confidently! Reach out! Looking for! Something! From! Me!
Meow!
Family rules! Family rules must be enforced!
Seeing that the catgirl had already transformed into her "Spinosaurus" form, "scumbag junior brother" Li Pu panicked and quickly spoke:
"Before you arrived, those women almost went ballistic, and Master's mental state has been unstable lately..."
But it's just this simple sentence.
"What...what did you say?!" Liv's furious expression froze instantly, and her vertical pupils dilated sharply!
The little cat girl felt as if an invisible thunderbolt had exploded in her mind!
"Master's mental state is unstable?!"
"No...no way! How could it be so much earlier than expected?!"
She immediately grabbed Li Pu's outstretched hand tightly!
"Junior brother! We can't let Master continue the investigation any longer!"
Seeing his junior sister suddenly panic, Li Pu immediately frowned.
It seems that the situation between Junior Sister and Master Chunli is more complicated than he thought...
Chapter 132 Chun-Li's Desperate Situation
"My lord... I beg you... please have mercy..."
“My youngest apprentice is unruly, but… but they are my lifeblood…”
“I am the chosen one of the ‘Knowledgeable Ones’. What do you want to know? I will tell you everything! I only beg you to have mercy and save my two poor disciples…”
A suffocating silence filled the air. The aroma of the dishes was still enticing, and the clinking of glasses seemed to linger, but the laughter and cheerful conversation had long since been crushed by a heavy silence.
Ever since Li Pu and the catgirl came back, things have slowly turned out like this...
Faced with Chun-Li's tearful pleas, Liv, the catgirl, suppressed the stinging in her nose and the lump in her throat, biting her lower lip tightly, and replied firmly:
"I really don't know anything!"
"You should go back!"
"I'm sorry, but I obey!"
"Crying won't help!"
Crying actually helps...
She didn't dare look at her master Chunli's tear-streaked face, but stared intently at the patterns on the tatami mat in front of her.
But no matter how much Chun-Li begged, the catgirl Liv gritted her teeth and hardened her heart to refuse outright.
She had no choice; she had to play the "villain"!
at last……
The banquet ended completely in an atmosphere of extreme tension and awkwardness.
Everyone left in silence, and even Mai Shiranui unusually refrained from causing any trouble.
Only Chun-Li, like a beautiful jade sculpture stripped of all its support, slumped down completely. The light in her eyes gradually faded, leaving only a deathly stillness and desolation.
This former martial arts master is now unable to even stand up on his own.
Seeing this, Li Pu pursed his lips tightly, his face no longer showing any playful expression, but instead displaying a maturity beyond his years.
It's time to take this "Xianglin's Wife" (a character from a Chinese folktale) back home.
His small body struggled to support the heavy weight of his master's body on one side. On the other side, Tifa sighed silently, took Chun-Li's other arm, and steadily helped the distraught fighting master to his feet.
Chunli, being helped along, stared blankly ahead with unfocused eyes. Her mind was a complete blank, as if her soul had left her body, leaving only a shell completely consumed by pain. She staggered back to the office.
The loud thud of the office door closing completely cut off the view of the catgirl Liv across the street.
She hid in the shadow of the pillars, unseen by anyone, and watched her master disappear behind the door.
Only then did the support structure, which had been holding on for so long, collapse with a crash. Leaning against the cold wall, her small body slowly slid down to the ground, and finally, unable to hold back any longer, she buried her face deeply in her cold palms.
The tears she had been holding back for so long finally burst forth, and she sobbed silently, her thin shoulders trembling violently in the shadows.
The Chosen One, who was supposed to be joyful, is now anything but joyful.
After the office door slammed shut with a thud, Chun-Li inside briefly came to her senses.
She blinked her sore eyes, somewhat bewildered, and only when her vision refocused did she truly feel the faint yet exceptionally firm support coming from beside her. She looked down slightly at her little apprentice, Li Pu, struggling earnestly, almost using his entire thin frame to support her arm.
A tearing tenderness mixed with a deeper, piercing sorrow surged up from her heart, almost overwhelming her.
She involuntarily tightened her arms, yet feared she might crush the child in her embrace.
At the same time, a thought cleaved through the chaos like lightning:
No! We absolutely cannot lose him too!
Chunli took a deep breath, forcibly squeezing out every last bit of strength from her body, and tried to straighten her spine and stand up.
Then, with reluctance and apology, she slowly released her young apprentice's hand.
She bent down slightly, her gaze level with that of little Li Pu. Looking at his face, slightly flushed from the effort he was putting on, and filled with worry and caution, he truly resembled a freshly cooked, round and adorable glutinous rice ball.
Chun-Li's eyes welled up with tears again, but she forced herself to hold them back.
She held back her tears, but couldn't hold back anything else. She parted her full lips slightly and took a small bite of "Little Tangyuan".
"My good disciple..."
"Thank you...really...thank you..." Her voice was terribly hoarse, as if it had been sanded.
"I'll go by myself..." The beautiful mature woman forced out an extremely pale yet incredibly gentle smile for the boy.
Then, she stopped looking at Li Pu and turned around abruptly. Her steps were a little unsteady, and her body even swayed slightly as she turned, but she managed to control herself with willpower.
Without hesitation, she returned to her bedroom step by step, watched by Li Pu.
Click!
With a crisp click as the latch engaged, the door was locked tightly from the inside.
Immediately following was a muffled "bang!"
Chun-Li collapsed to her knees, her upper body slumped, her forehead and shoulders slamming heavily against the closed door, producing another dull thud.
In this temporary, private prison where no one could see her, she was finally free from the role of the strong and reliable mentor.
"Thank goodness... I didn't fall in front of my disciple... I didn't..."