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Chapter 409: Naoko's Shattered Dao Heart, Tiger's Killing and Spiritual Destruction, Honesty's Incompetence!

(This chapter has been abridged)

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Back in the master bedroom upstairs, Gong Cheng lay on the soft mattress. Before he could even take a shower, his consciousness became somewhat hazy. Perhaps he had drunk quite a bit, or perhaps the alcohol had made him even more intoxicated by seeing his long-lost female relatives.

He casually took off his T-shirt and threw it on the floor, then hugged a pillow and passed out, feeling dizzy and drunk...

"—"

Downstairs in the living room, the targeted game of "Truth or Dare" came to an end after Gong Cheng went upstairs.

The atmosphere in the living room finally relaxed a bit... Son Chaeyoung and Mina huddled together, and with Little Tiger urging them to drink, their two fair arms moved back and forth, exchanging toasts.

Sun Caiying was clearly enjoying her drink; her cheeks were flushed, like she had applied a layer of ripe peach-colored blush.

She leaned close to Mina, tilting her head slightly. When she spoke, two sharp canine teeth were revealed, and her bright eyes curved into crescents. Her tone was more cheerful and excited than usual: "Unnie, if it doesn't work out, how about we just forget about it?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but think of tonight's plans, and chuckled, her canine teeth rubbing against her lower lip. She also gently patted Mina's arm, looking smug...

"The alliance can't be dropped!"

Mina leaned dizzily against the edge of the sofa, her shoulder gently touching Son Chaeyoung's. Her delicate cheeks were flushed with the smell of alcohol, and her slightly reddened eyes glanced alluringly at the "Alliance" members gathered not far away.

It seemed like everyone was using this opportunity to deepen their feelings with alcohol... She knew she couldn't hold her liquor, but even though the low-alcohol fruit wine made her sluggish, she was still generally sober. What was that line from Warcraft again?

"For Makoto-chan!!!"

Son Chaeyoung's face, flushed with alcohol, looked somewhat soft and adorable. She chattered incessantly, "Unnie, I accept you..."

She smiled approvingly, her small dimples appearing at the corners of her mouth.
"So what exactly are your conditions?" Mina lazily tilted her head, looking at her. Her long eyelashes drooped down, obscuring the emotions in her eyes, but her pupils were veiled with a thin layer of moisture, like a lake surface covered with a thin mist, revealing a hint of drunken haziness.

That one glance made Son Chae-young swallow hard, her heart trembling.

No wonder the boyfriend tricked me into stealing this unnie's pajamas three years ago...

"Actually, it can't really be called a condition, unnie."

"Some of the things I want to do are also for my boyfriend's good. You contacted doctors for him in Tokyo, and I also want to treat him in my own way." Son Chae-young spoke enthusiastically, her somewhat dazed face suddenly reaching out to gently poke her cheek and wrinkling her nose.

Mina slowly raised her eyes, her gaze slightly dull from being drunk, and her voice softer and quieter than usual: "What method? Don't do anything reckless, Chaeyoung... I introduced you to an expert by Sei-chan, he's very professional, and his treatment is progressing very well."

"Really?" Son Chaeyoung's bright eyes showed a hint of disbelief, but she continued, "Experts don't know what men want... Anyway, don't worry, unnie, I have my own remedies. I can't say they'll cure everything, but what harm could it do to try them?"

When Mina heard this topic, her pink eyelids twitched suddenly, and she felt a little nervous: "Don't do anything rash, Chaeyoung~"

I'm terrified that this ally, who's about to form a united front, might get bored and, because of Makoto's illness, go and visit some local cult or something. After all, this country is teeming with political parties and cults.

“Cheng-chan won’t use medication, and she certainly doesn’t want to be hospitalized.” She patiently guided Sun Caiying, urging her not to buy an expensive folk remedy from some charlatan. The intention might be good, but the outcome could be disastrous.

Upon hearing this, Son Chae-young wondered what this drunken unnie was thinking. However, the unnie was more talkative than usual, especially when it came to men. She waved her hand dismissively and said, "Don't worry, it's not a drug treatment. It's very simple. You just need to cooperate, unnie."

Actually, it doesn't matter whether Unnie cooperates or not, otherwise why would she sit here drinking so much?
"Then how should it be treated?" Mina asked, still feeling dizzy.

“Mental health treatment…” Son Chae-young glanced at her delicate profile, her lips tinged red with the smell of alcohol, her eyes reflecting a man’s melancholy—Resurrect! My love!
She knew Gong Cheng very well, better than anyone else present, including Mina, Nayeon, Momo, Tzuyu, and Dahyun. She had personally witnessed his perverted thoughts, unsatisfied desires, and greedy mentality long ago.

However, her boyfriend was a master at playing dumb, or rather, he was incredibly restrained. This was actually related to his personality, so she didn't say much. As for the unpleasant incident with her boyfriend a year ago because of this Mina unnie in front of her...

Son Chae-young had long since put it out of her mind and stopped caring about it. How did that song her boyfriend wrote for her go again?

"Love is essentially the same; it's just that it's crowded because of the sheer number of people..."

Since the man has already gone so far as to date eight women simultaneously, Sun Caiying wouldn't mind adding fuel to the fire of this absurdity... Sometimes, she even felt sorry for Gong Cheng, "Aren't you tired? Aren't you physically and mentally exhausted? Aren't you tired of mourning?"

Why is the father unwilling to undergo drug treatment?

Sun Caiying's bright eyes glazed over for a moment before she quickly changed the subject, afraid of giving herself away.

Mina took a small sip of her fruit wine, and while Son Chaeyoung wasn't looking, she tilted her glass slightly, spilling more than half of the wine: "Because, Makoto said the medication would make him dull, would make him rust, and being hospitalized, he felt like he was mentally ill..."

"He hates hospitals."

The little penguin spoke softly...

Sun Caiying noticed her subtle movements but didn't point them out. According to her estimation, this unnie's alcohol tolerance had already reached its limit, and drinking a little more or a little less wouldn't affect the overall situation much.

When she turned around again, she suddenly noticed Sana Minatozaki acting suspiciously beside her, her loose hair falling over her shoulders, tiptoeing towards the master bedroom on the second floor. Before Mina, who was trying to stay conscious despite being drunk, could even speak...

Son Chaeyoung immediately stopped her, shouting, "Unnie, where are you going?"

"—"

Sana Minatozaki, who had just stepped onto the stairs, paused upon hearing this, turned around somewhat awkwardly, and smiled, "Just wandering around, hehe."

Then, she went to the refrigerator, took a drink, and obediently sat back down.

Hirai Momo grinned foolishly, her tone utterly sarcastic: "Trying to give it to Mo again?"

"..." Minatozaki Sana glared at her, her cheeks puffed out in anger, and then glanced at Son Chaeyoung...

I was a little puzzled. Why was this maknae, who always did things his own way, being so nosy?

Seeing Son Chae-young's demeanor, Mina breathed a sigh of relief and became even more satisfied with "General Tiger." It was clear that Chae-young genuinely wanted to form an alliance with her...

It seems the little tiger is still a bit afraid of the women from the Mei family.
Indeed, in the past, which of these losers would dare to mess with him?
"What are you looking at?" Sana Minatozaki glanced at Mina, who was looking at her smugly, and retorted indignantly, then bared her teeth and raised her fist:

"You want to be whipped like a top again, don't you?"

"Hmph!" Mina, her face still slightly slurred with drunkenness, gave a smug, endearing snort: "I don't need you to spin it, I can spin it myself!"

Son Chaeyoung lowered her head as if trying to suppress a laugh, then quickly patted the unnie on the back: "Calm down."

Another glass of wine down...

She whispered a reminder: "Then it's settled, right? We'll meet here later, no matter what? To officially form an alliance?"

“Okay.” Mina’s smile deepened, and the glint of alcohol in her eyes flickered like scattered starlight. She thought for a moment, glanced at the restless women, and began to devise a plan: “How about this, I won’t leave after the party ends, so those shameless women won’t try to get into Makoto-chan’s bed…”

"After you go downstairs, come back up. I'll wait for you here. Let's discuss the future and Makoto's condition."

Seeing that she was about to "recruit" [Sick Tiger], Little Penguin was in a great mood, although she still didn't know how she wanted to treat Makoto.
At least I'll be there to watch over her, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Mina probably thinks that Chaeyoung's so-called folk remedy was just a scam she found on the internet. But it wouldn't hurt to try it with her, which would be like recruiting her into our ranks without losing a single soldier.

They've made a fortune!

Thinking of this, Mina grinned and chuckled...

"Ouni..."

Upon seeing Mina's smiling face, Son Chaeyoung couldn't help but raise her small hands to cup Mina's cheeks and chuckle as she reminded her, "No tears tonight."

"Moragu?" Mina shook her head in resistance, shaking off her hand.

But this movement made my head spin again...

……

At 11 p.m., at Yoo Jeongyeon's yawning and tipsy suggestion, she pulled Park Jihyo downstairs to go back to the dormitory to sleep. Before leaving, she glanced at the proud and arrogant Mina, who was blocking the stairs to the second floor barefoot, and wisely decided not to ask her to go back to the dormitory with her.

Sana Minatozaki, somewhat unwilling to give up, rubbed her hands together, looking ready to "rush the card".

Get ready to spin the top...

But Kim Da-hyun quickly stepped forward to stop her, saying, "Garlic bird, garlic bird, it's not easy for anyone~"

The more the puppy heard this, the angrier she became. But just as she was about to transform into a valiant general, her "ally" Lin Nalian tugged at her wrist: "Let's go back to the dorm first and discuss this further!"

After saying that, she gave Mina a deep look, then led Sana Minatozaki away!

"..." Without saying a word, Hirai Momo turned and left without any hesitation...

I was just thinking about it when I turned around and went to my two other roommates. Tzuyu... she's just not trustworthy at all!
Chou Tzu-yu wanted to say something, but she slunk away, completely baffled!
Silly Momo unnie, what's wrong with you today?

What happened to the promised alliance?

Seeing everyone retreating one after another, Son Chaeyoung exchanged a glance with Mina before leaving, glanced at her dizzy body, and smiled smugly.

……

Hirai Momo, Minatozaki Sana, and Lim Nayeon were the first to step out of the elevator, open the dormitory door, and go inside.

As soon as she entered, Sana Minatozaki said somewhat reluctantly, "Why did you stop me just now?"

"..." Lin Nayeon was about to reprimand this brute, but after glancing at Hirai Momo, who was sitting on the sofa and unwilling to move back to the bedroom, she cleared her throat reservedly.

Sana Minatozaki followed her gaze and looked over, wisely keeping her mouth shut and not saying a word.

"... "

Hirai Momo pondered for a moment, realizing that the older sister was probably in a dominant position between the two in front of her, and seeing her slightly drunken state, she immediately stepped forward, comically kneeling on the sofa and clasping her hands in a fist salute:
"Half a lifetime spent in the desolation of a peach tree, I only regret that I have not met a wise ruler!"

"If the boss doesn't abandon me, I, Tao, am willing to swear a blood oath and serve her faithfully..."

Lim Nayeon glanced at her with some surprise, then grinned, showing off her prominent rabbit teeth. Was her influence really that strong?
But then he glanced at the General of the Cavalry, Minato, beside him, and then at Hirai Momo, who was pledging his allegiance. What kind of brainless subordinates were they?
She frowned and asked, "Aren't you and Ziyu getting very close?"

At this point, Sana Minatosaki snorted, clearly showing her disdain for people like her who had changed their household registration...

"I've always treated Tzuyu like dirt. When did we become close?" Hirai Momo said emphatically. After all, one person can't manage everything in a group. "Besides, we're just roommates, unnie!"

No, she didn't bring up the matter of Tzuyu betraying her. On the contrary, she said, "I've always wanted to get closer to unnie, but recently unnie and Sana haven't been paying much attention to me."

[Pacific saury]: Such fast cutting...

Hearing this, Sana Minatozaki and Nayeon Lim's expressions gradually softened: "I see. It's not that we ignored you, it's just that... sigh!"

Nayeon couldn't come up with a good reason either, so she sighed mysteriously and changed the subject. But after glancing at Momo's loyal expression, she grinned smugly and revealed:
"Hmph~ You're smart enough, Momo-chan. If you really get too close to Tzuyu, then I'm afraid..."

"..." Hirai Momo sat cross-legged next to Lim Nayeon, pretending to be clueless, without saying a word... listening attentively, giving a lot of emotional value.

Sana Minatozaki shook her head, adding, "I'm afraid I'm going to—die~~~"

"What do you mean by that?" Everyone says not to let Hirai Momo pretend to be stupid, but she's doing it very well!

Lim Nayeon sighed again, took out her phone, and found the message Tzuyu had sent her. It read: "Unnie, Momo unnie is about to get back together with oppa, and they're even kissing!!"

The rabbit idol handed the phone to Hirai Momo for circulation.

Hirai Momo was secretly overjoyed, but she didn't foolishly reveal that she already knew about it. Her sharply defined jawline showed disbelief when she saw the news: "Ah... how dare Tzuyu plot against me?"

"Just because I refused to form an alliance with her..." She stammered as she looked at Lim Nayeon and Minatozaki Sana, her face showing a blank expression as if she had just realized what had happened.

Upon hearing this, Sana Minato's wariness vanished instantly: "You rejected her offer to form an alliance with you?"

"Of course! Why would she go to me instead of Chaeyoung from her dorm? I'd definitely still prefer to be with Nayeon unnie and you, Sana." Hirai Momo blinked, her eyes vacant, expressing her loyalty.

People like the "Big Sister" and Tzuyu, who consider themselves smart, prefer friends who are a bit less intelligent because they are easier to control.

Nayeon then pursed her lips, picked up the beer on the table, and took a sip: "Hey, that's why I said, Momo, your friendship with me and Sana saved you!"

"If you really allied yourself with such a cunning maknae, you wouldn't be able to outmaneuver her...tsk tsk."

Sana Minato wrinkled her small nose, feeling the grim situation. After all, she knew that besides the internal discord within Twice, there were also powerful enemies surrounding them... Zhuge Jisoo, that extremely cunning woman, and Pang Yan, that ruthless ex-girlfriend...

How could a girl who could ruthlessly destroy her friend's relationship with Gong Cheng three or four years ago not be ruthless?

She was extremely wary...

Not to mention, there's also Bae Joo-hyun, who likes to bully others; neither of them are easy to deal with!

"Hmph!" Sana Minatozaki glanced at her clueless friend Momo Hirai and said earnestly, "That's what you call a battle of wits, Momo!"

"Huh?" Hirai Momo opened her mouth, looking adorably silly, but still like a fool, she raised her biceps, "I'm also very smart!"

"Outwit them?" she thought disdainfully as she looked at the two people in front of her.

Nayeon listened to the continuous "humph" and "ha" sounds from her left and right hands, feeling quite annoyed. They sounded like the two burly generals, though their fighting prowess was off the charts. She took a sip of her drink, seemingly accepting Hirai Momo's attitude completely, and steered the conversation back on track:
"...Judging from the current situation, Gong Cheng still harbors ill intentions towards us, so we still have a chance, understand?"

As the strategist of the trio, she carefully analyzed the current situation.

"Inside~"

"Nei ne~"

"..." After her mouth went dry from explaining, Lim Nayeon felt like she was almost sobering up. She looked at the two of them and asked, "Did you understand?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Do you understand now..."

Nayeon stared wide-eyed at Sana Minatozaki and Momo Hirai, one scratching her head and the other tilting her head: "Did you really understand or not?"

……

Downstairs, after Son Chaeyoung returned to her dorm, she greeted Tzuyu and Dahyun before going into her bedroom.

With slightly unsteady steps, she opened the wardrobe and took out a black nightgown from the bottom drawer. It was the same one she had worn with Mina, except that the silk nightgown had a tear in the smooth satin of the hem.

She was too lazy to buy a new one or sew it on, since she wasn't good at sewing. Mina, on the other hand, was quite good at sewing. Moreover, Son Chae-young felt that this sense of tearing made it more wild, and her boyfriend's usual gentleness would become even more intense when she wore this nightgown.

"—"

Amidst the rustling sounds, Son Chae-young neatly folded her nightgown and stuffed it into a bag. Then, kneeling on the floor with her little bottom sticking out, she took out a black shoebox from the space under the bed.

Inside were some small tools for playing games with one's boyfriend... The sound of metal clanging rang out.

Sun Caiying picked up two sets of handcuffs made of aluminum alloy and stainless steel. They were mostly silver in color and shone brightly under the light. The edges of the rings were reinforced with black rubber bands. They were not some fakes bought online, or those plastic toys...

This was a brand new item that the man had gotten from his senior colleague in the police department. It was lightweight, scratch-resistant, and corrosion-resistant; the two of them hadn't really used it yet. "Hehe~"

Son Chae-young really wanted to see what expressions her boyfriend and Mina unnie would have when they were handcuffed and woke up from their drunken stupor. Thinking of this, her heart pounded even harder, and the surge of adrenaline made her feel dizzy and lightheaded from the effects of the alcohol.

She lowered her head again and rummaged through the box, pulling out the keys to two handcuffs...

Then, Son Chae-young lowered her head and unhooked her bra, inserting the key inside... It was big enough to hold it in place, so she wasn't afraid of losing it.

"—"

After having a drink in the bedroom, Sun Caiying took her crime bag, quietly pushed open the bedroom door, opened the living room door, slipped into the elevator, and headed straight for the top floor!

Tonight, she's going to completely crush that little bit of cleverness that unnie is so proud of!
Of course, forming an alliance with her is also a real possibility, but the prerequisite is complete honesty and openness...

……

The elevator doors opened...

Sun Caiying stood in the elevator, glanced at the only room door on the top floor, and her arm, holding the tool bag, trembled with excitement, causing her shoulders to rise and fall.

My dear husband, when you wake up, will you thank me?

You should still thank me.

?

Son Chae-young believes that perhaps there is a rebellious and unruly soul hidden in her bones, including when she met her boyfriend, she went straight for him and even wanted him to learn tattoo art so that he could tattoo her himself.

But sometimes, she felt that the wildness deep within her was actually unleashed by her man...

With a grin revealing her small tiger teeth and a sparkling gaze, Son Chaeyoung stood in front of the door, deftly placing her hands behind her head and pulling up her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair.

Only then did I enter my fingerprint and step into the entryway.

She glanced at Mina, who was sitting on the living room carpet waiting for her, already drunk and slumped on the sofa, seemingly asleep.
"-——"

Son Chaeyoung tiptoed over and quietly came up behind Mina, tentatively calling out in her sweet, childlike voice, "Unnie?"

"Unnie!"

"Unnie!!!"

He called out three times, but Minami didn't respond.

Sun Caiying returned to the entrance hall, picked up the tool bag used in the crime, and made a point of checking the deadbolt lock on the door.

Afterwards, she quickly took off her short-sleeved shirt and hot pants, stood in the living room bathed in moonlight through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and changed into the same black nightgown as Mina.

Afterwards, Son Chaeyoung came to the sofa, tilted her head and looked at Mina's fair cheeks with a blush, and couldn't help but go up and give her a "smack" kiss.

"~"

She didn't linger. First, she took her handbag to the second floor, then moved a chair from the dining table downstairs to the second floor, and finally went downstairs to help Minami upstairs.

The staircase leading to the "new world"...

Son Chaeyoung helped Mina up, and she could hear the unnie's drunken groans: "Chaeyoung, can we keep those bad women away?"

"Yes, yes..." Son Chaeyoung trembled, her excitement making her feel much stronger.

But she was shorter and thinner than Mina, and when she helped this older sister to the master bedroom on the second floor, she was already panting heavily... When she put Mina on the stool that was brought up from downstairs, the little tiger adjusted Mina's sitting posture so that she could lean against the back of the chair.

Then, she took a deep breath, picked up the rum that Gong Cheng had been drinking before bed from the bedside table, and took a sip.

It was a little spicy. Son Chaeyoung frowned, stuck out her tongue, and then carefully observed the man lying on the bed, breathing evenly. His handsome face looked especially good in the moonlight.

"..."

"What a tragic couple!"

Son Chaeyoung glanced at Mina again, feeling like she was the big boss.

"..."

"key?"

Upon hearing this, Mina instantly grasped at a lifeline. Her gaze quickly swept over the distance between the fish tank and herself—one meter, not far. However, her right hand was locked to the wardrobe, and the length of the metal chain was just enough to reach the edge of the fish tank, but not enough for her to easily reach the pebbles.

To retrieve the key, one must bend down, reach out, and grope through the pile of pebbles...

She glared at Son Chae-young's smiling face, but she didn't care about anything else. She quickly bent down, turned to the side, hooked her hand on the fish tank, and carefully dragged it closer to herself.

After visually estimating the opening of the fish tank, Mina breathed a sigh of relief; her slender wrist could just fit inside…

"Unnie, hurry up!"

With her eyes and brows reddening, Son Chae-young kindly offered a reminder.

"..."

Immediately afterward, in her line of sight, Gong Cheng's hands, which were handcuffed to the headboard, struggled slightly, producing the clanking sound of the chains.

"Shh~"

Son Chaeyoung leaned close to Gong Cheng's ear, her small hand removing from his eyes, "Oppa, are you surprised?"

"..."

Gong Cheng... could be treated like this by his mother, like this...

That's so shameful!
Mina wanted to explain the situation to him, feeling wronged, but when she saw the handcuffs binding Makoto's wrists, she knew he was powerless to help. She quickly lowered her head and reached out her free hand to search for the key in the fish tank.

She sobbed incoherently, "Makoto-chan, wait for me to come and save you!"

“…Mina-chan…” Gong Cheng’s ears burned with shame… The little tiger was still teasing him with a word, but how could he be so shameless in front of Mina?

And so, when Mina looked up at him...

"..."

Because he didn't know how to comfort Mina or scold the little tiger.

Should we reprimand them?

No, Chaeyoung has always been at the forefront of the times, ahead of the other actresses for several versions. For example, what she is doing now is a model for how the actresses will live together in the future.

This is a great and selfless reformer!

How could Master Gong bear to blame him...?

She even took the blame for me.

"Makoto! Makoto! Wake up..." Mina cried out in a tearful panic when she saw this scene. The tears she had just managed to suppress surged up and hit her cheeks again.

Her free left hand trembled as she reached into the pile of pebbles, her fingertips rapidly sifting through the smooth stones. The cool touch of the pebbles did nothing to calm her; instead, it intensified her panic.

"Where's the key? Why can't I find it..." Mina cried and muttered to herself, her voice filled with desperate anxiety.

"How could you do this to a Japanese person like me?!"

She couldn't help but lift her eyelids and glare angrily at Son Chae-young.

While busy working, Son Chaeyoung replied speechlessly, "Isn't unnie Japanese?"

After she finished, she rolled over and lay down on the bed.

She glanced sideways at her male relative, whose body was also trembling slightly, but did not expose him.

……

After a few dozen seconds, Son Chaeyoung slowly climbed off the bed and went to Mina's side. She watched Mina squatting on the floor, rummaging through the bathtub with her hands. She had already found a key.

"You've gone too far, Chaeyoung!"

Mina lifted her eyelids and glared fiercely at the maknae who was wearing panties.

The feud was now firmly established, but she suddenly realized that she didn't feel the same suffocating feeling she had when she last witnessed Makoto and Sana's affair.
Perhaps it's just a habit? Or perhaps, the father is also a victim this time?
Son Chaeyoung, her legs trembling, slowly stopped in front of Mina. Her face, which had been showing a wide grin with her little tiger teeth, had lost much of its initial smugness. She said earnestly, "Unnie, I know this will make you feel bad~"

"But I was also upset when you forcibly took my husband back then. Now we're even. I'll get things done regarding the alliance. What you just saw are my conditions. We need to be honest with each other!"

"An alliance? If I had known your conditions were like this, I would never have believed you!" Mina said through gritted teeth, her hair disheveled.

Son Chaeyoung looked regretful: "Tsk tsk, what a pity, unnie should have come along, I thought it was bound to happen sooner or later!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Mina couldn't help but swear, her pupils trembling as she looked at her. "Isn't it better if we just keep to ourselves? Why do you have to do this?"

Son Chaeyoung wasn't annoyed by her anger. Instead, she smiled and spouted nonsense, "I'm helping you cope with the pressure, unnie~ If I don't do this, what will other unnies do? You need to forge a strong heart before they use these underhanded methods!"

"..." Gong Cheng lay on the bed, his legs suddenly giving way, and he fainted. He secretly listened to the conversation between the two.

What the hell have I fallen for?! What kind of crazy women have I fallen for?! Is this some kind of battlefield between women?!

That's terrifying!

Dahyun...you have to stand up for me and protect me!

"Anyway... my promise still stands, even if you're unwilling, I'll help your unnie in the future!" Son Chaeyoung was a woman of principle; since she had her fun, she had to keep her word!
However, upon seeing Mina's defiant face, she glanced at this self-proclaimed clever older sister, pursed her lips, and reminded her, "Unnie, don't think you're so smart, really~"

After saying that, Son Chae-young snatched the fish tank from Mina's hand, stood up, and was afraid of hurting Mina.

Under Mina's bewildered and angry gaze, Son Chaeyoung, carrying a small fish tank, went to the carpet where the beanbag chair was placed. She tilted her head to look at Mina, her tone somewhat sarcastic, mocking her past self-righteousness:

"Has Unnie lost her mind?"

As she spoke, she slammed the fish tank onto the carpet. "Bang!" "Crack!" The glass tank shattered, and the pebbles inside instantly broke free and spilled onto the carpet...

Son Chaeyoung crouched down, picked up the last key that had "surfaced," and waved it under Mina's increasingly bewildered gaze: "Unnie, are you really that smart?"

She asked a question that was both deadly and infuriating.

I thought that since this unnie is so smart, she should be able to figure out quickly that this is a very simple riddle...

Having found the key early, Son Chae-young wasn't afraid to get into a fight with this older sister. In fact, during the fight, the two of them might have come together to deal with the handcuffed man.

But her~
This is somewhat disappointing...

“You…you…” Mina held her head in her hands, staring incredulously at the simple, direct method and answer!

"me……"

For a moment, she couldn't help but tremble. How could I not have thought of that?
That way, Makoto wouldn't have been humiliated by her...

Sun Caiying didn't rush to give her the key. Instead, she turned around, went out, grabbed a broom, swept all the broken glass from the bathtub into the trash can, and then picked up the pebbles one by one.

Finally, he turned on the light, then, still wary, he stood on the floor for a long time, checking to make sure there were no glass shards. He then rolled them up along with the carpet, ready to throw them away, afraid they might hurt someone…

The aftermath must be handled well, and the little tiger is very professional in this regard!
"Unnie, don't overthink things. Like I said, we've formed an alliance. Now that the conditions have been met, I'll keep my word."

"!"

"..."

Lying on the bed, Gong Cheng pondered the little tiger's words. They were quite philosophical!
Soulmate!
Chaeyoung...

As Son Chae-young's footsteps faded into the distance, the door to the downstairs living room was tightly closed.

Mina, who was standing next to the wardrobe, quickly grabbed the keys and unlocked her own handcuffs. She then rushed to the bed to "untie" Makoto Miyamoto...

"Makoto-chan~ Makoto-chan!"

She stroked Gong Cheng's cheek and called out anxiously twice, her heart filled with worry. At the same time, she kept recalling the words Sun Caiying had left behind when she left.

Mina sat by the window with her eyes closed, took a deep breath, and recalled everything that had happened that night. She clenched her fist tightly, finally took out her phone, and opened Son Chaeyoung's chat window:
"Alliance."

There's nothing more to say now. Even if this madman isn't doing it to Makoto's face, he's doing it behind her back.

After shedding so many tears, the woman from the Mei family knew how to weigh the pros and cons. This 'tiger general' had to be brought under her command. She was right. If she hadn't done it this way, perhaps, Minatozaki Sana and Momo-chan, who couldn't control themselves, would have done the same.

The former, in particular, has a long criminal record!

"..."

"Mina-chan, help me, help me!"

Just then... Gong Cheng murmured at just the right moment. He frowned, opened his eyes with trembling hands, and saw Mina's delicate face so close to his eyes. At this moment, she looked somewhat vulnerable, making people want to protect her.

He subconsciously thought the handcuffs were still on the headboard, securing his hands, and struggled to free himself.

Seeing this, Mina quickly pressed down on his fidgeting hands and comforted him, "It's all over, Makoto-chan, it's all over..."

Gong Cheng's blank stare softened for a moment. He raised his hand, clutched the corner of the blanket, looked down, and met Ming Jingnan's slightly red and swollen eyes. He asked:
"What did you and Chaeyoung just do to me?"

"..."

Mina, who had just calmed down, was suddenly furious. "If I had really done something, I wouldn't be feeling so bad!"
Her face trembled slightly as she explained the situation, then glanced at Gong Cheng's handcuffed wrists, which were red from the handcuffs.

After hearing the whole story, Gong Cheng immediately grabbed Mian's wrist, his eyes filled with tears as he stared at the faint red marks left by the handcuffs on her slender wrist: "I'm so useless, Mian-chan!!!"

"Woooooooo..."

(End of this chapter)