I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 156

Chapter 156: Beloved Her From the Bottom of My Heart

 

Coming out of the medicinal botanical garden, originally, I planned to leave just like when I came, taking bus route 7 first and then transferring to other buses midway. However, Yin Xiamo disagreed, claiming, “This is mine and Nuo’er’s first date, we need to leave a good impression,” and directly called a taxi with her phone.

 

We stood at the somewhat desolate entrance of the botanical garden for almost ten minutes before the taxi Yin Xiamo called finally arrived.

 

The taxi driver was a woman in her forties or fifties, wearing sunglasses that gave off a “big sister” vibe.

 

“To Central Park?”

 

After Yin Xiamo and I got into the car, the driver closed the window in front, “How come you two girls came to this area to play?”

 

“We’re off today, heard there are a lot of trees in the botanical garden, so we wanted to come and take a look.”

 

I explained, “It feels like there have been significant changes here.”

 

Actually, before leaving, I had planned to go with Yin Xiamo to see the former welfare institution. But I felt it was a bit inappropriate to go with my current identity. After all, the name and identity of “Yin Nuo’er” were fabricated by Miss Grim Reaper, and the public security system at the police station could find complete identity information and past records. If I remember correctly, the general life trajectory of “Yin Nuo’er” is – abandoned since childhood, then adopted by the Shenzhen City Welfare Institution, grew up like most children in the welfare institution, completed compulsory education, and entered society.

 

According to the setting, I am still the younger sister of “Yin Shiren.”

 

If most people investigate “Yin Nuo’er,” the information they get is basically… after completing high school, Yin Nuo’er stopped studying. When she finished high school, her brother Yin Shiren had just graduated from college, came out, rented a house, and started looking for a job. The siblings lived together, with the brother mainly responsible for rent and living expenses, while the sister did odd jobs or part-time work at home.

 

Such as writing novels online.

 

Finally, the brother fell ill, went to the hospital, passed away, and donated all his organs. Without the income source from her brother, the sister began to look for work everywhere, write books, work as a booth staff at comic conventions, and be a maid in a café…

 

However, considering the naming rules of the welfare institution near the medicinal botanical garden, if someone really goes to the welfare institution to check my information, it’s likely to raise suspicion. Unless it’s the kind of abandoned baby with a name already given, otherwise, the naming rules of the welfare institution are based on whoever is on duty that day, the child found is given the surname of that person. Once the surname is determined, the child is given a random name from the dictionary using a calculator.

 

Yin Nuo’er has the surname “Yin,” and there are not many people with this surname in the welfare institution. Any child who has lived in the welfare institution, even if only for a day, will have records there, and the staff will remember. If someone personally goes to the welfare institution and asks, “Do you have anyone named Yin Nuo’er?” and shows my photo or ID information to them, the staff there might be confused:

 

“We only have a few with the surname Yin, and all the girls are here, but there’s no one named Yin Nuo’er.”

“Why is there a record with our institution at the police station? Did they make a mistake?”

“Don’t know, go ask the police station.”

 

In the end, it’s likely to raise various suspicions.

 

Secondly, not all children in the welfare institution can grow up peacefully and smoothly, completing compulsory education and entering society, especially those with good grades or good looks.

 

Most of the children sent to the welfare institution have congenital disabilities or incurable conditions. Parents, unable to afford medical treatment, abandon their children at the welfare institution. This type of child constitutes the majority, and they rarely survive into adulthood because the welfare institution itself doesn’t have much money for their treatment. This is also the reason why many people in my phone album and contact list have gray profile pictures.

 

As for the remaining type — ordinary children, these kids are physically healthy, but due to various reasons, their parents abandon them. If the police station cannot find the biological parents or adoptive parents, the children end up in the welfare institution.

 

Generally, they can survive into adulthood, but the problem is that the welfare institution is not a very wealthy organization. The most important principle here is that, regardless of emotions, every effort is made to get couples who come to visit the children to adopt them.

 

Nowadays, our country’s laws are very well-developed. Couples eligible to adopt children are generally those with excellent personal conditions but are unable to conceive due to health reasons. They seek to adopt children for their own care in old age or for reasons like “inheritance of the family business.” Therefore, in the eyes of the staff at the welfare institution, letting children go to live with these well-off couples in a new family is definitely considered a better life than eating communal meals in the institution.

 

Couples facing infertility issues, especially those with a large family business looking for an intelligent boy to inherit their company, tend to choose academically bright boys. On the other hand, couples who simply want to adopt a child may consider cute and lovable girls without specific requirements. When such adopting families visit the welfare institution, their preference is typically for outgoing, lively, and sweet-spoken children.

 

Given my current appearance, I even doubt if I can survive in the welfare institution for more than two years. You see, on average, several couples, or “couples,” visit the welfare institution every month. With me being this adorable as an adult, how would they react to a “mini version” of me, a “Yin Nuo’er” several years or even a decade younger? If it were me, I would unquestionably choose that child in a heartbeat and find any means to bring her home as my daughter.

 

So, this is also the most significant “BUG” in the identity card concocted by Yin Xiamo – the fact that an irresistibly cute Yin Nuo’er would never smoothly complete her education in the orphanage and graduate into society. She would undoubtedly be taken away by the couple coming to adopt children.

 

However, under normal circumstances, no one would have the patience to investigate my information at the police station, and after finding out about my welfare institution background, take a trip to the medicinal botanical garden in Shenzhen City to see what’s going on. This is similar to the situation back in the snail apartment, where there was no housing management obsessively checking surveillance to see when “Yin Nuo’er” first entered the apartment.

 

So… in the end, I didn’t take Yin Xiamo to the welfare institution. I feel that my behavior is somewhat similar to her “recalling the hero.” Since I’ve already decided to live on as “Nuo’er” in the future, it’s time to let go of the identity of “Yin Shiren.” However, even if I let go of the identity of Yin Shiren, I still need to be a strong man, I can’t just let go of the things Yin Xiamo did to bully me before.

 

“Hey, what’s all this talk about trees? This place is just a primitive forest, full of bugs and mosquitoes, and they’re the kind that leave you covered in bites after a stroll.”

 

After hearing my response, the driver sister sitting in the front seat spoke in a cool tone, “It was even better ten years ago. Back then, when the botanical garden and the welfare institution were still part of the same place, many kids would come out to play during holidays, and it was a lot of fun.”

 

“Ten years ago? Part of the same place?”

 

I sensed something was off, “Aren’t the welfare institution and the botanical garden still part of the same place now?”

 

There’s a somewhat unspoken rule on the welfare institution side, which is that after completing compulsory education and turning 18, whether you choose to go to college or work in society, it’s best not to have any more dealings with the welfare institution.

 

The same goes for adopted children – if they are still too young to understand, to prevent them from having unnecessary thoughts, being adopted out means permanently cutting ties with the welfare institution. Their new parents will choose to keep this a secret forever. If the child is old enough to understand, knows they are an orphan, and someone wants to take them away, they can occasionally visit the welfare institution once or twice but shouldn’t come here too often. The director’s advice to them is, “If you can avoid coming back, don’t come back. Once you leave, you are no longer part of this place. Go and live your new life.”

 

Under such circumstances, as a middle-aged man who has been working in society for many years, my understanding of the welfare institution’s situation in recent years is quite vague.

 

“It’s no longer the same, they’ve split. Now it’s directly under the jurisdiction of the Honor District government, moved to a more remote location, and added a nursing home.”

 

The driver sister seemed puzzled, “You sound like you have some knowledge about the welfare institution?”

 

“No.”

 

I quickly explained, “I’ve just heard some things.”

 

“Nowadays, people are more careful with having children, and premarital health checks are well done. Pregnancy checks are a standard procedure in every hospital, so there are fewer abandoned babies and fewer children with congenital diseases. As a result, there are fewer children in the welfare institution, and on the flip side, there are more elderly people. It’s almost like it could be renamed a nursing home now.”

 

The driver sister glanced at the dress that Yin Xiamo was wearing through the rearview mirror and commented, “I really admire your courage, going into the forest dressed like this. The mosquitoes must be delighted.”

 

Ah…

In response, I could only exchange a glance with Yin Xiamo and laugh helplessly. It seems like the drivers, regardless of gender, are all talkative and well-informed.

 

“Now, in the Honor District, the medicinal botanical garden is the only place we common folks can enter.”

 

Seeing that we and Yin Xiamo didn’t say anything, the driver sighed to herself, “Everywhere is filled with villas, upscale neighborhoods, and those… high-end office buildings. When I received the order just now and double-checked the address, I was wondering when the wealthy people in the Honor District started taking taxis. Don’t they all have sports cars?”

 

“It’s not that exaggerated. There are still plenty of ordinary people in the Honor District.”

 

I clenched my legs together, took out my phone, and planned to check what had happened online during the times I hadn’t paid attention. The lingering sensation of being “pressed against the wall” by Yin Xiamo moments ago hadn’t completely dissipated in my body, and I needed something to divert my attention.

 

“Nuo’er.”

 

At that moment, Yin Xiamo approached, brightening her phone screen, “I took a lot of cute photos just now.”

 

I felt the hair that had just softened on my head stand up instantly, a sense of foreboding emerging from the depths of my heart, “Wh-what cute pictures?”

 

“Cute pictures of a little kitten, super adorable.”

 

Yin Xiamo’s face was filled with a devilish smile as she opened her photo album—

 

As expected, the pictures in the album were all of me in the state I entered on the grassy lawn just now. Yin Nuo’er’s little skirt was in disarray, her slender legs helplessly close together, and her hands lay softly on the bedsheet in the photos.

 

Yin Nuo’er’s little face was slightly red, her eyes tightly closed, seemingly enduring something in the photos.

 

Yin Nuo’er’s two hands were slightly clenched near her chest, as if resisting something in the photos.

 

There were even pictures where I had fainted, and then Yin Xiamo herself got close to me, taking a selfie with a triumphant “V” sign towards the camera.

 

“……”

 

After roughly browsing through the photos in this phone, I felt like my face, which had just cooled down, was starting to heat up again.

 

This…this…is this really me?

 

The girl in the phone album is undeniably very enticing, the kind that makes you want to take a bite even for me, who was looking at it. But…unfortunately, this little Lolita in the photos is me. It’s me!

 

Is there anything more embarrassing than doing something foolish and getting caught on camera?

 

At this moment, there was only one expression in my mind – the “I’m crying, I’m crying” meme.

 

“I really didn’t expect Nuo’er to be so cute.”

 

While I was still in a daze, Yin Xiamo had already come over, lowered her voice, and said, “After we go home tonight, let’s continue, okay?”

 

Continue your what!

 

My entire image has been completely ruined…

 

Recalling the crazy sky just now, I wished I could find a hole to hide in. There’s a saying…only the ox gets tired, not the field it plows. Girls really have a natural advantage in this aspect compared to guys. Or should I say…it’s like night and day.

 

I don’t even remember how many times I fainted just now, but Yin Xiamo, like she had targeted my weakness, was in attack mode the whole time, leaving me completely defenseless.

 

“Uh…Miss Yin Xiamo.”

 

After taking some time to calm my emotions, I tried to speak with a calm tone to the girl next to me, “I feel…life is long, and there are many things we can do, like taking a stroll in the city’s pedestrian street, trying the local delicacies there…”

 

“Why go to the pedestrian street? The sun in the city center’s pedestrian street can fry eggs!”

 

Maybe my voice was a bit too loud, and the female driver in the front responded, “The average temperature today is almost 38 degrees. This broken city of Shenzhen is closest to the equator. By June, who knows how hot it will be.”

 

“Of course, we can also go to the park or an amusement park…”

 

“The park is hot now, not to mention the amusement park. The admission fees are sky-high, and even a hotdog costs eight bucks.”

 

“Or we can go to a nearby strawberry farm to pick strawberries. It’s the strawberry season now, and the strawberries in the farm must be big and delicious.”

 

“They’re not tasty, trust me. The big strawberries in the farm are all picked and sold to those high-end fruit chain stores. Only the small, not-so-nutritious ones are left, picked and sold at the highest price. They specifically target girls like you.”

 

It seemed like the front driver was picking a fight with us. Before I could respond, she continued, “If I were you, I’d rather stay at home, watch TV, play games, or just lie on the bed with the air conditioning on. Girls like you going out in the sun will easily get their skin tan. Are you two wearing couple outfits? I’ve picked up similar yuri couple before, they just went straight to a love hotel to book a room.”

 

Oh, my experienced driver, please, stop talking.

 

Your way with words is as unpleasant as Tom Uncle’s shoes from next door, I swear.

 

I used to think that staying at home on a day off was more comfortable, as I am a complete homebody who prefers not to go out. But now, I’ve changed my mind. Yin Xiamo can attack me outside, but at home, I might just die of dehydration for a whole day.

 

“I…we have already decided, we’re going to the amusement park later.”

 

Although I had cursed the driver countless times in my heart, on the surface, I put on a very polite appearance, saying, “We took a taxi to go to the amusement park in the city center to have fun.”

 

“I know, there’s a big amusement park there that’s been trending online recently. I’m just giving a suggestion.”

 

Speaking of which, the driver in front seemed to hesitate for a moment, “Why do I feel like you two look familiar? Is it that something…café  in Nanqi District? Recently, a new café opened there, and the maids inside look like both of you, like dolls.”

 

“No…sister, you’ve mistaken us. We’re just ordinary people.”

 

Finally quiet, I opened the Tongmeng website on my phone, loaded the list of accounts I follow using data, and then found Ouyang Xue’s café official account. I entered the live broadcast room.

 

As before, the live broadcast room had several cameras. Clicking on any of them allowed me to watch the café’s situation in real-time. Moreover, all the cameras supported a “reward control” system, which could be controlled at any time.

 

Even though the peak hours of the new store opening had passed, the café was still bustling at noon. People eating, playing with cats, playing games, and surfing the internet to watch videos were all present. On the main screen, various reward barrage messages and ad feeds occasionally popped up.

 

?Today’s café changed two maid sisters, directly transforming from a loli maid into a mature lady maid.?

?The beauty of these two mature maid sisters seems not as high as Nuo’er and Xiamo.?

?The barrage messages in front are simply joking. Nuo’er and Xiamo are the most attractive people I’ve seen in terms of appearance. Or should I say, they don’t seem human. Their facial features and figures are flawless.?

?But the new maid, Lan Jiajia, has a big chest.?

?Nuo’er is a loli, who needs a chest??

 

“……”

 

Switching the main perspective to the first floor of the café, I see that the barrage is actually discussing the issue of “big or small breasts.”

 

?This maid’s chest is at least an E cup.?

?Someone reward the camera, don’t always focus on this couple. I don’t want to eat dog food!?

?In fact, Xiamo also has a chest, you just didn’t notice. Don’t always think of her as a loli.?

?I never thought Xiamo was a loli, Nuo’er is. Xiamo and Ai Luodi are young girls, and Lan Jiajia is a big sister. The café manager is a mature lady, with all the elements complete.?

?No cross-dressers??

?Cross-dressing is a deviant path. Of course, if your looks can meet the standards of this café, you can give it a try. I bet it’ll be fun.?

 

From the surveillance footage, it can be seen that the style of the maid, Lan Jiajia, is closer to that of a “gentle big sister.” She seems to genuinely enjoy this line of work, patiently listening to customers’ questions, maintaining a smile throughout, and noting down what she hears.

 

In contrast, Ai Luodi, in my memory, doesn’t seem to be like that. She leans more towards the “ice queen” and “sleepy girl” styles, giving off the vibe of “Hurry up and finish speaking, I want to go to sleep.” However, with her outstanding appearance and lazy tone, Ai Luodi has quite a few fans on the internet. I’ve seen numerous requests in the live chat for Ai Luodi and Lan Jiajia to open official accounts, and fans expressing their intention to support them.

 

It feels like these people treat us maids as idols they are cultivating…

 

Combining this with the current situation in Nanqi District, the municipal government’s plan to build a cross-sea bridge, land reclamation projects, and someone scheming behind the scenes to obstruct this project, I can’t help but feel that the café has a kind of “idol academy” vibe.

 

Shocking! With internal and external troubles in Shenzhen City, Nanqi District facing dissolution, idol girls decide to debut to save the city’s finances, establish a school idol group, and resolve the crisis in Nanqi District!

 

Then, will there be an exotic beauty similar to “Xiongxiong,” who, upon hearing our story, rushes over and shouts in Latin, “So cute, right? Let’s be maids together! Let’s be café idols together!”

 

Speaking of which, it seems like I haven’t heard from Xiongxiong in a few days.

 

Closing the Tongmeng Net, I open my QQ group and briefly glance at the group messages. Scrolling up, although the group size has almost doubled, most of the time, people in the group are chatting about games, or sharing some silly information. It feels like just an ordinary game discussion group rather than a book lover’s group.

 

“Nuo’er, I’d like to take a short break.”

 

At this moment, Yin Xiamo slowly approached, “Can I borrow your lap?”

 

“Tired?” I was a bit surprised, thinking about her actions against those “people” just now. Considering that using magic might lead to fatigue, I, who was utterly clueless about magic, sat up straight, legs together, and patted my thigh. “Here, you can rest for a while.”

 

“Thank you, Nuo’er! Love you~.” The girl lying down beside me said happily.

 

In this position, I only needed to lower my head a bit to see Yin Xiamo’s entire face.

 

Her face was very clean, eyes very bright, and her eyelashes fluttered like butterflies. As people often said online, Yin Xiamo’s appearance was impeccable, even when compared to the whole world. Even with the most advanced technology in current beauty salons, one couldn’t create such a delicate little face.

 

Besides having beautiful features, the most significant and obvious difference between Yin Xiamo and ordinary people was our smooth and snow-white skin without any flaws.

 

This was also the most important reason people generally thought we “looked like dolls.”

 

For most people, such as adolescents going through puberty, there might be some acne or freckles on their faces, or even if there weren’t, the mischief and pranks of childhood might leave subtle scars or less noticeable moles. However, Yin Xiamo’s face truly had no flaws, not even the tiniest one. Even at such a close distance, it appeared smooth and fair, like a piece of flawless jade.

 

However, in reality, she was indeed not an Earthling.

 

With a little thought, I can understand the logic behind this. Some acne and skin problems are caused by allergies or infections from mites and other factors. Usually, living outside, we inevitably come into contact with various bacteria, pathogens, and irritants. Thus, most people’s faces won’t be as smooth and even as the beautiful girls drawn by artists on the blue software, but Yin Xiamo and I are different. In Yin Xiamo’s words, our bodies are “thousands of years ahead of Earth’s organisms.”

 

Any harmful viruses or bacteria here are ineffective against us, and we are immune to various irritating substances, resulting in flawless skin.

 

Speaking of those “people”, even though I explicitly rejected them, they still dared to provoke. Now, 20 years of their lives are gone. In the smoothly driving car, I gently stroke Yin Xiamo’s little head on my thigh.

 

Looking at her like this… with her eyes closed, completely relaxed, she appears quite cute, a far cry from the usual little demon. In that situation earlier, in a place like the medicinal plant garden, if I were alone or both Yin Xiamo and I were ordinary people, being entangled by those “people” would have been very dangerous. I could easily report a regular hooligan by shouting “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” into my phone, but dealing with people with status and backgrounds, possibly having influence throughout the entire Shenzhen city, would be nearly impossible for an ordinary person like me.

 

It’s precisely because of Yin Xiamo’s identity as a Grim Reaper that I can confidently come here to play. Come to think of it, I seem to have unconsciously regarded Yin Xiamo as someone I can rely on for everything. It just feels… with her by my side, my inner peace is unparalleled. No matter where we go or what we do, there’s a strong sense of security.

 

In Yin Xiamo’s eyes, am I also a reliable presence?

 

My understanding of love is still quite simple—I once thought that if I were to find a girlfriend, as long as I found someone who understood my interests and hobbies, and we lived together, respecting and supporting each other, that would be a good partner to grow old with.

 

Yin Xiamo likes me, but what does she like about me?

 

Appearance… definitely not, as this body was created by her, and the previous me wasn’t handsome either.

 

Inner qualities… there is a possibility, as in her eyes, I have the suspicion of being a “substitute hero.” However, judging from her behavior of discarding the hero’s equipment she had cherished for many years, she seems to have made up her mind to say farewell to the past.

 

So, if we end up together in the end, what does Xiamo hope I will do for her?

 

What kind of person should I become in her heart?

 

Thinking about this, I lowered my head and tried to use my small hand to touch Yin Xiamo’s forehead, gently stroking her smooth bangs.

 

The girl in my arms remained completely still, still maintaining steady breathing. Asleep so quickly?

 

Then, you’re not much different from a little kitten. The cats in the café always purr and fall asleep on my thighs when I’m not paying attention.

 

I quietly opened the camera function on my phone and took a picture of the girl on my thigh.

 

The soft one-piece dress, the faintly visible snow-white thigh under the skirt, the cute round-toed shoes under the skirt, and the girl napping on my thigh…

 

Since she did so many excessive things to me just now, is it… okay if I kiss her here?

 

“……”

 

I hesitated as I stared at Yin Xiamo’s cherry-colored lips but ultimately chose not to bend down.

 

Forget it.

 

I didn’t want to disturb the cute little kitten on my thigh right now. I opened my phone and accessed the Tongmeng Net, clicked on “Post Update,” and uploaded the photo I had just taken of Yin Xiamo sleeping on my thigh. It became the second post on this account, accompanied by the caption:

 

?The world’s cutest demon princess is asleep.?

 

“……”

 

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