Deep in the Living
Chapter 163 - 157: Grandmother’s Arrangements

Chapter 163: Chapter 157: Grandmother’s Arrangements

The so-called "last night" did not go as anyone had anticipated.

After experiencing the so-called "painful massage," the class president fell into deep self-doubt,

Despite summoning all her endurance, she still couldn’t bear the pain for long, let alone find pleasure from such extreme agony.

Why could grandmother do it so easily?

Why did she show such high "suffering compatibility" with Luo Di?

Why can’t I do it at all?

After trying three times in succession,

the class president gave up completely,

just curling up in a corner to nurse her wounds, motionless.

Her self-confidence, which had surged from reviving from Hell and inheriting the nursing home, seemed to be shattered in this moment.

After squatting for a full half-hour, she didn’t even want to go back to her own bed, as if she felt unworthy of sharing a bed with Luo Di.

She laid out a makeshift bed on the floor, staring at the ceiling and even began talking to herself.

"It’s better this way... I really overestimated myself, that’s just my level.

Grandmother must have been hoping I’d die during the promotion period, so she could have you all to herself. It doesn’t matter~ I’ve already died once anyway."

No sooner had these negative words been spoken, a strong hand suddenly grabbed the class president’s waist and turned her prone body 180° to lie face down on the floor.

Following that,

an 85-kilogram body sat on her thighs,

ten fingers once again touched her back,

this time not for pain induction, but for a normal massage limited to the surface of the skin.

The class president’s body was initially tense, but as Luo Di’s nimble fingers glided over her back, applying the right amount of pressure on the acupressure points, she gradually relaxed.

Before she could speak,

Luo Di, sitting on her, spoke first:

"If your ’Disguise’ is only of this level, the sisters would never come after you, right? No need to magnify your emotions deliberately, or pretend like this, to be honest, it’s kind of nauseating."

The class president’s expression immediately returned to normal, negativity completely dispersed.

"Hey, hey, hey! Calling it nauseating is a bit much! It’s not like you couldn’t tell. Mmm...this feels so good. Seriously, you shouldn’t have learned massage, how come you’re so skilled."

"Haven’t you taken me to the ’Underground’ to try it numerous times? Observing or feeling the actions others performed on my body, just need to switch it up in the brain and I can roughly learn it, right?

Just like when we have PE class,

running, swimming, weight lifting, boxing, and basic combat skills, isn’t it all the same?"

"Okay, okay~ you make a classic point, saying this in school would get you targeted...Ow! Lighter, lighter, that spot just got hurt by you, it hurts.

Yes, yes, yes~ right there, press on this spot, it feels so good!"

During the assembly, the class president had been in a state of high tension,

plus she hardly slept in the bathroom last night,

under such a comfortable massage with no need for vigilance, she drifted off to sleep unknowingly.

She entered a ’deep sleep’ she seldom achieved, as opposed to the shallow sleep where she would wake up at the slightest sound, always on guard.

There’s no need to consider danger temporarily,

no dreams,

no whispers from Corners,

nothing at all,

by the time the class president woke up, it was already past six in the morning the next day,

she was lying in her pajamas on the bed, the makeshift bed already tidied up.

Next to her was Luo Di, deep in sleep on his side, with faint snoring sounds audible. He seemed very tired, as exhausted as the night before last.

On the bedside table, there was also a piece of paper, written somewhat messily.

"Four hours and 6 minutes, just as long as grandmother."

Looking at the text above, the squad leader lightly bit her lip.

She had no immediate intentions of getting out of bed. Instead, she turned around and pressed tightly against the soundly sleeping young man’s back, wrapping her arms around his abdomen, quietly enjoying the last few moments they had together.

...

A morning feast.

During the gathering, all the ingredients were sourced from the wild.

Hot sheep’s milk, pigeon eggs, clear stewed beef, and various kinds of fruit - all mildly nourishing foods.

The grandmother and six sisters had all arrived at the scene.

Hua Yuan’s fingers scraped up and down her lips, "Isabella probably spent the whole night busy and can’t even get out of bed now, right? Today’s breakfast is very important, I’ll go call her."

Just as she was about to seek out someone with a certain selfish intent,

a rush of hurried footsteps came from the back door. The two people finally arrived but they were still three minutes late.

According to past rules, being late would incur the grandmother’s punishment, but today’s grandmother seemed to be in a good mood and didn’t punish them at all – not even a single word of criticism.

"Let’s start eating, everyone. I will talk about the most important ’Promotion Matters’ during this breakfast.

Considering the excellent quality of your generation, as well as my current expansion of the organization within the Corners, this year we will no longer use interstice screening.

Instead, it’ll be a completely different promotion model.

A method for special organizations like our sisterhood to select top talents, which can give you a better ’Corner identity’.

Similarly, it’s more dangerous compared to the traditional interstice screening.

This method was once tried by the sisterhood but failed, and I have learned my lesson~ I waited for the best generation to attempt it again."

At this point, the sisters present were all stunned for a moment, and the atmosphere became subtly tense.

The squad leader also realized that her assumption from last night might have been wrong and that she had oversimplified the situation.

When everyone had almost finished eating,

grandmother seemed to extract something from deep within her own body, handing it out amidst the hats and veils, and placed it on the table.

This was an envelope made from pure white skin, sealed with a three-way forked wax seal representing the ’Corner’, and the entire envelope emanated a disturbing aura.

The moment it was placed on the table, everyone’s gaze and thoughts were involuntarily drawn to it, as if their pupils were covered with a layer of skin similar to the material of the envelope.

"This is..."

Upon seeing such an envelope, Hua Yuan, who had the longest tenure in this generation, seemed to recall some very unpleasant memories.

She remembered when she first joined the sisterhood, being cared for by a sister – the first time she had truly been taken care of.

And at that year’s breakfast, the grandmother also produced a similar envelope. When Hua Yuan followed up about that sister’s situation later, she had already died.

Perhaps feeling the emotional fluctuations,

grandmother’s gaze also shifted over.

"Hua Yuan, you saw this thing when you first joined the sisterhood, with an immature pituitary, didn’t you?"

"I did."

"Good, then you tell everyone what this is."

"The ’Corner Warrant’, targeting those who broke the rules of the Corner, returned to the Human World in special ways, and committed nefarious deeds, affecting the balance of the world. The ’monsters’."

When the special term "monster" was given, all the sisters showed an evident dilation of their pupils.

"Exactly! Considering you are the best generation, I have – on behalf of the organization – submitted a request to the Corner.

We obtained two warrants for all of you to freely choose from. If you can achieve promotion through this means, you will go to the Corner with a higher status, and your future path will be smoother.

Also,

completing the warrant will earn you a very good ’reward’ and will grant our organization greater recognition.

Hua Yuan, you have become stronger than those sisters at that time. I believe under your leadership, everyone can achieve this.

It’s also compensation for the regrets of the past; I was too hasty then, wasting two granddaughters I quite liked."

"Okay..."

Hua Yuan’s eyes were completely stained red, her body involuntarily twisting about, emitting sounds of joints twisting. It even felt like her physique was growing continuously during the process, exuding strong waves of invasive aura from within her body.