Chapter 81: Sausages Are Not Meant to Be Bitten, but Licked

“All right, Tingting, don’t be afraid. Your brother will protect you, and no one will hurt you again.” Looking into her innocent wide eyes and bright gaze, Ling Tian felt that he had been overthinking everything a moment ago; his earlier thoughts had been filthy beyond measure.

So Ling Tian got into bed properly and kept a certain distance from Tingting, afraid that if he lost control, he would not know what might happen. After all, she was not his real little sister. Besides, even if she were, there were still cases in this world of brothers and sisters crossing lines they never should.

“Thank you, Brother.” After speaking, Tingting turned off the bedside lamp. The room immediately dimmed, leaving only the faint glow of the streetlights outside seeping through the curtains.

That little light was just right, not so dark that nothing could be seen, yet not bright enough to make things clear. At once, an ambiguous atmosphere filled the room. In the silent night, there seemed to be only two beating hearts, and Ling Tian actually found himself a little tense.

What a joke. Ling Tian felt that his reaction was highly abnormal. He was no innocent boy anymore, and this was not even the first time he had slept beside a woman. Why should he be nervous? Back then, when he had slept with Li Youran and Lin Youya, he had never been nervous; on the contrary, it had always been the other party who was flustered while he gorged himself on every advantage. Yet today it had all turned upside down. Sleeping beside a little girl, and he was actually nervous?

Ling Tian puzzled over it again and again. How could he be nervous over such a childish little thing, one who had not even fully developed? No chest, no hips.

In truth, what Ling Tian did not understand was the lure of forbidden fruit. The more something could not be eaten, the more one thought of it, hungered for it. Once you knew something was allowed, the thrill diminished. Otherwise, how could this world have so many forbidden loves?

When he slept with Lin Youya and Li Youran, he had gone in with absolute certainty, regarding them as prey, while he was the composed hunter.

But the situation before him was very different. First, Tingting was only fourteen and not yet grown. Second, she was his brother’s younger sister. He had promised his brother to take good care of her. How could he betray that trust? Most fatal of all, Ling Tian felt that his collection of girls lacked a little loli, and now that very loli had come to his bed of her own accord.

There was a faint anticipation in him, yet he also felt he must control himself.

At that moment, a delicate fragrance drifted over: the natural scent of a young girl’s body, carrying the untouched sweetness of a child who had not yet been developed, and it rushed into Ling Tian’s nostrils.

It was Tingting. She shifted a little closer to him, almost brushing against his body, and the masculine scent on Ling Tian’s body made her instantly intoxicated.

In truth, Tingting was even more nervous than Ling Tian. She truly liked him, with an unusually deep dependence on him. When Ling Tian brought her home, she was overjoyed.

But when Ling Tian told her to sleep alone in the room, she had tossed and turned without a wink of sleep. Partly because of today’s fright, and partly because she wanted him to keep her company. Her mind was filled with Ling Tian’s handsome, cool figure and his gentle eyes. A young girl’s heart was only just beginning to awaken.

Later, Tingting gathered her courage and knocked on Ling Tian’s door. Using fear as an excuse, she drew him onto her bed. All through it her heartbeat had been racing, afraid that Ling Tian would refuse her. Fortunately, in the end, Ling Tian agreed.

“Brother, hold me. I’m scared.” Tingting had an urge to press her body against his, but afraid that Ling Tian would look down on her, she used fear as a pretext and asked him to hold her.

When she bathed earlier, she had looked in the mirror and felt that she was still very pretty—at least a lovely little loli. She just did not know whether this big brother only liked women with large breasts. If she took the initiative and he rejected her, it would be terribly awkward.

In fact, she had never meant to do anything with Ling Tian. A little girl’s understanding of love was still vague. To her, once there had been an embrace and a kiss, that was already the end of it, proof that the two shared intimacy. That was why she wanted him to hold her.

Ling Tian was also struggling inwardly. He had set his own bottom line as not eating Tingting up, yet he still felt a strong impulse to pull her into his arms.

Now, hearing Tingting say she was afraid, he wrapped her at once in his embrace. So fragrant, so soft—her frame was smaller than that of an ordinary girl. A feeling of tenderness rose in his heart.

“Brother.” Held in Ling Tian’s arms, Tingting felt an overwhelming sense of fulfillment. In that instant, her dream had come true: she was in the arms of her Prince Charming.

“Tingting,” Ling Tian murmured softly as well.

“Brother, when I grow up, you have to marry me.” Having mustered her courage to say this, Tingting reached out and wrapped her arms around Ling Tian’s waist, pressing her face tightly against his chest.

“Tingting, you’re still young. When you’re older, you’ll meet boys you like, and then you won’t like your brother anymore. But your brother will protect you for life,” Ling Tian said gently after a brief pause.

Tingting’s words and actions moved him deeply. Was this girl falling in love with him? To be depended on like this, to be pursued so openly, felt truly wonderful. It was just that she was still too young, and he could not promise her anything.

“I will always like Brother. I liked you the very first time I saw you. Brother, do you like me?” Tingting wanted to stay with Ling Tian forever. Even if she found her own brother someday, she would persuade him to accept Ling Tian as well.

“I like you. Brother will always like Tingting.” At this moment, Ling Tian no longer deceived his own heart. From the very first glance at Tingting, he had felt something unusual. When he saw her wounds, his heart ached and he became furious. Even after realizing later that it was because Tingting resembled Dongfang Ye, he did not deny that he had been moved by her.

Some say that every brother without blood ties actually likes his little sister; otherwise, how could he ever vow to protect her for a lifetime? Everyone is so busy—who would go and take a girl he did not like as his sister?

“Brother, are you uncomfortable? Hm? What’s poking me?” Suddenly, Tingting noticed a change in Ling Tian. His breathing had quickened, his skin had become a little hot, and all at once she felt something pressing against her stomach.

“It’s nothing. I’m fine.” Ling Tian felt like a beast; he had actually reacted to this little girl for real. He had to control himself. Control himself.

“Really? Brother, what is this?” As she spoke, Tingting moved the small hand resting at his waist to a critical place and curiously touched Ling Tian’s little brother.

“That’s... a sausage,” Ling Tian answered after a long struggle, and the moment the words left his mouth he wanted to bite his own tongue.

Tingting’s little hand was touching his little brother. Though it was through his underwear, it still felt so good that Ling Tian wanted to cry out. Yet he forced himself to endure.

“A sausage? Brother, I’m hungry. I haven’t eaten anything at all. So you brought a sausage too. It’s such a big one. Can I eat your sausage?” As she spoke, Tingting actually slipped her hand into Ling Tian’s underwear and held his little brother, kneading it as though trying to judge how large the sausage really was.

“You really want to eat it?” Ling Tian swallowed hard. The temptation was simply impossible to resist. Though his bottom line was that he could not eat Tingting, if Tingting wanted to eat him, that was surely Heaven’s will. Refusing would bring heavenly retribution.

Still, when Tingting said she was hungry, he did feel sorry for her. He was going to find her something to eat shortly. He had been careless, actually neglecting the fact that she had not eaten. Damn it.

“Mhm, I want to eat it. I really like sausages. There used to be a butcher shop near our home whose sausages were delicious. My brother often bought them for me. Later, the shop closed, and my brother left home to work,” Tingting said very seriously, all the while gripping Ling Tian’s little brother with her hand, trying to lift it up, though she could not. She really did think it was a sausage.

“Tingting, this sausage is a little special. It can’t be lifted up. It can only be eaten down below,” Ling Tian said, coaxing her patiently.

Tingting was probably truly hungry and did not think further. She moved her head down to Ling Tian’s lower abdomen, aimed at his little brother, and bit down.

“Aah—” Ling Tian suddenly let out a miserable cry. She actually bit it! It hurt like hell.

“Brother, what’s wrong?” Hearing Ling Tian’s cry, Tingting hurriedly stopped and asked with concern.

“It’s nothing. Brother just got hungry too. I’ll go to the kitchen and find you something to eat. We’ll eat together. Another day, Brother will buy you sausages. For now, I’ll keep this sausage for myself,” Ling Tian blurted out, unable to explain it any other way.

“Okay. This sausage doesn’t taste good. It’s nothing like the ones I used to eat.” Tingting finally gave up on the sausage. Ling Tian let out a long breath at once; at last his little brother was safe. Still, Tingting’s remark that this sausage did not taste good wounded his pride a little. Another day, he would definitely let some other girl try it. This sausage was not for biting—it was for licking. If only Tingting could understand that someday.

Secretly, Ling Tian used his Yin Yang Art to heal his little brother, and only then did he get out of bed as if nothing had happened to prepare food for Tingting. He simply found some bread, some sausages, and two bags of milk.

When Tingting saw the food, she quickly ate quite a lot. It seemed the child really had been hungry. To make up for the lie he had told, Ling Tian, though not hungry at all, also ate some.

By then the bedside lamp was on, and under the amber glow of the light, the two of them ate in a warm, intimate atmosphere.

After they had nearly finished, Tingting suddenly looked up and examined Ling Tian’s body, then asked, “Brother, how can you hide a sausage in your underwear? That’s very unhygienic. When I was little, I used to hide candy under the blanket, but never in my underwear. Take it out quickly.”

At that moment, Ling Tian was wearing only a pair of underwear and no pajamas. He had always had the habit of sleeping naked, but because he was sharing a bed with Tingting, he had at least put on shorts.

“This... Brother was too hungry when he went to the kitchen just now and already ate it himself. From now on, Brother will remember not to put sausages in his underwear.” As soon as he said it, Ling Tian wanted to bite his own tongue. How was it so difficult to get along with a little girl? Who said innocent girls were easy to handle? They were not easy to handle at all. Ling Tian was nearly in tears.