"What are you spacing out for? Hurry up and move me under the lampshade."
Seeing that Chu Lingtian didn't move, Liu Huohuo spoke up.
"Oh."
Chu Lingtian was stunned. Liu Huohuo, this little vixen, was slung over his shoulder. Even he, a battle-hardened king of soldiers, couldn't help but let his mind wander, feeling like his nose was about to bleed.
He really wanted to tell Liu Huohuo that the skin contact she was giving him in their current position was incredibly stimulating.
He really didn't know if this little vixen was doing it on purpose or if she genuinely hadn't thought about it.
"Hey, be careful! Hold me steady, don't let me fall."
Liu Huohuo cautioned.
Chu Lingtian grinned, "Don't worry."
Liu Huohuo began to change the light bulb. First, she took off the lampshade, then unscrewed the bad bulb and put in the new one. However, this was her first time doing such a thing, and her earlier bravado was just talk. As she worked, her movements were unsteady and wobbly.
If Chu Lingtian hadn't been strong enough and hadn't quickly grabbed Liu Huohuo's slender waist with both hands, stabilizing their positions, they would have surely fallen to the ground by now.
"Why won't this go in?"
After fumbling for a while, Liu Huohuo still couldn't insert the new, good light bulb into the socket.
Chu Lingtian said with frustration, "Little vixen, if you can't get it in, get down and let me do it. Don't waste time. You were just bragging about how capable you are, and now it turns out you were just bluffing."
"Who said I can't get it in? It's because you're not holding me properly! It's all your fault. Stop moving around! I'll have the light bulb in and fixed in no time."
Liu Huohuo retorted stubbornly and angrily, hearing Chu Lingtian look down on her again.
Chu Lingtian said impatiently, "Fine, I'll give you one more minute. If you still can't change it by then, you get down."
Both Liu Huohuo and Liu Bingxue had a stubborn streak in their personalities.
Hearing Chu Lingtian say he'd only give her one more minute, Liu Huohuo hurriedly straightened her upper body, using her left hand to assist her right, and inserted the light bulb into the socket.
*Snap!*
With a soft click, Liu Huohuo finally got the light bulb into the socket.
"Wow, I'm amazing! See, I told you I'd succeed, didn't I? You owe me a meal, don't forget!"
Liu Huohuo danced with joy, like a child.
"Hey, don't move around. If you fall, don't blame me." Chu Lingtian quickly stabilized himself and then chuckled, "Changing a light bulb, something a five-year-old can do. Look how happy you are."
"Ah..."
Before Chu Lingtian could finish speaking, Liu Huohuo, too carried away by her excitement, lost her balance completely. Her body tilted forward and began to fall towards the ground.
Falling from that height would mean severe injury, if not death.
Chu Lingtian quickly grabbed Liu Huohuo's slender waist with his right hand and her shoulder with his left.
*Bang!*
They crashed onto the bed. Their bodies collided, with Chu Lingtian underneath and Liu Huohuo on top.
"Ouch, that hurt! I told you to hold me steady, and look how you did it."
Liu Huohuo stared at Chu Lingtian with an annoyed expression and said coquettishly.
Chu Lingtian shot Liu Huohuo a look and said, "Little vixen, I told you not to move around. But you insisted on dancing on my shoulder and rubbing against me. Now that you've fallen, you're blaming me?"
Liu Huohuo suddenly smiled seductively, looking at Chu Lingtian with a hazy gaze. She parted her red lips and asked, "Am I beautiful? Do you want to... with me..."
*Whoosh!*
Suddenly, the room light was turned on. Liu Bingxue stood at the doorway, her beautiful eyes glaring at Liu Huohuo and Chu Lingtian on the bed, and asked coldly, "What are you two doing again?"
"Sister, what do you mean 'again'?"
Liu Huohuo was indeed bold and unrestrained. Even though her sister Liu Bingxue had caught them red-handed, she wasn't embarrassed. She remained on top of Chu Lingtian and retorted.
"The last time I caught the two of you, you were also in bed."
Liu Bingxue gritted her white teeth and said sternly.
Chu Lingtian's hands tightened around Liu Huohuo's slender waist, moving the little vixen off him. He then picked up the discarded faulty light bulb and said to Liu Bingxue:
"The light bulb in your sister's room was broken. She asked me to come up and help change it."
"That's a coincidence, isn't it? My mom and I were washing dishes and cleaning in the kitchen downstairs, and you were changing a light bulb on her bedroom bed with my sister?"
Liu Bingxue sneered, her beautiful eyes chilling as she questioned Chu Lingtian.
"Sister, don't blame my Lingtian brother. It's true that the light bulb in my bedroom suddenly went out..."
Hearing the first half of Liu Huohuo's sentence, Chu Lingtian thought to himself that this little vixen wasn't always so unreliable.
But the second half of Liu Huohuo's sentence made Chu Lingtian want to smack her big butt with his palm.
"Just as I was about to change the light bulb myself, he barged into my bedroom and insisted on helping me change it. He actually carried me on his shoulder, which made me so awkward! After I changed the light bulb, he suddenly fell, and I couldn't keep my balance, so we ended up hugging. And then you saw us..."
As Liu Huohuo spoke, her beautiful face was filled with an aggrieved expression that made people pity her, as if Chu Lingtian had truly forced her.
Chu Lingtian was once again astonished by the little vixen Liu Huohuo's acting skills. He immediately took out his phone and said, "Little girl, it was one thing for you to frame me last time, but this time I have evidence. You were the one who messaged me to come to your bedroom first. I have the chat records as proof."
"I did message you to come to my bedroom just now, but I didn't ask you to carry me on your shoulder! And you also threw me onto the bed earlier..."
Tears welled up in Liu Huohuo's beautiful eyes. She looked extremely wronged, as if she had more to say but stopped herself.
Hearing Liu Huohuo's words, Liu Bingxue trembled with anger, killing intent flashing in her eyes. She yelled at Chu Lingtian, "You come out with me! Go back to our own bedroom!"
With that, Liu Bingxue turned and stomped away in anger.
*Slap!*
Chu Lingtian slapped Liu Huohuo's butt heavily and uttered a threat, "Little vixen, you dare to trick me again! You just wait."
"Ah, Lingtian brother, why are you hitting my butt! It hurts so much!"
Liu Huohuo cried out in pain, but her charming face wore a cute yet extremely triumphant expression. She even deliberately spoke very loudly.