Xia Mengxi glanced at the hairpin in her palm, then looked up and gave Li Siqi a sincere smile.
“Thank you! I really appreciate it!”
This really could bring her some good luck. After all, the Yin-Colored Fate Crab Hairpin wasn’t just any ordinary accessory, but a special item with some mysterious effect.
But… how was she supposed to use it?
[Touch it with your hand, then silently say ‘use’ in your heart, young lady.]
So that’s how it is. God, may I ask, what effect does this item have?
Xia Mengxi waited a moment, but received no answer from God, and although a little disappointed, she somehow expected this outcome.
Well, God already kindly told her how to use it. If she wanted to know the effect as well, that would be too much to ask.
“By the way, when are you moving into the dorm?”
“Tonight. I’ve already gotten permission from my parents, so this afternoon I’ll go to the Technical Class Director to pay the fees and get a certificate. Then I can move in.”
Li Siqi nodded, then took out her phone and stepped aside to call her family.
At first, Xia Mengxi thought it would just be an ordinary call, but when she heard Li Siqi begin to argue with her family, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy inside.
“Hello… Mom, it’s me. There’s something I want to discuss with you… I’m planning to stay in the dorm.”
“You disagree? Why, Mom, it’s just staying in the dorm…”
“Mom, calm down. I’m not being unreasonable. I’m not insisting on staying at Xueshou, I—”
Seeing Li Siqi’s tense state, Xia Mengxi anxiously opened her mouth, tugging at Li Siqi’s sleeve.
Li Siqi noticed, holding her phone away from her ear for a moment and looking at Xia Mengxi.
“Don’t worry. I already agreed to this, so even if it’s my family, they can’t stop me.”
With that, Li Siqi showed a determined look and resolutely said into the phone,
“Mom, I know you opposed me enrolling at this school, but! I’ve made up my mind to live in the dorm. You can’t object! If you don’t like it, then don’t blame me for not keeping my promise!”
After hanging up, Li Siqi’s face was filled with guilt. Even in front of Xia Mengxi, who had so many worries herself, she couldn’t help but feel that there was something more behind all this.
Come to think of it, the first time they returned together, Li Siqi had a strange reaction to something her mother said. At the time, it seemed to involve the school… If you added what she just said about enrolling here, could it be…
Just as Xia Mengxi was about to guess what secret Li Siqi was hiding, Li Siqi suddenly flicked her forehead lightly. In that instant, the sharp pain seemed to send a warm current through her eyes.
“Ouch! That hurts!”
“Don’t worry.”
Li Siqi knew she hadn’t used much force, but when she saw the red mark blooming on Xia Mengxi’s forehead, she couldn’t help but look at her own fingers with suspicion.
But Li Siqi didn’t dwell on this small detail and quickly returned to her original purpose.
“Mengxi, sometimes knowing too much isn’t a good thing, so don’t dig into my business.”
“…Okay, I understand.”
Seeing Xia Mengxi’s eyes start to glisten, Li Siqi couldn’t bear it and gently stroked her head, then blew on it.
“There, there, no pain, no pain! Let the pain fly away!”
“Hmph! You’re treating me like a child, Li Siqi! Coddling me like this…”
Xia Mengxi couldn’t help but laugh, while Li Siqi just shrugged and said, “You’re even more fragile than the girls in the drama. I barely flicked you, and you act like you’re about to cry. You’re even more delicate than a real girl!”
Hmph.
At that moment, Xia Mengxi couldn’t hold it in anymore. She had, after all, once been a man, and now to be told she was more delicate than a girl—it was an unbearable insult!
“I’m not! I am not!”
“Oh? You’re not? Then why are your eyes all watery?”
Saying this, Li Siqi poked a teardrop at the corner of Xia Mengxi’s eye with her finger, purposely showing it off in front of her.
Seeing that, Xia Mengxi’s face turned as red as a teapot, and she couldn’t help but act even more embarrassed.
“You… you’re so annoying!”
“Goo goo~”
Seeing Xia Mengxi’s cute and embarrassed look, Li Siqi’s heart was itching, but she held herself back from teasing her again. Instead, she composed herself and asked curiously,
“By the way, Mengxi, from what you’ve said, how did you manage to come up to the rooftop alone?”
“Me? I waited until she went to the cafeteria, then came up.”
As soon as she finished, a loud rumbling sound came from Xia Mengxi’s stomach. This time, she felt even more embarrassed.
“Hungry? Good thing I bought an extra bread today. Here, take it.”
“Thank you!”
Watching Xia Mengxi nibble the bread like a little hamster, Li Siqi smiled and continued,
“She shouldn’t make a move in public.”
“Yeah.”
Xia Mengxi shook her head, indicating that she wouldn’t. Li Siqi breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s good. Then I won’t have to worry about you getting snatched away by her during class.”
Yeah, it’s all thanks to Lin Xue’er being a reasonable person.
Otherwise, she really might have gotten stabbed by her in class, and then…
Wait. That’s right! Li Siqi just reminded her—
If, in the future, she got Li Siqi’s help, and Lin Xue’er had no normal means left, if she suddenly gave her an injection during class and claimed she fainted and needed to be taken away, it really wasn’t impossible!
Damn it! This body really was affecting her mental power and thinking ability—she’d missed so many details!
“Li Siqi, I was just thinking, your guess isn’t impossible.”
Xia Mengxi took a sip of the drink Li Siqi handed her, then shared her own ideas one by one.
After listening, Li Siqi frowned, and mentally gave herself a warning about Lin Xue’er’s madness.
“In that case, I’ll have to check if you’re still there after every class, and give me your phone, too. I’ll set up a family connection, so I can track your location with my phone. If you ever leave the classroom during class, I’ll know right away.”
“Okay…”
Even after doing all this, Li Siqi still felt it wasn’t enough, because they weren’t in the same grade and had different class schedules.
So if it was during classes like P.E., where they had to go elsewhere, she wouldn’t be able to find Xia Mengxi right away.
At this, Xia Mengxi suddenly remembered something. On September 2nd, at noon, she would be summoned by members of the Student Council to discuss what happened in the morning.
That wasn’t the important part, though. The important part was that special certificate!