“It seems you understand now. Doesn’t that make things simple?” Tang Nai chuckled, reaching up to adjust her eyepatch.
Ye Wanqing blinked, a flicker of suspicion flashing through her clear red eyes.
At first listen, it sounded right, but upon closer thought, she spotted the problem.
“Wait, that’s not right either.”
Ye Wanqing was dazed, not stupid.
Once she realized what was happening, she puffed out her cheeks in dissatisfaction.
“You just want to see us make fools of ourselves! I don’t remember you being this kindhearted.”
The problem was Tang Nai.
Ye Qing wouldn’t have been so sure if it were anyone else, but since she was the one causing this trouble, it meant she definitely had bad intentions.
“I won’t deny it, but the result isn’t a bad thing for you, and that’s enough.”
Tang Nai’s tone was relaxed, even somewhat cozy.
She planned to catch up on some sleep during the 1 hour flight.
Only after getting enough sleep would she have the energy to enjoy the entertainment.
“Wait, you’ve arrived? Do you want me to pick… what do you mean you’re downstairs? How do you know where I live…”
Su Mu hadn’t seen Ye Wanqing for a few days.
Although Tang Nai claimed to be taking good care of her—and her reliability wasn’t actually that bad—Su Mu was still full of worry.
She had a lingering sense of foreboding…
This feeling became even more intense after Tang Nai reached the bottom of the building, constantly sounding alarms in Su Mu’s mind.
Tang Nai’s tone was flat, but it sounded completely different to Su Mu’s ears.
“Since I’m coming to see you, I naturally had to do thorough research.”
The pink-haired girl hung up the phone indignantly.
She suddenly remembered the time her personal information had been completely leaked.
‘Right, was there anything this person couldn’t do?’
With a soft sigh, Su Mu prepared the slippers.
Tang Nai’s pair was particularly tiny; they were actually shoes Su Mu had worn when she was a child.
On this matter, Su Mu and Tang Nai were surprisingly in agreement—’I don’t have bad intentions, but the result isn’t bad for you.’
Based on Su Mu’s visual estimation, with Tang Nai’s petite frame of barely 5 feet tall, she could just barely fit her feet into the shoes without her heels hanging out.
As for how Su Mu could estimate so accurately, she had her reference point to thank—Miss Luo Jialan.
Indeed, a certain blue-haired girl was identical in height to Tang Nai.
The two of them wore the same size clothing and the same size shoes.
The only difference was that the former was a “small cup,” while the latter remained at a “mini cup” level—the kind where you couldn’t tell the front from the back from the side.
Having been intimate with Luo Jialan several times, Su Mu had naturally toyed with her small, exquisite feet.
Although the blushing beauty would immediately scold her until her body felt soft and weak, people always liked being a bit shameless…
Now, Su Mu could use her own hands to measure various parts of Luo Jialan’s body.
For example, her slender waist was about two palms wide, her cute little chest fit perfectly in one palm, and her soft, boneless feet were about one finger longer than a palm.
So, following Luo Jialan’s measurements, Su Mu found a pair of small shoes that fit perfectly.
It was a little bit of her own careful thought.
Footsteps approached the door.
She instinctively reached for the handle, but a warning bell suddenly rang in her heart again.
The leading footsteps were light and fast; Su Mu knew immediately it was Tang Nai.
It made her hesitate.
‘I feel like I’ve seen this scene before…’
That was it.
Back at the Rental Apartment, she had also been separated from Luo Jialan by such a fragile security door.
Even though she knew the girl outside shouldn’t be her, this strong sense of déjà vu inexplicably overwhelmed Su Mu’s heart.
Su Mu rubbed her eyes and pushed open the door, intending to greet them.
However, she was stunned by the familiar petite figure and couldn’t speak.
“Hey, do you like this surprise?”
Tang Nai poked her head out from behind Luo Jialan, her voice full of laughter and her eyes brimming with schadenfreude.
“You… I…” Su Mu’s tongue was tied, and the words caught in her throat.
She could only swallow them down in pieces, turning them into endless question marks.
Luo Jialan was also observing the pink-haired girl, who looked different than before.
She naturally didn’t recognize her, but she was still captivated by Su Mu’s stunning face, unable to look away for a moment.
“Have we… met before?”
Luo Jialan didn’t mind Su Mu’s abrupt reaction.
She was just curious why the girl in front of her kept looking away, as if she were too timid to meet her gaze, like a startled mouse scurrying for an exit.
‘Is she the Magical Girl stationed here? I heard she’s quite strong, but her personality is easy to bully and she needs a lot of looking after?’
Luo Jialan had been skeptical at first, and Tang Nai hadn’t explained much.
After all, seeing was believing.
And this sight had sent a certain pink mouse into total disarray, showing that “easy to bully” expression.
With a blushing face and her heart beating faster and faster, Su Mu pretended to casually brush back a lock of hair to calm her racing heart.
Just as Tang Nai said, she was often on the receiving end, but occasionally, the little pushover had moments where she took charge.
Don’t assume she lacked resolve just because her eyes were darting around; currently, the opposite was true.
It was only because the 15-year-old Luo Jialan looked just as adorable.
Though they were both first-year students, Su Mu’s gaze could pass over the top of Luo Jialan’s head to see Tang Nai directly.
Luo Jialan’s soft, neat blue hair barely covered her earlobes, with only a single long strand hanging down behind her.
It bounced playfully whenever she walked, like a little unicorn showing off its unique tail.
Her light purple eyes showed neither the exhaustion of part-time work nor the sharpness honed from long battles with monsters.
They were filled only with innocence and curiosity.
Her small face still held a lingering childishness, and her petite build was so delicate it made one instinctively want to… protect her.
‘First day of falling in love with little Luo Jialan, second day of protecting little Luo Jialan, protecting the little Luo Jialan that belongs to me.’
“I suppose… anyway, please come in first…”
Su Mu crouched down and naturally took hold of Luo Jialan’s small foot.
She gently pulled off the small brown leather boot and slid on the pre-prepared slipper, as tender as if she were taking care of her own younger sister.
Luo Jialan hadn’t snapped out of it yet.
By the time she felt the pressure on her foot, her face had already flushed red.
She hurriedly pulled her foot back, her expressive purple eyes signaling embarrassment and annoyance.
But the Su Mu she was staring at didn’t seem guilty at all; instead, she looked like a pitiful kitten that had been rejected… aggrieved?
Luo Jialan had a soft heart, and after this interaction, she was the one who felt like apologizing first.
“Hey, there’s still a pair of shoes missing. I’m just going to step inside like this…”
“Stop!”
Seeing that Tang Nai was about to step on her freshly mopped floor, Su Mu quickly pressed down on Tang Nai’s shoulder.
But would she return to being serious?
Obviously not…
Su Mu could guess why Luo Jialan was here; it was clearly this person’s doing.
So, she unceremoniously treated her in a similar way, grabbing Tang Nai’s ankle and roughly wrapping a shoe cover over her canvas shoe.
“There, go in.”
Su Mu pushed Tang Nai inside, and then her hand acted up, giving the latter’s buttocks a light smack—as if she were dismissing a child.
This left the mischievous Tang Nai completely stunned.
After the shock came a surge of anger.
‘Heh, you’ve got some nerve…’
Seeing Tang Nai narrow her eyes with that wicked smile, Luo Jialan’s face suddenly turned pale.
She recalled some unpleasant memories.
Although she didn’t know this strange pink-haired girl yet, she still hurriedly grabbed Su Mu’s sleeve, looking anxious and urgent.
‘She’s angry, run!’