Although Tang Mo couldn’t see everything happening inside the dream through the two girls’ bodies, she didn’t believe Su Mu had the ability to escape Luo Jialan’s grasp.
To be honest, according to the original plan, Luo Jialan’s fall from grace wouldn’t happen for at least another three years.
After all, she was one of the Magical Girls Tang Nai cared about most, and wouldn’t easily reach the edge of corruption.
Just as Tang Mo was waiting with nothing to do, an unexpected variable appeared—the girl named Su Mu.
Tang Mo knew she was special.
Although she hadn’t found anything noteworthy in Su Mu’s past, that alone was enough to prove how unusual she was.
Someone so ordinary and bland wouldn’t have been chosen by Tang Nai.
So once Tang Mo noticed Su Mu’s presence, she immediately shifted her focus onto her and began setting her up.
Surprisingly, Tang Nai seemed completely oblivious to her plans.
Even after Tang Nai’s first use of her Power of Possession to disrupt Luo Jialan’s magical energy and encourage the ambiguous relationship between her and Su Mu, Tang Nai remained indifferent, as if this strange romance was something she had anticipated.
Does that make sense?
Two girls, both girls!
If Tang Mo hadn’t previously witnessed the antics between Luo Linglan and Ning Xi, she wouldn’t have understood this, nor would she have dared to use such a plan to push Luo Jialan towards downfall.
But how could Tang Nai, who grew up in the same environment, accept this completely and let it unfold naturally?
Tang Mo didn’t bother trying to understand her annoying sister’s mindset anyway.
She never could from the start.
Logic and ethics were not on her mind; as long as Su Mu could be a useful tool, a powerful pawn, that was enough.
To Tang Mo’s satisfaction, Su Mu was weak—so weak that she didn’t even bother using her power to invade her consciousness.
Once the setup was in place, this piece could only obediently be pushed to where it belonged.
Watching the two girls still tightly entwined, exchanging body heat, Tang Mo’s eyes curved slowly.
A beautiful arc.
‘I can’t wait any longer. Though I don’t really understand, just let me hear the wonderful sounds of your pleasure.’
***
In the dream, Su Mu nervously crouched like a stalker of a copper smith big sister, carefully hiding herself in the shadow of the corner, occasionally peeking out to check on the pink-haired little girl’s location.
Under the streetlamp, the rosy-cheeked, delicate little girl looked around gracefully.
Su Mu took a deep breath but swallowed her teasing thoughts.
‘Damn, how come I never realized I was this cute back then? How did the human traffickers miss me?’
But this time, she probably wouldn’t be abandoned because the trafficker had been replaced.
Another girl with bright aqua hair, wearing a clean white sailor uniform, held Little Su Mu’s hand and was feeding her a grilled sausage.
“Ugh, it’s too big, I can’t eat it.”
Although she said that, Little Su Mu still tried her best to open her cherry-like mouth wide and bite the end of the sausage.
After all, this wildly fragrant street food was too tempting for someone who rarely left home.
But Su Mu suspected Luo Jialan had deliberately bought such a big, thick sausage to tease Little Su Mu.
That size—biting it properly even if you managed to fit it in would be impossible.
Luo Jialan held the skewer firmly in her hand like an expert fisherman, controlling the distance skillfully, causing Little Su Mu’s mouth to pucker up.
Little Su Mu barely managed to hold the tip with her lips, reluctantly letting the enzymes in her saliva and the taste buds on her tongue savor the tempting aroma.
Then, to her shock, Luo Jialan pulled it back and took a big bite of the glistening sausage…
The pink-haired little girl froze, her cute face instantly flushing bright red like a tomato, her deep blue almond-shaped eyes wide open in disbelief.
After glaring at the calm and collected Luo Jialan for about three seconds, Little Su Mu’s mouth slowly puckered, and tears welled up in her eyes.
“Y-you, you, you…”
Her voice trembled and she couldn’t say a complete word.
When her emotions finally overflowed, she desperately pulled her hand out of Luo Jialan’s grasp and scrambled away.
“Help! Save me!”
On the other side, Su Mu could no longer hide.
She stared at Luo Jialan with the same expression, looking as if she’d lost her soul.
“Calm down, calm down, it’s just an illusion…”
“I feel like my heart’s become impure.”
Irina fell silent too, as this was a rather shocking sight for her as well.
‘No, sis, I’m just saying, attacking kids like this is a bit much!’
Luo Jialan scratched her head in confusion as she watched Little Su Mu run off and glanced down at the sausage in her hand.
To be honest, until just now, she thought Su Mu was role-playing with her.
Realizing the amount of damage she had caused to the little girl’s innocent heart, Luo Jialan hurriedly chased after her.
“Hey, don’t run! I was wrong! Can’t I just apologize?”
But the Little Su Mu in the dream ran so fast, like a slippery little mouse, disappearing in an instant.
Luo Jialan couldn’t catch a trace of her and started to panic.
‘Damn, I really messed up. This is Su Mu’s dream; I hope I didn’t cause any serious trouble.’
Of course, no real trouble occurred as Luo Jialan imagined.
Su Mu angrily withdrew the illusion.
“Irina, how much longer until recovery? I want to punish her, punish her hard!”
“47 minutes left. Let’s wait a bit longer.”
Irina clenched her silver teeth.
Even she, calm by nature, was beginning to get angry.
Watching Luo Jialan rush around like a headless fly in the dream, sometimes breaking parts of the dream, Irina clenched her fists.
Faint threads of sharp purple began to gather from her knuckles.
‘Now you realize your mistake? Too late. Time for personality correction!’
About three minutes later, Luo Jialan calmed down and instantly understood where the problem was.
She narrowed her deep dark purple eyes.
“Su Mu, you lied to me.”
Su Mu was already hiding in the home area, arms folded under the bed, her cheeks puffing out unconsciously.
‘You’re the one lying, you big pervert!’
Su Mu had originally wanted to stir up Luo Jialan’s kindness by using the memory of being caught by the traffickers, but she hadn’t expected things to get this out of hand.
Now that Luo Jialan had seen through the illusion, the same trick wouldn’t work again.
She had no choice but to keep playing hide and seek.
This time, even if caught, she wouldn’t give in.
She’d grit her teeth and endure it.
Seeing Luo Jialan still confused by the many lookalike students in the school area, Su Mu was secretly pleased.
‘Trash, you can’t find me, huh? Hmph, in forty minutes, I’ll—’
Her thoughts were cut off because Luo Jialan suddenly left the school area without warning and headed in her direction.
“Su Mu, I think I just vaguely heard you cursing me in your mind. It’s okay, I’ll forgive you. Don’t hide anymore.”
Su Mu covered her mouth tightly, utterly baffled about how the other side could hear her thoughts.
‘Cheating, huh? Not even pretending anymore!’