“Bang!”
A heavy fist slammed onto the desk. A flash of lightning flickered, leaving a scorched, black mark on the sturdy surface in an instant.
“Well, well, well—good, you two did a fine job!” Lan Lan’s face wore a mocking smile, but her eyes looked like they could spit fire.
Late at night.
The office building, which should have only a few staff on duty at this hour, was ablaze with lights. Voices echoed faintly from every floor, as lively as the New Year.
And the two “heroes” responsible for this abnormal commotion, Lin Mowei and Gu Yunxi, now stood—one tall, one short—bolt upright in front of Director Lan Lan’s desk.
The scene was like two students who’d gotten into trouble, standing before the dean, waiting to be scolded.
To the side, Qin Wuyue stood with her arms folded, watching the somewhat disheveled pair with interest.
Lin Mowei’s hair was messy, and there were a few small rips in her clothes, but overall she was relatively put together.
By contrast, the one next to her, Gu Yunxi, looked much worse.
The petite woman was still wearing her bunny one-piece pajamas. One of the long ears on the hood was already drooping, the other barely hanging on.
The originally fluffy, soft fur was now clumped and matted, as if someone had dragged her around by the tail through the mud a few times.
And behind the desk sat Lan Lan, her chest heaving noticeably, faint sparks of electricity still flickering between her fingertips.
This old friend had always been remarkably composed, even to the point of suppressing her own emotions.
For her to act like this now, she must really be furious.
“Pfft…”
Qin Wuyue couldn’t hold it in anymore—a soft laugh escaped the corner of her mouth.
Seeing everyone look over, she hurriedly waved her hand. “Sorry, sorry, go on. Pretend I’m not here.”
Lan Lan shot her a glare, took a deep breath, and refocused her burning gaze on the two before her.
“You two,” she pressed down her voice, every word squeezed through gritted teeth, “you’ve been at odds since school. I just don’t get it—where did such a deep-seated grudge come from, hmm?”
She tapped her finger hard against the charred desk.
“When I first assigned you both to the Eradication Division of Nest Three, I thought you’d have more opportunities to work together, understand each other, smooth out your differences. Even if you couldn’t be as close as sisters, at least you could work together in peace.”
“But no, not only did you not get along, now you’ve gone and caused an even bigger mess! Half a commercial street’s surveillance went down, three public facilities seriously damaged, and the complaint calls from the public are about to blow up our switchboard!”
The more she spoke, the more exhausted she felt. She raised her hand and vigorously rubbed her pounding temples.
“Well? What was it this time—why the all-out brawl?”
Gu Yunxi bit her lip, turned, and shot Lin Mowei a fierce glare, her voice full of grievance and dissatisfaction.
“This woman went crazy and just attacked me!”
Lin Mowei folded her arms and let out a cold laugh, not backing down in the slightest. “You don’t know why I did it? If you hadn’t lured Xiao Yu away, would I have gone looking for you in the middle of the night? You think I enjoy seeing your face?”
Standing not far off against the wall, Lin Yu’s mouth twitched.
If anyone here felt the most speechless, aside from Lan Lan who was on the verge of exploding, it would have to be him.
If there was ever a definition for ‘disaster without cause,’ this was it.
He’d expected his sister might get angry, maybe lose her temper, but he’d thought their phone conversation had settled things.
Never imagined she’d actually storm over in person… How did she even find me, anyway?
Suddenly, a sharp gaze swept over him, sending an inexplicable chill down his back.
Then, a deliberately exaggerated cough from Qin Wuyue successfully drew that attention away.
Lan Lan understood her friend’s intent, silently signaling: it’s not his fault, don’t look at him.
“……”
Already in a terrible mood, she now felt even more stifled.
Why is it that every time something involves this kid, it turns into such a mess? Is he cursed?
Her gaze shifted back and forth between the two main culprits. “You two have made a huge mess this time, with terrible consequences. Both of you are suspended from duty—go to Sky Dome Academy and teach. Cool your heads for a while.”
“That’s not fair!” Gu Yunxi looked up and protested loudly. “This woman was already suspended! And why am I being punished too? It wasn’t even me who started it!”
Lan Lan was momentarily caught off guard by that, nearly forgetting in her anger that Lin Mowei was, in fact, already suspended.
But Gu Yunxi’s protest only made her laugh bitterly.
“True, you didn’t start it. If this had happened with someone else, it might not even have been a problem.”
“So, exactly! I object…” Gu Yunxi mumbled quietly.
“But!” Lan Lan slammed her hand on the desk. “With your abilities, couldn’t you have just avoided her if you didn’t want to fight? Are you telling me you couldn’t dodge her? Face it, you just didn’t want to back down. Now, after all this damage, you dare to tell me it’s not fair?”
Gu Yunxi froze, her mouth opening and closing, but in the end she could only lower her head, unwilling, and say nothing more.
Lan Lan’s reasoning might be a little shameless, but to a certain extent, it was the truth.
With their status and abilities, whenever a conflict of this level broke out, no matter the cause, both parties inevitably had to take responsibility.
Being sent to the academy as teachers was already a lenient punishment.
Lan Lan looked at the two of them and sighed wearily. “Fine… Forget it. You’ll be Dean of Discipline—that’s one rank higher than Mowei. Is that good enough?”
“…Fine, whatever.” Gu Yunxi pouted but accepted the arrangement.
Lin Mowei, fully aware she was in the wrong, made no objection to the decision, silently accepting it.
In the corner of the room, there was still one person who had been almost invisible the whole time.
Ye Ling’s gaze kept drifting back and forth between Lin Yu and Lin Mowei’s backs.
So that beautiful sister is really his big sis…
Come to think of it, if I’d just opened the door from the start, maybe none of this would have happened, and Aunt wouldn’t have gotten punished either?
Thinking like this, it really feels like I’m the one who caused trouble for Aunt…
At that moment, she felt someone gently tap her arm.
She turned and met Lin Yu’s gaze.
“Hmm?”
Lin Yu shook his head at her, his expression gentle, his eyes filled with comfort, as if saying, “Don’t overthink it, it’s not your fault.”
Ye Ling pursed her lips, blinking twice.
How… did he know what I was thinking?
As for how Lin Yu knew, it was simply because he understood her too well.
After figuring out what had just happened, he was one hundred percent sure that Ye Ling would blame herself, and her slightly guilty expression proved he was right.
Lin Mowei was turned away and missed their little exchange, but Qin Wuyue, whose attention was mostly on Lin Yu, saw everything clearly.
She narrowed her eyes slightly. What is that little brat up to? Are he and that girl close? Why does it feel like there’s a strange, irritating atmosphere between them…
If she played Gala Give Mu, she’d know that, generally speaking, this was what people called the stench of young love.