At this moment, Lin Yizhou’s pupils were shaking.
He couldn’t understand it.
Could this really be a parallel world?
Otherwise, it made no sense!
How could two men have a child?!
While his thoughts ran wild, Lin Yizhou continued observing Su Ziling not far away.
Although he had to admit that, upon closer inspection, the other person really didn’t look like a man.
In fact, they were even somewhat… pleasing to the eye?
Hiss~
Lin Yizhou sucked in a sharp breath and hurriedly chanted in his mind.
‘It’s a man. It’s a man. It’s a man…’
Then he forcefully killed off that terrifying thought.
At the same time, having been a magical girl for so long, Su Ziling had naturally noticed Lin Yizhou’s gaze long ago.
She was a little confused.
The other party wasn’t a student of this year’s class.
Unless he was making up credits, there was no reason for him to attend this elective course.
And he had been staring at her the whole time.
Thinking back to everything Su Lili had said yesterday…
‘Could he be here for me?’
Although she knew they might have some interactions in the future, that was something for later.
With that thought, Su Ziling turned her head and met his gaze.
Tilting her head slightly, she asked,
“Excuse me, is there something on my face?”
Su Ziling’s voice had always been somewhat androgynous.
After becoming female, however, her voice had gained a bit more softness.
“Nothing.”
Lin Yizhou desperately wanted to ask, “Brother, what exactly are you?”
But he held himself back.
Not because reason had prevailed.
Rather, he noticed a little figure lying on a tree outside the window, staring at both him and Su Ziling.
‘Why is Su Lili here?’
“Professor, my stomach hurts a little.”
At that moment, Su Ziling raised her hand.
As a model student, she was genuinely the type who followed rules diligently.
After all, this place promoted “happy education.”
So behavior like hers actually stood out.
The professor clearly liked students like that.
After hearing her words, he immediately responded with concern.
“Go visit the infirmary. But try not to eat so much cold food in the future.”
“Mhm.”
Su Ziling left the classroom.
Seeing this, Lin Yizhou immediately followed.
He also concealed his presence.
As the leader of the monsters, he naturally couldn’t lack a few tricks.
Once hidden, there was no way Su Ziling could notice someone following behind her.
She jogged over to the tree outside the window.
Looking up, she spoke helplessly to Su Lili perched above.
“Come down. It’s dangerous sitting up there.”
“Ehehe~”
The little girl in the tree instantly put on an adorable expression after being discovered.
“You found me, Mom.”
Su Ziling opened her arms toward her.
“Hurry up and come down. Stop sitting up there.”
“Your skirt is practically being seen by everyone.”
“Heave-ho!”
Su Lili immediately jumped down from the tree and threw herself into Su Ziling’s arms.
For an ordinary person, catching someone jumping from that height would’ve been impossible.
Fortunately, Su Ziling wasn’t an ordinary person.
After setting the little girl down, she asked,
“When did you get here?”
Although Su Ziling felt this little troublemaker was the type who let everything go in one ear and out the other, some things still needed to be taught.
“Girls shouldn’t climb trees while wearing skirts.”
“A creepy old man might see everything.”
“It’s okay.”
Su Lili proudly gave a thumbs-up.
“I used magic. I’m invisible right now.”
“Besides Mom and Dad, nobody can see me.”
At that point, the little girl impatiently continued.
“Oh right, oh right! Mom, you’re amazing after all.”
As she spoke, she remembered her wooden-block father from yesterday and couldn’t help muttering to herself.
“Way better than Dad, that big blockhead…”
“Hm? What did you just say?”
“Nothing!”
The little girl shook her head repeatedly.
“I was saying you’re really fast, Mom.”
“You already managed to talk to Dad!”
“As expected, the old saying is right.”
“When a woman chases a man, it’s only a thin veil.”
“When a man chases a woman, there’s a house, a car, and her mom standing in the way…”
“Ow!”
“At your age, stop reading that nonsense.”
After withdrawing her hand chop, Su Ziling felt somewhat speechless.
For this clever but mischievous daughter of hers, she felt it was necessary to reclaim her dignity as a “mom”…
No, as a dad.
She reached out and pinched Su Lili’s cheek.
“Besides, when exactly did you see me ‘chasing’ Lin Yizhou?”
“But Mom, you were tilting your head and acting cute just now!”
Su Lili giggled.
“Dad was totally staring in a daze!”
“…”
Only then did Su Ziling realize what unconscious action she had just performed.
A faint blush uncontrollably spread across her face.
Still, she quickly explained,
“That wasn’t acting cute.”
“It was just… an unconscious habit.”
“Hehehe~”
Naturally, Su Lili didn’t believe her.
Instead, she proudly declared,
“Tsundere types aren’t popular anymore.”
“Mom, you need to be more proactive.”
“Being tsundere is worse than throwing yourself at him.”
“Throwing yourself at him is worse than applying medicine.”
“Applying medicine is worse than getting into be—”
“Ow!”
Before she could finish, Su Ziling delivered another hand chop.
“Who would ever like a woman that frivolous?!”
Thinking about it from another perspective.
If some girl suddenly threw herself at a man for no reason…
Then she was probably not after his body.
She was after his kidneys.
Just as Su Ziling was preparing to continue lecturing this reckless little troublemaker, an untimely stomach growl interrupted their conversation.
grrrr
After the sound echoed out, Su Lili awkwardly scratched her cheek.
“Uh… Mom, I’m kind of hungry.”
Su Ziling frowned slightly.
“You didn’t eat lunch?”
“I ate a little bread.”
That was a lie.
In reality, Su Lili had only drunk a few sips of water since morning.
She did have a piece of bread in her pocket.
But she hadn’t eaten it.
She planned to save it for dinner so she wouldn’t wake up hungry in the middle of the night.
Su Ziling checked the time.
It was currently 3:00 PM.
If they went home and cooked, they probably wouldn’t be eating until after 4:00 PM.
The little girl likely couldn’t wait that long.
And besides…
She had returned from the future again, hadn’t she?
What exactly was future Lin Yizhou doing?
His daughter wasn’t even eating properly, and he wasn’t taking care of her?
After mentally criticizing Lin Yizhou countless times, she finally said to Su Lili,
“Let’s go to a family restaurant.”
“What do you want to eat?”
“French fries! Fried chicken! Hamburgers! Ice cream!”
Su Lili danced around excitedly while listing an entire menu.
Though it was hard to say whether any of those counted as actual food.
After glancing at her nearly empty wallet, Su Ziling tapped the little girl’s head once more.
“You can’t eat that much greasy food on an empty stomach.”
“Wuu…”
Although disappointed, Su Lili quickly cheered up again.
As if remembering something, she timidly asked,
“Oh right.”
“Can I invite Dad to come with us too?”