More and more people grew curious about why these three beautiful girls were fighting.
After all, all three were beauties, and as a Magical Girl, Mo Yu had incredibly high popularity, with many extreme fans of Magical Girls even swearing to track down the playboy responsible and subject him to all kinds of punishments.
As the supposed cause of the three beauties’ battle, Su Qi watched the endless barrage of “playboy” comments scrolling by and couldn’t help but shiver in secret.
Emmmmmmmm, if the viewers ever found out he was the man in question, he had a feeling he’d get beaten up!
But fear aside, as he watched the trending video,
Finally seeing that the three of them stopped before anyone got hurt and there were no photos of blood, Su Qi felt as if a weight had been lifted from his heart.
As long as everyone was safe, that was enough.
But Su Qi’s sense of relief barely lasted three seconds. With a careless swipe of his hand, he scrolled to the third trending video.
The video started playing, and Su Qi felt himself freeze up.
The cover of the third trending video was a girl in a dress.
Her long, soft chestnut hair was braided into a dangerously alluring plait that hung down in front of her chest.
She wore a sweet and gentle expression, exuding the aura of a gentle, married woman.
Staring at that dress and that “dangerous” hairstyle, Su Qi felt it was impossibly familiar—wasn’t that the outfit he’d worn last night?
And as the camera pulled back, the shop sign for Su Ji Bento appeared, and Su Qi’s heart sank.
Wasn’t that his own little Su Ji Bento shop?
How had it ended up trending?
While Su Qi puzzled over this, the camera panned out and a blogger’s introduction began to play in the video.
[In the past few months, a mysterious Su Ji Bento has appeared at the Lin City University Town night market. This bento is sold only every Sunday. Rumor has it the female boss of the bento shop is an ability user. Eating her bento is said to bring happiness and warmth, and can even boost an ability user’s attributes, so the shop has affectionately been dubbed Su Wife’s Bento by netizens. Nowadays, a bento worth 300 yuan has been bid up to nearly ten thousand. Here, let me remind everyone to spend rationally, don’t blindly follow trends, don’t engage in malicious speculation, and please don’t start queuing up ahead of time—because I can’t buy one myself.]
As the video played, the screen filled with bullet comments: [The Crispy Wife Boss, kind of interesting][Shuxi Bento][Buy a bento, get the proprietress? dog emoji], and all sorts of Shuxi-related banter.
Su Qi’s emotions were a tangled mess at this moment.
Emmmmmmm, it was true that after obtaining the Clan Leader’s Spatula, the Shuxi Bento he made tasted better than before, with improved attributes, too.
But he was just running an inconspicuous little shop—how did it end up trending as a “wife” spot?
It felt like there’d be a ton of pressure next time he set up his stall!
And… ugh… Su Wife’s Bento, selling for 300 a box, already made Su Qi feel guilty—he thought it was expensive.
How was there hype going on, with some boxes selling for ten thousand?
That was way too black-hearted! Did anyone even ask the person making the bentos for permission?
Those damn scalpers!
Their hearts were even blacker than Black-hearted Loli!
As Su Qi looked at his tiny phone, indignant—
At the same time, another silhouette was also looking at her phone.
That silhouette was none other than Gu Wen Yin, who had just received Su Qi’s letter of forgiveness and returned home from Muyang Apartment.
After fighting with Lin Xue and Mo Yu yesterday, and being mediated at the Adventurers’ Guild, Gu Wen Yin had calmed down overnight.
Now, she had finally returned from her lovesick, obsessive state of two days ago—when she’d encountered Su Qi in a wedding dress—to her usual gentle, big-sister-next-door self.
Entering her bedroom once more, she saw the gaping hole in the wall, some silver chains meant for restraint, and Su Qi’s photos scattered on the floor from the fight.
Looking at each and every item, the now-recovered Gu Wen Yin finally realized how heavy her love for Su Qi had been these past two days.
She recalled Su Qi pitifully begging for mercy, Su Qi’s delicate body trembling nervously, and the terror and unease in Su Qi’s eyes.
At this moment, Gu Wen Yin picked up her phone, nervously opening the pinned chat with Su Qi.
She instinctively wanted to send a message to apologize, but as her slender fingers tapped back and forth on the screen,
Line after line appeared, only to be deleted by Wen Yin, thinking them not appropriate or lacking in foundation.
Edit, delete, edit again, delete again—she repeated this many times, and in the end, Gu Wen Yin, wracked with guilt, didn’t send a single message.
Looking at the chat box where she and Su Qi used to chat easily every day, she now found herself at a loss for words.
This contrast made Gu Wen Yin, always gentle and strong, feel her eyes grow wet.
I think I lost my little Qi.
As Gu Wen Yin hid herself under the covers, overcome with guilt and regret, clutching her empty heart in pain and closing her eyes—
She didn’t notice that her pinky had accidentally tapped the send button.
Because of her repeated edits, a blank space that had been overlooked was sent out.
With the sending of this empty message,
The very next second,
“Wen Yin-jie～”
A special notification sound for Su Qi popped up on Gu Wen Yin’s phone.
Hearing the sound, Gu Wen Yin’s heart clenched tight.
Immersed in sadness, she was abruptly pulled back to reality. In a panic, she wiped away her tears.
But when her vision cleared and she looked at the screen, Gu Wen Yin froze, clutching her phone, not daring to open the message.
Her heart was a tangled mess.
On one hand, she was terrified Su Qi might send messages like “Pervert,” “I don’t want to see you anymore,” or “I’m really disappointed in you.” Just imagining it made Gu Wen Yin’s heart ache.
On the other hand, she still had a glimmer of hope for Su Qi’s reply—since Su Qi was willing to talk, maybe there was still a chance to make things right.
Countless thoughts flashed through her mind in just a few seconds, her heartbeat racing faster and faster.
Finally, after a fierce internal struggle, she took a deep breath, slowly reached out her finger, and opened the message…
It was an 18-second voice message.
She tapped to play it, and soon Su Qi’s silvery, bell-like girlish voice came through the phone.
“Wen Yin-jie, you’re home now, right? Um, I saw you were typing messages but didn’t send them, so I thought you might be overthinking. I wanted to send you something first.
“Honestly, about your extreme behavior these past two days… I was a little scared. But I know, Wen Yin-jie, you’re a gentle person. For you to become that crazy, there must have been many reasons, and I played a part in it too. I can understand you, Wen Yin-jie. But can we maybe take a break and cool down for a bit? Because right now, I might be scared if I see you. I also hope you can go back to being the gentle big sister you used to be!”
Listening to Su Qi’s gentle words, carefully considering her feelings, with that cautious tone only a girl could have,
Gu Wen Yin’s previously dull eyes started to shine with light.
Her phoenix eyes grew misty again, but this time it was not from sadness, but from joy.
Thank you, my little Qi, for giving your big sister another chance.
Hes too nice.