Chapter 18: Frost at the Door

Watching the two walk away, Mengjian Yue couldn’t come back to herself for a long time.

“Why… are Little Lu and Feng Zhiling together?”

She couldn’t understand it. Even if she racked her brain, she couldn’t figure out why those two would be together.

And they looked very intimate. Even after Li Lu hit her, Feng Zhiling was still smiling, not angry at all.

She had never been that close with Feng Zhiling.

After all, Feng Zhiling saw Mengjian Yue as an older sister. She bullied Li Lu because she thought Li Lu was too much of an obstacle around Mengjian Yue and wanted to drive her away.

And now… Feng Zhiling wasn’t looking for her. Instead, she was clinging to Li Lu?

Mengjian Yue fell into complete confusion, like a despairing girl watching the end of the world. She could only move her feet slowly, mechanically.

“What… happened?”

There was no way their relationship could be good!

They were bully and victim. And leaving Li Lu aside, Feng Zhiling definitely hated Li Lu too!

Mengjian Yue bit her lip, eyes hollow. Her steps stopped without her noticing, and she unconsciously raised a hand to knock lightly on the door in front of her.

Knock, knock, knock.

Normally, Little Lu would dawdle on purpose for a while before coming to open the door.

But today it was completely quiet.

No sound came from inside. No small footsteps. No girl standing at the door to open it.

“…Ah.” Mengjian Yue stared blankly at the closed door, only then remembering that Li Lu had already left today.

Left her behind, with Feng Zhiling.

Mengjian Yue lowered her head and slowly clenched her fist. Her nails dug deep into her palm, but she felt no pain at all.

She had clearly seen Li Lu and Feng Zhiling leave, yet she had still come to Li Lu’s door out of habit.

Because every day was like this.

This was Mengjian Yue’s routine.

Wake up, cook, then go to Little Lu’s house to pick her up for school.

This was the process Mengjian Yue had to complete every day, and she enjoyed every day like that.

But today was different. Only today was different.

She had to find out what had happened yesterday to change the relationship between those two.

She hoped… it was just a misunderstanding.

“Little Lu… you’re my Little Lu… my Little Lu alone… you absolutely can’t betray me.”

She slowly raised her eyes. A thin layer of frost rose in her aqua-blue pupils, and even her eyelashes turned into ice crystals.

The frost spread gradually, until it began to cover the door of Li Lu’s house. Only then did Mengjian Yue slowly come to her senses.

Expressionless, she turned around and walked down the stairs, one step at a time.

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“Lady Li Lu…”

“Don’t cling to me. And that Lady Li Lu stuff, that’s enough already!”

Li Lu disgustedly pushed Feng Zhiling away again as she tried to cling to her.

She came to apologize, so why did she keep trying to stick close?

Could this girl… be deliberately clinging to her to piss her off so she’d get beaten?

“Ahem, ahem. Then how should I address Lady Li Lu?”

Feng Zhiling blinked with a smile. She kept her head lowered when she spoke, acting extremely humble.

Her thinking was simple: as long as it was Lady Li Lu’s request, she would accept anything.

After all, she was a bad girl who had done something unforgivable.

Though ninety percent of Feng Zhiling’s thoughts were perverted, she really had come to atone. She never expected Li Lu to forgive her.

A magical girl’s resolve really did come that fast. Amazing, right?

“Tch…” Li Lu curled her lip. She really wanted to say that no form of address was allowed, and that Feng Zhiling should stay as far away as possible.

But Feng Zhiling’s resolve was far greater than she had imagined. She couldn’t be driven away, and hitting or scolding her only made her enjoy it. Li Lu was truly out of options.

“Call me whatever you want, but don’t make a scene. That ‘Lady Li Lu’ stuff is annoying just to hear!” Li Lu waved her hand, not hiding the disgust on her face at all. “And I don’t care what you call me, but stop clinging to me all the time. You’re really disgusting.”

“Guh!” Feng Zhiling blinked, clutched her chest, and staggered back. Her watery crimson eyes glistened. “Disgusting… I’m disgusting…?”

Feng Zhiling was a rising star among magical girls. At school, she was a big name too.

She was the class darling. Everyone believed her public persona and blindly supported everything she did.

This was the first time anyone had called Feng Zhiling disgusting.

But…

“Guh…”

Her heartbeat sped up again.

She clutched her chest and stared at Li Lu with a dazed look.

That beating from Li Lu yesterday had awakened something strange in Feng Zhiling.

“Lady Li Lu…” Feng Zhiling slowly raised her eyes. Her crimson pupils trembled slightly. Li Lu was the only person reflected in them.

“What? What kind of tone is that… and what kind of expression is that?!”

Li Lu stepped back and took a defensive stance, as if preparing to defend herself from Feng Zhiling’s madness.

“Mew!” Feng Zhiling pounced. “Scold me more, scold me more! I’m sorry, Lady Li Lu! I’m sorry for being so disgusting, but, but… ngh… so good… Lady Li Lu’s disgusted face is so cute! Lady Li Lu’s scolding voice is so lovely! I want more!”

“Wah, you perverted magical girl! You’re going crazy again!” Li Lu quickly put a hand to her face to block Feng Zhiling from rubbing her face against hers.

They hadn’t known each other long, but Li Lu already had a basic impression of this pervert.

When this one made that expression, she was obviously about to have another episode!

“Get off me! At this rate we’ll be late for school!”

“Mew! Lady Li Lu, Lady Li Lu!”

But Feng Zhiling seemed insane, completely unwilling to stop. She was even getting worse.

This girl really couldn’t be hit or scolded. If you didn’t satisfy her, she’d go crazy!

[ …What… are you two doing? ]

Just when Li Lu couldn’t pull Feng Zhiling away no matter how hard she tried, an extremely cold voice sounded in Li Lu’s mind.

Huh? Huh? Miss Rival?

‘You’re finally awake! What the hell is wrong with this thing!’

Li Lu asked Miss Rival in her mind, somewhat on the verge of collapse.

[ …Maybe I’m not awake. ]

Miss Rival was silent for a moment, then squeezed four words through her teeth.

Miss Rival’s voice sounded much colder than before, as if the last trace of emotion had been worn away.

[ I should go back to sleep, right? ]

She spoke coldly, as if afraid of disturbing Li Lu.

‘Wait, don’t sleep!’

Li Lu had a feeling that if she let Miss Rival go back to sleep now, something terrible would happen, so she immediately responded in her mind.

But this kind of split attention was ultimately too much for Li Lu.

She gritted her teeth and used the power she had just gained yesterday.

“Don’t you… push your luck!”

Li Lu’s eyes widened. Wisps of black smoke rose from her hands, and she suddenly threw six punches at Feng Zhiling’s stomach.

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