Qiu Li'er gently pushed open the dorm door. Her fluffy ears twitched as she listened to the sounds inside.
Then she realized the whole thing had been completely unnecessary. Her two roommates were sitting right by the door, their sharp gazes almost stripping the clothes off her.
“Uh...” Qiu Li'er scratched her ear uneasily. “G-good evening. Um, have you eaten yet?”
“Not yet.”
Nan Shi said sternly, “We were just waiting to eat what’s under you—ugh! Little Nina, you hit me again!”
Yuenina expressionlessly withdrew her fist.
After witnessing dorm violence once again, Qiu Li'er swished her fox tail. “What’s under me? You were waiting for me to come back and cook noodles?”
“No.” Yuenina let out a sigh. “Nan Shi has improper thoughts about you. Little Fox, remember to keep your legs tightly closed when you sleep.”
“But why’d you hit me...” Nan Shi said pitifully. “I finally managed to build up such a serious atmosphere.”
“You were the idiot who ruined it.”
Yuenina shot her a glare, then turned back and said seriously, “Alright, Little Fox. Come here and confess honestly. What were you doing this afternoon?”
Nan Shi also put on a stern face again. “Or rather, who did you do, and who did you get done by?”
Qiu Li'er froze slightly and had just opened her mouth to explain...
[Ding~ This is the perfect moment for this system to make its entrance! Pick one of the following four lines and say it out loud!]
[Mission 1: “I just did Xi Xi, then got done by her, that’s all.”] [Reward: Charm +100]
[Mission 2: “Sorry, but Xi Xi and I have already done everything that should be done.”] [Reward: Charm +70]
[Mission 3: “I’m into lolis. Please report me to Teacher Xi.”] [Reward: Charm +50]
[Mission 4: “Nothing happened at all between Xi Xi and me!”] [Reward: Charm +30]
Qiu Li'er quickly scanned the four missions and said without hesitation,
“Nothing happened at all between Xi Xi and me.”
[Ding~ Your mission reward has been delivered.]
But the dorm instantly fell silent.
Nan Shi covered her mouth in shock, while Yuenina wore an expression that said, just as I thought.
“Looks like we still underestimated Little Fox...”
“Little Fox, so you really do have a thing going on with that bad little loli.”
So every option had been a trap.
Qiu Li'er’s ears drooped as she said aggrievedly, “I already said nothing happened...”
They only hugged once, and she only got kissed once. That really didn’t count for much. Most of the time, she’d just been listening to stories.
“If nothing happened, then why were you out there for two hours?” Nan Shi asked.
“What’s wrong with that... Can’t I spend some time alone?” Qiu Li'er said pitifully. “Little Fox wants a bit of privacy too...”
The two of them froze slightly. That line tugged at their heartstrings.
Yeah. They were only roommates. What right did they have to keep Qiu Li'er bound to their side?
Unless... they made that relationship one step closer. Something even more intimate than sleeping in the same bed.
“Ahem.” Yuenina cleared her throat. “The issue right now isn’t that you went out alone. It’s what exactly that Xi Xi did to you.”
Nan Shi nodded too. “Right. Being into lolis is illegal!”
“I’m not into lolis!” Qiu Li'er was on the verge of tears. “Xi Xi just talked to me about the commission, that’s all. It was all very proper between us.”
Nan Shi stood up. “Then why did you go and say something so suspicious just now? Why say nothing happened between you and Xi Xi?”
“Because really, nothing happened!”
Right now, Qiu Li'er almost wanted to strip and prove her innocence. Sadly, even that wouldn’t help.
“I see. I understand now.” Yuenina suddenly revealed a warm smile and beckoned to Qiu Li'er. “Alright, alright. Misunderstanding cleared up. Looks like we wrongly accused you. Come here, Little Fox. Let me give you a hug~”
“Okay~”
Qiu Li'er was delighted. The bond between roommates really was unbreakable. Even after suspicion, they could still make up and return to normal, hugging each other again.
So Qiu Li'er took off her hat and backpack, then bounced happily into their arms. She had just been about to rub against them properly when she heard Yuenina say coldly,
“Nan Shi, hold Little Fox down. Don’t let her run.”
“Got it!”
“Eh... eh?!” Qiu Li'er struggled lightly. “Why? Weren’t we hugging?!”
Yuenina didn’t explain. She lifted Qiu Li'er’s chin with one finger, then gently brushed a strand of orange hair behind her ear. Her clear eyes stared at Qiu Li'er without the slightest trace of impure intent.
Then she lightly licked her soft snowy cheek.
“Uwaaaahhh—”
Qiu Li'er’s pretty face flushed red in an instant. More than shyness, she was shocked, because that was exactly where Xi Xi had kissed her!
“Mmm...” Yuenina smacked her lips, then said coldly, “That’s the taste of lying. Little Fox, you got kissed on the face, didn’t you?”
Thump, thump, thud.
Qiu Li'er’s heart skipped a beat. Nan Shi was stunned too. “Little Nina, how did you know that? I wanna learn too.”
“You idiot, you can’t learn that.” Yuenina wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and looked down at her. “The evidence is conclusive. You can’t talk your way out of this, Little Fox. What else do you have to say?”
“Ah, well, I...”
Qiu Li'er opened her mouth, but in the end she lowered her head helplessly. “Xi Xi was the one who started it...”
“Very good.” Yuenina said indifferently, “I understand what you mean now.”
“...Huh?”
“I get it too.” Nan Shi smiled as she summed it up. “What you mean is, we need to be more proactive too, right?”
“Ah-no, no, that’s not what I...”
“Don’t worry, Little Fox.” Nan Shi cupped Qiu Li'er’s burning face in her hand. “Tonight, I’ll definitely give you what you want.”
Qiu Li'er blinked her big eyes and couldn’t help imagining scenes of herself being toyed with however they pleased.
Looks like she wouldn’t be happily tucking her tail tonight...
“As for sleeping, we’ll talk about that when it’s time to sleep,” Yuenina said. “Right now, there’s still one more thing. About this morning.”
Qiu Li'er looked innocent. “Wasn’t I with you two the whole morning?”
“No. Not during the match.”
“During the match? Don’t tell me...”
“See for yourself.”
Yuenina placed her phone in front of Qiu Li'er—
[Shocking! Holy Radiance Knight Miss Fischer eliminated in the first round? So this was the truth behind the match!]
Below the title was a short video. Two girls in school uniforms stood close, face to face. Then one of them suddenly drew her blade and launched a sneak attack, defeating the other almost instantly. The whole clip was less than ten seconds long.
Worth mentioning, the video looked like it had been filmed on a phone by official staff from an observer seat.
The comments below:
[Were they flirting on the battlefield?]
[I recognized Fischer, but the other girl’s wearing a hat, so I can’t see her face at all.]
[Is that a forehead kiss? Oh my god, that’s so sweet www]
[Didn’t the fans say she was already booked for the championship? And this is all Knight Fischer can do? Lol, that’s honestly hilarious ^^]
[Don’t force the slander. She may have lost the match, but she won love. What about you?]
[A knight willing to cast off all her armor for love? My brain has already auto-generated a short romance story.]
[In the daytime, you made me lose face. At night, I’ll make it so you can’t get out of bed~]
[Is no one paying attention to how fast that draw was? It was absurdly fast.]
[Fischer, my Fischer... *sobbing*]
By now, the post had already passed a thousand replies and shot straight to first place on the school forum.
A lot of gossip-hungry onlookers hadn’t even noticed Qiu Li'er’s sneak attack. Their attention had all gone to the relationship between the two girls instead.
“Little Fox...” Yuenina said coldly, “How are you going to explain this extra woman?”
“I...”
Qiu Li'er looked at the increasingly outrageous comments below and went completely blank.
How did it turn into this? Shouldn’t everyone be talking about the match?
Knock knock knock.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door outside. Qiu Li'er hurriedly stood up. “Um... I’ll go get the door first...”
Creak.
The dorm door opened.
Fischer stood outside. She looked at the little fox girl who had opened the door for her. The white jade-like dragon horns on her forehead glowed faintly.
“Student Qiu Li'er, it’s only been half a day,” she said expressionlessly.
“I want to talk to you in private. About today’s match.”
