“No, thanks. Just lend me a towel and… What are you doing?”

Even Ye Zhibai, who still couldn’t get her words out properly, was startled enough to widen her eyes slightly.

Even her voice went up a whole pitch.

Because… Ye Zhiyun had actually bent down and brought her head right near Ye Zhibai’s lower abdomen.

Her steady breathing was clearly audible from that close.

“Ah… The mineral water soaked through your clothes. That won’t do… You’ll catch a chill.”

“I… know… That’s why I said, a towel… Eep?”

Ye Zhibai’s delicate fingers tensed abruptly.

Ye Zhiyun… she’d just lightly touched Ye Zhibai’s lower belly with the tip of her tongue!

The touch was cool, yet oddly warm and soft, making Ye Zhibai close her left eye despite herself.

“Ye Zhiyun… what are you doing…?”

“Why are you calling me by my full name again… Just call me Yun’er, okay… Hah… I’m helping you clean it up, of course! Didn’t I tell you? You’ll catch a chill like this!”

“You can’t just…! Eep!”

That strange feeling from before was back!

And this time, Ye Zhiyun didn’t stop after a single touch.

It was as if she’d gotten a taste for it, and she kept going.

Ye Zhibai could clearly feel the cool sensation tracing a path across her lower belly.

It was much cooler than the mineral water that had spilled just before!!

She wanted to stop Ye Zhiyun before the sensation could spread any further, but Ye Zhibai had barely had any strength to begin with—and now she couldn’t muster even a little.

Her cool, impassive face remained composed, but her eyes trembled ever so slightly.

It was as if she were on the verge of completely losing control.

“Yun’er… that’s… enough…”

“But your pajama bottoms got wet too. I have to clean those up as well… You don’t want to catch a cold, do you… Hah…”

Ye Zhibai was at her wits’ end. If you’re going to talk, just talk—why are you panting?!

Ye Zhiyun spared a little energy to lift her somewhat dazed gaze.

Ah… Big sister was still so cool and captivating.

As if nothing in the world could shake her composure…

But I really want to see her blush.

Could I make that happen…?

There’s only one way to find out!

Ye Zhiyun was definitely pushing her luck now.

She cautiously hooked a finger under the elastic waistband of Ye Zhibai’s pajama bottoms and tugged it outward.

At once, the pure-white fabric hidden beneath the pajama bottoms was exposed to both Ye Zhibai and Ye Zhiyun.

Huh!! Is that what I’m wearing underneath?!

Only then did Ye Zhibai realize she wasn’t wearing boxer shorts underneath anymore!

N-no! Forget what I’m wearing underneath—this is obviously going way too far!

What is wrong with her?! Why is she trying to take my clothes off without even asking?!

Ye Zhiyun took a deep breath, steadied herself, and tried again to slowly pull down the pajama bottoms.

But…

“Ye Zhiyun!”

“!”

Ye Zhibai had finally had enough!

She gathered every bit of strength she had and called Ye Zhiyun’s name in her fiercest voice.

Ye Zhiyun shuddered at the sound.

She immediately let go of Ye Zhibai’s pajama bottoms!

The waistband snapped back into place, smacking against Ye Zhibai’s little white underwear with a soft slap.

Ye Zhibai breathed a sigh of relief… and quickly used her fingers to pull her pajama bottoms back up.

Good grief… Getting pounced on by a beautiful girl is a pretty unusual experience, but I can’t just let someone tug my clothes off for no reason!

Ye Zhibai still hadn’t quite gotten used to being a girl, but even from the perspective of her former male self, she had to try to resist.

After fixing her clothes, Ye Zhibai slowly raised her head.

And found… Ye Zhiyun didn’t look too good.

She looked like a child who’d done something wrong, her gaze darting about.

She seemed uneasy and alarmed.

At last, the moment Ye Zhibai looked into her eyes, Ye Zhiyun abruptly straightened up and bowed deeply in apology.

“I’m sorry!! Big sister! I got carried away!”

What exactly are you talking about?!

Ye Zhibai didn’t understand. Between girls… had that just been Ye Zhiyun’s way of teasingly showing affection?

Like how, back in school, plenty of girls would do affectionate things to each other to show they were best friends?

From that point of view… had she been too harsh just now?

Sisters reuniting after a long time apart, with the younger one wanting to cling to her big sister a little… That wasn’t so hard to understand.

But that joke of yours went way too far!

For a moment, she’d felt something strange… Ahem. Ye Zhibai couldn’t quite put it into words. It had just been weird.

Anyway, she couldn’t leave the second young miss of the Ye Family standing there bowing forever.

Ye Zhibai gave a small shake of her head and spoke quietly.

“Don’t… It was my overreaction just now. You… don’t need to worry about it.”

Waaah, Ye Zhibai had no idea how to comfort people. Did that sound too cold?

After hearing that, Ye Zhiyun lifted her head with a wounded look.

But a gleam lit up in her sapphire-blue eyes!

In fact… she seemed to be in a strangely excited state the whole time.

Especially after Ye Zhibai had said something that sounded so cold just now.

The odd blush on her face grew even more noticeable.

Does my little sister have some kind of masochistic streak?!

“Thank you, big sister! Hehe… I knew you were the best to me.”

“Hah… Could you get me a… towel?”

“You got it! Ah… right, big sister, you should change too. You’re soaked through, so you can’t keep wearing that. I’ll get you a pretty new outfit. I’ve been meaning to say, you look good in anything, but that hospital nightgown really doesn’t suit you.”

Ye Zhiyun glanced back over her shoulder as she spoke, then smiled at Ye Zhibai with a tender look.

She turned away with a flourish, her black hair catching the sunlight as it shimmered in a slanting sweep.

Then Yun’er cheerfully skipped off toward the hospital-room door.

Though when she ran into a maid as she left and shut the door behind her, her expression turned serious again.

“……”

That little sister of mine…

She’s somehow pretty cool and charming, too…?

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By now, Ye Zhibai had changed into a pure-white dress, simple yet still luxurious.

The fabric was soft and comfortable, with a cool, silky feel against her skin.

Her silver hair spilled down her back, its color complementing the dress.

Her cool-toned beauty was beyond compare, like a fairy descended from the heavens, untouched by the mortal world.

But… even though Ye Zhibai still wore a cool expression…

She was dying of embarrassment inside.

Ye Zhiyun had helped her change completely just now.

Ye Zhibai had enough strength to take her clothes off and put them on, but she had no idea how to wear a dress!

She’d fiddled with it for ages, still unable to tell whether she was supposed to pull it on from the top or step into it from below.

But standing there with her flawless white body exposed to the air was both cold and embarrassing. In the end, Ye Zhibai had to gesture for Ye Zhiyun to help her get dressed.

Although, while helping her dress… Yun’er’s fingers seemed to keep brushing against places they really shouldn’t.

Anyway, after a great deal of effort, she was finally dressed.

Sigh. Ye Zhibai was starting to accept more and more that becoming a girl was a done deal. She really needed to learn some new things.

Otherwise, she’d get left behind by the times!

For example, if she undid the bra she’d just put on, Ye Zhibai wasn’t confident she’d be able to put it back on again.

And… judging by how she’d looked in just her underwear, Ye Zhibai thought she was a little more well-endowed than she’d imagined.

Ye Zhibai didn’t know the different categories of women’s figures, but he’d at least done some part-time work drawing anime-style characters, so he had a decent grasp of the human form!

With her clothes on, she felt like a B cup. But seeing herself just now, she was probably a B-plus at least!

Ye Zhibai let out a tired sigh and thanked Ye Zhiyun.

“Yun’er… thanks for helping me change.”

“What are you thanking me for, big sister? I’ve been the one changing your clothes while you’ve been unconscious!”

“……”

Oh. Then never mind.

This girl was practically a pro by now!

Ye Zhibai sighed again, even more deeply.

Suddenly, she remembered something extremely important.

Right… She had to check this. There was no time to lose!

“Yun’er, did you bring your phone…?”

“Uh, yeah… Did you want to…?”

Ye Zhiyun took her phone out of her school uniform pocket.

It had a pink-and-white case with a little bunny charm hanging from it. Very girly.

Ye Zhibai pointed at the phone with her index finger.

“Could you unlock it…? I want to… check the map.”

“You know how to use a phone now?! Did you undergo a complete transformation in your dreams while you were unconscious?!”

You know what?

She really did.

It was pretty shocking when an idiot suddenly learned how to use a phone.

But Ye Zhibai wasn’t going to admit that. She didn’t want to invite any unnecessary trouble.

Right now, she just wanted to look at the map on the phone and confirm a few things.

First of all, what city was this?

Or rather, she needed to confirm whether this was the same world she’d lived in before.