Hua Jianxi couldn’t sleep. She found it impossible to fall asleep.
Today, the impact from Uranus was still too much. And that loli old hag seemed to have given her a glance.
That woman might look like a harmless little girl on the outside, but she’s the second seat of the Knights of the Round Table!
Although the seating order of the Knights doesn’t represent personal strength rankings, Hua Jianxi knew that the existence of the Upper Three Seats was undeniably powerful. In fact, she felt the Upper Three Seats had already surpassed the limits of S-Class.
Moreover, the gaze of that loli old hag was terrifying, as if she had seen through her completely. She absolutely hated that feeling of being completely seen through.
Just thinking about that gaze made her shiver.
‘Could that loli old hag even know that I’m helping Ling?’
‘If she does know, then could the “Correct Person” she mentioned be Ling?’
‘If the “Correct Person” really is Ling, then what would that loli old hag’s attitude be toward her?’
‘No, that’s too much information. I need to confirm some things before I can talk to Ling clearly.’
She picked up her phone, scrolled through her contacts, and dialed an encrypted phone number.
This number belonged to a certain gray-haired, expressionless woman who always wore a white lab coat.
The phone rang for a while before being answered. A female voice, cold and completely devoid of emotion, came through.
“Calling me at four in the morning. You’d better have a reason more important than experimental data.”
Hua Jianxi’s tone lost some of its usual frivolity and became more serious as she spoke to the person on the other end:
“Sister Hui Yin, just now during the Round Table meeting, Uranus came. She personally called off Zeus’s plan to target the Ye Family database.”
“And she said something about the ‘Correct Person’ having appeared. Aren’t you pretty close with her? So I wanted to ask, what does ‘Correct Person’ really mean?”
The other end of the line was silent for a long time, so long that Hua Jianxi thought the person had fallen asleep, before Hui Yin’s voice finally sounded again:
“Uranus and I have some old grudges unsettled, but she made a promise to me.”
“She will not harm any experiment subject that came from the Killing Angel Project. That was the agreement between us.”
Hua Jianxi blinked on her end of the call and asked with a hint of anxiety:
“So she already knows about Ling and Xiao Jiu?”
Hui Yin’s voice, like a crack in a ten-thousand-year iceberg, rarely carried a trace of fluctuation:
“She knew about their existence even earlier than you did. Perhaps earlier than anyone.”
“Now that she’s personally stepping in to stop Zeus, it means that Ling and Jiu are the ‘Correct Persons’ she’s been waiting for.”
“You don’t need to worry too much about them. Although Uranus has a strange personality, she never voluntarily breaks the promises she’s made.”
“However, you must not let Ling realize that Uranus is watching her. It’s not the time yet.”
“…What about Zeus?”
Hua Jianxi asked. Because she hated Zeus, she had very little contact with him and didn’t know much about him.
“Zeus is an extreme interestist. Every step he takes is calculated. He never does anything without a return.”
“He’s set his sights on the Ye Family. Even if Uranus warns him, he will absolutely not give up his schemes.”
“Moreover, the thing hidden in that database might only be known to me and Uranus in its true nature.”
“What is that thing?”
Hui Yin did not answer that question. She just left a brief instruction and hung up the phone.
Hua Jianxi stared at the call ended screen on her phone.
She let out a long sigh, put the phone next to her keyboard, and looked out the window at the silent streets in the early morning hours.
This Ye Family matter might be bigger than she had imagined. This time, even the Cradle was completely involved.
Although for her it was indeed an exciting enough source of amusement, she still hoped that Ling Ling wouldn’t get into trouble.
After all, to her, Ling was a long-lasting source of fun. Watching her get entangled by beautiful girls every day was also very interesting.
She lowered her head and looked at the content she hadn’t sent yet in the chat box. After thinking, she edited what she was about to send and finally typed only a short line.
“Ling, I have something important to tell you at the school rooftop tomorrow at noon. Remember, don’t be late, and don’t avoid me. — Your loving Huahua.”
The next day at Luter Academy.
Hua Jianxi appeared at the school gate with dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.
But she was still the same Hua Jianxi, wearing a slightly modified school uniform, a lollipop constantly in her mouth.
Her steps still carried that lazy ease.
As she passed a vending machine, she bought two cans of coffee—one for herself, one waiting for its owner.
Then she spotted Ling Ling from afar.
The white-haired girl rarely came to school without her sister today, walking alone.
Although she still had that expressionless little face, she shared the same dark circles from lack of sleep as Hua Jianxi.
The moment she saw Hua Jianxi, she stormed over as if facing a mortal enemy.
Before Hua Jianxi even had time to greet her, Ling Ling was already standing in front of her.
She looked up at Hua Jianxi, her red eyes rarely revealing murderous intent, glaring fiercely at her.
Then, in a voice lower than usual, she said to Hua Jianxi:
“Hua Jianxi, that photo you sent last night was seen by Xiao Jiu.”
The lollipop nearly fell out of Hua Jianxi’s mouth.
“What…?”
“When you sent the photo, my phone was on the coffee table.”
“Then, when the screen lit up, Xiao Jiu happened to see it while walking over with a glass of hot milk.”
“She took my phone and said to me with a gentle but terrifying expression.”
“‘Sister, why did that pink-haired woman send you a lewd selfie in the middle of the night?'”
“‘Would you care to explain?'”
At this point, Ling Ling’s body trembled involuntarily.
“Wait, wait, what’s lewd about that photo? At most, it showed a little more collarbone.”
“And besides, is your sister some kind of prude?”
“In Xiao Jiu’s eyes, that’s lewd.”
“Did you explain?”
“I did.”
“And as you can see, she tortured me all night long…”
Hua Jianxi was silent for a while, then quietly handed the can of coffee to Ling Ling.
“Here, as compensation.”
Ling Ling took the coffee, opened the tab, and took a sip.
Hua Jianxi carefully watched her expression, noticed that the murderous intent in her eyes seemed to dissipate a little, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she leaned close to Ling Ling and said in a low voice:
“Serious matter. Rooftop at noon.”
Ling Ling looked at her, noticing that she had rarely dropped that frivolous expression, her gray eyes carrying unusual seriousness.
‘She must really have something serious to tell me.’
“Mm, rooftop at noon.”
Hua Jianxi put the lollipop back in her mouth, returning to her usual demeanor, and the two walked side by side into the campus.
Hua Jianxi secretly glanced at the other’s dark circles again, feeling guilty in her heart for disturbing Ling Ling’s sleep time for exactly 0.114514 seconds…
…and then continued to feel very satisfied with her prank’s outcome.Hua Jianxi couldn’t sleep. She found it impossible to fall asleep.
Today, the impact from Uranus was still too much. And that loli old hag seemed to have given her a glance.
That woman might look like a harmless little girl on the outside, but she’s the second seat of the Knights of the Round Table!
Although the seating order of the Knights doesn’t represent personal strength rankings, Hua Jianxi knew that the existence of the Upper Three Seats was undeniably powerful. In fact, she felt the Upper Three Seats had already surpassed the limits of S-Class.
Moreover, the gaze of that loli old hag was terrifying, as if she had seen through her completely. She absolutely hated that feeling of being completely seen through.
Just thinking about that gaze made her shiver.
‘Could that loli old hag even know that I’m helping Ling?’
‘If she does know, then could the “Correct Person” she mentioned be Ling?’
‘If the “Correct Person” really is Ling, then what would that loli old hag’s attitude be toward her?’
‘No, that’s too much information. I need to confirm some things before I can talk to Ling clearly.’
She picked up her phone, scrolled through her contacts, and dialed an encrypted phone number.
This number belonged to a certain gray-haired, expressionless woman who always wore a white lab coat.
The phone rang for a while before being answered. A female voice, cold and completely devoid of emotion, came through.
“Calling me at four in the morning. You’d better have a reason more important than experimental data.”
Hua Jianxi’s tone lost some of its usual frivolity and became more serious as she spoke to the person on the other end:
“Sister Hui Yin, just now during the Round Table meeting, Uranus came. She personally called off Zeus’s plan to target the Ye Family database.”
“And she said something about the ‘Correct Person’ having appeared. Aren’t you pretty close with her? So I wanted to ask, what does ‘Correct Person’ really mean?”
The other end of the line was silent for a long time, so long that Hua Jianxi thought the person had fallen asleep, before Hui Yin’s voice finally sounded again:
“Uranus and I have some old grudges unsettled, but she made a promise to me.”
“She will not harm any experiment subject that came from the Killing Angel Project. That was the agreement between us.”
Hua Jianxi blinked on her end of the call and asked with a hint of anxiety:
“So she already knows about Ling and Xiao Jiu?”
Hui Yin’s voice, like a crack in a ten-thousand-year iceberg, rarely carried a trace of fluctuation:
“She knew about their existence even earlier than you did. Perhaps earlier than anyone.”
“Now that she’s personally stepping in to stop Zeus, it means that Ling and Jiu are the ‘Correct Persons’ she’s been waiting for.”
“You don’t need to worry too much about them. Although Uranus has a strange personality, she never voluntarily breaks the promises she’s made.”
“However, you must not let Ling realize that Uranus is watching her. It’s not the time yet.”
“…What about Zeus?”
Hua Jianxi asked. Because she hated Zeus, she had very little contact with him and didn’t know much about him.
“Zeus is an extreme interestist. Every step he takes is calculated. He never does anything without a return.”
“He’s set his sights on the Ye Family. Even if Uranus warns him, he will absolutely not give up his schemes.”
“Moreover, the thing hidden in that database might only be known to me and Uranus in its true nature.”
“What is that thing?”
Hui Yin did not answer that question. She just left a brief instruction and hung up the phone.
Hua Jianxi stared at the call ended screen on her phone.
She let out a long sigh, put the phone next to her keyboard, and looked out the window at the silent streets in the early morning hours.
This Ye Family matter might be bigger than she had imagined. This time, even the Cradle was completely involved.
Although for her it was indeed an exciting enough source of amusement, she still hoped that Ling Ling wouldn’t get into trouble.
After all, to her, Ling was a long-lasting source of fun. Watching her get entangled by beautiful girls every day was also very interesting.
She lowered her head and looked at the content she hadn’t sent yet in the chat box. After thinking, she edited what she was about to send and finally typed only a short line.
“Ling, I have something important to tell you at the school rooftop tomorrow at noon. Remember, don’t be late, and don’t avoid me. — Your loving Huahua.”
The next day at Luter Academy.
Hua Jianxi appeared at the school gate with dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep.
But she was still the same Hua Jianxi, wearing a slightly modified school uniform, a lollipop constantly in her mouth.
Her steps still carried that lazy ease.
As she passed a vending machine, she bought two cans of coffee—one for herself, one waiting for its owner.
Then she spotted Ling Ling from afar.
The white-haired girl rarely came to school without her sister today, walking alone.
Although she still had that expressionless little face, she shared the same dark circles from lack of sleep as Hua Jianxi.
The moment she saw Hua Jianxi, she stormed over as if facing a mortal enemy.
Before Hua Jianxi even had time to greet her, Ling Ling was already standing in front of her.
She looked up at Hua Jianxi, her red eyes rarely revealing murderous intent, glaring fiercely at her.
Then, in a voice lower than usual, she said to Hua Jianxi:
“Hua Jianxi, that photo you sent last night was seen by Xiao Jiu.”
The lollipop nearly fell out of Hua Jianxi’s mouth.
“What…?”
“When you sent the photo, my phone was on the coffee table.”
“Then, when the screen lit up, Xiao Jiu happened to see it while walking over with a glass of hot milk.”
“She took my phone and said to me with a gentle but terrifying expression.”
“‘Sister, why did that pink-haired woman send you a lewd selfie in the middle of the night?'”
“‘Would you care to explain?'”
At this point, Ling Ling’s body trembled involuntarily.
“Wait, wait, what’s lewd about that photo? At most, it showed a little more collarbone.”
“And besides, is your sister some kind of prude?”
“In Xiao Jiu’s eyes, that’s lewd.”
“Did you explain?”
“I did.”
“And as you can see, she tortured me all night long…”
Hua Jianxi was silent for a while, then quietly handed the can of coffee to Ling Ling.
“Here, as compensation.”
Ling Ling took the coffee, opened the tab, and took a sip.
Hua Jianxi carefully watched her expression, noticed that the murderous intent in her eyes seemed to dissipate a little, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then she leaned close to Ling Ling and said in a low voice:
“Serious matter. Rooftop at noon.”
Ling Ling looked at her, noticing that she had rarely dropped that frivolous expression, her gray eyes carrying unusual seriousness.
‘She must really have something serious to tell me.’
“Mm, rooftop at noon.”
Hua Jianxi put the lollipop back in her mouth, returning to her usual demeanor, and the two walked side by side into the campus.
Hua Jianxi secretly glanced at the other’s dark circles again, feeling guilty in her heart for disturbing Ling Ling’s sleep time for exactly 0.114514 seconds…
…and then continued to feel very satisfied with her prank’s outcome.