Morning sunlight passed through the gaps in the curtains.
Lisiluo’s consciousness slowly awakened.
The first thing she felt was the heavy weight on her right arm; something was tightly wrapping around her arm, warm and soft.
Scare!
How is there someone else on my bed?!
It couldn’t be that a roommate climbed up, right—
A moment later Lisiluo reacted; she wasn’t in the academy dormitory right now.
Her gaze moved down.
Sure enough, it was Mu Wan.
Her entire person was hanging on Lisiluo, cheek pressed tightly against Lisiluo’s shoulder, two legs clamping the wrist, the silk underwear under the skirt occasionally scraping against the back of her hand.
The sleeping Mu Wan’s mouth corners were slightly upturned, her breathing steady, letting out kitten-like purring sounds.
The usual sly little devil appearance had completely vanished; anyone who saw this sleeping face would have to praise it as cute.
It’s just… her sleeping posture was a bit poor.
The shoulder straps had almost slid down to her waist.
Those pair of small steamed buns that could be held in one hand were faintly visible under the black lace nightgown.
This scene left Lisiluo not knowing where to put her gaze.
She could only turn her head away and fumble with her left hand, trying to pull that runaway shoulder strap back to its post.
When her fingertips touched Mu Wan’s exposed skin, the smooth and delicate sensation made her heart tremble involuntarily.
But halfway through the action.
“Ngh…”
Mu Wan mumbled, seeming to have been startled.
Lisiluo had no choice but to stop her hand, hold her breath, and not dare move an inch.
Right now this scene looked full of criminality, as if Lisiluo were pulling Mu Wan’s nightgown downward.
Fortunately Mu Wan didn’t wake up, and only hugged even tighter.
“**Huu**— ”
Safe.
No, I didn’t do anything bad, what am I nervous about.
The reason it became like this was still because after ending practice last night, Mu Wan insisted on sleeping in her room.
She even said things like “I have no strength left now.”
“So Junior has to take full responsibility and compensate with one night of accompanying sleep.”
At the time Lisiluo thought about it.
She had indeed in some sense tormented Mu Wan-senpai for half the night; her demanding compensation wasn’t excessive.
So she didn’t oppose it, and the two of them slept under one quilt.
She had thought Mu Wan might pull some night raid, and Lisiluo had even stayed vigilant and kept awake the whole time, but in the end Mu Wan really just fell asleep.
Does this mean… Senpai was actually tormented quite badly too?
Thinking this, Lisiluo felt a bit ashamed.
No good.
If I keep receiving Mu Wan-senpai’s favors every day like this, I won’t have the face to look at her anymore.
At least once,
I have to take the initiative to propose compensation to Mu Wan.
Just as Lisiluo was hesitating whether to wake Senpai or wait for Senpai to wake up on her own.
A burst of hurried tapping sounds suddenly came from outside the window.
**Peck-peck-peck**, like the sound of a bird’s beak pecking on glass.
Lisiluo was startled with a jolt, and in turn Mu Wan was also woken up together.
Mu Wan’s eyelids moved, and she slowly opened them.
Her amber eyes looked dazed, then she let out a big yawn, revealing two pairs of sharp fangs.
“G-good morning, Senpai!”
“Mm… morning…”
The groggy Mu Wan’s voice was lazy and hoarse, completely different from her usual light and lively tone.
She released Lisiluo and sat up.
But clearly she hadn’t fully woken up.
Her entire person sat there like a puppet, neither speaking nor moving, feeling like she could randomly fall in one direction at any time.
Lisiluo hurriedly got up and supported Mu Wan.
“Mm? Haaa~~~ Junior, you’re here…”
Mu Wan only then realized that the person who had just greeted her was Lisiluo.
“Ngh… want a good morning kiss?”
“No need no need!”
Seeing that the first thing Mu Wan did after becoming a bit clearer was still to tease her, Lisiluo hurriedly waved her hands to refuse.
At the same time she relaxed a little.
Mu Wan-senpai was still that Senpai; she didn’t seem to particularly hold a grudge over last night’s matters.
“That, that, there’s some movement over by the window. I’ll go take a look!”
To escape Mu Wan’s teasing, Lisiluo casually found an excuse, got off the bed, and walked to the window.
She pulled open the curtains; a snow-white messenger bird was standing on the windowsill, preening its feathers.
It was the messenger bird used yesterday to send the letter to Yu Weian-senpai!
Lisiluo hurriedly opened the window; the little bird hopped in and obediently lifted the foot bound with the letter tube.
Lisiluo took out the slip of paper from the letter tube and unfolded it—
“Lisiluo-junior:
After receiving your letter I was very worried, so I applied to the director to accompany the academy delegation to Falling Star Pavilion. I can arrive today. I hope you are well.
—Yu Weian”
After reading the letter, Lisiluo’s entire person froze.
She suddenly turned her head to look at Mu Wan, her voice changing pitch:
“Mu Wan-senpai! Yu Weian-senpai said she’s on her way here, and also that the academy delegation is coming today!”
Mu Wan rubbed her sleepy eyes, her reaction unusually calm, seeming not surprised at all.
“What’s wrong? Isn’t this very normal?”
“But when I wrote the letter I clearly didn’t mention this point? How did Yu Weian-senpai know I was at Falling Star Pavilion?”
“Because I used Falling Star Pavilion envelopes for sending the letter.”
“Then the academy delegation coming to Falling Star Pavilion…?”
“Oh, that.”
Mu Wan moved her body around, with an expression as if it were only natural.
“Falling Star Pavilion is recently holding a Magic Stone Festival. The academy as this biggest partner would of course send a delegation, and as a student Yu Weian has top grades, so being able to come along is very normal.”
Lisiluo was immediately speechless; she had been completely unaware of these matters.
But Mu Wan’s performance… clearly she had anticipated this long ago.
Right now Lisiluo really couldn’t figure out just how far into the future those seemingly casual eyes of Mu Wan could see.
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At the same time, in the cabin of the airship.
Yu Weian sat in a window seat, her fingers unconsciously stroking the magic stone at the top of her staff.
The clouds outside the window receded at high speed, but she had no mind at all to appreciate the scenery.
Ever since receiving Lisiluo’s letter yesterday, her heart had been hanging the entire time.
Yu Weian had almost rushed to the classroom where Mu Wan was the next second after finishing the letter.
But she was told that she was also nowhere to be found.
Only after finding Lisiluo’s classmates did she learn that it was Mu Wan who had taken Lisiluo and disappeared together.
So Yu Weian went to find the director without stopping.
At the time the director was organizing documents related to the festival.
Seeing Yu Weian come in, she informed her first without waiting for her to speak:
“Yu Weian, you came at the right time. I was just about to notify you that you’ve been selected as an accompanying student for this festival. Go back and pack up; there’s an airship tomorrow morning.”
She had wanted to ask the director if they could depart immediately, but was sternly refused.
Thus Yu Weian could only spend the entire night in anxiety.
Mu Wan, Mu Wan.
Why is it always her.
Yu Weian closed her eyes, and Mu Wan’s small face with that wicked smile floated up in her mind.
In front of others she could still maintain the image of a gentle and intellectual senpai, but every time she encountered Mu Wan she would instantly break character.
That little devil young lady always did things without a plan, acting on whatever came to mind, yet her background was so hard that no one could do anything about her.
This time she had entangled Lisiluo-junior again.
Although yesterday’s letter was written as if Lisiluo had nothing going on, who knew if it wasn’t written under Mu Wan’s coercion.
That child Lisiluo was timid, didn’t know how to refuse, and had no ability to resist.
Wouldn’t she be bullied by Mu Wan until she was covered in wounds?