Lu Yinxi, busy rehearsing the setlist for tomorrow night’s concert, stared at the message Su Xiaocheng had sent on her terminal.
Her silver teeth ground together with an audible click.
“Xiaolu, did something happen?”
The guitarist leaned over and asked.
Lu Yinxi quickly composed herself and said, “It’s nothing. Everyone, take a short break.”
She had never revealed her identity as a Magical Girl to the public, so professional musicians were hired to accompany her at every concert.
Thanks to the Lu Corporation’s financial support, the band members were all top-tier professionals, even if their contracts made them more like hired hands than a tight-knit group.
They changed members frequently, but coordination was never an issue.
She stepped into the side room where Su Xiaocheng was already waiting.
“Xiaolu…” Su Xiaocheng’s voice lacked confidence.
Lu Yinxi secretly let out a breath of relief.
Seeing Su Xiaocheng like this, it was clear her heart still belonged to her.
This was nothing more than a minor accident.
After all, who would normally expect something as extreme as familial love turning into something else?
Besides, Su Xiaocheng hadn’t even known until recently that she and Su Xiaowei weren’t blood-related.
Lu Yinxi secured her own position first. “Xiaocheng, do you still like me?”
“Of course I do! Xiaolu, listen to me explain…”
Su Xiaocheng felt like a scummy woman who toyed with people’s feelings.
“No need to explain. That’s enough.” Having received the answer she wanted, Lu Yinxi became even calmer.
“Then… do you like Xiaowei?”
Su Xiaocheng traced circles on the table with her finger, speaking in a jumbled mess.
“I like her… no, I don’t like her… that’s not right either. It’s just… Xiaolu, you know what I mean, right? It’s that kind of special…”
“I understand.”
After twenty-plus years of deep affection, Xiaocheng must feel really torn right now, Lu Yinxi thought. But this isn’t that difficult to handle.
She took out two concert tickets and handed them to Su Xiaocheng.
“I remember Xiaowei is a fan of mine. Bring her to the concert tomorrow.”
Su Xiaocheng took the tickets, stunned. “Eh? Xiaolu, you’re not angry?”
Lu Yinxi waved her hand dismissively and went back to rehearsal.
It was inevitable that other people would like her girlfriend.
After so many years of shared history, it would be unreasonable to expect Su Xiaocheng to reject those feelings outright.
Strangely, Lu Yinxi didn’t feel the sadness or jealousy she thought she should. It all felt… perfectly natural.
She had felt a flash of anger when she first saw the message, but the moment she saw Su Xiaocheng, every negative emotion had vanished.
Whatever.
My wife’s wife is also my wife, Lu Yinxi thought.
As long as I maintain my position as the ultimate top, adding a few more sisters is fine. I’ll just accept them all. She had complete confidence in herself.
“Is it really that simple?”
Su Xiaocheng stared at the tickets in her hand, lost in thought. She felt like Lu Yinxi had been way too easygoing about this.
Still, as long as the problem was solved, that was what mattered.
“Tomorrow is Xiaowei’s birthday too. Perfect chance to watch the concert together.”
Su Xiaocheng made a mental note. For now, though, she should head home.
***
Back in Su Xiaocheng’s room, Su Xiaowei had rolled herself into a tight burrito with the blanket, greedily inhaling her big sister’s scent.
“Big Sister… hehehe~”
After today, Big Sister might start hating her.
She might never let her cuddle again and would just kick her away with those white-stockinged feet, watching coldly while she cried on the floor begging for forgiveness…
The more Su Xiaowei imagined it, the warmer her body felt.
She had been a Magical Girl for a while now and had long since grown used to the troubles caused by her Contract Price.
Back when Su Xiaocheng hadn’t transformed yet, opportunities to cuddle had been rare, so she had relied on this method to recover her magic power. Over the past two months, Su Xiaowei felt like she had awakened something… strange.
After Su Xiaocheng transformed, there were suddenly plenty of chances to cuddle openly with Big Sister, and Su Xiaocheng didn’t seem to mind.
Su Xiaowei had planned to keep things as they were, but every time she got close to Su Xiaocheng, her Maiden Heart would flutter for some reason, and she couldn’t stop herself from wanting to get even closer.
She had asked Afu about it, but even her contractor didn’t know the cause and could only chalk it up to the influence of the contract.
Click.
The sound of the door unlocking came from the entrance.
There was no time to leave.
Su Xiaowei simply wrapped the blanket tighter around herself and played dead on Su Xiaocheng’s bed.
She secretly hoped Big Sister would come in, pick her up with a look of disgust, toss her out of the room, slam the door shut, and leave her crying pathetically against it while begging for forgiveness…
Su Xiaocheng looked at the wiggling cylindrical blanket burrito on her bed and asked tentatively, “Xiaowei?”
“Big Sister, I understand! Just kick me out already! Use your white-stockinged snow-white feet and stomp on my butt at a 45-degree angle!”
Hearing the familiar voice coming from inside the blanket—three parts sorrow and seven parts eager anticipation—Su Xiaocheng wondered if she had opened the door the wrong way.
She closed the bedroom door, then opened it again.
The same sight greeted her: Su Xiaowei still wriggling inside the blanket on her bed.
When the expected scenario didn’t happen, Su Xiaowei asked with a hint of disappointment, “Big Sister, aren’t you going to kick me out?”
“What exactly are you thinking about?”
“I’m thinking about Big Sister’s reward.”
“So this is a reward?”
Su Xiaocheng felt like her little sister had gone completely off the rails at some point.
“Then… should I do it like this?”
Su Xiaocheng kicked off her shoes, climbed onto the bed, and experimentally pressed her foot onto the wiggling blanket burrito, rolling it back and forth twice before pulling away.
“Wait, Big Sister!”
Su Xiaowei poked her head out of the blanket and knelt on the bed, staring pitifully at Su Xiaocheng’s white-stockinged foot still resting on the mattress.
“Who on earth corrupted you? Where did my cute little sister go?!”
Su Xiaocheng was filled with lament.
“Big Sister… you don’t like me like this?” Su Xiaowei lowered her head like a helpless kitten.
“It’s not that… it’s just… a bit unexpected.”
Su Xiaocheng struggled to find the right words.
“Then… can I hug Big Sister’s foot?”
“……”
Su Xiaowei pressed her face against Su Xiaocheng’s small foot and rubbed it back and forth, savoring the feeling of the stockings against her skin.
Every so often she let out soft, meaningless giggles.
Sigh. At least she’s easy to pacify. Su Xiaocheng helplessly accepted the new reality.
“Xiaowei, do you want to go to the concert tomorrow?”
Su Xiaocheng pulled out the tickets Lu Yinxi had given her.
“A concert? Xiaolu’s?”
“Yeah.”
Realizing that Lu Yinxi had accepted her, Su Xiaowei felt even happier. Strictly speaking, she had been there first.
“Sure!”
While secretly watching Su Xiaocheng’s reaction, Su Xiaowei extended her soft pink tongue and slowly moved it toward the white-stockinged foot in front of her.
“That kind of thing isn’t allowed~”
Su Xiaocheng pulled her foot back with a smile.
“Ugh! Total failure!”
