“Why?” Li Jia furrowed her brow lightly.
Yesterday, she had been puzzled. Why wouldn’t Fire Finch reveal Aya Tone’s address, no matter what?
Now, without the main character speaking, she was already rushing to help decline.
These two… they are definitely hiding something!
Something that her ‘good friend’ didn’t know about.
‘Um…’ Fire Finch scratched her head awkwardly, her gaze shifting away, unable to meet Li Jia’s eyes.
This was bad. In her excitement, she had forgotten she was just here to watch the show.
Now, she had jumped into the fray herself, and even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn’t clear her name.
‘It’s just that, Xiao Jiu is still young and doesn’t like interacting with strangers.’
‘Sure, right, Aya?’
Saying this, she subtly signaled Aya Tone, [Quick, come save me!]
If Li Jia kept questioning, it would be easy to expose their relationship. Aya’s identity couldn’t be discovered.
She had recruited Aya into the Vermillion Bird Guild, which was already against the guild’s founding principles.
If exposed, it would cause a lot of trouble.
But Aya Tone seemed not to notice Fire Finch’s hint, leaning dazed against Li Jia’s chest, lost in thought.
A faint smile played at the corners of her mouth.
Some people might seem alive, but they had already taken their last steps.
Aya, who had been a lifelong single mom, was experiencing being held like this for the first time. The sensation at the back of her head made her unable to resist surrendering to it.
‘Mmm… so soft… hehe…’
Fire Finch watched Aya’s silly grin, her brows furrowing slightly, as a question mark slowly appeared above her head.
Still daydreaming!
A flash of fire, and Li Jia found that Aya Tone had somehow ended up in Fire Finch’s hands.
‘Fire Finch, what are you doing!’
This ‘good sister’ who had grown up with her wouldn’t tell her Aya’s address, and now she kept interfering?
Li Jia had joined the Vermillion Bird Guild right after graduation, thinking of Fire Finch as a good sister.
Was this how she repaid that sisterly love?
Otherwise, with her A-level Spacial Mage status, where wouldn’t she be welcomed like a hot cake?
‘Stop, stop, stop!’ Fire Finch was also very helpless.
‘I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t rush. This matter is complicated, not as simple as you think.’
Her hand unconsciously protected Aya behind her.
Aya’s identity was heavily encrypted. Men and women had separate, independent identities in public.
Even Aya Jiu didn’t know her father’s other identity.
But if she told Li Jia about Aya Jiu, their names would instantly expose their relationship.
This was a no-brainer.
Li Jia was displeased. She wanted to see what her good friend had to say.
‘I’ll give you a chance.’
‘What?’
At this moment, Fire Finch felt something was off.
What? Why had it turned into her being interrogated?
She had called Li Jia here to watch the two of them fight, so she could sit back and enjoy the show.
How had… she ended up in this mess?
In the end, it turned into a scene of catching a cheating partner… or something like that.
‘What’s going on?’ Fire Finch discreetly nudged Aya behind her.
She had to get herself out of this whirlpool before it was too late.
As the old saying goes, there’s always a cure within seven steps.
It’s decided, you’re the cure, Pikachu!
Ah, wrong script.
Go, Aya!
‘Ah…’
At this moment, the ‘cure’ had a blank stare, her soul wandering far away.
Her mind was still savoring the soft, heart-stirring sensation, completely unaware of Fire Finch’s movement.
****
This really infuriated Fire Finch. Did this count as her jumping out to help Aya?
Suddenly!
An idea struck her.
‘Maybe I should just sell Aya off. It doesn’t seem like Aya would mind, right? It’s fine, isn’t it?’
Once this idea appeared, it quickly occupied Fire Finch’s mind, refusing to leave.
She knew Li Jia’s character, and the two families had been close for generations.
During their school days, they had been inseparable best friends, sharing everything.
Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to tell Li Jia about Aya’s identity.
Thinking this, Fire Finch pondered for a moment.
‘Do you really want to know?’
She hesitated slightly, ‘The outcome might be very different from what you expect.’
But at this point, how could Li Jia care about that?
‘Can you stop talking nonsense?’
‘Fine then.’
Fire Finch nonchalantly pulled Aya out from behind her.
Leaning close to Aya’s face, she smirked and slipped her hand inside Aya’s sweatshirt, gently pecking Aya’s cheek.
‘This is the truth you want.’
‘What?’
A tingling, numb sensation suddenly brought Aya’s wandering soul back to her body.
‘This feeling…’
Her gaze slowly drifted down, seeing a roaming hand inside her sweatshirt.
Her lips twitched, and she stiffly turned her head, ‘President, what are you doing…’
As she spoke, a blush quickly crept up Aya’s pale cheeks, painting them with an alluring hue.
What was going on? What was happening?!!
Aya’s mind spun, and she couldn’t figure out what had just occurred.
Even Li Jia was in a state of shock, staring at the two of them with her mouth agape, pointing at Fire Finch but unable to speak.
To be more precise, she didn’t know what to say anymore.
Fire Finch ignored Aya in her arms, calmly meeting Li Jia’s gaze.
Not bad, this hand feel.
Cough, cough.
Continuing, she said to Li Jia, ‘Actually, Aya has been living in my apartment all along.’
‘I didn’t want you to know before because I didn’t want to expose our relationship.’
She then sighed, ‘If this gets out, Li Jia, you’ll hate me, won’t you?’
Li Jia, after her initial shock, had calmed down a bit.
Though she still couldn’t accept this relationship, ‘We’re still best friends, right?’
‘Of course.’
‘Oh… I guess that’s good… hehe…’
Li Jia left the president’s office in a daze, even thoughtfully locking the door behind her.
Today had been too dramatic.
In just over ten minutes, it had been more eventful than her entire year.
No, she needed to go home and calm down, figure out what expression to wear when facing these two again.
Back in the president’s office, ‘President, can you take your hand out now…’
Aya’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s hum.
The hand on her chest wasn’t well-behaved, occasionally brushing against her ‘little grapes,’ causing a tingling, uncomfortable sensation.
A woman’s body holds immense power.
Similarly, after transforming into a woman, Aya’s perception had greatly enhanced.
Even a slight touch could give her a highly stimulating sensation.
If Fire Finch wasn’t a friend, Aya would have drawn her magic wand and given her a good beating.
‘Tsk, just a flat screen, what’s there to touch?’
Fire Finch scoffed, pulling her hand out without hesitation.
Then… she brought it to her nose and inhaled.
‘Mmm… it smells like lotus, faint but pleasant.’
A lecherous smile crept across Fire Finch’s face.
‘Hum, Starburst Light! Starlight breaker!’
‘Pervert! Deserves to die!’
‘Boom!’