“Heh heh~”
When Liu Li chuckled foolishly, Zhou Huanan seized the opportunity to playfully press his face close to Liu Li’s, examining him with mock seriousness. This startled Liu Li, who quickly composed himself.
“Liu Li, I know you like magical girls, especially Magical Girl Grey Moon.”
“But the way others praise her…”
“I can’t help but feel they’re praising *you*.”
An alarm blared in Liu Li’s mind, his gaze flickering nervously. Though he desperately wanted to flee the “crime scene,” doing so would be far too conspicuous. Consequently, he could only feign calmness and play dumb.
“W-what are you talking about?”
Liu Li pretended to wash his face, using the motion to wipe away the cold sweat beading on his forehead.
His heart hammered incessantly, and he secretly braced himself for the worst.
‘Sure enough… did Huanan see me enter the men’s restroom after transforming!?’
‘But I…’
Liu Li was on the verge of tears.
‘After all, I couldn’t possibly go into the women’s restroom, could I!!’
Liu Li’s mind screamed in protest; after all, entering a women’s restroom—committing such an act—was absolutely against the law!
“I-I-I… I!!”
Liu Li tried to declare that he was *not* Magical Girl Grey Moon, but Zhou Huanan stopped him with a raised hand.
Seeing Liu Li’s agitated state, Zhou Huanan sighed in admiration.
“Don’t panic. I was just teasing you. You’re practically incoherent. There’s nothing wrong with liking magical girls.”
“Besides, I just have something good to show you.”
With a hint of mystery, Zhou Huanan pulled out his phone, selected a photo from his album, and held it before the now-abstractly-panicked Liu Li.
“Hmm?”
The bright screen of the phone drew Liu Li’s attention back.
The photo on the phone screen was none other than his transformed self, Magical Girl Grey Moon, floating mid-air. Her battle-damaged outfit failed to conceal anything; her adorable little navel and that pure white, sacred, and mysterious fabric were all starkly captured by the camera.
And especially her panties, which dominated most of the screen.
“Eh?”
Something vitally important shattered quietly within Liu Li.
‘Could it be that, from this angle…’
‘Has everyone in the entire city seen it!!?’
Liu Li’s eyes blurred into dizzying spirals, while Zhou Huanan simply assumed he was too excited to speak.
“How about that! Pretty good, huh!”
Zhou Huanan chuckled, then nudged Liu Li’s shoulder, ushering him outside.
Unlike the chaotic, bullet-riddled, and glass-strewn urban areas, the suburban park was a picture of tranquility, untouched by conflict, as if nothing had ever happened.
Yet, even this peaceful atmosphere failed to improve Liu Li’s mood. His mind was consumed by the image of his panties displayed on everyone’s phones.
As a bona fide man, Liu Li was all too aware of what such photos would be used for.
Liu Li cast a hopeful, pleading glance at Zhou Huanan.
“Hey, Huanan, that thing just now… everyone didn’t see it, did they?”
“What’s wrong? Don’t want anyone else seeing your ‘wife’?” Zhou Huanan chuckled before continuing, “Flying that high, of course everyone in the whole city saw it, right?”
‘Everyone in the city… saw it…’
Liu Li was on the verge of tears, wishing he could just bash his head against a block of tofu and die. He wanted to ask Zhou Huanan where he got the photo, but then he noticed Zhou Huanan extending his tongue to lick the screen.
And at the center of the screen, naturally, was still that pair of panties.
‘No…’
Liu Li instantly froze on the spot, utterly petrified. He knew, of course, that this school idol, ranked among the top three most sought-after boys by all the girls, with his sunny and handsome exterior, secretly harbored the mind of a pervert.
‘But dude!’
‘This is way too perverted!’
“What the hell are you doing!!?”
Liu Li’s question was delivered at an incredibly high decibel, yet Zhou Huanan clearly relished Liu Li’s intense reaction, bursting into laughter.
“Licking your ‘wife,’ of course~? Isn’t Magical Girl Grey Moon your ‘wife’? Your ‘wife’ is so good to lick, *prpr~*”
“No, when did I ever say Magical Girl Grey Moon was my wife!?”
‘That’s me, you damn idiot! Stop it, no, stop *licking* it!!’
Liu Li found himself at a loss for words, unsure of what to say or what standing he had to stop Zhou Huanan from licking his own panties. Should he just deliver an uppercut?
‘But he wasn’t Grey Moon right now.’
‘He had no right to directly reprimand this guy for such a perverted act!!’
‘Ugh!!’
Liu Li’s fists clenched, yet for the moment, he was truly powerless against Zhou Huanan.
Zhou Huanan chuckled, clearly enjoying Liu Li’s utterly inappropriate, anxious expression—a face of disbelief and indignation. Liu Li resembled a flustered herbivore, one that wouldn’t know how to fight back even when bullied.
“Alright, alright, I’ll stop teasing you.”
Zhou Huanan’s eyes crinkled into crescent moons as he saw Liu Li genuinely on the verge of losing his temper. He reached out to pat Liu Li’s head, calming him down.
There was nearly a twenty-centimeter height difference between them. Zhou Huanan had even received invitations from the basketball club. While Liu Li wasn’t short by any means, he certainly had to crane his neck to look at Zhou Huanan.
“My bad, alright? Dad?”
“I’ll buy you a soda later.”
Hearing that soda was on offer, Liu Li’s small, angrily raised hand dropped, and the indignation on his face almost completely vanished.
“Now that’s more like it~”
Watching Liu Li’s mood shift so rapidly from stormy to sunny, Zhou Huanan secretly mused about how easily he was swayed. If Liu Li were a little girl, he’d have been tricked into bed countless times by now.
The two ambled along the red bicycle path, eventually arriving at two vending machines, one red and one blue.
With two thuds, the machines dispensed different brands of soda. Liu Li and Zhou Huanan each took what they wanted. For Liu Li, who was clutching a blue can…
…Zhou Huanan, sipping from a red bottle, was undoubtedly a heretic.
Liu Li’s gaze sharpened as he brushed away a strand of hair that had fallen into his mouth. Zhou Huanan noticed this, taking a step back to observe Liu Li’s shoulder-length hair.
“By the way, if long hair is such a hassle, why don’t you cut it?”
“Liu Li, aren’t you afraid of strangers’ stares? Such long hair is bound to attract unnecessary trouble, isn’t it?”
Liu Li retorted sharply, “My own dad doesn’t even care about my hair anymore, so are *you* my dad?”
“Wasn’t I your ‘dad’ when I bought you a drink?”
“Never mind…”
Sometimes, Liu Li simply couldn’t comprehend Zhou Huanan’s crass behavior. He ignored him and continued walking ahead.
“Just looking from behind, Liu Li, you really do look like a girl. No wonder those two mistook you.”
“Oh, please. Mine’s bigger when I pull it out.”
Liu Li glanced at Zhou Huanan, who had once again fallen into step beside him, and a secret smile played on his lips.
Though he was reluctant to admit it, Liu Li genuinely had very few friends. Sometimes, he truly enjoyed their banter and idle chatter.
“Really? Then let me give it a blowjob?”
Zhou Huanan squeezed out an innocent look, uttering a line that could scare anyone to death.
Liu Li’s mouth twitched, and he swiftly fled the red pathway, landing on the grass three meters away.
“N-no, seriously, how can you say such things so casually!?”
Liu Li crossed his arms over his chest, looking exactly like a petulant young wife.
“Hmm? ‘Such things’?”
Watching Zhou Huanan feign innocence, Liu Li, seething with anger, clenched his fists and punched at the air.
“Damn it, playing dumb now, are we! You bastard!”
“I always am~”
Zhou Huanan maintained his joking tone, and, as if on cue, his chest met Liu Li’s utterly harmless punch.
Compared to a certain someone…
‘Liu Li’s punch felt more like a girl’s.’
Zhou Huanan recalled the uppercut he had taken from Magical Girl Grey Moon not long ago, and a sense of helplessness settled over him as he thought this.