A Triumphant Return and a Confrontation

Saturday dawned bright and clear, graced by a gentle and refreshing breeze.

As September gradually drew to a close, the sun, though still brilliantly radiant, no longer carried the oppressive heat of summer; instead, delicate tendrils of cool air drifted in through the car window, caressing her cheeks, and a lightness settled within the young woman’s heart.

‘Today was truly a splendid day, the weather perfect, and my spirits soared. It was simply marvelous.’

Leaning against the school bus window, Xi Ruo closed her eyes, allowing her mind to drift back to the recent past.

Her mind replayed the feel of Xi Yao’s soft, delicate form, the fragrant and yielding curves of her ‘snow mountains,’ the shallow, fluttering breaths, and the involuntary whimpers that had escaped her lips.

Moreover, the breathtaking spectacle, a ‘Heavenly Blossom Descent’ that had so astonished Aileen, was also deeply etched into Xi Ruo’s memory; having viewed it from a different angle, from the side, she recalled the young woman’s adorably flushed face amidst the intoxicating floral scent.

Even now, seated on the bus, Xi Ruo found her thoughts stubbornly lingering on the scene, an insistent echo in her mind, despite the fact that she had barely been at the station before the school bus arrived.

‘Perhaps Xi Yao was still resting on the sofa at this very moment,’ she mused.

The school bus, swift and steady, soon delivered Xi Ruo back to her university campus.

At that hour, her roommate, Xiang Qian, had only recently risen, having indulged in a lingering second sleep.

“Good afternoon, Sister Ruo, you’re back so soon?” Xiang Qian brightened, her eyes gleaming with curiosity. “So, how did it go? Did you return in defeat, or…?”

Xi Ruo let out a cold snort, her demeanor radiating exhilaration. “A triumph!”

‘I spun her so thoroughly, I practically left Xi Yao dizzy with confusion.’

Upon seeing her expression, Xiang Qian’s curiosity was immediately piqued. “Tell me, what tactics did you employ? Was it the one I taught you?”

‘To think that Xi Ruo, the most popular goddess in the entire academy, still needed to use *my* tactics for romance. What bragging rights I’d have if I ever told anyone!’

“Yes, it was incredibly effective,” Xi Ruo admitted candidly. “I had been a little hesitant at first, but the results were far better than I expected.”

She recalled Xi Yao lying docilely in her embrace, trembling ever so slightly, yet offering virtually no resistance.

‘How utterly docile and adorable she had been.’

“You actually did it? ‘When they are exhausted, I am invigorated’?” Xiang Qian asked, her curiosity piqued.

“Mhm, she’s exhausted,” Xi Ruo replied casually.

‘As for myself, I was, of course, equally invigorated… though Xiang Qian hadn’t noticed yet, I was feeling a slight discomfort.’

“That’s great then. I’m going out to eat; I just woke up, you know,” Xiang Qian said, climbing out of bed and quickly dressing. “I have plans after lunch, so I won’t be back this afternoon.”

“Alright, then.”

Xi Ruo watched her roommate depart swiftly, her mood significantly brightened.

Whether Xiang Qian’s departure was a display of emotional intelligence or because she genuinely had plans, Xi Ruo was pleased by her actions.

‘There was no helping it; the ‘when they are exhausted, I am invigorated’ dynamic was reaching its breaking point, and I desperately needed to ‘claim my reward’.’

‘My mind was filled with thoughts of adorable Xi Yao: so small, so fragrant, with such grand ‘snow mountains’.’

Shedding her outer jacket, Xi Ruo slowly climbed onto her own bed.

To be honest, it was her first time doing something like this, and she felt a slight tremor of nervousness.

It mattered little, however; she had already orchestrated a ‘ceremony’ for Xi Yao, so this task, surely, held no difficulty for her.

Xi Ruo had no doubt about her own capabilities, but… ‘Next time, perhaps I should just let Xi Yao help,’ she mused. ‘Doing it myself always feels a little bit embarrassing.’

‘Speaking of which, how was Xi Yao faring now?’ she wondered. ‘She ought to be back in her dorm room, lying in bed, dreaming a beautiful dream.’

****

Xi Yao felt as though she had fallen asleep on the sofa, only to find herself now trapped within a nightmare.

Yet, when she pinched her own delicate waist, a wave of soreness washed over her entire body, confirming that this was no dream; it was reality.

Standing before her was a strikingly beautiful, large-chested blonde girl.

She wore a perfectly tailored silver-blue academy uniform, complete with a lace-trimmed pleated skirt, and her slender, soft legs were clad in white stockings. ‘If only they had met under different circumstances,’ Xi Yao thought, ‘how wonderful that would have been.’

“Aileen,” Xi Yao managed, forcing a smile that betrayed her complex emotions. “What are you doing here?”

Aileen’s gaze was icy, her face devoid of expression. “Can I not be here?”

Her tone was chillingly calm, almost frightening.

Aileen detected the lingering, potent floral scent in the air, and a sudden realization dawned on her; she remembered smelling the same floral aroma when she’d visited dorm 520 that night, having mistakenly believed Xi Yao enjoyed the same kind of beverage she did.

‘Only now did she understand that Xi Yao hadn’t been drinking a beverage that day; she had merely been the ‘beverage’s’ carrier… no, its producer.’

“No, no, of course you can come if you wish,” Xi Yao stammered, shrinking back nervously. “You can go anywhere you please.”

Aileen set down her small backpack, then pulled a chair over from the side and sat leisurely before Xi Yao, speaking in a slow, deliberate tone:

“You owe me at least three sentences.”

The chair was slightly taller than the sofa, and Aileen sat perfectly upright, giving her a commanding view from above—a clear vista of the ‘snow mountains’.

‘A vast expanse of white, standing proudly, exuding an imposing aura from every angle.’

‘But Aileen knew this was merely an illusion. She had just witnessed, firsthand, Xi Ruo’s ‘ascent of the snow mountains’ from her hiding spot in the cubicle.’

‘The Hou De Zai Wu Hall: one room, three girls, six grand ‘snow mountains’.’

‘And *you* were the one who got completely taken advantage of!’

‘And you still want to be student council president? Where is your authority now?’

Aileen’s pretty face remained impassive, but inwardly, she fumed with suppressed anger.

Xi Yao painstakingly propped herself up, pondered for a moment, then ventured, “I shouldn’t have come here.”

‘Though she didn’t know why Aileen was here, this was clearly Aileen’s territory now; otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to hide so silently.’

“Shouldn’t have come? No, no, no, you absolutely *should* have come here,” Aileen retorted, her smile laced with mockery. “If you hadn’t come, how could I have witnessed this ‘grand’ spectacle?”

‘Don’t even ask how grand it was; four of the six ‘grand snow mountains’ were part of the show, and the other two were on me. How grand do you think it was?’

Xi Yao’s small face flushed crimson. “Aileen, when were you here? How much did you see?”

Aileen sneered. “What, so I can give you a timestamp to help you concoct an excuse?”

“No, I…”

“You haven’t said what I want to hear yet!” The blonde girl leaned back in her chair. “It wasn’t that last sentence.”

So Xi Yao thought again, tilting her head. “I shouldn’t have done ‘lewd’ things at such a crucial moment. I’m truly sorry.”

Aileen’s lips twitched twice.

‘So you *do* know you’ve wronged me. You *do* know you’ve wronged me.’

‘Why didn’t you know that *before* you got your ‘reward’?’

Aileen adjusted her collar, sat upright, and leaned closer to Xi Yao.

Her beautiful, icy face and ample bosom loomed with increasing pressure as the distance between them closed.

“You certainly have wronged me, but what I want to hear,” the blonde girl said, shaking her head, “is not that sentence either.”

‘Not that one either?’

Xi Yao was utterly bewildered; having just ‘unleashed her ultimate’ (TL Note: ‘Dà zhāo’ and ‘Yuánsù bàofā’ are gaming terms for an ‘ultimate skill’ and its ‘afterglow,’ playfully used here to refer to a powerful sexual act or its lingering effects), she was still in the ‘afterglow of her elemental burst,’ her small mind entirely consumed by recollection, leaving little room for coherent thought.

‘But as she gazed at the approaching Aileen, she wondered if, by failing to answer quickly, she was about to… encounter something truly terrifying?’

At this, Xi Yao’s adorable little mouth quirked into a pout, and her voice, tight with nerves, took on a slight whimper. “I… I should have let you have your ‘reward’ first. That would have been better.”

“Let me have my ‘reward’ first?”

Unable to suppress the fury surging within her, Aileen slammed her hand on the table and rose to her feet.

“How dare you even say that? Do you have any idea how much I’ve done for you these past few days, running around everywhere?”