Silver Bell shrunk her neck.
Usually, she wouldn’t get so carried away and reveal her little hobby, but it was so rare to run into a kindred spirit with such similar tastes today that she had gotten excited and accidentally…
“Um, Ling’er, I’m actually quite curious about this. Let me see a bit more…”
“Oh, huh? You’re really not angry? That’s great…”
It seemed the Blood Moon Witch had a better temper than she had thought.
She hadn’t even gotten angry after Silver Bell had basically teased her to her face.
Silver Bell handed the phone over once more.
After Ye Xinglan scanned it for a few moments, she suddenly laughed out of pure frustration, the irritation in her eyes replaced by a sense of resignation.
“Sorry, I need to go make a phone call.”
Ye Xinglan stood up and left the table, leaving only Xiaoxi and Silver Bell. Silver Bell, who had been chatting happily just a moment ago, fell silent again.
She and Ye Xinglan had been getting along great, but Sirius hadn’t said a word during the entire conversation.
She probably wasn’t interested in this kind of stuff, right?
‘Ugh, we aren’t close.’
If Xiaoxi knew that her former teammate was thinking this, she probably would have fainted from anger.
However, she was still out of the loop. Once Ye Xinglan left the table, she curiously leaned over to see what they were looking at.
The moment her gaze landed on the book title, she froze.
Xiaoxi then turned her wide eyes toward Silver Bell, her gaze filled with four parts shock, three parts disbelief, and three parts sadness.
‘You… you bastard…’
‘No, wait, why do you like this kind of stuff! How did I not notice this at all for all these years!’
This feeling was like having a brother you lived with for years suddenly revealing he was into men; it was terrifying, and for Xiaoxi, it was even worse.
Silver Bell used to be a comrade-in-arms who spent every day and night with her!
The number of times they had fought side-by-side against the Blood Moon Witch was countless.
And yet, you bastard, not only are you secretly shipping me with someone, but you’re shipping me with the final boss?
It was one thing for a fujoshi like Da Tianxin to like this stuff, but why you too? And you even managed to ship the right pair, damn it!
Xiaoxi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but she was now more certain than ever that she couldn’t let Silver Bell know her identity.
Otherwise, this child would probably want to find a hole in the ground to crawl into and die.
“I—I’m so, so, so sorry!” Silver Bell was startled by Xiaoxi’s gaze. “I… I…”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Don’t be scared, I’m not angry! I’m just… a little shocked, that’s all.”
Silver Bell’s heart was pounding. ‘It’s fine, right? Even though I was caught, it wasn’t by my old teammate or A Xing, so it’s not that bad. Ye Xinglan and I get along so well, she’ll probably help me keep the secret.’
Just then, the sound of a phone call came from the direction of the bedroom. Xiaoxi’s sharp ears caught a few sentences.
“Hello, Sweet Xin…”
“Why don’t you come to North Blossom City for a few days? What? You said you have no money? It’s fine, I’ll cover all the expenses. You absolutely must come and have some fun with me…”
Xiaoxi sensed something was wrong. She leaned in again to check the author ID of the fanfiction… Oh, it was called Da Tianxin.
She suddenly realized who had written this cursed fanfiction about Eternal Star x Blood Moon Witch.
Xiaoxi hurriedly pulled out her phone and sent a message to Da Tianxin, telling her not to accept Ye Xinglan’s invitation.
The Rich Girl was preparing a Royal Palace Banquet!
Afterward, she rushed into the bedroom to pull back the claw-sharpening Ye Xinglan to continue dinner, and the matter was finally dropped.
It was clear that Ye Xinglan truly despised this pairing.
To her, being associated with Eternal Star was probably as disgusting as stepping in dog poop while walking down the street.
If that was the case, then the Rich Girl was basically stepping in dog poop on purpose every day… Cough, cough!
Despite the little interlude, Ye Xinglan didn’t show her emotions in front of Silver Bell.
Consequently, the atmosphere at the dinner table quickly returned to the heated discussion from before.
Of course, Xiaoxi was the only one excluded.
It wasn’t just that Xiaoxi wasn’t interested in the magical girl genre; after she retired, she didn’t want anything to do with magical girls at all.
Who would have thought her old teammate would be so interested in this stuff?
By the time dinner ended, Ye Xinglan and Silver Bell were already on very good terms. After seeing Silver Bell off, Xiaoxi spoke up casually while clearing the table.
“The Astrologer only told us to get on Silver Bell’s good side as quickly as possible. I didn’t expect you to become best friends over a single meal.”
“What’s wrong, Baby? Are you jealous?” Ye Xinglan leaned in from behind. “I did accidentally forget to look after your feelings while we were eating. I’m sorry.”
“No matter how good my relationship is with others, they could never compare to your place in my heart~”
Ye Xinglan hugged Xiaoxi’s waist and swayed back and forth, her tone half-coaxing and half-spoiled.
“Oh, please. Who’s jealous? You think everyone is like you? Only you would do something as petty as getting jealous.”
“But in the past, if I did this while you were working, you would have gotten annoyed and brushed my tentacles away long ago, right?”
Ye Xinglan pointed at the few tentacles resting boldly against Xiaoxi’s body.
Xiaoxi rolled her eyes, thinking Ye Xinglan was truly measuring the heart of a gentleman with the mind of a scoundrel.
She wasn’t jealous; she just felt a bit sour and itchy inside seeing the two of them chatting so happily, and she wanted Ye Xinglan to pay a bit more attention to her… Wait?
Seeing Xiaoxi blush without a word of rebuttal, Ye Xinglan pushed her luck and gave Xiaoxi a quick mwah on the cheek, speaking with a grin.
“Alright, alright, stop being jealous. I’ll clean up tonight, okay? I can’t let my little girlfriend do the housework every single day~”
As she watched Ye Xinglan extend several tentacles to skillfully scoop up all the dishes from the table at once, a thought suddenly popped into the shy Xiaoxi’s mind—’Well, Xinglan’s ability is quite convenient for housework. As a partner, she’s unexpectedly domestic.’
“Fine, then I’ll leave the dishes to you tonight. I’m going to go do some log writing.”
“Xiaoxi, why don’t we just buy a dishwasher? It must be exhausting for you to cook and wash dishes every day.”
“Buy what? There are only two of us in the house. There aren’t many dishes to wash after one meal. Buying a dishwasher just for that is such a waste!”
Watching Xiaoxi grumble while untying her apron, a thought also popped into Ye Xinglan’s mind—’Her Xiaoxi was great in this regard. She was thrifty, domestic, and cared for the home; she was the perfect model of a virtuous wife…’
But then again, buying a dishwasher was nothing to her; it wasn’t even worth calling pocket change. Xiaoxi really didn’t need to save that money for her.
‘Mm, it’s decided. I’ll sneakily buy a dishwasher in the next few days! Seeing my little girlfriend busy with chores makes my heart ache, okay?’