“Kid. Come out.”
When her gaze swept over the slime in the corner, Wu Menghan’s mind grew hazy for a moment.
A faint sense of familiarity surged within her, but before she could walk over, her best friend’s voice came from her side.
“What are you looking at, Wu Menghan?”
“Oh, it’s nothing… nothing.”
Her best friend stopped beside Wu Menghan, noticing the pink slime in the corner, a look of puzzlement on her face.
“Huh? Whose plushie is this that got left here?”
She picked up the “doll” from the ground in confusion and gave it a squeeze.
“So soft!”
That was her first impression when touching the “doll.”
Wu Menghan frowned, standing next to her best friend, her gaze fixed intently on the slime.
Sweat poured down—family, I’m really sweating here.
Facing that probing look, Vivi gulped silently, not daring to move a muscle, just like a real slime plushie.
How odd? Is this toy scared of me?
Wu Menghan tilted her head, reached out, and pinched the toy.
It was soft and slippery, just like some uniquely crafted plushie.
She couldn’t quite tell what the material was; it was a bit like silicone, but even softer and smoother.
“Probably something someone dropped. Should we take it to the security guard?”
The school security office had a Lost and Found, after all. Since they didn’t know whose plushie it was, handing it over was definitely the right thing to do.
But her best friend looked conflicted—she rather liked this little plushie and a bit of selfishness rose in her heart.
“Wu Menghan, how about I wait here for a while? Its owner might come back to look for it.”
“Alright then, I’ll head back first.”
Wu Menghan shrugged helplessly, having no intention of getting involved.
Once she was sure Wu Menghan had completely disappeared, her best friend gave the “doll” in her hands a hard squeeze.
Girls really have no resistance to cute things like this, especially when the material was so delicate and smooth.
She couldn’t help but rub it against her face, failing to notice the two teardrops that welled up in the little “doll’s” eyes.
That pinch just now really hurt.
Being completely at someone’s mercy like this didn’t feel good at all, but she couldn’t reveal her slime identity.
She could only let the girl hold her in the palm of her hand and knead her back and forth.
Vivi couldn’t stand it anymore. Although the girl’s scent was pleasant, being squeezed around like dough was simply unbearable.
She seized a chance, scooting sideways, deliberately tumbling to the ground and rolling into the grass.
Her best friend was taken aback, then quickly chased after her.
She reached into the grass but grabbed nothing.
Puzzled, she looked up, only to catch sight of a flash of pink not far away.
Bouncing along, it looked adorable.
But this adorable scene completely stunned her.
That thing just now… it looked alive!
The thought made her hair stand on end.
A jolt of horror ran through her entire body, and she didn’t bother with the little thing on the ground, running in a panic toward Wu Menghan.
Wu Menghan hadn’t gone far; hearing footsteps behind her, she turned to see her best friend’s face full of panic.
“What’s… what happened?”
“It’s alive… it’s alive, that… that thing’s alive!”
Her best friend was nearly incoherent, leaving Wu Menghan thoroughly confused—until she saw an adorably small slime poking its head out of the grass.
Wu Menghan’s pupils shrank.
That’s… a living slime!?
It was her first time seeing a real slime; before, she’d only heard Irena describe them.
She never expected to actually see one today. Thinking of Irena’s guess—that her own brother might have turned into a slime—
Catch her! She must catch her!
Even if it wasn’t her brother, she had to catch the slime first and show Irena.
A sense of crisis exploded in her heart.
The instant Vivi saw Wu Menghan, she turned and ducked into the grass without a second thought.
Behind her, footsteps steadily approached. It felt like a countdown to her doom.
Vivi grew more anxious by the second. She couldn’t understand—why didn’t Wu Menghan run away when she saw her, but instead rushed right at her?
But she knew that if Wu Menghan caught her and handed her over to the police, she’d be finished.
She tensed her body, determined to get over this wall before Wu Menghan arrived.
Vivi mustered all her strength and leapt.
Splat~
She crashed into the wall, her body flattening into a slime pancake.
But Wu Menghan’s footsteps didn’t pause, and she was getting closer and closer.
Wu Menghan stretched out her hand to grab the little slime clinging to the wall—but her hand closed on empty air.
At the critical moment, Vivi pushed herself to the limit. Just before Wu Menghan could touch her, she vaulted over the wall.
Wu Menghan missed, staring at her outstretched hand, then at the towering wall, biting her lip.
She took a running leap and nimbly vaulted over the wall, more than two meters high.
Her best friend, watching from behind, could only gape, unable to believe what she was seeing.
Wu Menghan—she just scaled the wall in one go!
Vivi, having just landed, barely had time to catch her breath when she sensed a huge shadow blocking out the sunlight above.
Her body froze on the spot; she didn’t need to look to know that Wu Menghan had climbed over.
She somewhat regretted teaching Xiaohan Body Strengthening and those skills in the past—what should she do now?
Vivi’s mind went blank. With this small body, she couldn’t possibly outrun Wu Menghan. As for fighting strength—she knew the capabilities of the guards she’d brought out. What now? What now? What now?
Her mind raced for a solution, and she instinctively backed further into the grass.
Wu Menghan had just landed, her gaze sweeping around, but she didn’t see any sign of the little slime.
She frowned, then suddenly thought of something and looked back.
Nothing.
“That’s strange, where did that little thing run off to?”
Wu Menghan clicked her tongue, a bit annoyed.
She’d finally run into a slime that could possibly be her brother, only to let it get away.
She punched the wall in frustration, letting out a loud bang.
Crash~ crash~
Perhaps it was the wind, or maybe she’d hit the wall too hard, but the grass rustled.
Wu Menghan didn’t think much of it; after glancing at the time on her phone, she curled her lip.
Since she couldn’t catch the slime now, she could only head back to class. As for the rest, she’d tell Irena about it later.
In just a few moments, she vaulted back over the wall again, as effortlessly as eating or drinking.
After Wu Menghan left, a timid little head poked out from the grass.
“She’s gone?”
Vivi looked around; seeing that no one was paying attention, she let out a long sigh of relief.
She transformed back into her 146cm loli form.
She’d never imagined her little sister could one day make her feel so pressured.
It was all because this body was so tiny—if she took a punch from Xiaohan like this, she’d probably cry for a long time…