Ye Xinglan thought back carefully.
She didn’t recall any girl she knew who was this handsome and cool, but she felt an inexplicable familiarity with the person in front of her. It was really strange.
“Someone close to you is hospitalized?”
“…Why would you think that?”
Ye Xinglan usually didn’t like chatting with strangers, but maybe because the other person felt so familiar, or because she was genuinely distracted, she ended up answering unconsciously.
“People who sit in places like this, frowning and spacing out, usually do it for a similar reason, right? Like not knowing how to face a patient, or not knowing how to comfort them.”
Behind her was the hospital wall covered in ivy. Ye Xinglan sighed and didn’t respond, which was as good as admitting it.
The other person had guessed right.
She really didn’t know how to face Xiaoxi right now, though not because Xiaoxi was a patient…
If anything, now that she knew Xiaoxi was Eternal Star, Ye Xinglan was less worried about Xiaoxi getting hurt.
After all, when she thought back, Xiaoxi had been stabbed by her quite a few times, and she was still running around lively as ever, right?
The two sat quietly on the bench—one tall, one short.
The white-haired woman crossed her legs and leaned back against the chair, while Ye Xinglan beside her leaned forward, burying her head deeply.
After a moment, Ye Xinglan suddenly turned her head and spoke: “Then why are you here? Same kind of reason?”
“Hmm, pretty much. I’m here to see my daughter.”
Daughter? Ye Xinglan’s eyes widened.
The other woman looked only two or three years older than her—the kind of person who would definitely be called “big sister” on the street.
She actually had a daughter?
“I haven’t seen her in many years. Honestly, I’m a bit unsure how to face her too. And she’s still unconscious right now.”
The white-haired woman waved the bouquet in her hand. “So I bought these flowers and waited outside for her to wake up. I’m also thinking about what to say when I see her.”
As she spoke, the white-haired woman pulled out her phone and scrolled through it. Ye Xinglan nodded thoughtfully beside her…
‘I see… She seems like a mother who loves her daughter very much.’
“But I really can’t tell you already have a daughter. She’s not that old, right? You look pretty young.”
“About the same age as you.” The white-haired woman clicked her phone screen off with a click and suddenly patted her trench coat as she stood up. “These flowers are for you.”
“Huh? Weren’t these the ones you prepared for your daughter? Why suddenly—”
“Something urgent came up. Looks like I can’t visit after all. I’ll leave these flowers to you—give them to your girlfriend.”
“Relax a little. If you don’t know what to say, just give her flowers.”
The white-haired woman patted Ye Xinglan on the shoulder, shifted the guitar case on her back, and strode away while Ye Xinglan was still utterly confused.
Ye Xinglan: “???”
‘How come… I feel like I just ran into a weirdo. Wait, how did she know the hospitalized person is my girlfriend?’
Still… “If you don’t know what to say, give her flowers”… That felt like a pretty old-fashioned way to flirt.
……
Meanwhile, in the private hospital room, Xiaoxi had barely processed the fact that her mom was one of the Astrologers of the Six Seats.
She had also learned the follow-up from Su Yuening.
The Association’s PR department really was efficient.
Now there was an official public statement regarding Wange Yue’s situation: The Apocalyptic Church had orchestrated her fake death because they detected the Divine Summon Order’s conspiracy.
They used this as bait to lure the Divine Summon Order out, while Wange Yue could secretly investigate their movements.
Only, they didn’t expect that during her investigation, Wange Yue would accidentally stumble onto the Blood Moon Witch, which led to yesterday’s scene at the Tower of Commandments.
Wange Yue herself was now arranged by Delta to undergo examination and treatment at the Hidden Bone Hall.
Whether it would succeed remained unknown, but the good news was that the Hidden Bone Hall did have research on the Meteorite Fragment.
Xiaoxi’s plan had indeed succeeded.
That way, Wange Yue didn’t damage her public image, nor would reappearing in the public eye worsen her Magic Power Contamination.
Ye Xinglan’s side had also gone very well.
The Blood Moon Witch’s public opinion had completely reversed online—maybe even too reversed. As for the reason—
Xiaoxi stared at the hot search terms on her phone.
Eight out of ten were tagged with “Eternal Star” or “Blood Moon Witch.” The remaining two were related to Judgment Scales.
Seeing terms like “Eternal Star and Blood Moon Witch suspected of private connection?”, “Eternal Star × Blood Moon Witch”, “Rival ship fanfiction” gave Xiaoxi a headache.
Sure, her plan had succeeded, but this outcome was definitely beyond her expectations!
According to the Astrologer… Ye Xinglan had so casually kissed her in front of the entire livestream audience, which directly exposed her identity to Keke and the others.
That kind of thing was just too…
Xiaoxi buried her burning face in the blanket and let out a despairing sound.
She was thin-skinned to begin with—this kind of thing was way too embarrassing!
But she wasn’t blaming Ye Xinglan. After all, the situation had been urgent.
And really, not that many people would figure out she was Eternal Star from that.
‘Only those who knew Ye Xinglan was the Blood Moon Witch and knew the two of them were dating would find out… Well, okay, that’s actually a few people.’
Thinking about it, Xiaoxi wanted to crawl into a hole even more.
She had worked so hard to hide her identity for so long, and it was exposed just like that!
“By the way, I’ll keep the fact that I’m an Astrologer a secret from your sister for now, Xiao Xi,” Su Yuening said calmly. “She’s still having trouble digesting that you’re Eternal Star. It wouldn’t be good to hit her with another blow right now.”
“Wait, Mom.” Xiaoxi jerked her head up. “So you’ve known for a long time that I’m… Eternal Star, right?”
Su Yuening smiled sweetly. “Not that long. Let me think… I found out around when you were in middle school?”
‘That was right around when I first became a Magic Girl!’ So her mom had known all along, right?
At that moment, Xiaoxi suddenly felt like a clown for thinking she had hidden it so well from her mom.
“No, Mom, if you knew for so long, why did you suddenly tell me you’re an Astrologer now?”
“I’m not like you, deliberately hiding it. It just wasn’t the right time before. I’m definitely on your side and Xinglan’s, but if I had revealed it too early, I might have been attacked by the other Six Seats for favoring my own daughter. That would have been troublesome.”
“But now it doesn’t matter.” Su Yuening’s half-closed eyes opened slightly. “With the Meteorite Fragment as leverage, that old thing the Archbishop is already doomed. Whether or not my identity is exposed now doesn’t matter anymore.”