The girl and cat faced each other in the English class.

Outside the window, white clouds drifted leisurely, contrails stretched from north to south.

Oak trees grew strong and tall, a streetcar left Shibuya Station, and the spring breeze passed through the playground.

"I'll be waiting for you outside." The girl's voice bore an almost tangible weight, pressing upon the tiny head of the cat.

Jiutiao Meijie stuffed the cat back into the drawer, her movements rough.

She stood up, her slender legs flinging the chair aside with a grating noise.

In the classroom, everyone who was attentively participating in the lesson turned to look.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" turned around in confusion, saw Jiutiao Meijie, and slowly widened her eyes in shock.

"Ji, Jiutiao?" the English teacher, Xiaoquan Aonai, asked tentatively.

Jiutiao Meijie gave her a deep look and then turned to the "Xiaoquan Aonai" in front of her, saying:

"Come out with me."

Without waiting for anyone to respond, she walked towards the classroom's back door as if no one else was there.

When passing by Kiyono Lin, Jiutiao Meijie suddenly seemed to remember, placing her hand on Kiyono Lin's beautiful shoulder.

"You come with me too."

"Let... What are you doing? Let go."

No matter how Kiyono Lin struggled, Jiutiao Meijie half hugged, half coerced, and led the icy girl who even Dubian Che would not dare to offend, out of the classroom in front of all the teachers and students in class four.

Left behind, "Xiaoquan Aonai" didn't know what to do.

Why was Jiutiao Meijie here?

Why was she angry?

Did she know she wasn't Dubian Che?

How did she find out?

In any case, because the incident happened so suddenly, and there were too many questions, she lost the ability to think.

The only answer that didn't require thought to know: leaving this classroom would spell trouble—this much was easily concluded from everyone's schadenfreude or sympathetic glances.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" subconsciously looked towards her future self at the lectern but the next moment, the thought 'can't implicate the future me' came to mind.

Just like she would casually ask her future self for money, firmly believing her future self would definitely give it to her, she would also do anything for her future self.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" took a deep breath, clenched her fists, stood up, and walked toward the back door of the classroom.

In the corner of her eye, Saito Keisuke made a protective gesture around his neck, and Kunii Shuichi gave her a thumbs-up, his face full of admiration.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" thought they should be doing something other than this—like calling the police.

As soon as she stepped out of the classroom, she heard voices from the stairway to the fourth floor—the conversation between Kiyono Lin and Jiutiao Meijie.

"... Does whether you believe me have anything to do with you?"

"I'm in a bad mood right now, not in the mood to argue with you."

"Ah, unfortunately, I am in a very good mood right now."

"Come back!" The command pierced hearts.

"If you pull at my clothes again, don't blame me for being rude." Kiyono Lin's voice was so cold it could freeze the school.

A rustling sound of clothing being adjusted.

"If you want my help, the condition is simple, just call me 'Big Sister.'"

"Xiaoquan Aonai" heard Kiyono Lin speak again—this time, her tone changing from icy to cool.

Jiutiao Meijie responded with a sarcastic, cold laugh.

"Ai." This was the sigh of Dubian Cat.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" took a deep breath again and began to walk toward the stairway.

The corridor windows were half-opened, petals of the white magnolia from the courtyard were carried away by the breeze.

In the flower bed, rose vines stretched desperately; only the vines that climbed higher and took up more of the sunlight and rain could blossom into the captivating roses of May.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" hid around the corner, peering anxiously with half her face exposed.

Jiutiao Meijie stood there, her school uniform on and standing within the school's stairwell – yet she exuded an elegance fitting of a noble lady.

Kiyono Lin embraced her arms like a maiden from Heaven, her detached cold eyes devoid of desire, watching "Xiaoquan Aonai" peek.

Noticing Kiyono Lin's gaze, Jiutiao Meijie looked over.

Her stern yet beautiful eyes gazed down at "Xiaoquan Aonai."

"Xiaoquan Aonai" hadn't even had a chance to see where Dubian Cat was before she instinctively withdrew her head.

Jiutiao Meijie's eyes seemed to be digging the soul named "Xiaoquan Aonai" out from her pupils.

"Come here." The command admitted no refusal.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" peeked again before hesitantly stepping out.

The three of them, plus a cat, went upstairs, passing a corridor without any sound of instruments and arriving at the first period's Human Observation Department.

Kiyono Lin indifferently walked to the window.

She opened it and leaned on the windowsill, supporting her cheek with her hand, enjoying the gentle breeze while gazing at the densely packed skyscrapers of the Shinjuku District.

The rose in the bottle moved slightly in the wind, with her beautiful hair.

A perfect image of the Literary Girl beside the window.

Jiutiao Meijie sat on the sofa, legs crossed, arms folded, emanating a formidable presence, Dubian Cat perched on the long table in front of her.

This was a scene of a queen holding court.

"Xiaoquan Aonai" stood at the doorway, uncertain where she belonged.

"Little Koizumi, take a seat," Dubian Cat spoke.

"Hmm!" Like a beached fish swept back into the ocean by a wave, "Xiaoquan Aonai" quickly responded and sat in Dubian Che's usual spot.

"You two seem to get along quite well," said Jiutiao Meijie with a smile that mocked and challenged everything. "After all, sharing the same body, the relationship is naturally closer than any."

It was as if the sky had been shrouded by dark clouds, and the Shinjuku District quickly grew dim.

"In a month's time, she will forget these memories," Dubian Cat said.

"What's done is done."

"The hands used were mine, even the feelings are forgotten."

"Do you expect me to act as if nothing happened?"

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