My ex-girlfriend is a magical girl junior?

Chapter 258 Liuli Gets Caught Red-Handed

Xing Shuang stood there blankly, instinctively reaching out to cover her cheek where she had just been kissed.

Her mind went blank for a moment, and her usually calm, deep purple eyes widened slightly at this sudden "attack," revealing a rare look of bewilderment and helplessness.

—Xiao Li——————She————kissed me?

But why?

Xing Shuang stared blankly at the girl who had just made such a surprising move towards her. Lin Che's consciousness was frantically working at this moment, trying to sort out her chaotic thoughts and understand this bizarre scene.

Was it because of the gentle comfort I had given her before? Or because I had successfully resolved the worries that had been troubling her for so long? Or perhaps—it was simply because she hadn't seen me as "Star Frost" for so long that she acted impulsively?

"Senior Xing Shuang?"

Looking at Xing Shuang's dazed expression, as if her soul had left her body, Liu Li couldn't help but chuckle. She took a small step forward, closing the distance between them, and gently waved her slender finger in front of Xing Shuang's eyes.

At this moment, her pretty face was flushed with a beautiful blush due to shyness and excitement, but her icy blue eyes were shining with an unprecedented brilliance, and her undisguised joy and dependence were almost overflowing from them.

"Ryu————Li————"

Xing Shuang finally recovered from her shock. Looking at the girl in front of her, whose face still held a hint of smugness as if she had successfully pulled off a prank, she asked, somewhat amused and exasperated, "Why did you do that just now?"

Facing Xingshuang's gaze, Liuli's blush deepened, but this time, there was no hesitation or evasion in her eyes, and her tone was more frank and sincere than ever before.

"I'm sorry, senior," she said softly. "My behavior just now—I'm sure it bothered you, wasn't it?"

"But at that time, I didn't know how to express my feelings, so—"

"No," Xing Shuang lowered her hand from her cheek, gently shook her head, and replied in the softest voice, "I am not bothered."

She paused, a hint of helplessness in her deep purple eyes: "I'm just—a little surprised."

"Really?" Liuli's eyes instantly sparkled even brighter.

"Yes." Xing Shuang nodded affirmatively, then asked, "But why did you do this? What are your true thoughts—?"

"Because—" Ruri took a deep breath, as if organizing her thoughts, or perhaps gathering her courage to confess, "I felt I had to do this."

Then, she began to pour out her deepest, most genuine thoughts to Xing Shuang without reservation.

"Actually, just now, when Yin Xue and Xing Xuan were being affectionate with you, I really wanted to do what they did, rush up and hug you, or—talk to you more."

"But—" Her voice lowered slightly, and her expression became somewhat sad. "Ever since I received that text message last night, the lingering fear and worry in my heart have never disappeared."

"The thought of meeting that man soon makes me very scared and uneasy. I simply can't express my emotions as freely as they can and enjoy the time I spend with my seniors."

"It's senior—" Ruri's voice trembled slightly, her icy blue eyes shining with utmost sincerity, "It was your words of encouragement and affirmation, and your unreasonable gentleness, that made me completely let go of my worries and fears."

"And—you just said that it's okay to be more frank and to rely on you more."

"So—" Her cheeks flushed even more, and her voice lowered, as if she were explaining or pouting, "What I did just now—was just an involuntary way for me to express my gratitude to my senior."

As Liuli concluded, seemingly to emphasize her "innocence," she shook her head vigorously, stressing, "In short, there was absolutely no other intention. I was just so happy and so moved—"

After hearing Liuli's sincere explanation, all of Xingshuang's confusion vanished in an instant, replaced by a deeper understanding and affection for the girl before her.

She finally understood that the gentle kiss just now was not only a product of a girl's momentary impulse, but also the purest and most direct expression of her long-suppressed emotions after they were released.

"I understand, Liuli." Xingshuang's gaze softened even more. She reached out again and gently stroked the other's head. "Thank you too—for being willing to tell me all this."

"Mmm—senpai—" Under Xing Shuang's comforting words, Liu Li squinted her eyes slightly, like a cat being stroked, her face full of dependence.

Xing Shuang smiled and said, "I have received your kind intentions. I also hope that you can rely on me more in the future and be more frank with me."

"However—" A somewhat helpless expression suddenly appeared on her face as she half-jokingly reminded him, "Next time, please don't express your gratitude in such a sudden way."

"If Yin Xue and Xing Xian see this, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause. That's when I'll really start to feel troubled."

Upon hearing this, Liuli imagined the "hellish drawing" that her two friends might put on after discovering that she had "run away," and playfully stuck out her tongue.

She then looked at Xing Shuang, her tone carrying a hint of pleading and coquettishness, "Senior, since you've said so, then what happened just now—let's keep it a little secret between us, okay?"

"If Yin Xue and Xing Xian find out—" she said, her cheeks flushing a lovely red again, her voice becoming barely audible, "I—I'll be so embarrassed, I don't even know how they'll 'torture' me."

Looking into Liuli's clear eyes, filled with expectation and pleading, Xingshuang felt amused, but she also knew that she couldn't possibly refuse.

Her gaze naturally fell on the other person, and just as she was about to say something, she caught a glimpse of a scene that could be described as "crisis" out of the corner of her eye, and the smile on her face suddenly became a bit strange.

"Senior?" Liuli, unaware of the danger behind her, only noticed Xingshuang's hesitation in agreeing. With a pleading tone, she gently shook Xingshuang's arm, urging, "Please? Senior~"

"————Okay." Xing Shuang suppressed a laugh and agreed to her request, "But there's just one thing—"

"What is it?" Liuli was overjoyed, but hearing Xingshuang's unfinished words, she asked curiously, completely unaware that the danger behind her was rapidly approaching.

Let's rewind a little bit.

Just as Liuli made that request to Xingshuang, an extremely childish yet incredibly fierce "war" was unfolding between the two girls over the "ownership of the senior."

Yin Xue angrily questioned, "Xing Xian, what were you doing just now?"

"That's a question I should be asking you." Xingxian glared at Yinxue. "What do you plan to do to your senior?!"

"I just want to get a little closer to you, senior. Is there a problem?" Yin Xue retorted confidently.

Xingxian's voice rose several octaves: "That level is no longer 'slightly'!"

"But didn't you hug your senior the same way before?"

"That's completely different from kissing!"

Seeing that their verbal sparring was failing to convince each other, the two girls' gazes clashed fiercely in the air, sparks flying. The next moment, they moved simultaneously.

The two stepped forward simultaneously, their hands flashing out like lightning, their fingers interlocking precisely in mid-air. Then their foreheads slammed together, beginning a pure contest of strength. Because they needed to exert constant force, even their speech became intermittent.

"You—you—you—you—are—really—strong—" Xingxian gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words, his cheeks turning red from the effort.

"Likewise—likewise—" Yin Xue also exerted all her strength, the muscles in her arms slightly tense, "But—if you want to beat me—you're still a hundred years too early!"

Ultimately, compared to Xingxian, who usually devotes most of his energy to his studies and patrol duties, Yinxue, who is more physically fit and exercises regularly, is the better contender in a pure contest of strength.

"ah!"

With a short gasp, Xingxian stumbled, lost her balance, and was pushed backward by Yinxue.

Yin Xue didn't let the other person actually fall to the ground. The moment Xing Xian was pushed down, a thick, emerald green vine broke through the soil and precisely supported Xing Xian's back, keeping her in a backward leaning position where she could hardly exert any force.

"Phew—finally won." Yin Xue breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Xing Xian, who was pinned to the vines by her with one hand and looked unwilling, and a smug smile appeared on her face.

"I have to say, your strength is a bit too weak, isn't it? You should put more effort into exercising. Besides studying, you should also put more effort into exercising properly, Inspector-sama~"

As she spoke, she seemed to feel that it wasn't enough to vent her anger. With her other hand, she reached straight for Xingxian's cheeks, which were flushed with shame and indignation, and gently pinched them, forcing the other person to make all sorts of funny faces.

"Also, you rubbed my face until it was all swollen when I hugged my senior before, so it's only reasonable for me to get a little 'revenge' now, right?"

"Ugh—you—you—scoundrel—" Xingxian's cheeks were being pinched, making her speech indistinct, her silver-gray eyes filled with resentment and anger.

After being wantonly "ravaged" by Yin Xue for half a day, she finally couldn't take it anymore.

If I can't beat you physically, surely I can beat you magically?!

After realizing that he couldn't possibly win against his opponent in terms of physical strength alone, Xingxian decisively chose to "cheat" and used his most proficient magic thread technique.

The next moment, several magical threads shimmering with pale purple light appeared out of thin air, instantly binding the smug Yin Xue tightly.

"Huh?! You actually—didn't you agree not to use magic or spells?" Yin Xue, bound by the silk threads, widened her eyes, her face filled with disbelief.

She tried to struggle, but found that the threads were exceptionally strong and she could not break free at all.

"Hehe, all's fair in war~" Xingxian smugly crawled out from under Yinxue, turning around to look down at her with a triumphant smile. "Have you forgotten that I'm not the kind of 'brute' who's only good at close combat?"

"Now, it's my turn to properly 'repay' your 'enthusiasm' just now."

Xingxian mimicked Yinxue's earlier action, stretching out both hands and squeezing back hard, not forgetting to taunt, "How about it? You're not convinced?"

"You—you used magic! This is cheating!" Yin Xue angrily shouted in protest.

"You were the one who pinned me down with those vines first!"

"I meant well, I was afraid you'd fall and hurt yourself if I pushed you. You're just making excuses!"

"I don't care!" Seeing that Yin Xue was still arguing with him, Xing Xian tightened his grip even more.

"Ouch! Ouch! Let go!" Yin Xue's eyes were already filled with tears.

"I can let go—but you have to admit defeat first." Xingxian paused his actions and said with a hint of smugness.

"Give up? Forget it, it's impossible!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Xingxian resumed her "torture" of Yinxue's cheeks. "Then you'd better just take it. Tomorrow you might not be able to go to school because your face is so swollen!"

"Waaah—you forced me to do this!" Yin Xue shouted angrily. "Since you won't let go, then don't blame me!"

The next moment, a dozen or so tough, emerald green vines burst from the ground and instantly wrapped around Xingxian's body.

"This is—" Xingxian's expression changed slightly.

Before she could react, the vines suddenly tightened upwards, instantly causing her to lose her balance.

"Ah!" she exclaimed cutely, falling forward uncontrollably.

Thus, the two "enemies" who had just been fiercely clashing were now bound together in an extremely awkward and intimate manner by their magical threads and vines, their cheeks almost touching, neither of them able to move.

"See? Now none of us can move." Yin Xue looked at Xing Xian, who was also tightly bound, and a smug smile appeared on her face. "If you want to regain your freedom, then untie those annoying strings!"

Xingxian snorted coldly: "Why should I? You should be the one taking those vines back first!"

"You were the one who cheated by using magic first, so of course you have to take it back first!"

"You were the one who pinned me down there with those vines!"

"I already said I meant well!"

"Who would believe that!"

Neither of them could convince the other, and in the end they could only glare at each other, as if whoever looked away first in this standoff would lose the "war".

Time slipped away second by second in this strange and awkward standoff.

After a while, Yin Xue was the first to lose her composure. She carefully tried to move her body and change her position.

This slight movement was immediately noticed by Xingxian, who was standing close to her.

"What are you doing?" Xingxian asked, her cheeks slightly flushed and a little awkward.

Yin Xue gave a soft "humph" and said irritably, "So much time has passed, are you still planning to waste it with me like this? Don't forget, Xiao Li—has been alone with Senior Xing Shuang all this time!"

"Aren't you afraid—something might happen between them?"

"Huh?" Xingxian's expression froze upon hearing this, and she replied hesitantly, "Really? Is Xiaoli that kind of person?"

"Hmph, that's hard to say. You don't know very well what happened to Xiaoli before, but I dare say—of the three of us, she is probably the one who is most dependent on and fond of you, senior."

What if she takes advantage of our inattention—”

Yin Xue didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning behind it was already self-evident.

The star string wavered instantly.

She glanced at Yin Xue, who was also tightly bound in front of her, and finally gritted her teeth, making a decision: "Then—"

"Shall we try to find a solution?"

"Mm." Yin Xue nodded gently.

Then, an extremely bizarre scene appeared.

Two girls, bound together by silk threads and vines in an extremely ambiguous position, were blushing and working together to move their bodies little by little, trying to turn their gaze to the other side not far away.

Finally, after a long and arduous journey, they managed to move to a position where they could clearly see what was happening over there.

Then they saw it—

Xiao Li, who had been very well-behaved until now, was tiptoeing and leaning forward slightly, planting a soft and sweet kiss on the fair cheek of Xing Shuang, the senior they both respected and competed for.

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For a moment, the world seemed to stand still.

After a brief silence, screams of shock and disbelief erupted from both girls.

"Hoshino! Untie those tattered strings right now!!"

"Put your vines back first! Otherwise, how am I supposed to move?!"

Driven by their shared anger at having their home "robbed," the two frantically began trying to undo their respective spells.

After a series of embarrassing ordeals, they finally broke free from the awkward "forced sticking together" situation.

They then exchanged a glance and saw the same intense "killing intent" in each other's eyes.

The next moment, the two figures shot off like arrows, rushing angrily towards the "crime scene" at full speed!

"—They have already seen it."

Upon hearing Xing Shuang's words, Liu Li's expression froze instantly. She asked incredulously, "Huh? You've already seen it—what does that mean?"

"If they really saw it, how could they have gone so long without reacting? Senior, you're joking with me—right?"

Liuli waited hopefully for Xingshuang's reply, hoping she would tell her it was just a joke, a false alarm. However, what she received was a roar from behind her—

"Xiao Li, you actually ran away!!"

Upon hearing the voice, Liuli immediately shuddered, her body becoming extremely stiff.

She could clearly hear that the voice belonged to her best friend, Yin Xue, and she could also discern the anger in the voice that was quite ominous towards her. An extremely ominous premonition instantly enveloped her entire body.

The color drained from Liuli's face at a visible speed, only to be completely submerged by the surging red tide in the next moment, turning her face scalding hot.

She turned around stiffly, like a rusty robot, and what came into view was Yin Xue, who had a sweet and "kind" smile on her face and was exuding an ominous black aura.

And then there was Xingxian, standing beside Yinxue, arms crossed, his face expressionless, but his silver-gray eyes flashing with reproach.

"Gurgle."

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Liuli swallowed hard, feeling as if her brain had completely stopped thinking.

It’s over————

Caught red-handed —