My ex-girlfriend is a magical girl junior?

Chapter 263 Xingshuang's Dilemma

After turning a secluded corner not far away, Yin Xue practically dragged and carried Liu Li, whose legs were still a little weak, to this place.

Yin Xue first knelt down in a relatively clean place, and then gently placed Liu Li's body in front of her, so that she could lean against her in a comfortable position.

"Hmph—Senior didn't come along," she seemed to be talking to herself, a hint of satisfaction in her voice, "It seems that Xingxian has also realized this."

"Although I hate to admit it, let's just say she did a great job."

Liuli had assumed that Yinxue would subject her to inhumane "punishment" as soon as she arrived, so she was keeping her eyes tightly shut and pretending to be an ostrich. However, after hearing Yinxue's mutterings to herself, she opened one eye with some confusion.

What came into view was Yin Xue's face, which didn't seem to carry much blame, but rather a hint of worry and helplessness.

"Yinxue—" She blinked, puzzled, and tentatively asked, "What did you mean by what you just said? Xingxian—did you realize something?"

"Oh? You've finally opened your eyes? I thought you were going to keep pretending to be dead." Hearing Liuli speak up, Yinxue immediately came to her senses, and her face instantly changed to a sulky expression.

She reached out and lightly pinched the pretty cheek, still faintly flushed from Xingxian's earlier "torture," a hint of venting in her voice. "Of course, it's because you, you little rascal, ran away!" she said, somewhat disgruntled. "You must have whispered something to your senior while we were arguing, and then got a promise from him to help you solve your problem."

"And then, in a moment of excitement, you couldn't help yourself and, right in front of me and Hoshizuru, did something—something I hadn't even had a chance to do to my senior, right?!"

"Ugh—" Liuli whimpered aggrievedly as Yinxue pinched her cheek.

Upon hearing the incredibly accurate reasoning the other person gave, she immediately widened her eyes in surprise and subconsciously asked, "Huh? You—how did you know? And—you're saying Xingxian guessed it too?"

Seeing Liuli's surprised and adorable expression, Yinxue giggled and pinched her cheeks until they crumpled up, then said, "That's right, our little Li is just so innocent and easy to understand, like a cute little animal, all her thoughts are written on her face, hehe."

"Yinxue—stop talking—" Hearing her friend's teasing, Liuli tried to cover her face with some embarrassment, turning her head to the other side to avoid the other's mocking gaze.

Unexpectedly, Yin Xue suddenly reached out and gently held Liuli's head in place, preventing her from escaping.

Immediately, the playful expression on her face vanished, replaced by an unprecedentedly serious look.

"Xiao Li," Yin Xue gazed into her friend's clear, icy blue eyes and asked softly, "What exactly did you confide in your senior? Can't you even tell me?"

"If I'm not mistaken—it should be related to your father, right?"

When Liuli heard the question, she still felt shy, but she gradually calmed down, met her friend's sincere and caring gaze, and gently shook her head.

"—You guessed right, so I don't think any of you can necessarily help with this. Even if you tell me, it will only make you worry for nothing."

"So—that's why I went to find Senior Xing Shuang while you were all away— Waaah!"

Before Liuli could finish speaking, Yinxue suddenly rubbed her cheek hard again in a fit of anger, and said irritably, "What are you saying? We're best friends."

What does "and worrying about you for no reason" mean? If I knew what was bothering you, I might be able to help you think of a solution!

Liuli's cheeks were kneaded and slightly deformed again, but she just shook her head gently and didn't say anything more.

She knew that Yuqing was genuinely looking out for her, but—this was something that people her age couldn't easily resolve.

"Hmm?" Seeing that Liuli still seemed unwilling to talk, Yinxue narrowed his eyes slightly. The hand that was originally just playing around with Liuli's face began to slowly and maliciously reach towards the other's ticklish flat stomach.

Her fingers gently slid across it, and the subtle touch made Liuli's body stiffen instantly, almost causing her to cry out in surprise.

"Still saying you don't want to talk, Xiao Li?" Yin Xue's face revealed a mischievous grin, and her voice became full of threat. "If you continue like this, I'm going to—start 'punishing' you, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Liuli's body trembled slightly, but she still kept her lips tightly pursed and did not speak, only stubbornly looking at Yinxue with her watery eyes.

Seeing Liuli's "unyielding" attitude, Yinxue felt somewhat discouraged and withdrew his hand.

She sighed dejectedly and said helplessly, "Sigh—I didn't expect this trick to stop working. This is so boring, I give up."

"Yinxue, why—" Liuli looked at her friend in astonishment, never expecting that the other party would give up so easily.

"Why didn't I tickle you until you couldn't breathe, enjoy your adorable, limp, panting appearance, and incidentally—dig out all your little secrets?" Yin Xue interrupted Liu Li impatiently.

"Although I really want to do that," she paused, her voice suddenly lowering, "but in this matter—I don't think it's appropriate."

"After all—" Yin Xue sighed softly, her eyes filled with complex emotions, "who doesn't have a few secrets they don't want to tell others?"

"Thank you—Yinxue." Hearing her friend's words, Liuli's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

She looked at the girl in front of her, who always liked to tease her but knew how to respect her more than anyone else at crucial moments, and a genuine smile appeared on her face.

Yin Xue shook her head slightly, then looked at Liu Li with a serious expression again and asked, "Li Li, I only have one question—can your senior help you solve this problem?"

Liuli was slightly taken aback, and immediately remembered the solution proposed by Senior Xingshuang—to let that person—Lin Che—go to see her father in place of the senior.

And he—was the one his best friend cherished most—

After a moment's hesitation, she decided to tell the truth.

"--- Saying that my senior helped me solve it is not quite accurate. I did ask my senior for help at first, but she recommended a more---suitable candidate to me."

"A suitable candidate? Who?" Yin Xue was initially confused.

It wasn't until she saw Xiao Li's hesitant and evasive gaze that she suddenly realized what was happening. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she asked, "No way, it's A-Che?! How is he involved in this again?!"

Liuli didn't know how to answer the question, so she could only mumble an "Mmm," her cheeks flushing red again from her guilty conscience.

After all, although it was a suggestion from her senior, the final plan was that she would go to see her father alone with that boy.

If someone unfamiliar with the situation heard this, it would definitely cause a huge misunderstanding.

However, just when Liuli thought Yinxue would immediately press for answers as before, he once again made a choice that surprised her.

"I see—" After the initial shock, Yin Xue nodded calmly, even showing a hint of understanding on his face.

"If you also think that A-Che is a more suitable candidate, then I can rest assured."

"Huh?" Liuli was completely stunned. She looked up at Yinxue and asked hesitantly, "Yinxue, don't you think this is a little inappropriate?"

"Inappropriate? What's inappropriate about it?" Yin Xue asked, somewhat puzzled. "A-Che has already done so much for you, what's wrong with him helping you one more time?"

Then, as if realizing something, a mischievous smile appeared on her face again. She reached out and gently pinched the other person's cheek, teasingly saying, "Could it be—Xiao Li, are you afraid that I'll suspect, like last time, that there's some kind of special relationship between you two?"

"Hmm—" Liuli turned her head away somewhat embarrassed, feeling as if her secret had been exposed.

"It's okay," Yin Xue said confidently and frankly. "After what happened last time, I won't doubt such trivial things anymore."

"I have absolute trust in both A-Che and you."

"However—" She suddenly leaned down, bringing her mouth close to Ruri's ear, and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "The misunderstanding about this matter has indeed been cleared up, so can we now have a proper chat—about your 'running away'?"

"Huh?!"

Liuli, who had just felt much more at ease because of Yinxue's trust, froze instantly upon hearing these words.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, she waved her hands frantically and said, "No—didn't you say the misunderstanding was cleared up? Why are you still—"

"Let's keep things separate." Yin Xue straightened up, a smug grin on her face. "Even if I knew why you suddenly kissed your senior, I would still feel very resentful."

"So, little Li who ran away needs to be properly 'punished'~"

She chuckled and gently stroked Liuli's flushed face, continuing, "Look at you, your face is so red. Were you just now—wanting to do something even bolder and more outrageous to your senior?"

"That—that was clearly reddened by you and Xingxian—" Liuli protested weakly.

"I don't care, in my opinion, you have even bolder ideas about your senior!" Yin Xue withdrew her hand from Liu Li's face and slowly moved it forward, finally landing on the other's unsuspecting flat stomach.

"So—enjoy it, Riko."

"No—no!"

Liuli watched this scene with wide eyes, wanting to struggle, but because of her position leaning against Yinxue, she could not exert any strength and could only be held tightly by him. She closed her eyes in despair.

The next moment, an irrepressible burst of clear laughter emanated from the secluded corner.

Just as Xing Shuang finished hearing Xing Xian's gloating remark, "Xiao Li is probably going to be in trouble," a burst of laughter, mixed with Yin Xue's triumphant giggles and Liu Li's pitiful pleas for mercy, came from around the corner not far away.

"well----"

Xing Shuang sighed helplessly to herself, glancing at Xing Xuan beside her, whose face wore an expression that said, "Just as I expected." She knew that if she didn't intervene soon, Xiao Li would probably really be bullied by that crazy girl, Yu Qing.

She burst into tears.

A slightly helpless smile appeared on her face, and she immediately started walking towards the corner.

As a result, just after turning the corner, a somewhat erotic scene came into view—

Two equally pretty girls were hugging each other tightly. One of them had a smug grin on her face and was tickling the other girl's skin.

The one who was "bullied" laughed so hard she was shaking, her body writhing from the unbearable tickling sensation. Her fair face was flushed with a lovely blush, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"Hahahaha—No—Snow—It itches—Hahahaha—"

"You know you were wrong? Will you dare to do it again next time?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? Waaah! No, not there!"

"Hmph, you'll have to do it! It's too late to beg for mercy now! Who told you to dare run away? I'll punish you properly today!"

When Liuli saw Xingshuang rushing over, she instantly unleashed an incredibly strong will to survive.

Although she continued to laugh incoherently and could not clearly call for help, she still desperately reached out her hand to the other person, her watery eyes filled with pleading and dependence.

"Alright, alright, Yin Xue, that's enough." Seeing this, Xing Shuang suppressed a laugh and stepped forward, gently tapping Yin Xue on the head.

"Ah!" Yin Xue instinctively covered her head and let out an exaggerated exclamation.

"Ouch! That hurts! Why did you hit me suddenly, senpai?!"

Yin Xue released her grip on Liu Li, covering her head with both hands, her face filled with exaggerated grievance and confusion, as if that seemingly harmless blow had caused her immense harm.

Without Yin Xue's support, Liu Li collapsed to the ground, panting heavily. Her pretty face was flushed with a lovely blush from the "vigorous exercise," making her look exceptionally endearing.

"Xiao Li, are you alright?" Xing Shuang crouched down, looking at her with some concern, and asked softly.

"Um—thank you, senior." With a sense of gratitude that felt like she had survived a disaster, Liuli solemnly thanked Xingshuang.

"It's good that you're alright, get up quickly." Xing Shuang smiled and responded to Liu Li, unaware that although she had successfully rescued the other party, she had also brought trouble upon herself.

After successfully "getting revenge" on Xiao Li, Yin Xue began to struggle with the kiss that still haunted her.

She slowly stood up from the ground, a sweet and "kind" smile on her face, and slowly approached Xing Shuang step by step.

"Although I did bully Xiaoli a little too much just now, but—" Her voice grew sweeter and more dangerous, "I have a feeling that this whole thing didn't start because of me, did it?"

"Senior, it's so unfair that only Xiaoli can kiss you. Isn't that too biased and unfair to us?"

"Huh?" Why are you suddenly bringing this up? Xing Shuang's movements stiffened slightly.

Yin Xue shook her head firmly, then said, "We were just delayed by some things. We won't give up until we figure this out, right, Xing Xian?"

As she spoke, she subtly tugged at Xingxian's skirt, signaling that the other woman was on her side.

"Huh? Me?" Xingxian didn't expect the other person to try to pull her into the car again. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded gently.

Although I felt a little embarrassed, the thought that I hadn't even held my senior's hand yet, while Xiao Li had already kissed him, instantly overcame my shame with a sense of imbalance.

The thought of "being able to kiss her senior" made her decisively abandon all her reserve and stand on Yin Xue's side, somewhat reluctantly but firmly.

"Alright, stop fooling around. Is this the time to be worrying about this kind of thing?"

Xing Shuang once again tried to suppress the two girls with her senior's authority, but this time it seemed to have little effect. The two girls still approached her slowly with longing expressions.

Yin Xue chuckled and said, "As a senior, you must treat all juniors equally. Senior Xing Shuang, you mustn't show favoritism."

"This—" Xing Shuang was speechless at this explanation, and subconsciously turned her pleading gaze to Liu Li, whom she had just rescued.

—Xiao Li, this whole thing started because of you, you have to—do something, right?!

Liuli only exchanged glances with her for less than half a second. After clearly understanding the plea for help in her eyes, she immediately looked away in a flustered manner, like a startled child.

Then, in a barely audible voice, she said, "I'm sorry, Senior Xing Shuang—I know things turned out this way because of what I did just now, but precisely because of that, if I dared to stop them—"

She hugged herself tightly, a look of fear on her face, and continued in a low voice, "They'll definitely think I want to monopolize their seniors' favor, and they'll 'punish' me with even more outrageous behavior."

By the end, her voice even carried a hint of barely suppressed sobs, sounding so pitiful that no one could bear to criticize her any further.

After listening to Liuli's eloquent explanation, Xingshuang felt dizzy and her vision went black. Her last hope was thus ruthlessly extinguished.

"Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. Our Xiaoli is so self-aware!"

Shi Yinxue nodded in satisfaction, reaching out to affectionately stroke Liuli's soft, short hair, revealing a gratified expression.

Then, she looked at Xing Shuang with a sweet smile on her face and her voice became unusually gentle: "So, Senior Xing Shuang, what is your answer?"

"Should we—give us a kiss, or—senpai—you—give us a kiss?"

Xing Shuang was forced into a corner, and the smile on her face completely froze.

And at that very moment—

"I apologize for disturbing you all." A calm and respectful voice suddenly came from not far away.

To Shi Yinxue and Xingxian at this moment, this sound was like a disturbing alarm clock shattering their sweet dreams.

But for Shi Xingshuang, who was already on the verge of starvation, it was no less than a ray of divine dawn tearing through the darkness.

Everyone instinctively looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that the former field captain of the Special Affairs Bureau, A-007, had stopped with several team members at a safe distance from them.

They seemed oblivious to the slightly ambiguous and strange atmosphere here, and simply gave them a standard military salute with an extremely professional demeanor.

"The command center just sent word," he reported to his superior, "the other side of the battlefield has been cleared."

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