Miss Lin is a hunky VTuber today?

Wakaba: "It's all about fate."

indeed.

It really depends on fate, senior.

I guess I'm just unlucky, senior.

Or am I simply not worthy, senior?

After saying in the group that she wasn't feeling well today and that the collaboration would be canceled, Iris then spoke softly but firmly to Snow Moon.

"Xueyue, can I have some peace and quiet by myself?"

"you..."

Xueyue unconsciously bit her lip, still feeling uneasy.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Yuanchu smiled and gently nudged her.

"It's just a breakup, I'm not going to make a scene."

"Okay... I understand."

After thinking about it, Xueyue nodded in agreement.

She had some vague guesses about Iris's family situation. Iris would sometimes casually complain that she was an orphan, so she seemed carefree.

Back then, Xueyue laughed and said that she was heartless, but she never expected that one day she would wish that Yuanchu would be even more carefree.

That way, she probably wouldn't feel so guilty.

After seeing Xueyue off at the door, Yuanchu took one last deep look at the empty room before throwing herself heavily onto the bed.

After a while, he started groping around again, took out his phone, logged into his alternate account, found a recorded video in his favorites, and clicked play.

That was a recording of the first time she met Ruoye, and the one where she asked those three questions.

The reassuring prelude played slowly, and Wakaba's calm and cool voice echoed in Tobi's mind.

How could she not be worthy? It seems that damned fate is really targeting her.

I always thought I'd give her a knife to eat, but she just wouldn't!

The girl stubbornly raised her hand and clenched her fist tightly.

[There are plenty of good women in the world, not just your senior. I refuse to believe I can't find someone else!]

She stubbornly shouted in her heart, and suddenly felt her eyes getting wet.

The moisture trickled down from the corner of my eye to my cheek, and then dripped from my ear.

A ticking sound.

The fledgling belatedly touched the corner of her eye.

"Did I cry?"

She muttered to herself, yet found it amusing.

She didn't shed a single tear even on the day her mother passed away, so why is she crying now because of someone she's known for less than six months?

Is her body itself criticizing her for being heartless?

I don't think so.

after all,

I felt so relieved after crying for a bit.

So tears are such a useful thing?

The tears quickly dried up due to the temperature, and my eyes, which were already sore all year round, felt even more uncomfortable because of the tear stains.

Yuanchu took a deep breath, her face flushed, and she tried to squeeze out a few more tears.

Nothing came out.

Of course nothing will come of it; you can't force tears like that.

"Senior, I really am a useless idiot."

Section 140, Chapter Twenty-Four: A Sudden Decision

Early the next morning.

Xueyue woke up the moment she opened her eyes, stiffly threw off the covers and sat up. Her mind flashed back to yesterday's collaboration, which was nothing short of a disaster, and she silently covered her face.

It's understandable to worry about my best friend's breakup, but why is she so distracted about her own breakup, especially one that hasn't even started? She's been completely absent-minded during the collaboration, which is so unlike her!

She was known as a cold and ruthless woman!

How can I let my best friend's breakup affect her!

However, well...

Recalling the girl whose eyes held only deep sorrow from yesterday, Xueyue sighed.

I'm still not entirely at ease.

"Let's go check on Tobi-Hina's house later."

She rolled out of bed and hummed a cheerful song, as if it could cover up her abnormal behavior yesterday.

I habitually took out my phone and glanced at it; there was an unread message on WeChat.

"Xueyue, are you awake yet?"

It's a kite chick.

This is truly strange, after all, Iris is a woman with such a chaotic sleep schedule that even she herself doesn't know what time she will wake up tomorrow.

Sending it at such a normal time is terrifying.

"Could my account have been hacked?"

Xueyue muttered to herself, but still replied.

"You just woke up, are you feeling better?"

The message I sent was rather dry, so after thinking for a moment, I pulled out a cat picture from my emoji collection and sent it along with the message.

"Senior and Miss haven't officially confirmed their relationship yet, right?"

"Hmm, probably not yet."

"That's good."

Looking at the chat history, Xueyue suddenly had a bad feeling. She typed with both hands and replied hurriedly.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not planning on doing something, are you?"

"Huh? You guessed it."

Iris's reply was calm and indifferent, as if it were just a trivial matter.

"Xueyue, I plan to stay in Yehai for a while."

Xueyue's reaction was far from calm; she opened her mouth wide into an "O" shape, too shocked to say anything.

"ha!???"

. . . . . . .

A short while later, Xueyue rushed to Yuanchu's house at top speed.

I reached under the flowerpot as usual, but didn't find the key left by the kite chick.

Left with no other option, I had to knock on the door.

"Xueyue, you've arrived?"

Soon, Yuzuki appeared after hearing the knocking, but the change in her appearance was so great that she almost didn't recognize her.

"A fledgling kite...?"

She was a girl wearing an elegant white dress. Her usually messy hair was now neatly styled and flowed like a waterfall down her back. She even had light makeup on, which best highlighted her natural charm.

Fresh and elegant, serene as a virgin.

The contrast was too great. If Xueyue hadn't known that Yuanchu was actually a girl with a very ancient appearance, she wouldn't have recognized her at all!

"Okay, come in first, I'm packing my things."

The pretty girl, carrying a large box, stepped aside to let Xueyue into the house.

When Xueyue passed by, she glanced curiously at what the girl was holding, but could only vaguely see a pile of pink items, and immediately looked speechless.

"Forehead..."

"This, this is what I was going to throw away!"

With her face flushed, Yuanchu pressed down hard on the opening of the box and quickly retorted.

"???"

You're acting really strange today!

Xueyue was completely dumbfounded. Was the blow of heartbreak really that big? Big enough to turn 'that' Yuanchu into this fresh and elegant young lady?!

This guy must have been transported to another world!

"Well..."

Yuanchu's face was still red, but the shyness she had shown earlier was gone.

Seemingly feeling that there was no point in acting in front of Xueyue, he simply put the box of things into her arms and winked mischievously.

"We're getting ready to go to Yehai, and I feel like all this random stuff is pretty useless now, so I'll give it to you! How about keeping it as a farewell gift?"

"I don't need any of this stuff! And it's all used! Seriously, you bought so much!?"