The cycle begins to repeat itself today.

"This……"

"It's going to be really interesting. And someone will probably be very happy about it." March whispered to Yezi from behind, and I saw Yezi look up at me, hesitate for a moment, and then nod.

"Ok."

Then, following March's instructions, Ye Zi started operating the phone. I wasn't quite sure what they were doing and was about to ask when I saw Zhi Yun and Lin Yin walking towards me together from a distance. They looked like normal, close friends, laughing and joking as they walked over.

"Is everyone waiting for us?" Zhiyun walked to the side and blinked. "Then next time we should hurry up, okay?"

"It's good that you're here. Let's go eat first. If we're any later, there won't be any seats left." I said this and walked towards the cafeteria. Zhiyun came up to me and stood quite close, as if she had something to say.

"I heard from the class monitor that you had her take a selfie with Sister March last night... You didn't even tell me about something so fun?"

Rather than surprised, I'm more shocked. Zhiyun got the news way too fast. And the relationship between Zhiyun and Lin Yin was already a bit strange. Before I knew Zhiyun knew Lin Yin, I always thought Lin Yin didn't have many friends; Zhiyun seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and been forced into the group. But Zhiyun integrated into this group incredibly quickly. While it might be partly because she's my sister, and March's sister is her good friend, it's impossible for any part of an already established group to be reduced or added in such a short time. From Zhiyun's perspective, it all went far too smoothly.

“Your sister March and sister Yezi are discussing it right now, go ask them.”

"Alright!" Zhiyun ran to Sanyue and Yezi's side, and Linyin was also taken by her. I slowed down a bit and walked beside them, trying to eavesdrop on their conversation. However, we were on our way to the cafeteria, and there were just too many people. They didn't bother to lower their voices, and each person's voice was loud enough. I couldn't hear anything useful at all.

They seemed to finalize things quickly, the process was very brief, but compared to the shy Ye Zi and Lin Yin, Zhi Yun and San Yue seemed more excited. I've always felt that something was missing among these girls, but now I finally realize it clearly... there's no competition between them. I can somewhat understand how things turned out between Ye Zi, San Yue, and Lin Yin, because I've personally witnessed everything that happened between them.

The relationship between Ye Zi and San Yue wasn't always this harmonious. Back then, San Yue even threatened to make me give up on Ye Zi so she could achieve her goals. Now, she never mentions it again, which is proof that their relationship has improved. Ye Zi is easy to talk to and easily embarrassed, often putting her in a weaker position. Lin Yin, with a similar personality, also harbors a competitive spirit towards her older sister. She once tried to surpass her sister, which was the most obvious manifestation of this resistance. However, so far, Lin Yin and San Yue's relationship has become increasingly better, and I rarely see Lin Yin's competitive spirit anymore, although this situation still existed before.

But Zhiyun is different. I didn't sense any intention of comparing herself to anyone. Although she expressed great confidence in her body, she never mentioned excluding anyone, just as she never intended to possess someone exclusively. But Zhiyun has been planning this for so long, didn't she ever think of possessing someone exclusively? I looked at her, and Zhiyun turned around and looked at me, winked at me, and sat down a little closer.

"I've already taught Sister Yezi and Sister Sanyue how to do it. It should be quite fun tonight."

I wanted to ask more, but Zhiyun had already moved back to her seat and continued eating, chatting with the other three girls. Zhiyun was being far too enthusiastic.

Let's wait and see...

We have to find a usable breakthrough. If we make a mistake, we'll die, go back to the beginning, and start over, just like we did before.

There won't be any problems...

Chapter 253 Strange Hallucinations

After lunch, I didn't go back to the classroom with March and Yezi as usual. I had other things to do at noon today. Although I was prepared to be discovered and die, it was still better not to die. I parted ways with Zhiyun and Linyin downstairs in the old teaching building, watched them leave, and then turned to go upstairs. However, I stopped halfway up the stairs.

"Ye Zi, March, I suddenly remembered that I have some things to do. You two go to the classroom first, I'll come over later."

"Is it something urgent?" March asked curiously. I shook my head. "It's nothing important. I just remembered it and did it now so I wouldn't forget later. Anyway, I was supposed to rest today. You guys go upstairs and read. I'll be back in a bit."

"Okay. But it's only been a few days, and your progress hasn't improved much. If this continues, Yezi's grades will surpass yours in a few days." March blinked.

I looked at Ye Zi and smiled, "That's a good thing. I'd be happy if Ye Zi's grades improved. But if that happens, it'll be easier for you to teach me in March if I'm at the same pace as Ye Zi, right?"

“That’s true…” March glanced at Yezi, who had become shy, and pinched her cheek with a hint of helplessness: “Alright, alright, look how happy this silly girl is.”

“Sister March, I’m not stupid…” Ye Zi rarely retorted to March, but her voice was still very soft and full of cuteness.

"Getting this happy just from a compliment, isn't she just a silly girl? She's too easily fooled." March took Ye Zi's hand: "Then let's go upstairs first. We should be back for class this afternoon, right?"

"Of course I'll be back, and it won't be long. I'll head over now; the sooner I get there, the sooner I'll be back. See you later."

See you later.

Having parted ways with Yezi and March, I was temporarily alone. I touched my phone in my pocket. Zhiyun would definitely know my whereabouts, and I couldn't turn it off—that would be too awkward. I decided to take a gamble, hoping that Zhiyun would have enough time to discover my unusual behavior. It seemed like I had no other choice.

I walked towards the school gate; my destination was my own home.

The only time I can go home is during this period. School ends a little after noon, and even after lunch, it won't be past 12:40. It takes about ten minutes to get home from school, and the same amount of time to get back. Afternoon classes start at 2:30. Although I usually start self-study earlier, if I go back to the classroom before the official start of class, I'll just get a scolding at most, which isn't unacceptable.

If we drag it out until dinner time, the time will be too tight. Besides, my parents get off work around the time their afternoon classes end, and they don't come home for lunch. That's why Zhiyun and I don't often go home for lunch during our long lunch break. So right now, the house is completely empty, which is fantastic news for me, as I'm looking for something.

Although I wanted to run home as fast as I could, I couldn't run right after eating. I'm still a human being, and strenuous exercise after a meal would have a huge impact on my body. I headed home in a way that wouldn't affect my health, but I paused slightly as I passed the school gate.

Because our school isn't a boarding school, there are quite a few day students, and many students go home for lunch. So the main gate is often open for people to come and go, and the gatekeeper only stops those who obviously don't look like students from entering the school. Even so, ultimately only the small iron gate in the middle of the large iron gate is opened, barely wide enough for two people to brush past each other. Because of this, I sensed that something was amiss.

The small iron gate in the middle, which used to be wide enough for two people to pass through, seemed... to have widened. I saw four people walk side by side through the gate without it looking crowded. I wondered if it was because I hadn't left the school for lunch for so long that I didn't even notice the changes to the school gate. But then my gaze followed the iron gate to the wall next to it, and I noticed that even the walls on both sides seemed to have gotten higher.

Has the wall been raised? So, was the difficulty I felt climbing the wall early this morning not just a figment of my imagination due to excessive physical exertion?

I followed the crowd out of the school, then turned and glanced at the wall on the other side—the wall we passed when climbing over the school walls. It was indeed higher there…it seemed this wasn't just my imagination. But when exactly was that wall raised?

I shook my head; there was no time to think about it anymore. I headed towards home, but this road, which I knew so well, felt strangely unfamiliar to me. As I walked, I looked around at the buildings, streetlights, and other things I could see. While most remained unchanged, I noticed that some streetlights and buildings seemed to have gotten taller or wider. But that was impossible; these things were all designed, and any change to one part would affect the space for other things. At the very least, a house shouldn't be wider. Widening a house without demolishing the houses on either side is simply impossible in every sense.

I rubbed my eyes and looked around carefully again, only to find that everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Am I hallucinating? Although I feel a little scared, I don't react much to this. I don't think it's anything particularly strange. On the contrary, it's as if I've known about it for a long time.

I took a deep breath and calmed myself down a bit. I have more important things to do right now, and these trivial matters can be done later; I can leave them for now.

I continued walking in the direction of my home, and although some of the scenery along the way was in the same condition as before, I didn't pay any more attention to it.

An indescribable feeling filled my mind.

Chapter 254 Proof of No Trace

I returned to my front door, looked around, and didn't see anyone. So I pressed my ear to the door and listened quietly to what was happening inside. I didn't hear anything, so I took out my key and slowly opened the door. Again, I didn't find my parents' shoes at the door. I breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went inside and closed the door. I glanced at my phone; there were still a few minutes until 1 p.m., which was still plenty of time, but I felt I still needed to hurry.

Slippers came into the house, and I put on my own slippers, wondering where to begin my search.

Zhiyun said she discovered it by chance while cleaning, which means her parents didn't want her to know. Before that incident, I had never heard of Zhiyun not being my biological sister, which is enough to prove that my parents must have hidden the so-called adoption certificate. Moreover, so far, there doesn't seem to be any significant change in the attitude between my parents and Zhiyun. I have reason to believe that they don't actually know that Zhiyun already knows she's not my biological sister. Zhiyun probably didn't secretly hide the adoption certificate somewhere else, otherwise my parents would have found it.

The adoption certificate is probably still hidden by the parents, but if it is hidden, where would be the safest place to hide it? Generally speaking, the less frequently a place is visited, the safer it is. So, the safest place would naturally be the parents' bedroom. After all, Zhiyun doesn't seem to have any particular aversion to any particular place in this house. Her own bedroom goes without saying, and even my bedroom has long since become her activity area. In addition, there's the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, guest room piled with miscellaneous items, and balcony. Zhiyun is practically everywhere. The only place she doesn't go often is her parents' bedroom, so it's naturally the best place for her parents to hide something.

I headed towards my parents' bedroom, which was right across from Zhiyun's room. The door was closed. I turned the doorknob, opened the door, and went inside. This was a completely unfamiliar space to me, and I had to carefully examine it. If anything was noticeably different, my parents would realize someone had broken into their room, and Zhiyun would find out too—that was absolutely unacceptable. If Zhiyun found out about this, nothing good would come of it, my gut feeling told me.

I moved slowly through the room, first stopping at the bedside table. I tried to remember the locations of the few items tucked away on it, then carefully opened the drawer. This bedside table was used by my father. It was filled with all sorts of odds and ends: loose change, a razor, a charger, and a whole bunch of other things I didn't recognize, but there were no documents or anything that looked like they belonged to him. Although the items were cluttered, they didn't obscure the bottom layer. I quickly checked my father's bedside table but didn't find the adoption certificate.

I went to my mother's wardrobe on the other side. Compared to my father's side, my mother's bedside table was much more organized. It was filled with many things, including daily necessities such as shampoo and shower gel, as well as things like face masks and combs, all neatly arranged. However, I still couldn't find what I was looking for.

I tried looking for clues under the pillows and sheets, but to no avail. I put the bed back to its original position and tried to find other places where I could hide things. I looked under the bed but didn't find anything suspicious, and I even checked the side panels, but found nothing there either.

Thinking carefully, what else would I need to clean while cleaning... behind the door? I went over and glanced around, but I didn't see it there either. So where is it? Did Zhiyun put it away? That shouldn't be the case... Is Zhiyun still lying to me? She didn't find it while cleaning, but why would Zhiyun need to go into my parents' room and turn it upside down if she wasn't cleaning?

She didn't need to do such a thing, did she? Even if she had feelings for me a long time ago, she couldn't possibly have known about adoption certificates beforehand... normally speaking.

Is this situation normal? Of course not. But for me, this abnormality is the most normal part of my life.

I shook my head, dismissing my thoughts, and looked at the only place in the room I hadn't searched yet—the not-so-small wardrobe. Searching inside might take a while, but if I found something, it would all be worth it. I no longer cared how Zhiyun had found the adoption certificate; I didn't know if Zhiyun was lying to me. I had to find it my own way.

I opened the wardrobe, which was crammed full of clothes. I checked each item one by one, from left to right, even the cabinet where I kept my underwear. It took me about twenty minutes, but I found nothing.

Could it be that even the adoption certificate was a lie told to me by Zhiyun? I refused to believe this terrifying truth and placed my hopes elsewhere. I closed the wardrobe, left my parents' room, and headed towards Zhiyun's room across the street.

I've been into Zhiyun's room several times, but I haven't really looked at it closely. Zhiyun's room is a bit complicated, with all sorts of decorations piled up everywhere—on the bed, against the walls, on the table. Searching through it would probably take quite a while.

I took a few steps and came to Zhiyun's bedside table. Just as I was about to open it, a pair of hands suddenly appeared and covered my eyes. I was so frightened that my heart almost stopped, but the voice behind me sounded familiar.

Guess who I am?

There's only been one girl in this house who's ever been this close to me. I pulled Zhiyun's hand down and turned to look at her. She was smiling down at me.

But that smile, as bright as sunshine, felt as cold as ice to me.

Why are you here?

"Because I'm always watching over you." Zhiyun hugged me, wrapped her arms around my neck, pressed herself tightly against my back, and whispered in my ear, "No matter when, I'll always be by your side."

I wanted to ask Zhiyun for the certificate directly, but Zhiyun seemed to see right through me. She let go of me, then sat on the bed, lay down, and opened her arms.

"I can grant you any request... but only if you love me too. Let me see your love."

"...I was supposed to rest today."

"It's alright, it's just once..."

I gritted my teeth and reached out my hand to Zhiyun.

Chapter 255 Distorted Gaze

I reached out and lifted Zhiyun's skirt. She was wearing a dress again today, just like Yezi and Sanyue. After realizing that dresses were indeed more convenient for certain tasks, Zhiyun started wearing them too. I remember Zhiyun rarely wearing dresses; she seemed to find them too light and airy, and wasn't used to wearing them. But this habit of hers has changed drastically recently.

Just as she told me, she would indeed make huge changes because of me. From this, I could fully understand Zhiyun's feelings for me. But it was precisely because these feelings were so heavy that I wanted to confirm whether such an adoption certificate really existed. I didn't care whether it was real or fake; I just wanted to feel at ease.

Zhiyun then deliberately pulled the straps of her dress down from her shoulders, revealing what appeared to be rather sexy lingerie underneath. I wasn't sure why Zhiyun had such clothes, as her parents probably wouldn't buy her lingerie like that. Perhaps she bought it herself.

My fingers traced across Zhiyun's thigh. Although her body was very sexy, she still wasn't used to this kind of touch. The sensation was gradually diminishing, and it was clear that Zhiyun was gradually getting used to these things.

Zhiyun arched her body slightly, wrapped her arms around my neck, pulled me down, and kissed me. After a while, Zhiyun released me, her face flushed, still breathing heavily, and her eyes becoming hazy. Her lips parted slightly, making cute sounds, and to the sound of those cute sounds, I slowly began to move my waist.

"I know what you're looking for. I know everything about you..."

Zhiyun said something like that, and I looked down at her without saying a word, unsure whether she was bluffing or genuinely knew what I was doing. However, considering her current situation, I felt the latter was more likely.

"You're looking for my adoption certificate, aren't you? I knew it... You're just this kind of person. Even though our relationship has become like this, even though things are like this, you still care about my identity. Does being a biological sister really matter that much?"

Zhiyun's words made me feel a little uneasy, but even I didn't know what I would do if Zhiyun said that she didn't actually have that kind of proof. But she still laughed: "You should just enjoy my body. Brother, you always like to worry about these trivial things."

"...You are, after all, my sister." That was all I could say to her, and even those words sounded incredibly weak.

“I know, because I’m not only your sister, but also the sister who loves you most in the world. Of course I have the adoption certificate.” Zhiyun reached for the pillow next to her and picked it up. I thought Zhiyun wanted to hug it, but instead I saw her unzip the pillow and reach inside to take out a piece of paper. After unfolding it, Zhiyun held it to her chest, and I was able to see the contents of the paper.

That wasn't the original document, but a black and white printout of a photograph of something. I could see the words "adoption" on it, as well as a picture of a little girl that looked somewhat familiar. Even now, I can still see some of the features of that little girl on Zhiyun's face. For example, a mole that I could see on her neck, near her collarbone, is now clearly visible in the same place on Zhiyun's body.

“I can’t get the original, my parents would be suspicious, but I have a lot of things to investigate, so I took a picture of it, printed it out, and put it in my pillow.”

“I think I used to live in an orphanage, but I don’t have any particularly deep memories of that time anymore. My mind is full of things related to you. Isn’t that a wonderful sister?” Zhiyun tossed the paper aside and stared into my eyes. “Are you satisfied with this answer?”

I didn't get a clear look at the information on the paper because the photo wasn't very good to begin with, and it was black and white, so a lot of the information was blurry; you could only see it in areas with noticeable color differences. But for me, it was more than enough.

Because I relaxed, I even sped up my movements a bit, while Zhiyun seemed to want to provoke me, spouting incoherent words. She also took the initiative to respond, wanting to speed up the process. Just when I could feel her body starting to tremble, she wrapped her legs around my waist, not wanting me to stray too far.

"Everything will be fine... you can stay inside."

In just a short while, Zhiyun began to tremble violently, and the intensely contracting passage also gave me great stimulation, causing me to reach my peak at the same time.

My vision began to blur, and I felt something leaving my body along with my bodily fluids. It wasn't physical strength, nor was it concentration; I felt my body suddenly losing something—not much, perhaps even very little, but I had definitely lost something.

I realize it's important... but other than that, I don't understand anything else.

I slowly withdrew from Zhiyun's body; she was still enjoying the afterglow. I noticed something was off at the edge of my field of vision; the headboard and wardrobe seemed to be...distorted, just like the streetlights I'd seen on my way home.

I turned my head to see what had happened, but as my gaze shifted, the distorted things returned to normal, still distorted at the new edges.