Chapter 19: The secret of iron block, steel plate!
As a company with a working schedule so free and comfortable that it could make overworked employees cry and drive workhorses to suicide, Luo Shiyin, after leisurely taking a bus for over an hour, arrived at the entrance of the second ring villa just in time to see Yan Yaya and Su Dan Chun who had just got off school.
“Hey, just got out of school?”
Holding Luo Xue with her still functional left hand, Luo Shiyin walked through the outer door of the villa and casually greeted the two.
Upon hearing the voice, the two instinctively turned their heads and then saw the black, long-haired loli with her right hand hanging on her chest.
“Shi, Shi Yin sister! What happened to you? Were you hit by something? Is your arm okay? Does it hurt a lot?”
Luo Shiyin felt a flash before her eyes, and then she saw Yan Yaya had already come in front of her, squatting half-way with a face full of anxiety, looking like she wanted to touch but was afraid of causing secondary damage.
“It’s nothing, just dislocated my arm while moving something. It’ll be fine in a day or two.”
Seeing the genuine concern on the girl’s face, Luo Shiyin felt an urge to pat her head, but unfortunately, her left hand was tightly held by Luo Xue and couldn’t be easily taken out.
After that, Su Dan Chun, dressed like an ice queen, also came close.
However, the words that came out of her mouth were completely inconsistent with her image:”Sister Shiyin… real loli physique?”
“………………Are you also going to arm-wrestle with me?”
Her deep purple eyes narrowed dangerously, and Luo Shiyin began to calculate whether she should buy an extra “piece of clothing” tomorrow.
However, this girl’s perception of danger was obviously much stronger than that of a certain pink-haired spicy girl, and she immediately shook her head like a rattle drum.
“Xiao Chun, you really… I’ll punish you to go to the convenience store to buy some lamb bones. Tonight, I’ll make a lamb bone soup for Sister Shiyin to nourish herself.”
Although she was used to her friend’s unfortunate way of speaking, Yan Yaya still showed a helpless expression on her face, lightly poked the other’s head with her index finger, and then looked at the black, long-haired loli beside her again:
“Sister Shiyin, Xiao Chun didn’t mean it.”
“I’m sorry………………””Alright, alright.”
Looking at the obediently apologizing Su Dan Chun, Luo Shiyin helplessly shrugged her mouth, and then took out a stack of bills left after shopping in the morning from her pocket, and picked out a hundred-yuan note from it:”Buy good lamb bones. If there’s any left, get some snacks for the living room.”
“Sister Shiyin, you can’t!”
Although they were mature enough to rent a place by themselves, the two were still ordinary high school girls after all, and were immediately shocked by the stack of colorful bills in Luo Shiyin’s hand.
Yan Yaya quickly pressed the other’s small hand down and looked around to make sure no one was watching before she could breathe a sigh of relief.
“Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?”
Seeing the other’s behavior, Luo Shiyin couldn’t help but find it amusing.
The stack of bills in her hand looked a lot, but most of them were ten or twenty yuan, and the total didn’t exceed three hundred, not even enough to cover the cost of buying clothes for Luo Xue in the morning.
Yan Yaya was helpless about the indifferent attitude of the black, long-haired loli:”Sister Shiyin, don’t flaunt your wealth. And we’re all girls living here. What if we get targeted by bad people?”
“Alright, I’ll be more careful in the future. Here, take it to buy some good food.”
Although she didn’t care about the so-called bad people, considering the few girls in front of her, Luo Shiyin casually put the bills back into her pocket, leaving only the largest hundred-yuan note in front of Su Dan Chun:”Yesterday you guys already treated me. I’m not paying for myself today, am I?”
“……Thank you, Sister Shiyin.”
Glancing at the somewhat hesitant Yan Yaya, Su Dan Chun took the bill and nodded seriously:”I’ll buy the most cost-effective ones, and the snacks too!”
“Well, speaking of which, hasn’t Little Bean arrived yet?”
Casually waving her hand, Luo Shiyin picked up the well-behaved Luo Xue beside her and asked casually.
Hearing this, Yan Yaya also showed a bit of confusion on her face:
“According to the usual situation, Dou Dou should have been back by now. But maybe the school held the class or it’s cleaning duty.”
“Hmm… I’m going upstairs to change clothes. See you later.”
Glancing at the empty street in the distance, Luo Shiyin didn’t pay much attention to the issue and turned to walk into the villa.
But looking at her arm hanging on her chest, the eyes of a certain “housewife” girl were full of hesitation — could she really change clothes smoothly like this?
After arriving at the room on the third floor, Luo Xue first threw off the hat on her head, and the two fluffy animal ears immediately flapped several times, venting the stuffiness of being pressed by the straw hat for several hours.
Seeing this, Luo Shiyin was also a bit helpless — these ears were cute and had a good feel, but they were too eye-catching.
Although the excuse used yesterday could be used again today, after all, it’s normal for children to have poor physical strength and fall asleep after a long ride, but if it’s used all the time in the future, it will definitely arouse suspicion.
How about… just going down like this?
Suddenly, such a thought popped into Luo Shiyin’s mind, but it was not that she wanted to cosplay as a self-explosive truck, but a thought after thinking.
After all, compared with the ears, her purple eyes and Luo Xue’s white hair and red eyes are more eye-catching, but so far, neither the three girls nor the other pedestrians on the street have paid too much attention and curiosity because of this.
Is it because the existence of magical girls has indirectly affected the other ordinary people in this world, so that even if they don’t know about the underworld, their acceptance of strange things will become very high?
While thinking, Luo Shiyin slightly pressed down her thumb that was playing with the animal ears.
And then, at this moment, there was a “pu” sound from the top of Luo Xue’s head, and the fluffy animal ear……………… was pressed in?
“Ugh!”
Not sure if some strange sensation had occurred, the little girl’s body jolted, and the vanished animal ear popped out again with a “puh” sound, flapping vigorously.
Seeing this, a flicker of surprise crossed Luo Shiyin’s face, and she immediately gestured for the girl to come to her lap, beginning to “experiment.”
The summer day was long, and even at seven o’clock, the sky was still dimly lit.
Pushing open the villa’s door, Zhao Dou Dou, exhausted and carrying her school bag, came into the living room and with a “plop,” face-first collapsed onto the sofa, emitting a muffled voice:“I’m home………………”“Ah, you must be tired. Dou Dou, go upstairs and take a shower and change clothes first; the meal will be ready soon.”
Peering out from the kitchen, Yan Yaya, wearing an apron and seeing the fatigue written all over the little girl, advised.
Hearing this, the little girl responded in a muffled voice, and after resting for a good while, she finally climbed off the sofa, dragging her weary body towards the second floor.
“Your stamina is still a bit lacking. You ran out of energy after just a few hours of chasing. You should train specifically for stamina in the future; otherwise, when you encounter the big demon of that evil organization, you won’t even have the strength to fight back.”
In her mind, the transformer, now a ruby hairpin, nagged incessantly, its tone tinged with a bit of regret:”But that girl who turned into a monster was too cautious. She ran so far even after transforming back. If she had stopped to rest halfway, we could have caught up.”
“……Okay.”
Hearing this, Zhao Dou Dou’s face also showed a dejected expression: “On my first day as a magical girl, I let the enemy escape…… Am I really that bad?”
“No, it’s just that the monster you dealt with was too powerful. Even my previous host during her rookie period wouldn’t have fared better than you.”
The ruby on the hairpin flickered slightly, comforting its new, confidence-shaken host.
Fortunately, the girl wasn’t one to be easily discouraged and was quickly reinvigorated, slapping her cheeks to cheer herself up: “Ugh, I’m going to take a shower. When I go back to school tomorrow, we’ll do more investigating. I have to find that guy!”
“Yeah, that’s the spirit!”
Although she said this, the transformer had already given up hope that its host would find the target.
After all, given that girl’s cautious nature, she would surely try not to leave any clues even when hunting for the same kind of emotions in the future.
Monsters were just the most troublesome!
Perhaps it was because she had run around outside school all afternoon and was too tired, but Zhao Dou Dou took much longer in the shower this time.
It was a full half hour before she emerged from the bathroom, changed into a lighter pink pajama set, and headed downstairs.
In the living room, Yan Yaya, who was sitting facing the stairs, noticed her and immediately waved her over: “Ah, Dou Dou, you’re finally out. Come and have dinner with us!”
“Coming”
Smelling the rich aroma in the air, the girl’s spirits lifted a bit, and she quickly made her way to the dining table, only to see Luo Shiyin with her arm in a sling: “Sister Shiyin, you——”
“It’s not serious, it doesn’t hurt, and it won’t affect my daily life. I just dislocated my arm while moving something. It’ll be fine in a day or two.”
Using her left hand to scoop up a spoonful of soup and bring it to her mouth, Luo Shiyin calmly interjected, explaining before the other could finish her question.
“Is, is that so?”
Stunned by the black-haired, straight-haired loli’s proficient response, Zhao Dou Dou took a while to regain her senses.
Seeing this, Yan Yaya laughed and took over the conversation: “Dou Dou, sit down first. Sister Shiyin is the one who’s treating us to this meal today~”
“Ugh, thank you, Sister Shiyin. Then I’ll——”Hearing her friend’s words, Zhao Dou Dou instinctively thanked her.
But because she was so tired from the chase in the afternoon, as she was about to reach her seat, her legs suddenly gave way, and she toppled to the side, her head plunging straight into Su Dan Chun’s chest, who was quietly sipping her soup.
“Ugh—”Not sure if it was an illusion, but Luo Shiyin felt the pseudo-ice queen’s pupils dilate for a moment.
Even so, the spoon in her hand didn’t tremble at all until it was safely back in the bowl, at which point she let out a sharp intake of breath.
“Ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch, ouch……………”On the other side, Zhao Dou Dou also sat down on the ground in a squatting position, holding her nose with both hands and tears welling up in her eyes, clearly quite hurt by the impact.
“Dou, Dou Dou, are you and Xiao Chun okay?
“No, no, I’m fine……………”“Ugh………………my nose feels a bit stuffy.”
“Next time you fall, choose a more suitable target.”
After making sure the two girls were not seriously hurt, Luo Shiyin glanced at Su Dan Chun, who was covering her chest with one hand, and teasingly remarked with a hidden meaning.
Hearing this, the housewife-like girl first froze, then a blush immediately spread across her face:“Sis, Sister Shiyin, what are you talking about……………