Chapter 95 Lin Xiaolu's Crisis Awareness

Lin Xiaolu's somewhat strange reaction caught Xia Liang's attention.Seeing the other party staring motionlessly at the entranceway after Emerald Sparrow had left, she reached out and patted his shoulder, "Is there something wrong?"

"Status..." Lin Xiaolu's voice was deep.

"Status?"

"My status is under unprecedented threat!"

Turning around abruptly, grabbing Xia Liang's shoulders, Lin Xiaolu's eyes were as chaotically swirling as a vortex, "This can't go on, we can't let their relationship keep heating up!"

"Ah..."

This kind of shock and panic response was quite Lin Xiaolu's personal style. Having seen it a number of times before, Xia Liang had gained some insight into how to deal with Lin Xiaolu in such a state. To this, she simply dragged out her tone in exclamation, then continued with a strained smile, "Why?"

"Can't you feel it? If this continues, that child will monopolize all of Emerald Sparrow's attention!" Searᴄh the ηovelFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Not noticing the perfunctory tone in Xia Liang's words, Lin Xiaolu was obviously deeply stirred, hands flailing wildly, blurting out without filtration, "Just the way it is now, sending her home alone every day, having so much time to be alone with Emerald Sparrow, it's just too enviable... the favoritism is too much!"

"That child has lost her parents, is physically disabled, and also always calls 'teacher, teacher' so sweetly. With the elements of 'obedient,' 'pitiable,' and 'endearing,' if I were in Emerald Sparrow's shoes, I would also subconsciously choose to give her more care."

"And once this pattern continues, as they spend time alone every day, their relationship will definitely grow stronger; Emerald Sparrow's attention to that child will get more and more, until one day it completely surpasses us!"

"If it really comes to that point, the team of four will be left with only two names! The both of us will become mere backdrops, onlookers!"

As she spoke, Lin Xiaolu could even begin to imagine such a day.

In her trance, she had already seen a time when Bai Jingxuan, having completely hogged Emerald Sparrow's affection, would stand beside her, looking pitifully and asking:

"Teacher, although everyone in the team is a newcomer, is it really okay to be so concerned about me alone?"

"Ah, it's no problem, because you are the most excellent one in my heart, the other two are just delinquent girls who can't even pass school exams."

"But isn't Senior Jin even more outstanding than me?"

"She's too outstanding, she doesn't need my guidance and is already on the road to success."

"And what about Senior Bai Mei? Wasn't she the one you initially had high hopes for?"

"She can't even master her newly awakened Magic Power; such a useless child doesn't deserve my love."

"Teacher..."

"Xiaoxuan..."

— "Yaaaahhhhh!"

Clutching her head, Lin Xiaolu was stricken by the scenario she imagined, collapsing onto the sofa with a wretched cry, "No, nooo! I don't want to see that day, I don't want to!"

This performance, akin to a monodrama, left Xia Liang practically dumbfounded on the side.

Seeing Lin Xiaolu making a bigger scene, she couldn't help but think, "Maybe I should just leave her be?"

"Ah haha... Well, I think the junior wouldn't be like that, you know."

After a long pause, finally finding a gap in the conversation, Xia Liang offered a strained laugh in an attempt to console Lin Xiaolu, "You don't need to think so pessimistically and complicatedly, just take it easy like me, right?"

Her intention was to hope that Lin Xiaolu wouldn't think things so extreme and exaggerated, but as soon as she spoke, she noticed that the other party became unusually calm.

Without another word, she just stared fixedly at Xia Liang's face, and after a long moment, she slowly averted her gaze:

"Forget it, talking to someone like you who's never been favored from the start, you wouldn't understand."

The living room was suddenly as silent as death.

Lin Xiaolu was unaware of the killing power of her words, but as her voice trailed off, after a moment of heavy silence, she felt her face being cupped by a pair of hands.

She saw Xia Liang, wearing a stiff smile, who had somehow placed both hands on Lin Xiaolu's cheeks and then, squeezing hard, pinched her face fiercely. Read new adventures at empire

Lin Xiaolu struggled and exclaimed, "Ni zhai guan shun mo (What are you doing)?!"

"What am I doing? You have the nerve to ask, really the nerve!"

While pinching Lin Xiaolu's face fiercely, although Xia Liang had a smile on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "Was it this arrogant mouth that said those words? Even if you speak without thinking, there should be a limit!"

"Acting fearless just because the junior treats you differently! What does 'never been favored from the start' mean? What an 'never been favored from the start'! It pisses me off, do you think I don't want a bit more attention?"

"The whole summer vacation, you and Xiaoxuan both received individual guidance from the junior, and only I was left to fend for myself because I was too far ahead! Do you think this is what I wanted?"

Lin Xiaolu tried to slap away Xia Liang's hand: "Wo shuo duo shu shu shu (I'm just stating the facts)!"

"I know! But it's because it's the truth that it hurts!"

"Na ni na wo sa xi gan she wo (Then why take it out on me)!" Unable to get away from Xia Liang's pinching attack, Lin Xiaolu decided to fight back and reached out to pinch Xia Liang's face as well.

"Who do you think is the one making me this mad!"

The two of them ended up scrapping together, playfighting for a while, until they felt hungry and finally managed to move on from the topic.

As instructed by Emerald Sparrow before heading to Xia Liang's place for the evening study session, they had to have dinner first.

After simply reheating the food cooked by the hired help and cooking the white rice, they brought everything into the dining room, and the two girls sat on opposite sides of the table, picking up their chopsticks.

—"What on earth is going on with you two?"

Yawning, Moke, who had just woken up from a deep sleep, looked at them both in bewilderment: "Why do your faces look a bit swollen, did you gain weight?"

"It's none of your business!"

"This has nothing to do with Moke, yo."

The two girls replied in unison. Although their wording differed and their sentiments varied slightly, the meaning was much the same.

Moke felt even more puzzled for having been met with indifference when she hadn't even annoyed them.

"Anyway, continuing like this is not a solution."

With her face still swollen, Lin Xiaolu said while holding her rice bowl, "Even if we discuss this without personal bias, I think our current efficiency is too low. You, me, Emerald Sparrow, that child. The four of us live in four different places, having to meet up every time we do anything, with changes of location, and then there's the little child that needs to be picked up and dropped off. Don't you find it troublesome?"

"Can't help it, right?"

Taking a sip of her vegetables, Xia Liang chewed thoughtfully: "If we're being honest, the junior should be the one finding it most bothersome, and yet she hasn't complained at all. Would you really be so heartless as to let such a small child fly back alone after the activities? Or do you plan to volunteer to pick her up and drop her off?"

"That's, what, I'm, saying!"

Punctuating her words by tapping her bowl with her chopsticks, Lin Xiaolu exclaimed loudly, "Even for Emerald Sparrow's sake, it's time to think of a win-win solution!"

"What kind of solution?" Xia Liang stopped what she was doing and blinked with curiosity.

"Hmph, it's clear you no longer follow Magical Girl anime, having lost your childlike heart, you wouldn't understand."

With the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, Lin Xiaolu made circles in the air with her chopsticks, somewhat proudly: "Speaking of Magical Girls, there is one classic element and setting that I think we can make use of!"

"A classic Magical Girl scene?" Xia Liang tilted her head, "School?"

"Zero points." Lin Xiaolu coldly delivered the verdict.

"Then what could it be?" Putting down her chopsticks and bowl, Xia Liang couldn't help but ponder.

Putting together the previous topic and the current scene, considering the context in which Lin Xiaolu was speaking, Xia Liang listed possible solutions that could change their situation and felt she was close to the answer.

Seeing Lin Xiaolu with a look of "I'm a genius" on her face, Xia Liang opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't help pointing at her again.

Seeing that Xia Liang appeared to have an idea, Lin Xiaolu decided not to tease any longer and chose to reveal the answer.

In that instant, the two finally synchronized their thoughts and exclaimed the same word in unison:

"Secret base!"