Chapter 134 – The Killer

Lin Xi had only asked Xia Xun to calm down. Before she could say anything else, Xia Xun burst into loud sobs.

Large, crystalline tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes.

“Lin… Lin Xi…” Xia Xun choked out. “Do you… still not… want to like me…?”

Xia Xun was heartbroken.

That sincere confession had already taken every ounce of courage she possessed…

Seeing its owner reduced to tears by the “Great Demon” Lin Xi, Little Mi bared its claws and lunged forward to scratch her.

Then Xia Xun froze it on the spot…

Little Mi: “…”

A girl’s heart was truly impossible to understand…

Faced with the sobbing Xia Xun, Lin Xi could no longer bring herself to say no.

Rejecting Xia Xun outright would be cruel.

But wouldn’t failing to reject her be even crueler?

Lin Xi was caught in an impossible position.

As for revealing her true identity, that would be far too cruel to herself…

She had no intention of dying beneath Xia Xun’s Ice Sword just yet.

After racking her brain, Lin Xi found only one solution:

Avoidance.

Running away might be shameful, but it worked.

For now, she would just have to get through this somehow… Lin Xi slowly began:

“Xia Xun, thank you for liking me-“

“I’m not listening! I won’t listen!” Xia Xun cried. “I don’t want the ‘you’re a great person, but…’ speech!”

Lin Xi: “…”

“I’m not giving you that speech.”

“Huh?!” Xia Xun’s tearful face instantly lit up. “Does that mean you’re accepting my confession?”

“Uh, could you give me some time to think it over?” Lin Xi pleaded.

She needed to avoid the issue. She needed to stall.

Caught completely off guard by Xia Xun’s blitz confession, Lin Xi decided to make a strategic retreat…

“Xia Xun, how should I put this? Your confession was just too sudden for me.”

“Not even in my wildest dreams did I think someone like you would ever fall for someone like me.”

“So you should calm down too and think carefully about whether someone like me is really worth loving this much-“

“You are! You’re absolutely worth it!” Xia Xun declared without hesitation. “You’re the only person I’ll ever love in this lifetime!”

Lin Xi: “…”

“Lin Xi, are you hesitating because you already like someone?” Xia Xun asked. “Is it Zhao Xinning? You seem really close to her.”

“Xinning is my best friend,” Lin Xi said. “She’s like an angel, while I’m just an ordinary mortal.”

Lin Xi did not believe she had any right to fall for either Zhao Xinning or Xia Xun.

Relieved to hear that Lin Xi wasn’t in love with anyone, Xia Xun agreed to give her time. She was willing to wait.

“All right, I’ll give you time, but you have to think it through and give me a proper answer.”

“Until then, let me be your girlfriend-in-waiting!”

“What?!” Lin Xi froze. “H-How could that possibly work?!”

“Don’t worry. As your girlfriend-in-waiting, I won’t do anything that makes you uncomfortable,” Xia Xun promised. “Once you’ve made up your mind, you can accept my confession or reject me… Either is fine.”

Either was fine? As if!!!

Xia Xun was advancing by retreating. She would take one step back and secure the position of “girlfriend-in-waiting” first.

Then she would advance steadily, winning Lin Xi over one step at a time until she was promoted from girlfriend-in-waiting to official girlfriend.

Xia Xun advanced by retreating, while Lin Xi made a strategic withdrawal. Through an unspoken understanding, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement…

“All right.” Lin Xi nodded.

She figured a girlfriend-in-waiting was basically the same as a good friend, wasn’t it?

Lin Xi truly couldn’t accept Xia Xun’s confession, but that didn’t mean she wanted to cut Xia Xun out of her life completely.

She wanted them to remain friends forever.

She had always regarded Xia Xun as a friend. Unfortunately, Xia Xun wanted to be her girlfriend instead…

Lin Xi thought “girlfriend-in-waiting” and “good friend” were essentially interchangeable.

Xia Xun most certainly did not.

“If there’s anything you want to do, just tell me~”

That flagrantly unfair line nearly shattered Lin Xi’s resolve.

She would defend her boundaries with everything she had!

Xia Xun reached out again, frightening Lin Xi into taking half a step back.

“Your heart is beating so fast. Ehehe… I’m so glad you really do feel something for me.”

“How could I not?” Lin Xi said. “You’re Xia Xun, a totally, unbelievably perfect magical beauty girl. Anyone would feel something for you.”

“No one else gets this opportunity,” Xia Xun said. “Only you.”

Xia Xun’s advances came in wave after wave, leaving Lin Xi completely unable to defend herself.

Lin Xi decided to take a shower and cool her head, so she asked to use the bathroom.

“Of course,” Xia Xun said. “From now on, this is your home too. I’ll give you a spare key, so you can come over whenever you like. Little Mi and I will always welcome you. Right, Little Mi?”

Xia Xun turned her head and discovered that Little Mi was still frozen solid.

At that moment, Little Mi had only one wish:

Would someone please come and destroy these two already?! Bury one in Antarctica and the other in the Arctic!!!

Lin Xi murmured an acknowledgment and fled as if her life depended on it.

Xia Xun called after her, “Do… Do you want me to join you? We could save water?”

Lin Xi: “…”

“Absolutely not!”

Lin Xi turned on the shower and took a cold shower to calm herself down.

That was when she saw a new notification in her mind.

Her lifespan had increased by an entire year!

The Fireball Spell hadn’t leveled up again, but she had unlocked a snippet from the Cuddle Witch’s memories-exactly what Lin Xi had been dreaming of!

And it was a memory from when the Cuddle Witch had been shot to death!

She immediately viewed it.

Like a movie, a brief scene played inside Lin Xi’s mind.

A blurry figure raised a gun.

“Farewell, my dear sister.”

“Bang!”

The gun fired, and the clip, only a few seconds long, came to an end…

Lin Xi stared blankly in shock.

“The killer… was her younger sister???!!!”