Chapter 108 – The Lucky One

“I’m full. Thank you for the wonderful meal,” Xia Xun said solemnly. Then she stood up and apologized again.

“Sorry for being so willful and making you feed me.”

Lin Xi told her it was nothing. She had come here with the mindset of atoning for what she’d done anyway.

Xia Xun asking her to do a little thing like that wasn’t excessive at all.

The two of them cleared the table together and washed the dishes.

As she washed dishes alongside Lin Xi, Xia Xun couldn’t help feeling like they were a sweet couple living together.

So she finally asked the question that had been bottled up in her heart for ages.

“Lin Xi, do you have someone you like?”

“Huh?” Lin Xi froze. So Xia Xun also gossiped about romance like an ordinary girl.

“Wait, don’t tell me you do have someone you like?!” Xia Xun panicked and stopped what she was doing.

“No, no,” Lin Xi said. “I don’t have anyone I like.”

“That’s good…” Xia Xun muttered softly, then continued wiping a plate. “Lin Xi, you’re so popular. You must have gotten tons of love letters, right?”

“I’ve never gotten a love letter,” Lin Xi said with a wry smile. “I have gotten a whole pile of weirdly over-the-top essays from my classmates praising me, though. I don’t even know how I somehow became a great saint at school while just minding my own business.”

“Hahaha!” Xia Xun burst out laughing. “Isn’t it because you’re way too kind?”

Lin Xi: “…”

“Xia Xun, you must have gotten a ton of love letters, right?”

Lin Xi felt that the people who wanted to confess to Xia Xun could probably line up from the south side of the city all the way to the north.

“Mm…” Xia Xun nodded. “At first, I would still open them and take a look, then politely turn them down.”

“But gradually, there were just too many. After that, I stopped opening them altogether.”

Lin Xi felt bad for those classmates for about half a second. “Then do you have someone you like?”

“Eh?!” Xia Xun was startled. “Someone I like… I… guess so?”

“I’m not sure either.”

“After all, I’ve never liked anyone before.”

“I don’t know what it feels like to like someone.”

Lin Xi smiled and said, “Then the person who can make you feel that way must be really lucky.”

“Do you really think so?”

“Of course. That person would definitely be lucky.”

“Then… Lin Xi, do you think you’re lucky?”

“Me? Sigh, I’m just unlucky. I’ve never even won anything from a scratch-off ticket.”

“Which scratch-off ticket company is it? How could they be so unreasonable and not let you win? I’ll get someone to investigate whether they’re even operating legally!”

Lin Xi: “…”

She quickly said there was no need. “I have unlucky moments, but I have lucky moments too. Being able to meet you, Xia Xun, makes me feel very lucky.”

Xia Xun said excitedly, “Me too! Meeting you makes me feel very lucky too.”

“Hahaha, you’re exaggerating,” Lin Xi said. “A totally ordinary ‘assembly-line product’ like me can be found all over the school.”

“No, Lin Xi. In my heart, you’re the most special one!” The moment Xia Xun finished saying that, her face flushed red.

Wasn’t that basically the same as a confession???

Lin Xi would definitely feel troubled by it, right?!

“I, um, Lin Xi-” Xia Xun wanted to add an explanation, but then she saw that Lin Xi hadn’t reacted much to what she’d just said.

Because this wasn’t the first time Lin Xi had heard something like that.

Zhao Xinning had said it, Yang Shanshan had said it, Lu Yi had said it, Qin Ling had said it, and even that Shi Yu woman had said it. They had all said it.

The problem was, what exactly was special about me???

Is it because I’m the Blazing Blast Witch?

But Xinning, Miss Shanshan, and Xia Xun don’t even know I’m the Blazing Blast Witch.

In their eyes, what part of me is so special???

Lin Xi didn’t think she’d done anything strange to them or said anything strange either.

Masaka!-

Am I really the Abstract Sacred Body? The Sun Goddess who governs the abstract arts of ancient Greece???…

Once the dishes were washed and the cleaning was done, it was finally entertainment time!

The games they hadn’t played during the day? Play them now!

The movies they hadn’t watched during the day? Watch them now!

At Xia Xun’s strong insistence, Lin Xi agreed to stay over at her place for the night.

Xia Xun said the guest room didn’t have a bed. Lin Xi said she could sleep on the couch.

After all, Xia Xun’s couch was huge and comfortable. But Xia Xun said there was no way she could let a guest sleep on the couch.

She absolutely refused to be so rude and neglectful to a guest. Lin Xi had to sleep in the bed!

Since it would be impolite to refuse, Lin Xi had no choice but to agree.

They played games and watched movies until late into the night before finally going to wash up.

Xia Xun had prepared toiletries and pajamas for Lin Xi long ago, and even said Lin Xi could come stay over at her place often in the future.

Lin Xi assumed it was just Xia Xun being polite. She certainly didn’t plan on constantly coming over and bothering her.

Two freshly bathed girls, alone together in the same room-the atmosphere was just a little… Lin Xi didn’t think too much of it. It wasn’t like this was her first time sharing a bed with another girl.

Phrased like that, it made Lin Xi sound a tiny bit scummy, but Lin Xi would like to state:

I didn’t. I’m not. Don’t talk nonsense.

What was wrong with sharing a bed with a girl?

Sleeping together with a friend-everyone had that kind of experience, right?

The weird ones were the people imagining things!

Xia Xun didn’t just imagine things. She imagined a lot of things.

She even imagined certain things that really shouldn’t be imagined.

She silently cursed herself. How could she think about stuff like that?

If Lin Xi found out, they probably wouldn’t even be able to stay friends.

“Lin Xi, I-I’m getting in too!” Xia Xun stood beside the bed and summoned her courage.

Lin Xi: “???”

“Of course you are. Where else are you going to sleep?”

“Hurry up and get in. Turn off the light so we can sleep.”

Lin Xi urged her without the slightest embarrassment, leaving Xia Xun utterly stunned.

Xia Xun lay down beside Lin Xi and switched off the light while she was at it.

“Good night,” Lin Xi said, then closed her eyes and went to sleep.

“Good night~” Xia Xun quietly, slowly shifted toward Lin Xi.

Until she bumped into her…

“Sorry-” Xia Xun apologized at light speed, but Lin Xi was already asleep.

“Eh? She fell asleep that fast?” Xia Xun lay on her side and pressed the switch for the bedside night-light. A warm glow faintly lit the room.

She wanted to look at Lin Xi’s adorable sleeping face.

Xia Xun was pretty tired, and pretty sleepy too, but with Lin Xi sleeping right beside her, there was no way she would miss the chance to admire her sleeping face.

Just looking wasn’t enough to satisfy Xia Xun.

She reached out and gently poked Lin Xi’s cheek.

“Haah~ It’s my first time touching Lin Xi’s face~”

Xia Xun was filled with excitement and giddiness.

Just touching her face once wasn’t enough to satisfy Xia Xun either.

She propped herself up and slowly leaned closer to Lin Xi.

A bold thought surfaced in her mind:

If I kissed her, I’d be so happy…

Her face flushed all the way to her ears and her heart pounded nonstop, but Xia Xun stopped again.

No.

Sneaking something like that while Lin Xi was asleep-what am I, some kind of perverted creep?

No normal person would do something like that, right?

No. I can’t do this.

Lin Xi trusted me, and that’s why she agreed to stay over at my place.

Xia Xun obediently lay back down. A kiss really would be going too far, but cuddling close wasn’t going too far.

She moved closer to Lin Xi until her shoulder touched Lin Xi’s.

So warm~

Xia Xun restrained the urge to use Lin Xi as a body pillow.

She managed to hold back this time, but what about next time?

Well, next time’s problems could wait until next time…