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Arriving at the sidewalk in front of the ice cream shop, Su Yuchen stopped, watching Xia Yushuang bending slightly to pick out ice cream. He recollected the scene in the elevator just now.
It was common for elevators to malfunction due to his presence, but the quick recovery this time was unusual. Was it related to her?
However, it wasn't like the encounter in the alley with Kristia, right? Was he overthinking it?
'Anyway, I'll think about this after finding answers from Tia Yufei.'
Watching Xia Yushuang return with the ice cream, Su Yuchen was about to step forward when his left foot slipped on the sidewalk, causing him to lean backward.
Despite his excellent physical condition and being prepared for potential unfortunate events, when the unfortunate happened, it happened. However, because of his excellent physical condition, he quickly reacted by stepping his right foot backward, stabilizing his body.
"Are you trying to show me how to embrace the sky?" Xia Yushuang stood in front of him. Seeing him stable, she withdrew her hand. "Senior Sister was almost hoping you'd sit on the ground."
'This way, there'd be a reason to help him up again.'
She looked at him. "How about performing it again?"
Su Yuchen shook his head. "How old are you? It's not that exciting of a performance to watch again, is it? Childish!"
"Childish?" Xia Yushuang narrowed her eyes. "I scored higher than you to get into Sky University… Do you know about the sea on the moon?"
"Is there?" Su Yuchen blinked. He hadn't really explored whether there were seas on the moon in this world.
"Ah, I see." Seeing Su Yuchen genuinely pondering, Xia Yushuang sighed lightly. "Junior brother, are you actually a fool? The Sea on the Moon is a song, silly junior."
"Are you kidding me?" Su Yuchen looked at her speechlessly. "Playing with my feelings, and besides, I don't believe you know everything!"
"I definitely know more than you," Xia Yushuang looked at him. "For example…"
'About the things you forgot from your childhood.'
"For example what?"
"Like how I wouldn't mistake being carried to bed by Mom when I fell asleep as magic." Xia Yushuang said quietly.
"Ha, not a hint of innocence. Moreover, we're not even from the same department, right?"
"But ultimately, isn't the degree the same?" Xia Yushuang's tone remained unchanged. "Are you prepared for graduate studies? I am."
Well, there was no way to argue against that since Su Yuchen hadn't planned to pursue graduate studies.
"See?" Xia Yushuang's cherry blossom-colored lips parted as she said. "In the future, I'll have a master's degree, and you'll have a bachelor's degree, so you're dumber than me, am I wrong?"
"Yes, yes, you're right." Su Yuchen increased his pace.
"But there's one area where you're better than me," Xia Yushuang walked shoulder to shoulder with him. "Want to know what it is?"
"Tell me."
"Being a pervert," Xia Yushuang spoke calmly. "Especially when you ignore Yuxi's clinginess towards you, resulting in too close a distance between you…"
"As your clever senior sister, I feel it's necessary to remind you not to become a super creep who thinks, 'As long as she's cute, even if she's a sister, it doesn't matter.'"
"Stop." Su Yuchen hurriedly interrupted her: "What on earth are you talking about? I really don't understand what's in your head."
Xia Yushuang spoke calmly, "I enjoy reading materials about magic, involving a lot of chemistry related to precious materials. So, inside my head, there's fifty grams of copper, thirty grams of lead, ten grams of mercury, ten grams of shyness, and the remaining fifty-two kilograms is 'malice'… directed at you, the creepy junior brother."
"Isn't it all malice?"
"And ten grams of shyness."
"Which is nearly nonexistent…" Su Yuchen shrugged. "And do you really have fifty-two kilograms in your head? Isn't that your weight?"
"You're so clueless, silly junior who understands nothing."
Xia Yushuang quickened her pace again, the current shyness probably being twenty grams because she had 'accidentally' revealed a secret – her weight of fifty-two kilograms.
"I didn't say you were fat or anything…" Su Yuchen kept up with her pace.
Considering Xia Yushuang's height of 170 centimeters, fifty-two kilograms wasn't heavy, it was even a bit on the slender side. However, a beautiful woman was naturally beautiful. The right amount of plumpness where needed, the right amount of thinness where required, her perfectly balanced physique didn't appear bulky or thin like a stick.
Listening to Su Yuchen's mumbled words, Xia Yushuang clicked her tongue once again. Clearly, having only interacted with his mother and younger sister, his reaction in matters of emotions was quite slow.
"You dummy…"
"What did you say?"
"You misheard again."
"Oh."
As time passed, pedestrians gradually increased on the street, and Xia Yushuang finished eating the two ice creams she bought—Su Yuchen didn't eat any, so she had both.
Eating ice cream early in the morning, especially two in a row, she seemed to have a particular fondness for it.
Reaching the next trash bin, watching her dispose of the garbage, Su Yuchen looked at this city bathed in sunlight.
Although the Sky City represented the pinnacle of human technology, magic, and geomancy, its achievements were not exclusive to humans.
Humans had lost the game against magical creatures, leading to the existence of beings other than humans in the Sky City. It was the only city in the world where humans and non-humans coexisted.
Labels like 'freedom, openness, inclusivity' were perhaps a kind of human helplessness—this was the view of the majority.
Yet, the minority held the view that humans hadn't lost in the game. Otherwise, why build such a magnificent city when they knew there was a high probability of losing? During its construction, why did non-humans intervene so significantly? Was it merely to reap the benefits afterward?
If that was the case, why didn't they just take over the Sky City instead of signing a 'coexistence' agreement with humans?
The Sky City harbored far too many secrets.
Thinking about these, the urgent wail of police sirens raced down the road. Vehicles from the Magic Adjudication Bureau swiftly headed in one direction.
Su Yuchen glanced and muttered under his breath, "Did they discover clues about recent vampire incidents?"
"No," Xia Yushuang replied as they walked.
"What's going on?" Su Yuchen was curious. "Do you know some insider information?"
Xia Yushuang's expression remained indifferent. "The Magic Adjudication Bureau lost a half-breed Judgement Blade named Shuck. He was even a deputy captain."
"Him?" Su Chen tapped his forehead. It was probably Yuxi's doing again, right?
He was aware of Yuxi's protective tendencies towards him, but he didn't expect her to act so swiftly. He wondered who was behind this—"Cold Cicada" or the "Military"?
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