The next morning, when Su Xiaoqi woke up, he only felt as if his head was splitting apart. His whole body felt groggy, and he couldn't remember at all what he had said or done after getting drunk last night.
Just then, the door to the room was opened from the outside. Immediately after, Zhu Zhuqing, Lu Linglong, Kurumi Tokisaki, and Zhi Jinhua walked in with cold expressions, standing right in front of him without saying a single word—just staring straight at him.
Faced with the gazes of the four women, Su Xiaoqi felt panicked. He could more or less guess that he must have said something last night after drinking.
The problem was—he couldn't remember what exactly he had said in front of them.
The first one who couldn't hold it in was Kurumi Tokisaki. She gave a cold snort at Su Xiaoqi and said,
"Su Xiaoqi, to think I call you 'Darling' every day, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. I'm so disappointed in you."
"Ah?" Su Xiaoqi looked blankly at the angry Kurumi Tokisaki in front of him and cautiously asked, "What did I do?"
Kurumi Tokisaki sneered and said slowly,
"'High School DxD'—was it good? That filthy big-boobed cow's doujinshi—was it good?"
From the side, Lu Linglong added,
"And that club president named Rias—was watching her enjoyable too?"
Zhu Zhuqing said coldly,
"I really didn't see it before, but your level of lying now is even better than that white-haired guy's."
Hearing all this, Su Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat.
*It's over. Everything's exposed.*
However, before he could think of an excuse, Zhu Zhuqing's icy voice came again:
"Although I have some issues with Kurumi, compared to that kind of indecent woman who's always doing… you-know-what… Kurumi is way better."
Lu Linglong nodded in agreement:
"Me too. San-san constantly killing people and absorbing their time is only so she can have enough spirit power to use her 'Twelfth Bullet' to go back thirty years and take revenge. But that Akeno Himejima—what else can she do besides showing off her body?"
"And as for that stupid 'High School DxD'—that kind of anime shouldn't even exist. Besides corrupting kids and giving you men your… satisfaction… what else is it good for?"
Looking at the angry group, Su Xiaoqi weakly said,
"Uh… can you first listen to my… denial—no, I mean, explanation?"
"I admit I have watched 'High School DxD' and read Akeno Himejima's doujinshi. Back then I was just an ordinary guy, with some thoughts that most men have—it's not a big deal, right? But I have absolutely never done any of that messy stuff. After joining the chat group, I haven't watched any anime like that."
"I didn't tell you about Akeno Himejima because I was afraid you'd misunderstand. I didn't expect you'd still get it out of me after getting me drunk."
Su Xiaoqi turned to Kurumi Tokisaki:
"San-san, originally I planned to tell you her abilities before you fought Akeno Himejima. Compared to her, my goodwill towards you is definitely much greater."
"Really?" Kurumi Tokisaki looked at Su Xiaoqi, half-believing.
Su Xiaoqi nodded:
"Of course. You can see I usually don't really talk to her."
"That does seem to be the case." Kurumi Tokisaki nodded, then said to Su Xiaoqi:
"Then later in the group, draw a clear line with her, and I'll forgive you."
Su Xiaoqi nodded:
"Alright. I really have zero interest in her."
Hearing this, Kurumi Tokisaki finally smiled:
"Darling, if you want to look at doujinshi in the future, you can look at mine. My figure might not be as good as hers, but I've got the 'Four Heavenly Kurumis'—in terms of variety and novelty, I can surpass her."
Zhu Zhuqing said with a dark expression:
"You're not allowed to look at hers either. You're fine now, so get lost to the side—next up, it's someone else's turn."
"What the heck? There's more?"
Su Xiaoqi was speechless.
*Just how much did I say yesterday? I'm digging my own grave here.*
Lu Linglong sneered, looking at Su Xiaoqi:
"Explain to me why you called me a silly husky girl? I'm such a cute girl—everyone else sees me as the Goddess Linglong, but in your eyes I'm just a husky?"
Zhi Jinhua followed right after:
"Me too. What's with calling me a perverted woman? I admit I was interested in the 'Shou Gong Sha' at first, but that was purely for learning. Besides, I'm not interested anymore."
"Hah, scared me—I thought it was something else."
Su Xiaoqi let out a sigh of relief. He quickly smoothed things over with Lu Linglong and Zhi Jinhua, then looked at Zhu Zhuqing:
"And you? Anything you need to interrogate me about?"
As soon as he said that, Lu Linglong, Zhi Jinhua, and Kurumi Tokisaki all covered their mouths and snickered. Zhu Zhuqing's face instantly flushed red. She glared at Su Xiaoqi and said angrily:
"Even if you're drunk, you're not allowed to blab about the stuff between us to outsiders. If you're not embarrassed, I still have my reputation to uphold."
"Hurry up and get dressed. We'll be waiting for you outside."
Watching the four women's backs as they left, Su Xiaoqi smiled. Luckily, this time after they got him drunk, he hadn't caused any bigger mess—otherwise it really would've been hard to clean up.
But what Su Xiaoqi didn't know was—last night he hadn't just said those things. Some of what he said, the four of them had all kept to themselves.
Outside the room, Zhu Zhuqing looked at Lu Linglong and the other two:
"You three, happy now?"
"Hehe." Lu Linglong grinned:
"Zhuqing, we'll be good sisters forever from now on."
Kurumi Tokisaki laughed:
"Zhuqing, you won't keep such a close watch on me anymore, right? Our real enemy is that big-boobed cow."
Zhi Jinhua laughed:
"I didn't expect that I'd have a place in his heart either. Hehe."
Looking at the lovestruck Zhi Jinhua, Lu Linglong smiled:
"Hua'er, right now your smile really does look like a perverted woman. What Xiaoqi said was spot on."
Zhi Jinhua said irritably:
"Linglong, Xiaoqi also said you're a husky. Sometimes when you act silly, you really do look like one."
Zhu Zhuqing smiled at the two of them:
"You two and Kurumi—although Xiaoqi said those things last night, that was only when he was drunk. If you want him to truly accept you, you've still got a long road ahead."
"But, that Akeno Himejima really did surprise me. I didn't expect her to be that kind of character. I only watched a bit last night and couldn't continue—her clothes were constantly gone. Does she have no sense of shame?"
Kurumi Tokisaki's face suddenly darkened:
"Zhuqing, Linglong, Hua'er—she and I were never on good terms to begin with. Now this just makes it better for me."
Lu Linglong said:
"San-san, we'll definitely stand by your side. I'll go talk to Nami later, and also Vivi—we'll all isolate her together."
Zhi Jinhua said:
"Speaking of Nami, I really want to meet her sometime. What kind of grudge must it be for Xiaoqi to complain about her even when drunk?"
The other three laughed at her words. In a way, Nami was actually the most pitiful—because Su Xiaoqi truly 'hated' her.
Kurumi Tokisaki suddenly said:
"No, the more I think about it, the angrier I get. I'm going to go curse that big-boobed cow a few times—otherwise I won't feel better. I want to kill someone."
Zhu Zhuqing said:
"Curse her if you must, but mind your words. After all, she hasn't done anything truly out of line yet."
"Got it."
[Kurumi Tokisaki: @Akeno Himejima, starting today, you're not allowed to talk to Darling about anything unrelated to the chat group. You'd better speak less in the group from now on.]
[Akeno Himejima: What nonsense are you spouting again?]
[Lu Linglong: What nonsense? I think San-san is absolutely right.]
[Nami: What's with you two all of a sudden?]
[Zhu Zhuqing: Nothing, just calling it as it is.]
[Sena Kashiwazaki: Even Zhuqing is suddenly like this?]
[Kaito Kuroba: @Akeno Himejima, big sis, did you accidentally offend them somehow? Zhuqing rarely targets someone.]
[Akeno Himejima: Ara, I think I understand. @Kurumi Tokisaki, looks like you've been getting along well with them lately.]
[Kurumi Tokisaki: None of your business, you shameless woman.]
[Gintoki Sakata: What's going on so early in the morning? Give Gin-san some face and stop arguing.]
[Akeno Himejima: I'm not trying to argue—someone's just trying to make a fuss over nothing.]
[Gintoki Sakata: San-san, be good. Did Xiaoqi bully you? I'll beat him up for you later.]
[Lu Linglong: Go hug your Wind Sand Swallow and sleep. This is women's war now.]
[Minato Namikaze: *trembling*]
[Akeno Himejima: @Su Xiaoqi, as an admin, shouldn't you say something right now? Or are you going to side with your girlfriend?]
[Su Xiaoqi: In that case, let's lay it all out—today we settle this once and for all.]