Ten minutes later.
Lin Bai returned to his residence.
He changed his clothes.
He quietly lay down beside Yotsuya Miko, who was still soundly asleep, closed his eyes, and began to sleep.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
At an altitude of a thousand meters, Tohru flew at a moderate speed, taking in the city's night view below.
Some past memories constantly surfaced in her mind.
Mostly scenes from her travels.
Lin Bai's figure suddenly appeared.
"Tohru, would you like to become my personal maid?"
This sentence seemed to echo in her ears.
"Maid..."
Tohru couldn't help but murmur.
A past memory emerged.
She had met a human thief girl who dreamed of becoming a maid.
She talked with the girl about what she wanted to do after gaining freedom.
The thief girl replied:
She wanted to become a maid.
Wear cute maid outfits.
And fall in love with her master;
The girl spoke from the bottom of her heart.
The thief girl wanted to become a maid; no one forced her, it was her heartfelt, voluntary choice.
It was her free choice.
After gaining freedom, she chose to become someone else's subordinate.
At that time, Tohru didn't understand.
Now, she seemed to understand a little.
But it was blurry, half-understood.
Tohru continued to soar in the sky like this.
At this moment, outside the atmosphere, in a parallel world that seemed to be one with the main world, a figure stood on a cloud.
A golden halo shone above her head.
Snow-white wings gently moved behind her.
Her eyes, like a clear sky after rain, looked down at a certain place below.
His gaze passed through layers of invisible spatial barriers without hindrance, taking in Thor, who was flying.
He withdrew his gaze a moment later.
A flash of golden light shimmered around him, and his figure instantly vanished into the clouds.
Thor was completely unaware of this... The time came to eight o'clock in the morning.
Buzz buzz buzz~~~
Yotsuya Miko's phone suddenly lit up, vibrating continuously with notifications.
Lin Bai couldn't help but open his eyes.
He glanced at Yotsuya Miko, who was still asleep, and an invisible psychic force grabbed her phone and brought it to him.
It was a call notification.
The name 'Xiao Hua' was noted on it.
"Miko, wake up, your best friend is calling you."
Lin Bai called Yotsuya Miko.
"Hmm~~~?"
Yotsuya Miko's brows furrowed slightly, a soft hum escaping her throat, before she slowly opened her eyes.
She looked sleepy and dazed.
"It's Yurikawa's call."
Lin Bai placed the phone in front of her.
"Oh! (′ο｀)"
Yotsuya Miko blinked, her consciousness gradually clearing.
She took the phone and put it to her ear.
"Hello, Xiao Hua."
A slightly lazy voice sounded.
Yurikawa Hana's energetic voice came from the phone's speaker:
"Good morning, Miko."
Although Yotsuya Miko didn't turn on the speakerphone, Lin Bai's excellent hearing allowed him to hear clearly.
"Good morning, Xiao Hua."
Yotsuya Miko responded.
Seeing Lin Bai smiling at her, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she returned a somewhat cute smile.
Even though she was wearing nothing.
She wasn't as shy as before.
Seeing this, a mischievous glint flashed in Lin Bai's eyes.
Yurikawa Hana continued:
"Miko, last night I found a dessert shop online that looks super delicious, want to go together?"
"Ah!!!"
A startled cry suddenly rang out.
Yotsuya Miko trembled all over, her fair, pretty face instantly flushed red.
Following her gaze.
She saw Lin Bai, who had, at some point, leaned his head over to eat fruit.
He gently bit into a cherry.
On the other end of the phone, in a high-rise apartment room in a tower building.
Yurikawa Hana, sitting by her desk, heard Yotsuya Miko's exclamation, frowned tightly, and quickly asked:
"What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"N-nothing."
Yotsuya Miko's voice, seemingly trembling slightly, came through.
"Are you really okay?"
Although Yurikawa Hana's brows relaxed slightly at her words, she still wanted to confirm again.
"It's nothing, I just didn't hold my phone steady and almost dropped it."
"Oh, I see."
Hearing Yotsuya Miko say this, Yurikawa Hana's brows relaxed, and her confusion immediately vanished.
Then she smiled and added:
"By the way, about that dessert shop I just mentioned, do you want to go?"
Yotsuya Miko: "Where is it, and when should we go?"
Yurikawa Hana: "It's in Meguro Ward, how about going at nine o'clock?"
Yotsuya Miko: "Okay, we'll meet at Meguro Station. That's all, I have something to do, so I'm hanging up."
As soon as she finished speaking, the call was disconnected.
"???"
Seeing the call disconnected, Yurikawa Hana looked at her phone and frowned slightly, as if a pile of question marks appeared above her head.
Seriously, girl, what's going on?
Why meet at Meguro Station?
Don't we usually meet at Tabata Station in Kita Ward?
Never mind, that's not important.
Although a little confused, Yurikawa Hana didn't waste brain cells thinking too much and suppressed her bewilderment.
At the same time, at Lin Bai's residence.
Yotsuya Miko, enduring a tingling sensation, hung up the phone, her face flushed red as she glared at Lin Bai.
"Hehe (*^▽^*)."
Lin Bai didn't care about Yotsuya Miko's glare and smiled.
He continued to eat steamed buns and cherries.
He ate with his mouth and grabbed with his hands, appearing very greedy.
Lin Bai enjoyed it with relish.
It must be said that Yotsuya Miko had something going on; one shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
Normally, when she was covered up, it wasn't obvious.
But when she shed her outer disguise and showed her true self.
Lin Bai found that she was actually close to a C-cup.
He had originally thought she was a sour lemon, but she was actually a peach.
And Yotsuya Miko, seeing Lin Bai so greedy, couldn't help but turn completely red with anger, her body trembling.
Her voice trembled as she tried to dissuade him:
"Um, Lin Bai, I'm meeting Xiao Hua later..."
Lin Bai looked up at her, smiled, and said, "There are still over fifty minutes until nine o'clock, no rush."
"And the flagpole is already standing tall."
"This is your fault, you have to find a way to fix it."
"Ah!!!"
Yotsuya Miko was a little stunned at his words.
Her gaze subconsciously turned towards the flagpole.
Sure enough, she saw a long, thick flagpole standing proudly erect.
The game seemed about to begin.
Knowing Lin Bai's skills, Yotsuya Miko quickly shook her head: "Not now, I'll definitely be late like this."
"Then you can do this..."
Lin Bai leaned close to Yotsuya Miko's ear.
"!!!"
Yotsuya Miko's eyes widened.
Her eyes were filled with shock and shyness.
"You choose yourself." Lin Bai let Yotsuya Miko decide.
"...Okay."
Yotsuya Miko's face was flushed, her expression conflicted, but she finally gave Lin Bai a glare and made her decision.
Lin Bai revealed a triumphant smile and stood up.
Yotsuya Miko got up and squatted next to the flagpole.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
The time came to eight-thirty.
Lin Bai twirled the flagpole.
"Mmm!!!"
Yotsuya Miko's eyes widened.
She instantly transformed into a little hamster with a mouth full of food.
Another twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
Yotsuya Miko, who had quickly washed up and dressed, hurried out the door towards the Station, aiming to reach Meguro Station by nine o'clock.
Yotsuya Miko went to meet Yurikawa Hana.
Lin Bai, on the other hand, spent some time cleaning the bedroom and washing everything that needed to be washed.
Just then, Akashiya Moka sent a message...