Silly or not, let's not talk about that for now.

"You go ahead." Xiaoquan Aonai sat on the sofa, her soles pressed against each other, as if she were ready to listen to a story, gazing at Kiyono Lin.

Kiyono Lin glanced at her unconsciously playing with Dubian Che's toes.

"First of all, your nickname for Jiutiao Meijie."

"Meiji?"

"Meijie, and also Mr. K."

"Oh." Xiaoquan Aonai nodded.

"For others, you use 'my Meiji,' 'my Mr. K,' especially when rejecting girls."

"Pretty dedicated, huh? Worthy of being my student! Hahaha!"

Kiyono Lin shot her a look, leaned against the wall, and continued in a clear voice:

"Dubian Che also has a lover."

"..." Xiaoquan Aonai froze, and after two seconds, she confirmed, "A lover?"

"Relax." Kiyono Lin said nonchalantly, "Mayi Asuka is hopelessly in love with Dubian Che, as long as Dubian talks to her, she won't care about you at all."

"I see, so that means I can... wait, no! What exactly do you mean by lover?!"

"A lover is similar to a boyfriend or girlfriend, yet someone without an official status or promise—Dubian Che would occasionally talk like that, you need to read more these days."

Xiaoquan Aonai scratched her neck, troubled, "You've said so much, now I don't know what to do."

Kiyono Lin thought for a moment, "Let's start from the beginning, I'll tell you everything that happened to Dubian Che after he came to Tokyo."

Xiaoquan Aonai reluctantly let out a sigh.

"How about we go out and talk while playing?"

She looked towards the large glass wall in the living room.

Outside the wall, the sun had set, the streetlights were on, and the cars sped by, surging like blood through the veins of Tokyo.

"You're not doing well in school, right?" Kiyono Lin stated confidently.

"What does that have to do with it? Besides, it's not that bad, just a bit above average!"

"Above average for a rural public school, what's there to be proud of?"

"I'm going to Waseda University in the future!"

Kiyono Lin rested her chin in her hand, pondering, "I see."

"See! I told you! If I don't do well, it's because I'm not serious, but if I am, there's nothing I can't do!"

"I heard you only started working hard in your sophomore year, probably because of my teaching after you came to the future."

"Um," Xiaoquan Aonai raised her hand, "Big Sister, has anyone ever told you how vain you are?"

"I'm second in the country."

"I'm fine now." Xiaoquan Aonai lowered her hand.

Kiyono Lin dropped her hand and walked towards the sofa.

Xiaoquan Aonai shifted on the couch and patted the space she made, motioning for Kiyono Lin to sit there.

Kiyono Lin ignored her and sat on a single-seat sofa, beginning to tell the sixteen-year-old Xiaoquan Aonai about Dubian Che.

"I don't remember the exact time, but it was probably in April, on a day when spring was becoming stronger. I was writing a submission for the Literary Department when Dubian Che walked in..."

Xiaoquan Aonai listened sentence by sentence, initially disinterested, but then she listened more and more carefully.

She sat on the couch with her knees up, hugging a pillow, her chin resting on top.

She burst out laughing when Kiyono Lin mentioned how Human Observation Department, due to submitting to the Literary Department, was scolded by her future self, Xiaoquan Aonai, in the office.

Dubian's feet were happily kicked by her.

"That's so funny!" she gasped, wiping the tears from her eyes with the palm of her hand, "Were you two not chased down by the Literary Department at all? Also, my favorite student turned out to be this jerk? What kind of taste?"

After a little while, she angrily said:

"That Yuzao Haomei must be a green-eyed monster! Dubian was so kind to help her, yet she still spoke ill of him!"

When Kiyono Lin mentioned Ochazuke, Xiaoquan Aonai, tense, hugged the pillow tightly, eyes glued to her.

"I learned about him and Jiutiao Meijie while winter camping, once, when I went to use the restroom, where we happened to meet each other."

"He said, 'Can I ask you a question?' and I answered, 'Regarding why a beauty like me needs to use the bathroom, I don't think you need to know the answer.'"

"You two are so funny." Xiaoquan Aonai commented.

After a pause, Kiyono Lin looked at the living room clock and said to Xiaoquan Aonai:

"Let's stop here for today."

Xiaoquan Aonai, unsatisfied and wanting more, exclaimed:

"Are we stopping here? What exactly did you say in the bathroom? And what about after that? How did Dubian Che get that murderer Jiutiao Meijie to like him? How did the two of them become a couple?"

"Don't you have school?" Kiyono Lin asked.

"Almost forgot!"

"Go back then."

"Alright, Big Sister." Xiaoquan Aonai put down the pillow, stood up by stepping on the floor, and stretched lazily.

"You can just sleep here and let Dubian go back by himself."

"No need, I still want to try the Tokyo night taxis."

"... Suit yourself."

Xiaoquan Aonai picked up her backpack, turned toward the entrance, and suddenly looked back:

"I spent a lot of Dubian Che's money, he won't ask for it back from me now, right?"

"No worries, his favorite teacher is you, that bit of money is nothing."

"Very good, very good." Xiaoquan Aonai patted "herself" on the head, "Good kid, teacher didn't pamper you for nothing."

Kiyono Lin rubbed her temples, feeling a headache coming on.

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April 4, early morning.

The curtains closed, the room dim, Xiaoquan Aonai opened her eyes.

'Oh? The dream continues?' 'No, this isn't a dream!' 'Of course it's not a dream, Mr. Dubian.' 'What is this? Pervert!' 'Big Sister!';

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