The morning dining table lacked its usual liveliness. Bronya hadn't gotten up yet, and Nangong Yu and Seele, sitting opposite each other, were silent.
Seele was sometimes conflicted and sometimes smiling, her face turning red again and again, while Nangong Yu had a look of daze on his face.
Last night's events were still a bit too stimulating for him. Closing his eyes, he could almost recall the soft moans and the soft, smooth touch.
It's just that, Veliona was really there all along...
After recovering his memories, he had actually suspected this for a long time, but Seele had always acted quite normally, always maintaining that cute appearance of being polite and cautious towards outsiders, and soft and obedient towards him, making Nangong Yu think there was no Veliona in this life.
He even felt a little regretful about this at one point.
From last night's perspective, it wasn't that she wasn't there; it turned out she just hadn't come out.
Thinking about it, it made sense. After Seele became his little follower, she had always lived safely and happily, without encountering any dangerous situations, so Black Xier naturally didn't bother to show up.
However, this girl Seele wasn't being good; she had actually kept this matter from him all along.
Raising his gaze, he happened to meet the eyes of Seele, who was secretly looking at him. Immediately, he heard a cute little sound of 'Ah~', and then those pure blue eyes, like the sky, darted from side to side, as if Nangong Yu's gaze would burn her.
Last night, Veliona actually only took the initiative for a short while, then quickly returned control of the body to Seele. After that, wasn't the rest of the time entirely up to him to bully her?
With the meticulous spirit of scientific research, Nangong Yu carefully explored the beautiful scenery along the way, from the peaks to the valley, not missing a single corner, and the harvest was truly abundant.
But thinking about it carefully, it was also quite sad. Among the girls close to him, except for the weakest one, Seele, Nangong Yu seemed unable to mess with anyone else. He could only bully Seele to salvage his little bit of self-esteem.
Tap, tap, tap.
The sound of slow shuffling slippers came from the stairwell. Bronya yawned and slowly walked down from the second floor.
This tired appearance clearly showed she hadn't slept well last night, perhaps playing games or doing something else.
"Hoo~ Good morning~"
Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Bronya found her seat and sat down, then bent over and ate breakfast with her eyes closed.
Thanks to this, she didn't notice the somewhat strange Nangong Yu and Seele at the moment. Just the fact that they were sitting separately was already quite suspicious.
"Why are you so sleepy? Did you stay up late playing games last night?"
He asked casually, but noticed Bronya shaking her head. She picked up a steamed bun, didn't eat it, but just squeezed it in her hand, held it close to her mouth, pressing it against her lips. This scene made Seele's face turn red again, and Nangong Yu's gaze also became a little unnatural, but soon, Bronya's words attracted their attention.
"No, I was just chatting with Cocolia. I didn't notice it got too late," she finally opened her mouth and took a bite of the steamed bun, saying with a somewhat muffled voice.
"Cocolia?!"
Speaking of which, Seele herself hadn't called Cocoonia for a few days either. Thinking of this, Seele decided to call her tonight.
"Well, when I asked Kiana for help before, I promised to take her to the beach. Mei's family's private beach is being renovated and can't be used, so I was thinking of borrowing Cocoonia's private beach in Europe."
The invasion of sleepiness made her yawn again, and this time even her tone was slightly distorted: "Hoo~ As a result, I wasn't careful and chatted too late."
"It's amazing that such a busy person could chat with you for so long."
The three of them didn't find anything wrong with Nangong Yu's words. Since becoming a high-ranking member of Anti-Entropy, Cocolia had indeed become increasingly busy, and phone calls with her would sometimes be cut off after two minutes.
"Who knows, maybe she just happened to be resting yesterday."
Her eyelids trembled as she tried hard to resist sleepiness. Bronya seemed to suddenly remember something. She looked up at Nangong Yu and Seele: "Oh right, Cocolia said that she will be coming to the Far East soon for some work, and she will stop by to see us then."
"Really?!"
Seele didn't even care about being shy anymore and immediately said in surprise.
"Mm, it shouldn't be many days now, she'll probably arrive around the time we start summer vacation in a week."
After speaking, she yawned again and muttered to herself, "Why do we have final exams in the last week? I'm so sleepy, I really want to ask for leave..."
At this moment, she suddenly looked at Nangong Yu, perhaps confused from sleepiness, and blurted out the thought in her mind: "Yu, I'm so sleepy, carry me to school right away, okay~"
Her tone was like she was joking, but Bronya's mental state couldn't be faked. How long did those two talk last night? Was it longer than the time he spent teasing Seele?
"Brother?"
Seele was also a little worried about Sister Bronya's state, and immediately looked at Nangong Yu with pleading eyes.
Nangong Yu had originally intended to agree immediately, but Seele's attitude made him change his mind.
Standing up, he walked to Seele's side, bent down, and whispered a sentence in her ear.
Suddenly, Seele felt as if a ball of fire was making her little head dizzy. Whether it was shyness or anticipation, she quickly nodded obediently.
Nangong Yu, having received permission, suppressed his inner excitement. He walked to Bronya's side, patted her on the shoulder, and said happily, "Oh, why are we being so polite? If you have trouble, I'll definitely go through fire and water for you, no matter what! Sleep soundly and boldly, I guarantee I'll get you there safely!"
"That enthusiastic? Then thank you very much."
After making an effort to finish the porridge, Bronya could no longer resist and fell asleep.
There was no other way but to let Seele help her tidy her slightly messy clothes, and then Nangong Yu carried her as they walked out of the house together.
There was still some time before the exam started, so Nangong Yu deliberately slowed his pace to avoid waking Bronya with excessive movement. Seele, carrying three school bags, followed lightly beside him, chatting softly and smilingly.
Shy is shy, but closeness is still important. To reduce the time spent with the person she liked because of shyness was, in Seele's opinion, a very foolish thing.
Although they attracted many stares along the way, they managed to get Bronya to the school entrance without any major issues. Here, they coincidentally ran into Kiana and Sirin. Seeing how lively Kiana was, she seemed to have recovered quite well.
"How are you feeling?"
After greeting them, Nangong Yu still asked with concern.
"Don't worry, I'm fine! But I'm really embarrassed that you saw such a pathetic side of me..."
Kiana scratched her head, feeling a bit ashamed of her actions yesterday when she prepared to fight the cat to the death, but the hallucination didn't affect her memory.
"No, no, no, I think it was very cool, especially when you pushed me away and prepared to face the man-eating cat demon alone~"
Seeing that Kiana was really fine, Nangong Yu couldn't help but tease her.
"Ah, stop talking about it!"
Puffing out her cheeks, Kiana's flushed face looked endearingly silly and quite cute. She extended her hand in dissatisfaction and hit Nangong Yu's arm, then helped Seele support Bronya, and the three of them walked towards the school together, not even responding to Nangong Yu's farewell.
Only after receiving smiling goodbyes from Seele and Sirin did Nangong Yu quicken his pace towards his own school.
He had walked too slowly to let Bronya sleep longer. If he didn't hurry up, it would be troublesome if he missed the exam.
He didn't want to be stuck retaking the exam while everyone else was having fun at the beach.
Fortunately, he successfully rushed back to the exam room in the last minute before the exam started.