I bent down to pick up the clothes scattered all over the floor, and the wet touch of my fingertips-Mei's love juice had completely soaked the fabrics.
"This ... I can't wear it anymore..." I helplessly shook my sticky school uniform, and the fabric could even be wrung out of the water.
"Yes, I'm sorry..." Mei curled up on the edge of the bed, her cheeks flushed and her fingers twisted, her wet eyelashes drooping down, like a child who had done something wrong.
At this awkward moment, the door to the infirmary was suddenly pushed open.
We turned our heads in fright, afraid that a student would come to the infirmary and bump into us.
I saw a tall woman standing in the backlight, wearing a peaked hat, her brown skin glowing with a healthy sheen in the sun, and the cleaner's uniform was loosely put on her body, but she couldn't hide the sassness in her bones.
She held the mop in one hand and the cleaning cart with the other, her sharp eyes swept over us, and her expression was so calm that it seemed to have become commonplace.
"Sure enough, as Kirishima said, at this point in time..." She walked in to herself, leaving a faint trace of water on the floor with rubber soles.
When I was at a loss, the Mei beside me suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "So it's Sister Kobayashi... Scared me to death..."
She patted her chest, and her tense shoulders finally relaxed.
"You guys... Know? I looked them back and forth in confusion.
The so-called Sister Kobayashi neatly parked the cleaning car aside, took out a travel backpack from under the cleaning car, and took out two packs of sealed new school uniforms from the bag: "I am the school's cleaner, and I am also a friend of the school doctor and this little girl" The corners of her mouth curled up with a clear smile, "That guy from Kirishima asked me to send this over, saying that you might be able to use it"
I took the school uniform she handed over, with mixed feelings in my heart, [Did you even expect this kind of detail... The woman's mind was too meticulous...]
At this time, Mei frowned in confusion, and her fingers unconsciously rubbed the bag outside the school uniform: "Why... Will the school doctor prepare this in advance?"
She whispered, "Is there really any monitoring equipment... But I have clearly checked ..."
Looking at her serious thought, I smiled guiltily, then neatly changed into a clean school uniform and stuffed the soaked clothes into the bag.
"That ... Thank you..." I nodded to the cleaner.
But she suddenly smiled meaningfully, and her slender fingers lightly lifted my chin.
"If you want to say thank you..." she lowered her voice, leaned over my ear and said, "Why don't you repay me another day~"
"If you want to say thank you... she lowered her voice, leaned over my ear and said, "Why don't you 'repay me' another day~"
Repay? For a moment, I couldn't understand the meaning of her words, so I could only smile and nod my head in saying 'okay'.
And when I turned to look at the Mei, she had returned to her original outfit - a rustic double ponytail, thick-rimmed glasses, and returned to the appearance of the news director. After
we changed our clothes, the cleaner urged us to drive us out of the infirmary.
In the corridor back to the classroom, I walked side by side with Mei, silence spreading between the two of us.
Her steps were slightly stiff, her hands were clasped tightly behind her back, and her fingertips were slightly white, as if trying to hide her inner uneasiness.
"That ..." she suddenly spoke, her voice a little tight, but her eyes stubbornly tilted to the other side of the corridor, "Although I said I would be your woman... But this is just a friendship, don't get me wrong..."
"Huh? Ah, just a friend, I'm fine..." I was stunned for a moment before reacting.
[Anyway, I will have a lot of contact with you in the future... So I'm not in a hurry...] I thought to myself.
Immediately I made a request, "By the way, I want to ask you to help me check something.
As soon as she finished speaking, her reaction was unexpected - her originally depressed mood was instantly swept away, and she suddenly jumped in front of me, almost pressing the tip of my nose, and her eyes behind the lenses flashed with excitement.
"What? What do you want me to check? Where's the reward?"
She asked like a cannonball, with the unique question of the president of the news agency.
I was frightened by her sudden approach and took half a step back, but her enthusiasm also made the originally awkward atmosphere suddenly relax.
"I want you to check the school doctor..."
However, when I said the word "school doctor", her expression instantly froze.
She slowly stood up straight, pushed her glasses with her fingers, and sighed deeply, and the air around her seemed to freeze in an instant.
Mei pushed her glasses: "The school doctor's business... I advise you not to look too deeply"
Her voice suddenly lowered, and she continued with rare caution, "If it weren't for the students who would support me, I might have ... long ago"
After a pause, she continued to walk slowly in the direction of the classroom, "But since you insist... I can tell you that that woman is not simple"
I followed her slowly, for fear that I would miss information about the school doctor, "I only know... She is a school doctor on the surface, but secretly she is an underground doctor..."
"What's even more terrifying is ..." Suddenly she stopped, and her fingertips trembled slightly, as if it was a rather terrifying memory, "When I found this clue, she found out immediately"
"If it weren't for the student council people who came out in time that day Now ..."
Then Mei suddenly straightened her back and continued to walk, as if the stories just now were all fake, with a bit of pride in her tone: "But I don't know what deal they have reached~ The current school doctor has to obediently carry out the orders of the student council from time to time"
She blinked slyly, "How is it?" This information is powerful enough, right?" After
hearing these words, my brain instantly went blank.
[The school doctor turned out to be an underground doctor... But this is probably just the tip of the iceberg...]
[Although the underground doctor can explain those homemade potions with strange effects... But the test subjects in her mouth can't all be her patients...] I kept thinking about the school doctor.
Because the words of Mei are like a key, solving my long-standing confusion.
The school doctor's abnormal actions—his disregard for rules, his disdain for ethics, and the potions that were too "precise" in effect, all had a reasonable explanation at this moment.
[No wonder she attaches so much importance to the content of the transaction...] I narrowed my eyes, and the corners of my mouth curled up with a clear arc.
[This way, I don't have to worry about her... After all, the content of the transaction has made her my most reliable ally...]
When I thought about this, my tense nerves relaxed a little.
In this world full of unknowns, at least one dangerous person is on my side—although her loyalty is based on profit; and I am just her pawn.