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[Shiranui: Speaking of which, how are things going between my dear daughter and Aki?]
Upon seeing the message, Yukikaze's cheeks flushed instantly; she hadn't expected Shiranui to ask so directly.
She recalled Qiu Bai from earlier and replied to Shiranui.
[Yukikaze: Hmm... Don't worry, I've taken care of it, there won't be any problems...! Qiu Bai is so strong now, he needs to make his own way in the world... I'll take good care of the family for him.]
[Shiranui:? ? 】
[Shiranui: Yukikaze, hasn't your goal always been to protect Akihachi? Even you're no match for Akihachi now??]
[Yukikaze: Hmm... Although we haven't fought, it's very possible, after all, Qiu Bai's current strength is indeed unfathomable.]
[Shiranui: If you put it that way, this really is... astonishing. I thought even if Aki was strong, she wouldn't be this overpowered, but now it seems beyond my imagination.]
[Shiranui: It seems Aki is a genius... The brilliance of a genius cannot be hidden; perhaps it's time for Aki to spread her wings and fly.]
Yukikaze looked at the news about Shiranui, and felt the same way.
We didn't know Qiu Bai had such talent before, which is why we protected him so well...
Now that we know, it's time to let Qiu Bai carve out his own path.
In this way, Qiu Bai's talent was not wasted, and he was allowed to soar through the sky to the highest point.
Qiu Bai had just dropped the two girls off at the school gate when he felt much more at ease.
"Don't worry, I'm only going to Shengfeng. I can pick you up tonight if you want!"
Qiu Bai looked at Mikan and Yuki with a faint smile, raised his hand and patted their heads.
"Brother Qiubai, you just do your thing. Youxi and I can go back by ourselves."
Mikan remains as independent as ever.
Yuki nodded quickly and said to Akihachi, "We're not kids anymore. Although we really want to go to and from school with Onii-chan, if there's anything we really need, Onii-chan can just do it for us."
"However, your office computer is mine today. Let me borrow it for a bit~ Hehe~"
Yuki: (^)
Yuki stuck out her tongue and gave a cute smile.
"Play with the computer as you like."
Qiu Bai didn't care about that; he was worried about ghouls and the like...
However, there are quite a lot of people on the route to school, so it should be fine. But I still want to remind them: "If you go home by yourself after school, try to walk towards crowded places to avoid encountering danger."
Upon hearing Qiu Bai's words, the two women responded in unison.
"Good~"
"Know it."
Qiu Bai didn't say anything more to them and decided to hurry up and go to Shengfeng.
It's been a while since I last went there; it's time to go and take a look.
As for Mikan and Yuki, since one was in the elementary school and the other in the high school, they went their separate ways.
……
Shengfeng and Shenghua are separated by only two tree-lined paths. Qiu Bai walked through the cherry blossom alley with morning dew on her feet, pink and white petals clinging to her shoulders. In just over ten minutes, she arrived at the gate of Shenghua Middle School.
As the iron fence of the school gate was just lifted, the morning light slanted across the blue and white school buildings, casting long, narrow shadows on the ground.
The old sycamore trees at the school gate had just sprouted new buds, and the dew on the leaves rolled down the veins onto the bluestone slabs, startling a few sparrows that were pecking at the leaves.
Two figures stood beneath the cherry blossom tree in front of them—
The brown-haired girl's ponytail swayed gently as she jumped, with a few petals still clinging to the ends of her hair;
The blonde girl's pleated skirt was lifted by a corner in the breeze, her calves brushing against the scattered dandelions on the grass, which then flew into the air.
Upon seeing the two familiar figures, Qiu Bai quickly recognized them and called out to the two women:
"Airi, Marina."
The two women turned around instantly and looked at Qiu Bai the moment they heard the voice.
"Wow, Qiu Bai! You're back!"
Ellie skipped and hopped over to Qiu Bai, looking incredibly cute.
Comparatively speaking, Marina was much more shy, but she quickly walked towards Akihaku.
"It's been a long time, Brother Qiubai."
Marina also had a slight smile on her face.
Qiu Bai looked at the two of them. Although they were neighbors, they hadn't had any contact in the past few days.
"Only three days, not long, right?"
He looked at Marina and said that he had indeed seen her three days ago.
Ellie, hands on her hips, chimed in, "Hehe, it's because I miss Qiu Bai. If I keep thinking about him, it naturally feels like it's been a long time~"
"Airi!" Marina called Airi's name shyly, but her expression made it seem as if her secret had been exposed.
Seeing her older sister's expression, Ellie sighed helplessly, hands on her hips.
"Sister, you're really not being honest~"
Qiu Bai found the two sisters quite interesting, while his gaze drifted towards Masato Ohno, who was not far away.
Indeed, at that moment, that guy was hiding behind a tree, watching the three of them like a rat in a sewer.
It seemed that the guy was still radiating a strong resentment, which Qiu Bai could sense.
However, Qiu Bai wasn't worried. With his divided soul protecting her, Marina wouldn't have any difficulty dealing with an ordinary human, and she would immediately sense any danger.