Anne returned home and had barely set down her pen when she saw a sheet of paper filled with writing before her.
She turned and did not see the wealthy Miss Xiao from Earth, only the familiar maid standing calmly in the doorway, watching her.
"Catherine!!!"
Anne called out loudly, "I'm back~!!"
"An... ne?"
The maid could hardly believe it. Only when she saw the brilliant smile on Miss Anne's beautiful, delicate little face did she snap out of her daze. She hurried over and pulled Anne tightly into her arms. "Miss Anne... is that really you? Where have you been? Are you alright?!"
"Alright, alright, I'm fine! I'm doing great!"
Anne happily wriggled free from her embrace, stood up, and hopped twice on the floor. Her long golden hair swayed with her movements, and the long dress Lu Xing had put on during afternoon tea fluttered along with her.
Anne grinned again. "It's still better to have magic. I wasn't used to Earth, Catherine, let me tell you..."
"You went to Earth?"
"Uh, uh, I mean..."
"Miss Anne! Lying is not something a good child does."
"I'm not lying. Ah, I just don't know how to explain it all right now. Anyway, I'm fine! I'm happy~"
Anne spun around to show how happy she was, her little face beaming as she took Catherine's hand and asked what "she" had done today.
Lu Xing's guess had been right. As long as Anne acted cute, even the most serious maid would forgive her.
Catherine began telling her about what had happened today.
"Oh no!"
The moment she heard that Lu Xing had met her parents, Anne reacted at once. "He met my parents. Father and Mother will definitely worry about me. I have to see them right away, Catherine, take me there!"
As she spoke, she hurried toward the door.
Catherine called after her, "Miss Anne, you haven't changed your clothes!"
"I'm not changing. Hurry up and follow me!"
A moment later, Anne used Wind Magic to speed herself up and said, "Catherine, you're walking too slowly. Tell me where Madam is now. I'll go find her myself!"
"Have you decided how you'll explain this to Madam?"
Catherine suddenly asked.
Anne stopped in her tracks, turned back to look at her, and a conflicted, hesitant expression appeared on her little face.
Catherine caught up to her. She stared at Anne for a moment before saying helplessly, "Anne, you're not a child anymore. Don't do reckless things again. Now tell me first: who exactly is that man? What is his name? Where does he come from?"
"His name is Lu Xing, he's... no, no, no!"
The words had slipped out, and Anne immediately covered her mouth with her fair, slender little hand. She shook her head repeatedly and continued walking forward. "Which man are you talking about, Catherine? I have no idea what you mean!"
Catherine followed behind her and said blandly, "When he changed your clothes, he saw your body."
Anne stopped walking.
She first stiffly turned to look at her maid. The two stared at each other for a moment, then Anne's exquisite, beautiful little face slowly turned red, even her ears flushing scarlet.
In the lavishly decorated castle corridor stood only a bashful, adorable Noble Lady and a helpless, cold-faced, long-legged maid—yet even after such a secret had been exposed, Anne remained firmly on guard.
"I am Anne. Whether it was me this morning or me now, it's all me!"
Anne denied it with a flushed face and continued onward to see her mother.
Seeing her like this, Catherine recalled the traditionalists that the mysterious man named Lu Xing had mentioned that afternoon. At last, she understood why Miss Anne had been so determined to deny that man's existence.
A conservative traditionalist Noble Lady could only let her husband see her body in her entire life.
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Earth.
"I'm not your older sister. I'm your Brother Lu!"
Lu Xing seriously corrected Xiao Yu's form of address.
As if she had been shocked by electricity, Xiao Yu swiftly withdrew the fair, jade-like hand that had been holding his. She even shook it twice, looking utterly disgusted.
Lu Xing laughed so hard he could barely stop. "You were gripping my hand just now. Why are you disgusted by me now?"
Xiao Yu shot him a glare. "Are you the same as Anne? Anne calls me the respected Miss Xiao, then after getting familiar with me, she holds my hand, acts cute, and calls me Sister Xiao, Sister. Do you want to call me Sister too?"
Lu Xing considered it seriously, glanced at her curvaceous figure, and nodded. "I can't do it yet, but I can learn!"
Xiao Yu gave him a sidelong look. Just as she was about to call him shameless, she suddenly thought of something and burst into laughter. With a strange look in her eyes, she asked, "Did you already learn how to act cute at Anne's castle? Come on, show Sister what you learned. I'll evaluate you and see how much of Anne's cuteness you've mastered!"
"I was wrong. I really didn't learn that!"
"Hehe."
Xiao Yu covered her mouth as she laughed uncontrollably. She looked at Lu Xing again, unable to imagine a grown man like him wearing a little dress, but then she suddenly remembered something. "Will it be our turn tomorrow?!"
"It should... be."
Lu Xing nodded.
"Then what do we do?" Xiao Yu became nervous.
"Do you want me to move out tonight?"
Lu Xing asked. If he wrote an application to Director Li now, he could move out quickly.
Xiao Yu wanted to agree, but she still held out hope that things might change. In the end, she sighed. "Not yet. Remember to wear clothes when you sleep tonight. As for me..."
She hesitated.
Lu Xing nodded. "Alright, I'll remember. You should wear some too, so you don't accuse me of looking at you again."
Xiao Yu blushed slightly. "Don't you know? Sleeping in a bra can easily cause poor circulation and chest tightness for women. And mine are rather big... with a figure like mine, it's even more uncomfortable."
Lu Xing nodded in deep agreement, only to receive another glare from the blushing Xiao Yu. She bit her lip with her white teeth and hesitated for a while before reluctantly turning around. "Forget it. It's not like you haven't seen them before. If we switch again, tomorrow morning you can help me... no, you should call me first!"
Whenever it came to times like this, she felt her head ache.
Lu Xing smiled. "Alright. But if we switch, you'll get to enjoy another benefit unique to me!"
"Heh."
Xiao Yu sneered twice. "What benefit? Wearing fewer clothes? Eating more? Your dorm smells awful. If I turn into you tomorrow, the first thing I'll do is move out!"
"What do you mean, awful? That's manly scent! Don't women supposedly all like it?"
"Who wants that? So what exactly is this benefit?"
"If we switch, tomorrow you can relive campus life!" Lu Xing said with a smile.
"Didn't I last time... You have class tomorrow?! The National Day holiday is over?!"
Xiao Yu suddenly realized it. When she saw Lu Xing smiling and nodding, her head started aching again. "I've been working for years, and you still want me to go to school... You don't hold any position in class, do you?"
"Does being the C# Class Representative count?"
"I don't know how to code!!"
Xiao Yu's face darkened. Seeing Lu Xing's gloating expression, she retaliated, "I'm meeting several entrepreneurs tomorrow. You can negotiate the contracts for me!"
Lu Xing smiled. "What's so hard about that? Over at Anne's place, I learned alchemy and magic, and I even learned Ancient Elven Language. A few contracts worth a few hundred million? Just signing a few names—wouldn't that be easy?"
"You're that confident?"
Seeing that she could not discourage him and that he was even joking about it, Xiao Yu thought for a moment and changed tactics. "I'll have no problem attending class, and Anne and Jiang Xuannv probably won't either. But are you sure you can order that Cold Ice Fairy around and make her attend class for you?"
Lu Xing's smile froze.
"Still feeling smug?"
Xiao Yu covered her mouth and laughed.
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