Bringing Another Girl Home?

That night, Aria stayed in Fang Li's room.

Fang Li's rooms are luxury suites, with not only four-person dorm rooms but also small rooms for five people, so it's not a big problem for one person to stay there.

However, no matter what, Fang Li is a man, yet Aria so readily moved into Fang Li's room. It's hard to tell whether she trusted Fang Li too much or was simply too careless.

When asked, Aria responded with this very question.

"Anyway, you're my partner, so it's okay."

This girl seems to genuinely consider her so-called partner as one of her own, exhibiting a tendency to think, "Your things are my things, and my things are still my things."

In other words, Aria truly treated Fang Li's room as her own.

The next day, Aria even woke up Fang Li, Fang Li was fast asleep, complaining that she was hungry, just like a primary school student.

Fang Li felt like he wasn't partnering with someone, but rather taking care of a spoiled brat.

Although this little rascal is a bit too cute, that's for sure.

Because Aria was making such a racket so early in the morning, Fang Li, unusually, got up very early, ordered breakfast for two, ate breakfast with Aria, and then went out.

Whether it was a coincidence or not, at the same time Fang Li and Aria went out, the familiar sound of a door opening came from the next room, and the owner inside came out with them.

"Huh?" Kinji Touyama came out of his room and immediately saw Fang Li with Aria. He froze in his yawning motion.

"Yo." Fang Li greeted Kinji Touyama as usual. "Kinji, why are you up so early today?"

"Because of yesterday's incident, as one of the victims, I have to go to the Academic Affairs Office to give a statement." Kinji Touyama answered Fang Li's question reflexively, and then realized what he meant.

Glancing Fang Li, then at Aria who was staring intently at him, Kinji Touyama said with a somewhat subtle expression, "You bastard, you actually brought another girl back while Shirayuki was out?"

"I see, no wonder you reacted that way. So that's what you were thinking?" Fang Li said with half-open eyes, looking like he was too lazy to explain. "I'm not like you, with misogyny already in its final stages. Is it strange for me to do this?"

"... Although what you said isn't wrong, I don't know why, but I just feel really uncomfortable." Kinji Touyama said with a displeased look, "Fine, you saved me yesterday, so I'll keep today's matter a secret for you. Don't say I'm heartless."

After saying that, Kinji Touyama seemed to want to get away from the scandalous place, yawning as he left without looking back.

As Kinji Touyama gradually walked away, Aria, who had been silently observing him, suddenly said, "Is he the Kinji Touyama who was ranked as S-Rank Armed Detective with you in your first year?"

"Oh?" Fang Li raised an eyebrow and said, "Do you know Kinji?"

"I heard about it when I was inquiring about you at the Assault Department," Aria said. "They all said that in the past, apart from Kinji Touyama, no one at the Assault Department could be your training subject, so I took the opportunity to gather some information about him."

"Really?" Fang Li asked curiously, "Then why didn't you choose Kinji as your partner?"

"If it weren't for you, I probably would have had to choose him," Aria said matter-of-factly. "But since you're here, that gloomy, misogynistic guy is obviously out of the running."

No sooner had Aria finished speaking than Kinji Touyama, who was about to walk downstairs, sneezed loudly, lost his balance, and fell down the stairs with a scream.

"..."

"..."

Both Fang Li and Aria, who witnessed this scene, fell silent.

Immediately, Aria asked Fang Li with a doubtful look, "Did that person really get an S-Class rating in the first-year entrance exam, just like you?"

"Well, that guy is a bit special. Like Super Detective, he sometimes unleashes incredible power, but otherwise he's no different from an ordinary person." Fang Li rubbed his nose awkwardly and said, "So, you can think of him as an incredible martial detective with two modes: a useless mode and Burst Mode."

"The Armed Detective Agency's condition is so unstable, it's enough to give anyone a headache." Aria actually accepted Fang Li's words and made such a conclusion rather casually.

"If I chose that kind of person as my partner, I would definitely make holes for him every day."

For some reason, Fang Li always felt that this conclusion might actually come true.

"It's a good thing Aria didn't choose Kinji as her partner."

Otherwise, as Kinji Touyama's neighbor, Fang Li felt that his walls would definitely not be able to block out a lot of noise.

For example, the sound of gunfire or something.

Armed Detective High School, Class 2-A.

When Fang Li opened the classroom door and followed Aria into the classroom, all the students inside began to make a fuss.

"They're here! They're here!"

"A major contributor to the bus hijacking incident!"

"Truly worthy of being S-Rank Armed Detective!"

"And they even joined forces!"

"And they even went to school together today!"

"Could it be that they hit it off during the mission and are now planning to team up?"

"That's incredible! Two S-Rank Armed Detective teaming up!"

"They're definitely one of the strongest teams in the second year, right?"

Amidst this commotion, the entire Class 2-A became extremely noisy, as if a banquet was being held.

Only Kinji Touyama remained alone in a corner seat, looking bored and indifferent, clearly determined to remain a bystander.

In this situation, it was Fang Li and Aria who were frightened.

However, before the two could react, a petite figure squeezed out from the crowd.

Then, the person who came made a tearful face and said in a sobbing voice, "Riri actually abandoned Riko to go and find another woman. It's too much."

Who else could it be but Riko?

Seeing Riko sobbing there, Fang Li's lips twitched involuntarily.

Because that's just too fake.

However, Aria seemed to believe it and said somewhat flusteredly, "Why... why are you suddenly crying?"

At that moment, Fang Li saw it.

Riko, who was sobbing with her head down, curled up a somewhat wicked smile at the corner of her mouth.