"I... didn't do it on purpose."
He clearly hadn't seen anything, but faced with that accusation, Karl found himself unable to say a word.
If it had been another girl, he would only have thought she was making trouble for no reason. What was there to see when she was wearing shorts underneath? But this girl... all he could say was that she was simply too pretty. In that instant just now, he had truly been drawn in by her features and figure.
Although she was wearing shorts beneath her skirt, for that brief moment, he had genuinely thought it looked nice.
"This... I didn't do it on purpose. You called out, so I looked up." He tried hard to keep his expression composed, as though he were a proper gentleman.
"You think I'd believe that nonsense?" The black-haired girl snorted. "Leave. This is my home, and strangers aren't welcome."
Karl's heart stirred.
"Your home?"
He froze for several seconds. Seeming to realize something, he backed away a few steps. Only after making sure he could no longer see the girl's shorts from that angle did he look up and ask, "Are you... Ye Jing?"
Who else besides Ye Jing would live here?
She also had a white-haired teacher.
It all matched. Every piece of it.
The Girl Beside the Herb Garden
"That's right, I'm Ye Jing. How do you know my name? You showed up here so sneakily. You aren't planning to do something bad, are you?" The black-haired girl warily drew her legs in and pressed down her black skirt, looking at him as if he were a criminal.
That appearance left Karl speechless.
For some reason, he suddenly felt as though he had become the bad guy.
He clearly hadn't done anything to her, yet he inexplicably