The Three of Them Really...

[I discovered a secret.]

Under the curious and nervous gazes of everyone present, the diary's contents slowly appeared—

[Angel Yan... Angel Zhui... Angel Zhixin... They...]

The three women whose names had been called felt their hearts tighten instinctively.

[—really are sisters, after all!]

Azhui's mouth twitched.

She'd thought it would be some earth-shattering secret... and this was it?

Angel Yan felt like this kid was making fun of her, but she had no proof.

Although Queen Keisha had ordered her to carefully observe this man named Su Bai, she... really wanted to give him a good "lesson" right now.

Zhixin tilted her head.

"Although Sister Yan, Azhui, and I are very close... I don't think we count as sisters, do we? We're not related by blood."

[Xiao Xue asked me in utter disbelief how my astonishingly brilliant brain had arrived at this conclusion.]

[Hmph~ Xiao Xue finally admitted I'm smart!]

—That wasn't what she meant at all!

The women silently grumbled to themselves.

Still, everyone was curious: how on earth had Su Bai arrived at such an outrageous conclusion?

[As for how I figured it out... it's simple! They all have 'Angel' in their names, so they must be sisters!]

The crowd fell silent for the second time in a short while, courtesy of Su Bai.

Sure enough... there was no way to understand this guy using ordinary logic.

[Argh, Xiao Xue insulted me again, saying 'Angel' is their species name and all their people are called that.]

[Hmph, how could that be? Even a three-year-old knows that demons and angels only exist in stories. Xiao Xue must be lying to me!]

[...Xiao Xue fell silent. Looks like I was right.]

"Pfft..."

Qilin couldn't hold back and let out a soft laugh.

He Weilan shot her a puzzled look—

Girl, was this really a situation you could laugh at?

The man sitting across from them heard the laughter and thought Qilin was making fun of him. He immediately stood up, gesturing with both hands.

"Officer, I'm not joking! A 'Kun' really is hunting me down!"

"Ahem... I know." Qilin cleared her throat, doing her best to suppress her smile as she put on a serious expression. "A 'Kun' is hunting you down, correct?"

Seeing her struggling to hold back her laughter, the man knew she didn't believe him at all. He turned to He Weilan for help.

"Officer, you have to believe me!"

Qilin's laughter had nearly made He Weilan lose her composure, too. But a police officer's training helped her respond calmly.

"Mm, sir, we believe you."

But the man could clearly tell that neither of them was taking him seriously.

He raised his voice and shouted, "I'm not crazy!"

"A 'Kun' really is hunting me down!"

"It's not an ordinary Kun. It's the kind that... wears overalls and plays basketball!"

"I'm telling the truth! Officers, you have to believe me!"

Qilin and He Weilan exchanged a glance, both seeing the same hint of helplessness—and the laughter they were desperately suppressing.

"Sir, please sit down and tell us everything slowly." Qilin tried to keep her voice calm and professional. "You said... that 'Kun' wears overalls and plays basketball?"

"Exactly!" The man sat back down, gesturing even more frantically. "It... it can sing and dance, too! Its moves are incredibly smooth! But when it chased me, it had a really vicious look in its eyes!"

He Weilan quickly jotted down a few notes, her shoulders trembling slightly.

Qilin took a deep breath and said seriously, "Where did you see it last? Were there any witnesses?"

"In the alley next to East Street Basketball Court! It was nearly dark, and the streetlights had just come on... It—it was holding a basketball when it suddenly stepped out of the shadows, pointed at the hoop, and then... then started dribbling!" The man grew more and more agitated as he spoke. "Its dribbling rhythm was downright ghostly! I was so scared I turned and ran, but it chased me while dribbling!"

Qilin: "..."

He Weilan: "..."

The two of them pictured the scene at the same time—

A "Kun" wearing overalls, dribbling as it chased someone through a dim alley...

The image was too much to bear. They didn't dare think about it any further.

"Ahem." Qilin forcibly pulled herself back to the matter at hand. "Did it... catch up with you?"

"No! I'm fast! But I think it's still nearby..." The man lowered his voice, his face full of fear. "Officers, you need to send people to patrol that area! That definitely wasn't an ordinary animal! It... it's intelligent!"

He Weilan finally couldn't hold back and turned aside to cough.

Qilin gave her a light kick under the table.

"All right, sir. We've recorded your account." Qilin stood up, gesturing that the interview was over. "We'll send people to check around East Street Basketball Court as soon as possible. Please go home for now, and stay safe."

The man looked at her doubtfully. "You'll... really investigate?"

"We will." Qilin nodded earnestly. "But until then, we recommend that you... avoid the basketball court."

Only then did the man relax. He thanked them profusely before finally leaving.

As soon as he was gone, the two women looked at each other and stopped holding back—

The whole office instantly filled with the laughter they'd been suppressing.

He Weilan laughed so hard she stamped her feet.

"Hahahahaha—!"

The door suddenly swung open. The man who'd just left was standing in the doorway.

"Is... is there anything else, sir?" He Weilan and Qilin immediately straightened up and began tidying the interview notes with serious expressions.

The man gave them a suspicious look before finally turning and leaving for real.

When the door closed again, He Weilan collapsed into her chair, laughing.

"Hahahaha... Oh, Qilin, that's the fourth time he's filed a report this month! First it was 'Lao Da, who elbows people from helicopters,' then 'Hachimi, who goes Mambo,' then 'Hundred Ton King, who can charge up to the twentieth floor'... And this time it's even more ridiculous—he got chased by a basketball-playing 'Kun'!"

She was laughing so hard her stomach hurt a little. Turning to Qilin, she asked, "But didn't you manage to hold it in last time? Why couldn't you this time?"

Qilin smiled with her lips pressed together. "This time... the image in my head was just too vivid."

—She couldn't exactly say that she hadn't been laughing only because of the man who'd just filed the report, but also because... of Su Bai, who was writing in his diary.

After all, it was obvious that her best friend Weilan didn't have a diary and couldn't see Qilin's.