Brother, why do you smell of perfume?

After the two upperclassmen left, Horikita walked into the private room.

Her expression was neither good nor bad, though it carried a hint of frustration: "What exactly are you doing? Who told you to actually make friends with them?"

He calmly picked up the red wine glass on the table and took a sip: "Under those circumstances, I couldn't have pried anything else out of them. They wouldn't have said anything."

"Then you should have gotten them drunk! Do I need to repeat myself?"

"I think they're decent people, and I didn't want to do that."

"Huh?"

Horikita stepped forward, her face gloomy: "If you like them that much, then go ahead and pester them."

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?"

"Actually, I have an idea..."

He then explained his plan to plant informants among the second-year students.

After listening, Horikita finally let out a sigh: "Aren't you afraid they'll just sell you out later?"

"So what if they do? I haven't done anything, and besides, you're the mastermind behind the scenes, right?"

"...Fair enough."

He continued: "Horikita, although I didn't get any particularly valuable intelligence, regarding what she said about Class A and Class D, you..."

"Yeah, I know." Horikita's face turned slightly pale, "Although I've had a vague sense of it these past few days, I didn't know the reason at first. Now I finally understand why students from other classes look at us that way."

"Horikita, so you actually care about other people's gazes?"

"If you hadn't told me when school started that this place was strange, I wouldn't have bothered with them."

This must be the butterfly effect; his warning had made Horikita vigilant ahead of time.

"If you're in a bad mood, do you want to have a drink with me?" Bai Ye patted the seat next to him, gesturing for her to sit.

"No need, I don't like drinking... Let's go back."

Seeing that Horikita was indeed in a bad mood, he didn't say anything further.

They parted ways at the elevator, and he walked toward his room, 402.

As soon as he looked up, he saw Wang Meiyu waiting in the hallway.

When she saw him, she happily trotted over, called out "Brother Bai Ye," and threw herself at him, hanging onto his body.

He had no choice but to helplessly wrap his arms around her slender waist to keep her from falling.

Wang Meiyu rubbed against his chest and sniffed, then suddenly looked up, a hint of confusion in her sparkling eyes:

"Brother Bai Ye, why do you smell like perfume?"

"...Do I?"

"Could it be... a woman?"

He felt a pang of guilt, suddenly experiencing a sense of déjà vu, as if a wife had caught her husband cheating.

He shook his head, clearing the absurd thought from his mind entirely.

If Wang Meiyu were actually his girlfriend, that would be one thing, but unfortunately, she wasn't; he shouldn't need to explain himself.

After all, she was just his little sister.

However, looking at those misty eyes, he suppressed the urge to lecture her:

"Let's go inside and talk. I'll tell you everything slowly..."

Once inside, he gave her a rough summary of the situation.

After listening, Wang Meiyu asked in surprise: "Do you want me to tell the students in my class?"

He figured she was just being kind and didn't want to see her classmates suffer, but he still said: "If you tell them, then what? Not to mention whether they'd believe you, if they ask where you got the information, what will you say? Are you going to expose me?"

"...I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Let's leave the decision to Horikita; it doesn't matter to me."

"Brother is so good to her," Wang Meiyu pouted, speaking with a hint of jealousy.

"Am I not good to you? I even agreed to let you sleep in my bed; she doesn't get that treatment." Bai Ye patted her head, feeling slightly annoyed.

"That may be true, but, Brother... if she wanted to sleep with you too, would you kick me out?"

Bai Ye smiled and stroked her little head: "How could I? You're my little sister."

"Hee hee~" Wang Meiyu laughed happily, looking completely blissful.

However, the next second, she heard him say: "At most, I'd make you sleep on the floor. I wouldn't kick you out."

"Ah?"

Little Meiyu's smiling face froze, and she stared straight at him with a look of slight resentment.

"What, were you hoping for the three of us to sleep together?"

"Pervert brother!"

"How can the person who crawls into my bed every single night have the nerve to call someone else a pervert?"

"..."

Wang Meiyu's small face flushed bright red, and she couldn't squeeze out a single word.

He shook his head gently: "Cherish the opportunity while you have it. Once I find a girlfriend, you won't be able to sleep in my bed anymore."

"Is that so..." Wang Meiyu puffed out her cheeks, lost in thought, "Then when will brother have a girlfriend?"

"I don't know either."

That depended on when he could win over Horikita Suzune, and it was hard to say for sure.

"We'll talk about that when the time comes." Wang Meiyu patted her cheeks, rallying her spirits, "Let's go to sleep first... hmm, I haven't taken a shower yet."

"Go ahead."

"Mm."

Wang Meiyu responded, but her body didn't move an inch, so he couldn't help but feel puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"Brother... um..." Wang Meiyu buried her head, her small hands clutching the hem of her shirt and twisting it incessantly, "Could you help me wash... please..."

"???"

"Ah! I'm sorry! I'm going to take a shower now, bye!"

She let out a shriek, grabbed her clothes, and bolted toward the bathroom.

Bai Ye could only smile bitterly and rub his head: "This little sister of mine, she's getting bolder and bolder..."

The next morning.

Bai Ye opened his eyes and looked down at the little cutie curled up entirely in his arms, sighing helplessly.

She had been fine when they went to sleep, but she had crawled back into his arms by morning.

And this was the third time.

He didn't dare to scold her loudly, or else he would be met with a pair of pitiful, teary eyes.

Ever since the first time he scolded her to tears and it took him a long time to coax her back, he never dared to do it again.

This 'little sister' was truly his nemesis from a past life, sent here to seek revenge.

Gently moving her body and placing her to the side, Bai Ye crawled out from under the covers.

The moment he moved, Wang Meiyu woke up.

She rubbed her small eyes, and her face immediately lit up with joy upon seeing him.

"Time to get up, you little dummy."

"Brother... hug..."

She opened her arms, looking at him with expectant, watery eyes.

He sighed again, wrapped his arms around her waist, and let her wrap her arms around his neck as he pulled her into a gentle embrace.

Pressed together at zero distance, the girl was still wearing her thin pajamas, and her soft, alluring little body was pressed entirely against him.

Although she claimed her figure wasn't good, she was actually quite well-endowed and far from flat.

He carried her into the bathroom and set her down; Wang Meiyu lingered as she pulled away from his arms, giving him one last feel of her soft little body during the process.

After the two finished washing up, they walked out of the dormitory.

Because they didn't want others to find out, they usually woke up very early. Wang Meiyu said goodbye to him and headed back to her own dormitory.

He walked out of the dormitory building alone and began to stroll through the campus.