Sure enough, Eriri's ears instantly flushed red. She suddenly flipped over and straddled Jiang Lianqiu, poking his chest with fragrant fingertips. "P-pervert! Taking advantage while no one was looking—guh!?"
The chill against her body abruptly cut off Eriri's words. The girl lowered her line of sight with trembling lashes, and when she looked at Jiang Lianqiu again in panic, she caught a flicker of darkness in his eyes.
"Eek—!"
With a scream, Eriri flopped down and tried her best to curl herself into a ball, poking a soft, pale little foot out through a gap in the summer quilt to kick Jiang Lianqiu's shin.
"Y-you-you-you—mm?"
Suspicion flashed through her beautiful eyes. Eriri narrowed her eyes and leaned closer.
Jiang Lianqiu: "?"
Sniff, sniff.
Like a young animal, Eriri sniffed around the corner of Jiang Lianqiu's mouth. Her brows furrowed. "Why does that Gloomy Girl's scent smell like it's on you, Brother Qiu?"
"Because of some things, she was with me from the afternoon until the evening."
Eriri: "—!!!"
Her home had been stolen!?
The blonde girl began grinding her teeth, then suddenly pressed herself against him together with the summer quilt.
"You two went on a date!?"
"It wasn't a date. It was business, and I was planning to tell you about it too."
Though she felt relieved inside, Eriri still felt stifled, as if she had somehow lost.
The more she thought about it, the more unfair it felt. Eriri pounced on him. "No! I have to cover up that woman's scent!"
"Are you a puppy? Marking territory with your scent?"
"I don't care!" Holding Jiang Lianqiu's face, Eriri took the initiative and kissed him.
A moment later, she was forced to roll over again with a cry.
"W-wait, wait, wait—this was supposed to be a birthday present for you when I turned sixteen—"
Jiang Lianqiu lightly pecked the corner of Eriri's lips and teased, "Haven't you heard of counting age by East University years? I'm from East University. By that count, you're already sixteen."
Although the legal age for women to sign marriage registration papers would be raised from sixteen to eighteen in the future, hadn't it not been changed yet?~
Eriri: "????"
"Aunt Sawamura still hasn't called to tell you to go home, you know."
Eriri: "—!!!"
No wonder her mother's smile had seemed a little strange when she came over!
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