Is Bringing a Friend on a Date Some Kind of Mistake?

Klein glanced back at Ling Xi, then took out her phone. "I got the three tickets you wanted. I'll send you the pickup codes now. They're all premium seats."

"Thank you, Senior Klein!"

Ling Xi was instantly filled with admiration for Klein. "Senior Klein, how did you even manage that? I tried to get them last night too, but forget premium seats—even the outermost super seats were gone in a second!"

"It was very simple..."

Klein merely smiled faintly and said calmly, "Technology changes lives!"

Ling Xi: "..." Is this what a scientist is like? That's seriously amazing.

"Ling Xi!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from upstairs. Mobius stood at the second-floor stairway, looking somewhat displeased as she stared at Ling Xi. "After work yesterday, did you go anywhere?"

"Huh?"

Ling Xi froze. Had he gone somewhere after work? Why did that sound like a wife checking up on her husband...

Hearing Mobius's question, Klein instantly remembered something. Elysia had come by last night. While she did not know what the two had discussed after shutting themselves in a room, she had heard the beginning of their conversation, including...

Elysia had said that Ling Xi had gone to see her last night. And now, Doctor seemed to be setting a trap for him. If Ling Xi answered no, then he probably had some sort of relationship with Elysia. But if he answered honestly...

"I did. After dinner, I ran into Elysia and went to her place for a while."

Ling Xi did not hide it, because there really was nothing between him and Elysia. If he acted evasive, Mobius might become suspicious instead.

"Mm..."

Seeing that Ling Xi was not lying, Mobius relaxed somewhat. After all, if he could say it so openly, that basically meant he had nothing to hide.

So Mobius slowly walked downstairs and smiled. "Then what did Elysia say to you?"

"What did she say..."

Ling Xi stroked his chin and thought about it. In the end, he spread his hands and smiled. "Well, she said quite a lot, but I felt like most of it was nonsense."

"I completely agree!"

Mobius nodded in strong agreement. That brat always loved rambling about pointless things.

"Still, she did invite me to work for her. Of course, I refused."

Ling Xi blurted that out in one breath, afraid Mobius might misunderstand. At the same time, he made it very clear that he had rejected Elysia's invitation.

"Was that all?"

Mobius asked again.

"That was all."

Ling Xi nodded silently. As for the topic of Mobius's research, he did not think there was any need to mention it. Even if he did, Mobius would only think it was nonsense.

"Mm..."

Mobius touched her chin and snorted. "Didn't I tell you? Stay away from that woman. From her mouth... you'll never hear a single word of truth!"

"Uh... got it, Doctor."

Ling Xi felt helpless about that. Yesterday, he had originally wanted to refuse, but there was nothing he could do—the girl had directly used Lightning Thousand Paths on him!

"I'll let it go this time. Remember to avoid her from now on..."

Mobius curled her lips and headed toward the laboratory. Then she suddenly turned back to Ling Xi. "If you go to Elysia's room again next time, don't bother coming back. Also... when I have time, I'll show you my room too. Hmph..."

With that, Mobius shut the door and hid inside the laboratory...

Ling Xi: "..." Why would I want to see your room?

Klein: "..." Because Elysia came over last night...

"Seele!"

At noon, Ling Xi finally managed to catch Seele. Today was Friday, and the concert was the day after tomorrow, so this was his last chance. If he did not run into Seele today, he would probably have to wait until Monday, and there would be no point in going to the concert then.

So even though Ling Xi had no classes that morning, he still came to school and started waiting at their usual spot early!

Seele: "..."

"Are you a stalker?"

Seele curled her lips at Ling Xi. "You've been following me around for several days in a row."

Ling Xi: "..." Hey, hey, hey, don't make baseless accusations!

"What? Have you come up with an excuse?"

Seele still looked at Ling Xi with an icy expression.

"Seele, you might not believe this, but that day..."

Ling Xi said seriously, "I went to line up for tickets. I wanted to let you know, but I didn't have your contact information, so..."

"Tickets?"

Seele froze for a moment, then said irritably, "So that's why I sat in the garden from noon until two in the afternoon?"

"Pfft... cough, cough..."

Hearing Seele's words, Ling Xi choked. "Y-You said what? You waited for me in the park for two hours?"

"Hmph... no."

Seele raised her chin and sneered. "I just happen to like sitting there and resting. Who do you think you are? Why would I wait two hours for you? Don't get the wrong idea. I just thought staying in the dorm all day was boring, so I wanted to find somewhere else to sit in the sun. You actually thought I was waiting for you? Heh, how ridiculous. Trash!"

Ling Xi: "..." Is that really true? Why does that sound a little unreliable?

Besides, he had returned to school at around one twenty that day. In other words, if he had gone to the garden then, he could have found Seele. But...

He had only come to the bakery entrance. When he saw that Seele was not there, he naturally assumed she had already left. Thinking about it now, it would have been strange for Seele to wait here. There was nowhere nearby to sit, much less any shade. If she had waited here for two hours, he might have thought there was something wrong with her intelligence...

"Um, Seele... sorry..."

Ling Xi suddenly felt a little guilty. Before, he had thought Seele was difficult to get along with, but now it seemed that she was not cold at all. Instead, she was more like... a tsundere?

"Forget the apology. Tell me what kind of ticket you bought first. You actually forgot what you promised me."

Seele waved her hand, not wanting to hear Ling Xi apologize. Compared to that, she was more curious about what he had gone off to do that day.

"Hehe, actually, that's why I came looking for you today, Seele..."

Ling Xi directly took out the tickets he had collected earlier and handed one to Seele. "Let's go together the day after tomorrow!"

Chapter 45: Is Bringing a Friend on a Date Some Kind of Mistake?

"This is?"

Seele took the ticket Ling Xi handed her, and she recognized it as a concert ticket. After all, it was written right there.

"A ticket for Eden's solo concert."

Ling Xi did not beat around the bush and told Seele directly.

"Oh, Eden's concert... Hm? A ticket to Eden's concert?"

At first, Seele did not react. Then she instantly realized something and looked at Ling Xi excitedly. "Th-This is a ticket to Eden's concert in Changkong City the day after tomorrow?"

"Yeah, doesn't it have the time written on it?"

Ling Xi pointed at the time on the ticket. The 18th, 8:00 PM—the day after tomorrow!

"This..."

Holding the ticket in her hand, Seele's face filled with joy. Then she looked up at Ling Xi excitedly. "Um... you... are you really giving this to me?"

"Yeah!"

Ling Xi smiled and nodded. He had bought it specifically for her in the first place.

"Mmm, I'm so happy!"

Seele threw herself into Ling Xi's arms, absolutely delighted, because...

She liked Eden very much too. It was just that the tickets were too expensive, so she had basically never gone to any concerts, much less an Eden concert. Those were outrageously expensive!

And now Ling Xi suddenly said he was giving her one. This was... the first time in her life... ahem, the first time she would get to see Eden in concert. How could she not be happy?

"Uh..."

Ling Xi was obviously a little stunned as well. She had just... hugged him?

"Mm..."

At that moment, Seele seemed to realize what she had done. She hurriedly let go of Ling Xi and turned away, her face flushed with a trace of shyness.

Ling Xi: "..." All I can say is... no wonder she got all the nutrition in the orphanage!

Well, although this Seele seemed to have a different background from the one he knew, and she apparently had not lost her family, that did not stop her from getting so much nutrition!

She was even more well-endowed than White Seele!

"Cough, cough..."

Though Seele had been embarrassed for a moment, she quickly recovered. Turning to Ling Xi again, she said, "Fine. Since you sincerely apol... apologized, I'll generously forgive you."

"Then I really have to thank you, Seele."

Seeing that Seele had finally forgiven him, Ling Xi was completely relieved.

"Mm, after all, you specifically lined up to buy it, so what happened the day before yesterday was understandable!"

After the brief awkwardness, Seele returned to her proud expression.

"Yeah. Buying online was impossible, so I could only line up far in advance and barely managed to get one."

Ling Xi shamelessly took all the credit for Klein's work. Inwardly, he silently apologized to her. Sorry, Senior Klein. For Seele's sake, I'll borrow your credit for now. After my date with Seele is over, I'll treat you to milk tea for a whole year!

"You worked hard..."

Seele silently glanced at Ling Xi, feeling somewhat moved. Maybe... she had been a little too harsh last night, getting angry without knowing the truth.

"It's fine. As long as Seele is willing to go with me, any hardship is worth it."

Ling Xi smiled at Seele again. She was not the gentle Seele he was familiar with, but... this Seele was cute too. And after coming to the Honkai world, how could he possibly not go on a date with Seele?

Besides... dating Seele in the Pre-Collapse Civilization meant Bronya would not be around to get in the way with her flat chest!

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"Mm..."

An awkward look flashed over Seele's face again. She lowered her head to look silently at the ticket in her hand, trying to distract herself. At the same time, she casually checked the seat number. She had not expected a particularly good seat, since both she and Ling Xi were students, so the seats should have been...

Premium seats?

"Pfft... cough, cough!"

Seele instantly choked too!

"Seele!"

Seeing that, Ling Xi hurriedly took out a cola and handed it to her. "Seele, are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine."

Seele quickly shook her head, saying she was okay. Then she carefully looked at the ticket again. Premium seat, C1-5!

Seele: "..." The first row...

So Seele silently looked at Ling Xi. "Ling Xi, how much was this ticket?"

"Uh..."

Ling Xi suddenly did not know how to answer, because... if he told the truth, would Seele think it was too expensive and refuse it?

"Hmph, I'll look it up myself!"

When Ling Xi did not answer, Seele took out her phone to check for herself. Besides... judging from Ling Xi's expression, she could guess that it was definitely not cheap.

"Fine, it wasn't that expensive. Just three thousand."

Ling Xi hurriedly stopped Seele and motioned for her not to look it up. He told her the truth anyway, since there was no point hiding it. She could check online anytime.

"Three... three thousand?"