Living with a Magical Girl, but as a Monster Executive

"Let's eat."

"..." Cong Yu silently picked up his chopsticks. Before Yaochuan Guang could say anything, he asked first, "Did you visit the Gourmet Club?"

Caught off guard by the question, the single-minded Yaochuan Guang did not dwell on what she had wanted to say earlier. "Yeah, I already joined the Gourmet Club."

Yaochuan Guang took two bites of rice, then held her chopsticks between her lips as she recalled, "I guess I got talked into it."

"Other than me, the club president is a pink-haired girl in her second year named Yuan'an Alisa. She enthusiastically invited me to join as soon as I visited."

"Then I found out that clubs at Wind City High School get forcibly disbanded if they have fewer than three members... They only have about a month left before they're dissolved."

Yuan'an Alisa?

Cong Yu had no impression of the name. After all, he was not much of a social butterfly and did not know every student in every class.

As for whether clubs were disbanded when they had fewer than three members, he had no idea either, since he had never been interested in clubs... But such a rule was obviously reasonable.

Otherwise, they could end up taking up too many school resources.

But Yaochuan Guang had more to say. "Cong Yu..."

But who was Cong Yu? The moment he saw Yaochuan Guang open her mouth, he knew what she was about to say and immediately refused. "No chance. I can't cook. I can only eat."

That wasn't right...

Yaochuan Guang clearly remembered that when she had accidentally entered Cong Yu's home that day, Cong Yu had been eating a breakfast he made himself.

But since Cong Yu had refused, she did not say anything more.

She would ask the club president later whether they could let someone who only knew how to eat join.

Then, suddenly remembering something, she curiously asked Cong Yu, "So, Cong Yu, what did you do after school today?"

The moment he heard that, Cong Yu stopped eating.

Lantian Zhu also looked at Cong Yu curiously.

In truth, Cong Yu had already thought up an explanation for this. In fact, everything had been part of his plan.

That was why, when he noticed Yaochuan Guang coming upstairs at noon, he had immediately shifted the topic toward thanking BOSS.

"Oh, I went to deliver McDonald's to someone."

Cong Yu lied without changing expression, directly using BOSS as a shield. "You heard it earlier, right? I said I'd find a chance to thank him... The owner of that studio that helped edit the video before."

Yaochuan Guang said, "Oh, so that's what happened."

(BOSS: Bullshit!!!)

Chapter 48: I Really Need to Restrain Myself a Little

"Cong Yu! Cong Yu! Knock knock knock—"

Along with Yaochuan Guang's voice, Cong Yu groggily climbed out of bed and lazily opened his bedroom door.

"Cong... knock—"

Yaochuan Guang had only gotten halfway through calling out when her knocking hand struck Cong Yu on the head as the door opened...

Making a "knock" sound.

Cong Yu: "..."

Yaochuan Guang: "..."

Amid the awkwardness, Yaochuan Guang silently withdrew her hand, then reminded him, "Cong Yu, since you're taking leave today, breakfast and lunch are on the table in the living room. Just heat up lunch before eating it. Help settle Little Lan too."

Yes, Cong Yu had taken leave again today, so only Yaochuan Guang was going to school, but...

He had not expected her to remind him so thoroughly.

It really felt like Lantian Zhu's role was that of the kid in the house... Then Yaochuan Guang was a divorced mother raising two children.

(Child Number One: Lantian Zhu)

(Child Number Two: Cong Yu)

"Also, Cong Yu, help wake Little Lan up too. I overslept today and don't have time to call her. Just go in and pull off her blanket..."

As Yaochuan Guang said this, she picked up her bag and checked the time on her phone. "She wears a lot to sleep, so don't worry! See you after school, see you after school!"

Yaochuan Guang hurriedly ran off to school.

Meanwhile, Cong Yu looked in Lantian Zhu's direction in thought... How should he put it? Yaochuan Guang really was a good best friend.

Did Lantian Zhu herself know she was being talked about like that?

After thinking for a while, Cong Yu silently passed the coffee table and knocked on Lantian Zhu's bedroom door. "Knock knock knock—"

"..."

"..." Only silence answered Cong Yu.

"Lantian Zhu, wake up... Yaochuan Guang has already gone to school."

"Knock knock knock—"

"..." Silence. Still silence.

Cong Yu turned the doorknob, then discovered with surprise that Lantian Zhu's door was unlocked... He always locked his before going to sleep!

Why did Lantian Zhu not lock her door?!

So after all this, was I the one who disliked living together and was afraid of being attacked at night by the opposite sex?!

On this point, Cong Yu felt he had already lost.

And Lantian Zhu had won. She had beaten him by far too much.

With an inexplicable sense of defeat, Cong Yu entered Lantian Zhu's room and saw her lying there in a strange sleeping posture.

Her blanket covered only half of her crookedly. Her beautiful blue hair lay scattered across the pillow, and she slept with her head tilted to one side, eyes closed, breathing evenly.

She was obviously in a deep sleep.

Lantian Zhu's phone screen was still lit, resting beside her hand.

Cong Yu glanced at it, then froze... because a comic was displayed on the screen, and it was no ordinary comic.

Keywords: [Full Color], "Magical Girl," "Harem," "Defeat," "Muscular Monster."

"..." How should he put this?

Perhaps even the comic's author would never have imagined that one day, a real magical girl would see the comic they had drawn.

Naturally, they would not have imagined that such a scene would be seen by a real monster either.

And Lantian Zhu, as a genuine magical girl, was reading this kind of "magical girl defeated" scenario...

Cong Yu found it hard to comment.

In response, Cong Yu silently closed Lantian Zhu's comic app and turned off her phone screen for her.

No matter what, Cong Yu was a kind and good man.

He would not do something like, [Lantian Zhu, you wouldn't want anyone to find out...] and use it to threaten her. Yeah...

If the other person had been Yaochuan Guang, Cong Yu might have been a little interested.

Teasing Yaochuan Guang was more fun. Lantian Zhu could forget it.

"Lantian Zhu, wake up."

Cong Yu nudged Lantian Zhu's shoulder and called to her very politely. "Yaochuan Guang has already made the food. Time to get up, time to get up."

Unfortunately, even though Cong Yu tried hard, Lantian Zhu did not wake up. Instead, she muttered something and frowned.

Cong Yu did not hear clearly, but it was probably something like, "I won't submit"... So what exactly was she saying?

A line from the comic?

"Ugh..."

With a sigh, he simply grabbed Lantian Zhu's blanket and shouted as he pulled it up, "Wake up! Blue Sky..."

Great. He did not even get to finish saying "Lantian Zhu."

In the next instant, Cong Yu caught the blanket flying through the air again and swiftly spread it back over Lantian Zhu.

Because he had seen all of Lantian Zhu.

Just like how Cong Yu had seen all of Yaochuan Guang before.

Had Yaochuan Guang done it on purpose? Or did she have some kind of misunderstanding about what "she wears a lot to sleep" meant?

Cong Yu had only taken one glance just now.

Her pajama pants were balled up and tossed inside the blanket, while her underwear had been pulled halfway off and was tangled around Lantian Zhu's knees.

But after thinking about it for a moment, Cong Yu instantly understood everything.

Normal people did not sleep dressed in such a strange way. Combined with Lantian Zhu's lit-up phone displaying that weird comic...

The answer was obvious.

She had rewarded herself in the middle of the night, then fallen asleep halfway through!

"Mm..."

Lantian Zhu woke up in confusion, then saw Cong Yu standing beside the bed. She raised a hand and rubbed her eyes. "Cong Yu? Morning."

Cong Yu: "..."

After a brief silence, Cong Yu repeated Yaochuan Guang's instructions. During this time...

Now somewhat more awake, Lantian Zhu silently fiddled with something under the blanket... She was probably pulling her pants back up.

At the same time, she discreetly glanced at her phone screen, seemingly wanting to turn it on and check something.

Because her memories of last night were a little hazy.

She was unsure whether she had turned off her phone screen before falling asleep.

And Cong Yu had no intention of saying anything, because no matter how you looked at it, he was the one in the wrong in this situation.

Even magical girls had the word "girl" in their title.

"Anyway, now that you're awake, come out and eat."

Cong Yu spoke unhurriedly, then left Lantian Zhu's room.

Lantian Zhu: "..."

As she watched Cong Yu's retreating back, the instant he left the room, Lantian Zhu's face immediately turned crimson. She then grabbed her phone at once.

It was hot! Her phone was hot!

But after unlocking it, Lantian Zhu did not see the comic app still open... Had it closed automatically?

Or...

Lantian Zhu guessed at the possibilities, thought for a moment, then immediately opened the battery usage page to check the ranking of power consumption.

First was "Display," meaning the screen, while second was... that comic app.

From several angles, this all proved one thing...

Her phone had remained on that embarrassing page all night, then Cong Yu, who had entered the room to wake her, had seen it.

Cong Yu had thoughtfully closed the app page and cleared it from the phone's background processes to avoid awkwardness, then woke her up.

A feeling of [my parents discovered something, and I know they did not say anything, but I still feel embarrassed] flooded her heart.

From one perspective, the reason she felt embarrassed was because she knew Cong Yu knew.

But if she had just been a little more foolish, it would have been fine.

If she had not checked whether her phone was hot or looked at the battery usage...

She would not have known that Cong Yu knew, and perhaps she would not have felt embarrassed.

After realizing this, she thought for a moment...

Then she decided to do the opposite and confess part of it to Cong Yu.