Cong Yu wasn't surprised by that... For many magical girls, inner scars and painful memories of the past were all too common.
Without some kind of trauma response, they'd be too embarrassed to call themselves magical girls.
Over the long course of a magical girl's life, they would always encounter some truly horrifying situations... Like watching a senior get her head bitten off by a monster right in front of them.
Then seeing the headless corpse go "splat-squish" as it dropped before them, hit the ground, and turned into a mangled mess... Things like that.
Or being toyed with by an opponent they had no chance of defeating, then barely escaping with their lives under their companions' cover.
They might even be squeezed out by magical girls from a stronger Magical Girl Office, suffocated by being falsely accused and having their credit stolen.
That was what magical girls were.
"Yeah, a nightmare woke me up."
With that simple explanation, Lantian Zhu's pounding heart calmed a little. "I'm going to take a shower."
"..." Cong Yu: "?"
Wearing a faintly puzzled expression, Cong Yu calmly raised his coffee cup and said, "I don't think you need to ask me like you're submitting an application."
If you want a shower, just take one. Why ask for my permission?
Lantian Zhu fell silent for a moment too. Then she looked at Cong Yu as he took a sip of coffee...
"Want to shower together?"
"Pfft!"
Cong Yu failed to hold it in for a moment and nearly sprayed out his coffee. Still, he waved a hand and said flatly, "I already showered... Help yourself."
Though Cong Yu figured that even if he jokingly agreed now, Lantian Zhu probably wouldn't actually jokingly shower with him.
But he was Cong Yu. He wouldn't make that