Several hours earlier, before Larkspur and Xia Liang had returned, Bai Jingxuan and Lin Xiaolu began decorating the living room after lunch that afternoon.
They had only learned of Xia Liang's birthday from Larkspur. The task Larkspur had given them was to prepare a surprise for Xia Liang before the two of them returned.
After a brief afternoon nap, Lin Xiaolu took the initiative to handle the living room decorations, while Bai Jingxuan went to the entryway, took out the streamers and fairy lights she had prepared beforehand, and hung them from the ceiling.
Since neither of them was tall enough, they chose a rather clever shortcut: transforming directly into magical girls and using their ability to fly to Hover in the air, making the decorating much easier.
Bai Jingxuan carefully arranged the hanging decorations at even intervals. As she breathed a small sigh of relief, she glanced toward the living room. Seeing Lin Xiaolu's back as she worked with the same meticulous focus, she could not help but fall into thought.
She had been part of the Fangting City Squad for over a month now, yet she still could not figure out the relationships between the three senior members of the team.
Her teacher—Senior Larkspur—was the squad captain and truly fulfilled the responsibilities of a senior, guiding every magical girl on the team. Bai Jingxuan found her to be someone worthy of great respect.
Her relationship with her teacher was simply that of student and teacher, of course. But her teacher's relationships with the other two seniors seemed far less straightforward, as though there was a side to them she had yet to see.
As for the relationship between the other two seniors, Lin Xiaolu and Xia Liang, it left her even more confused.
Lin Xiaolu always seemed angry