Bang!
The abrupt knocking sound rang out in the otherwise quiet living room, making Lin Xiaolu look up with a rag clutched in her hand.
"What the heck?"
Filled with confusion, Lin Xiaolu inspected the glass in front of her and finally spotted a patch of black grime near the top of the window. Looking closer, she realized it was a bug that had smashed itself to death against the glass.
"Ugh, seriously? That's disgusting!"
She grumbled as she climbed onto the windowsill, using both hands and feet, then unlatched the window's safety catch. Standing on tiptoe and craning her neck, she stretched the rag outside, trying to wipe away the stain.
But just as she reached her hand out the window, her feet suddenly slipped. Her whole body tipped backward, and she fell away from the window.
"Waaah!"
Her brief cry did not last long, because a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind and caught Lin Xiaolu before she hit the floor.
"Be more careful, Xiao Lu."
The newcomer said, "If you can't reach it, you could always transform."
Lin Xiaolu blinked and tilted her head back. Bai Jingxuan was standing behind her, looking at her with some concern.
"Mm..."
It took her quite a while to shake off the lingering fear from nearly falling. After sulking for a moment, she finally found her words and stood up as if nothing had happened. "It's fine, it's fine! Falling from this height wouldn't hurt anyway. If I always rely on a magical girl's powers, then I won't grow as a person!"
"Is that really how it works...?"
After letting go and stepping back a few paces, Bai Jingxuan looked at Lin Xiaolu suspiciously. "But I don't think learning how to stand on tiptoe to wipe windows gives you