Maybe all her thoughts were written across her face, letting others see right through her at a glance. That was why she thought people could read minds.
So-called "mind-reading" was actually just judging someone's inner thoughts through their microexpressions and body language. Ling Feng analyzed it rationally.
But that still wasn't right. How had she recognized her? Ling Feng was briefly at a loss.
Ling Feng had just wanted to ask when Luo Xiyan spoke again.
"Do you have a lot of questions you want to ask?"
Hearing that, Ling Feng was completely dumbfounded.
Luo Xiyan looked utterly serious now. After thinking for a while, she finally gave a reluctant explanation.
"Maybe it's because of the eyes?"
"They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. As long as I see someone's eyes, I can roughly tell how they're feeling at that moment."
"If they lose that precious 'window to the soul,' then their sea of consciousness will be plunged into darkness."
"If someone is important to me, I make a point of remembering the look in their eyes."
Luo Xiyan seemed to have recalled some earlier details and briefly forgot her current situation.
"Before, his eyes were bright and deep, like a tranquil, crystal-clear lake, yet they contained the fire of sincerity. But now, there's a little more dimness and sorrow..."
"..."
Standing to the side, Ling Feng had no idea how to even mock Luo Xiyan's explanation anymore.
This level of self-forgetfulness was truly something everyone should learn from.
But Ling Feng understood now. Luo Xiyan could recognize someone just by seeing their eyes. She was basically a walking facial-recognition system!
Nightmare
By the time Luo Xiyan finished speaking, Ling Feng was already numb all over.
She looked completely unsettled. This world was too bizarre.
Luo Xiyan looked again at Ling Feng's little sorrowful expression, and her heart softened at once. Then she asked curiously.
"Tell me about it."
That was right, it was simply because she was curious. Yet her expression remained as bland as ever.
Still, the faint concern in her tone brought a trace of warmth to Ling Feng's anxious heart.
Thinking of how Luo Xiyan was misunderstood as emotionless because she was calm and objective by nature and not good at expressing emotions, Ling Feng felt deeply sympathetic.
Why did she always speak in such a flat, emotionless tone? Her voice made her seem so distant and cold.
As if she were merely stating a fact, with no meaning beyond that.
After thinking it over, Ling Feng finally relented and gave her a rough account of what had happened.
"So where are you planning to go now?"
After listening to Ling Feng's explanation, Luo Xiyan fell silent for a moment, seemingly deep in thought.
Looking into Luo Xiyan's shimmering aqua eyes, hearing her voice, and catching the faint fragrance in her hair, Ling Feng felt her heartbeat quicken.
The wind stirred her peach-pink hair, light and gentle, and none of it was an illusion.
Her water-blue eyes were vivid and warm. They seemed devoid of emotion, yet contained a pure and holy state of mind.
Who could resist such temptation?
At that moment, Ling Feng suddenly sensed the mood hidden beneath the appearance of a girl as pure as an icy mirror.
Her entire body overflowed with a maiden's innocence and the splendor of youth.
"If you have nowhere to go, then come with me," Luo Xiyan said lightly after considering it.
At that moment, Ling Feng came back to her senses and felt that she had looked a little foolish just now, as though her whole persona had collapsed.
That was ridiculous.
This was definitely the psychological influence of being transformed!
With that thought, the sharpness and confidence in Ling Feng's eyes returned~
It was as if her entire aura had changed. Two girls with looks rated as high as 9.9 standing together were even more extraordinary!
"Where to?" Ling Feng steadied herself and asked in confusion.
An internet café? That actually seemed possible.
"To..."
Luo Xiyan had just opened her mouth when a black shadow suddenly flashed past behind Ling Feng.
A gust of chilling wind followed, making Ling Feng's back turn cold.
At first, she thought it was merely a normal cold breeze for the season, so she paid it no mind.
But in the next second, Luo Xiyan grabbed her hand and began chasing in the direction the shadow had fled.
What the hell?!
What was going on??
That move genuinely scared Ling Feng. She had not even reacted yet and had no idea what was happening. Why had they suddenly started sprinting for no reason?
Ling Feng had just gone through a hundred-kilometer nighttime run through the streets tonight. She really did not want to run anymore. If she kept going, she would be exhausted like a dog.
Now, Luo Xiyan was dragging her along by the hand, forcing her to run.
Suddenly, she heard the word "transform" beside her. A dazzling rainbow light flashed, and then a beautiful figure appeared before her eyes—a princess who seemed as though she could exist only in dreams.
Her gorgeous pink dress carried a pure princess's dream, brimming with fantasy. She had arrived as promised during this romantic flowering season, radiating the fragrance of youthful beauty and dreamy sweetness.
Luo Xiyan's seamless transformation truly left Ling Feng stunned.
So all you had to do was say the word "transform"?
Thinking back to all those previous transformation lines, Ling Feng wanted nothing more than to drag Xi He out and beat her up right now.
That brat definitely knew! Yet she had not said anything!
[Xi He: You never asked. Don't blame me~]
A cold mechanical female voice suddenly rang out in Ling Feng's mind, startling her again.
Why did you pop out again at a time like this? No one would think you were mute if you kept quiet!
And how could you say something like that in that tone??
Once Ling Feng recovered, she realized something else. Miss Luo was actually a Magical Girl too?!
Weren't Destiny Sign holders supposed to be extremely rare? Why were there so many around her?!
Ling Feng had originally planned to let go of Luo Xiyan's hand. She figured that would keep her from slowing Luo Xiyan down while she chased whatever that thing was.
But before Ling Feng could react, Luo Xiyan directly carried her on her back. Then Luo Xiyan leaped forward, and the sudden burst of short-range speed left Ling Feng dizzy and unable to tell east from west.
"Dream Red Lotus."
Luo Xiyan's light, cold voice fell, and a crimson flaming lotus suddenly erupted in the darkness not far away.
Countless scarlet petals drifted through the air before gathering and flying toward a single location. Once they got closer, Ling Feng finally saw what was happening.
A strange humanoid shadow on the ground was trapped within the red lotus petals, unable to escape.
That thing was clearly a black shadow. She could vaguely make out the outline of a skirt beneath it, while the place where its mouth should have been emitted an unknown, bizarre cry.
It was actually female?
All of the black shadow's escape routes were sealed, leaving it unable to flee through the darkness. Suddenly, crimson light flashed, and every petal exploded at once. The flames burst outward, swallowing the shadow in a sea of fire before it vanished, until everything returned to calm...
Ling Feng watched the entire scene, and the way she looked at Luo Xiyan was no longer the same.
Had she just killed someone?!
"Th-this..."
Ling Feng was already speechless.
Luo Xiyan set Ling Feng down, and her transformation was released as well.
"That was a Nightmare, an executioner lurking among humans. It is a remnant left behind by evil dark magic. They feed on people's greed, and if they are not eliminated, they pose an extremely serious safety hazard."
Luo Xiyan explained lightly, and only then did Ling Feng understand a little.
Xi He, aren't you going to explain? Ling Feng silently asked in her mind.
[That Nightmare was actually born not long ago because that Dark Girl had accumulated too much resentment...] [As for more information about Nightmares, I'm too lazy to explain right now...]
After hearing Xi He's explanation, Ling Feng was speechless. Couldn't she explain everything at once? Why leave her hanging like that?
Then Ling Feng thought again.
Before? That night?
When she thought of that pitiful little girl kneeling on the ground, Ling Feng's heart suffered another ten-thousand-point critical hit.
Was she really that vengeful?
This freaking...
A Real Girlfriend
"So that's how it was?"
Only then did Ling Feng put on an enlightened expression. She could not exactly bring up the Destiny Sign directly.
"Call me by my name from now on. No need to be so formal," Luo Xiyan said expressionlessly.
Luo Xiyan had tried to make her tone as gentle as possible. Her voice was as lovely as a babbling spring, soothing to the heart.
Sweet as honey, it made people feel incredibly comfortable and refreshed.
But her expression still made it hard for Ling Feng to believe what she had said.
No need to be formal? Really?
Whether it was true or not, Luo Xiyan's next words startled Ling Feng anyway.
"Come with me quickly. Xiao Xiao should not be back yet, so let's return to the hotel first."
"A... hotel? But I didn't bring my ID card?"
"You don't need it."
Every one of Luo Xiyan's calm words struck Ling Feng's soul without pause.
Luo Xiyan pulled Ling Feng by the hand, and in a daze, Ling Feng followed her to a famous high-end hotel.
The towering building had dozens of floors, so high that it nearly disappeared from sight. The lobby's classic decor displayed a rich, elegant European style, fully embodying the quality of life associated with Neo-Baroque design—simple yet grand, understated yet luxurious.
When the receptionist saw Luo Xiyan and Ling Feng walking behind her, a flash of amazement still crossed her eyes.
Only when Luo Xiyan approached did she lower her head with a hint of respect.
"Miss Luo."
"Mm."
Luo Xiyan nodded lightly. Her attitude seemed rather cold, though she did not think so herself.
Perhaps because she had heard about Luo Xiyan's situation, the receptionist lowered her head even further.
Then Luo Xiyan added another sentence.
"I came back alone tonight."
"Yes." The receptionist merely responded.
Ling Feng walked beside Luo Xiyan.
She could only feel the elegant aura around Luo Xiyan—so pitifully delicate, yet exceptionally cold—that anyone who saw her would be left dumbstruck.
Ling Feng remembered Su Xiaoxiao mentioning before that Miss Luo had a wonderful personality and was beautiful yet cool.
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