One of Amon's hands still clung desperately to the heavy carved doorframe of the "Summer Moon Room," his knuckles whitening from the force, but he was no match for Xia Mi shoving him from behind.
"Bro, that's enough!"
With Xia Mi's low, embarrassed yet urgent cry, Amon was pushed stumbling out of the room. With a bang, the door was swiftly shut behind him.
Amon had turned around too quickly and nearly had his nose smashed against it.
He muttered, "Tsk—so it's true that daughters don't stay once they grow up—"
Oh, wait. She was already a grown girl at least a thousand years old. Never mind, then—
After pushing Amon out, Xia Mi withdrew her hand and dusted off nonexistent dirt. A faint flush spread across her face. Turning to face the people in the room, all wearing different expressions, she gave an awkward, conciliatory smile. "Um—my brother, at certain times, his mental state can—uh, be a little abnormal. Please bear with him—"
Her gaze met Chu Zihang's. After looking at each other, they both quickly looked away, then met each other's eyes again.
Meanwhile, Lu Mingfei, Caesar, and Finn had already quickly gathered into a temporary little group.
Finn's face shone with the excited gleam of someone who feared the world was not chaotic enough. He nudged Lu Mingfei beside him with an elbow. "Look at them! This is clearly mutual affection—they're just one thin layer of paper away! As fellow comrades, there's no reason we shouldn't give them another push. Helping people is a virtue!"
He rubbed his hands together, his mind already racing. The Watchman Forum had been quiet for far too long, lacking any explosive news capable of igniting heated discussion across the whole college.
What was happening before them was practically a headline delivered