There's a mole! Abort the deal!

"Sorry, A-Xiao. I should have sat in the back."

After Chen Xiao drove out of the residential complex, Seika Ijichi apologized guiltily. If she hadn't been sitting in the passenger seat, he would have slipped past the security guard without any trouble.

"It's fine. Uncle Liu isn't a blabbermouth, and he doesn't know what our relationship is, either."

Chen Xiao answered casually.

He had indeed been worried and afraid at first, but now, as more and more figurines came to life, he seemed to feel increasingly confident.

Kessoku Band's performance at the Comic Exhibition had been a turning point, helping him gradually let go of his inhibitions and accept the idea of letting the figurine girls leave their own marks on this world.

In fact, deep down, he even harbored a crazy idea!

That was...

To announce his harem to the entire world by declaring, "They're all my wives!"

"Th-that's a really misleading way to put it!"

Hearing Chen Xiao say "our relationship" left Seika Ijichi flustered, and a blush crept across her pretty face.

"Seika."

In the back seat, Nijika Ijichi's eyes narrowed into a sharp, feline stare.

"Is Nijika jealous? This is a first."

Beside her, Ryo Yamada looked astonished.

"And of her own sister, too!"

Ikuyo Kita chimed in.

"I am not!"

Having been called out, Nijika Ijichi immediately flushed bright red.

Then she shook her head repeatedly, whipping Ryo Yamada and Ikuyo Kita beside her with her side ponytail.

Hitori Gotoh, huddled at the edge of the back seat: I'm just invisible...

Soon, the car arrived near the Public Security Bureau in downtown Magic City. Chen Xiao and Seika Ijichi got out first to apply for her household registration booklet.

"Yingzhou?"

The young female clerk looked a little surprised when she pulled up Seika Ijichi's information, but she didn't ask any further questions.

It was perfectly understandable that someone would want to relocate to mainland Shenzhou. The approval process was simply a little stricter than for transfers from other provinces.

"No criminal record... a complete personal history... and a younger sister."

Nijika Ijichi?

The name felt familiar to the clerk. When she looked up at Seika Ijichi, her face seemed familiar, too.

I feel like I've seen her somewhere...

"Excuse me, can this application be approved?"

Seeing the clerk sitting there in a daze, Chen Xiao thought they might have hit a snag at the human review stage, and instinctively reached for the remote tucked inside his clothes.

Yes, he was now ready to use Shokuhou Misaki's ability at any moment. The instant anything went wrong, he would alter the memories of everyone here to avoid leaving any loose ends.

"Oh! Of course. Please wait a moment."

Snapped out of her thoughts, the clerk hurriedly nodded.

Soon, Seika Ijichi's household registration was transferred to mainland Shenzhou.

Seika Ijichi: You know, I've been a Shenzhou citizen for ages.

Next came taking Seika Ijichi's ID photo.

Everything went smoothly.

No male villain suddenly jumped out to announce that he'd taken a fancy to Seika, and nobody deliberately gave them trouble out of jealousy over her looks.

Once everything was done, Chen Xiao returned to the parking lot with Seika Ijichi and had Nijika Ijichi and the others come inside.

This time, the clerk recognized them.

"You're... Kessoku Band!"

Then she looked at Seika Ijichi and finally remembered that Kessoku Band's drummer had the surname Ijichi...

Right! Her name is Nijika Ijichi!

So this is her older sister!

At that realization, the clerk's previously businesslike expression suddenly lit up with delight. She had clearly slipped out of work mode.

"I-I-I... I'm a fan! Could I get your autographs afterward? Oh... and a photo! Could we take a photo together?!"

Her reaction was clearly a little excessive, prompting a coworker beside her to cough twice in warning.

"Ahem! Liu Yan, you're still on the clock!"

The young clerk flinched in fright.

Her eyes instantly regained their clarity.

"O-okay! I know..."

Then she discovered that Nijika Ijichi and the others were also transferring their household registrations to mainland Shenzhou and applying for replacement IDs.

That made her even more overjoyed.

"Are you going to stay in Magic City from now on? That's wonderful! Welcome to mainland Shenzhou!"

Nijika Ijichi and the other three: *...* (Sweating buckets.)

It hadn't been that long. Had they already gained fans this intense?

Fortunately, all four completed their paperwork without a hitch. They also granted the young clerk's wish, signing the notebook she carried with her and taking a group photo.

When everyone left, she even stood at the entrance, waving them goodbye with a thoroughly satisfied expression.

As for Chen Xiao, who had accompanied them the entire time?

She simply assumed he was Kessoku Band's manager.

Or perhaps Nijika Ijichi's brother-in-law. After all, he had accompanied Seika Ijichi to handle her household registration, so the two were probably very close.

Seika Ijichi: Hehehe... (Grinning foolishly.)

"A-Xiao, are we heading back now?"

In the car, Seika Ijichi leafed through her household registration booklet and asked curiously.

"No, we're going to pick up some instruments for Nijika and the others on the way."

That was something he had promised them earlier.

So instead of driving straight back to the villa complex, Chen Xiao headed to a downtown mall.

Of course, only Chen Xiao and Seika Ijichi could go in to choose the instruments.

With so many people in the mall, the appearance of the recently wildly popular Kessoku Band would definitely cause a massive "riot."

"This... kind of feels like a date."

Only after walking beside Chen Xiao through the mall for a while did Seika Ijichi suddenly realize it.

Then she glanced at the hand hanging by his side.

Should I...

Just take his hand?

"What's wrong, Seika?"

Noticing the conflicted look on Seika Ijichi's face beside him, Chen Xiao asked in confusion.

"Um, A-Xiao, it's a little crowded here..."

Though she didn't spell it out, Chen Xiao immediately understood what Seika Ijichi meant and naturally took her small hand.

Crack-!

The sight broke the hearts of quite a few singles around them.

No, perhaps it was more like they'd been fed chocolate.

They struggled painfully amid a sweetness that wasn't theirs.

And, as luck would have it, one of Chen Xiao's classmates was among them.

The instant he spotted Chen Xiao holding hands with a blonde beauty in the distance, his expression went from confusion to shock, then disbelief, and finally from despair to resignation.

Without thinking, he went straight to the group chat to pour out his misery.

But he had forgotten that someone in the group wasn't supposed to know about this.

Despairing Little Loser: It's over! I really saw it! A-Xiao really is dating someone!

As soon as the others in the group saw the message, all sorts of "?" flooded the chat.

Finally, one person interrupted them.

Lin's Divine Fist: Dating who?

The group chat instantly fell deathly silent.

"There's a mole! Abort the deal!"

As the group owner, Ding Jiafang reacted quickly.

Just as Lin Qi was about to ask another question, she discovered that her message wouldn't send.

-The group chat you joined has been disbanded-