Late-Night Girls' Tea Party: The Seaside Suite Interrogation
Zhou Yu slammed the can of tea and the empty thermos on the table, then turned and left.
His dormitory room was originally a converted storage room. When you walked in, his back looked like he had been squeezed dry by capital.
Dania followed behind, clutching the tea canister like a little tail.
Back in the warehouse, Sigelica gave the safe a final check, then patted the cold metal case with satisfaction—the six-figure debt had finally shrunk to five figures, and even the air smelled sweet.
She had just straightened up when the door to the girls' dormitory was quietly pushed open a crack from the outside.
A head poked in.
Linnai:(≖‿≖)✧
"Sister Xixi, are you asleep yet?"
Sigelica leaned the riot shield against the corner of the wall and glanced back at her.
"I'm not asleep. I'm figuring out how to print out your apology letter and paste it on the wall."
The moment the words were spoken, the door was pushed open completely.
Linnai carried a bag of potato chips, Aimis carried several cans of soda, and Chisaki held a huge plush toy. The three of them filed in and casually locked the door behind them, their movements incredibly practiced.
Aimis put the soda on the table, her face contorted with pain.
Aimis:(≧≦)
"I hate these kinds of tea parties the most; I really don't want to hear any gossip."
After saying that, she grabbed a handful of potato chips from Linnai's bag and stuffed them into her mouth, chewing them with a crunching sound.
Linnai jumped directly onto Sigelica's bed, sat cross-legged, and announced.
"The Second Annual Flamebearers' Academy's 'Slacking Squad's Late-Night Chat Officially Begins!"
Chisaki placed the half-person-sized plush toy on Dania's bed and adjusted her glasses.
Chisaki:(·ω·)⊃
"According to the latest asset list from the Logistics Department, this was redeemed by Supervisor Zhou Yu using points. It is awarded to Dania as a team spirit and civility award for this seaside trip."
It was a brown bear with a goofy expression, and it really did look a bit like Dania.
Dania had just finished showering and came out of the bathroom wearing her little yellow duck pajamas. Her eyes lit up the moment she saw the bear.
She pounced on him and hugged him tightly, rolling around on the bed, her pink hair getting all messy.
Linnai cleared her throat, drawing everyone's attention back.
"Alright, alright, let's get down to business."
She patted the bed frame, her gaze like a searchlight, fixed on Dania who had just sat up.
"Comrade Dania."
"Um?"
Dania hugged the bear and tilted her head.
"Please tell me the truth: how far did things go between you and Manager Zhou Yu in that penthouse suite at the seaside resort?"
Sigelica was wiping her riot shield when she suddenly stopped, her ears perking up without her noticing.
Aimis immediately stepped in to fan the flames.
"Yes, tell the truth! Did they even wash away the Chu River and Han Border? I heard that the bed was round, and it was a waterbed!"
Dania blinked, her purple eyes filled with innocence.
"It's a waterbed; it feels quite comfortable when it rocks."
She thought for a moment, then added another sentence.
"On the first night, the Xiao Yu used mineral water bottles to make a line, preventing me from crossing it."
"It was gone by the second night."
Linnai gasped, her hand crumpling the bag of potato chips in her hand.
Linnai:(✧Д✧)
"No... that's all?"
The rag in Sigelica's hand fell to the ground with a thud.
Dania, holding the teddy bear, continued speaking without batting an eye.
"Yeah, because I'm a restless sleeper and I kicked all the bottles down."
"And then what?"
Aimis was so excited that she slapped herself hard, the sound of which was quite crisp.
Then the Xiao Yu hugged me.
Dania recalled, a slight smile playing on her lips, "He said I was drafty, and that hugging me would keep him warm."
"Just... just holding?"
Linnai refused to give up.
"Um."
Dania nodded, looking slightly disappointed.
The group fell silent, and the atmosphere became strangely awkward.
Sigelica secretly breathed a sigh of relief, bent down to pick up the rag, and thought to herself: At least Zhou Yu still has some basic human decency.
Linnai looked at her with a disappointed expression.
"Yaya, don't be afraid, we're all on your side. Did that scheming Zhou Yu bully you? Tell us, and we'll help you put up a banner at the Logistics Department!"
Dania shook her head, her expression as serious as if she were giving an academic presentation.
He didn't bully me.
She paused for a moment, as if organizing her thoughts, and then dropped a bombshell.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that the Xiao Yu doesn't want to."
Clang.
The tablet computer slipped from Chisaki's fingers and crashed to the floor, its screen instantly cracking in a spiderweb pattern.
Chisaki:(⊙_⊙)
"Warning... Logic unit... Overload..."
Aimis blushed, abruptly covered her mouth, and due to the side effect of her sarcastic remark, she let out a whimper that sounded like encouragement.
Linnai was completely petrified, her mouth agape, wide enough to fit a tea egg, and she couldn't close it for a long time.
Only Sigelica rushed forward and grabbed Dania's shoulder.
Sigelica: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)
"Yaya! Do you know what you're saying?!"
Dania was dizzy from being shaken, but her eyes remained clear.
"I know."
She pried Sigelica's hands apart, hugged the brown teddy bear, and continued to make startling remarks in a calm tone as if discussing what to eat that night.
"I even asked him, and the book says that if you like each other, you should eat each other."
"If the Xiao Yu is willing, I'd actually be quite looking forward to being eaten by him."
I even told him that I was his private property.
"Bang!"
Aimis slammed her head against the wall, trying to suppress the immense mental shock with physical pain.
Linnai recovered from her petrified state, grabbed her hair, and let out a desperate scream.
"Zhou Yu! You beast! What kind of nonsense have you been feeding Yaya?!"
Dania looked at them with an innocent expression.
Dania:(•́ A •̀)
"This wasn't taught by Xiao Yu; I learned it from a book I bought at the night market."
Sigelica felt her blood pressure surge to the top of her head.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down—but the next second she completely broke down.
She snatched the teddy bear from Dania's arms, lifted it high, then gently put it down, and instead grabbed Dania's shoulders and shook it vigorously.
"Dania! Wake up!"
"What do you mean by 'eat it'?! Is that even human language?!"
"Zhou Yu! Zhou Yu! It's Zhou Yu again!"
Sigelica completely lost it. She released Dania and paced back and forth in the dormitory, finally stopping in front of the riot shield in the corner.
She grabbed her shield, turned around, and glared at the crowd with the look of someone heading into battle.
"No!"
I'll go see him tomorrow!
"I must let him know that the only fate for capitalists who instill dangerous ideas in underage girls is to be hung on the highest beacon of the Flamebearers' Academy!"
She held her riot shield high, looking menacing.
"And it has to be his favorite hemp rope!"