Chương 9: Could it be such a coincidence?

Xing Shuang heard the shouts behind her and her back tensed instantly.

"Those who know my code name..." she quickly calculated in her mind, "besides the mother and daughter who just left, there's only the magical girl I met last night and that contracted fairy named Ruby."

Her fingertips unconsciously dug into her palms as she forced herself to calmly analyze the situation: "Since this person just called me senior, she must be Yin Xue. The little girl named Liu Li would never be so respectful."

But a flood of questions arose: Why was Yin Xue here? Why did he act as if he knew her whereabouts perfectly?

With mixed thoughts, Xing Shuang slowly turned around.

"Yin Xue, it's you... what are you doing here..."

The moment she turned around, her words stopped abruptly, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on her face.

In her slightly constricted pupils, she saw a figure completely different from what she had imagined—not the magical girl Yin Xue in her emerald green battle suit from her memory, but a long-haired girl in a white dress.

"Senior hasn't seen what I look like before I transform, has he? It's me, Yin Xue." The girl smiled and took a step forward.

"What are you doing here?" Xing Shuang forced a smile and asked the girl in front of her, her heart pounding wildly.

Being bumped into by a real magical girl wouldn't be enough to make her this nervous, but... why does the girl in front of her look so much like her ex-girlfriend?

Although his facial features were still somewhat youthful, after living together for so long, he couldn't possibly forget what the other person looked like.

Moreover, she clearly remembered that before going to university in Nanhu City, the other party had always stayed in Jiangchuan City.

"It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?" She mechanically tugged at the corners of her mouth.

"My sister got lost around here, so my mom and I split up to look for her. My mom just messaged me saying that someone helped find her, so I thought I'd come over in person to thank her."

"Actually, when my mother told me that the person who found Xiaoye was a girl named Xingshuang, I felt that it might be you. I didn't expect it to be true."

The girl stepped forward, her face filled with undisguised surprise.

"Ahaha, I see." Xing Shuang took a half step back imperceptibly, her facial muscles almost stiff from trying to maintain the smile.

"Senior Xingshuang, why are you here? And in your transformed state, is there another Void Beast lurking around here?" Her gaze swept across the open space beside her, a hint of wariness in her eyes.

"System, you bastard, come out here!!!" Xing Shuang screamed in her mind, but the system remained silent, just like last night, and did not give any response.

"When will you ever be reliable!" she cursed under her breath, quickly coming up with an excuse.

She hurriedly said, "No, nothing like that! I was just patrolling the area when I remembered that a Void Beast had appeared here last night, so I came to take a look and that's how I ran into your sister."

"So we're also responsible for patrolling the area? Neither Ruby nor the seniors we met before mentioned this to me."

"We only learned about the infiltration from the Void Realm through Ruby's warning and the notification from the Bureau of Extraterrestrial Affairs." Yin Xue tilted her head, causing a strand of long hair to slip down her shoulder.

"It's just my personal hobby. I don't know if other people would do the same, and I'm not always free to patrol the area."

"I see, senior is so responsible. Can you take me with you on the next patrol? I promise I won't hold you back!" Yin Xue looked at Xing Shuang with anticipation, her eyes sparkling.

"Well..." Xing Shuang looked troubled.

If she agrees, even if the system doesn't assign her any tasks, she will be forced to transform, and she will definitely have a lot of interaction with the other party in the future.

Yin Xue lowered her head somewhat dejectedly: "Is it not allowed?"

"What you need to do now is to improve your strength as quickly as possible. Only by becoming stronger can you better protect this city, right? Don't worry about patrolling for now; leave it to me."

Xing Shuang adopted the demeanor of a reliable senior, a calm smile on her face, but inwardly she was wailing.

The way his eyes dimmed instantly when he was down and his fingers clenched unconsciously... the more I look at him, the more familiar he seems.

"I understand. At least until my strength reaches the Crescent Moon level, I won't make such a reckless request again!" Yin Xue clenched her fists, looking full of fighting spirit.

"Oh right! I haven't properly thanked you yet, Senior Xing Shuang." Yin Xue suddenly remembered her original purpose for coming here, and immediately bowed her head and said, "Thank you for helping me find my sister, Senior Xing Shuang."

"The earnestness with which she thanked him was just like that too." Xing Shuang felt a wave of dizziness, and in her heart, she was already 90% certain of that terrible conclusion.

Clinging to a last sliver of hope, she asked, "Don't worry about such a small thing. By the way, what's your name?"

"My name? My name is Su Yuqing. You can just call me Yuqing, senior." Yin Xue was stunned for a moment, then answered without hesitation.

"It really is her..." Xing Shuang's eyes were a little confused. What a tragic fate this was.

"Calm down, calm down." She desperately tried to reassure herself.

"It's just a coincidence from a parallel world. To her right now, I'm just a magical girl senior she just met..."

Seeing Su Yuqing's sudden hesitation, Xing Shuang, who was thinking about how to escape, felt a sense of unease again: "Wait, something's not right."

She was very familiar with this posture; whenever the other person acted like this, it meant...

"Senior Xing Shuang! Can I ask you for a favor? There's something that's been bothering me lately, but I can't find anyone to talk to."

Su Yuqing suddenly clasped her hands together and looked at Xingshuang with anticipation.

"You don't have any friends like in your past life, do you? That's so pathetic! And can't you tell your mother? If all else fails, there's always that little girl named Liuli, right? Either of them is more reliable than this imposter I've only met twice, isn't she?"

Xing Shuang mentally chanted a string of complaints, completely unaware that in the other person's mind, she had already become a mature and reliable senior from their first meeting.

But faced with the expectant look on the other person's face, she really couldn't bring herself to refuse: "Okay, let's go over there and talk about it slowly."

The setting sun cast long shadows of the two women. Under the swing, Su Yuqing poured out her troubles to Xing Shuang, who was sitting next to her.

"Senior, listen to me. My mother recently told me and Xiaoye that she plans to remarry, and that this time she's sure she won't make a mistake."

"It's so sudden, isn't it? She was hurt so badly by that man before, but now she says she wants to marry a man I've never even met."

"Of course I really want my mom to find someone who will take good care of her, but I'm also afraid she'll get hurt again. She makes decisions without discussing them with us. She's an adult, yet she's still so willful."

"And I heard that my future stepfather has a son who's older than me. Does that mean I'm suddenly going to have an older brother? That's so sudden, I wasn't prepared at all..."

It was supposed to be a discussion, but so far it had all been Su Yuqing's one-sided monologue. Xing Shuang just listened silently, watching the other's expression change from hesitation to happiness, and felt a pang of pity in her heart.

"If it's this kind of topic, it's normal that she can't find anyone to confide in. She definitely can't mention it to her family, and her friends might not understand. As for that child named Liuli, there's no need to say anything more."

"And another thing... Ah, senior, you..." Su Yuqing's voice suddenly stopped because Xing Shuang jumped off the swing, walked in front of her, and began to gently stroke her hair.

"The child's desire for her mother's happiness, yet fear of her mother being hurt, is exactly the same as her own. She is such a pitiful child."

Because she forgot to give herself a suggestion, Xing Shuang once again fell into a state where her cognition and personality were influenced by her body. Not only did her emotions completely resonate with Su Yuqing's, but her eyes were also full of affection when she looked at her.

When she came to her senses, she was already standing in front of the other person, her fingers gently running through those familiar strands of hair.

Immersed in the gentle caress of the star frost, Su Yuqing closed her eyes and stopped complaining. Time passed slowly like this.

A few minutes later, Xing Shuang's hand suddenly paused.

"Wait... just like me?!"

"Although I've met her several times, this is the first time you've met your future sisters." Lin Chen's words echoed in Xing Shuang's ears.

"My future sisters... my sisters... my sisters..."

Xing Shuang mechanically continued to stroke Su Yuqing's head, watching the other woman squint her eyes and reveal a contented expression, like a ragdoll cat being stroked, and the corners of her mouth began to twitch.

"No way... it's such a coincidence, isn't it?"