Chapter 13: A Magical Girl Who Yearns to Be Like Her Senior.

Xia Xiaocheng was completely dizzy from the explosive surge in followers. She clutched her phone like a student checking exam results, counting word by word.

“32,508… Thirty-two thousand five hundred and eight followers! Senior Alice! I gained over thirty thousand followers in one night!”

Xia Xiaocheng ran excitedly to Alice’s side and shoved the phone toward her, insisting she look.

“Mmm, I know.”

Alice’s reaction was flat after glancing at it. Deep in her blue eyes was only the calm certainty of something expected.

“Senior, I suddenly became popular. Do you know any inside information?”

Xia Xiaocheng put away her phone, scratched her head, and stared straight at Alice, seeking answers.

“I don’t know. You should check the comment section yourself. No one becomes popular for no reason.”

“Oh, right! I can check the comments for feedback. Let me see why I blew up.”

Xia Xiaocheng opened the comment section of her few videos, but a pushed video on the page caught her attention first.

Large-scale documentary: 《The Light of Magical Girls: Sunny Wings’ Offline Surprise Attack on Magic Uncle!》

“Eh… What is this? How did the news of me surprise-attacking Magic Uncle get exposed!”

Xia Xiaocheng suddenly panicked. She was afraid people would criticize her for it. After all, magical girls possessed great power that ordinary people could never match, and netizens hated those who bullied the weak with strength. If she couldn’t explain herself clearly, her magical girl career would be over!

“Don’t panic. Look carefully at the tone of the comments. Don’t you think they’re all just teasing?”

Alice walked over and pointed at the top-liked comments. They were all uniformly joking that Sunny Wings’ surprise attack was awesome, that Magic Uncle had finally fallen into a magical girl’s hands, and congratulations were in order.

“Yeah, yeah… It seems no one is scolding me. Wait, no, no! Magic Uncle was caught by Senior Alice, not me!”

Xia Xiaocheng finally realized something was off. It was very likely that Alice had been pulling strings behind the scenes.

“It’s fine. The truth isn’t important right now. Take a look at that Magic Uncle’s latest post.”

Alice guided her step by step. Xia Xiaocheng didn’t think too much and immediately searched.

The post was the one Alice had made last night, so by the time Xia Xiaocheng saw it, it had already become a hot topic with tens of thousands of discussions.

“Turn over a new leaf… gentle and sunny magical girl… Is he talking about me? I’ve never even met him. He took the initiative to make peace? And he even followed me! He didn’t send people to blacken my name?”

Xia Xiaocheng was extremely shocked. Normally, if an ordinary person was suddenly attacked by a magical girl, they would definitely hold a grudge and might even plan revenge!

But why did Magic Uncle choose to reconcile, apologize proactively, and even help boost her account by following her?

“So? Are you willing to make peace with Magic Uncle? He says he’ll watch his words in the future. He might even teach you the secrets to making your account popular.”

Alice probed gently, testing her sister’s attitude toward being a video creator.

“Who said I’m going to agree to his peace offer! But… my mood is much better now. Everyone is speaking up for me.”

Xia Xiaocheng raised her head proudly. In her heart, she felt extremely satisfied. She had finally vented her anger and felt vindicated.

Knowing her sister’s personality well, Alice understood that “Magic Uncle” had been forgiven. She breathed a sigh of relief. Her live-streaming career could continue.

“Then let’s end it here. We’re heading to headquarters. I have something to discuss with your 【liaison】. Its name is Little Mo?”

“Yes! But it usually doesn’t stay at headquarters. If Senior Alice wants to find it, we can go straight to Jiang He’s house.”

“Jiang He, your companion, and also the magical girl signed with Little Mo, right?”

“Mmm!” Xia Xiaocheng nodded firmly.

“Then let’s go. Do you need to freshen up first, Xia Xiaocheng?”

Alice looked at her sister’s messy hair and thought she really couldn’t ignore her appearance.

“Got it, Senior! I’ll get ready right away! Give me the time of one song! I’ll be quick!”

Xia Xiaocheng hurried toward the bathroom. While washing up, she kept glancing with her peripheral vision at Alice standing quietly in the living room waiting.

Last night’s actions by Magic Uncle were probably Senior Alice’s doing.

Senior really dotes on me… and she even humbly says she has money but no power.

What a cute and tsundere good senior!

They had only formally met for one day, yet Xia Xiaocheng’s favorability toward Alice was almost maxed out. Even she herself didn’t understand why she felt such natural trust and affection toward this stranger, Alice.

Five minutes later, Xia Xiaocheng, dressed in a white JK uniform, stood in the sunlight beside Alice in her blue Lolita dress.

A warm breeze blew through the flowerbeds. There were very few people at the roadside. The taxi they called arrived quickly.

Of course, Xia Xiaocheng insisted on paying for the ride herself, saving Alice the trouble of dealing with phone payments.

She glanced down at her phone. The driver would arrive in four minutes. Looking at the calm Alice again, Xia Xiaocheng couldn’t help asking.

“Senior Alice, you stayed at my house the whole night. Didn’t you consider having someone deliver a phone to you?”

“No. I had to make sure you weren’t targeted by disaster beasts, so I didn’t leave.”

“Senior is so protective… You interfered with the Magic Uncle matter, didn’t you?”

“What do you think, Xia Xiaocheng? Do you feel I’m meddling too much?”

Alice looked up. Her deep blue eyes were bottomless, revealing no clear sign of anger or happiness.

Xia Xiaocheng panicked again and quickly shook her head and waved her hands.

“No, no! Senior did it for my own good. I just want to thank you… but I don’t know how.”

“Protect yourself well and become stronger. That is the best gift you can give me in return.”

Alice gave a faint smile. She sincerely hoped her sister would grow strong and independent on the path of a magical girl, eventually no longer needing her protection.

And when that time came, she would continue the things she had left unfinished, as well as the promises she had yet to fulfill.

Beep beep.

The car arrived. Xia Xiaocheng and Alice got into the back seat. The middle-aged driver in the front glanced at them through the rearview mirror and was stunned for a moment.

“Um… Uncle, please start driving. Otherwise we’ll be late.”

Xia Xiaocheng kindly reminded him. The driver had been staring at them for a while.

“Oh! Sorry, sorry. I spaced out.”

The driver quickly stepped on the gas. In his heart he kept marveling.

What a beautiful pair of sisters. What lucky parents they must have to raise such pretty daughters.

Buzz~

The white sedan left Shanhe Kangcheng and sped toward its destination.

Along the way, the car was very quiet. Xia Xiaocheng had no interest in browsing her phone. Her gaze kept drifting to Alice.

Alice sitting in the car had her淡 blue eyes fixed on the scenery outside the window. Her hands rested obediently on her lap, pressing down her skirt. Her legs were neatly together. She looked every bit the well-bred, ice-cold young lady.

Mmm, she’s so beautiful! Just sitting there is like a painting!

If… even if I could be her little sister, that would be great too! I like pretty older sisters.

I wonder if my brother can step up and marry her real self so she can become my sister-in-law. Then I could be close colleagues with her!

Xia Xiaocheng fantasized about the future, filled with longing for Alice.