Chapter 14: Crispy Candy, Back to School!

“Ara, time’s up. I should head back.”

The Evil Doctor checked the time and prepared to leave.

“Once you’ve decided to join the organization, just tell me.”

“…How do I contact you?” Su Tang asked. “WeChat? Phone number?”

“I don’t have those~ We’ll meet again soon.”

“Not… sneaking into my house unannounced like this time, right?”

Su Tang wiped sweat, complaining, “Can we switch it up? It’s scary—I thought we had a burglar.”

“Hehe, you’ll find out then~”

The Evil Doctor smiled mysteriously, grabbed Su Tang’s hand, planted a mua on her forehead: “Mommy’s off~ See you next time!”

Then turned and sauntered away coolly.

Soon after, off-work Mom and after-school Sis returned.

Su Tang heard them outside:

“Ara, where’s my key? Can’t find it…”

“How do you even lose keys? Mom’s been scatterbrained lately.”

Ah, lost the key.

Wonder how that happened. So hard to guess.

I aced the “Guess the Key Loss Challenge” in 0.1s—your turn!

Su Tang quietly opened the door from inside.

“…?”

The mother-daughter duo froze, then stared inside—at Su Tang, even more stunned.

Considering queen form was pure monster and might drag family down, Su Tang had reverted to loli mode.

“…Tangtang?”

“Um… yeah, it’s me.”

“Real life cuter than video… uh oh Mom, I’m getting bent.”

What are you saying.

“Wow, skin so fair and smooth—touch touch…”

“Roar, so big bro—no, big sis—likes this style of panties?”

Stop touching and looking!

Su Tang shooed her sister from under the skirt, hands on hips, lectured them.

“Ara… even angry, too cute to be intimidating…”

“Sis, can’t blame us—anyone would, looking like you.”

Hearing the praise, Su Tang blushed unconsciously, muttering: “That exaggerated…?”

“Yes!” they chorused.

“…”

Fine, forgiven!

“By the way, Tangtang stayed overnight at magical girls’ dorm—none of them had funny ideas?”

“Yeah… heard one in four magical girls is gay—scary!”

“Funny ideas?”

Su Tang pondered—only recalled Xia Qingli calling her mommy, wanting milk.

That shouldn’t count… Xia Qingli was complicated, basically a deity.

Then Tao Lian—bathed together, shared a room—but Su Tang figured she was just bubbly, no issue.

“Probably not.” Su Tang concluded.

Hearing this, Mom and Sis each pressed a shoulder, faces grave:

“Protect yourself, Tangtang.”

“Guard your chastity, Sis. At least lose it after me.”

“…From pig to cabbage—the family mindset shift?” Su Tang muttered.

“Anyway, to support Tangtang’s undercover work, Xinran and I are on it!”

“Step one!”

Su Xinran hauled a huge bundle to Su Tang’s room, dumped it on the bed: “Extreme sis room makeover!”

Plushies, pillows, bedroom furniture.

Indeed, Su Tang’s room screamed “boy’s room”—zero cute, clashed with her now. Needed overhaul.

“These docs—keep them safe.”

Su Yuting pulled a stack from her bag, handed to Su Tang.

Most eye-catching: a student ID.

“Dongyang High… Grade 10, Su Tang?”

“Ah, yes.”

Yuting nodded: “That expert Mom met handled it. No photo shoot, yet pics ready—flawless. Ara, power of tech~”

As Mom said, Su Tang’s ID had photos printed.

“When… was this taken?”

Staring at her prim cute photo self, Su Tang baffled.

Guessed Evil Doctor’s doing—but how?

If PShop or AI… god-tier tech.

But wait.

Student ID ready meant—

“I’m back in high school??”

I just graduated!

“So what?”

Yuting said: “Your uni major wasn’t your pick anyway—you were whining about dropping out for out-of-town work. Perfect restart~”

“You filled the wrong major!”

“Ehe.”

“Sigh, big bro—sis—same grade as me, but different schools. Could’ve pulled me during exams.” Xinran sighed, piling pillows.

“Even same school, no cheating—study hard!”

Su Tang’s grades were solid; redoing Grade 10 = fish in a barrel.

But unlike sister’s normal school, Evil Doctor’s “Dongyang High” was special—big deal.

Dongyang High: A City’s largest joint school—normies + magical girls. Prime civilian-magical girl contact spot.

Evil Doctor placing Su Tang there: ulterior motives.

Explains to org: spy planted among magical girls.

Gives Su Tang a stage: hand-pick “targets” to realize doujin plots.

Thoughtful, really.

“…Hm?”

Su Tang suddenly noticed something, frowning at her ID photo.

“Tangtang, what’s up?” Yuting asked.

“This uniform… looks familiar.”

ID showed half-upper uniform, but Su Tang felt déjà vu.

“Familiar? Hm… Dongyang’s not too far or close—might’ve seen students on the street?”

Yuting pulled out the full Dongyang uniform, waving it: “Look closer?”

Uniform prepped too…

Su Tang marveled—then froze seeing the whole thing.

Familiar? She’d seen it this morning.

Wasn’t this the Fruit Pie quartet’s uniform?