Chapter 8: Invincible Family.

“We’re heading out~ Little Su Tang, take care of yourself~”

“Be gentle with my controller. If you break it…”

“Less nonsense, hurry up.”

“Mommy bye.”

The magical girls left the dorm noisily.

Su Tang waved goodbye, then let out a long breath.

“Haa…”

Finally quiet.

Su Tang could finally handle her own affairs.

She picked up Tao Lian’s tablet, logged into her WeChat, and entered the group chat [Invincible Family (3)].

“Here.”

Message sent.

The next second, mom and sister replied at light speed: “1”

“1 my ass, I didn’t come home last night. You two weren’t worried at all?”

Mom: “Ara, when did Tangtang go out last night? How come I didn’t know?”

Sister: “Now that you mention it, I did notice big bro was too quiet last night, but I thought he found a good video and was watching quietly in his room, so I didn’t knock.”

Su Tang: “…”

Real mom and real sister!

After some roasting, Su Tang prepared to tell her mom and sister about being kidnapped by monsters and turned into a girl.

Mom: “What what? Tangtang turned into a girl? Great! Xinran, you have a big sister now!”

Sister: “Mom, calm down. How could that happen? In my opinion, big bro probably lost a truth or dare and is pranking us.”

The two really didn’t believe…

Wait, someone did?

“Anyway, video call… you’ll see.” Su Tang suggested.

Mom: “Okay okay, starting now!”

Mom initiated the group video, turning on her camera first.

After a while, sister’s camera opened too. From her surroundings, she was in the school bathroom.

“Su Xinran, you were playing on your phone in class?”

Su Tang reacted, frowning, “Mom, you not gonna manage that?”

Mom silent, kept typing: “Ehe.”

Su Tang got it instantly: “You’re slacking at your desk too, huh?”

Sister: “Alright big bro, stop yapping. Hurry and turn on your camera.”

“You don’t believe but you’re so eager…”

Su Tang roasted while instinctively fixing her hair, swallowing, then with trembling hand turned on the camera.

“!!!”

When mom and sister saw the ultimate cute and beautiful Su Tang, they both froze and exclaimed.

Seeing their reactions, Su Tang’s feelings were mixed, unsure what they’d think next.

But the next second came their outrageous statements.

Mom: “Great, Xinran, you really have a big sister now!!”

Sister: “Big bro looks so cute in that! Oh wait, big sis! Always had that hobby, huh!”

“No way! I just said, I was kidnapped by monsters, forced to drink some potion, that’s how this happened!”

Su Tang said urgently, “Not just a girl, I’m a monster now! Ahhh… what do I do from now on?”

Mom: “By the way Tangtang, where are you? Background looks like… a girl’s room?”

“Uh, I’m in… magical girls’ room. They saved me yesterday and brought me to their dorm.”

Su Tang answered, “And don’t change how you call me so fast!”

Mom: “What!? Tangtang turned monster girl, lurking in magical girls’ dorm?”

Sister: “Ho ho, infiltration agent series?”

Mom: “Tangtang! Mom supports your undercover career! Going to cancel your old household registration now, reopen one, get a new ID!”

“Don’t be so enthusiastic in weird places!”

Sister: “Big bro first time as girl must be unaccustomed, right? To not get exposed, let your little sister teach you how to be a girl. I’m in the bathroom now, first teach proper peeing posture…”

“Stop! Hands off! Put your skirt back on!”

After some chaos, the video call ended.

“Sigh…”

Su Tang sighed deeply.

Though revealing her situation made family unworried, even a bit outrageous, thinking her past would be erased completely, Su Tang’s feelings were complicated.

But no choice; magical girls knew the evil doctor was developing new drugs, they’d learn effects eventually. To avoid exposing she became a girl from the potion, Su Tang must start a second life as a real girl.

“…Hm?”

Su Tang then looked for something to do to shift her mood, and spotted a folder in the tablet corner named “My Treasure.”

Su Tang’s curiosity spiked instantly.

Surely not storing some good stuff?

Her own computer had such a private folder, full of years-collected treasures.

Though she had nothing to do with magical girls, they were human too; what if they had such hobbies?

Su Tang’s little hand trembled toward the folder.

“No no, how can I peek at others’ privacy?”

“Just one look… should be fine, right?”

“Just one look, yeah, one look.”

After left-right brain battle, curiosity won. Su Tang swallowed and opened Tao Lian’s “My Treasure.”

As expected, the folder held photos and videos.

Su Tang scanned a few: all Fruit Pie quartet group shots—in combat suits, school uniforms, casual daily pics.

In photos, Tao Lian smiled energetically and cheerfully, Mei serious as ever, Xia Qingli expressionless and calm, Ningliu sticking tongue making faces; the four looked intimately close.

Su Tang quietly exited the folder.

“…Really sorry, thought it had lewd stuff.”

Thinking her “treasure” was all ero pics, while Tao Lian’s was memories with companions, Su Tang felt inexplicably guilty.

The next second, WeChat still open rang.

Su Tang opened the message, eyes widening instantly.

Mom: “Tangtang, your old registration canceled, most ‘Su Tang’ traces deleted.”

“What efficiency?” Su Tang shocked.

“Ara, coincidentally, mom got expert help. Next, home to clean your computer; tons of your data there.”

“!?”

Su Tang jolted like electrocuted, typing frantically,

“No no no! Let me do it!!”

Su Tang’s computer “My Treasure” held years of collections; can’t lose them, absolutely can’t let others see!