Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady-Chapter 396 - 190. Winter Camping (12)_2

"Yes, and wasting water too!"

"Sorry, sorry." Dubian Che hurried to dry his hair.

Once his hair was dry, the five hurried toward the square.

The streets were already deserted.

As they approached the busy square, a synchronized countdown chant suddenly erupted.

"5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Light the fire!"

"Boom—"

Amidst the cheering, a serpent-like bonfire shot into the sky, lighting the surroundings like a small sun. freēnovelkiss.com

Countless sparks, like fireflies, danced in the night breeze.

The five quickened their pace and arrived at the square.

Saito Keisuke and his group went to "pick" their dance partners, while Dubian Che searched through the crowd for Jiutiao Meijie.

"Students who want to dance, please come to the center!" the chairman’s voice was broadcast to everyone’s ears through the speakers.

The atmosphere on the square heated up along with the fiercely burning bonfire.

******

There was still a little time before the bonfire party.

On the edge of the square, near a thicket, under a lush pine tree.

"I can’t believe you still dare to show up. Haven’t given up yet?" Jiutiao Meijie kicked a pine cone away from her foot.

"The school rules say everyone must attend unless they’re sick," Kiyono Lin said, arms folded across her chest, "what, are you afraid Mr. Dubian might suddenly change his mind?"

Jiutiao Meijie did not answer but locked eyes with Kiyono Lin.

The black hair, the contours of the face, the white skin, and the cherry-colored lips, all could trace back to the shadow of her childhood self, except for those eyes, which now bore the pressure of the deep sea.

"Every time you look at me, I feel a sense of disgust. I want to sew your eyelids shut forever," Jiutiao Meijie’s voice was as cold as the night wind.

"Avoiding the question... looks like I hit the mark," Kiyono Lin smiled with the triumph of a victor.

"When did you become so optimistic? Has this defeat made you lose your mind?"

"The bonfire party hasn’t started. I haven’t lost, and even if I do, it’s just one bonfire party. Freshman year once, sophomore year once, junior year once, the person who laughs first may not be the one who laughs last—such a simple truth, Miss Jiutiao must understand better than I, a high school girl, do."

"Of course, I understand. Let me tell you something else," Jiutiao Meijie’s lips curved into a cruel smile, "I have turned many defeats into victories, but no one has ever managed to beat me when I’m ahead."

"That’s because your opponents were too stupid." Kiyono Lin brushed the long hair off her shoulders neatly, "In front of me, you might have a bit of an advantage thanks to luck. I’d advise you to be a bit more modest."

"Luck?"

"What you want to do to others, I don’t care, but when it comes to Mr. Dubian’s safety and his family, you’d better not have any other intentions."

Jiutiao Meijie’s face turned icy: "You know quite a bit, huh? Is that why you dare to come today?"

"Being able to see through lies, I know more than you can imagine," Kiyono Lin laughed condescendingly, "want me to tell you Mr. Dubian’s true feelings? Whether he likes you, or likes me more?"

Jiutiao Meijie slightly narrowed her eyes.

"5! 4! 3! 2! 1! Light the fire!"

"Wow, so bright!"

"So beautiful, will there be fireworks later too?"

A breeze slipped through the dense woods, quietly blowing over, and the suddenly ignited bonfire further emphasized the night’s darkness.

Jiutiao Meijie stroked the ring on her ring finger.

The ruby refracted mysterious colors in the glow of the bonfire.

"There is luck," Jiutiao Meijie said, "but even if I hadn’t met him in Ochazuke, we would’ve met at the Human Observation Department. He is destined to kneel before me."

"Students who want to dance, please come to the center!" The voice from the broadcast came through.

After the broadcast noise faded, Kiyono Lin spoke indifferently, "Hypotheticals, who knows."

In her voice, Jiutiao Meijie’s thoughts dispersed with the sparks scattering from the bonfire, drifting into the distance.

Hypothetically, if she had met Dubian Che at the Human Observation Department without knowing his secret, with her personality, would she still care about such a person?

She would care.

Only after Kiyono Lin started to care about him.

To disgust Kiyono Lin, she would definitely make her move without hesitation.

But by that time, Dubian Che would have the backing of the Kiyono family, and she couldn’t afford to hurt the Jiutiao Family’s interests or damage the relationship between the two families for such a matter.

In that case, could she still win? Would that guy still be with her?

And then there’s...

Now, he has invited her this time, what about in the future? With Kiyono Lin’s help, he could leave her at any time.

No, the current me is the one who ’met and kissed Ochazuke, got a love confession during an exam, flirted secretly on a boat at the dance, sat in front of a bay window on a rainy Capital City night, and wandered Shinbashi bookstores together on weekends.’

Dubian Che had the nerve to walk away, so she had the nerve to make a move.

...It was he who had first renounced their promise.

"You guys are here," a clear and melodious voice suddenly called out, snapping her thoughts back to the present.

A beautiful boy approached, his legs long and slender, his features handsome and delicate—it was Dubian Che.

******

Dubian Che passed through the crowd, refusing two girls’ invitations to dance, finally spotting Jiutiao Meijie in a corner.

He hadn’t expected Kiyono Lin to also be there, standing right next to Jiutiao Meijie.

’How on earth is this guy so powerful?’

Wearing the same winter school uniforms as the other girls around them, yet the two of them appeared different, slender and tall, beautiful like goddesses attracted by worldly fireworks.

"You guys are here," he stepped forward.

Jiutiao Meijie gave him a cold glance.

"What’s wrong?" Dubian Che asked, puzzled.

"You know what."

...

What did he know?

Never mind.

Dubian Che reached out his hand: "Meijie, my beautiful princess, will you dance with me?"

Contrary to what Dubian Che expected, although Jiutiao Meijie gave him her hand, there wasn’t a hint of the joy of winning over Kiyono on her face.

Dubian Che wanted to ask Kiyono Lin by what means he had managed to "defeat" Jiutiao Meijie like this.

But that was beside the point, what he should do now was to concentrate on dancing with his Meijie.

Hand in hand, they walked towards the bonfire, one handsome, one beautiful, both tall—as if truly a prince and princess.

From among the watching girls, there came soft exclamations of admiration.

Dubian Che wrapped his arms around ’Jiutiao Meijie whom he had embraced countless times before,’ and took ’her straight and slender fingers that he had held many times.’

The two danced by the bonfire, their movements graceful.

Jiutiao Meijie looked into the eyes of Dubian Che before her and opened her lips as if to say something, but in the end, she said nothing.

After several dances in a row, her icy demeanor gradually melted away by the bonfire’s warmth.

Once more she opened her lips, this time a voice came out.

"Dubian."

"Hmm?"

"I like you."

The side of Jiutiao Meijie’s face, lit up by the bonfire, was reddish and even a bit hot.

Dubian Che paused, saying,

"This couldn’t be a plot of Miss Jiutiao, could it? To get me hopelessly hooked on you?"

Jiutiao Meijie stamped on his foot hard.

"Ah, that hurts!"

Jiutiao Meijie laughed coldly, her expression filled with murderous intent: "So you’ve seen through it, that’s right, this is Miss’s method to enslave you."

Then, she wrapped her arms around Dubian Che’s body and leaned gently against him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Miss commands you to take what I just said seriously, did you hear?" Her tone carried both a command and a slight shyness.

Dubian Che caressed her long hair, feeling her soft body.

"No need for commands," he whispered softly in her ear, "How could I let you go now? Not even the Jiutiao Family would do."

"You’re quite bold, daring to look down on the Jiutiao Family, but... considering you’re going to be my husband, I’ll allow you to be so bold."

"When are we getting married?"

"When I’m eighteen."

"Ah, two more years, huh? Can’t you think of a way to get parliament to change that to sixteen?"

"If I had that kind of power, the first law I’d pass is one forbidding any woman from speaking to you."

"At least spare my mom and your mom, oh and Kiyono..."

"Wait, don’t step on me! I was wrong, I was so wrong! I won’t say anymore nonsense!"

Within the bonfire’s light, their two shadows merged together.

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