My ex-girlfriend is a magical girl junior?

Chapter 223 Yes, they all did it.

"Is it better not to know?"

Looking at the complicated expression in the girl's eyes and hearing her ambiguous answer, a huge question mark slowly appeared on Ji Ying's forehead.

What does it mean—I'd rather not know?

What secrets were those two whispering about when they went out so furtively? What were they going to talk about that even they themselves couldn't hear?

?

Moreover, looking at Xiao Li's hesitant expression, even with a hint of pity, it feels like she has a great connection to me.

Or is it that—

"Xiao Li," Ji Ying's unease grew stronger. She frowned, unable to resist asking, "What did you mean by that just now? Can you tell me everything you know?"

When asked this question by Ji Ying, Luo Bingli's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, and she looked away guiltily, not daring to meet Ji Ying's dark red eyes that were full of inquiry.

The scene from that morning, where Yuqing held her phone with a malicious smile and secretly made a "shh" gesture to her, uncontrollably flashed into her mind.

And, after the initial shock and hesitation, under the other party's "enthusiastic persuasion," I inexplicably took out my phone and secretly used the camera to record the fact that Xiaoying was so cute it was almost unfair, talking in her sleep in a half-asleep state —

The thought that she was now an "accomplice" to her friend made her cheeks flush slightly.

No way! How could I possibly say something like that?!

She immediately shook her head vigorously, trying to banish those guilty thoughts from her mind, and said in a tone that was as calm as possible but still couldn't hide her stiffness, "I'm sorry, Xiaoying, just pretend I didn't say anything—"

"Speaking of which—how's your control over your shadow clones going? You should be more familiar with it by now, right?"

This action, which practically screamed "I'm desperately trying to change the subject," brought Ji Ying's confusion and doubts to a fever pitch.

Just as she was about to press for more information, the door to the room clicked open from the outside.

Ji Ying subconsciously looked up and saw Su Yuqing and Ye Zixuan walking in one after the other.

Walking ahead, Su Yuqing wore an expression she knew all too well—every time this girl came up with a brilliant mischievous idea, or after a successful prank, she would show the same smug and cunning smile, the corners of her mouth practically stretching to her ears.

Ye Zixuan, who was following behind her, had a much more complicated expression. Her delicate and pretty cheeks still had a blush that had not completely faded, and her bright eyes were a mixture of excitement, shyness, and a sense of wonder as if she had opened the door to a new world.

At the same time, she seemed somewhat hesitant to look directly into the eyes of the lonely figure on the bed. Their gazes met briefly in mid-air before drifting away.

"Alright! We're back after we finished discussing it!" Su Yuqing announced in an unusually cheerful tone as soon as she entered the room, then pulled the still somewhat reserved Ye Zixuan back to sit on the edge of the bed.

She looked at Jiying with a grin and announced triumphantly, "After our friendly and cordial negotiation, Zixuan has very reasonably agreed to sleep with Xiaoli tonight, so—Xiaoying, you're mine tonight!"

"----ha?"

Ji Ying stared at Ye Zixuan's obviously guilty and unnatural expression, then at Su Yuqing's smug expression, and was completely stunned, almost unable to believe his ears.

This is unreasonable! This is absolutely unreasonable!

She couldn't understand how Ye Zixuan, who had been so determined to fight for her "right to sleep with someone" just a few minutes ago, could suddenly make a 180-degree turn and agree so easily in such a short time.

What exactly did Yuqing do to her?! Did she drug her? Or hypnotize her?

Ji Ying's gaze swept back and forth between Su Yuqing and Ye Zixuan like a searchlight, his suspicions growing stronger.

She first looked at Su Yuqing, who was smiling brightly, and asked in a suspicious tone, "Yuqing, tell me honestly, what exactly did you say to Zixuan outside just now? Did you—use some underhanded means to threaten her?"

"Oh dear, we're the closest of friends, how can we let such a small thing ruin our friendship?" Su Yuqing immediately put on an innocent and harmless expression, blinked her big eyes, and said in an extremely sincere tone.

"Zixuan is so understanding. We just had a friendly and in-depth discussion, and she took the initiative to understand and support my ideas, right, Zixuan?"

"Friendly negotiation? The way you looked like you wanted to pounce on the other person and bite them right now, you call that friendly negotiation?" Ji Ying thought to himself, cursing wildly.

Suppressing her anger, she turned her gaze to Ye Zixuan, who seemed more "well-behaved," and pressed, "Zixuan, is that so?"

Under Ji Ying's gaze, Ye Zixuan's blush seemed to deepen. She nodded somewhat awkwardly and said in a slightly stiff tone, as if reciting a text, "Yu Qing was right before. She is the mistress of this house, and as a guest, I should obey her arrangements."

"Obey your master's orders?! Where did your tough stance go, that 'I won't budge unless you kick me out' attitude? Did you eat it?!"

Ji Ying roared silently in his heart, feeling that his brain was about to be completely messed up by the magical reality in front of him.

She was certain that Yuqing must have used some extremely despicable means outside to make Zixuan, this proud inspector, completely "betray" her in such a short time!

After repeatedly questioning the two to no avail, and only receiving some seemingly plausible but easily debunked excuses, Ji Ying finally lost patience.

Looking at Su Yuqing, who was beaming with pride and laughing like a sly fox, and Ye Zixuan, who was trying to appear calm but wouldn't even look her in the eye, she took a deep breath and decided to use her "trump card" to force them to tell the truth.

"Fine, you won't tell, huh?"

A cold smile appeared on Ji Ying's face as he slowly stood up from the bed. His tone was calm yet carried an undeniable resolve: "Since that's the case, then I don't plan to stay here tonight."

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the three girls with their varying expressions, and announced, word by word, "I'm going home now."

"Huh?!"

Ye Zixuan's expression froze instantly. In her mind, Xiaoying was a normal junior high school student of about the same age as them, with her own family.

It's perfectly normal for friends to argue and say they want to go home over something trivial. But the problem is, if you make the other person leave now because of this, wouldn't all their previous efforts be wasted?

She absolutely cannot accept this outcome!

Su Yuqing's shock and panic were several times stronger than Ye Zixuan's.

Go home? Which home are you going to? Isn't this your home?!

She knew better than anyone that Ji Ying's seemingly defiant words were actually a desperate threat—if you don't tell the truth, I'll just "run away from home" and spend the night somewhere random. You want to sleep with me? Dream on!

No, absolutely not!

She had already paid such a "valuable" price to get her formidable rival, Ye Zixuan, to willingly back down. How could she let this sweet and soft little shadow, who was about to be devoured, escape so easily!

Su Yuqing gritted her teeth, looking at Ji Ying's unwavering "my mind is made up" attitude, and finally gave in. She sighed deeply, a helpless expression on her face, and compromised, "Fine, fine, I'll tell you! Honestly, you can't even take a joke—"

She paused, then looked at Jiying and asked in an extremely solemn tone, making a final confirmation: "Jiying, do you really—do you really want to know?"

"I have to remind you one more time: after you know the truth, you absolutely mustn't regret it!"

Seeing Su Yuqing's expression, Ji Ying's doubts deepened, but she still nodded firmly and said in a deep voice, "I want to see what you two are really up to!"

"Alright, you chose to see this yourself!" Su Yuqing's smile instantly turned malicious.

She took out her phone from her pocket, skillfully unlocked the screen, opened the photo album, found a video file that she had just filmed and named "Xiaoying's Cute Dream Talk Pure Version", and then turned the screen directly to Jiying.

"Come, enjoy! This is—the trump card that made Zixuan willingly switch sides!"

Filled with confusion and wariness, Ji Ying turned her gaze to the small phone screen.

The video playing on the screen appears to have been filmed in a bedroom. The lighting was dim, and the camera was slightly shaky, as if it were being secretly filmed.

The main character in the picture is a beautiful black-haired girl wearing pajamas, lying on her side on a soft bed, seemingly immersed in a sweet dream.

On that pretty face, so cute it was almost unfair, was a faint smile of satisfaction. Her little mouth was slightly pouting, and she would occasionally utter cute, ambiguous sounds, as if she were being coquettish or complaining about something.

Ji Ying stared blankly at the unsuspecting, sweet-looking, and incredibly cute girl in the video, her mind going blank for a moment.

Then, in just a few seconds, her expression underwent a dramatic transformation, from confusion and bewilderment to disbelief, and finally, complete and utter terror.

The color of her cheeks visibly changed from fair to an alluring crimson, and continued to spread towards her ears and neck.

—Wait, wait—

—That guy in the video—sleeping like a log, talking those embarrassing things in his sleep—isn't that me?!

"Ah—ah—" Ji Ying's lips trembled slightly, but he could only utter a few meaningless syllables, unable to even utter a complete sentence.

Before she could recover from her shock, Su Yuqing's voice, tinged with suppressed excitement and glee, came through the video: "Hehe, Xiaoying looks so cute when she's asleep—even her sleep talking is so adorable, I can't take it anymore, I'm dying from cuteness—"

Immediately afterward, another voice, also lowered but still recognizable as Luo Bingli's, rang out: "Yuqing—you're really not doing this—isn't that a bit much—"

"Oh, it's okay! Xiaoying doesn't know anyway, she's sleeping so soundly. Xiaoli, why don't you try taking a picture too? We can't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

The video continued playing, and it seemed there was more exciting and adorable sleep-talking content to come, but Jiying couldn't hear it at all.

Her neck was stiff as a rusty robot as she slowly turned her head, step by step, to look at the two girls beside her.

The moment Ji Ying looked at her, Su Yuqing immediately started whistling off-key, her eyes darting towards the ceiling, looking innocent as if she knew nothing and saw nothing.

Ji Ying stiffly turned her gaze to the side again.

Ye Zixuan's cheeks were already as red as ripe apples. She kept her head down tightly, wishing she could bury her face in her chest, and dared not look at Ji Ying at all.

No wonder she looks like this.

Just now in that room, before Su Yuqing took out the video, she still felt that the other party couldn't offer any conditions that would sway her.

However, the moment her self-light fell on the screen, that confident thought vanished instantly.

In the video, Xiaoying seems to be immersed in a dream. Her adorable face has a slightly satisfied smile on it, and her little mouth is slightly pouting. She occasionally makes a cute, childlike babbling sound that is hard to understand.

She stared blankly at the unsuspecting, incredibly cute little figure in the video, listening to the adorable, coquettish babbling in her sleep, her brain momentarily going blank.

—Ichita—So cute, it's almost unfair!—

She even had an absurd thought: to rush into the screen, hold that soft little guy tightly in her arms, and give him a good "pampering."

When Su Yuqing offered to share this exclusive video in exchange for her concessions that night, Ye Zixuan shamefully succumbed to temptation almost without any further struggle.

She wanted to see more—another side of Xiaoying that she didn't know about.

The ensuing negotiations and bargaining were a natural progression. The two girls thus reached an evil agreement using a "dark history" video that was enough to kill Jiying on the spot.

Back to the present, Ji Ying felt a dizzying sensation, and her body swayed slightly from the enormous impact. She took a deep breath, tried her best to calm herself, and forcibly suppressed the anger and shame that were about to burst forth.

Her gaze then fell upon Luo Bingli, who had remained silent since the beginning, trying to minimize her presence. Her voice trembled as she asked, "Back then—Xiao Li, you—didn't take pictures too?"

No—it won't happen—

Yuqing's antics are one thing, but Xiaoli is such a well-behaved and sensible child, she would never do such a thing! She is definitely innocent!

However, under Ji Ying's expectant and pleading gaze, Luo Bingli's delicate and lovely face flushed crimson at a visible speed. She looked away guiltily, her voice barely audible.

"I'm so sorry, Xiaoying—I saw Yuqing having so much fun taking pictures, and I just couldn't help myself—"

Her voice grew softer and softer until it was almost an inaudible murmur: "I'm really sorry!"

This apologetic yet unmistakably clear affirmation was like the last straw, completely shattering Ji Ying's already crumbling mental defenses.

Her body swayed slightly, she felt the whole world spinning, and her vision blurred.

—It's over—It's all over—

—Even Xiao Li—even the well-behaved and sensible Xiao Li did such a thing? This family—there's no one I can trust anymore!

After a brief period of confusion, Ji Ying's brain began to work again with difficulty, connecting all the doubts and inconsistencies.

She finally understood why Xiao Li had told her to be careful of Yu Qing that morning—because at that time, Yu Qing had already become an "accomplice," and could only remind herself of this pitiful "victim" in this ambiguous way.

She finally understood why Su Yuqing had so readily deleted the photos she had used to blackmail her into sleeping with her the night before—because compared to the sleep-talking video, that simple photo was nothing, utterly harmless!

This damn girl had already possessed a "trump card" from the very beginning—a card that was far more powerful, more deadly, and more difficult for her to resist than any photograph!

Having figured everything out, Ji Ying felt incredibly grief-stricken, but she didn't give up. Instead, she took a deep breath and placed her last hope on Luo Bingli, who seemed the most soft-hearted and most likely to be persuaded.

In a pitiful, almost pleading tone, she asked cautiously, "Then—Xiao Li, can yours—be deleted?"

Once we can take down one of them and break up their evil alliance, the remaining two will be much easier to deal with!

However, what she never dreamed of was—

The moment she heard her request, the guilty expression on Luo Bingli's face vanished without a trace, replaced by an extremely vigilant and resolute look.

Almost instinctively, she pulled her phone out of her pocket, clutched it tightly to her chest, and then shook her head vigorously at Ji Ying.

Those clear, bright eyes clearly conveyed four words: "Don't even think about it!"

Ji Ying stared blankly at the three girls in front of her—one whistling and feigning innocence, the other blushing and looking down as an accomplice, and the other guarding the "evidence" with a wary expression as an "accomplice." After a brief silence, she finally exploded.

"you----"

She took a deep breath, and with all her might, let out a roar filled with boundless grief, indignation, and shame: "Give me—enough!

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