Surely my daughter isn't the kind of girl who would be easily fooled by a blond guy?

Shijou Maki stood up and calmly said, "Don't worry, I have my own rhythm!"

……

When Shijo Tei returned for dinner and heard about the incident, he immediately began to subtly inquire about it, even suggesting that he transfer to Shuchiin to protect his older sister.

She was directly rejected by Shijou Maki: "I don't need your protection. Go wherever you want to have fun."

Before Shijou Tei could say anything more, he was knocked down by his older sister's locking technique.

"It hurts..."

"Hmph... You should protect yourself first."

Having dealt with her twin brother by suppressing his bloodline, Shijou Maki clapped her hands casually.

"Alright, be careful."

The emperor's expression was one of utter speechlessness.

My older sister's personality is so awkward; it's to the point that she'd be instantly crushed in a romance comic.

night.

Princess Zhenfei lay on her bed in her room, staring at the ceiling.

Moonlight filtered through the gaps in the curtains, casting dappled shadows of trees on the white walls.

A breeze blew in through the window, causing the curtains to sway gently, and the shadows to move as well, as if something was drifting around outside the window.

My heartbeat got louder.

The quiet at night is completely different from that during the day.

The noise of the daytime can fill your mind, leaving you no time to recall the terrible scenes.

But at night, when all is quiet, the image will appear on its own.

Shijo Maki subconsciously shrank her shoulders and wrapped the blanket tighter around herself.

Can't sleep.

If she closes her eyes, she will see a pair of white eyes without pupils; if she opens her eyes, she will feel that something is watching her from the corner of the room.

She reached for her phone on the bedside table and found the friend she had added that day.

[Shijo Maki: Are you asleep?]

Wait, what am I doing?

Withdraw it; it's not too late to withdraw now.

Hmm? Read?

[Zhang Yang: Can't sleep?]

Zhenfei paused for a moment, then quickly typed.

[Shijo Maki: Who said that? I was just about to go to sleep.]

[Zhang Yang: Okay.]

[Shijo Maki: And you? You live in your apartment, are you able to sleep?]

Zhang Yang: I've always had excellent sleep quality.

[Shijo Maki: Really? You're really something. I went through something like that today, and my mind is still perfectly clear.]

After posting this, Zhenfei stared at the screen and blinked.

and many more.

What did she just say?

She quickly added another one.

[Shijo Maki: What I mean is, with that building burned like that, I don't know how they're going to put it down.]

[Zhang Yang: It's alright, the Shinomiya family will handle it. Don't overthink it, go to sleep early.]

[Shijo Maki: You think I'm afraid of that thing?]

Zhang Yang: I didn't say that.

Consort Zhen gritted her teeth.

[Shijo Maki: I'm not afraid.]

Zhang Yang: Hmm.

[Shijo Maki: I'm really not afraid.]

Zhang Yang: Hmm.

[Shijo Maki: What do you mean by those two 'hmm's'? You don't believe me?]

Zhang Yang: I believe you.

[Shijo Maki: You clearly don't believe me!]

[Zhang Yang: What do you want me to say?]

Zhenfei didn't know what she wanted him to say.

She put down her phone, turned over, and stared at the ceiling for a while.

Then I picked up my phone again.

[Shijo Maki: That thing... it's really been resolved, right?]

Zhang Yang: ...

The above reply contained six points, showcasing Zhang Yang's speechlessness at that moment.

Those who have reached this level of "loser" status are practically a rare breed.

[Zhang Yang: Do you want me to come over and keep you company?]

Zhenfei's heart skipped a beat, and then she typed quickly.

[Shijou Maki: No need!]

[Shijo Maki: Who needs you to keep me company?!]

[Shijo Maki: I told you I'm not afraid!]

call out!

A small hole appeared in the air above the room.

Zhang Yang stepped out through the small hole and landed in front of her bed, still holding his phone in his hand: "What did you just say? There's no signal in the corridor."

Zhenfei's eyes widened, her mind went blank for about two seconds, then she sat up abruptly and growled in a low voice, "Are you crazy?! Do you know this is illegal intrusion?!"

"know."

"You knew that, yet you still came?!"

"Because you are afraid."

"I'm not afraid!"

Zhang Yang looked at her, without refuting her, just looking at her.

Zhenfei felt a little uneasy under his gaze, and her voice unconsciously rose a little: "I'm really not afraid! What I just told you is all true."

Zhang Yang walked to the window, peeked out, and said, "Your yard is quite big."

"That's not the point!" Maki lowered her voice, so anxious she wanted to hit someone. "How did you get in? What if someone saw you? I have servants! I have a butler! And my brother lives next door. If you're seen, I'll be seen as a promiscuous woman."

"I teleported here in the same way last time."

"That's not OK!"

"why?"

"Because...because...it just won't work!"

Princess Zhenfei felt like she was going crazy.

Does this person even have the concept of trespassing?

Seeing how anxious she was, Zhang Yang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go then."

He turned and walked toward the window.

Zhenfei was taken aback: "What are you going to do?"

"Climb out the window."

"Are you crazy?! This is the second floor!"

"It's okay, you won't die from the fall."

"That won't do! What if someone sees us!"

Zhang Yang turned around, his expression somewhat innocent: "Then how do I get there?"

Maki took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down: "Don't you have the ability to teleport? Why don't you just teleport away?"

"That ability has limitations."

"What restrictions?"

Zhang Yang leaned back against the window, arms crossed, and said casually, "I can only teleport to one person's side, and that person must be someone I subjectively consider to be my sweetheart. I don't have anyone else at home, so how can I teleport back?"

Princess Zhenfei froze, taking several seconds to process the sentence.

The one I love.

It must be the person he subjectively identifies as his sweetheart.

That is to say-

The reason he could teleport to her side was because...

she was--

Zhenfei felt her face burning.

But she didn't let that feeling last long.

Because another thought popped into her head, a thought that concerned her even more.

Why not just teleport to find another woman?

But she didn't say it aloud. She was very angry. Compared to letting Zhang Yang go to find other women, especially if he was tempted and liked them... it was the middle of the night. What if something happened?

It seems that letting him stay here for one night isn't out of the question.

Zhang Yang seemed to see through Shijou Maki's thoughts and asked with a light laugh, "You can't bear to let me go to other women?"

"Who's reluctant to part with her!" Shijou Maki retorted defiantly, "Go find whoever you want, Chika? Koyasu Tsubame? That cold-blooded woman Kaguya? Or the hot girl from the next class, go if you want!"

"Okay, I'll go then."

Zhang Yang actually left; his figure vanished instantly.

She was alone in the room again.

Zhenfei sat on the bed, maintaining the same posture, her breathing slightly rapid, looking down at the chat history on her phone screen.

She lay back on the bed and covered her face with her phone.

"...Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot—"

She rolled over and curled up into a ball.

The feeling of regret was stronger than the feeling of fear.

After an unknown amount of time, my eyelids began to feel heavy.

The fear was overshadowed by regret.

Regret was overwhelmed by exhaustion.

She finally fell into a deep sleep.

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