Chapter 364: Kiana, you should stay away from Fu Lin too.

Fu Hua sighed in relief at her response, glanced at the shivering featherless chicken by her leg, then gently patted Fu Shi's head and comforted her, "That's good. Black Kite's feathers will grow back. Don't worry. Where's the enemy?"

Fu Shi pointed at Mei and said, "Look, she's the one who plucked Black Kite bald."

Following Fu Shi's finger, Fu Hua looked at the visibly downcast Mei, a flash of confusion and surprise in her eyes. She turned to glance back the way she had come.

"Mei?"

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"Fu Lin? No... class... class president?"

Mei☆ trembled violently upon hearing the familiar voice. Her previously dim and lifeless eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had seen a ray of light in the darkness.

She stared in disbelief at the person before her, her face a mixture of surprise and joy. However, when she looked more closely, she realized she had mistaken the person.

Standing before her was not the Fu Lin she longed for, but the class president, Fu Hua.

Fu Hua nodded slightly, a trace of confusion in her eyes. She examined Mei☆, noticing that she was wearing different clothes than usual, and asked curiously, "Mei, when did you change clothes? And also..."

She paused, as if recalling something.

"Aren't you supposed to be resting in the infirmary? Why are you here?"

Just then, Kiana came running over in a hurry, holding Mei in her arms.

She reluctantly put Mei down, then excitedly looked around and asked eagerly,

"Class president, we're here too! Where's the chicken soup... cough cough, I mean, where's the enemy...?"

"Quack quack!"

Black Kite, who was nearby, flapped its wings angrily upon hearing Kiana's words, chirping non-stop as if expressing dissatisfaction with her comment.

"Wait, Kiana, the one beside you is Mei—then who is this in front of me?"

Fu Hua's expression changed as she looked at the Mei who came with Kiana. Her gaze toward Mei☆ instantly became cautious.

Upon hearing Fu Hua's words, Kiana didn't pay attention to Black Kite's reaction. Her gaze fell directly on Mei☆, then shifted to the Mei standing beside her, and she suddenly cried out in surprise, "Eh? Two... two Mei's!!"

Bronya and Wendy also walked over, glancing between Mei and Mei☆, a flash of astonishment in their eyes, "There are actually two Mei-sisters."

Mei looked at the other version of herself, her eyes full of confusion, and asked, "Who are you, and why are you pretending to be me?"

Sensing that something was off, Fu Hua pushed up her glasses, frowned slightly, and her eyes grew deep and contemplative, "Could it be another one of Otto's schemes? Not only did he clone me, now Mei has been cloned too?"

"Or is she a cloned Mei from Anti-Entropy?"

Fu Hua muttered to herself, her tone tinged with suspicion and surprise.

After a brief silence in response to their doubts, Mei☆ slowly raised her head, her gaze firm as she explained,

"I'm not impersonating anyone. I am me—Raiden Mei. It's just that I come from another world. I came here only to find my lover..."

Fu Hua murmured softly, "A parallel world..."

At that moment, Kiana, standing nearby, suddenly brightened, an excited expression spreading across her face. She pointed at herself and exclaimed loudly,

"So you're the Mei from a parallel world! You said you're looking for your lover? Could it be... the one you're looking for is me?"

"Hmph~ I knew it! In another timeline, Mei and I must be destined to be together!"

As Kiana spoke, her face beamed with expectation and joy, as if she had discovered a vital clue.

But upon seeing Kiana's reaction, Mei misunderstood, thinking she was trying to compete with her for Kiana.

Instinctively, Mei stepped in front of Kiana and stated her position firmly, her eyes filled with vigilance as she said,

"Kiana belongs to me. I will never hand her over to you."

Mei☆ looked at the younger version of herself in front of her, then glanced at the Kiana nearby with a lovestruck expression, and couldn't help but feel a wave of helplessness.

She shook her head with a resigned look and said, expression blank,

"...Although I don't want to disappoint the two of you, the person I'm looking for is actually Fu Lin."

As soon as Mei☆ finished her sentence, the entire scene fell into dead silence, as if time had frozen.

An awkward and tense atmosphere filled the air.

Everyone was momentarily speechless.

Kiana widened her eyes and asked in disbelief, "What? Did I hear that right? The other Mei is looking for Fu Lin?"

"Stupid Kiana, you heard right. The other Mei-sister said her lover is Fu Lin."

Bronya said, deliberately emphasizing the word "lover."

Kiana immediately hugged the Mei in front of her tightly, her tone laced with anxiety,

"Mei, you'll always love me, right? No matter what happens, you won't leave me, okay? Also, from now on, stay at least fifty meters away from Fu Lin! Or I'll be worried."

Feeling Kiana's unease, Mei gently stroked her head and reassured her, "Don't worry, Kiana. The one I love is only you. Don't overthink things, okay?"

With Mei's soft comfort, Kiana slightly lifted her head, her eyes determined. She stared straight at Mei☆, as if hoping to get an answer from her and prevent her own Mei from falling for Fu Lin in the future.

"Why did you fall in love with Fu Lin? What about me? And the me from your world? Was I not good enough?"

Mei☆ was slightly stunned by Kiana's question, and her expression grew very complicated. After a moment of silence, she took a deep breath and slowly said, "The you from my world... was competing with me for Fu Lin."

Hearing this, Kiana froze. Her eyes widened as she looked at Mei☆ in disbelief.

Once again, silence fell over the group.

Fu Hua, "..." What a juicy drama.

Bronya, "....." What a juicy drama.

Wendy, "Such juicy drama..."

Mei snapped out of it, patted Kiana's head, and said with a smile, "Kiana, you should stay away from Fu Lin too."

Fu Hua asked with a suspicious expression, "You're looking for Fu Lin, but why come to our world?"

"Do you really think the Fu Lin in our world is the same person as the one you're talking about? I'm afraid that's just a coincidence."

"Maybe in other worlds or timelines, there are people named Fu Lin too, but they have nothing to do with the Fu Lin here..."