Although Rita and Fu Hua had no friendship in real life,
just through videos, Rita could be considered to understand Fu Hua's personality.
'Interesting.'
Rita's lips slightly curved upward, as she thought to herself, 'Fu Hua would actually walk together with such a boy. Could it be there is something special in their relationship?'
She originally wanted to observe for a while longer,
but thinking Bianca was still waiting for her, she withdrew her gaze and continued walking toward the milk tea shop.
At the same time, inside the milk tea shop, Kiana was enthusiastically describing the plot from the video to Bianca, when suddenly, a familiar voice came from the doorway.
"Kiana? So you're here. You actually went out this early today?"
Kiana looked up and saw Raiden Mei and Bronya standing at the door, faces showing surprised expressions.
Raiden Mei said with concern, "We just went to the dorm to find you, but you weren't there. We called too, but no one answered. We asked the dorm auntie, and she said you probably came here."
Bronya, with a blank expression beside her, added, "The dorm auntie also said you didn't even eat breakfast when you went out. You ran faster than a rabbit."
Kiana scratched her head, and said embarrassedly, "Uh… I think I put my phone on silent."
She turned her head to introduce Bianca, "Sis, this is my good friend Raiden Mei and Bronya."
Bianca nodded toward the two and said, "I know them. I saw them before in the video."
Hearing this, Kiana's tone immediately became a little proud. She lifted her chin and said, "Actually, not just them~ Our class president Fu Hua also appeared in the video!"
Mentioning Fu Hua, Kiana's eyes instantly lit up. Just as she was about to continue speaking, the door of the milk tea shop was pushed open again.
Rita walked in gracefully, with a faint smile on her face, "Lady Bianca, the matter has been completed."
After speaking, Rita politely nodded to Kiana and the others as a greeting.
Seeing that it was getting late, Bianca stood up and said to Kiana, "I have to go. I'll come see you next time."
Then she also expressed thanks to Raiden Mei and Bronya, thanking them for taking care of Kiana during this time.
Kiana was a bit reluctant but still waved goodbye.
Bianca smiled and nodded, then turned and left with Rita.
After walking out of the milk tea shop, Rita suddenly spoke, "Lady Bianca, just now I heard you talking about Fu Hua? Speaking of which, it's quite a coincidence. When I came, I happened to see Fu Hua walking together with a boy."
Bianca, hearing this, teased, "Rita, when did you become so gossipy?"
At this moment, Rita suddenly motioned with her eyes for Bianca to look toward the street corner.
"Lady Bianca, that boy… is the one I mentioned earlier, the one walking with Fu Hua..."
Bianca followed her gaze and saw a boy walking side by side with a woman.
What made Bianca feel puzzled was, the girl beside the boy was not Fu Hua, but... Kiana's homeroom teacher, Murata Himeko?
On the other side, after seeing this scene, although Rita's face still wore a polite smile, her eyes were extremely cold.
In her heart, Rita thought, "This boy looks ordinary, yet he's quite 'social', huh. First Fu Hua, now Murata Himeko... Could he be a scumbag two-timer?"
Thinking this, Rita began considering whether she should take some action, like "accidentally" walking over to greet him, and take the chance to probe the boy's background.
But just then, she noticed something was off about Bianca's expression.
Bianca was staring at the boy's back, brows furrowed, her eyes full of confusion. She seemed to be trying hard to recall something, but couldn't remember.
Rita's heart stirred, and she asked tentatively, "Lady Bianca, do you know that boy?"
Bianca snapped out of it and shook her head, "No, just felt he looked a bit familiar… Maybe it's just an illusion."
Rita didn't ask further, but in her heart, her curiosity about him only grew deeper.
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Back at the studio, after finishing her work, Bianca finally had time to sit and rest.
She remembered the video Kiana mentioned, so she opened P-Station to catch up on the episodes she missed.
The excellent plot instantly drew her in. As time passed, the story quickly reached the part Kiana had said was exciting, "Sky Meteor".
In the video, Kiana, to save the people of Sky City, carried a bomb powerful enough to destroy the entire city into the sky to detonate it alone. Her figure, in the light, appeared especially dazzling, like a burning meteor.
Bianca watched this scene, her heart both moved and aching.
"Truly worthy of being Kiana..." Bianca sighed. "If I inherited our mother's gentleness, then she must have inherited our father's selfless protection of others."
Her thoughts drifted unknowingly back to childhood.
Kiana always followed behind her like a little tail, shouting, 'Sister, wait for me.'
Back then, Kiana was naughty but full of energy, as if she never knew what tiredness was.
Although Kiana now was still much the same as before,
Bianca firmly believed, Kiana will one day grow into someone who surprises everyone.
Besides that, Bianca was also deeply impressed by Van in the video.
Especially that moment when Van disappeared to save Kiana, it was like a thorn deeply piercing her heart.
After the video ended, Bianca leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes to calm her emotions.
Thinking of this, Bianca laughed at herself, "Maybe… I'm just too immersed in the story."
Just then, the boy she saw on the street that day popped into her mind again. That boy who was together with Fu Hua and Himeko.
That boy who looked so ordinary, but for some reason, Bianca felt an indescribable sense of familiarity about him.
'Strange, why did I think of him?' Bianca frowned, full of confusion.
Clearly, she knew nothing about that boy, didn't even know his name, but she couldn't help comparing him with Van in the video.
'Maybe because they both give off... a special kind of feeling.'
Bianca tried to give herself a reasonable explanation,
but deep down, she faintly felt it wasn't that simple.
She shook her head, deciding not to think further. After all, reality and video are two different things, no need to mix the two.
At the same time, Rita was sitting in her own office, holding a cup of black tea, looking thoughtfully out the window.
In her mind, the scene she saw that day kept replaying, that boy who had close connections with Fu Hua and Himeko, and... Bianca's complicated expression.
'That boy… what kind of person is he really?'
Although Rita didn't know him, her intuition told her, he's not as simple as he looks.
'Maybe I can learn more through other channels.' Rita put down her teacup, her gaze turning toward the phone on the table.
After hanging up a call, Rita was about to put down the phone.
Suddenly, her phone vibrated. She looked down, and the screen prominently displayed,
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