Bang... bang... bang... A weak knock came from the door.

"Yuejie gege, you're back!" Feya saw me through the peephole and her voice was filled with joy.

The door suddenly opened to reveal Feya in her elementary school uniform.

"Oh... I'm back," I responded weakly, changed my shoes, walked over to the sofa and threw my backpack on the ground. I then lay down on the sofa and covered my eyes with my palms.

"Wow, what happened to your face, Yuejie gege? It's swollen like a bun," Feya said, prodding the swollen area with her fingers.

"Does it?" I asked.

"Did you get stung by a killer bee? Feya said that twenty killer bees can kill a healthy person instantly. They're really terrifying creatures."

I saw Feya's terrified expression through the gaps between my fingers, then closed my eyes again.

"Yuejie gege, are you okay?" Feya suddenly squatted down and shook my body.

I was annoyed by the intense shaking and impatiently said, "Let me rest for a while, okay?"

"Feya is so glad that Yuejie gege is still alive," Feya breathed a sigh of relief and stopped shaking me.

As it became quiet again, I wanted to continue to lie down and take a nap.

"It really looks like a bun," Feya poked my swollen face with her fingers.

"It hurts, Feya," I exclaimed.

"Oh..." Feya stopped her curious action when she heard me cry out in pain. She then sat down beside me on the sofa.

"What happened, Yuejie gege?" Feya suddenly asked with a serious face. I didn't answer but responded with silence.

"Sis Zhiye just went to take a shower, so she can't hear our conversation," Feya thought that I was concerned about this, which was partially true.

"Really?" I put my hand down and asked.

"Uh-huh, Sis Zhiye usually takes twenty minutes to shower, so you don't need to worry," Feya responded.

"Really? How do you know it takes Sis Zhiye twenty minutes to shower?"

I asked Feya in a low voice, and she replied nonchalantly.

"Because I'm bored while waiting for the TV show to start, so I observed it intentionally. And, yesterday, Feya took a shower with Sis Zhiye. Do you want to know what Feya saw?" Feya widened her eyes, as if she had seen something unusual.

"What... what did you see?" I felt that this was too sensitive and immediately asked, pretending to be indifferent.

"That's..." Feya dragged out her voice deliberately, trying to create a suspense.

"What? Tell me quickly," I urged.

"Feya saw that Sis Zhiye had a cross-shaped scar on her chest," Feya said, poking her finger on the swollen area with a "Boop, boop".

"Uh..." My face showed a "You're kidding me" expression. No huge breasts, no snow-white skin, no... body hair. What was I hoping for? I was an idiot.

I covered my eyes with my hands again, "Yuejie gege?" Feya looked at me curiously with her head tilted.

"Let me be quiet for a while."

"Isn't it time for Yuejie gege to open up about his troubles now?" Feya sniped.

"What troubles do I have?"

"Hehe... Feya's all-knowing eyes can see everything," Feya made a scissor-handed gesture and a curve of contempt formed around her mouth.

"Where did you catch the 'chuunibyou' (Japanese slang for 'Middle School 2nd Year syndrome')?" I asked.

"What's 'chuunibyou'? Yuejie gege, why are you so mean to Feya?" Feya's body shivered and her mouth pouted. It seemed like she would cry if scolded again.

"Well... I'm sorry, I'm wrong," I apologized when I saw her sniffling.

"So... what's bothering you, Yuejie gege? Why is your face so swollen?" Feya asked, choking up.

"My face was hit by someone," I rubbed my swollen cheek and said helplessly.

"By whom?"

"Su Yuqian..." I replied in a low voice.

"The girl Yuejie gege likes?"

"Mm-hmm," I nodded.

"Why did she hit Yuejie gege's face like a bun?"

"Because I failed to confess to her, and also because I peeked at her," I said."Wow, Yu Jie ge ge is actually some kind of perverted voyeur or something, Fei Ya can't believe it,"

"Don't hurt my feelings, it wasn't intentional," I retorted unhappily.

"Ah... I'm sorry, Yu Jie ge ge, Fei Ya didn't consider your feelings," Fei Ya quickly apologized.

"Forget it, I don't have any hope anyway. She rejected me," my eyes were wet, the girl I had been dreaming of was gone.

"Yu Jie ge ge, don't give up easily. Don't you know that failure is the mother of success?"

"Of course I know that,"

"Every little bit counts,"

"Can you stop talking like an adult?" I couldn't help wiping my tears, and teasing her.

"Fei Ya is your love expert, specifically for resolving your problems," Fei Ya said seriously.

"You're not really reliable as a love expert, you don't have any practical solutions,"

"How can you say that? Giving up is not a solution,"

"But that's just mental paralysis,"

"I give up on you, Yu Jie ge ge, let me pat your head to comfort you," Fei Ya rubbed my hair with her little hand.

"Fei Ya, don't treat me like a child. Who's actually younger between us?" I protested, but Fei Ya ignored me and indulged in it, and I couldn't do anything about it.

After a while, Zhi Ye came out of the bathroom and walked into the living room with her hair still damp. She was wearing only a shirt, and her snow-white thighs were exposed.

My first reaction wasn't that she looked great, but rather, "Aren't you cold?"

"Jerry, what happened to your face?"

"Oh...my face...haha," I could only laugh awkwardly as Zhi Ye applied an ice pack to it, causing me to grimace in pain. But when she asked me what had happened, I refused to say that it was Su Yuqian who had punched me.

Of course, I found an excuse, claiming that I had rescued a little girl from a group of bad guys.

"Female, Gu He He..." Zhi Ye burst into creepy laughter for some reason, frightening me half to death. But thankfully, nothing happened, and thanks to her help, the swelling on my face slowly subsided.