Because of My Stupidity, I Became a Timid Vampire

Chapter 199 : Assertive

Her steps gradually slowed to a stop. Bei Yaoyue frowned and turned around. Xifeng's obviously reluctant tone indicated this definitely wasn't good news, and when her gaze swept over Xifeng, Xifeng's sheepish smile as she avoided her stare seemed to confirm this even more.

"What is it? Tell me." Bei Yaoyue looked at Xifeng calmly. Although she didn't display any obvious emotion, just the authority in her tone made Xifeng secretly step back as if pushed.

"Actually, there's one more person coming with us." Xifeng smiled awkwardly, scratching her cheek with her index finger. "Bai He."

"..." Bei Yaoyue glared at her sideways. "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"I forgot..." Xifeng said quietly, seeming somewhat lacking in confidence. "Really, I really just forgot. You have to believe me—it's definitely not because I was afraid you wouldn't come if you knew, so I didn't want to tell you."

Behind them, Ye Zhenzhen despairingly turned around and looked into the distance with a sorrowful expression. With her Young Miss's intelligence, she deserved to be completely dominated by her master.

Xifeng's words of "protesting too much" had already explained the reason crystal clear. Bei Yaoyue sighed heavily. She crossed her left arm over her chest and rested her right hand on it, lightly tapping her temple. "I don't care what your real reason was for not wanting to tell me, but the problem now is we only have three staff passes. If you want to include Bai He, then we're four people, and one person will definitely have to wait until after opening to queue up and enter."

"...No big deal. How about you three go in and I'll queue up slowly?" Xifeng looked up at the distant sky, which was a dim gray with no trace of sun visible.

Today's weather forecast showed overcast all day—Xifeng's favorite weather. As long as there was no sun, queuing for a few hours was actually fine.

"Do you think I'd feel comfortable leaving you alone outside?" Bei Yaoyue sighed and shook her head. "You all go in first."

"How can that work?" Xifeng immediately objected. The staff passes were bought by Bei Yaoyue, so if Bei Yaoyue ended up having to queue, it would feel like repaying kindness with ingratitude. Moreover, even from a selfish standpoint, she couldn't bear to let Bei Yaoyue squeeze alone in the crowd for hours.

But if they made Bai He queue, she might think the three of them were isolating her or something, which also wouldn't be appropriate. So after thinking it through, Xifeng could only helplessly turn to Ye Zhenzhen for help.

Ye Zhenzhen quickly understood Xifeng's meaning and stepped forward to help her Young Miss out of the situation: "How about you three go in first? I wasn't really interested in the comic convention anyway. There are many security guards inside maintaining order, so nothing will happen."

Bei Yaoyue thought for a moment and felt this was perhaps indeed the most appropriate solution currently, so she could only nod in agreement.

No matter what, things were finally settled. Xifeng picked up her phone to contact Bai He, only to learn that Bai He had arrived long ago and was just waiting for Xifeng to contact her. After exchanging locations, the four finally met up.

The moment Bei Yaoyue and Bai He met, both simultaneously looked at each other with extremely surprised and strange gazes, their eyes flashing with confusion and puzzlement.

Bei Yaoyue examined Bai He's clothes, which were almost identical to Xifeng's, then looked at that brown long hair, thinking: Why is she also cosplaying the Sixth Destroyer Division? And Ikazuchi, Hibiki's sister?

However, Bei Yaoyue had to admit that Bai He, due to her relatively petite build—only slightly larger than Xifeng—was indeed very suitable for cosplaying destroyer-class ship girls.

Bai He was equally puzzled as she examined Bei Yaoyue's crisp, handsome Admiral uniform, feeling even more confused—wasn't it agreed that we'd all cosplay the Sixth Destroyer Division? Why did we get a traitor among us?

What made Bai He feel particularly strange was that in most fan interpretations, Kantai Collection's marriage system involved weddings between the Admiral and ship girls. A powerful Admiral often had dozens of married ships, commonly called the "Ring King." Right now Bei Yaoyue was cosplaying the Admiral while she and Bei Yaofeng were both ship girls...

Although she knew this was just cosplay and didn't determine anything, it couldn't change that indescribable awkward feeling in Bai He's heart. After all, she liked Bei Yaofeng, not Bei Yaoyue, that cold ice block.

She looked toward Xifeng nearby and immediately felt a flash of amazement and admiration in her eyes. Worthy of being the girl she liked—truly beautiful.

Sensing the atmosphere between the two was somewhat off, Xifeng quickly laughed and stepped forward to play peacemaker: "Alright, alright, don't just stand around outside foolishly. Let's go in first."

After saying goodbye to Ye Zhenzhen, the three smoothly used their staff passes to enter the venue early through the staff entrance. However, since the venue was still in the setup stage, there was very little to browse, no programs had started yet, and everywhere were busy staff members moving things and organizing booths. The three fake staff members seemed rather out of place at this time.

Bei Yaoyue rubbed her chin, thinking about finding something to do before the comic convention officially started. Then she swept her gaze over Xifeng and already had an idea.

"Come on, accompany me to the restroom." Bei Yaoyue grabbed Xifeng's hand and dragged her toward the restroom without explanation. "My makeup smudged a bit—I need to touch it up."

"Uh... huh?" Xifeng was momentarily stunned and didn't resist being dragged along. "Wait, if your makeup smudged, couldn't you just go touch it up yourself? Why do I have to come too?"

Bei Yaoyue didn't answer but turned back to look deeply at Xifeng. That gaze like a hunter spotting prey made Xifeng instantly understand what Bei Yaoyue intended. She immediately blushed and tried to resist, but there were too many people around. If she resisted too much, it might arouse others' suspicion, so she was half-pushed, half-pulled to the restroom. Bai He, who had followed, stood outside the restroom waiting.

"Bang!"

The restroom stall door was roughly closed by Bei Yaoyue, who also locked it.

"Really not now, okay?" Xifeng leaned against the mirror, cold sweat breaking out, wanting to smile but unable to. "We're going to browse the comic convention later. Now... isn't appropriate, right?"

"You're too beautiful today." Bei Yaoyue's mouth corners slightly curved up, a faint smile gradually appearing on her face. "I'm having trouble controlling myself.

"I won't kiss you today—it would mess up your makeup."