“Ch-Cha… Miss Cha Keke!?”

Adele’s cute little face was full of disbelief and surprise.

Joy followed, but along with it, there was also confusion and puzzlement about the child’s cries disappearing without a trace.

So, while she nervously clasped her hands behind her back, taking deep breaths to ease her nervousness from meeting her idol for the first time, she asked hesitantly,

“E-excuse me… Miss Cha Keke, did you take in the little girl who was crying?”

Because the voice was high-pitched, Adele instinctively assumed it was a little girl.

But it could also be a little boy, after all, before puberty, the voices of little boys and little girls might not sound too different.

 

Even their appearances might not be too different, especially in today’s society, where things were more open, many adults would raise boys as girls for fun, letting them grow long hair and wear skirts, making them even prettier than girls. But this wasn’t actually a good thing, children should be allowed to develop naturally, instead of being exposed to a new world prematurely.

The elegant and charming Cha Keke tilted her head in a captivating manner, her brown hair cascading down like tassels, seemingly shimmering with a faint glow.

Her voice was lazy and beautiful, like a shimmering crystal on a seashell.

It could be sea salt, sweet at first, but then salty…

Hmm, salty??

Adele wondered what strange things she was thinking about.

“What child? I haven’t seen any.”

 

“Eh…”

Adele looked behind Cha Keke and found that there was nothing there, she could see all the way to the end.

As for Cha Keke’s room… although the door’s extravagance and exquisiteness didn’t quite match the surroundings, maybe Cha Keke, as a popular idol, preferred such a quiet and secluded place where she could enjoy solitude?

Anyway, Adele didn’t have the courage to say something presumptuous like “Can I take a look inside your room?”

Miss Cha Keke wasn’t a monster, why would she hide a child?

So the only possibility for Adele was that she had misheard.

Or the sound simply came from another direction, maybe downstairs or upstairs.

 

Sound traveled through mediums, and different mediums could affect sound, creating completely different effects.

For example, someone might hear noise coming from upstairs, and get angry, confronting the person upstairs and using a vibrating device to make the upstairs neighbor restless too.

But when the person upstairs came down to negotiate, they realized that the sound actually came from downstairs.

It was strange, but it was the truth.

Therefore, Adele silently dismissed her curiosity about entering Miss Cha Keke’s room to investigate.

Instead, it was Cha Keke who asked magnanimously,

“If you’re still bothered, come and have a look.”

 

She leaned against the door, her gentle gaze fixed on Adele, giving her a unique feeling of being indulged.

As if saying, “If it’s you, it’s okay.”

She didn’t know Adele’s name, it was their first meeting, but she didn’t show any resistance or suspicion towards Adele.

Adele liked this feeling of being indulged, if they were more familiar, it could even be called “being pampered.”

It was like Cha Keke had grasped Adele’s tendency to push her luck.

Adele blinked her beautiful eyes and finally said softly, with a hint of reservation,

“Then… then I’ll take a look, maybe it was just my imagination.”

 

With that, she walked towards Cha Keke, her heart pounding.

Her school uniform shoes stepped on the spot where the monster had disappeared, on the black feather with a white shaft, and Adele didn’t even notice.

If she knew what had just happened here, would she shudder, wondering, “Who is the more terrifying monster?”

She came to Cha Keke’s side. Compared to looking at her from afar, Cha Keke was even more beautiful up close, and she had shed a layer of hazy, even divine, brilliance, becoming real and even more exquisite.

Was she really human?

She knew the answer to this question, Cha Keke was of course human, and a very outstanding, high-quality human woman.

But she still couldn’t help but wonder, such beauty existing naturally in the world seemed like an illusion, so it was only natural to fantasize about whether she was from another race.

 

After all, in Adele’s mind, only the most noble vampires, like Dorothy and Hermione, could give people a sense of flawless perfection.

Actually, there was another term to describe this feeling, it was “breathtakingly beautiful.”

Although she was invited to check out Cha Keke’s room, Adele’s gaze seemed glued to Cha Keke’s face, refusing to look away.

To the point where Cha Keke even asked with a smile,

“Is there something on my face?”

“I just finished putting on my makeup, you’re the first to see it among tens of thousands of audience members and millions, even tens of millions, of fans.”

“…I-I’m honored.”

 

Hearing these words, Adele couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride. Of course, she didn’t forget to hide her embarrassment.

“Of… of course there’s nothing on Miss Keke’s face, on the contrary, it’s so beautiful that…”

The girl couldn’t describe it and lowered her head shyly, then she turned her gaze to Cha Keke’s room and asked,

“Can I take a quick… look?”

“Of course, you can come in directly.”

“Stay and chat with me for a while, before the concert starts.”

Cha Keke extended an olive branch to Adele, her gaze incredibly ambiguous, but Adele didn’t notice it. Instead, she felt that this idol was incredibly approachable.

 

“But I…”

Adele was surprised and felt a little guilty, so she tried to find an excuse to refuse.

But Cha Keke didn’t give her a chance to refuse, she had already reached out her delicate hand and taken Adele’s wrist, then with light steps, she led Adele into her room.

The door closed, and Cha Keke’s world unfolded before Adele.

Unexpectedly, there were no staff members around her. Just before the concert was about to start, it seemed that everyone had tacitly left the girl’s side, giving her a quiet space to settle down.

Seemingly sensing the curiosity and confusion in the girl’s eyes, Cha Keke explained gently,

“This is my habit before every concert. They’re already used to it. Only by letting my mind settle down can I have the energy to deal with the long and exhausting concert.”

 

Adele easily believed the woman’s words and nodded cutely.

Could it be said that beautiful women could easily make people believe whatever they said?

Of course, Cha Keke’s explanation was also flawless.

But because she was too beautiful, it made people unable to question her at all.

But soon, Adele thought of something based on this explanation and showed a panicked and embarrassed expression.

“Then… then Miss Cha Keke, am I… disturbing you!?”

“I’m really sorry, I just…”

 

Adele wanted to say that she was just attracted by the hallucination, she really didn’t mean to.

But at this moment, Cha Keke had already extended a jade-like finger towards Adele’s red lips, stopping her.

Her tender gaze prevented Adele from continuing, drawing her into the rhythm of the beautiful older sister.

“Not at all, the word ‘disturb’ only applies to others, but if it’s you…”

“My beautiful, nameless girl, I sincerely welcome your arrival.”

“Your presence has greatly invigorated my spirit and even given me artistic inspiration.”

“If you had appeared earlier, maybe there would have been a few more songs about you in my farewell concert repertoire, for example…”

 

Then Cha Keke closed her deep blue eyes and began to hum a romantic and beautiful melody that Adele had never heard before.

The girl was surprised and delighted, and also very shy, her heart pounding.

Obviously, talking about art with an innocent girl and expressing feelings through art was always a foolproof way to win her over.

Cha Keke’s methods and words were too skilled, it made one wonder if she was an expert in this.

Maybe she had used this method to deceive countless pure girls before.

But Adele wouldn’t believe this at this moment. She was still quite innocent in some aspects.

Especially towards Cha Keke, she didn’t have any preconceived notions.

 

She wouldn’t think of Cha Keke as a villainous girl who might bully her in the future.

She wouldn’t have any extra emotions towards her.

The foundation of their relationship had already started from a friendly side.

Coupled with Cha Keke’s idol aura and her good public image, it was no wonder that Adele would have such a good impression of her.

“I… my name is Adele, you can also call me Xiao Ai, I… sorry, how could I say such an embarrassing thing.”

Adele shyly covered her flushed cheeks, because it was too embarrassing to let someone she had just met call her by her nickname.

But with Cha Keke, it was just like that, as if she had a certain magic that made people want to get close to her.

 

Cha Keke let out a charming laugh.

Then, she leaned close to Adele’s ear and said seductively,

“So it’s a cutie~”

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小爱 (Xiao ai) : “Little Love.”