"Happy birthday, sister." Ander's voice echoed in the attic on the fifth floor. It was crisp and a little lonely, but it made Lily feel so happy.
Taking the little thing, Lily looked at her younger brother, who had developed a hairline problem early on:
"Thank you, Ender, thank you, I really didn't expect you to make a birthday present for me with your own hands... Is this a turtle?"
Lily looked carefully at the little thing in her hand. The gears were exposed in some places, and the whole shape was round, with four protruding limbs and a round little head.
"...This is a doll." Ender was silent for a moment, then corrected him.
Lily's smile also froze, but she then smiled and said:
"It turns out to be a puppet. It must be a problem with the material. But observing simple mechanical movements can indeed make people relax. Thank you again for the gift, Mr. Ender."
As she spoke, Lily stood up, gently lifted the hem of her dress, stepped back with her right foot, and performed a simple ladylike courtesy.
Etiquette between gentlemen and ladies was so prevalent in the British Empire that even children would want to imitate the adults around them and behave in this manner.
Ender had no choice but to stand up immediately, bow slightly to Lily with his hands on his chest, and return Lily's courtesy as a gentleman. Then he immediately waved his hand to signal Lily not to bother.
Lily knew that Ender found it troublesome, so she didn't persist and sat back on the ground. She held the "doll" assembled by Ender himself in one hand and fiddled with the parts of the small thing with the other.
"You already know?" Lily suddenly spoke and asked for no reason.
"Well, Sandra mentioned it to Ariel, and Ariel told me again, so I knew."
Ender easily followed his sister's thoughts.
Lily was referring to her departure tomorrow to find John.
"So that's it. I originally planned to tell you tomorrow, but seeing you come here to give me a birthday gift now, I thought you probably knew." Lily explained with a wry smile.
"Sister, it's okay. I'm also worried about Brother John. I think your decision is correct." Ander cheered for his sister.
"But I have a request." Andre took Lily's hand that was fiddling with the parts.
"What is it?" Lily looked into Ander's brown-black eyes and asked with a smile.
"It's my birthday in a week. I want to eat the croquettes you made, sister." Ander smiled brightly.
"..." Lily couldn't help being silent for a moment, then her smile stretched, she pulled back the hand held by Andre, and stretched out her little finger:
"I promise you, pull the hook!"
"Hook." Ander also stretched out his little finger, hooked it with Lily's and shook it.
"Okay, I think Ms. Lily still wants to enjoy her own quiet time for a while, so I won't interrupt you anymore."
With his goal achieved, Ender stopped disturbing his sister. He also knew that her sister liked to stay here alone.
"Well, our Ender has also grown into a qualified gentleman~" Lily joked with a smile.
After watching Ander leave, Lily leaned on the ground and turned around, once again looking at the endless rolling [Two Points Four Fog] outside the window of the orphanage, but she was no longer so scared or helpless in her heart.
"Thank you, Ender." Lily smiled and said her thanks softly in a voice that only she could hear.
After a pause, Lily said again: "Thank you too, Xiu."
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Late at night, in Lily's room, Xiu and Aiden sat across from Lily, while Lily sat at her desk, looking at the two of them funny. It really looked like the teacher was about to teach.
"Lily, it's dangerous, be careful." Aiden's words were not very ups and downs, but his worry was clear.
Xiu Ze looked worried and looked around for a few times. She couldn't help it anymore and suddenly stood up, came to Lily's side, reached out and held Lily's hand.
Xiu himself was frightened by this hold, and his hands were cold, which was simply not the temperature a living person should have.
"Lily..." Xiu's face was filled with distress.
"It would be a lie to say I'm not nervous. After all, I don't know what will happen... Pray to God, if God really exists." Lily forced a smile and joked.
"It's almost time, Xiu, go and sit back. If you just hold me like this, I'm sure you will be 'wiped away' too. Then we don't know what will happen after that."
"The orphanage can't lose the three of us at the same time." Lily emphasized the word "simultaneously".
Xiu almost cried, but she nodded and sat back on the stool opposite Lily.
Looking at the clock in the room as it reached 00:24, Lily also started counting down:
"23...22...21..."
3......2......1......The next moment, Xiu and Aiden subconsciously held each other's hands, because Lily in their eyes was just like John did that day. , was "erased" exactly the same.
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"3...2...1..." As the countdown in her heart ended, Lily closed her eyes nervously. However, after a while, Lily felt nothing, which made Lily couldn't help but smile bitterly. .
Is John's "erasure" just a probabilistic event? Or is it that besides being 15 years old, there are other conditions that I have not met...
Shaking her head, Lily opened her eyes while calling Xiu's name. She was about to say that it was probably a probability event, but the next second, she was so shocked by the sight in front of her that she fell backwards from the stool.
She waved her hands around, desperately trying to grab something, but the next moment, she felt her entire back hit something with some elasticity, which made Lily stop screaming.
With her heart beating wildly, she tried to slowly turn around and look behind her, but as soon as she took the first glance, Lily quickly turned her head back and closed her eyes tightly.
She confirmed that she was at a very, very high altitude!
But soon, she realized that she seemed to be on a strange invisible solid body with a certain elasticity? After all, she didn't feel the weightlessness like riding in an elevator.
After mentally building herself up twice, Lily took a deep breath and slowly opened her eyes.
What caught his eyes were his own knees and the endless blue-gray sky behind them.
"Sky?" Lily couldn't help but asked in confusion.
Ever since the [Two Points Four Mist] enveloped the entire world, ever since the "wall" suddenly appeared, Lily has never seen the sky again. To be precise, no one has ever seen the sky again.
After looking at the sky for a few seconds, Lily tried to stretch her legs to reach her stool. She had just fallen off the stool, so there should be a stool in front of her legs.
But Lily couldn't touch anything when she stretched out her legs. This made Lily wonder, so she turned her head and looked around her calves.
Nothing at all?
Lily's head suddenly felt as big as a bucket. What on earth is going on? Where did I suddenly come?
The "other world" mentioned in John's diary is this world?
