Xiu finally reacted and couldn't help but clapped her hands. However, she realized that it was already late at night and put her hands down angrily.
She glanced at Aiden and found that Aiden was leaning down to pick up his pen. She suddenly felt more balanced. It seemed that Aiden would be surprised too.
Lily patted some dust on her hands, smiled and looked at the two people left and right and said:
"That's it. It's already very late today. I won't be able to finish talking about it for a while. I have to get up early tomorrow to prepare for departure. So, sir, miss, go back to bed first." Lily said half-jokingly and half-seriously.
"Oh, okay." Xiu didn't refute anything. Although she was really curious now, it was really time to go to bed.
Aiden turned around and left, neatly.
Xiu stuck out his tongue at Aiden's back, then signaled to Lily, and left Lily's room, but he forgot to close the door behind him.
Lily wanted to call Xiu back and tell her to close the door. This was not ladylike at all.
But she didn't dwell too much, and performed another gorgeous side flip with one hand, but landed silently. She gently came to the door and closed it.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Lily accompanied the youngest children in the orphanage to wash up as usual. After handing over the remaining things to Ender and Ariel, she took the elevator alone to the attic on the top floor of the orphanage.
Leaning down, Lily once again looked at the fog that almost never changes in the same position, but this time, the fear in Lily's heart was much less. Instead, she wanted to find John's belief and explore. The determination to understand what the fog is.
Although the final scene of splitting herself into thousands of consciousnesses horrified her, and even now she occasionally feels as if she was suddenly split apart, which was very uncomfortable, but she also gained something in the same way. Very impressive ability.
And what Lily described to Aiden and Xiu yesterday was only a very small part. She also got some similar passive skills. Well, the word passive skills was also learned from Ender.
Now, as long as she wants to, what she says will be easier to convince, and she will be able to mislead the other party's thinking and judgment when necessary.
She felt like she was beginning to like things that were no longer than 25 centimeters in length. This made Lily a little bit dumbfounded. Was this considered the Debuff that Ander had said? (negative state).
She can be keenly aware of the prying eyes of intelligent beings within 50 meters of her. At the same time, she can also vaguely perceive some "high-value things" within this 50-meter range.
It's just that the somewhat subjective word "high value" makes Lily a little bit embarrassed. For example, if she likes pudding, will her passive skill judge pudding as a "high value thing"?
These abilities and knowledge were all suddenly forcibly instilled in her brain and body when she unconsciously uttered the weird syllables along with the voice in that "other world". This made Lily spend a lot of time in that world. A few minutes to get used to it.
What's a little strange is that when Lily thinks about the wooden horses galloping on the huge clock dial on the magnificent clock tower, she always feels the urge to join them.
This really made Lily feel uncomfortable.
After staring at the fog for a while, the elevator behind Lily suddenly made another "ding" sound. Lily turned around and saw Xiu and Aiden walking out of the elevator together. Xiu didn't seem to have slept well. , a little dark circles can be seen on the face with some freckles.
Aiden was always expressionless, but his hand holding a telescope made Lily understand that he was actually very nervous.
"Let's set the departure time at 9 o'clock." Lily smiled at the two of them, then turned back and continued to watch the fog rolling quietly outside the window.
Xiu hesitated for two seconds, then stepped forward, sat cross-legged next to Lily, and followed Lily to look out the window at the mist.
Aiden raised his hand and looked at his watch. At 7:58, one hour before departure, he also walked forward and sat next to Xiu.
Lily turned her head and glanced at the two of them, then raised her hand and couldn't help but yawn... Actually, she didn't sleep well either. Well, who can a normal person sleep well?
Then Lily laughed out loud, because she saw Xiu and Aiden couldn't help but raise their hands and yawn.
Yawning is contagious!
Xiu and Aiden also laughed, which restored some vitality to the gloomy atmosphere before departure.
After a few people stopped laughing, Lily turned her head and winked at Xiu.
Under Xiu's confused gaze, Lily first raised her hand to show Xiu the front and back, then reached behind Xiu's shoulder and touched it, and pulled out a coin under Xiu's surprised gaze.
It was a standard coin published by the British Empire in 1980. The front was engraved with the exquisite portrait of Queen Elizabeth and the full name of Queen Elizabeth. The back was a relief of St. George slaying the dragon. The number 1980 was inscribed below the relief. The coin was overall black and gold. It is Lily's favorite collectible.
Seeing the coins flipping freely on her fingertips after Lily withdrew her hand, Xiu couldn't help but ask:
"Lily, how did you do it? Is this part of your ability?"
"Keep it secret." Lily's smile remained unchanged, but she just flipped the coin in her hand and disappeared.
"Indeed...amazing." Aiden couldn't help but praise.
"Thank you. I still have some abilities. I'll talk to Aiden slowly on the way."
"On the way...wait a minute, Lily, aren't you going to take me with you?" Xiu suddenly realized something, with a look of shock and sluggishness on his face.
"The orphanage can't lose the three of us at the same time." Lily glanced at Xiu and responded in a low tone.
"But...but..." Xiu's eyes turned red and he was speechless for a moment.
Aiden took Xiu's hand in time and said in a calm tone:
"Don't worry, we...will...can...come back."
Looking at Aiden's hand holding Xiu's hand, Lily probably understood something. It turned out that Aiden took the initiative to ask to go together, and there was another reason.
"That's great..." Lily was a little envious.
After standing up and patting the non-existent dust, Lily said hello to the two of them and took the elevator down to the lobby on the first floor.
She also had to prepare. Although Aiden had probably prepared supplies for everyone, Lily still had something to prepare. She wanted to go to the basement to look for any "weapons" within 25 centimeters in length.
As soon as she arrived at the lobby on the first floor and the elevator door opened, Lily saw several figures, including the two sisters Ender, Ariel, and Natasha, as well as Dunn and Sandra, who were selected for the team this time. Stephenson, Kamil et al.
Lily walked out of the elevator with a puzzled look on her face, and was about to ask her what happened to her cheap brother, but before she could say anything, she saw Ender raise his hand and wave his fist.
"Happy birthday, Sister Lily!"
