Shi Yin opened her eyes to find herself facing an unfamiliar ceiling.
It was clear that life here wasn't good. The ceiling was a bit worn, and the walls, which should have been white, were covered with a layer of dust. Shi Yin struggled to get out of bed and stepped on the floor, which creaked slightly.
Where is this?
My head hurts so much.
Oh, right, I just had a confrontation with arrogance.
Shi Yin touched her chest; the wound had long since healed. Or rather, it wasn't really a wound that had healed at all. She had long since become a part of the world. If you can't hurt the essence of the world, you can't hurt her.
However, Shi Yin's physical body is integrated into the world, but her spirit remains that of an ordinary person.
This is embarrassing.
"Have you learned it?"
A voice suddenly came from outside the door; it was a little indistinct, but very familiar.
"Yes, yes, I'll lead everyone!" It was Freya's voice. Shi Yin recognized it; she seemed very excited.
"Shall we give it a try?" This time, the voice was a little clearer.
What is it?
Just as Shi Yin was about to open the door to take a look, she heard Freya singing. Shi Yin had never heard Freya sing before, but her voice was very beautiful. Then came the children's chorus.
"A tiny cloud, slowly drifting by. Please, all you feet, pause for a moment..."
Shi Yin was stunned for a long time. She hadn't listened to children's songs in a long time and thought she had forgotten how to sing. But this song seemed to be etched into her bones. From the very first line, she knew the melody that followed.
Shi Yin knew she was starting to regret it.
Shi Yin remembered that it was she herself who was asking herself who she was.
This is a very unfamiliar place. The piano in the lobby is quite old and the sound is no longer accurate.
Kitakami Kazukawa sat there in a coat, his hands appearing even longer and more slender against the black and white piano keys. Freya sat on the piano, swinging her legs and singing with the children.
A group of children surrounded them. Their clothes looked tattered and barely covered their bodies. It was clear that they were cotton-padded clothes that the government had previously distributed to everyone, and were now made into single garments after the cotton was removed.
The majority of the children in the group were girls, and some appeared to have disabilities. They surrounded the piano in layers, clapping their hands. Perhaps it was this collective singing that made the song even more powerful.
It's like a song I heard in a past life, like I died a long, long time ago.
But Tokine also thought of another aspect.
What a powerful infectiousness!
Kita Kiyokawa can use his infectious charm to infect others, and then absorb the infectious charm of the group to benefit himself.
A circle of small animals surrounded us. Their fur was a bit strange. They lay on the ground around us, looking very docile and showing no intention of attacking us.
There are cats and dogs, and a few squirrels too.
"Eh? Sister?" After finishing the song, Freya immediately saw Shiyin by the door and jumped off the piano.
When Bei Qingchuan turned around, he saw Shi Yin sitting on the ground against the wall, looking at him intently. His heart skipped a beat, and his hands went off-beat on the piano.
"Where are the others?" Shi Yin didn't stand up, leaning against the wall and looking up at Freya: "Where is this?"
“It’s the orphanage from before, the place my sister asked us to take care of.” Freya sat down next to Shi Yin and explained in a low voice, “The place where my sister had the accident was too far from Volga’s headquarters. It’s closer to the orphanage, so we came here first.”
"As for the Consul General, didn't my sister say that she wanted him to take Grandpa and Grandma, the hospital director, to have surgery? The Consul General has already made the arrangements. The surgery should be over by now. It went very smoothly, and they said they would be able to be discharged soon."
Thinking of this, Freya leaned close to Shi Yin's ear and whispered, "But the Commander-in-Chief said that one of them has terminal cancer and the other's condition is quite serious. Even if they have surgery, it will only prolong their lives a little, I'm afraid..."
"Understood." Shi Yin nodded. "Stay here for now."
"By the way, sister, what do we do next?" Freya asked, voicing her concern: "Arrogance said the bet was settled before he left, what's going on?"
“Well, I made a bet with Him. I won’t intervene; you’ll have to handle the ritual concerning Samael yourselves.” Shi Yin thought for a moment, then added, “Tyr will help you with this.”
"What about the children in the orphanage?" Freya asked.
"Let them take them back. Besides the little girl with the parrot, there are three other ability users in total. Let's replenish our fighting strength." As Shi Yin was speaking, a small figure suddenly rushed out of the room and pounced on her.
"Ah..." Shi Yin was caught off guard and her strength had not fully recovered before she was knocked to the ground.
"Sister..." Changning clung to Shiyin like an octopus, her little face looking aggrieved: "I'm hungry."
"Grandpa, slow down! The food is on its way." Guan Nianshan caught up, panting. "You keep saying you're hungry, but you're jumping around like this. You don't look hungry at all!"
"Sister, I want to eat strawberry cake." Changning buried her head in Shiyin's chest, still looking aggrieved.
"Even with express delivery, it won't arrive until tomorrow at the earliest," Guan Nianshan said, rubbing his head. "Besides, we can't eat strawberry cake every day. Look, we also have chocolate bars, potato chips, French fries, chicken legs, fried chicken, cookies..."
"Ugh... Changning wants to eat strawberry cake!" Changning kicked her legs.
"Well, if you don't mind, I have another piece." A little girl held up her hand. She looked like she had some eye problem, with an unusually white left eye. "But it's been sitting there for a day, so it might not be very fresh."
The headmaster and his wife remember each child's birthday perfectly and prepare a cake for each of them. The day before yesterday, it happened to be a child's birthday, and he loved strawberries the most. So the headmaster and his wife gave them money and let them secretly order a big strawberry cake.
Almost all the children ate it as soon as they got it, but this little girl couldn't bear to eat it and saved it for a day.
"I think I'd better not." Changning lowered her head and muttered softly.
"How many strawberry cakes were expedited this time?" Shi Yin asked Guan Nianshan.
"Probably twenty or thirty yuan." Guan Nianshan thought for a moment: "We have a lot of stock, but we don't have enough manpower to carry that much."
Shi Yin: "Let's find a way to send someone to transport all the inventory over."
"Huh? All the inventory, that must be several thousand?" Guan Nianshan was stunned: "Are you planning to live here permanently?"
"That's great! Then Changning can eat strawberry cake every day." Changning was immediately delighted.
“You can’t eat sugar every day, or you’ll get cavities.” Guan Nianshan said helplessly, “You still need to eat, and you need to eat more vegetables and meat, because you still need to grow.”
"Changning won't get cavities, and she won't grow taller either." Changning puffed out her cheeks: "Changning can eat anything, and it will be digested immediately after eating, so there's no such thing as supplementing nutrition!"
If what we eat can truly provide nutrition, then what about the time and distance we spend eating it? That food can hardly be considered nutrition at all, right?
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