I raised my head and stared blankly out the window.
Everything was normal, as if nothing had happened.
But I was certain I had just seen something wrong. It had only lasted an instant, yet something had definitely flashed by... It was hard to describe. If I had to put it into words, it was a little like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. The scenery outside had shattered into fragments in that moment, with light twisting and tangling, details blurring like objects seen through uneven patterned glass.
The view beyond the window had just turned strangely distorted like that... If I were on a spaceship, I could say it was optical distortion caused by a Hyperspace Jump. But I was sitting in a tea room on Earth. The only explanation was that I had hallucinated—could I really have been overworked lately to the point where even my constitution was developing neurasthenia?
"What's wrong?" Lin Xue had been chatting with her younger brother. Noticing my strange behavior, she immediately asked curiously, "Was there some beautiful woman outside traveling while doing backflips?"
Me: "...Why did you have to add such a long string of bizarre verbs after 'beautiful woman'?!"
"You've seen too many pretty girls. Without some extra visual impact, could you really stare off into space like that?" Miss rolled her eyes. "Xiao Feng, you were saying there was a Chinese werewolf missing in Europe... But China doesn't produce werewolves, does it?"
Lin Feng did not answer Lin Xue's question. Like me, he was staring blankly out the window. "Sis, I think the glass just flickered... It looks normal again now."
Little Crow, who was lying on the table counting glass beads, raised her hand too. "I saw it too! I saw it too! The window flickered, caw!"
Lin