Lily rushed out of the house trailing afterimages the moment she heard Hao Ren call her. The next second, Hao Ren had pinned her down on the coffee table as she clawed and protested, "Landlord, you can't learn from the vampires! Even a husky has dignity!"
"Come on, you already know you're a dog who gained sentience, and you're still talking to me about dignity?" Hao Ren knew Lily wasn't seriously resisting him. Otherwise, there was no way his meager strength could hold down Lily, whose brute force was strong enough to rival a siege tank. So after letting her make a fuss for a moment, he released the husky girl. "The mission's here. We're going somewhere far away—especially far away, the kind of place where you'll definitely suffer from culture shock. And this time, I can only bring two people. One of them is the newcomer, Nangong May. Which one of you three wants to come along?"
"Me, me, me!" Lily jumped up with her hand raised before even hearing what the mission was. "I'm going with you! I'm really capable! I can even use my claws to spray water vapor and dig holes now. Whether you need me to run away and find cover or dig a hole to hide in, I'm good at both!"
"That's nothing to be proud of." Vivian pushed Lily aside. "With that kind of time, why don't you study some proper techniques? Landlord, where are we going? I'm just sitting around at home anyway, so I don't mind going with you. Besides, I'm familiar with every part of Earth."
Vivian actually had the nerve to say she was "familiar with every part of Earth." Apparently, last time's blunder on the British Isles hadn't left a deep enough impression on her.
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