Since last night, Lily had kept herself locked in her room. No matter who went to knock, there had been no response.
Vivian had prepared breakfast for everyone in the house (though it was practically lunchtime, since the lot of them hadn't woken up until after ten today). When she noticed someone missing from the table, she looked worriedly toward the door on the living room side. "Is Big Dog all right?"
"After taking that much of a mental blow, she'll definitely be depressed for a while. I watched my entire worldview collapse beside her, so you can imagine how she feels as the person involved," Hao Ren said as he served food into his bowl. "I'll take her some food later. You're probably the last person she wants to see right now. It'd be too awkward."
Vivian failed to understand. "Why?"
Hao Ren spread his hands. "She's always been proud of being a Werewolf and challenged you on that basis, but now the Vampire is still a Vampire while the Werewolf has turned into a Husky spirit. Do you think she'll have the nerve to see you now? She'd die of embarrassment."
"An inferiority complex? I don't believe she can think that far ahead," Vivian said as she sat down beside Hao Ren. She casually tossed half a ham sausage to Roll beside the table. "Besides, things between us aren't as bad as you imagine. I don't particularly like Werewolves, and I argue with Big Dog all the time, but honestly... we can hardly be called enemies. There's no need for her to avoid me over this. That's how I see it, anyway."
Hao Ren wanted to say that only the person involved could explain what she was thinking, but when he remembered how thickheaded Lily usually was, he