Because of that suicidal Summoning Ritual, it was already one or two in the morning by the time Vivian finished examining the blood samples. Lily, whose biological clock was remarkably sturdy, had collapsed on the sofa and was sleeping like the dead, smacking her lips in her sleep as if she were dreaming about something delicious. In fact, the fact that she had managed to stay awake until this late was already astonishing progress. Hao Ren still remembered the feat this husky had performed on her first overseas business trip—standing on a street at four in the morning, walking and sleeping at the same time. Now that she went with everyone on business trips to all sorts of worlds with messed-up time systems, Lily had actually improved quite a bit.
"Just let her sleep here tonight," Hao Ren said as he looked at Lily, who was curled up on the sofa. "She's sleeping soundly. Moving her now might get us bitten."
Nangong Sanba yawned. "Haa... I'm tired too. I'm going back to sleep. We can talk about anything else tomorrow."
Nangong May and Elsa both nodded. "Mm-hmm, today was pretty tiring..."
Hao Ren looked at the two aquatic creatures with a strange expression. He thought to himself that when the fighting had started earlier, the two of them had immediately huddled together in the corner and cowered. Even when they had gone to Mars, they had merely served as stage props. And now they had the nerve to say they were tired... What about the audience-seat wear and tear?
After Izax led his daughter back to their room as well, Hao Ren rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Actually, there's something that's been bothering me."
Vivian hardly slept at night, so she was still quite energetic as she kept