Lu Ban did not feel that anything he was experiencing now was real.
He knew very well that the girl before him and this world were both fake.
No matter how beautiful or how hard to let go of, this was still a false dream.
"I'm fine."
Lu Ban placed the knife on the cutting board and slowly raised his hand.
"What brought you over?"
Although he and the girl lived across from each other, they were not family. Why would she appear here in the middle of the night after she had already gone to sleep?
Could it be that the version of himself in this illusion had done something beastly, and she sneaked over every night to do bad things while the adults were not paying attention?
"I just had a feeling that something was wrong, so I wanted to come take a look. I happened to see you just now..."
she explained.
Oh, so he was worse than a beast. In that case, it was fine.
"I just wanted to eat something, so I was testing the knife."
Lu Ban reassured her.
"But there's nothing in your refrigerator."
She refused to let it go.
"I learned this in the hospital. It's called visualization practice. Since a lot of things were restricted in the hospital, I could only use my imagination to simulate them. Like just now—I was hungry, but there was nothing to eat at home, so I imagined myself cooking to ease my hunger."
Lu Ban explained with a completely serious expression.
"Really?"
The girl looked at Lu Ban. Her eyes were still slightly red, moist and reflecting the moonlight.
"If you want to learn, I can teach you."
"No way!"
She was amused by Lu Ban. Both annoyed and entertained, she lightly punched him on