Qilin's Anomaly

Chapter 23: Qilin's Anomaly

Night deepened.

Everyone had fallen asleep.

But... in a corner no one noticed, the player in Su Bai's shirt pocket on the nightstand was faintly glowing.

The next morning.

Su Bai woke up, rubbing his still-sleepy eyes—today was Qilin's day off, so she didn't have to work.

He got up, washed his face, and when he walked out of his room, he saw Qilin preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

For some reason, Su Bai felt that Qilin today... seemed a little different from yesterday.

But he couldn't quite pinpoint what was different.

Qilin in the kitchen wore an apron around her waist, her long hair loosely tied up, revealing the faint Sound Mark on her forehead.

She hummed a soft tune, skillfully flipping the food in the pan with her spatula.

Seeing this, Su Bai helped set the table, quietly waiting for Qilin to bring the dishes to the table.

Qilin placed the plates down and naturally pulled out the chair next to Su Bai, sitting down with a smile in her eyes as she looked at him.

Su Bai didn't notice this "anomaly"—if he were at his full strength, he would have immediately realized:

Yesterday, Qilin had still been a bit reserved, sitting opposite him; why was she like this today...

It was a pity that Su Bai's soul had not yet fully recovered, so he naturally couldn't pick up on these subtle changes.

He picked up a piece of green vegetable and put it in his mouth, his eyes immediately lighting up:

"Mmm, delicious!"

Qilin smiled and put another bite of food into his bowl:

"If it's delicious, eat more, Xiaobai~"

"Mm!"

Su Bai nodded vigorously and buried his head in eating.

"Xiaobai~" Qilin called softly.

Su Bai stopped and looked up at her:

"What is it, Qilin?"

Qilin smiled slightly and reached out, gently wiping a grain of rice from the corner of his mouth under Su Bai's bewildered gaze.

"You should call me... Qilin-jie~"

As she spoke, she naturally brought the grain of rice on her fingertip to her mouth, closing her eyes and nodding slightly as if savoring a delicacy.

Su Bai felt that Qilin was a bit different today, but he couldn't say exactly what was wrong.

"Qilin-jie."

However, he still obediently changed his address.

Hearing this address, Qilin couldn't help but narrow her eyes—

As if she had heard an exceptionally pleasant melody.

Breakfast ended in a subtle atmosphere.

Although Su Bai found Qilin a bit "strange" today, the delicious food and Qilin's gentle attitude quickly made him forget that slight sense of oddity.

"Xiaobai~"

"Mm?"

"After eating... will you go shopping with me?"

Su Bai thought about it—he didn't have anything else to do anyway, so he nodded:

"Okay."

Seeing him agree, the smile on Qilin's face deepened.

"Then, as a reward for agreeing to accompany your sister shopping..."

Hearing the word "reward," Su Bai's eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth to suggest going to the snack street again—

But Qilin seemed to have already guessed his thoughts.

Before he could say it, she leaned forward slightly, and her soft lips placed a light kiss on his forehead.

A warm sensation, a hint of moisture, and a faint, fresh scent.

Su Bai froze.

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With a touch, they separated, and Qilin didn't linger.

Seeing Su Bai's stunned expression, the corner of her lips couldn't help but curl up in a small, proud smile.

"Do you like it?"

She asked with a beaming smile.

Su Bai didn't answer immediately.

He raised his hand and touched the spot on his forehead that was still slightly damp.

"I don't know..." he blinked in confusion, "It feels... so strange. I... can't quite explain it."

Qilin couldn't help but laugh out loud at Su Bai's adorable, "CPU overloaded" look.

"Alright, I won't tease you anymore." She reached out and ruffled his hair, "Go change your clothes, we're going out."

Su Bai nodded obediently and got up to go back to his room to change. Halfway there, he turned back and asked in a small voice:

"Sister Qilin... was that just now also a type of 'reward'?"

Qilin's face flushed slightly, a hint of shyness crossing her mind, but she maintained her composure:

"Yes, what's wrong?"

For some reason, a faint blush also spread across Su Bai's face—even he didn't understand why.

"Then..." he asked softly, his eyes holding a hint of anticipation and confusion, "Can I... ask Sister Qilin for this kind of reward again in the future?"

Qilin's heart skipped a beat at the question.

She looked into Su Bai's clean eyes.

There was no ambiguity or flirtation in them, only pure, straightforward anticipation.

"...Yes," she heard herself reply softly, her voice gentler than she'd expected, "But only when I think you've behaved well."

"Okay!" Su Bai nodded vigorously, as if he had received an incredible promise, "I'll behave!"

Qilin couldn't help but smile and ruffled his hair, "Alright, hurry up and change."

Su Bai happily ran back to his room, while Qilin leaned against the wall, raising her hand to gently press her chest.

During the time Su Bai was changing—

Exit of the Styx Great Worm Bridge

A figure shot out from the distorted spatial channel.

Her flowing golden hair was striking under the starlight, and the pair of pure white wings behind her clearly announced her identity—an Angel.

After flying out of the Great Worm Bridge, Angel Yan touched her ear with her finger:

"Azhui."

"Sister Yan!" Azhui's voice immediately responded, with obvious delight.

"What is our 'little genius' doing now?" Yan's lips curved into a "looking for fun" arc.

Hearing this, Azhui seemed to recall some less pleasant memories, and her tone carried a hint of playful complaint, "Sister Yan~"

"Hehe~ Alright, alright, I won't say anymore." Yan replied with a light laugh, "I've already reached Pluto, I'll be on Earth soon."

The two exchanged a few more simple pleasantries before ending the communication.

After hanging up, Yan flew directly towards the asteroid belt near Pluto.

When she saw the area that was clearly "missing" a section, she couldn't help but exclaim softly:

"Whoa... Seeing it in person is indeed more shocking than watching the live broadcast.

Even after a whole night has passed, just this section of the asteroid belt that was wiped clean... I can still feel the terror of that move."

Her gaze turned towards Earth, a deep glint flashing in her eyes:

"The future of the Angels... or the doom of the Angels..."

"Let me observe carefully."

Yan didn't head to Earth immediately but flew slowly along the edge of the asteroid belt that had been erased by the "Eternal Silence Wheel Yu."

Her eyes turned silver-white as she activated her Insight Eye.

Countless streams of data flashed across her vision as she attempted to analyze the residual traces in this space.

And the result...

It goes without saying.

Not a single piece of useful information could be parsed.

Even forcing an analysis with Angel Yan's current computing power... she might crash soon.

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