Smack!
First came a crisp sound, and then the pitch-black room suddenly lit up.
A figure hurried toward the comfortable big bed and yanked the quilt off a little someone curled up asleep on it.
"?!"
"S-Senior Sister?"
"You..."
"What is it?"
"It's not even light out yet. Don't bother me..."
Still drowsy, Jin Xiaoli shielded her eyes from the sudden light of the thing called an "electric light," then glanced toward the pitch-black window. Seeing that it wasn't yet time to get up, she grumbled sleepily, rolled over, and pulled the quilt back over her little head.
"Xiaoli."
"Stop sleeping."
"Something big has happened."
Mo Caihuan hurried over, speaking softly but excitedly as she continued tugging at the quilt.
"Mm..."
"Whatever it is can wait until tomorrow..."
"I'm sleepy..."
Jin Xiaoli clung tightly to the quilt, refusing to let go.
"Junior Sister!"
"Get up!"
"Something really big has happened!"
Seeing how lazy and listless the girl had become—she was starting to inherit quite a bit of their Master Annie's ways—Mo Caihuan grew irritated. She gritted her teeth, lunged forward, and began tugging hard at the quilt.
"Mmph!"
"No..."
"Xiaoli doesn't want to hear..."
Jin Xiaoli kept hugging the quilt tightly, refusing to free her face from the silk bedding. She didn't want to listen to her Senior Sister, and she certainly didn't want to face the glaring light.
"If something big happened, go find Master..."
"Why come to me?"
"Stop it!"
"I'm not getting up!"
"Go away!"
Jin Xiaoli continued to refuse, unwilling to expose her face to the light.
Just then, she realized that the "spaceship," or "flying vessel," or whatever Master Annie had brought out was great in every way except for its lighting. The lights were far too bright—so, so, so bright—and all it took was