Noah: Catch a Jiang Xia to Calm Down—Please Vote o(〃'▽'〃)o
Haibara Ai held the cigarettes and lighter Jiang Xia had given her. Nervously stacking them on the floor, she listened intently to Jiang Xia's instructions.
With the intelligence that had made her a top scientist at eighteen, she memorized every word of his instructions.
Moreover, Haibara Ai keenly noticed that Jiang Xia was speaking faster than usual. She immediately realized that—although nothing showed on Jiang Xia's face—the situation might be urgent... Though she did not understand what Jiang Xia was trying to do, Haibara Ai suppressed her many questions and decided to act first.
After listening through it once, she came back to herself and began processing what she had heard.
Just as she was about to try asking a question—
The bedroom door slammed shut in front of her.
—Jiang Xia had gone inside, leaving her in the lounge's living room. From the sound of it, he had even locked the door.
Haibara Ai held the lighter. "...?"
It took her a few seconds to recover from being given the cold shoulder, and only then did she recall the excuse Jiang Xia had used when he called her over: "feeling unwell."
"..." For a moment, she could not tell whether it was really an excuse or whether something was genuinely wrong.
Haibara Ai lowered her head to look at the cigarette burning in the Ashtray, then bent down and picked it up.
Unable to help herself, she moved close to the cold bedroom door and asked softly, "Do you really not need to go to the hospital?"
No one answered.
"..." Haibara Ai sighed.
Though she was still worried, remembering Jiang Xia's instructions and how reliable he had always been, she ultimately said nothing more.
Haibara Ai