Seeing the relieved expressions on her family's faces, Lu Xiaoxiao silently nodded to herself. She knew she had taken the right approach with the story she had made up on the spot about a deity visiting her dreams.
Yep, when in doubt, blame the supernatural. It really worked!
And if anyone wanted to question it, well, was Mind Reading exactly scientific either?
Obviously not.
Sure enough, the first to accept this explanation was Lu Yubai, the most oblivious and melodramatic of the bunch.
He slapped his thigh and let out a howl, his face full of undisguised envy and jealousy.
"Wow! A deity visited your dreams?! Sis, you're way too lucky! Why does nothing that good ever happen to me?!" he wailed, pressing his palms together and raising them above his head as he began chanting at the ceiling. "Oh, great deity! Please look my way too! I have a wish! A huge wish! Please visit my dreams too! My wish isn't hard to grant. Just make our school hold classes two days a week and give us five days off! No homework! No exams! Tons of extracurricular activities, and a cafeteria worthy of a Michelin restaurant... Ow!"
Before he could finish, Lu Xunli, who could not bear to listen anymore, rolled up a newspaper and whacked him on the head.
"Oh, shut up!" Lu Xunli shot him an exasperated glare. "All you ever think about is this nonsense! If a deity really appeared, the first thing they'd do is zap some sense into a lazybones like you!"
Everyone: "..."
Watching Lu Yubai clutch his head and grimace comically, the others felt the lingering tension at the breakfast table ease at once thanks to his antics. Some even chuckled.
Heh. That silly brat's ambitions went no further than this!
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