The next day.
Early morning.
Warm sunlight streamed in through the window.
For Mother Lin, this was absolutely the happiest breakfast she had had in all these years. She had been smiling from ear to ear all morning.
Her graceful, slender daughter sat beside her, and Lynn sat across from her. For a mother, there really was nothing more blissful than a scene like this!
"Lynn, you look so full of energy. After playing for so long yesterday, you must have slept well, right? Your big sister didn't bully you, did she?"
Mother Lin blinked, gazing fondly at Lynn.
Lynn spooned glutinous rice balls made from a thick, pitch-black substance into his mouth, then raised his head with an innocent expression. He really did look just like a sweet little boy as he blinked and said:
"No! Big sister actually took very good care of me. I had a very satisfying night's sleep. She might look fierce, but she really is a big sister with a cold exterior and a warm heart!"
"Mom, I'm off to school."
With that, Lin Ying set her chopsticks on the table and quickly shouldered her schoolbag.
"That girl..."
Mother Lin glanced reproachfully at her daughter's retreating back and shook her head. She really had no idea what to do with that headstrong daughter of hers.
But Lynn didn't move.
As he ate the rice balls in his bowl, his gaze flicked toward the bowl and chopsticks Lin Ying had left behind.
He looked at the leftovers in her bowl.
Something tiny seemed to wriggle faintly among them.
Like some kind of...
Bug.
"Did you notice something?"
Zuo Zuo's Ծ‸Ծ voice sounded in his mind after a long silence.
Lynn maintained his innocent little-boy appearance, shoveling the rice balls in his bowl into his mouth