Her conversation with the Cullen Family had given Miaomiao plenty of information, and she sincerely thanked everyone.
Unfortunately, the vampires in Blüdhaven belonged to a faction of their own. Carlisle had only heard a little about them through his wide circle of friends; he knew no specifics, let alone where their bases were.
Still, this was already an unexpected windfall. Before leaving, Miaomiao exchanged contact information with Carlisle and the others.
By the time she returned to the apartment, it was dark.
Miaomiao had searched the abandoned port thoroughly that day without picking up the scent of any other vampires. She planned to try her luck in the old industrial district to the southwest tomorrow.
Dick had come home quite early that day, and the dinner he had brought Miaomiao had already cooled to lukewarm.
"Why are you so late?" Dick patted the girl's head, then checked her over from every angle. Only after confirming that she showed no signs of injury did he relax. "The food's getting cold."
"I went to the old port today and met the Cullen Family. They really are vampires."
Miaomiao told Dick what she had learned from the Cullen family, bit by bit-vegetarian vampires, newborn vampires, Mary the Blood Queen, vampires' innate gifts, the Volturi, immortal children...
Miaomiao was not good at organizing information. She simply left out the Cullen family's private affairs and told Dick everything else she had heard.
Dick listened quietly, his fingertips resting unconsciously against his knee, his gaze calm and sharp. He did not interrupt Miaomiao's fragmented account, letting each unfamiliar, disjointed piece of information about this other species settle into his mind as he rapidly organized, categorized, filtered, and assessed it.
Dick soon realized that, if the Cullen family had not lied, there might be at least two