The apartment was quiet.
And so the film's score grew noisy, and those less-than-refined sounds became clearer still.
Jing Jiu avoided Zhao Layue's gaze and turned toward Snow Ji at the other end of the soft chair. "This film... I've seen it."
He added, "With Teacher Eve. We watched it together."
Yes, this was the Space Pirates film he and Eve had watched at that cinema in Wushi City, though Eve had left before it ended.
Instinctively, he did not want to speak to Zhao Layue. He wanted to avoid her.
Snow Ji was quite right. He simply did not want to wake up.
Zhao Layue grew even angrier. Expressionless, she said, "I know who Eve is."
Snow Ji certainly would not join this conversation, Big One and Cold Cicada lacked the courage, and Flower Creek was frozen in a block of ice... Jing Jiu could find no help anywhere.
The apartment grew quieter still, as though waiting for someone to speak.
He could only say, "Do you? She's a good person."
"I'm not a good person, so I'll only give you one day."
With that, Zhao Layue sat down on the soft chair, folded her legs, and closed her eyes to rest.
Somewhat uneasy, Jing Jiu edged farther away and leaned back, casting a cautious glance at Snow Ji. He wanted to ask her just who this vicious, short-haired girl was.
Snow Ji rolled her black eyes, thought it over, and decided that since the matter had to be resolved anyway, she would abandon any thought of helping him.
Time walked slowly onward. The silence in the apartment seemed to stack upon itself with time, becoming a deathly stillness.
Terribly bored, Big One leaped onto the table against the wall, approached the 3D Photo Frame, and softly meowed at