Chapter 279: They’re Healing
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
The five zombies left with their treasured gla.s.ses, and only Mengmeng stayed beside Lin Qiao, staring at the bailer in her hands.
“… Here you go!” said Lin Qiao. After throwing the red bailer to Mengmeng, she turned and went downstairs.
On the sixth floor, she saw Tong Tong and Lin Xiaolu running about in the corridor, playing with Xie Dong. Liu Jun was sitting on a chair by the door of her room, watching the three. However, Lin Qiao didn’t see Cheng w.a.n.gxue. Normally, she was always with Lin Xiaolu.
As Lin Qiao came down, Liu Jun dropped the book in her hands and asked Lin Qiao, “You’ve spent a few days on the roof. Have you tamed those zombie leaders? How’s Lili?”
Lin Qiao walked to Junjun and leaned against the wall, crossing her arms before her chest. She shook her head and said, “It wasn’t hard to tame those zombie leaders that Lili brought back, but the one at the same level as Lili was a little difficult. I can’t handle her for now. But, I think Lili is able to suppress her completely. She’s in my s.p.a.ce now. I just asked Viney to fix and activate her body. I don’t know how long it’ll take.”
Liu Jun nodded and responded, “I felt that the vibes of the two zombies you just brought out of your s.p.a.ce are different now. Your lake water is getting more and more effective. Is it related to Viney’s upgrade?”
“Em,” Lin Qiao nodded and replied.
At that moment, she saw that Lin Xiaolu had stopped running abruptly, turning to look at her with confusion before slowly walking toward her.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing the little girl walking to her, Lin Qiao smiled and asked.
Lin Xiaolu walked up to Lin Qiao and spent a short while staring at her stomach, then raised her head to look at the latter’s face with her large eyes.
Lin Qiao looked at her with surprise. She found that she wasn’t able to sense Lin Xiaolu’s thoughts anymore, not even when they were close to each other. She guessed that it was because the latter now had spirit power. Her power might have blocked Lin Qiao’s sensation, and it should be some kind of self-protection.
“Aren’t you in pain?” Lin Xiaolu asked. Once she said that, Liu Jun and Xie Dong both looked at Lin Qiao confusedly.
Lin Qiao blinked, then squatted and smiled at Lin Xiaolu while answering her question, “Don’t worry, I’m not in pain. The one you sensed isn’t me. It’s someone else.”
“Not you?” Lin Xiaolu’s eyes were filled with puzzlement. She abruptly pressed a hand on Lin Qiao’s forehead, then thought for a while and asked another question, “Is it your s.p.a.ce? There are two people in your s.p.a.ce. Are they fighting?”
Liu Jun and Xie Dong glanced at each other, then both turned to Lin Xiaolu with surprise.
Lin Xiaolu’s power actually allowed her to sense the insides of Lin Qiao’s s.p.a.ce. The little girl was unexpectedly powerful.
“No,” said Lin Qiao, “They aren’t fighting. They’re healing.”
“Okay…” Lin Xiaolu nodded without fulling understanding.
Lin Qiao rubbed her head and said to her, “Go and play.”
In fact, Lin Xiaolu’s sensations were rather keen. Earlier on, she sensed Lin Qiao when the latter was still three meters away. She would become incredibly powerful in the future when her power upgraded to a certain level.
“We’re going down. It’s almost dinner time,” Lin Xiaolu shook her head and said to Lin Qiao. Then, she turned to Tong Tong and continued, “Tong Tong, let’s go downstairs for dinner.”
“Alright…” Hearing the word ‘dinner’, Tong Tong immediately agreed and walked toward Lin Xiaolu.
Lin Xiaolu held his hand, then they walked toward the stairs together, with Xie Dong following behind the two kids.
Lin Qiao watched Lin Xiaolu walking before Tong Tong like a little adult. She seemed to be looking after Tong Tong carefully. After Xie Dong and the two kids left, Lin Qiao turned to look at Liu Jun, who continued sitting on the chair.
“Is Tong Tong eating with them now?”
Liu Jun nodded and said, “Yeah… Madam said that they all eat together anyway. She also said that it was inconvenient for me to cook for Tong Tong alone, and that it’ll be better for them to prepare Tong Tong’s food. Tong Tong eats like a bird, and the two kids can eat more than usual when eating together. So, I agreed.”
“I don’t need to eat anyway,” she spread her hands and continued, “It’s indeed inconvenient for me to prepare a tiny amount of food for the kid every day.”
She was pretty diligent before, but now, she was actually getting a little lazy.
Lin Qiao sensed her thoughts and said, “You felt inconvenient because you’re getting lazy, right?”
…
Qiu Lili stayed in the lake for three days before finally making some noise. Lin Qiao had been paying attention to the lake the whole time. On the third day, she finally sensed a strong wave of energy from the lake.
She flashed into her s.p.a.ce and stood by the lakeside, watching the small swirl in the middle of the lake which was caused by the energy from the center of the lake. Quite a while later, she saw countless jade-white vines reach out of the water through the swirl, dancing in the air.
After that, a vibe from the lake suddenly made her feel repressed. The vibe slowly grew stronger, and so did the repressing feeling; so much so that she felt hard to breathe.
‘d.a.m.n! Qiu Lili didn’t directly break into level-seven, did she?’
Lin Qiao remained standing by the lakeside, fighting against the repressing feeling with a frown. However, she started failing in just a few seconds. An intention of running far away from this place was rising from her heart.
Thankfully, right before she gave up and turned to exit her s.p.a.ce, the vibe suddenly disappeared. Then, the swirl in the middle of the lake slowly faded.
Viney’s vines calmed down as well, all drawing back into the water. Lin Qiao sighed in relief, as she knew that Qiu Lili had finally woken up.
A while later, she saw Qiu Lili stick her head out of the water, slowly swimming toward the lakeside. As Qiu Lili got closer and closer to her, Lin Qiao found something to not be quite right.
Qiu Lili was still in the water, but Lin Qiao had seen her over a meter long hair which were floating behind her!
Before, Qiu Lili’s hair only reached her waist. But now, her hair could almost reach her feet! Lin Qiao’s hair had all fallen off, but Qiu Lili’s didn’t. On the contrary, her hair even grew longer!
Lin Qiao suddenly felt that she needed to talk to Viney about life.
Qiu Lili, who now had super long hair, slowly stood up from the water. She covered her chest with an arm while walking toward the chair beside Lin Qiao.
Lin Qiao watched her approaching and asked, “You… Did you upgrade?”
Qiu Lili glanced at her confusedly, then thought for a moment before nodding.
“I think… so… Eh? I can talk!” As she opened her mouth, a clear sentence escaped her lips. Hearing her own voice, she stopped walking. Then, the confused look in her face was replaced by a look of joy. She popped her blood-red eyes and stared at Lin Qiao happily.
“Ah, I can talk! I can talk!”
She was so happy that she even forgot to put clothes on. Lin Qiao looked at her and smiled before responding, “Alright, I get it. It was meant to happen, wasn’t it? Hurry, come up and put your clothes on.”
Only after hearing Lin Qiao’s words did Qiu Lili realize that she was still naked.