"You're so smart!"

"Huh! What are you doing, stupid! ”

I tapped Shiyin Aoyama on the forehead, ignoring her angry glare, and turned to run—not for fear of a counterattack, but for a desire to try what she said.

Back on the third floor, the smooth brown-yellow wood-grained marble corridor was empty, and no one was moving, and although many people were injured by the hail rain at the end of the snow festival, most of them were not serious, and after the wounds were treated, they went home, and only a small number of people needed to be hospitalized, so the inside of the hospital returned to its usual cleanliness again.

Thanks to this, even though I sneaked up against the edge of the wall and groped towards Miss Liuzhi's ward, I was not seen, and I quietly came to the ward with the white narcissus sign on it.

I looked around weakly, for fear that there was a nurse on duty hiding next to me and secretly observing, and I was relieved to find that I couldn't see any figure around, and then I was relieved, and in a blink of an eye, I felt funny for my own fear, it was in the hospital, there were only two nurses on duty at the same time every day, and at most one doctor, how could someone be okay to patrol the building when there were so few people?

And even if someone was on patrol and saw a child like me, they wouldn't think that I was doing something bad—it wasn't a bad thing in itself, but could a visit to a sick person be a bad thing?

Children, naughty mischief is the norm, bears are normal, unlike adults, need to consider various consequences and effects - after a reminder from Shiyin Aoyama, I realized that I have always been thinking about problems with the mentality and perspective of adults, and all kinds of morals and unspoken rules restrict their own behavior, but in fact, as a "little" child, I can completely ignore most of the constraints on adults.

For example, a six-year-old child lifting the skirt of a big sister is naughty, and an adult man lifting a girl's skirt is indecent and obscene. For example, an adult male trespassing on a hospital ward without consent will be charged with bad behavior, ignorance, and breaking the rules, while a child will break into the ward...... Well, this kid is still young, don't worry about him.

With this in mind, I turned the doorknob and gently and silently opened the door through a crack, then leaned in to peek in, and at first glance I saw a petite figure on the wooden bed against the wall on the left-hand side, wrapped in a snow-white thick quilt, revealing only the crimson hair and the tranquil and beautiful sleeping face that naturally spread out.

"Yarn ......"

My lips twitched, and I tried to call her name, but I couldn't help it, and just stared at her face with concern, the pretty little face frowned slightly, as if it was having some unpleasant dream, and the soft pale red lips opened from time to time, as if calling for something, but I couldn't hear the sound.

Beside the girl, the hollow blue-like woman chaired a soft pale cyan silk backrest, and her delicate body like a thin willow was half-reclining, and her body parts from the flat lower abdomen down were tucked into a snow-white quilt. Even though she is already the mother of two girls, the female body is still as delicate and beautiful as a girl, whether it is the slender wrists and feet that seem to be able to be held by one hand, the soft and plump breasts, the elegant and round shoulders and back, and the soft and long neck...... Everything is extremely delicate and delicate, as if it were an elaborately carved girl doll, so perfect that people are afraid that the slightest touch will damage this peerless beautiful human form.

At this time, the woman was reading a book, and a thick hardcover book floated in the air, as if held in front of her by an invisible ghost, not far away, not close, and every time her onion-like fingers flicked, the pages automatically turned over.

She read quietly and carefully, a thoughtful look appeared on her face from time to time, and then she seemed to understand the deep meaning, and a soft and comfortable smile appeared on her face. Whenever the girl sleeping next to her murmured in her sleep, she gently stroked the girl's cheek, diluting her elegant and cold temperament, and exuding the gentle love and pity of being a mother.

The picture of the mother and daughter getting along harmoniously is like a beautiful work, which is pleasing to the eye.

I was immersed in the beautiful colors, and my heart softened, and I couldn't bear to spoil the scene, but soon this mood was ruined.

"Kid, have you seen enough?"

In the line of sight, Miss Liuzhi's brightly colored lips were distracted, and her consistently cold voice sounded in my ears, as if it was far away in the sky, but it was close at hand, the volume was very low, but every word was very clear, just like the "air transmission" depicted in some literary works thousands of years ago, so that the sound would not diverge and distort from a long distance - the essence of sound is vibration, as long as the energy of a certain area is guided by magic to vibrate the air to produce waves, then this kind of air transmission effect can be produced.

I've heard people say that this kind of mana mimicry technique is a moderately difficult training course in the whole person class, although it is not that everyone can master it, but as long as there is a heart to train, it is also a skill that ordinary people can control, so I am not very surprised by this sudden situation, after all, with the reputation of Miss Liuzhi's genius, it is easy to be able to do something to this level with mana.

was hit in front of the peeping rudeness, I suddenly felt my cheeks burn red, and comforted myself again and again, "I'm going back to my old job, and I haven't pretended before", suppressing the shame in my heart, and then I hung up an "innocent" smile, poked my head into the crack in the door, and was cheeky: "Sister Liuzhi (お姉さん), I'm here to visit you and Sa, come in...... May I? ”

After saying this, I felt as if I heard the crisp sound of something shattering, and I felt that something called Jiecao was broken and spilled on the ground.

Miss Liuzhi tilted her head to look at me, her brows furrowed slightly, she was silent and did not speak, and her cold gaze contained a sharp scrutiny. After a long while, just when I was in a dilemma, she let out a small breath, retracted her gaze and put it back on the page in front of her, her voice still cold: "Come in." ”

Here's a chance!

From her response, I vaguely sensed the complexity of her feelings, and out of previous experience, I immediately entered the state, began to organize the language, and was ready to gradually deepen the conversation—in terms of past experience, what I was most afraid of was not the kind of extremely intelligent person to talk to, but the kind of person who was not willing to give the opportunity to talk at all, or even completely resisted contact.

As long as you can talk, then whether you use words or show sincerity, there is always a way to penetrate into the depths of the other person's thoughts.

Traditionally, then, the first step is to remove the subject's guardedness, and this can be achieved through daily greetings and common language.

It's like going back to the old days of work in my mind, and the superfluous emotions in my heart melt away in a blink of an eye, leaving only absolute sanity and calmness, and acting in the preset way, with a gentle smile on my face that has been battle-hardened.

"Miss Liuzhi, good afternoon."

With a smiling face, I walked to the head of the bed naturally, first glanced at the cover of the book suspended in front of Miss Liuzhi, and memorized the title of "The Relevance of the Nature of Mana and Dreams" in my mind, and then lowered my head to look at Sha's quiet sleeping face, and sincerely showed a worried expression, and lowered my tone: "Sha, good afternoon." When will I wake up? I miss you so much. ”

In the corner of my eye, Miss Liuzhi's eyes staring at the book shifted to this side, and then retracted it, her original serious expression became a little more relaxed, her attention was no longer focused on the book, and at the same time responded: "In five days, you can come and pick her up." ”

"Really!?"

I was just right to express my surprise, and then I was worried: "But why is this happening? It was fine a few days ago, but suddenly it was like this, and you were also ...... two days ago, Miss Liuzhi. Could it be that you are sick? ”

"It's because of me."

Some self-reproach could be heard in Miss Liuzhi's soft tone, she twisted a strand of crimson and silky hair on her side with her fingers, and wrapped it around her index finger, her expression was a little more gloomy: "Little ghost, I thank you very much for what happened two days ago, and I don't want to say much about what happened at that time - Sha is very close to you, I just hope you don't make her feel sad, you just need to know this." ”

"I'm not going to do anything that makes Yarn sad and ...... at the same time I also want to stop everything that will make her unhappy. ”

I took in Miss Liuzhi's delicate little movements, which were very similar to the yarn, and pretended not to hear the hidden meaning of her words, "I don't want to say more, you just need to know this", and just looked directly at her, making my appearance look reliable, and my tone was firm: "So I want to know why Miss Liuzhi almost died the day before yesterday, and what did you mean by what you said to me at that time?" ”

"Imp, you ......"

In my impression, Miss Liuzhi's personality has never been related to softness, and it is a little consistent to say that she is cold and proud, so to my surprise, she became irritated by my straightforward questioning, her face was tense, her two full lips were pursed, and she looked at me with a sharp gaze.

But this state didn't last long, she sighed lightly, turned her head shyly, her rare cheeks were dyed red, her face was like a peach blossom, she was incomprehensibly beautiful, and her voice was soft and beautiful: "I felt very bad in my heart before I fainted that day, and then I guessed that it was because I accidentally fell asleep in front of the window, and the cold wind that blew for too long caused a myocardial infarction, but at that time I couldn't do anything, and I couldn't use my magic power, and my consciousness became blurred, because I was very scared, I was afraid that I would die like this, Leaving Sha alone to live, so I only said that to you before I fainted. ”

It was the first time I had seen Miss Liuzhi's shy expression, and I was amazed by the delicate and feminine beauty for a moment, and I listened to her words with a slight distraction, and then compared it with what Miss Tomiko said before, I realized that she was lying, and subconsciously exposed her: "You are lying, how can it be just like this." ”

As soon as the words came out, I felt that something was wrong, my expression froze, and at the same time, my heart pounded, and I understood that I was probably finished, and I made a serious mistake, and I made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and was lured deep by the other party.

Sure enough, the embarrassed expression on Miss Liuzhi's face instantly converged and became cold...... No, it could even be said that he looked at me indifferently, and his blade-like gaze conveyed the mockery of his master, as if it was about to gouge into the chest and stab him in the heart.

Miss Liuzhi's curly hand let go of the strings in the air, and the book fixed in the air like a rock automatically folded the corner of the page she was currently reading as a bookmark, and then closed it and landed on the low wooden table beside it.

After doing this, she gently moved her back and gracefully pulled out the lower half of her body in the bed, her slender legs and feet together, placed under her hips, her waist straight and loose, and her hands folded palms down on her thighs - this is a very standard sitting position.

At this time, I realized that from the beginning to the present, a large part of her attention was on the intention to maintain the mana, and the other part of her attention was used to talk to me, but it did not cause any emotional fluctuations, and her mood was as calm as the book fixed in the air from beginning to end, without any fluctuations - emotions affect the stability of mana, and the more skilled the use of mana, the more calm and stable the mood.

In this way, she adjusted her sitting position, and faced me head-on in an impeccable, all-out posture, squinting her eyes lightly, the corners of her lips slightly curled, revealing a cold and playful look as if a cat had played with a mouse and was about to devour it: "Now, little ghost, you know what? There are two kinds of people I hate the most, those who lie to me, and those who think they are smart and pretend to be in front of me. You...... Which one do you think you are? ”

Poor ...... Dagger.

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