The quiet whispers of the two girls behind her weren’t very clear to Anxi. She believed her hearing was quite good, and at this close a distance, unless they were whispering into each other’s ears, she should have heard them clearly.
But it seemed all common sense failed when it came to these two girls. Not only could Anxi not hear their hushed conversation, but even when she held her breath and tried to listen, she felt a wave of dizziness.
Could it be that one of them had a superpower that prevented others from eavesdropping?
The black-haired girl could be ruled out first. Anxi had seen clearly last night that this girl’s superpower was undoubtedly fire-based, and it was very powerful with many variations.
From the black-haired girl’s control over the cyan flame, Anxi could judge that she was at least a high-level esper, perhaps even the most powerful esper she had ever encountered.
However, the white-haired girl was unobtrusive. But judging from her interactions with the black-haired girl, Anxi felt that the white-haired one was not to be trifled with either.
She might also be a very powerful esper.
Anxi was now desperately praying in her heart that these two wouldn’t notice them, or even if they did, wouldn’t have any intentions towards them.
They were just ordinary sisters, truly nothing to be concerned about.
But fate was contrary to her wishes. After a long exchange, the black-haired girl actually reached out and patted Anxi’s shoulder.
Seeing this, Anxi’s heart skipped a beat from fear.
She turned her head back tremblingly, a smile more dreadful than a cry on her face: “Be careful, she’s still young. If you have anything to say, come at me!”
Letizia raised an eyebrow. Did this little girl mistake her for some bloodthirsty villain?
Although in many ways, this impression wasn’t wrong, Letizia was still displeased to be treated like this.
Seeing Letizia’s expression darken, Anxi began to tremble. She was now afraid that this black-haired devil might summon her incredibly powerful cyan flame if they disagreed, and cremate them both.
Anxin was unlike her sister. Although she was a bit doubtful about her own abilities failing, her intuition quietly told her that these two older sisters were good people.
“What do you want, big sister?” Anxin asked, her voice laced with an undeniable weakness, which seemed to indirectly confirm Letizia and Bai Ling’s earlier judgment: this girl was not long for this world.
Anxin did not look at her sister, so she didn’t read Anxi’s thoughts at that moment.
“Nothing much, just want to invite a cute little sister for a cup of coffee,” Letizia said, offering a smile she thought was kind.
To be honest, Letizia’s smile was indeed very kind, exceptionally kind. In the eyes of Bai Ling, Anxin, and the tour guide, the smile was perfectly comfortable and pleasing.
Only in Anxi’s eyes was Letizia’s smile so ‘sinisterly kind’.
Seeing this smile, large beads of sweat broke out on Anxi’s forehead. She couldn’t understand what Letizia wanted to do, nor did she want to understand. She just wanted to quickly take her sister and leave this terrifying woman.
She shouldn’t have been so reckless to grab those skewers last night.
Now, perhaps they would be made into skewers themselves.
Why was it so coincidental? She just wanted to take her sister to play by the beach and fulfill her sister’s wish.
But why did fate have to play such tricks on her?
After speaking to Anxin, Letizia turned her gaze to Anxi. “She’s your sister, right? Don’t worry, yesterday’s matter is in the past. I’m just helping a friend this time, fulfilling her meaningless compassion.”
Hearing this, Anxi breathed a slight sigh of relief. She didn’t really believe Letizia, but she had no other choice now.
Run away with her sister?
Impossible, couldn’t do it.
She hoped the black-haired girl was telling the truth.
“Sister, don’t be afraid. The black-haired sister is not a bad person.” Anxin also looked at her sister at this moment. Seeing her sister’s fear, the little girl looked at Letizia with surprise.
She could never have imagined that this sister, who smiled so warmly, would have such a side.
At this moment, the tour bus slowly came to a halt. As soon as the bus stopped, the tour guide stood up. “It’s time to go. The cafe isn’t close to the station, so we have to walk a bit.”
Following the tour guide off the bus, Letizia silently watched Anxi supporting Anxin, feeling a bit sour in her heart.
As a sister, she seemed to be doing worse than this thief.
Bai Ling also had a similar expression. Like Letizia, she was utterly failing in the role of a sister.
It was truly thanks to God that their sisters hadn’t gone astray.
“Speaking of which, I still don’t know your names.” Letizia asked only after Anxi had helped Anxin off the bus.
Anxi had by then managed to adjust her state of mind. She swallowed and replied, “My name is Anxi, and this is my sister, Anxin.”
Hearing these names, Letizia exclaimed, “Your name isn’t very auspicious.”
Anxi Anxi, that’s not a good word, is it?
On the other hand, her sister’s name was alright, quite reassuring.
“My parents aren’t very cultured. They just felt the name was easy to pronounce, so they named me that,” Anxi replied gloomily.
Letizia didn’t ask about Anxi’s parents’ current situation. Judging from the state of Anxi and Anxin, she could conclude that their parents had most likely become sacrifices.
“Qianqian, we can talk business now.” Bai Ling nudged Letizia, noticing that Letizia seemed inclined to chat about family matters with Anxi, which made her a bit impatient.
“Tsk, why so eager? It’s not something that can be solved immediately,” Letizia rolled her eyes. “You should be aware of your sister’s physical condition, right?”
Anxi was taken aback and then nodded hesitantly. She didn’t know why Letizia was asking this question, but one thing was certain: this black-haired girl named Qianqian seemed to have noticed that Anxin’s condition was not right.
“Yeah.”
“To put it bluntly, if no measures are taken, your sister definitely won’t live to see the start of next month.”
“What?!”
Letizia’s words plunged Anxi into a state of shock. She absolutely didn’t expect such a figure to come from Letizia’s mouth.
A month, a month was such a short period of time.
Even for humans with short lifespans, a month was like the blink of an eye.
“A… a month?” Although she wanted to ask if she was mistaken, what came out of Anxi’s mouth were the more common three words.
“Don’t doubt my judgment. I have no reason to lie to you, do I?” Letizia noticed Anxi’s doubt and pointed to Bai Ling beside her, “If you don’t believe me, you should believe her, right?”
Anxi turned her gaze to Bai Ling, who had been acting like a walking electrical pole since they arrived. Actually, she wanted to say that she didn’t believe this girl she had just met either.
But after staring at Bai Ling for a few minutes, she nodded hesitantly.
Her almost infallible intuition told her that this cold and beautiful white-haired young lady was an absolutely trustworthy person.
“Qianqian just said that it’s a conclusion we both reached. Your sister’s physical condition is even worse than you think,” Bai Ling said after noticing the change in Anxi’s eyes.
At this point, the group had arrived outside the cafe. After spending some time finding a seat on the balcony outside and ordering several coffees with names that sounded expensive, the discussion about Anxin continued.
Since Miss Bai was not good with words, almost all the talking was done by Letizia this time.
She concisely told Anxi her and Bai Ling’s judgment on Anxin’s condition, and that they didn’t have any good methods to treat Anxin.
“I’m more skilled in combat, and she’s even more specialized than me. My suggestion is for you to take your sister to the hospital quickly.” Letizia spread her hands. As a demon, she was truly helpless with such problems.
It couldn’t be helped, their expertise didn’t match.
If Candice were here, perhaps the doctor Miss could offer some suggestions, but Letizia was traveling this time, and Candice was likely holed up in her laboratory researching.
As for Bai Ling, all she had was compassion, and compassion was of no use in the current situation.
“I took Anxin to the hospital, but the doctors had no good solutions for Anxin’s illness…”
“Then there’s nothing we can do. Whitey, did you hear that?” In an otherwise dull atmosphere, only the carefree black-haired girl showed no self-awareness.
“How about asking the captain?” Bai Ling hadn’t given up hope.
If they couldn’t do anything, perhaps the professional captain could have some solutions.
Even if the professional captain couldn’t, she could contact her superiors, and there would always be a way.
“Whatever you want, but I’m saying I won’t be involved in making calls or anything,” Letizia picked up her recently delivered coffee and took a small sip.
Then, her expression began to change rapidly, as if she had eaten something very unpleasant.
Well, in a sense, she had indeed eaten something very unpleasant.
“This coffee tastes really good. Not too salty, not too bland, it’s delicious.” Letizia placed the coffee on the table with trembling hands and looked at Anxi, who was lowering her head in thought. “Anxi, don’t think too much. When the car reaches the mountain, there will be a road. Have a sip of coffee to calm down first.”
Anxi didn’t suspect anything. What Letizia said made a lot of sense. With her own strength alone, she could only wait.
So, she also picked up her coffee and took a sip.
The moment the purely black liquid entered her mouth, Anxi’s expression changed as if she were performing a mask change.
The taste of this coffee was so terrifying.
Both Letizia and Anxi had drunk coffee before, and Letizia’s coffee, in terms of both variety and quantity, could be called that of a Demon King.
But among all the coffee she had drunk, the coffee from this shop was the most terrifying.
“How did they make this so bitter?” After successfully tricking an innocent girl, Letizia stopped controlling her expression. She bared her teeth and commented on the black substance, “It looks and smells so good, but why is it so bitter the moment it enters your mouth?”
“I don’t know. I just felt that the moment I drank this cup of coffee, the world in front of me turned black and white,” Anxi whispered a small cough, covering her throat.
Bai Ling, who had just finished a phone call with the captain, glanced at Letizia and Anxi, who had the same expression, with some confusion. The two of them looked as if they might die at any moment, which was quite amusing.
Anxin, sitting opposite Bai Ling, felt a little curious about the coffee. She also wanted to try what made her sister and the black-haired sister make such expressions.
However, when ordering earlier, Anxin didn’t get her own coffee. The reason given by Letizia was: “Children should drink milk, why drink coffee.”
This resulted in a delicate small cake and a cup of warm, sweet milk being placed in front of Anxin.
Fortunately, the small cake came with a small spoon. Anxin carefully dipped a little coffee from her sister’s cup and then put the spoon into her mouth.
“So bitter.” The next second, Anxin began to regret her actions.
Even with just a small amount, her mouth was still full of bitterness, and even drinking several mouthfuls of sweet milk couldn’t suppress the bitter taste.
“Strange, I think it’s quite good.” The only difference was Bai Ling. After picking up her cup and taking a sip of coffee, her expression didn’t change at all.
In fact, her praise for the coffee was sincere.
“Then your taste buds must be malfunctioning. How could you drink such bitter coffee?” Letizia gasped. If Bai Ling was just pretending to be tough in front of her, then Letizia would have admired her a little.
Drinking a mouthful of this coffee truly made one feel like they were heading to the underworld.
“But this cafe has a very good reputation, and no customers said the coffee here was bad,” the tour guide chimed in. “That’s strange. Could it be they’re controlling the reviews?”
“That makes sense. I’ll give them a bad review right away!” Letizia exclaimed.
Meanwhile, at the cafe’s front counter, a blue-haired girl was quietly observing the recent guests. Upon hearing a few words carried by the wind, she let out a soft sigh.
“…three…?” Her blue eyes gazed into the distance, and the sigh dissipated in the wind.
