Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

Although it's a bit unstable right now, it's still quite lively.

Kujo Sara had no answer to this.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Opening the Lid

The next day.

"Ha... I feel a little weak all over."

Kiana stretched as she walked out of the room, and just then she saw Natasha.

Good morning, big sister.

"...You're pretty heartless, aren't you?" Natasha looked at Kiana with her arms crossed.

Last night, fearing Kiana might have another attack, she didn't dare sleep too deeply.

"Hey hehe~"

Although I don't know why Natasha said that, over the years, Kiana has come to regard "carefree" as a compliment.

This shameless behavior silenced Natasha once again.

"Oh, right, I had a dream last night about something... I think it was something that looked like a handsome guy?"

"?"

What does "something that looks like it belongs to a handsome guy" mean?

Natasha raised an eyebrow. "Seems like something a handsome guy would have..." Could she be talking about Liu Bai? Does this guy still have a tiny bit of consciousness when he's sleepwalking?

"Ah... but it's a bit strange, even though I'm not interested in handsome guys..."

Kiana, completely abandoning any ladylike demeanor, reached under her clothes and scratched her lower body.

Natasha: "..."

This girl is really reckless. Has Ms. Cecilia neglected to educate this girl properly?

If her own little Kong did that in front of her, she'd probably get high blood pressure.

"Most of the dreams I have when I'm at home involve my mom feeding me little cakes—okay, I can't remember what she looks like, but I imagine she must be pretty?"

"woke up?"

Liu Bai peeked out from upstairs.

"The food is ready, come and eat."

"Oh right! Big sister, it's someone like Liu Bai! But she seems to be the gentle type!" Kiana immediately snapped out of her daze upon seeing Liu Bai and pointed at him.

Liu Bai: "?"

How did this get into the topic of gentleness?

Am I not gentle enough?

"What a pity, I still prefer the kind of gentle older sister who can wrap me up in two soft mounds." Kiana sighed somewhat melancholy.

"I like it too—so you're talking about your preferences when choosing a partner?" Bai was completely confused.

"Oh no, this girl is just having a relapse." Natasha took two steps away from Kiana. "My sexual orientation is perfectly normal."

Never show your gentle side to Kiana again—she doesn't want to be pestered.

"Huh? My sexual orientation is perfectly normal!"

"You're kidding me." Natasha looked unconvinced.

Don't think I don't know that the first thing you said to Eden when you arrived was, "Wow, beautiful lady!"

“Yeah, you’re kidding me.” Bai’s tone was exactly the same as Natasha’s.

"Liking pretty girls is a hobby, okay! Liu Bai, haven't you ever read any action-packed manga?"

Kiana immediately raised her fist in protest.

"Don't you think characters like Joro Kujo, Kakat, Gundam, and Ultraman are cool?"

"Hmm..." Bai was speechless.

That's something that can't really be denied.

Now he thinks he's handsome too...

“Look, Nantong.” Kiana pointed at Liu Bai and said to Natasha after successfully refuting Liu Bai.

Snapped.

Liu Bai threw the spoon in his hand at Kiana, but Kiana easily dodged it.

"Lie le le~~"

Kiana made a face at Liu Bai.

"So you get it now! My liking for pretty older women is the same as your liking for those action-packed protagonists! I'm only seventeen, is choosing a partner something I should be thinking about?"

"Your mom got married when she was seventeen."

"...Huh? Who?" Kiana was taken aback.

“Your mother, Ms. Cecilia,” Bai said, propping his head up.

"With whom?" Kiana's mind seemed to have gone blank.

“Your father, Mr. Siegfried.”

"...My father is a criminal?" Kiana gasped.

Liu Bai Natasha: "..."

How did this girl's thought process work?

"No wonder Dad's an executive officer at Anti-Entropy! He was afraid of getting arrested if he came back?"

Kiana wore a horrified expression, as if she had discovered a huge secret about her parents.

“It’s definitely legal for you to be seventeen years old.” Bai said with a speechless expression. “Alright, let’s leave this topic at that. Pick up the child and come up for dinner.”

"Oh."

Kiana was just saying... well, it was quite shocking.

After all, she only knew when she was born, but she didn't really know the exact date of her marriage.

Hmm... I have a feeling that this age is a bit unlucky.

"By the way, what kind of handsome guy do you think Liu Bai is?"

As Kiana was picking up the pieces, Natasha suddenly asked a question in a low voice.

Although she spoke softly, Liu Bai still heard her. Just as she was about to go back inside, Liu Bai immediately grabbed the door frame and stopped moving, ready to hear Kiana's evaluation.

"Hmm... Liu Bai?"

Kiana scratched her head.

"...Is he out of his mind?"

"...What kind of evaluation is that?" Natasha was also taken aback by the answer.

Surprisingly, Natasha felt that this assessment seemed to have some merit.

"I'm not that familiar with Liu Bai—but what kind of normal person would be able to connect with me on a wavelength!"

"You're quite proud of yourself, aren't you?"

Liu Bai leaned on the railing and spoke softly.

"You don't need to eat breakfast. Just grab some dirt to fill your stomach."

"Eh?"

…………

"So... you're a pet, big sister?"

Kiana, having eaten her fill, lay on the sofa, enjoying the last bit of leisure before going to work.

Before, when Liu Bai didn't cook dinner, the two of them didn't really feel the need to order takeout.

Now that Liu Bai is cooking, Kiana has truly realized the difference in their status—Natasha seems to be a younger brother in the family as well as herself?

"I'm the older sister," Natasha said dismissively, seemingly too lazy to pay any attention to Kiana.

“My sister isn’t as lazy as you.”

"..."

Am I lazy?

Natasha lifted her eyelids slightly.

I've risked my life for the world for so many years, what's wrong with me enjoying some happiness now?

"That means your sister is still young—or she could be a hard-working, ambitious woman."

Natasha used to be a hard worker—until Liu Bai enlightened her and she realized that she didn't need to work hard for the island.

Although I don't know when I'll find a sucker to sell the island to, I'm not short of money for normal living now.

I'm neither short of money nor lonely...

Should I quit?

Sigh... Well, Liu Bai is still caught up in this mess, otherwise she really would have run away.

Once the relationship deepens, it becomes impossible to ignore Liu Bai, which is quite problematic.

"Ah... my older sister really has really curly hair."

Kiana thought of her older sister and scratched her head.

She herself felt that compared to other goods, she should throw it away.

"I'm going to work with you all today."

After tidying up the kitchen, Liu Bai walked into the living room.

"I'll also go to the lab this morning."

Liu Bai didn't mean anything by it; he just wanted to hear about Mebius's treatment plan.

Intuitively, Liu Bai felt that Mebius probably hadn't come up with a good solution yet.

“Alright, let’s go then.” Natasha got up and nudged Kiana, who was still lying on the sofa, with her leg.

"Huh? Didn't you say we could lie down a little longer?"

"The adult world isn't a place where you can just stay in bed whenever you want, kid."

"You were the one who started fishing in the first place! Aren't you ashamed at all to say such high-sounding things?"

Despite her complaints, Kiana still obediently got up.

Although she can't keep her mouth shut and is quite loud, Kiana is indeed not arrogant. With her mother's good upbringing, her personality has changed quite a bit in subtle ways.

"I think I'm going to get a real beating from that old woman again today."

"reason?"

Liu Bai put on her flying robe, stuffed the bottle into her satchel, and put on her shoes, ready to go out.

"Intuition," Kiana said with certainty.

"I think you should show more respect to the doctor than to your intuition, starting with not calling her 'old lady'?"

Kiana is a bit talkative right now.

"So that one day the PhD is in a bad mood and actually puts you, this cabbage, into the pot."

"Can't we just let go of the 'turnip' meme?" Kiana just couldn't stand the name "turnip."

Liu Bai shrugged, went out first, and called Kujo Sara over.

As I went downstairs, I saw Eden, who was also about to leave.