Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 786 Not a Bad Chapter

Ange, under the gaze of everyone: "..."

Anjie remained silent for a moment, then looked up with a grateful and admiring gaze, meeting the eyes of her smiling adoptive mother.

"Thank you, Mom. I won't do it again."

Anjie said, "I will make sure to press the petals down properly."

"It certainly won't be blown away by the wind tonight."

"..."

Her foster mother stared at her intently and smiled slowly.

"That's good."

The foster mother turned and walked towards the door, the dark fabric of her dress rustling as she moved.

Her hand gripped the doorknob.

“My dearest daughters and sons.”

With her back to all the players, the tall foster mother whispered, "I hope you have fun and live happily ever after with your mother."

"..."

Click.

The foster mother left the room, and after locking the door, the sound of her footsteps echoed again from outside.

The players with bread crumbs on the table looked at each other in bewilderment. Fang Youhua first took a bite of the bread in her hand, then smiled shyly at Yu Shijiu.

Yu Shijiu responded with an equally radiant smile.

Fang Youhua: "..."

Fang Youhua nodded somewhat stiffly, then hurriedly turned around and went back to the corner where they had initially "held their meeting".

Once the players of the Eye of All Things had gathered, someone lowered their voice and said resentfully:

"What was that expression on his face just now? He only has a 3% higher exploration rate than us, is it necessary for him to show such an arrogant look to Sister Fang?"

Fang Youhua: "...cough."

She choked on the bread crumbs that were still stuck in her throat.

"Sister Fang."

Her companion held her shoulders and said softly, "Don't be too upset. It was wrong of Yu Shijiu to provoke you like that, but we really can't beat him... Let's just bear with it for now."

"Sister Fang, don't get too upset and ruin your health."

Fang Youhua: "?"

Fang Youhua stared in astonishment at the changing expressions on the faces of her fellow players, ranging from reluctance and sadness to shame and indignation, and was momentarily stunned.

No.

Who exactly got so angry that they ruined their health?

Have I said a single word so far?!

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What did she mean by her last sentence?

Xu Han chewed on the bread crumbs in his hand and mumbled, "It gave me the creeps. It didn't sound like anything nice."

"Then you really can't think straight."

He Lingling leaned against the edge of the match bed, head down, munching on bread, and said between chews:

"Based on my memory from reading so many books, the last thing my adoptive mother said before she left wasn't really a bad thing."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Yu Shijiu, who hadn't read many books either, had already finished the bread crumbs in big mouthfuls. Now, he was drooling over the bread in He Lingling's hand, and couldn't help but ask He Lingling what she meant by those words.

"..." He Lingling felt a little embarrassed by the stare, and casually broke off a small piece of bread crumb and gave it to Yu Shijiu: "Want some more?"

Yu Shijiu: "..."

Yu Shijiu quickly licked her lips and shook her head, saying, "I'm not eating anymore, I'm full."

Yu Shijiu was telling the truth. Perhaps because his body had shrunk and his stomach had shrunk as well, he did feel a little full after eating that piece of bread crumb. Well, it could also be because he drank almost three cups of water after finishing the bread.

He Lingling insisted, "Shi Jiu, take it. I'm not that hungry."

Yu Shijiu swallowed and pushed He Lingling's hand back.

I'm really full.

Yu Shijiu touched his stomach, "It feels bloated even when I drink water."

He Lingling: "..."

He Lingling eventually took the bread back.

"Go on!"

Xu Han asked urgently, "What did you mean when you said that what your foster mother said wasn't a bad thing?"

"No hurries?"

He Lingling's attitude towards Xu Han was much worse. She said irritably, "Hurry up and eat. How can a young man eat so slowly and still have the nerve to talk!"

Chen Yi, who was also eating slowly next to him, coughed.

He Lingling froze on the spot, somewhat embarrassed, and explained, "No, what I meant was, Brother Chen, I didn't mean you..."

Chen Yi chuckled and shook his head: "It's alright, you young people like to banter, I understand, I understand. I'm not some old man who's half-buried and knows nothing, haha..."

He Lingling blushed and quickly said, "I really wasn't talking about your Brother Chen. I was just teasing Xu Han on purpose, since it was the first time he called himself a sports student—"

"!" Xu Han's face flushed red at the mention of her embarrassing past, and she immediately raised her hand: "That was just something I said in a fit of shock! How can you still remember that, He Lingling! That's going too far!!!"

He Lingling: "Didn't you say that yourself? Hey, Brother Chen, you're really young. I really didn't mean it that way..."

He Lingling, finding the explanations increasingly confusing, decided to change the subject altogether:

"It's probably because of what my adoptive mother said before she left, which is a kind of beautiful blessing or prayer in the context of fairy tales."

The topic shifted so quickly that Yu Shijiu was caught off guard. He paused for a moment, then wrinkled his nose.

"Praying for blessings? So our foster mother was praying for us?"

"That's not necessarily the case."

He Lingling shook her head: "I can only say that this is my preliminary guess. After all, we don't really know what our adoptive mother is trying to do—"

"How could you not be clear?"

Yu Shijiu looked at the bread and no longer felt any desire for it. He frowned and said, "It's already very clear. Our adoptive mother just wants us to be obedient, obedient, and even more obedient. Ideally, we should be the kind of obedient and sensible who have no principles and no self-interest. That's what she likes the most."

"..."

He Lingling was taken aback, then smiled and said:

"I know that. What I mean is, there might be something about my adoptive mother that we don't know about—"

"No more."

This time it's Anjie.

He Lingling was even more surprised, "Sister An?"

"Isn't the original plot of the fairy tale about an adoptive mother wanting a well-behaved and obedient child to keep her company?"

Ange stuffed the last bit of bread in her hand into her mouth, swallowed it, and said:

"Being obedient and well-behaved, providing companionship and comfort... these four words seem like good qualities no matter how you look at them, but Lingling, people grow up."

Anjie: "In the process of growing up, people will inevitably reshape their values ​​and self-awareness. Even the most obedient and well-behaved child can become 'disobedient.'"

"Of course, this disobedience is considered disobedience in the eyes of the adoptive mother."

"Any child who has developed a sense of self and the ability to support themselves will not continue to unconditionally and selflessly accompany their parents and stay by their side."

"..."

The area where the five people were suddenly quiet and deathly still.