Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

"Wow, thank you!"

Kiana took it and held it in her arms with a smile.

"Ahhh, Kaino, why are you still giving Kiana a game console?" Theresa jumped over and patted Kaino's shoulder twice in dissatisfaction. "If you keep going like this, she will definitely fail the course!"

"No." Mei shook her head and interrupted, saying gently, "I will strictly supervise Kiana and won't let her play too much."

"The same goes for Bronya. Bronya and Seele will occupy the game console, leaving Kiana no chance to play."

The two retreated tremblingly, and Kiana looked at them with a painful expression.

"Okay, don't be sad. Come and see what your aunt has prepared for you." Theresa took out a bracelet from behind her like a magic trick and shook it in the air.

"What is this?" Looking at the extremely familiar thing, Kiana shifted her gaze to Kayno's right wrist.

This looks exactly like Keno's portable device.

"Could it be that it's filled with snacks?"

"Don't just think about eating!" Theresa suddenly jumped up and knocked Kiana on the head, her face full of anger. "It's the armor, the Valkyrie Armor. I went through a lot of trouble to get it for you - the Destiny B-rank Valkyrie Armor, Bai Lian!"

Throwing the bracelet into Kiana's hand, Theresa raised her head with a smug look on her face.

"Only B?" Kiana blinked and showed a look of disgust on her face, "Aunt, all the ones you gave to Kainuo were A."

Theresa's smile froze, and she stared at Kiana with wide eyes. "What are you thinking, silly niece? Keno is already A-level, and you're only C-level. It's good enough that I got you a B-level set, isn't it?"

"Besides, this set of armor is definitely better than that game console, right?"

"Okay, okay." Kiana smacked her lips, a look of coping written all over her face.

At this moment, a white and tender little hand holding a silver card was stretched out in front of Kiana.

"Is this... an account card for Honkai Impact 3rd?" Kiana was stunned at first, then looked at the owner of the hand with a little confusion.

"Bronya, what do you mean by giving me this account card? I have an account for Honkai Impact 3rd. Didn't we play together before?"

"Stupid Kiana, this card contains the latest top-tier equipment from Honkai Impact 3rd. Just trade it in and transfer it to your account." Bronya shoved the silver card into Kiana's arms and said, "Bronya and Seele spent a month grinding for this."

"I-I see," Bronya turned to look at Lan Xier and nodded slightly, "As expected, I knew you were a good person, Xier. If it was just Bronya, she would definitely not prepare a gift for me!"

"Don't say that, Kiana-nee." She glanced cautiously at Bronya beside her before Seele breathed a sigh of relief. "Bronya-neee's luck is pretty bad. She defeated that monster on her first try, but we kept grinding for a week before this piece of equipment came out."

"Hahahaha!" Kiana scoffed immediately upon hearing that. "I knew it! No wonder it takes you a week to get a piece of Bronya equipment. Turns out it's because it's too hard!"

Bronya's gaze shifted to the top of Kiana's head, and her right hand unconsciously clenched. Although her face remained expressionless, a hint of murderous intent lingered around her.

Suddenly, her clenched fists loosened again.

Forget it, let the other party be arrogant for a day.

"Oh, by the way, Meiyi, Meiyi." Kiana suddenly stopped laughing as if she had thought of something, and looked at Meiyi with bright eyes, "What gift did you prepare for me?"

"Ah, mine was prepared together with Teacher Himeko." First, she pulled Himeko, who was gradually losing her presence, back into Kiana's sight, and then a slightly weird smile appeared on Mei's face.

It’s a pity that a certain Paramecium didn’t notice it. Instead, she looked at Mei with excitement.

"What is what?"

"It's on the table in your room." Mei's smile widened. "Kiana, go and take a look."

"Oh yeah!"

After looking at his little sister who was running up the stairs, Kainuo shifted his slightly puzzled gaze to Mei.

Although the other party could be said to be the person he was least familiar with among the people here, Kainuo felt that the other party was not someone who liked to keep people in suspense.

"So, Mei, what exactly have you prepared?"

"It's something that will be very helpful to Kiana." Mei's smile remained unchanged, her eyes fixed on the door that Kiana had just closed. "To be honest, I was worried that our gifts would collide with each other just now."

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"what!!!"

Suddenly, a scream came from Kiana's room.

Kaino turned his head stiffly and looked at Mei with a slightly frightened look.

Giving something like this to someone on their birthday, are you a monster?!

"It looks like Kiana really likes that gift."

Nodding with satisfaction, Mei glanced at the clock hanging on the wall and walked towards the kitchen first.

"The food should be almost ready, let's start dinner."

Subconsciously meeting the gazes of Seele and Theresa beside him, Kaino blinked and reminded Mei.

"Because Bella can't come due to something, we will eat less and then go back to have another meal with Bella."

"?g?" Mei paused, and a look of disappointment inevitably appeared on her face.

As a cook, it is a sad thing when the guests cannot finish the food you prepare for some reason.

Fortunately, Mei herself was kind-hearted. She quickly composed herself and put on a smile: "Okay."

After that, she continued walking towards the kitchen.

Well, let Kiana eat more tonight.

Chapter 149 Kaslana's Birthday (End)

"Wow, wow, I didn't expect Mei's cooking to be so delicious. No wonder Kiana keeps asking for her cooking every day."

Theresa touched her belly, which showed no signs of moving up or down, and swayed her head as she walked.

It’s not that Bella’s cooking skills are not as good as Mei’s. If nothing else, at least Mei wouldn’t prepare so many bitter melon dishes for her.

But even the same dish cooked by different people will taste different. Although I haven’t gotten tired of Bella’s food after eating it for nearly a year, it has lost a lot of surprises.

After taking two more shaky steps, Theresa sighed slightly, a hint of disappointment on her face.

"It's been a long time since I could eat something like this without any pain. It's so delicious and refreshing!"

"Actually, Auntie, if you want to eat, you don't have to think too much about it. Just eat as much as you want." Kaino shrugged as he followed Theresa. "On your birthday, you have to have a birthday meal or something. I don't care about that."

"That won't do!"

Hearing what Keno said, Theresa stopped and turned around. She crossed her arms, her face as serious as a little nun about to reprimand a dishonest person.

"You can't be careless about birthdays! Besides, how long has it been since your aunt celebrated your birthday?"

Theresa's face showed a little sadness.

"But Bianca and I celebrated our birthdays together when we were little, so I don't think there's anything wrong with it."

Kaino said, his eyes slowly moving to the side.

Although they are not the same individual, he has indeed celebrated his birthday with Theresa in recent years, so he does not have any obsession in this regard.

But there is no need to tell the other party this.

But speaking of Bianca...

"And compared to me, Auntie, you haven't celebrated your birthday with Bianca for several years, right?"

Thinking of this old sister who finally confessed her identity to each other half a year ago, Kainuo couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

Even though half a year has passed, the joy still lingers in my heart.

Is there anything more joyful than successfully recognizing your sister, whom you have been very close to since childhood and whom you thought was dead but finally met again after a long separation?

"Tsk." Xier, who had been silent all this time, suddenly smacked her lips.

She first glanced at Kainuo with empty eyes, then leaned back slightly with a slightly disgusted expression.

"Although I don't know what you are thinking right now, I always feel that your smile is so obscene."

Kainuo's smile collapsed instantly.

He first turned his head to look at Xier, then touched his chin in confusion.

Isn’t it said that handsome people can look good in any expression?

It was the other party who praised me for being handsome before.

"Cough um."

Clearing her throat to attract the attention of the two people who had gradually ignored her, Theresa, who was nearly fifty years old, narrowed her eyes and looked at Xier inconspicuously, then looked at Kainuo again.

"Little Kaino, do you think I don't want to?" Theresa said with a pout. "It's just that the Far East Branch's affairs are too complicated and it's hard for me to get away. Otherwise, I would definitely take you with me to the Destiny Headquarters to celebrate her birthday with her."

"Aunt, when you say things are complicated, are you referring to the new Homo manga?" Kaino said with a strange expression. "I don't know your reason, but at least make it a little better, okay?"

It's true that the Far East branch has a lot of things to deal with, otherwise Theresa wouldn't be staying up late to process documents. But it's undeniable that she has her own reasons for staying up late to process documents.

It means that reading Homunculus comics takes up a lot of time.

The biggest flaw in this lie is that a few years ago, when Saint Freya was in ruins, Theresa still had time to play with him and Bianca, but now that the Far East branch has stabilized, she has no time?

"Well, actually... I'm a little scared of seeing Bianca now. After all, she's always mean to me." Theresa scratched her head, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Even though my grandfather personally told me that Bianca is Kiana and even provided a lot of evidence, it's still hard for me to connect her now with the mischievous little Kiana when she was little. When I see her, the first thing that comes to my mind is the strongest Valkyrie of destiny."

Unlike Keno, whom she hadn't seen for several years and still saw her childhood shadow when they met again, the girl whose name was changed to Bianca by Otto had always been known to Theresa as another serious and earnest image in the past few years, and it was deeply rooted in her heart.

Therefore, It was difficult for Theresa to perfectly combine this girl who urged her to be serious with the little girl who hugged her waist and asked her for snacks when she was a child.

It's like suddenly telling you that the school bully who usually bullies you is the neighbor who used to follow you around and wipe his nose when you were a child. No one would be able to accept it so quickly.

The situation would be much better if they could get along with each other more often, but the two people in different branches obviously don't have this opportunity.

"But even so, you can still see some of her childhood in her, right?" Kainuo thought for a moment and hesitated, "Like her love of eating and her poor cooking skills."

As he spoke, Kayno showed a look of pain.

No, my stomach starts to hurt again just thinking about this.

"Maybe." Theresa sighed, turned around and continued walking.

Kainuo and Xier looked at each other, shrugged, and quickly caught up.

"Wait a minute," Kaino said, taking just two steps. He suddenly looked at Theresa in front of him with wide eyes. "Since there's a disconnect between the two images, then what was the gift you mailed to the Sky Destiny headquarters for Bianca a few days ago?"

"Eh?" Theresa blinked and turned around again. "A Ho-Houm doll, a life-size one at that. I can't even begin to describe how heartbroken I was when I gave it to you!"

Kaino smiled strangely and covered his face with his hands.

"Well..." Theresa hesitated. "Even though I've lost my childhood memories, my hobbies shouldn't change, right?"

"I don't quite understand this," Kayno shook his head, "but I went to the Hoom Fun Park with Bianca before, and she wasn't interested in the Hoom puppets that passed by."

"Ah?" Theresa's face fell.

"Hiss... By the way, Auntie, let me ask you just in case."

Kaino lowered his head slightly and met Theresa's gaze. "Although I had a lot of Homunculus stuff in my house when I was a kid, the Homunculus doll you gave me isn't it?"

When he was a child, his main purpose of collecting Homo toys was to use Homo to control Daiqi, not because he liked the yellow rabbit very much.

If Theresa really gave him the related toys, then the only one he could threaten now is Theresa...maybe there's also a Bronya?

"Of course not. We've lived together for so long, and I've never seen you show much interest in Hom merchandise." Theresa pouted, pinching her waist, a little angry that her nephew looked down on her. "I've prepared a special, cool motorcycle for you—Auntie, you've noticed that you often take Xier out on it, right?"

"Then it seems that you are not so stupid, Auntie. Congratulations, congratulations."

After continuing to tease his aunt, Kainuo turned to look at Xier with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

"So, Xier, what's my gift?"

Without a direct answer, Xier's lips curled up and her gaze shifted slightly to Kainuo's empty left wrist: "This is a small piece of jewelry I made recently. Let's consider it as completing the punishment I mentioned before."

Seeing Theresa's gossipy gaze and Kayno's weird look, Xier's smile grew even wider.

"Also, there's this dish that Kiana and I learned to make before. It's called toast pizza, right? Well, it finally comes in handy now."

"By the way, let me tell you about what Bella prepared for you. It's a state-of-the-art holographic computer." Xier hummed twice and raised her head slightly. "I was the one who suggested this to her."

Seeing the other party's look of "If you want to praise me, that's fine too", Kainuo's expression was subtle. He couldn't figure out for a moment whether the other party and Kiana learned to cook in order to avenge him or to avenge him.

- The meal that Bianca gave him, which gave him food poisoning, left a deep impression on him.

But...toast pizza?

I do miss it a little bit.

After smoothing Xier's hair, Kainuo smiled a mixture of concern and gratitude, and gently looked at the other person who squinted his eyes and looked very happy: "Thank you for your hard work."