K424 of the Collapse World

"Sister Shilis, you don't care about Xing as much as before? Xing... did I do something wrong? But, it shouldn't be like this...?"

So what went wrong?

A seed of confusion was planted in the heart of this little girl, and it was slowly growing and sprouting. No one, including herself, knew what kind of fruit it would eventually bear.

063 January After

Life in the Cocolia Orphanage was not as complicated as Lan Feng had imagined.

Lan Feng had been in this place for a long time. The novelty of this place gradually faded away, and she began to adapt to this kind of life.

There is a library and other facilities inside the orphanage. It all depends on your own wishes.

As the founder and director of the orphanage, Kokolia is often not in the orphanage. Therefore, a series of activities in the orphanage, including purchasing daily necessities and cleaning the rooms, are organized by the children themselves.

This sounds incredible, but it is true. The children in this place are much more mature than the children of the same age in Lan Feng's impression. Even some eight-year-old children are able to go to a town a few kilometers away to buy daily necessities and come back alone. Just this alone makes Lan Feng feel inferior. When she was that age, she was afraid to be alone at home, let alone being so far away from home. This is something she dare not even think about.

Moreover, the children in this orphanage all clearly understood the basic knowledge about Honkai. In addition, the children who were being experimented on were also aware of the fact that they were slowly being injected with Honkai energy. However, what Lan Feng did not expect was that those children were willing to accept the experiment after knowing the risks of the experiment!

In fact, during this time, Lan Feng did not have any detailed conversations with any of the children except Xier and Xing. All his interactions were limited to simple nods and greetings.

Because Lan Feng knew that she would not stay here for a long time, so she did not want to leave too many ties in this place...

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One day, a petite figure was walking in the sunshine on the narrow path outside the orphanage.

The girl's hair was dark purple, and the hip-length, translucent hair was tied up low behind her neck. It danced slightly with her steps, emitting tiny purple light particles in the sunlight.

She was wearing a grey coat, unzipped and open like a windbreaker, which was gently blown by the breeze, revealing the simple shirt and skirt underneath. Her slender legs were wrapped in white stockings, looking beautiful. The girl walking in the green suburbs seemed to melt into the scenery, forming a beautiful picture.

However, the person in this picture did not have this awareness. She walked slowly, her beautiful eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if she was feeling a little annoyed. She kicked a small stone on the road far away with her foot casually.

This seemed like just an ordinary little girl's venting behavior, seemingly ordinary. However, the small stone flew through the air at high speed with a sound of breaking wind, and with a slight sound, it hit the trunk of a tree amid the flying wood chips and embedded itself deeply.

If this scene was seen by others, it would probably be enough to scare away many perverted perverts with evil intentions...

(How long can this peaceful life last? It’s been a long time, do I really have to live here forever…)

Lan Feng was walking alone on the path. Although this peaceful life was comfortable, it would inevitably make one feel irritated after a while...

During this time, she had basically been living a peaceful life, without doing anything to attract attention. She could sense that after "that incident", Cocolia seemed to have gradually begun to trust her. Although her suspicions had not been eradicated, as long as she did not do anything out of the ordinary, there would be no problem.

Suddenly, he felt something floating past him from behind. Lan Feng's mind moved, and he quickly reached out and grabbed the thing...

It was a handkerchief.

At this time, the girl who followed closely behind him stopped in front of Lan Feng, panting, and looked at the handkerchief in Lan Feng's hand excitedly. Obviously, she was the owner of the handkerchief.

During the time he lived in the orphanage, Lan Feng had naturally seen this girl, but he did not remember her name.

"Um...thank you, Shirley..."

The girl looked at Lan Feng with long purple hair in front of her and thanked him a little stiffly.

"This is your stuff, here, take it with you."

After sensing the girl's presence, Lan Feng strengthened his control over the Honkai energy in his body. The faint light spots emitted from his hair disappeared and turned into a normal purple color.

"Um……"

The girl's face was flushed with a light pink. She took the handkerchief from Lan Feng's hand, bowed to him hurriedly, and then ran away.

“What…?”

Seeing the shy look of the girl, Lan Feng was a little confused, but she didn't care about this little episode and continued to move forward. She came to this suburb to relax and didn't plan to go back too early.

In fact, Lan Feng didn't know that although she always looked cold and unapproachable and didn't interact with other children, she had left a good impression on most of the girls in the orphanage because of her unintentional tenderness.

However, this also means that she has been targeted by some people with bad intentions.

"Hey~ Sister Shilis, what are you doing here?"

Finally, she heard a disgusting sound and sighed. She had sensed that guy hiding in the woods. After waiting for so long, he finally came out.

The one who came out from the forest on the side was the one who showed hostility to Lan Feng on the first day of arriving at the orphanage.

Big girl, Les.

"What, is something wrong?"

Unconsciously, Lan Feng was no longer as gentle towards Lais as before. She asked coldly, and the mild weather seemed to become biting.

During this period of time, this guy had caused Lan Feng the most trouble. Even Lan Feng, who was mature in mind, couldn't help but twitch his eyes when he saw this guy.

However, Lais seemed to have noticed nothing and walked towards Lan Feng.

“Humph… You still dare to be so arrogant. You really have never learned your lesson. I warn you again, stay away from mom! You’d better get out of here by yourself. Otherwise, I won’t let you go as easily as I did the last few times!”

Hearing this, Lan Feng's purple eyes narrowed slightly.

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·——————One month ago——————·

The second night Lan Feng arrived at the Cocolia Orphanage...

(Cocolia is obviously beginning to doubt me! What should I do? I have tried so many times this morning, but my performance is not perfect... What should I do? Should I run away as soon as possible...?)

Lan Feng stood at the door with a serious face. She could sense from Cocolia's attitude that she must have exposed herself. Although Cocolia did not say anything, Lan Feng was not a fool. If she could not even see these things, she would have been captured by Otto at the Tianming headquarters in Vienna.

"Shiris! Wait a minute."

Lan Feng was about to open her door when she heard someone calling her from behind. She turned around and saw the girl who had shown malice to her the day before. Beside her, there were several other girls looking at her with provocative eyes.

(Ah~ This is really... expected.)

Lan Feng was amazed in her heart, but on the surface she remained calm, looking at these naughty kids who were obviously preparing to do something with a blank expression.

(But, that's not right... I didn't do anything to offend them, right?)

"What's the matter? Please finish quickly. I need to rest."

Lan Feng said softly, thinking in his heart how to deal with this situation. Although the other party was obviously looking for trouble with him, seeing the little girls looking at him with vicious expressions, Lan Feng couldn't be serious no matter what...

"Sirisi! Why does mom care about you so much? What did you do?"

"……what?"

"Stop pretending! Mom has never personally delivered food to any child's room. How on earth did you lie to Cocolia's mother?"

Another girl shouted excitedly. Lan Feng was stunned, his eyes twitching slightly.

"..."

(Ah… it’s about this… I wanted to pretend to be sick and rest yesterday, but I didn’t expect that Cocolia would come to bring me food in person. It was so embarrassing… Come to think of it, they came just for such a small matter?)

"Hey, are you listening?"

Lais rushed forward and suddenly grabbed Lan Feng by the collar.

The force of her attack just now was too small in Lan Feng's eyes, and he hardly felt any threat. Lan Feng, who was still in a trance state, was caught directly. Lan Feng didn't care about it and let Lais drag him.

In the eyes of others, the girl staggered and was thrown against the wall by the taller Lais. Her slightly widened eyes wavered slightly, as if she was a little panicked, and her helpless look made people feel pity.

(The malice of the children is so direct. But compared to the assassins, these little lolis are much gentler... But, this kind of behavior has already reached the level of school violence, right?)

At this moment, Lan Feng still had no awareness of being attacked. In her eyes, these girls' malicious "attacks" were not even playing house.

After all, she had previously called the battles among ordinary warriors "playing house."

"Please let go."

In any case, this level of provocation could no longer be ignored. Lan Feng wanted to pry her hands apart, but suddenly, she noticed a very hidden hole in the ceiling and gave up the idea.

A faint sense of surveillance came from that direction. Obviously, there should be a small camera there.

There are no surveillance cameras in the room, but this is a corridor, so it is normal to install some surveillance cameras.

(However, judging from the looks of these guys, they probably don’t know about the existence of the surveillance cameras… or are they just pretending not to know?)

If it was the former, there would be no problem, but if it was the latter, then it was possible that Cocolia had instructed them to test her.

how should I do it?

When thinking about these questions, Lan Feng had developed a habit of keeping her expressionless face. However, this made Lais even angrier.

"You...are so arrogant!"

063 One month later >>

The girl was so angry that she raised her fist and made a gesture to hit...

This is a bit too much. Lan Feng frowned and subconsciously thought

To grab her wrist.

(Wait... Cocolia knows my fighting ability, which means they can't be here to test my strength.)

At this moment, thinking of what Cocolia said to her before entering the orphanage, Lan Feng was stunned for a moment, and then a cunning flashed in her eyes.

I was just worried about the trust issue, it seems I can take advantage of the current situation...

(Whether it was her order or not, Cocolia didn’t go out today, which means she must have seen it at this time. Xing should also be playing with Annie at this time, not on this floor, so…!)

Snapped……

Lais' fist landed unimpeded on the purple-haired girl's face, making a slight sound of bones colliding. The next moment, the girl fell down powerlessly, her purple hair spread on the ground, and her petite body curled up slightly.

Lais rubbed her aching fist with a puzzled look on her face. The feeling of the hit just now was a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. But soon, the big girl put all these things behind her. Looking at the slightly trembling purple-haired girl, a sense of revenge appeared on her face.

She certainly didn't know what had happened before.

Before, when Lais's fist hit Lan Feng's cheek, the force was not enough to hurt Lan Feng at all. However, Lan Feng cooperated with her weak strength, turned her neck, and fell down. Feeling as if something was missing, she bit her lip, letting a trace of blood slide down the corner of her mouth.

Anyway, you can block out your own pain.

Lais reached out and grabbed the girl's hair, forcing her to raise her head. There was a trace of blood at the corner of the girl's mouth, and her eyes were slightly closed, as if she was enduring something. Seeing her face full of pain, Lais nodded in satisfaction, with a malicious smile on her face.

"How pitiful! Now, mom is not here. So no matter how I teach you a lesson, you can't resist!"

(Don't say these terrible lines... and who said she can't see?)

Sensing a familiar aura approaching quickly, Lan Feng smiled in her heart, but on the surface she still did not make any moves. However, she was a little skeptical about the actual effect of this scene she had acted out on a whim...

However, if these naughty kids dared to do something that she couldn't tolerate, Lan Feng wouldn't want to play like this anymore.

"Stop it! Lais, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, a stern voice came from behind, and Lais paused, her expression completely frozen...

Why did my mother suddenly come here? ! As expected, she was concerned about this Shirley!

Thinking of this, she looked fiercely at the purple-haired girl at her feet.

Cocolia stood in the corridor, her brows tightly furrowed, looking at the scene in front of her with cold eyes.

The girl was lying on the ground weakly, with bloodshot eyes and a slightly trembling body. Next to her, Lais was still grabbing the girl's beautiful purple hair, with her other hand clenched into a fist, as if she wanted to do something else...

"Lace, you're going too far! Why are you doing this?"

"No...no, Mom, I..."

"Let go!"

Lais quickly let go of Lan Feng's hair, stood with the other girls, lowered her head and took two steps back, looking like she was seriously repenting.

This was the first time Lan Feng had seen Cocolia angry, and he couldn't help but shudder. What's more, these girls, under Cocolia's majestic gaze, couldn't help but tremble, and one girl even had tears in her eyes...

Cocolia wanted to say something, but when she saw Lan Feng standing silently and slowly getting up, she gave up the idea.

"Phew... I'll settle the score with you later. Now, go back to your rooms immediately!"

"Yes...Mom..."

Several girls rushed past Lan Feng as if they had been granted amnesty and ran to the other end of the corridor...

Lais looked aggrieved and wanted to say something, but suddenly saw Cocolia's gloomy face, so she quickly shut her mouth, followed the children, and hurriedly left the corridor.

Cocolia felt a little bitter when she saw the purple-haired girl covering her face with one hand and struggling to stand up with the help of the wall.

Earlier, when she was in the office, she saw Lais and others surrounding the purple-haired girl, and they seemed to be arguing with each other. Cocolia originally wanted to see how Shiris would solve the matter, but she didn't expect that she was indifferent to Lais's bullying!

After seeing the girl being beaten by Lais, Cocolia quickly turned off the surveillance video and ran over here. After she hurriedly arrived, the first thing she saw was the previous scene.

Except for the bloodshot at the corner of her mouth, the purple-haired girl had no obvious injuries. However, who knows what else they did.

"Why didn't you fight back just now?"