Perfect Time

"Drink this." Lilian Mo said. "Your water ability recently mutated to ice, however, your body still hasn't adjusted to it. You were pushing it by overusing your newly acquired ice abilities without having recovered just yet. Lu Jingren, I don't need to tell you that you aren't omnipotent. Once a person dies, they die and they never return. So if you want to keep your life, be smart. Don't be reckless."

Lilian Mo placed the rim of the bottle on his lips.

With her guidance, he started to drink it.

"Men are too prideful. Both Mizuki Rei and Fu Yangzhu tried to brush off their injuries. If I didn't give them the resins, would their ears be fine? They could have experienced impaired hearing if I hadn't help." When Lu Jingren finished the whole bottle, beads of sweat started forming on his forehead.

"And if I hadn't decided to see you, you would have kept on enduring those injuries on your own without telling anyone. What would happen then? Maybe tomorrow, your cold and lifeless body would be the only thing awaiting your friends."

Lu Jingren grabbed onto her arm, his breathing becoming ragged.

"What's in the water...?" He asked in a hoarse tone.

Lilian Mo's eyes looked at his hand that was holding her then she slowly looked at him, a sinister smile on her face.

She said nothing. She would be a fool if she were to reveal that it was spring water from her space.

He pushed her down.

"There is something in the water." He said, shaking his head before his muscled limbs trembled becoming sluggish. He collapsed on top of her the moment his muscles weakened.

Lilian Mo roughly threw him off of her. He groaned, from pain or discomfort? She wasn't sure.

Even when he struggled, the effects of the spring water deterred him. The pain of having your bones broken as well as cleaning your bone marrow was a painful process. Both Mu Qingqing and Mizuki Rei nearly fainted when they went through the same thing.

Even Lilian Mo suffered when she drank it directly for the first time.

For Lu Jingren who was injured, this process would be even more painful.

But this would also help him recover from his internal injuries.

She remembered when he protected her. It was unnecessary but he still did. Lilian Mo did not know what to think.

Lu Jingren, why are you so different? If you were the same person as before, then I would have no problem killing you. But why, why, why are you being nice to me?

Lilian Mo's figure became a bit weary. At the same time, she couldn't help but feel angry inside. Wouldn't this be the perfect time...?

She could...

No.

"Lu Jingren, let's see how strong you really are." She left a change of clothes and a bowl of strawberries on the bed table before leaving him alone.

Lilian Mo walked out of Lu Jingren's room and into the hallway.

After a few steps, her legs slowed down. This was the perfect time. She could turn back right now and do it since he was alone and defenseless.

Lilian Mo prepared to turn around.

"Little sister Mo."

She suddenly whipped around and produced a knife from her space, pointing it at the person who called her.

Mu Qianmo froze.

He raised his hand as an act of surrender, looking helpless. "Little sister Mo, it's me." He said, surprised to be on the receiving end of her hostility.

Lilian Mo retracted the knife. "Brother Qian, what do you want?"

Mu Qianmo smiled, appearing very harmless. "Little sister Mo, can we talk?"

Lilian Mo thought for a second before she nodded. "The rooftop."

The two of them agreed to that proposition and went to use the stairs to climb the rooftop. When they were at the top, they could see the quiet and scenic view of the city that was shrouded in darkness. The moon barely gave off any light while the night breeze was cold.

A mutant was climbing from the side of the building and looked similar to a lizard, attaching itself on the walls using its four limbs, its long tongue dangling from its slimy mouth. When it was holding onto a metal bar, Mu Qianmo used his metal ability and molded them into spikes, turning the mutant into a skewer, killing it.

It dropped to the ground with a splat.

"Brother Qian, what do you want to talk about?"

Mu Qianmo stood beside her, his hands on his pocket. "Little sister Mo, you've changed a lot."

"Everyone has changed. What do you expect from the apocalypse?"

"I suppose you are right. Even Qingqing has changed." Lilian Mo closed her eyes when she heard this.

▪▪▪