Hello, Arknights

In the few days since I was inexplicably touched by the white-faced owl, the only change in my life was that the weather was getting colder and a certain Liberi came to the storage room after dinner more and more frequently.

"It's so cold! Can you please turn up the heating?" Lorna was yelling, picked up the quilt and ran to Ling Dengxian and smashed it on his head. The latter said "thank you" tremblingly and wrapped the quilt on the outer quilt.

"The heating is broken, otherwise how could Ling Dengxian be so cold..." A'ran was wearing a sweater and sitting next to a small floor-standing stove, concentrating on learning Braille. With the help of his special ability, it was not difficult for him to learn.

"You have already used the book I brought yesterday."

"Well, after all, we can't rely entirely on Ling Dengxian. He's working very hard." A'ran looked up at someone who was almost curled up into a ball and smiled helplessly. Although he had his own special reasons, among ordinary people, Ling Dengxian was one of those who was very afraid of the cold.

"It's going to get colder tonight! What are you doing here? We can't stay overnight!"

"What can we do? Could you please bring a few quilts over?" Ling's voice came from deep inside the quilt, and the two of them felt a little sympathetic.

"Alas, I just got scolded by my aunt, but I still want to stay here with you..."

Ling Dengxian poked his head out: "So?"

"I'd better make a phone call and ask the worker to hurry up." Lorna sighed. She felt that there was no need to offend her aunt with that attitude.

"..." The boy and Carters looked at each other. They had to admit that Ms. Wesson was really shrewd in terms of the result. This girl had been staying in the storage room for three consecutive days. Thanks to her, the storage room had a lot more furniture, including the sofa where Ling Dengxian was sleeping now.

According to the rules, Ling Dengxian can use the bed normally before going to bed, but once it is time to go to bed, he has to give the bed to a girl - yes, A'ran is still considered a girl, but A'ran chooses to stubbornly sleep on another sofa with Ling Dengxian.

Then today during the day, the girl finally felt bad and said she would take turns, but the heating suddenly broke down.

Ling, who had the lowest cold resistance points, was already rolling a fireball in his quilt - unfortunately, his ability to control fire had improved because of this ridiculous reason. He had pinched the calmly flowing white flame into the shape of a pillow and held it in his arms to absorb heat. The only drawback was that it was a bit physically and mentally intensive.

"By the way, I heard from my aunt that our storage room is haunted?" Lorna suddenly brought up something that Ling Dengxian had almost forgotten.

"Ah, but nothing has happened for so long." A'ran tilted his head.

"Maybe it's over now." The flame in Ling Dengxian's hand shrank a circle.

"Eh... I wanted to hear some exciting story, like ingredients disappearing out of thin air and bloody handprints on the back wall." Liberi was disappointed.

"No, how could it be so outrageous——"

"But this is what happened before you moved in." Lorna looked like, "You don't know?"

“…” Forget it, we’ve already settled down. Thinking of this, Ling Dengxian shrank deeper into the quilt. He wouldn’t move even if a ghost came to pull him.

With a "click", the room fell into darkness.

"Ah, the power is out." A'ran sighed. Li Boli shouted a little late, but turned around and saw a strange scene:

A ball-like object was curled up on the bed, with white flames coming out from the wrinkled seams around it and the large seam on the top...

Sensing the changes in the outside world, Chi Yu raised his head and lifted the quilt. Suddenly the room became bright, and the 37.5-degree white flame illuminated the view.

"It's still cold..." Ling Dengxian sighed and sat up straight, "What should I do now? Should I just sleep or something?"

"Oh... come on, I'll take you to the hotel." Ms. Liberi's sigh came from the door.

This scared Ling Dengxian.

It has to be said that although Ling Dengxian had not experienced the hardships of society in his original life, as long as he used his brain, he knew that Ms. Wison was quite conscientious. Ling Dengxian took a glance at the bill and knew that he'd better not say anything.

"Boys and girls, since you have already paid, don't worry about whether you have already taken a shower or not. Go take another shower in such a cold weather!" Weisen opened two rooms for the three of them, explained some things, and planned to leave. Before leaving, he stared at Ling Dengxian and said something harsh:

"Don't forget what I warned you!"

Ling Dengxian chuckled and prepared to go back to his room in dismay, but A'ran grabbed his sleeve and said, "Ling Dengxian..."

"…Your room is a double room, don't worry."

"I'm not worried about that!" A'ran's ears twitched unnaturally, "I've never slept with anyone else."

"I'll sleep over it after today." Ling Dengxian patted A'ran's shoulder, "I really envy you for being able to sleep in the same room with a girl."

"You're obviously smiling!" A'ran raised his eyebrows, "Be careful when you sleep alone."

"Yeah, nothing."

"Chi Yu, keep an eye on him." A'ran lowered his head and instructed the little wolf, who yawned and nodded.

Seeing A'ran looking back every few steps as he walked into the house, Ling Dengxian also yawned and slipped into the house with Chi Yu.

Ling Dengxian came out of the bathroom steaming hot after taking a bath. He was taking off his bathrobe and changing into pajamas when he was startled by a bang behind him. He turned around and found that a little figure was missing.

Then there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

"Tsk." Ling Dengxian was very surprised, but he could accept it. He shook off all distractions and took out the city-breaking spear from his bag. Although he hadn't used it, regular debugging was necessary. This weapon had a long battery life. Judging from the energy tank, there was still a little more than half. You have to know that the last time it was charged was when he was with Fiona and the others. It lasted for so long, which was amazing.

There was a sound of a mechanism operating normally, and it was fully debugged and in excellent condition. Then he looked at the two swords again, and after a moment of silence, he decided to put it aside for the time being.

"...I'll go buy some drinks and come back to write my diary, then go to sleep." Ling Dengxian made a decision, stood up, put on thick clothes, and shouted to the bathroom, "I'm going out."

"Oh." Very impatient.

His hair was still wet and a little hot. Ling Dengxian closed the door carefully. There was a noise from next door. The sound insulation of this hotel was good. It turned out that Lorna, the little troublemaker, was making a lot of noise.

With a sigh, "May good luck to A'ran", Ling Dengxian went downstairs. Turning around, he saw a pink-haired Liberi walking up the stairs.

The two looked at each other, Ling Dengxian gave way, and the other party just passed by without any pretentious thanks.

In the distance, there was a figure at the door of the store. He looked familiar, so Ling Dengxian gradually approached.

"Ling Dengxian?" The Sakota girl raised her eyebrows, seeming quite surprised. "We meet again? This place is quite far from the coffee shop."

Ling Dengxian waved his hand with a hint of caution in his words: "The heating in the place where I live is broken, and there is a power outage. It is unsuitable to live in this weather, so the boss brought me to the hotel."

"Lacey Inn?"

"Huh?" Ling Dengxian was stunned for a moment. The girl smiled and said, "That's quite a coincidence. A friend of mine also lives there."

"Then what are you..."

"Ah, I wanted to buy something, but I forgot to bring my wallet, so my friend went back and got it for me." When she said this, the blue-haired girl's mouth corners seemed to rise again.