"You won't give me face? Can't you learn from Veil? Why do I have to beg you to eat every time we have a meal?" Lisa snorted coldly.
She had only stepped away to grab a file, and Veil had already finished another bowl of soup—talk about efficiency!
A stark contrast to Daisy!
Daisy pouted, mumbling with a humph, "Of course Veil has an appetite. He used up so much energy..."
That one sentence made Lisa frown. "What do you mean by that?"
"Ah—well, you know... he's a man. He's more active, so he naturally burns more energy and eats more. I'm different. I don't really do much all day. And my mom keeps forcing me to take in extra nutrition—drink more milk and stuff—so I don't really eat much," Daisy said vaguely, trying to cover her earlier murmur with a clumsy excuse.
While Lisa wasn't looking, Daisy quietly wiped the sweat from her forehead. She wasn't sure if it was from fear—or exhaustion.
Ten minutes later, the three of them left together.
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