Urushibara Ryuri sat against the wall, hugging his shoulders, the knife handle nestled between his arms.
He looked at the five children in the ship cabin with a smile, as Big Ben chimed in the distance. In the melodious sound of the chimes, the morning light enveloped the innocent faces through the window.
Their expressions were a mix of surprise and confusion.
They cautiously sized up this uninvited guest; just a second ago, there was no one else in the cabin besides them, and suddenly this figure appeared, talking to them on his own, quite suspicious!
It was at this moment that Kong Youling finally snapped back to reality.
She hesitated for a while, withdrew her defensive posture, and slowly sat back beside Ji Minghuan.
Ji Minghuan patted her on the head and whispered without turning back, "Don't do that next time, I don't need you to protect me."
