Chapter 152 Let’s Go on Vacation!

"Ahhhh! Mr. Mask, stop him!"

In the sanatorium, the children were playing a childish game of eagle catching chickens. As the tallest and longest-armed "Mr. Mask", Qianjie deservedly became the "chicken mother".

"Hahaha!"

Xier sat on the roof of the sanatorium. Even though she was far away and covered by a cold mask, she could feel Qianjie's awkwardness, which was obviously very irritable but he didn't know how to vent it.

Not to mention running, he was too lazy to move. He just opened his hands decadently, trying to block the attack of the "eagle" with this indifferent attitude.

But as the "eagle", Mikael was much more active than him. He caught his chickens cleanly in a few moves.

"I win again, Qianjie!"

"Tsk!"

The mask covering his face trembled twice.

"Wow! Mr. Mask is playing a fake game!"

"Mr. Mask, did you accept the favor of Brother Mikael? We have lost all afternoon!"

"That's right! Mr. Mask, you have to cheer up!"

The children who were angered by Qianjie's bad attitude surrounded him and unconsciously pushed him into a corner.

"Hey! You little devils, do you believe me..."

"No - I believe it -"

The children shouted in a long tone.

Qianjie's whole face was twitching. He looked at Mikael angrily, as if he wanted to blame him for dragging himself into such a troublesome and childish game.

But Mikael just smiled, and then deliberately clapped his hands to attract the children's attention.

The weather in July was hot enough. Although it didn't affect Mikael, the children had been playing for an afternoon and were already sweating. The T-shirts of the same style that Mikael paid for them were already wet and stuck to their bodies, which was very uncomfortable. But this did not stop their enthusiasm to continue playing.

"It's been a long time... No, from the beginning, these children's energy has never been so good... Thank you, Alicia."

Abonia's hand touched the goblet on the table, but seeing that it was full of purple-red liquid, she reached out for the cup filled with transparent liquid.

"Hmm..."

Alicia stared at the goblet in her hand, watching the gilded rim of the cup getting closer and closer to the red lips...

But how could Abonia be fooled? Ai Li raised her eyes slightly and saw that the pair of eyes full of pity were looking at her.

Abonia gently put down the wine glass, "Alisa, it's not a good thing to trick a nun into drinking."

She picked up the wine-red liquid again and drank it all.

"It's just grape juice."

"Wow... Damn it, it was so easy to see! I even asked Su for a reagent to cover up the smell of wine!"

Eden held a dazzling gem in his hand, smiling as he watched Aponya nagging Ellie.

"This is really the best investment I've ever made..."

She sighed suddenly and turned to look out the window.

"Ahem! Actually, we should change our mind! Since Mr. Mask is so decadent, let him be the eagle, can't you easily win?"

Mikael shook his index finger and brazenly proposed a solution. The children just blinked and his figure disappeared.

Only a light-hearted word echoed in the original place.

"Hey, you guys play with Master Qian! I'm leaving first!"

"Ha--Brother Mikael ran away again!"

"He must have gone to find Sister Xi'er or Sister Alicia again, hum!"

"I don't care, Master Qian is not allowed to leave!"

"Master Qian" successfully replaced "Mr. Mask" and became Qianjie's latest nickname.

…………

The sunset was halfway down, the evening breeze gradually grew stronger, and Xi'er also felt a little cool.

Suddenly, a shadow completely enveloped her body, and even the wind was blocked.

"Brother Mikael!"

Xi'er gently hooked his hand.

"You must be tired from playing, eat some apples Xi'er peeled!"

"Ah-ah, thank you Xi'er."

Xi'er was not a very enthusiastic and proactive person, but she was an exception to him.

She held her face with both hands, watching Mikael chewing the apple with his dirty hands, and a smile could not be suppressed and enlarged on her face.

"Uh...", Mikael glanced at her from the corner of his eyes, and then helplessly tapped her forehead with his finger, "Why are you always grinning!"

A black mark was instantly left on her fair forehead, but Xier didn't care, still staring at Mikael's profile and grinning.

"Crunch, crunch..." Mikael ate the apple until only a small core was left, and then threw it towards the window not far away.

The core easily hit a pink head.

"Mikael!"

The crystal arrow flew across the roof like a meteor, even lifting a tile.

Mikael and Xier covered their mouths and laughed, while turning to the other side of the roof.

"Hahaha, is it really okay to bully Sister Ellie like this?"

"It's okay, she's easy to talk to."

"Oh, really? Mikael!"

A familiar voice sounded behind him.

"Sister Alicia, I was wrong!"

"Sister Alicia, Xier said she knew she was wrong!"

"..."

Night had already fallen, and Mikael accompanied Xier to wash the dishes used by the children.

Abonya was telling the children a bedtime story. Mikael and Xier stood at the door and said goodbye to each other from a distance, without going in to disturb them.

Walking through the empty courtyard, the air seemed to still smell of the children's sweat, and then walking through the iron gate that Qianjie had kicked down.

With a tooth-grinding "creaking" sound, the iron gate was slowly closed.

In the small guard room next to the door, Qianjie was using a small carving knife to carve rough and simple lines on the wood with a candlelight.

He didn't seem to like the artificial dazzling light of incandescent or fluorescent lamps, but liked the fragile and dim light of candles.

"Mr. Qianjie is also a very complicated person."

"Huh?"

Xier held Mikael's hand, and the two of them walked on the dim streets of Dusk Street like real brothers and sisters.

"Mr. Qianjie has a bad temper, but he never gets angry with the children. He is even willing to be a security guard here. Moreover, in addition to those strange wood carvings, his table also has several puppets given to him by the children."

"Hmm-hmm-hmm, Xier observes very carefully!"

"Brother Mikael, Xier is no longer a child!"

"Hmm-hmm-"

"Brother Mikael, if you say 'hmm' again, Xier will be angry!"

"Hmm-hmm-"

Xier pouted and was about to get angry, but suddenly felt warm on her head:

"Time flies so fast, it's been a year and a half."

"Ah...it's been a year and a half..."

Xier felt the temperature of her palms and the top of her head, and suddenly smiled:

"Brother Mikael's hands are still so warm, just like a sister."

"..."

Some of the mental damage caused by Midoro seems to be irreversible. Even though a year and a half has passed, Xier still firmly believes in the existence of that sister.

Whether it is Mikael, Su, or anyone else, no one dares to point out this fact.

No one knows whether the girl's fragile spirit will collapse because of this.

Let her be.

"Anyway... her dependence on me is just because of that non-existent sister, right?"

"Xi'er?"

"Hmm?"

"Want to go on vacation? Go somewhere far away to relax?"

"Go... on vacation? I heard from Sister Hua that Brother Mikael once took her to work overtime in the name of 'vacation'..."

"This... this this this this is all a matter of time!"

Mikael was ruthlessly exposed for his past embarrassment and took two steps back.

But he flicked Xier's forehead again, interrupting the girl's silly smile, "Don't worry, we will definitely choose a good place this time, just you, me, and Ai Li together, no one else should disturb us... Speaking of which, I haven't really relaxed for a long time. By the way, where does Xier want to go?"

"Do you really want Xier to choose?"

"Of course."

Xier sucked her fingers, her eyes were a little vague, and she said in a daze: "Xier... Xier wants to go to the beach... Xier and her sister once agreed to go to see the sea..."

"Is... is that so..."

Mikael forced a smile and immediately took out his mobile phone to type in the question: [Global summer seaside vacation recommendation? ]

"Ding!"

It took only a few minutes for a response.

[Thanks for the invitation. I'm in Attica, I just got off the plane. It's a world-famous summer resort. Here's a link to the street scene released by the locals: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:72FE2A4237C0331]

"Attica..."

Mikael narrowed his eyes.

"Xi'er, come and see, what's this place like?"