Time in a collapsing world

"Should I tell Qianjie about this?"

Li felt her head hurt. Apponia would adopt some children every once in a while, and if this continued, sooner or later the foster care money Mebius had given him would not be enough.

"I'll tell him personally."

Aponya had never thought about hiding this from her employees. Just now she was standing in front of the door thinking about how to explain this matter to Li and Qianjie.

That's what he said, but Aponya was just explaining to Qianjie. Li didn't think Qianjie's attitude could affect Aponya's decision. He was just a porter and a cook. What right of say could he have?

"You don't have to worry so much. I will also collect more donations as soon as possible to reduce your burden. Adopting so many children is ultimately due to my willfulness."

Aponya wanted to put Li into his arms, as if he hoped to soothe Li's inner anxiety through this behavior, but he quickly dodged it.

What a close call, I was almost attacked by Aponia's facial cleanser. Did she know that this thing was so big that it could suffocate someone to death? Fortunately, she hid quickly.

Unlike Aponya's imagination, Li was not very anxious. This little thing was not enough to arouse his negative emotions. If he had really grown tired of raising a family for Apponia, he would have left far away and never come back.

After being shocked by the news brought by Aponya for a while, Li was now concerned about another problem.

With so many children suffering from Honkai Disease gathering together, is it true that nothing will happen?

can you? No way? He, Aponia, and Qianjie have all lived here for so long without anything happening. It is impossible for quantitative transformation to become qualitative transformation. When a certain number of children reaches a certain number, it can cause a big explosion of Honkai energy? Oh~ It’s really scary.

However, just in case, Li decided to remind Aponya.

"My dear Aponya, you should discuss it with us before you adopt a child in the future. It's not that you feel bad about the money...well, I still feel bad about it, but that's not the main reason. Think about it, these are all diseases. Children suffering from Honkai Disease are still quite dangerous, so let’s be careful and at least don’t accept every one we see.”

Hearing the seriousness in Li's tone, Aponya nodded thoughtfully.

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

"Yes, children can be taught. Children can be taught."

After entering the orphanage with Aponya, Li just lay on the bed for half an hour before going out again. He had no choice but to hunt Honkaimon and serve as a test subject for Mebius. As a physically adult human, this was a fate he could not escape.

However, as soon as Li opened the door, he saw Qianjie practicing boxing against a tree in front of his house. Is that "boom, boom, boom" explosion sound effect really something that an ordinary human can produce?

"...Brother Jie? What are you doing so early in the morning? You said I was disturbing the people yesterday, so why is it your turn to break the law today?"

Li felt the anger in Qianjie that had nowhere to vent, so he changed his name wisely, hoping that Qianjie would take notice of this and at least not use him as a punching bag.

"What, you have an opinion?"

Qianjie stopped his movements, and the last punch before withdrawing his strength almost broke the entire tree, and said viciously.

"No, I don't have a problem with it. But that's not necessarily the case with Aponya. You've abused her tree to this extent, and she will always have to say a few words."

Li stepped forward and touched the surface of the tree that was already riddled with holes. The tree, whose life was already hanging by a thread, immediately lay down on the ground, not knowing whether it was alive or dead.

"Tsk, don't mention her name in front of me. Where do you think my anger comes from?"

The veins on Qianjie's hands bulged out, as if he wanted to beat someone up.

"Um, Aponya didn't tell you that, right? You don't agree with her adopting the child?"

Li scratched his head. In his impression, Qianjie was much more tolerant of children than others. Although he had imagined that Qianjie would oppose Aponya's adoption of a child again, what was the reason for this anger?

He has some grudges with those children? Kicked him? Or did he move his mask?

"No, I didn't object to her decision."

"That……"

"Let me ask you, what time is it now?"

"Forehead……"

Li looked at her watch.

"A little after four o'clock...do you think she disturbed your sleep?"

Li thought of this possibility.

"No, I don't have any requirements for sleeping."

"..."

That's right, Qianjie is an Iron Man who only sleeps three hours a day after all.

"She woke me up..."

Before Li could continue to guess, Qianjie spoke of the reason in a ferocious tone.

"She told me about adopting a child. I had no objection and didn't want to talk to her anymore, so I wanted to get up and go to work. But this guy stopped me...!"

"Forehead……"

Li can already think of the plot behind it.

"She told me a bunch of incomprehensible nonsense, about how children are the future of mankind, children need to be taken care of, and they are innocent when infected with Honkai Disease... Nagging, nagging... Ha, you don't know I wanted to tear her mouth apart!"

Li seemed to hear the crunching sound of Qianjie's teeth being bitten.

Well, Aponya definitely thought that Qianjie didn't agree with his approach, so he wanted to convince him with a lot of big principles. And Qianjie held back his words at the critical moment. Now it's better, he must have been tortured by Aponya. Deserve it!

Li kept a poker face and tried her best to suppress her laughter. Continue to listen to Qianjie’s jokes.

"I held back and didn't attack her. I told her to go away, but she didn't leave, so I wanted to push her away and go out. But she...but her! She actually walked out first and locked the door. Just keep talking nonsense about her outside the door! How can I endure this kind of anger when you make me feel this kind of pain so early in the morning?!"

Qianjie punched the tree next to him again, but his punch missed. The tree had already had its last lifeline cut off by Li. There was nowhere to vent his anger, so Qianjie cast his gaze under the mask on Li.

Li was suddenly horrified, and quickly made a pause gesture, then silently reconnected the fallen tree to the gap, and held it by himself. Staggering, but at least he won't fall to the ground immediately.

Qianjie's angry punch came, and the whole tree fell heavily to the ground without any accident, and even cracks covered the entire tree body. Now, it was already dead and could no longer die.

Li clasped her hands together and held a moment of silence for the poor scapegoat. He turned to look at Qianjie and saw that his anger was almost gone, so he asked cautiously.

"So, Po... where's that nasty nun?"

"I don't know, I don't want to know, and don't let me know where she is now!"

Okay, it seems that these two guys can't meet for the time being. Li Ke doesn't want to see a river of blood in her home.