Allocating beds and respective positions took some time. Placing luggage in position, then announcing clauses one, two, three, four, five took another certain amount of time. Mainly because of Li Lin's male presence; although most of the other women didn't care much, as a well-mannered and cultivated gentleman, places where rules should be laid down definitely required laying down the law. Doing so at Penguin Logistics meant doing so when operating outside too.
Finally, after demarcating the areas, they finally allocated their respective beds and corresponding positions. Just based on usual positions and some very ordinary upper and lower layer situations.
Exusiai, due to the halo above her head, was assigned to the topmost capsule bed with its own screen window. Texas and Li Lin slept on the second and third layers respectively. Opposite them, from top to bottom, were Lappland, Sora, Croissant. And the two Blacksteel operators were assigned to another living room. A room capable of housing six people was assigned to two, and these two happened to enjoy arguing, and coincidentally, the soundproofing was quite good. What kind of tragedy would occur inside, Li Lin dared not even imagine.
The internal space of the RV, somehow, seemed much larger than it actually looked. Perhaps because the internal environment design was very cleverly utilized, it didn't feel cramped at all inside the RV; instead, there was an illusion of the space being much larger than the Penguin dormitory. Several people sat scattered around outside, still feeling there was plenty of empty space around.
"It's not an illusion. It is indeed somewhat larger than the Penguin Logistics dormitory. There's even a dedicated game room and lounge inside. This is also a small living room. Just like now, a living room used for passing time and chatting during the journey."
Rarely changing into casual clothes, Texas, wearing a knitted long cardigan, walked over holding two steaming hot drinks, handing one of them to Li Lin.
"For you."
"Oh, thanks."
Why is this person suddenly so kind?
Li Lin, sitting by the bed looking at the scenery, accepted the hand Texas extended, feeling overwhelmed by the favor.
Lowering his head, he took a sip from the cup. A familiar coffee taste made him raise his eyebrows, then he casually placed the cup on the table before him. And Texas, somehow, also sat down beside Li Lin holding her cup, one hand holding the cup, the other flipping through a fashion magazine she bought, making Li Lin subconsciously straighten his posture.
Texas's posture when sitting on a chair was actually completely different from someone like Li Lin who had no tail. After observing for so long, Li Lin could even distinguish the correlation between Texas's sitting posture and her mental state. For example, now, Texas's tail wasn't wrapped horizontally around her waist or to the sides, but placed vertically behind her, her two wolf ears twitching intermittently, proving her mood was currently acceptable. But not yet reaching a very relaxed state.
Flipping through the fashion magazine bought from the library, Texas looked through the introductions inside, then saw a small announcement and raised her eyebrows somewhat surprisedly.
"An editor-in-chief resigned due to Oripathy. A pity. Her taste was very good."
"Contracting an infectious disease, nothing can be done."
"Yes. So there's no need to continue reading this magazine."
Casually stuffing the magazine onto the bookshelf beside her, Texas leaned back beside Li Lin, drinking coffee and watching the news projected on the screen on the opposite wall. It was still some trivial matters , as well as news and live broadcasts about the Columbian civil war.
The biggest news now was that the Columbian civil war had entered a white-hot stage; besides effectively declaring war, the two sides had actually been split for a very long time. Secondly, Chernobog announced entering a state of emergency due to infectious disease reasons, and also introduced a mechanism of implication , causing widespread resentment. A mutual aid humanitarian organization tying yellow ribbons appeared in Chernobog, began rallying some people, and put forward some lukewarm political demands.
And watching the news above for a long time, as if unintentionally, Texas took a sip from her coffee cup, turned her head to look at Li Lin, and said:
"I say."
"What?"
"You… What do you think of Exusiai?"
"Hm? This question feels somewhat familiar?"
"Before was before, now is now."
"Now, my thoughts haven't changed much either?"
Li Lin shrugged, thought for a moment, then said directly:
"Lifesaver, cool girl, someone I want to repay no matter what. A very important person to me. And very easy to talk to, have very good tacit understanding with me. Most importantly, we like similar things, can often chat well. That's about it."
"Then, what about Croissant?"
"That bread person, I think rather than being some friend, she's more like that die-hard buddy who would definitely show up when bored and wanting to play games together… I feel if something really happened, Croissant definitely wouldn't leave me hanging. I definitely wouldn't leave Croissant hanging either. Although she's greedy and carefree, many times making my teeth itch with anger. But because she's a beautiful girl, I, as a male creature, still very mercifully forgave her."
"…You really don't hide yourself, huh?"
"It's precisely because there's no other way that I say this! And Texas, why are you suddenly asking these things? Why don't you ask me what I think of Sora?"
"Um, cough cough, I heard someone calling me~"
"…"
"…"
Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives (- idiom).
Looking at the idol who suddenly popped out from some corner, stood in the middle of the floor clearing her throat and pretending to cough, Li Lin felt a pang of toothache just looking. And Texas also showed a helpless expression, then sat on the chair watching Sora treating this place seriously as a stage.
"Since everyone's journey is very lonely and boring, then I, Sora, will present everyone with a new song originally meant for the concert! Knight and Flower!"
"Oh…"
"The cheers aren't loud enough? Are you ready! Everyone!"
"Oh!!!"
"Mic check okay~ Then let's begin!"
"…"
This really is a natural-born idol. Such a show-off .
Looking at the satisfied expression, starting to stand in the middle of the aisle holding a microphone obtained from somewhere unknown, proudly starting to beat time preparing to sing a cappella, Li Lin also pulled out an expectant expression, then waited for the upcoming pop song, which, although having a sweet voice and ethereal vocal line, was essentially not that great.