For some reason, feeling Yan Huan's gaze, An Le felt a hint of happiness rise in her heart.

She pursed her lips and slowly lowered her arms that were covering her body, allowing Yan Huan to observe freely.

In doing so, Yan Huan felt a bit embarrassed,

"Very beautiful and fitting clothes, thank you, Grandma."

The two grandmas waved their hands, chuckling and saying,

"It's nothing, it's nothing..."

"We just need a little help from you."

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan and An Le were a bit surprised and asked in confusion,

"A little help with what?"

"Well, it's like this, in a few days, it's the village's sacred festival. Actually, it's nothing much, just setting up at the shrine and inviting everyone to worship the gods, praying for their protection over the village in the coming year."

"So, do we need to help with the setup?"

"No need, no need, last night was just a joke. These arrangements have rules, and it's better for the villagers to handle them."

One of the grandmas laughed, looking at Yan Huan and An Le,

"It's just that during this time, the whole village will be busy, and the adults won't have time to take care of the children, so we would like to ask you two young ones to help look after those little ones in your free time..."

Meanwhile, the other grandma glanced at the time on the wall inside the house, muttering,

"It's about time."

Little ones?

Yan Huan was slightly taken aback, pondering the words.

Just then, a lively children's voice suddenly came from the shrine's entrance,

"Grandma Kamidai, we're here!"

"Hello, Grandma Kamidai..."

Yan Huan and An Le turned around to see a girl and a boy, about elementary school age, standing at the shrine's entrance.

The girl had her hands on her hips, looking very outgoing.

While the boy behind her was timidly holding on to the girl's clothes.

"..."

Seeing those two children, Yan Huan and An Le were both slightly stunned.

Turning back to the grandmas beside them, they listened as they were kindly introduced,

"Come on, let me introduce... the boy is called Hayashi, the girl is called Kuixiang, they are both children of the villagers...

"They have grown up together since childhood, childhood sweethearts...

"They are a pair, like blue and green plums."

...

...

At the same time, in Ying Country, Capital City.

In an upscale apartment with many rooms, three young girls were sitting on the sofa, looking at a world map on the coffee table, their expressions tense.

Five red dots marked on the world map indicated the locations of five barriers, respectively at Linmen and Ying Country.

On one side was Bai Yi, whose face looked a bit unpleasant.

Last night, she used time suspension and nearly threw up her gall.

Even going to the hospital for a saline drip didn't help, and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.

Previously, when she broke the barrier using time suspension in the hotel, there were no severe side effects, which gave her some confidence.

Who knew that once the time suspension wave spread out and then retracted upon hitting the space outside the barrier, it would immediately make her want to vomit.

It seems, it was only because the last barrier was indoors that the time suspension of the pocket watch didn't affect the outside world, so there were no side effects.

But now, Bai Yi was not concerned about the side effects.

"So... you're saying that Yan Huan and An Le both fell into the crack of your barrier?"

She looked towards Sakuragi Hitomi, who was equally pale, questioning her.

Sakuragi Hitomi had a faint red mark on her face, a trace from when she was about to split into two Sakuragi Hitomis before.

The mark reminded her that when setting up a barrier in the open, once the masks were used up, she would really split apart.

"Hmm..."

And on the other side was the unharmed Spencer,

"So, where did Yan Huan and An Le end up going, huh?"

"I don't know, but I think I heard thunder below."

Sakuragi Hitomi touched her chin, struggling to recall last night's events.

"Thunder?! Could it be that they were directly transported to high altitude, and then fell to their deaths from high up..."

Upon hearing Bai Yi describe the dreadful scene, Sakuragi Hitomi immediately shot her a glance, and Spencer raised a fist, prompting Bai Yi to reluctantly change her words,

"I was just guessing where Yan Huan might have fallen... The assassin that was near Yan Huan fell to your place, is it possible that Yan Huan fell over there?"

"No, we searched the mountain last night when Grandfather had an incident, and found no one."

Speaking of which, Sakuragi Hitomi indeed felt it was a sheer coincidence.

Her barrier transported that assassin right in front of the chief culprit, her own grandfather.

Yet she didn't know where the A-class super large fireworks that caused the fire came from...

Could it be that her grandfather, seeing the assassin failed, wanted to silence him, and the assassin had a backup plan, leading to a mutual destruction?

Anyway, with Grandfather gone, it got much easier for Father.

But as for the President...

"The President's landing spot can't be determined at all, anywhere along the straight line between barriers..."

Sakuragi Hitomi's face looked unpleasant as her gaze wandered back and forth on a single line.

From Ying Country to Linmen...

It simply stretches across the entire East Continent and Southeast East Continent.

And along it, seventy to eighty percent is ocean...

What on earth to do.

"Wait a minute, where is Ye Shiyu? Haven't seen her at all?"

Sakuragi Hitomi was anxious, wanting to find someone to discuss what to do.

But the two in front of her...

Bai Yi, Spencer.

Lacked the capacity to plan together.

So Sakuragi Hitomi asked about Ye Shiyu.

Hearing this, Bai Yi was slightly surprised, looking towards a closed room, and quietly said,

"Still in the room, hasn't gotten up yet..."

Sakuragi Hitomi frowned, looking at the tightly closed door.

Yet, inside the room beyond the wall, the bedroom was a mess.

Ye Shiyu hadn't slept all night, sitting in the corner of the room with disheveled dark hair, hugging her knees.

Her eyes were red, and in the darkness, she slowly buried her head, her body trembling,

"...It's all my fault... I was out of my mind, I hypnotized Xiao Huan last night...

"Otherwise, if we were by his side, he wouldn't have been hunted by the assassin, and Sakuragi Hitomi wouldn't have opened the barrier to save him...

"Xiao Huan wouldn't have..."

With such thoughts, Ye Shiyu's voice became even more choked,

"It's all my fault..."

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