Facing Mobius's questioning, Pado thought to herself that she was more wronged than Fu Hua.
Although she did have just a tiny bit of that thought, she had never once really intended to put it into practice.
Seeing Mobius's gaze, as if she wanted nothing more than to put her straight onto the operating table, Pardofelis frantically waved her hands, her voice carrying a trace of sobbing.
"Sister Snake! This isn't... this isn't mine! This really isn't my thing! Right... right! Sister Hua can testify for me!"
Mobius clearly didn't believe her, narrowed her eyes, and stepped forward, "Oh yeah? Then let's go outside and have a private talk..."
Pardofelis was so scared she kept retreating backward, almost falling down.
Seeing this, Fu Hua immediately blocked between the two, forcing herself to stay calm, "Mobius, this matter, we can explain..."
"Explain what?" Mobius sneered, "Explain why you're hiding in the closet in the middle of the night, and even with this kind of thing?"
The confrontation, like swords drawn and bows bent, quickly drew in others from the hallway.
Elysia was the first to rush to the scene, poking her head in with a curious look at the people in the bedroom, "Aiya~ what's so lively here, are you holding some kind of secret meeting?"
Right after, Kiana, Raiden Mei, Ivana and the others also crowded into the room one after another.
The small suite instantly became overcrowded.
"Eh? What's going on with you all, why do you look so serious?"
Kiana looked curiously left and right, her gaze sweeping back and forth among the few.
Pado, as if grabbing onto a life-saving straw, immediately said, "Sister Snake said she wants to have a child with Boss Van!"
"What?!" All the girls present cried out in unison, instantly looking at Mobius.
Kiana even exaggeratedly covered her mouth, her face full of disbelief.
The air froze in an instant.
The gazes directed at Mobius became complicated, there was surprise, there was confusion, and also emotions that couldn't quite be explained clearly.
Facing everyone's scrutinizing stares, Mobius kept a cold face without speaking.
Just when the atmosphere was tense as drawn swords, Vill-V suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, speaking under Mobius's murderous glare, "Actually... this suggestion was mine..."
Elysia blinked her eyes, smiling playfully, "Aiya~ so Vill-V is here to be the childcare consultant?"
Ivana held back laughter so hard her shoulders kept shaking, while Van could only cover his face helplessly.
It seemed tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
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In the end, under everyone's doubtful gazes, Vill-V still told the truth.
She explained that when she was previously monitoring everyone, she had accidentally discovered that Van's soul state was unusually weak.
The strange thing was, when Elysia and the others collectively recovered their memories, Van's soul state suddenly improved quite a lot.
"So I had a bold guess." Vill-V said self-assuredly,
"The true purpose of that exposure video might not have been just to mess around or prank Van, but rather to make us recover our memories, thereby deepening Van's connection to this world, so that his soul wouldn't continue dissipating and self-destructing."
Hearing this, Van's heart trembled, and he subconsciously swept his gaze toward everyone.
What surprised him was that on their faces, he didn't see even the slightest bit of shock, only tacit silence and worry.
"Uh... you guys... already knew?"
Mobius coldly snorted and turned her face away, Fu Hua lightly nodded, while Elysia revealed a faintly bitter smile.
Only then did Van understand, so they had already known about his condition.
On the other side, Vill-V suddenly raised her voice, cutting through the brief silence, "But I think this method is too slow. Since it's about deepening the connection, why not use a more direct and intimate way? For example..."
Mobius clicked her tongue, her expression darkening frighteningly.
Originally, she hadn't wanted the others to know about this matter, precisely because she feared it would be obstructed.
Yet at this moment, Ivana suddenly raised her hand and interrupted, "I have a question! Since one person and one child makes one connection... Then wouldn't having more children, with more people, make even more connections? Wouldn't that help Old Man recover faster?"
Van froze for a moment, then subconsciously retorted, "You brat, stop joking around, how could everyone possibly do something so absurd..."
However, his voice cut off abruptly.
Because looking around, he realized the girls' gazes had all become subtle.
Some thoughtful, some itching to try, some even already starting to seriously calculate.
Elysia was the first to break the silence. She smiled brightly, hugging Van's arm, "Van..."
Mobius's face grew even darker, and she grabbed Vill-V by the collar, "Vill-V! This is the 'confidentiality' you told me about?"
Vill-V could only spread her hands helplessly, face full of "can't help it."
Van stood frozen in place, suddenly with a feeling of being surrounded by hunters.
He swallowed hard, discreetly moving half a step toward the door, only to immediately have his path blocked by the sharp-eyed Ivana.
"Old Man wants to run?" The brat showed a sly grin, "But everyone's saving you~"
'Damn!'
'This brat really is a model filial daughter!'
'At the critical moment, she really screws her dad over!'
But then again, if he really went along with it, his soul might indeed recover.
But his body, one hundred percent, would collapse.
The temperature in the room seemed to rise abruptly, fine beads of sweat seeping out on Van's forehead.
Looking at this group of girls glaring at him like tigers eyeing prey, for the first time Van truly felt what it meant to be in "crisis on all sides".
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