Actually, Alice had wanted to ask as soon as she entered the shop.
However, she had been distracted by Yun Manman's enthusiastic introduction of desserts, her thoughts completely led astray. Later, immersed in the delicious food, Alice forgot all about it.
Yesterday, she had seen the packaging box in Lu Qi's isolation ward. After coming out, she went to ask Lu Xi about it.
The deputy officer said that the general could only eat this dessert now, so they purchased it from the dessert shop every day.
People with psychic powers on the verge of collapse find it difficult to react to their surroundings. Their daily lives are greatly affected, even losing the desire to eat.
When both mind and body are in pain, how can one eat?
So many patients with mental disorders choose to be hospitalized, receiving daily injections of essential nutrients to maintain vital signs.
When Alice learned that Lu Qi had to eat every day, she found it very strange.
Her keen sixth sense told her that this was the key to successfully guiding Lu Qi's mental power.
So she searched online for "Yuanman Dessert Shop", found the address, and rushed over.
Successfully treating Lu Qi's mental power outburst was something Alice had promised Yan Ye, and also to repay him for saving her life.
The elves take promises very seriously, and will do anything to fulfill what they've agreed to.
Alice would do everything in her power to cure Lu Qi's mental power outburst and increase his mental purity, never letting him turn into a Beastfiend.
Yun Manman rested her hands on the table, her eyes level with Alice's.
Hearing her question, she tilted her head in confusion, her light orange ears on top of her head twitching: "What general?"
General Lu Qi? The highest combat power of Kashida?
She shook her head: "I don't know him. Is there something wrong?"
Yin Qian, with her excellent hearing, overheard their conversation and became alert.
Why was this elf asking about the general? Could she be trying to probe for military secrets?
Could she be a spy sent by Lanqi Country?
Although Kashida and Lanqi had no apparent conflicts on the surface and had always coexisted peacefully.
But who knows what the king of Lanqi might be thinking behind the scenes?
When it comes to the general, one can never be too cautious.
Yin Qian decided that if she found any ill intentions from this elf, she would arrest her and send her to the military tribunal.
Alice, seeing the genuine bewilderment in her emerald cat eyes, asked again: "Then do you know Deputy Officer Lu Xi?"
The alarm bells in Yin Qian's mind rang even louder!
Yun Manman thought for a moment and tentatively said: "'The Invincible Brave Chameleon Mr. Lu?'"
If there was anything that could be associated with "Lu", it could only be this "Invincible Brave Chameleon Mr. Lu" who had ordered a lot of takeout in the past two days.
Now it was Alice's turn to be confused: "Huh?"
Yun Manman: ...
She scratched her head embarrassedly: "Well, I really don't know any Mr. Lu Xi..."
Alice became increasingly dejected, thinking she must have guessed wrong.
In a flash, she suddenly recalled a basket she had seen at the counter earlier.
It was a simple round bamboo basket, lined with yellow floral cloth that showed signs of being lain on.
A simple drawing of a small snake was pasted on the basket. The strokes were childish and simple, yet vividly depicted a disgruntled little snake.
Below the picture was written "Qiqi's Little Nest".
It was easy to see the maker's affection for "Qiqi".
Alice, clinging to her last hope, asked Yun Manman: "Do you have a pet snake?"
"Is it white?"
Yun Manman was momentarily stunned when she heard the elf's inquiry about the little snake.
She quickly recovered and smiled at Alice, saying: "I did have a white pet snake called Qiqi."
"Later, he got lost, and I haven't found him until now. Perhaps he didn't like this home, didn't like me."
Alice sensed her forced smile and sadness, and instinctively stepped forward to apologize: "I'm sorry."
The shortened distance allowed Alice to sense Yun Manman's overflowing mental power.
Alice felt a hint of familiarity and was about to move closer to feel it more carefully when she heard Yun Manman ask:
"Why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Alice's thoughts were interrupted. She looked up with a slight smile, her expression unchanged as she lied: "Well, I heard a customer just now saying that the owner's pet snake was very beautiful, so I was curious and wanted to see it."
"Manman, do you have any photos? Would it be okay to let me see them to satisfy my curiosity?"
Indeed, many regular customers who had seen Qiqi had come to the shop, so it wasn't surprising that the elf had heard about it.
Yun Manman didn't think much of it and took out her communicator to open the photos she had taken of Qiqi before: "Of course, no problem."
"Look, isn't Qiqi super cute!"
Even though Qiqi was no longer her Qiqi, it didn't stop her from missing the time she spent with the little snake.
She said nostalgically: "Qiqi loved to eat beef, he was such a glutton. Once when I was cooking syrup at home..."
Alice looked at the familiar little snake with red spots on its back in the picture. Although she had guessed it earlier, she was still shocked when this absurd idea was confirmed.
Now, hearing Yun Manman's ramblings, Alice felt as if her worldview was shattering.
Ah, so this was what the gloomy viper refusing treatment in the isolation ward was like in private.
The contrast was just too great!
Although she wasn't clear about the relationship between Yun Manman and Lu Qi, and Deputy Lu Xi had not mentioned anything about Lu Qi before he turned dark.
He only told her that Lu Qi's mental power had gone berserk while fiercely beating a Beastfiend.
But the clever Alice quickly connected this string of clues.
The dessert Lu Qi couldn't forget, Lu Qi's entangled past with Yun Manman, the guiding power contained in Yun Manman's overflowing mental power...
That's it, Alice had already sensed the guiding effect contained in Yun Manman's overflowing mental power.
But obviously, the cat lady in front of her was not a guide.
She also didn't know that her pet snake "Qiqi" was actually General Lu Qi.
Lu Qi had lived here for a while, did he know about or was he affected by Yun Manman's mental power?
General Lu Qi's mental sensitivity was also very high, she didn't believe he didn't know.
If he knew, why didn't he find Yun Manman to guide him?
Finding a trusted guide who could completely open up his mental barriers was a matter of life and death for Lu Qi.
Alice had a belly full of questions.
Her goal from beginning to end was to cure Lu Qi's mental power outburst, she didn't care about other people's concerns.
Since the cat in front of her was the cure, Alice couldn't possibly miss this opportunity.
She fluttered her wings and flew in front of Yun Manman, the complex patterns on her wings dropping star-like points of light, dreamlike and ethereal.
Yun Manman heard Alice say: "Your little snake is now in mortal danger, are you willing to go save him?"