Lan felt like she was going crazy, in every sense of the word. The task that Ancient One gave her was to find a suitable successor, but she had no idea how to do it.
She couldn't find the person that Ancient One wanted her to find, no matter if she used magic divination or a guiding spell. If she could use this simple method to find the person she was looking for, then why would Ancient One want her to stay at Li Jie's place to look for him?
Ancient One's magic power was much stronger than hers, so she could just use divination to find the person. This was only the first thing that troubled Lan.
The second problem was that she wasn't used to the food, even though Lan wasn't a picky eater. Lan wasn't a picky girl, but it was hard to change a taste problem that she had developed over ten years.
She was used to eating fresh beef when she was in Kamar-Teki. Although the cooking method was simple, the freshness of the ingredients was the advantage. Moreover, the taste of beef was different from that of ordinary beef.
Moreover, Kamateki was located on a plateau, so the main crops were barley. Kamateki also planted saffron and snow lotus.
After so many years of tasting, Lan's taste buds were completely used to the taste of Kamateki. She wasn't one of those mages who came from the secular world. She grew up in Kamateki.
Therefore, she wasn't used to many common foods in the secular world. For example, she didn't even want to touch medium-rare steaks. She was used to beef that was completely cooked in plain water.
She didn't want to eat sashimi either. She didn't like food that was made with complicated seasonings either. Her taste was very simple.
As a result, she basically didn't eat out. Every day when it was time to eat, she would return home on time. This was because Li Jie would prepare light and simple food for her.
Every time, she would sit at the table like an obedient child and wait for Li Jie to bring the food to the table. After eating, she would consciously wash the dishes.
Among the mages' spells, there were some that were more convenient for doing housework. For example, automatic dishwashing, automatic cleaning, and the ability to command the brooms to do the cleaning themselves.
Of course, the first two kinds of unbearable things were trivial to Lan and were not worth mentioning. What Lan could not bear was the fact that she had no more books to read!
This was the most difficult thing for her! When Ancient One taught Lan how to read and write, Lan showed her unusual reading habit at a young age.
She would carefully read any piece of paper with a written description. At first, Ancient One thought that this girl liked to read books. Later, when Ancient One found out that Lan would always finish reading the words printed on the packaging of the toothpaste he bought for her, Ancient One finally confirmed that this girl had a reading habit.
Well, most people in this world have their own quirks. There was no need to deny anything, because taking selfies was also a hobby.
Compared to some fetishes that could be called diseases, Lan's reading habit was nothing. But for mages, this was a very good habit. It could even be considered a gift. In particular, Lan had an extremely strong comprehension ability. Coupled with the Memory Spell unique to mages, she made rapid progress in her studies.
When she was in Kamateki, Lan never thought that there was anything wrong with her reading habit. Because there was a huge library there, and there were so many books that she could not read them all.
But when she came to New York and got together with Li Jie. She found that she was in trouble. Because this was New York, she could not take out all kinds of magic books from Kamateki to read.
Because some magic books had magic waves, and some were even written with black magic, she could only read them in the protection of Kamateki.
She could not open her own mirror space to create an environment for her to read all the time. That would be exhausting!
When she finished reading all the books she brought from Kamateki that she could read here, she fell into a panic of books.
In the past, Lan never thought that a book shortage was a scary thing, but when it really came, she felt like she was going to die.
Without a book to read, she did not want to move on the bed.
Without a book to read, she did not want to go out to do anything.
Without a book to read, she did not want to go downstairs to eat.
Without a book to read, she did not have the energy to do anything.
This was the portrayal of Lan now. She had now developed to the point where she even needed to read all kinds of printed manuals. As for why she did not find books online, the reason was simple. Her reading habit was that she was used to reading printed words on paper.
Looking at computer and phone screens was like scratching an itch through a boot. It did not hurt at all.
It was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky. Flowers were smiling, birds were chirping, and Mage Lan was sleeping.
To be precise, she was not sleeping, but simply lying down like a corpse. She had already rolled around on the bed a few times. Even her hair was messed up, but she still did not want to get up.
When Li Jie returned from the medical equipment mall with ten medical dummies, he realized that something was wrong today. Because the house had not been tidied up today, these things were usually handled by Lan using magic.
When he walked to the door of Lan's room and saw that it was half-closed, Lan was staring at the ceiling like a corpse. Li Jie knocked on Lan's door and walked in.
Lan calmly turned her head to look at Li Jie, then continued to lie down like a corpse.
This was the first time Li Jie had seen Lan like this.
"Are you sick?" Li Jie walked to Lan's side and reached out to touch her forehead. Her temperature was normal. She did not have a fever. Then, he carefully observed Lan's expression for a while. It was normal.
"No, I just feel a little empty mentally," Lan said quietly. Her tone was so ethereal that it did not seem human.
"Is it because you don't have any books to read?" Li Jie sat on Lan's bed and asked with a smile.
Lan glanced at Li Jie, then turned around and said with her back facing him, "What are you talking about?"
"Because I don't have enough reading, I feel weak and dispirited. I ended up rolling around on the bed like a corpse," Li Jie said seriously. Li Jie said seriously. He glanced at Lan, who had her back to him, and noticed that her ears were red.
"I went to the New York Divine Temple and contacted Wang. I found out about this from him. Why didn't you tell me before? So, do you want to go to the library or the bookstore? "Li Jie asked as he turned Lan's body around.
"What if you tell me that you can't borrow books from the library because you don't have a valid ID? You could have told me if you did not have enough cash to buy books from the bookstore, "Li Jie said helplessly.
Li Jie looked at Lan helplessly. Ever since he turned her around, she had been covering her face with her hands. However, he could still see that her face had turned red in places that were not in the way.
Hearing Li Jie's words, Lan finally revealed a gap between her fingers. Her eyes could be seen. Due to shyness or some other reason, her eyes became watery.
She asked in a small voice, "Really?"
Li Jie nodded and said, "Really." However, he changed the topic and said, "But you have to tell me. Why did you agree to Salted Fish's request to be his CPR practice partner? Originally, I could have gotten away with it. Because of you, I lost my first kiss, and it was given to a disgusting salted fish! "
Li Jie put his face very close to Lan's and stared straight into her eyes.
Lan did not know how to answer. Was he supposed to tell Li Jie that it was because he had found out about his reading habit that he was embarrassed, especially when he had seen him reading all kinds of manuals and even his shoebox? Was he supposed to tell Li Jie that he was so embarrassed that he made such a strange move?
Lan's face turned even redder, and her ears felt like they were about to burn. She covered her face again and said in a fake voice that even she did not believe, "Because it was just practice. It's fake, isn't it? It's just medical first aid training! I wasn't thinking about anything else! "
Even Lan herself didn't believe such a fake tone, let alone Li Jie. He grabbed Lan's hand that was in front of her face and said, "What if I practice with you?"
"What?" Lan suddenly forgot her shyness and awkwardness. She looked at Li Jie and said.
Because of what happened with Thor yesterday, Li Jie had been holding a grudge. This could be seen from the fact that he bought ten medical dummies in one go. Thor, didn't you want to train? Continue training! I'll let you practice until your lips are blistered! It was not Li Jie's style to not take revenge.
Therefore, Li Jie was very bold this time. He directly used his actions to show what Thor's CPR practice looked like.
He quickly approached Lan. When his lips touched Lan's, Lan suddenly realized what Li Jie wanted to do.
Almost subconsciously, Lan forcefully pushed Li Jie away and activated the space door. Li Jie, who originally wanted to do a forced CPR, was pushed out by Lan when the progress bar had just reached 20%. Then, he went through the space door.
Before Li Jie could feel the touch on his lips, he felt as if he had fallen heavily on a lawn. Damn it, it seemed like he had failed! Li Jie got up and spat out the grass root that still had a moist taste in his mouth.
Did Lan just activate the space door? Li Jie looked around and realized that he did not recognize where he was. It was a large lawn, and there were some old European buildings in the distance.
Li Jie was sure that this was not the United States because the summer in the United States was not so cool. It also felt a little humid. Looking at the buildings here, could it be that Lan had pushed him into a Northern European country?
Just as Li Jie was trying to figure out where he was, a familiar voice suddenly called out to him.
"Jason?" Gwen, who was standing at the end of another intersection on the lawn, was surprised to see Li Jie and call out his name.
"Hi, Gwen." Li Jie waved his hand stiffly. He now knew where he was. With a gentle push from Lan, he had crossed thousands of miles and arrived in London on the other side of the world.
Gwen walked quickly toward Li Jie from the other side of the road and said in a tone of disbelief, "Why are you in London?"
"If I said it was because someone exiled me for thousands of miles, would you believe me?" Li Jie patted the grass that had just stuck to his clothes.
Gwen looked at Li Jie with a faint smile and said, "Should I call you Jason Li or Li Jie? Or should I just call you Nightcrawler? What do you think?"
Li Jie stopped patting the grass and looked at Gwen with a puzzled expression.
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