Chapter 30 Lily's Secret
Jiang Li stood beside her and listened to her story quietly.
"A Li, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I don't think Lily would understand me." Penny looked at Jiang Li gratefully.
"You are excellent. You can handle everything well even without my help."
Jiang Li smiled and brushed the loose hair on her forehead behind her ears.
"I've made a lot of snacks recently. Would you like to come to my house with Lily for snacks tomorrow?" Jiang Li invited.
"Will this disturb your family?" Penny asked with some concern.
Lily's behavior has been a little strange recently. She was afraid that Lily would not be able to control herself and would scare Jiang Li.
"No, we all welcome you very much." Jiang Li said gently.
"I...I have to discuss it with Lily. If there's no problem, we will visit you tomorrow. If not, we may not go." Penny replied hesitantly.
"It doesn't matter. Even if you don't come, I can keep the snacks and give them to you when I meet you." Jiang Li said with a smile.
Penny was somewhat happy.
She hasn't talked so much to anyone for a long time since Julia left. Lily has had health problems recently and always causes strange phenomena.
Petunia looked up the book and found that Lily's situation was just like the witch in the book.
Witches in fairy tales are always killed in the end, and Penny doesn't want Lily to be killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Evans also tried to cover up this matter. They couldn't give strict orders to the lovely Lily, so they asked Penny to keep Lily under control and not let her do anything strange outside.
Jiang Li guessed that there was a high chance that the two girls would come to visit tomorrow, so he asked Mia to hide so that Penny and Lily wouldn't find her.
As for Snape, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the career of making potions and even stopped coming out to eat.
Jiang Li didn't bother him and added Lily and Penny to the white list of the expulsion spell so that they wouldn't be unable to find the house when they came.
The next morning, Jiang Li heard the doorbell ring.
She opened the door and saw Lily and Petunia standing outside happily.
Penny was holding a lunch box in her hand. She handed it to Jiang Li and said, "These are the cookies I made. I hope they don't bother you."
Lily immediately took over the conversation.
"Knowing that I was coming over today, Penny started baking cookies last night. Mom even scolded her for it."
"Lily, don't say such things out loud." Penny said angrily.
Lily stuck out her tongue playfully.
"Thank you for the cookies. They must be delicious." Jiang Li said sincerely.
Lily also chimed in: "Penny's cookies are the best. When we sold cookies in front of the church before, Penny's cookies were always sold out first. Everyone loves her cookies."
"Penny is amazing. If she doesn't want to be a pilot in the future, she can become a baking master." Jiang Li praised.
Penny blushed, not quite used to being complimented.
Lily was much more natural and began to patrol the house.
"Did you plant those flowers outside? They smell so good. I've never seen flowers like this before." Lily asked curiously.
"This is a gardenia, which has a relatively high temperature requirement. Few people here use this kind of flower."
Seeing that her eyes were glued to the flowers, Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you like, you can take it with you when you go back."
"Really!"
Lily showed a surprised expression.
"Wouldn't that be a bad idea? If we pick the flowers, wouldn't it ruin the beauty of your yard?"
Although Penny also liked these flowers, she obviously thought more about them than Lily.
"It doesn't matter. Just cut them separately. Only cut a few flowers from each gardenia tree. You won't see any difference."
Jiang Li took out the mung bean cakes made by Mia and some Chinese dim sum and placed them on the table.
Petunia and Lily gathered around, staring at the snacks in amazement.
"Why is this pastry transparent? It's like a flower, so beautiful." Lily exclaimed.
"These are crystal cakes and lotus cakes. You can try them. They are Chinese snacks."
Jiang Li rested his elbows on the table, holding his chin as he watched the two girls make recommendations.
Lily and Penny also sat down on the chairs and slowly ate the cakes.
"This is delicious, not sweet at all!" Penny said in surprise.
She didn't particularly like sweets and didn't put too much sweetness in the cookies she made, but the British put a lethal amount of sugar in every dessert. It was the first time that Penny had eaten a dessert that amazed her so much.
"Not sweet. This is the highest compliment for desserts. I believe the pastry maker will be very happy to hear you say this."
Jiang Li took a sip of black tea and looked at Penny with gentle eyes.
Penny blushed a little at the look in her eyes.
"Ali, can I read these books?"
After Lily finished the snacks on the table, she couldn't sit still anymore and asked Jiang Li.
"Of course, you can read any book you want." Jiang Li said generously.
Hearing this, Lily immediately jumped off the chair and started reading a book from the bookshelf.
She took down the alchemy book that Jiang Li was reading. After looking at it for a while, her face wrinkled.
It's too complicated and I can't understand it at all.
Jiang Li looked at Penny and said, "Do you want to watch TV?"
Petunia shook her head and was about to say something when she saw Lily suspending a book in the air from the corner of her eye.
"Lily! What are you doing!" Petunia yelled.
Lily was so frightened that the book floating in the air immediately fell to the ground. She looked at Penny guiltily.
Penny nervously stepped forward and grabbed her hand, then said to Jiang Li, "I suddenly remembered that mom said we can't stay outside for so long, so Lily and I will go back first."
After saying that, she grabbed Lily's hand and left quickly. Jiang Li didn't even have time to explain.
Petunia walked for a long time holding Lily's hand.
"Penny, you're too strong. My hand hurts." Lily pulled her hand away uncomfortably and complained softly, "You're too excited. My actions just now were not seen. Besides, I don't think Ali is a bad person. Even if he knew I had special abilities, he wouldn't do anything to me."
She wanted to pick a few flowers to take home, but Penny pulled her away and she didn't have the time to pick them.
"Lily, she is just an ordinary person. Ordinary people don't like such strange people. Have you forgotten how those scientists on TV treated Superman? They captured Superman and cut him into pieces for experiments." Penny said solemnly.
"I don't think Ali would do such a thing. She looks like a very nice person." Lily said innocently.
"The Ali people are indeed good people, but that doesn't mean that other people are good people too. If they see that something is wrong with you, they might use some vicious means to deal with you." Penny threatened in a low voice.
Sometimes people's jealousy is terrible. If someone who is jealous of Lily finds out about this, he might do something excessive.
"Is there really someone that bad..."
Lily said this with some fear, she didn't want to be caught and studied.
"In short, you must never show your special abilities in front of outsiders." Penny said seriously.
Lily nodded hesitantly.