The woman on the sofa looked at Elijah, noticing his unrestrained gaze upon her.


    Her brows furrowed, and a cold glint shed in her eyes.


    It was at this moment that Elijah finally realized why she seemed so familiar.


    This woman bore a striking resemnce to Olivia, though not identical, at least six or seven parts simr.


    The reason Elijah hadn''t recognized her immediately was because this woman embodied an extreme maturity, a natural aura of elegance and nobility, quite the opposite of Olivia''s youthful, girlish charm.


    "Are you... Kylie?" Elijah blurted out, astonished.


    "You know me?" Kylie responded icily, showing no hint of a friendly demeanor despite the possibility that Elijah might know her.


    "You... you know the chairman?" Wendy was equally surprised.


    "I''m Quentin... Actually, I should call you cousin. You have a daughter named Olivia, right? I met her a few years ago," Elijah lied smoothly, keeping a straight face.


    Upon recognizing Kylie, Elijah quickly deduced that Wendy calling her "chairman" rather than "boss" implied that the boss was someone else.


    That person was naturally his target, Matthew.


    Taking a risk, Elijah had switched his sensory ability and noticed a human-shaped light shadow in the adjacent room.


    However, he couldn''t yet confirm if it was Matthew.


    Since they put Kylie at the forefront, Elijah decided to go along with it, fabricating a story and deliberately mentioning Olivia.


    He wanted to see how they would react.


    If he could use information about Olivia to make Kylie think he was one of them, all the better.


    Sure enough, Kylie''s expression froze upon hearing Olivia''s name.


    "Oh, so we''re family!" Wendy immediately pulled Elijah to sit down, pouring him a drink. "Come on, don''t just stand there. If we''re family, no need to be shy!"


    Elijah nced at Kylie, who stood there in a daze without objecting, so he took the opportunity to sit down.


    "Quentin, if you had mentioned this rtionship earlier, there''d be no need for any tests. You could have been living on the fourth floor already!"


    "The fourth floor is for the management, right? That wouldn''t be appropriate..." Elijah replied with a naive smile.


    "What''s inappropriate? The YLK Group was founded by the chairman herself, and she has led us to carve out a living space in this apocalypse. Her family is our family! Here, have a drink. It''s chilled, a luxury only avable here thanks to the chairman. I''m benefiting from your presence!" Wendy pushed the drink toward Elijah and poured herself a ss, downing it in one go.


    "Ah, that''s refreshing!"


    "If you like it, have more. I''m not a fan of carbonated drinks," Elijah said.


    "Is that so? The chairman also has fruit juice here. I''ll get you a bottle. No need to be shy among family!" Wendy got up, smiling.


    "Thanks, Sister Wendy," Elijah said as he watched her enter the adjacent room. She quickly returned with a bottle of chilled fruit juice, handing it to him.


    Elijah took it but didn''t drink, cing it beside him instead. Wendy''s expression suddenly became serious.


    "Since we''re all family, Quentin, there''s one thing you shouldn''t hide from us, right?"


    At the same time, Kylie seemed toe to her senses, staring intently at Elijah.


    "What is it?" Elijah feigned ignorance.


    "What is your real ability?" Wendy asked, staring him down.


    "The real ability?"


    Elijah was genuinely astonished, not faking it! He really had no idea how the other party determined that his ability was off.


    His current defense power was indeed genuinelyparable to a first-level defense ability!


    "Since we are family, there should be no more concealment on this point, right?" Wendy said calmly.


    "Uh... I''m not hiding anything. I really have a defensive ability. If you don''t believe me, try it yourself!" Elijah extended his arm.


    Wendy looked at Elijah, who didn''t seem to be lying, and couldn''t help but feel puzzled. Could he really not be lying?


    No, something''s off! He must be hiding something, otherwise, why can''t my mind-reading ability sense his inner thoughts?


    "Quentin, I have my reasons for saying this. To be honest with you, my ability is a special perceptive ability, but it fails when ites to you!"


    "A special perceptive ability?"


    Elijah immediately thought of the mind-reading ability Hayden mentioned in the underground garage!


    Could it be that the one who possesses mind-reading is not Matthew, but Wendy?


    This is very likely! Or Wendy might possess a simr ability to Olivia and Lillian''s good and evil emotion sensing.


    Their abilities indeed have moments of failure.


    After Charlotte advanced to the second level, in Olivia''s perceptive vision, Charlotte was like a ck hole, blocking surrounding probes, and Olivia could no longer sense Charlotte''s good or evil emotions.


    The reason was that when Charlotte reached the second level, she not only had insight into herself but also began to control and influence the surrounding Chi.


    This enabled her to block Olivia''s ability!


    But the key is that Elijah had long since left Charlotte''s range of ability, and he couldn''t and didn''t use Charlotte''s ability.


    Besides, the only thing that could block perceptive abilities now was Nora''s blocking ability.


    Could it be that Nora''s blocking ability brought a passive enhancement, causing their perceptive abilities to fail on me?


    Elijah''s thoughts raced, and he instantly thought of a countermeasure.


    "Ah... I get it!" Elijah made a face of sudden realization.


    "Get what?" Wendy asked.


    "My defensive ability is to cover the surface of my body with an invisible protectiveyer, which I call a barrier. I originally thought it could only defend against physical harm, but now with your reminder, could it also defend against intangible perception or attacks?" Elijah touched his chin, bing more and more excited as he spoke!


    "Barrier?" Wendy murmured. Although she didn''t know if Elijah was telling the truth, it seemed reasonable.


    After all, she had seen more bizarre awakened abilities!


    "Well, then it was my fault for wrongly using you. Let me apologize!"


    Wendy didn''t dwell on it much, instead taking a drink, pouring a ss, and handing it to Elijah.


    "Sis, you don''t need to do this. I don''t mean to me you!" Elijah btedly understood what Wendy''s so-called test was about!


    This Wendy was probably indeed a mind-reader, which is why she was the receptionist and led everyone to dinner.


    She must have been using her ability throughout the process, eavesdropping on everyone''s thoughts!


    That must be the so-called test!