"Don't you want to put your things back home first?"

"No way, I'm super hungry right now!"

"Wait a minute, didn't you just eat a ton of stuff before coming over?"

"But I'm hungry again now."

On the streets of the South District, Yan Huan pierced the straw into the cup of bubble milk tea she bought for herself.

After just one sip, Yan Huan couldn't help but wrinkle her face, quickly pulling the cup away to examine the label.

"What the heck, it's so sweet it's killing me... extra sugar?"

Yan Huan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, initially thinking this guy was playing a prank, but when she turned to see his completely unbothered look, she reconsidered.

This guy, whenever he does something bad, has an obviously guilty expression. Super easy to read.

So, is he really drinking something this sweet?

"What's wrong?"

"...Don't you find this stuff too sweet?"

"Not at all, what I used to drink at home was this sweet. It's actually after coming to Linmen that all the food tastes so bland."

Spencer shot a glance at Yan Huan, who was staring at the "calorie bomb" in her hand, hesitated for a moment, and then extended her hand to him, saying,

"Then let me drink it, I'm practically dying of hunger."

Yan Huan glanced at the straw she had sipped from, wanting to remind her about it, but after thinking it over, they'd kissed so many times, why worry about something indirect like this?

Yeah, last night Yan Huan did it again.

Just picturing her lying beside you with those expectant eyes, anyone who could resist kissing her is a god.

The effect of "Kissing God" was triggered again today; this time the random bonus was "Resistance Enhancement," which felt far less useful than a significant boost in constitution.

"Here, for you."

With that, Yan Huan decided not to be pretentious and generously handed the milk tea to Spencer.

She took it without hesitation, holding it to her chest, and began to sip.

"Gulp~"

She happily drank the milk tea and soon started humming the Angry Birds theme song.

Seeing her smiling face, Yan Huan couldn't help but smile a little too.

However, he still reminded her,

"You should really cut down on eating so much sweet stuff in the future."

"Hmph, it's like supplemental medicine! I'm not fat anyway."

She actually knew eating sweets could make you fat? Not bad.

Yan Huan led Spencer to a little treasure shop he had been cherishing for a long time, specializing in grilled beef, mainly inspired by flavors from Hawk Country.

Generous portions, really good taste, and very popular with the South District folks.

"Hey, boss, do you have a table for two?"

"Oh, inside's full, you two will have to sit outside."

"Alright."

Yan Huan and Spencer just sat down, ordered a few signature grilled dishes, and began the boring wait for their meal.

Spencer took out her phone to continue playing a puzzle game, while Yan Huan just kept watching her.

After staring for a while, ready to take out his phone to scroll through some videos,

A man with eyes slightly tinged with vague pink suddenly appeared at Yan Huan's table.

He stared directly at Yan Huan, then abruptly asked,

"Excuse me, are you Yan Huan?"

"...And you are?"

Hearing this, the man glanced at Spencer, who was curiously looking over, then leaned closer to Yan Huan and whispered,

"There's something about the Golden Lion Group I'd like to discuss with you privately."

"..."

As expected, Spencer's mother had been secretly having people watch Spencer all along.

Yan Huan narrowed his eyes, observing the plain-looking man in front of him, and glanced around at the street-facing environment.

After a bit of contemplation, he still decided to stand up.

Seeing Spencer also trying to stand up, Yan Huan stopped her, saying,

"Spencer, wait here for me. I'll be right back."

"Alright, but come back soon."

"Okay."

Yan Huan got up and followed the man to the other side of an alley.

As they moved further away from Spencer, Yan Huan finally spoke to the man before him,

"I get it, you guys let Spencer run away from home just to have her handle the process of reinstating her school enrollment. Now that your goal is achieved, can't I at least treat her to a meal before you take her away?"

"..."

"Or does Spencer's mother have something she wants to convey to me?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the man in front of him remained silent, continuing to walk further into the alley.

The man's unchanging silence and the increasingly desolate, quiet surroundings slowly furrowed Yan Huan's brow, and his body tensed.

"Hoo~"

In the evening, the pink sunset light was gentle, and a salty sweet sea breeze blew in, lulling one into a sense of pleasant intoxication.

In the pink glow of the sunset, Yan Huan's peripheral vision suddenly caught the sight of a slightly swaying small badge on the man's keychain from the ride-hailing platform Mber.

...

...

Yan Huan turned and departed, his figure vanishing into the narrow alley.

This sight made Spencer, who had been gazing after him, retract her gaze, and she stopped playing her game.

While sipping her milk tea, she began cautiously scanning her surroundings.

"Spencer..."

In the next moment, a faint voice seemed to pierce through the crowd and land directly into Spencer's ear.

The surroundings suddenly turned eerily quiet, with only the pink sunset bathing the earth, dyeing the world with a dirty kind of ambiguity like neon lights.

Yet, the night had not fully settled in.

Upon hearing the voice, Spencer's eyes suddenly sharpened, and forgetting she still held a straw in her mouth, she immediately turned toward the sound.

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