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For some inexplicable reason... Shen Yunan felt a tightness in his throat and his throat bobbed slightly.

When he looked up at Pei Wu in the corner again, the words Pei Wu had said to him that day at the coffee shop flashed through his mind.

However, she said "I'm pursuing you" to Shen Yu Nan, not to Shao Sang, who was about to marry her.

Shen Yunan felt a sudden tightness in her chest and subconsciously bit her lip.

He still didn't understand why Pei Wu had told him she wanted to pursue him.

As time went by, the number of customers in the store gradually decreased, and the noisy store gradually quieted down. Slowly... the night deepened, and only Pei Wu remained in the store, sitting in the corner. Pei Wu must have been sitting for a long time, so she leaned her back against the chair. At this moment, the lights in the store dimmed, and the light reflected from Pei Wu's computer screen onto her glasses became more obvious.

Pei Wu possessed an exceptional temperament, exuding an indescribable...noble air.

Her back was straight, and she looked at the computer with her eyelids slightly lowered. Beside her was a coffee that had gone cold. Pei Wu didn't really like this kind of instant coffee from fast food restaurants, so she only took one sip and didn't drink any more.

She looked like she was thinking about something, her expression quite serious. Although she wasn't drinking her coffee, she unconsciously rubbed the inside of the paper cup while she was thinking.

Apart from Shen Yu Nan, who was staying out all night, most of the other staff had left the shop.

"...."

Shen Yu Nan didn't know what was wrong with him; his gaze kept drifting towards Pei Wu, whether intentionally or unintentionally. He noticed the coffee next to Pei Wu and suddenly remembered what Pei Wu had said to him when he first left Diana.

She said she only drinks black coffee.

With a 'clatter,' Shen Yu'nan placed the freshly prepared black coffee next to Pei Wu. 'Miss, this is black coffee that I ground myself, not instant.'

Pei Wu looked away from the computer and glanced at the hot coffee that the other person had placed beside her. The dark coffee was in a paper cup commonly used in the store, and it was slowly steaming.

"This is the only type of paper cup we have in the store. I'm sorry, miss."

After Shen Yunan spoke, Pei Wu looked up at him again.

Wearing work clothes, Shao Sang looked just like a college student working part-time at the store. Perhaps because Shao Sang's eyes were rounder and her black pupils were larger than Shen Yu Nan's, she always had an innocent look.

Pei Wu looked around and, seeing that no one was around, wanted to ask the other person why they were working there, but after thinking it over, she swallowed her words.

"You go about your business, don't worry about me."

"Alright." After thinking for a moment, Shen Yu'nan continued, "It's getting late, Miss. You should go home early. There are many things at the company that require your decision tomorrow."

"It's alright, I said I'd wait for you."

“…” Shen Yunan nodded after slightly licking his lips upon hearing Pei Wu’s words.

Pei Wu stared at Shao Sang's departing figure for a long time. Before, she had only regarded Shao Sang as a product of technological advancement. She only cared about the other party's mechanical structure and system data, and never paid attention to anything else.

For example, she had no idea why he was working there.

Pei Wu subconsciously assumed that everyone around her was a simulated character in a game program she designed, or in other words, a character created from a pile of data, and Shao Sang was no exception.

In fact, in this respect, Shao Sang seems to be no different from the people who appear around us in this game.

After thinking about this, Pei Wu breathed a sigh of relief before turning her gaze away from Shao Sang.

Two staff members usually stay at the store overnight, one to watch over the store and the other to prepare the goods to be sold the next morning. It's already past midnight, there are no customers in the store, and it's time to prepare the breakfast to be sold the next morning.

These chain fast food restaurants mostly sell finished products provided by the head office, which are then further processed before being sold.

People like Shen Yuhuan, who have only been here a few days and are part-time, generally can't do kitchen work yet. They can only do things like moving things and serving customers. Recently, another staff member besides Shen Yuhuan has been busy in the kitchen.

Shen Yu'nan then prepared to go to the warehouse to move the ingredients they needed. The boxes containing the ingredients were not very big, just the right size to be held in one arm, but they were filled with frozen food, so they were quite heavy.

Strangely enough, according to the timeline, Shen Yu'nan should have been pregnant long ago, but she didn't feel any discomfort when she was working here a few days ago. Even a few days ago, she only felt a little lazy. She could carry two of these boxes at once. But since she came back from the research institute and had a check-up, all the discomfort, nausea, and laziness seemed to be magnified infinitely.

Take this box in front of him, for example. He found it quite difficult to lift. He tried twice but couldn't lift both boxes. Slightly out of breath, Shen Yu Nan looked down at his flat stomach. Just as he was about to give up and try to lift both boxes together after adjusting his posture,

"Give it to me."

Pei Wu's voice, word by word, reached Shen Yu Nan's ears. After she finished speaking, he was only stunned for a few seconds before he watched as Pei Wu picked up the two boxes, which were just taken out of the freezer and had a thin layer of ice crystals on their surface.

"Miss..." Shen Yu'nan was about to say something when Pei Wu had already started carrying things out of the warehouse. "It's alright, I'll do it. Take care of yourself."

"...yes.."

"Where should we put it?" Pei Wu asked Shen Yunan again.

Since Pei Wu had brought up his health, he couldn't continue.

"The kitchen." As he spoke, he led Pei Wu toward the kitchen.

Meanwhile, another employee who had been busy in the kitchen had just finished cleaning and was waiting for Shen Yunan to bring over the ingredients so that they could prepare the food to sell the next morning.

"Why did it take you so long?"

The shop assistant who heard the noise turned around and saw that it was Pei Wu.

"You...who are you?...And him?" The shop assistant seemed to be thinking about Shen Yu Nan's name. She thought for a long time but couldn't remember the name of this handsome man who had only been there for a few days. This handsome man usually didn't talk much, always arriving and leaving on time, and rarely interacted with others.

Pei Wu put down what she was carrying, glanced at the shop assistant who had spoken, but did not reply. She then turned back to continue moving her things.