Wu Yue blinked, carefully choosing her words. After a few breaths, she revealed a sorrowful expression as if she were facing death, "To be honest, my boyfriend and I were born in a relatively remote city where science education is less advanced, which makes us value ghosts and spirits more. Please understand."
Su Yanyan clearly didn't believe her. She looked Wu Yue up and down, seemingly wanting to laugh but also feeling helpless: "Please take off all those designer clothes before you talk to me, okay?"
She paused, then looked at Yan Chiyu: "Yueyue, your boyfriend's outfit is a top-tier designer brand that I can't afford. And he says he was born in a remote city? Okay, okay, I was just a little scared... I thought I was going to go blind."
Wu Yue continued, "Yes, that's right. We're the two richest people in the village, like, the 'tycoons' type?"
Yan Chiyu took his girlfriend's hand and walked straight ahead: "The rich guy is treating you to dinner, let's go."
*
In the sweltering summer, watermelon and ice cream are definitely the best combination. The group eventually settled on a "Four Fruit Soup" restaurant. While the name itself wasn't fancy or sophisticated—just the simple three characters "Four Fruit Soup"—the menu offered a wide variety of dishes, and the ingredients were incredibly fresh.
There are more than a dozen combinations of iced rice and grass jelly alone, making it hard to choose.
After being frightened by the paper doll in Yan Chiyu's house, Su Yanyan, carrying a guilt that no one else felt, waved her hand and ordered two large tables of iced rice, grass jelly, fried chicken, and handmade juice, as if she wanted to squeeze every last drop out of the village tycoon. Even though she knew this was just the tip of the iceberg and wouldn't cost much.
"Xi Gui" is a dress that's been resold online or through personal shoppers' social media circles for hundreds of thousands of yuan; it's often the kind of dress that's priceless and unavailable. It's just one dress, it's certainly beautiful, and the fabric looks expensive, but it shouldn't be priced that high.
If it were her, she wouldn't spend tens of thousands of yuan on a single piece of clothing; she'd rather go on a trip.
After some research, she concluded that the expensive item must be a brand name. Oh, what a shady merchant.
Although they had known each other for over half a month, Wu Yue wasn't confident she could get them to accept the strange phenomena and unusual people in the world. She was genuinely afraid that she would scare the little girl into fainting as soon as she opened her mouth.
Just as all the dishes were served, Tong Chunhan entered the room and plopped down in the seat next to Su Yanyan. She was folding her parasol, her face flushed, as pink as a newly blossoming peach blossom, making her even more adorable.
Wu Yue thoughtfully pushed the watermelon juice in front of her, "Here, cool off."
"Thank you, Yue!"
Tong Chunhan bit down on the straw, took a big slurp, and the refreshing, icy watermelon juice flowed down her throat into her stomach, sending an indescribable sensation of pleasure through her body and dispelling much of the heat. She squinted her eyes and sighed, "Ah, so good~"
"Come, come, Tongtong, sit down. It's a good opportunity to ask Yueyue's boyfriend to explain what just happened. If he doesn't give me a satisfactory explanation, I'll be angry." Su Yanyan looked at the young couple opposite her with a stern face.
The young man released the glass of mango juice, which was only two-thirds full, and slowly said, "It's so hot, let me give you all a talisman."
Wu Yue stared at the talisman that Yan Chiyu had taken out. It shimmered with an icy blue light that only the two of them could see, and wherever the talisman touched, it emitted a cool and comfortable sensation, like an air conditioner.
"A cooling talisman, just carry it with you, it's like having a mini air conditioner." The young man smiled slightly, his tone light and casual. "It's worth five thousand yuan on the market, consider it a gift for my timid roommate."
Su Yanyan hesitated for a moment.
"Thank you~" Tong Chunhan, unaware of the truth, was the first to take it, playing with it curiously. Half a second after placing it in her palm, she looked up in surprise and excitement, "Oh my god, it feels so good, cool and refreshing, and not just my hands, my whole body feels comfortable. Where did this magical artifact come from? It's even made into the shape of a talisman, that's amazing!"
Su Yanyan didn't believe it; she suspected that Tong Chunhan was a plant hired by Yueyue.
Feng Xiran took the talisman as if possessed.
"Really?" Su Yanyan was the last to take it. "I just don't... Oh my god, it feels so good!" What's with this feeling of eating watermelon in a perfectly air-conditioned room on a hot summer day, as if I have 360 electric fans attached to my body...
Wow!!!
Beside her, Feng Xiran tightly gripped the cooling talisman in her hand. A tiny, flickering flame rose in her eyes, which were as cold as snowflakes devoid of warmth. "Yueyue, Yan... please..."
"Help me, help me!"
The girl's eyes were brimming with tears, filled with despair yet unwavering resolve.
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