The warmly decorated restaurant was brightly lit, but outside, separated by curtains, was the endless night.
On the windowsill, a calico cat sat with its tail coiled at its feet, its back facing the dark night, facing the restaurant, its vertical pupils staring towards the dining table.
Xu Zhenzhen sat at the dining table. Even though the room was lit up like day, she was still enveloped in a feeling of loneliness and coldness.
Putting down the empty bowl in her hand, Xu Zhenzhen raised her hand and touched the bowl of beef soup on the table, which was already a little cold.
Picking up the beef soup, Xu Zhenzhen stood up, walked to the cupboard next to her, put the porcelain bowl into the microwave, heated it for five minutes, and took it out. The soup was steaming again.
The corners of Xu Zhenzhen's lips slightly raised. She put the soup bowl back on the table, found a lid from the cupboard and covered it with it.
Turning her head, she noticed that the fish jelly was about to melt, and a lot of juice had already flowed down, covering the bottom of the plate. Xu Zhenzhen's mouth dropped again. She picked up the fish jelly, walked to the refrigerator, and put the plate in.
I went back to the table, stretched out my hands, used one hand to test the temperature of the boiled shrimp on the plate, and put the other hand on the Kung Pao Chicken. Both were cold.
The boiled shrimps were put back into the pot to reheat, and the Kung Pao chicken was put into the microwave. A few minutes later, Xu Zhenzhen came back with two plates. She glanced at the lettuce with oyster sauce on the table, and a struggle appeared in her eyes.
The lettuce looked fresh, green, crisp and tender at the moment. It had been blanched in salt water in advance, and the heat was just right. Unfortunately, it had already become cold.
Biting her lower lip and hesitating for a moment, Xu Zhenzhen finally took the lettuce, went to the pot, turned on the gas stove, and stir-fried it again.
The hot vegetables were served back on the table, but they were no longer crisp and tender. They looked old and wilted, and their color had changed from bright green to a yellowish dark green. They looked unappetizing at all.
I reached out again and touched the bowl of beef soup, only to find that it had cooled down again.
Xu Zhenzhen slumped in the chair beside the table, her eyes began to feel hot and tears welled up in them.
It was already late at night. After she came back from the other party's office, she started preparing the meal. After she finished, she didn't dare to take a photo. She just sent a message saying that she had made a midnight snack for the other party. If the other party was tired and hungry after working overtime, he could come over to eat something and take a break.
However, I have waited until now but still have not received even a single word of reply from the other party.
Xu Zhenzhen stopped trying to heat up one dish after another in vain. What was the point of heating up such a large table of dishes one by one and then watching them cool down?
The meat and soup were fine, but the vegetables were old, just old, and could never return to their original freshness.
Just like her.
She was not young anymore and had just lost her husband. That man was as dazzling as a star in the night sky. In his office alone, there were so many young and beautiful female colleagues surrounding him every day. How could they possibly think of a not-so-young widow living alone like her?
Thinking of this, Xu Zhenzhen picked up the chopsticks in frustration, picked up a piece of yellowed old lettuce, and put it into her mouth. It tasted okay, but it had no texture when she chewed it.
Just like her, maybe she will find that the food tastes good when she puts it in her mouth, but compared with the table full of fish and meat, how can it be competitive?
I won't choose her.
She was destined to be alone and live like this.
Thinking of this, a tear rolled down the corner of Xu Zhenzhen's eye, slid down her cheek, and to her chin.
A hand reached out and gently wiped away her tears with the fingertips.
Xu Zhenzhen's cheeks froze as she chewed lettuce. She opened her eyes wide with tears in her eyes. She raised her head and saw the man she had been thinking about. He appeared beside her at some point, lowering his head and smiling at her.
Wen Nan looked at the other person's silly look and said with a smile: "Why are you crying while eating?"
"Why... are you here?" Xu Zhenzhen asked vaguely, with food in her mouth.
Wen Nan asked back, "Didn't Sister Zhenzhen send me a message saying she would treat me to a midnight snack?"
Wen Nan turned around and looked at the large table of steaming food. "Change your mind, you don't welcome me over?"
"No, you're welcome, you're welcome."
As if afraid that Wen Nan would change his mind, Xu Zhenzhen stood up hurriedly, causing the chair legs to rub against the ground, making a sharp sound. She raised her hand and hurried to the other side to help Wen Nan pull out the chair.
"Let me do it." Wen Nan immediately stepped forward, dragged the chair out himself, and said with a seemingly casual smile, "I will have to bother Sister Zhenzhen in the future. Sister is so polite to me now, how can I dare to stay here for long?"
Hearing Wen Nan say this, Xu Zhenzhen was stunned for a moment, as if she couldn't believe her ears. She hesitated to confirm with the other party:
"Xiao Jiujiu, what did you just say? You...you want to live with me?"
"Is that okay, Sister Zhenzhen?" Wen Nan gave a shy smile, "I'll pay for the short-term rental."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhenzhen immediately shook her head, "No, no, don't pay, just stay here, you can stay as long as you want."
"It would be best if you never leave again." Xu Zhenzhen muttered in a low voice.
At the same time, the system prompted Wen Nan again—
9527: [The key item you found for "The Beautiful Widow with a Strong Possessiveness", Love Soul-Calling Soup, has met the binding conditions.]
9527: [You are detected near the refresh point associated with this key item. ]
9527: [If you wish to bind this key item, the system will now match the character's corresponding refresh point location for you. ]
9527: [Do you want to start matching the corresponding refresh point location for this character now? ]
It seems that if you bind Xu Zhenzhen's key props and decide to choose Xu Zhenzhen as your partner in this copy, then Wen Nan's exclusive refresh point will be set in this house.
Looking around the room, Wen Nan felt quite satisfied.
Although it is not too big, it is decorated very warmly and has all kinds of household items. It should be quite comfortable to live in.
However, Wen Nan did not click "Yes" immediately. Instead, he bent down slightly and looked at the food prepared by Xu Zhenzhen. "Sister Zhenzhen, you prepared such a large table of food? It smells so good."
Xu Zhenzhen lowered her head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "It's almost cold, you...you want to try it? If it doesn't work, I'll heat it up again."
Wen Nan first picked up a piece of lettuce with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He chewed it, then picked up a piece of lamb chop, and then scooped up a spoonful of beef soup, slurped it into his mouth, and puffed his cheeks, "It's delicious, just right. Sister Zhenzhen's cooking skills are simply amazing."
Xu Zhenzhen lowered her eyes with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Then you...you should eat more."
As she spoke softly, a feeling of joy and satisfaction surged in Xu Zhenzhen's heart.
On the windowsill, the calico cat watched the tender scene between the man and woman in front of it, tilted its head slightly, and sent a message through the system in its mind -
[Master, he came to see the beautiful widow Xu Zhenzhen. The two of them are having dinner. It seems that they have made plans to live together.]
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In the backyard of Zhuang Yichen's villa, next to the garden, in a row of dog houses, a dachshund suddenly opened its eyes, stood up, and opened its mouth, seeming to reveal a smile that it thought was evil.
Baring its teeth, the dachshund easily bit off the chain around its neck, walked to the corner of the villa's outer wall, raised its front paws, sent out a few silver threads, flew to the windowsill of the guest bedroom, and then easily sent itself up.
Through the window, the dachshund clearly saw that in the room, a girl was lying on the bed, concentrating on studying a strange video with the theme of Sun Wukong.
The dachshund didn't understand, but the dachshund was greatly shocked.
The dachshund struggled to move his eyes away from the video screen in the girl's hand and looked to the other side. He found a row of small objects scattered there. The one closest to the outside was a miniature model of a white castle.
The dachshund raised its front paws and threw a small prop next to the girl, easily performing a trick, then leaped towards the bedside.
Boom! After a heavy thud, the dachshund fell face down on the floor.
Damn, I didn’t jump on it.
Could this stupid dog's limbs be any shorter?
How can you be a hunting dog when you are so short?
The dachshund cursed, climbed up from the floor, struggled to climb onto the edge of the bed, and then carried off the small white castle miniature pendant.
Biting the small pendant, the dachshund evacuated the bedroom as quickly as possible and ran straight to a storage room on the first floor.
The door to the storage room was ajar. The dachshund kicked it open, went in, and closed it again.
Then the dachshund ran to a corner, raised its front paws, and began to scratch a patch of floor.
On the floor, a row of prompt words immediately appeared -
[The secret room is locked. If you need to unlock it, please confirm that you have the highest authority in this villa. ]
The dachshund was well prepared. He placed the miniature model of the white castle on the ground, scanned it through the system, and then issued an order -
[Bind the key item "Chenchen's Moving Castle" to unlock the highest authority of this villa. ]
After a moment, the system prompt sounded in my mind——
[Sorry, the exploration of the key item "Chenchen's Moving Castle" and its corresponding character was not completed by you personally, so you cannot obtain priority binding rights. ]
The dachshund frowned his two dot-shaped eyebrows, looking impatient, "Of course I don't have the priority binding right, but now in this copy, I am the only player who can bind this item. What I have is the remaining binding right."
He had specifically asked his system about this rule at the beginning of the dungeon. In addition to exchanging items, there was another way to bind other players' character items.
If all players have bound their own refresh points and corresponding characters, then the missed key items can be bound by the only remaining player, even if the item was not discovered by him.
However, after a moment of silence, the sound of a map scan came into my mind, and then the system prompt responded again: [Sorry, after testing, you are not the only player who can bind this key item. The player who has the priority to bind this item is within the valid binding range. ]
...within the effective range?
The dachshund's eyes narrowed.
The next moment, a voice sounded from behind: "You insist on snatching things that others have captured. Are you polite?"
The dachshund turned around suddenly and saw Wen Nan approaching with a grin on his face.
The dachshund pressed down with its front paws, baring its teeth and saying, "Didn't you choose Xu Zhenzhen?"
"That's right," Wen Nan nodded, "but who said that if we choose Xu Zhenzhen, we can't choose Zhuang Yichen?"
At this point, Wen Nan raised the corners of his lips very high.
"Boss Mi, you also know——
"I am a person who wants everything I like." (End of this chapter)
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