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Chapter 84: Zeroing Out, One Thousand and One
After messing with Lu Shan twice alone, both times interrupted by Luo Jialan, why did it suddenly feel like being caught cheating this time?
However, it seemed that Luo Jialan had no impression of Lu Shan. Could she be face-blind?
Just as Sumu was secretly contemplating this, Luo Jialan’s gaze sharpened. After lingering a moment on Lu Shan’s timid face, she recognized her.
“I remember you; you’re that one from last time.”
Seeing Luo Jialan come over, Lu Shan instinctively shrank back, gently nodding her head, looking almost identical to Shushu, who was also shivering on the other side.
“Who is she? Why do I feel so anxious every time I see you with her?”
Noting Lu Shan’s frightened expression, Luo Jialan quickly turned to Sumu, her somewhat fierce eyes making Sumu feel uneasy.
“Her name is Lu Shan. We’re online friends who meet occasionally.”
“Online friends?”
Luo Jialan squinted her eyes, recalling that troublesome genius girl Irina from the internet.
What could her online friend possibly be like?
“Let’s go, return with me. Don’t cause trouble for others here.”
Although she said this, Luo Jialan was concerned that Sumu might be led astray by Lu Shan again.
“No, I’m not done eating yet…”
As Sumu was tugged by Luo Jialan’s grip on her wrist, she reluctantly followed her outside, intending to sneak away the unfinished large bottle of cola. However, Luo Jialan gently pulled her hand away, leaving Sumu feeling wronged as she shrank back.
That large bottle of cola was sold for thirty bucks!
Though reluctant, Sumu didn’t struggle much, focusing instead on her feet.
Under Luo Jialan’s influence, Shushu inexplicably became well-behaved.
Meanwhile, Lu Shan could only watch Sumu leave with teary eyes, just like last time.
Sorry, senior, but I can’t do anything!
“Hello, please settle the bill.”
At this moment, Lu Shan felt a gentle pat on her shoulder. Turning around, she saw Ning Ling holding the bill.
“Oh, okay. How much is it?”
Ning Ling took out a calculator, tapping away before saying—
“It’s one thousand ninety-six.”
Lu Shan’s hand, reaching for her wallet, froze in mid-air as she blankly blinked her eyes.
“Too, too much?”
“It seems a bit complicated. How about I just round it off to one thousand one?”
You can round it off like that?!
Lu Shan could hear clearly; she just couldn’t believe her ears.
Wait, how did we rack up one thousand one from just this little bit of food?
Lu Shan grabbed the bill, repeatedly scanning it with her gaze.
Let me tell you why that large bottle of cola costs thirty bucks!
Finally, she understood why Sumu emphasized treating, because that price was simply not something an average person could afford.
That’s so mean, really too mean!
“No way, how can it be this expensive?”
“Because it has a secret ingredient that ordinary people absolutely can’t get.”
So it’s related to magic, right!
Lu Shan twitched her mouth, wanting to cry without tears as she pulled out her wallet, where several crisp red banknotes were neatly stacked.
In a normal situation, it would be enough to stroll through the snack street, but at this moment, it felt extremely insufficient.
“It seems I don’t have enough…”
Hearing Lu Shan’s words, Ning Ling frowned. Though her expression didn’t change much, her aura inexplicably turned heavy and tense.
“Is that so? Are you saying you want to skip out on paying?”
Lu Shan plopped down onto a chair, her murky pupils trembling slightly.
I’m sorry, Mom, if I don’t pay, I’ll be taken away.
“This is my mom’s savings for my wedding, please don’t take me away…”
Upon hearing Lu Shan’s words, Ning Ling was taken aback.
“Fine, you can help me out instead.”
“Huh? What about the meal costs…”
“Let’s consider it a work meal.”
Ning Ling handed a pair of gloves to the petite dark-haired girl, her eyes occasionally flashing with unusual brilliance.
At this moment, Lu Shan had no idea what assisting this unorthodox Combat Department head would truly entail.
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“From now on, talk to her less, understand? Online matters are so complex; the friends you make might have all sorts of ulterior motives.”
Luo Jialan scolded Sumu like a mother, who, although knowing far more than her, didn’t dare to speak up.
Sumu secretly glanced at Luo Jialan, quickly lowering her head again.
Though the situation wasn’t as she thought, if Luo Jialan were to learn the whole story, it would be even worse.
“Yeah, next time for sure.”
“Better if there isn’t a next time.”
Luo Jialan crossed her arms and sat in front of Sumu, fiercely staring at the pitiful Shushu.
Once out of sight, she becomes worrisome; it’s better to keep her in the Martial Arts Hall where I can… cough cough.
“Here’s your milk tea.”
Luo Jialan turned her head, handing over the coconut jelly milk tea she brought back.
“Hey, how did you know I wanted something else?”
“Just saw you weren’t in a good mood, so I wanted to change it up for you.”
And it was warm, especially friendly for girls during their periods.
Having a stick of fresh orange flavor without ice would be awful, so milk tea was the stand-in.
Luo Jialan, who usually wasn’t detail-oriented, had never considered things so meticulously.
Yet Sumu’s bad mood had nothing to do with her physical condition; she was merely still dwelling on her experiences in the dream.
Speaking of which, Sumu hadn’t even noticed that it had been a month and she had yet to meet that periodic visitor in her current girl form.
“Thank you.”
Though Sumu didn’t grasp Luo Jialan’s deeper meaning, her mood visibly lightened a bit.
Someone actually cares about Shushu’s feelings (＾－＾)!
“I want to try to enter your dream again; I feel like I somewhat understand the rules in the dream now.”
Luo Jialan’s dream likely had something similar to “school rules,” possibly the underlying logic of her dreams.
After all, Luo Jialan had once been constrained by those complicated rules from Luo Linglan; those things were probably long engraved in her memory, hard to erase.
“The device isn’t here, is it?”
“No worries, just hold my hand.”
Upon hearing this, Luo Jialan’s face flushed slightly.
Actually, rather than the hand, she wanted… cough cough.
Although her mind was thinking of something more suggestive, her body honestly reached for Sumu’s little hand, wishing to blend that delicate, soft feeling into the dream.
Sumu was no longer shy about such contact or perhaps was intentionally ignoring these little touches.
Otherwise, if she remembered her daily life with Luo Jialan, she would once again be unable to contain herself and open a fanfic on the sofa, only to be intercepted by Ye Wanjing.
Thank goodness it wasn’t Tang Nai; otherwise, she would have been recorded enjoying the good times.
“I’ll probably go limp soon, so remember to catch me…”
Before she finished speaking, Sumu suddenly plopped into Luo Jialan’s arms, starting a quality sleep like a baby.
After a brief moment of panic, Luo Jialan steadied Sumu and, warily, pulled the curtains shut, then unconsciously began to grin.
This sleep is just too good.
