Chapter: Chapter 212
Sitting at one end of the chair, Leticia eyed the girl sitting at the other end with curiosity.
The girl had black hair that just reached her shoulders, adorned with a few small ornaments, giving her a youthful and cute appearance.
Her outfit, resembling a school uniform, further enhanced her cuteness. She was quite slender, appearing even thinner than Leticia.
Considering that Leticia’s build could be described as quite lean, this girl was even thinner, almost to the point of being described as a stick.
The girl wore a red and black plaid skirt on her lower body. Her white calf socks and black leather shoes drew the eye.
“What a cute and pitiable girl,” Leticia thought.
“Um, is there something dirty on my face?” Noticing Leticia’s gaze, the girl shyly lowered her eyelids and asked in a voice as soft as a mosquito’s hum.
From the moment they sat down, the girl beside her had been staring at her, making her feel a bit uneasy.
If Leticia were a man, the girl would probably have lost patience and shouted “pervert!” by now.
However, the one staring at her was a girl who was even prettier and cuter than she was, so how could she get angry?
“No, I just think you’re very beautiful.” Leticia realized her behavior might have been a bit excessive. She cleared her throat and moved her gaze away awkwardly.
“Wow, that sounds even more like something a villain would say.”
The atmosphere was awkward, and both girls, influenced by the mood, dared not break the silence.
“Le… Qianqian, your ice cream.” The awkward atmosphere was finally broken when Bai Ling came out of the cold drink shop with two ice creams.
Leticia breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and took the cones handed by Bai Ling, finally able to escape the awkward atmosphere.
Watching the two girls leave together, the girl who remained in place had a glimmer of curiosity in her eyes; it was rather strange to see two such beautiful girls in the same place.
“Shuang, what are you spacing out for?” After a while, a voice finally snapped the girl, who was still lost in thought, awake.
Xiao Shuang looked up and mumbled, “Nothing, just thinking about some things.”
For example, pondering why two such peerlessly beautiful girls would appear in this place.
It wasn’t normal.
“What is it?”
“It’s none of your business. How’s the mission going?” Xiao Shuang sidestepped the topic and asked about business, “You met with that person this morning, didn’t you? Can you confirm they’re serious?”
“They should be. They claimed last time they stood us up was because something came up that they had to deal with, so I’ll believe them for now,” Yang said with his hands in his pockets, his expression cold. “However, I still have some doubts about the matter itself.”
“You have your own thoughts? That’s quite rare.”
“What are you saying? Do I look like a mindless person? I wouldn’t do anything suicidal.” Yang snorted. “I’m just curious why someone from the west would want to cause trouble here.”
Xiao Shuang stood up with an indifferent expression. “Who cares? We just need to follow the orders of the adults above.”
“Can you at least be more engaged?” Yang became angry seeing Xiao Shuang like this. Ever since they arrived here, he had been doing all the dirty and difficult work.
Meanwhile, Shuang acted like a princess, hiding in the stronghold without moving. Even when she came out, she had an attitude of detachment, as if nothing concerned her.
This blatant shirking of responsibility made Yang quite indignant.
They were partners, so why was he doing all the work while they shared the reward?
Was that reasonable?
“There are many people watching this place, and I’m doing some other more important things.” Shuang explained calmly, without getting angry. “The investigation team sent by the Hero Association has arrived; they are two heroes who have just been promoted to S-class.”
“You…”
“I’m only telling you this to let you know that what I’m doing in the room is no less than what you’re doing.” Shuang glanced back at Yang. “Let’s go, we should head back.”
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“You’re saying you were staring at another girl until you were mesmerized?” Bai Ling asked, eating ice cream, her expression not very pleased as she listened to Leticia recount what had just happened.
The reason was obvious: Leticia was mesmerized by another girl, which Bai Ling could not accept.
Was she not pretty enough, or had Leticia become fickle?
“I have an eye for beauty, understand?” Leticia scoffed. Although she had indeed been a little out of sorts just now, it was not Bai Ling’s place to say anything.
The girl herself hadn’t said anything, so what was an outsider like Bai Ling complaining about?
“Then I’m right beside you, so why aren’t you discovering my beauty?”
“You?” Leticia pinched Bai Ling’s cheek. “Please forgive this humble one for being unable to see your exquisite beauty.”
“I find you quite cute when you say things like that. Come on, say it again.” Instead of being angered by Leticia’s provocative words, Bai Ling found her remark rather pleasing.
Leticia was stunned by such a request. This person named Bai was too strange; wasn’t her thought process vastly different from ordinary people?
She had subtly called her ugly, yet she wasn’t angry at all?
This was where Leticia miscalculated. Bai Ling might get angry about other things, but she would never get angry about someone calling her ugly.
This was because she already knew a fact: there might be only one person in this world who could rival her in appearance.
And that person was standing beside her right now.
As for everyone else, to quote an old saying, they were mere fodder, in no way a match for Bai Ling’s heaven-defying beauty.
When others call her ugly, Bai Ling automatically assumes they are jealous. She won’t be provoked by it.
In the face of overwhelming facts, those who are jealous will break down, but Bai Ling will show no reaction at all.
“You’re really strange,” Leticia pouted. “I’ve never seen anyone beg to be insulted.”
“Being insulted by you is a rare pleasure,” Ms. Bai said with a smile that made Leticia’s legs tremble slightly.
This girl is definitely a bit sick in the head.
Were the things in the food street delicious?
To the question of whether the food in the food street was delicious, Leticia’s answer was: delicious, incredibly delicious!
Just look at Leticia now, happily munching on a bucket of skewers like a little pig; this was enough proof of how delicious the food in the food street was.
For someone who claimed to have a small appetite like Leticia to eat like this, it either meant the food here was truly delicious, or Leticia was genuinely hungry.
The latter speculation could be ruled out. Leticia had dinner and then had an ice cream on the way. Even if she wasn’t full, she wouldn’t be very hungry.
“I actually think these things aren’t that delicious,” Bai Ling, on the other hand, was being rather reserved at the moment.
There were only a few skewers in the paper cone in her hand, which was completely disproportionate to what Leticia held.
It was a rare sight for Miss Foodie to act less like a foodie.
“I’ve just… haven’t eaten anything like this in a long time, so I wanted to eat more.” Leticia didn’t think these things were particularly delicious, but she had always liked grilled food like this.
Unknowingly, they had walked out of the food street and arrived at the other end of the commercial street. If they walked further, it would not be such a lively place.
“It’s getting late, let’s go back,” Bai Ling said, taking Leticia’s hand and suggesting they leave.
“Okay, we’ve played all day, and I’m a bit tired.” Leticia nodded, as she had indeed been active all day.
As the two turned to head back to their hotel to rest, a figure moving so fast that it was almost invisible suddenly darted past them.
“What was that?!” Leticia instinctively clutched her skirt to prevent it from being blown up by the gust of wind brought by the figure.
Then, to her surprise, Leticia found that her half-eaten skewers had been stolen.
“Where are my skewers?” The Demon King blinked, then immediately identified a suspect.
The person who had zipped past them must have been him!
He had quite a bit of nerve to snatch something from the Demon King.
A dangerous smile slowly spread across Leticia’s lips. She hadn’t expected to find some fun on her second day here.
“We’re almost done anyway, so should we just forget it?” Bai Ling was a bit worried that Leticia might do something drastic in her anger and quickly tried to persuade her.
“No, if others know that someone can snatch something from me without any punishment, where will my prestige be upheld?” Leticia stretched her wrists and neck; she was, after all, a narrow-minded girl.
An invisible mental net spread out from Leticia as the center in all directions. In just a moment, the Demon King’s mental power covered a vast area.
If a powerful mage were in this area, they would be horrified to find that a strong and resilient mental net had enveloped the region, and nothing that stirred within it would escape the notice of the master who had cast the net.
Leticia closed her eyes, processing the chaotic and mixed information she had received. Soon, she opened her eyes.
“Found you, little mouse.” The Demon King’s smile turned arrogant. Without looking back, she tossed out, “I’ll be back in a moment, wait if you want.”
With that, she pushed off the ground and rushed out at an even faster speed than the previous figure.
“This girl.” Bai Ling helplessly pressed her forehead. Had Leticia forgotten about the onlookers here?
Fortunately, the existence of superhumans was not a secret, so these onlookers simply assumed Leticia was rushing to a mission.
It was a relief that no major trouble was caused.
But if she didn’t follow, it was possible that Leticia would give her a big surprise, wasn’t it?
There was nothing in this place, this city, that could make Leticia hesitate.
Thus, before the people present could react, Bai Ling also gently pushed off the ground, turning into a white light as she chased after Leticia.
At this moment, Leticia had crept up to the thief. To her surprise, the thief turned out to be a rather cute little girl, whose eyes were shifty, indicating she wasn’t an honest person.
Since she was a somewhat good-looking girl, Leticia wasn’t as angry. She quietly hid, planning to observe the girl’s actions before deciding how to deal with this thief.
But hiding like this caused Leticia to overhear the girl’s whispered conversation, which almost made Leticia lose control and draw her demonic sword to eliminate the girl.
“Hold on, this is that guy’s territory, I can’t just kill people randomly.” Fortunately, Leticia was somewhat afraid of Bai Ling, otherwise, the girl who snatched her skewers would have already turned to ashes in flames.
Therefore, she decided to listen a while longer and deal with this thief slowly once Bai Ling caught up.
Oh, you ask how she knew Bai Ling would follow? Of course, didn’t that guy restrain her aura? In a place where powerful individuals could count on their fingers, Bai Ling’s aura shone as brightly as the sun in the sky.
And now, that sun was slowly drifting in Leticia’s direction.
“Tch, why do so many people like to eat this garbage food? There’s so little meat, it can’t even fill my stomach.” The girl eating the stolen skewers, unaware that danger had descended upon her, muttered. She had originally intended to snatch the gold chain on Leticia’s wrist, but at the last moment before acting, a sense of crisis that suddenly emerged in her heart forced her to stop.
She had a premonition that if she touched that gold chain, something terrifying would happen.
“But I haven’t stolen anything today yet, and I still need money to treat my sister’s illness. What should I do?” The girl casually tossed the empty skewer cone aside, wiped her greasy hands with her dirty clothes, and planned to try her luck elsewhere.
However, as soon as she stood up, a hand gently rested on her shoulder, pressing her back into the spot where she had been sitting.
The skewer cone she had tossed aside was engulfed by blue flames that appeared from nowhere, turning into a wisp of smoke in seconds.
A cold voice, as if it could pull one to the uttermost north, sounded in the girl’s ear, making her heart turn ice-cold. “You stealing my food, you have quite a bit of nerve.”
This voice, wasn’t it the black-haired girl whose food she had just stolen?
Oh my goodness, the girl secretly lamented in her heart. What rotten luck she had.
