The instant he heard the sound, Su Yu set down the green peppers and carrot he had just picked up, spun around, rushed to Furina’s doorway, and shoved the door open in one push, his tone anxious:
“What’s wrong?
What happened?”
He saw the girl with tears welling at the corners of her eyes, her little nose sniffling as she looked at Su Yu, and she said pitifully:
“Su Yu!”
Seeing that the girl was unharmed, with no injuries on her body, Su Yu likewise let out a breath of relief and said:
“What’s with the jumping at every little thing?
What do you want to eat tonight?
Stir-fried green peppers with green peppers, or stir-fried radish with radish?”
This line was originally just the sword Su Yu used to keep Furina obediently in line, but at this moment it had completely lost its effect.
“Th-that works too, uh, how about I don’t eat tonight?”
Furina looked hesitant, but in the end still gazed at Su Yu with a resolute expression, as if what she had just said were her true feelings.
Seeing such a contrast in Furina, Su Yu walked closer to inspect the area around her.
And the moment Su Yu looked—
Furina was exactly like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, rising on her tiptoes and wildly flailing her arms, though not to attack, only to block his line of sight.
“Don’t look, don’t look!
There’s nothing there!”
Furina’s uncomfortable attempt at concealment was, of course, easily seen through by Su Yu.
The root of all this was the scale by Furina’s feet, half of its body already kicked under the bed.
“Fine, fine, since you’ve already seen it, I won’t hide it from you anymore, Su Yu.
I’ve gained two jin.
What am I supposed to do about this!”
Furina, who had been closely watching Su Yu’s expression, noticed his gaze focusing by her feet, and secretly sighed, then, somewhat dazed, raised her head to look at Su Yu.
“Regularly sneaking midnight snacks, and they’re high-sugar cakes and ice cream, occasionally eating extra during the day, a big appetite at all three meals.
You’ve only gained two jin.
That’s already giving you plenty of face.”
No sooner had the words landed than Furina’s gaze instantly went hazy, clearly weighing the trade-off between her weight and desserts.
Before Su Yu could say another word, Furina’s gaze turned resolute, and she said seriously:
“You’re right, I’ve been too indulgent lately.
I’m going to lose weight!
Tonight just cook your own food, I’ll have some cucumber and tomato.”
Su Yu just watched as Furina quickly perked up and shuffled out of the bedroom, and before long returned to the bedroom with fat-loss vegetables, then dragged a yoga mat that had already collected some dust out from the corner.
“Right, I also need to exercise.
Heave-ho, heave-ho.”
“Pfft.”
Su Yu just watched as Furina performed some extremely stiff yoga poses, looking about the same as a hospital patient doing rehabilitation exercises. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
Watching such a comical display, Su Yu couldn’t hold back a laugh.
“Aiya!
You’re so annoying.
No watching me while I exercise!”
Before Su Yu could properly savor Furina’s rehabilitation training, he was shooed out of the room by the embarrassed, angry girl.
“Ah, it’s all because my willpower is too weak.
To think I’ve missed out on such a beautiful sight!”
“Traveler, Paimon thinks this isn’t the current top priority.
The random quest rewards are quite generous, you know.
Is the Traveler sure he doesn’t want to try a bit harder?”
Su Yu’s chest-beating and foot-stomping was immediately cut off by Paimon’s NPC-like remark, and he rolled his eyes helplessly:
“Paimon, how do you know the rewards are generous?
Don’t tell me my quests are all arranged by you?
Then these socks…”
“Paimon doesn’t know…”
Paimon guiltily averted her gaze, her two little index fingers starting to poke together, her voice gradually growing quieter.
“Forget it, since Paimon says so, I’ll try a bit harder.
And it just so happens that tonight Furina is eating a diet meal, so I don’t have to cook, and I can’t be bothered to cook for myself either.
I’ll go out for a stroll and try my luck!”
No sooner said than done, Su Yu opened the door and walked out.
…
The bustling commercial street.
A valiant-looking woman with a golden high ponytail was looking all around, murmuring to herself:
“How strange.
That note clearly said Venti was on this street, and I even happened to catch a glimpse of a familiar shade of green.
How did he vanish in the blink of an eye?”
“Alright, Jean, don’t be so impatient.
Haste makes waste.
Since you say Venti is on this street, then we can just take our time looking, no?
Based on this lady’s deduction, I think we should start with this café.”
A pale purple long dress made its wearer look quite mature, yet her flower-like youthful face made her whole person even more charming.
The girl in the purple dress held onto Jean’s arm, her other hand pointing toward the café beside them.
Jean helplessly pressed a hand to her forehead and looked at the girl beside her with exasperation:
“You, of all people, Lisa.
From what I know of Venti, he probably wouldn’t set foot in a café in his entire life, especially a café with a cat.”
As Jean spoke, she pointed at a calico cat inside the floor-to-ceiling glass window. This story is hosted at g.com.
Though the cat’s face and body couldn’t be seen, its highly distinctive tail was still very obvious.
“Aiya, maybe the most impossible place is exactly where the answer lies…
Alright, alright, I won’t joke with you anymore, so you don’t start taking me seriously again.”
Lisa’s tone shifted, her earlier enthusiasm instantly vanishing, as if that excited energy had never existed.
“Since we’re already here, let’s go in and have a drink.
I’d like to taste this shop’s flavor too.”
Jean helplessly sighed, but she didn’t continue to dampen her friend’s mood.
Instead she perked up and looked toward this café with no small amount of foot traffic.
Mhm, considerable foot traffic.
So then, in some sense, wasn’t the possibility that Venti was hiding inside not exactly zero?
“Jean…
you really are something, making even a lady like me feel a little moved.”
Just as the two walked side by side into the café, a small figure dressed head to toe in verdant green was sneakily poking his head out from an alley.
“Ehe~”
“Ehe~”
The very next second after he let out that playful chuckle, an identical sound rang out from behind him, which made his body jolt violently.
He whirled around, pressing his back tight against the wall, a panicked expression flashing across his face, and then, upon seeing clearly that the newcomer wasn’t anyone familiar, he let out a long breath.
“Brother, do you know that scaring people can literally scare someone to death!
This frail little body of mine can’t withstand a fright like that from you.
Tell you what, you treat me to a drink, and I’ll be magnanimous and not hold this against you.
How about it?”
The more the green-clad youth spoke, the more confident he became; the more he spoke, the brighter his eyes got.
By the end he even swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of saliva, both hands spread open, looking every bit like “hurry up and treat me.”
And this uninvited guest who had frightened the green-clad youth was none other than Su Yu.
Su Yu had come out for a stroll, and from afar he spotted the famed Jean and Lisa.
Watching the two bustling about, he couldn’t help but sigh at how wonderful modern clothing truly was, especially Jean’s white stockings…
It was right at that moment that Su Yu happened to notice a sneaky fellow who was also watching the two.
Though he could only see the back of him, driven by curiosity, Su Yu still crept up behind the green-clad youth.
The instant he heard that signature “ehe,” all his earlier confusion was solved.
This person was none other than Venti.
No wonder he was hiding from Jean and Lisa.
But in that case…
“Hehehe, you don’t want Jean and Lisa to know you’re here either, do you!”
Looking at Venti’s expression of “I’ve got you now,” Su Yu twisted the corner of his mouth and let out a sinister laugh.