"Pastries?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded:
"Eating is that simple? Alright, I thought you'd rip me off and order a full Manchu Han Imperial Feast or something."
The tailor rolled his eyes:
"I'm not like you, you fat slob, always trying to get something for nothing."
As she spoke.
She looked out the window. The night sky outside was studded with stars, like hanging silver rivers against the celestial expanse. Under the embellishment of the round silver moon, the starry sky was incredibly brilliant.
In a daze.
The tailor felt as if she had returned to the past, perhaps to her childhood when she had her mother. In her memory, on the night of her birthday every year, her mother would hold her and sit in front of the large courtyard. The night then was also like this, dazzling and beautiful. That was the only remaining beauty in her world.
"Tailor, what are you thinking about?"
The fat man, who had come downstairs, looked back and asked.
The tailor didn't say much, just replied:
"Nothing, I was just thinking it's been a long time since I've had pastries. I wonder if they still sell them."
"Hey, it's just pastries, we'll find some. Let's go, Fatty is treating today, so I'll search all over the Northeast to get you the pastries you want."
The unsuspecting fat man laughed heartily, patting his chest in response.
That night.
In the Northeast, where it felt like midsummer.
Unlike the South, Northeast summer nights are not hot. As the evening breeze blows, it is warm but not scorching, with a hint of coolness that soothes the heart.
This night.
A fat man roamed many places in the Northeast, taking a girl with him, visiting many spots. The reason was simply to find a pastry that the girl hadn't eaten in a long time.
...
Meanwhile.
In a hotel in Luxia City.
Having just finished exercising, Zhang Wei sat on a chair playing with his phone, waiting for Qiu Xiaolin and the others to finish their shower before he went. He had originally suggested, to save water, that they shower together, making a great contribution to saving global water resources.
Unfortunately.
As soon as Zhang Wei proposed the idea, a message arrived on his phone. Upon opening it, he saw it was from Zhang Chao.
[Zhang Chao]: What are you doing, young man? Old man is bothering you again. If you are exercising now, please squeak twice after receiving the message. If you are not exercising, please squeak once after receiving the message.
Looking at Zhang Chao's message.
Zhang Wei cursed Zhang Chao with a smile and replied.
[Zhang Wei]: Squeak squeak squeak.
[Zhang Chao]: ??? Three times? Oh~ I get it, you're on your way to exercising. Alright, then I'll bother you again later. Wishing you reach new heights tonight! ღ(´･ᴗ･`) Hugs.
[Zhang Wei]: Kamen Rider Flying Kick to the Crotch.jpg. Alright, alright, you kid always messing around. You're ruining my mood. Hurry up and tell me, what do you need me for?
[Zhang Chao]: Cough, hearing you say that makes me feel so sinful.
[Zhang Chao]: Joking aside, let's get to the point quickly so you can get back to your business. It's like this, I heard you went to Xishuangbanna?
[Zhang Wei]: Yeah, what's up? Was I reported by Xiao Xuan again?
[Zhang Chao]: Hehe, yes. I just wanted to tell you that Xiao Xuan praised you again. You have no idea, your reputation now is no less than that of the number one on the potential rising star list.
[Zhang Chao]: But hey, I'm not just telling you this. I was just watching Xiao Xuan praise you, and the comment section was full of female fans fawning over you. It made me envious. You might not know, but I broke up with my maid girl. Sigh.
[Zhang Wei]: Why did you break up? Did you cheat?
[Zhang Chao]: Damn it, am I that kind of person? The maid girl found out about my identity and thought we weren't from the same world, so she got scared and broke up with me. Sigh, this damn ghost exorcist identity of mine. And I'm the future sect leader of the Maoshan Sect.
[Zhang Wei]: Although I really want to sympathize with you, I also feel like you're subtly bragging to me. So, before I comfort you, I choose to condemn you first. By the way, are you looking for me for comfort? Haha, then come over, Daddy will give you a loving hug and take you to eat delicious food to soothe your soul.
[Zhang Chao]: Damn it, I'll kill you. No, I'm not looking for you for comfort. It's a long story. Let me waste a few minutes of your time, and I'll explain slowly.
[Zhang Chao]: I broke up, and then I saw you being adored by female fans. I'm envious, I'm jealous. We both have the surname Zhang, and we both have a dick, although there are differences in size. But I'm not convinced. I want to be in love too.
[Zhang Chao]: Then, hehe, I thought of your good friend Junfei. Didn't you, Junfei, introduce Wu Nian to an online girlfriend before?
[Zhang Chao]: You're unreliable, but your friend can do it. Last time he introduced an online girlfriend to that kid Wu Nian, I added him as a friend too. I actually chat with him sometimes and play King of Glory.
[Zhang Chao]: So I just asked Junfei to introduce me to a girl. After all, Li Junfei can even find married women, so he can definitely solve my physical needs.
[Zhang Chao]: Wrong, my future life. Typo, haha.
[Zhang Chao]: Junfei is great. He introduced me to a few girls who play LOL. But that's not the point. The point is that Junfei took me to play with a few girls just now. He mentioned your classmate, the class monitor from the Northeast. What's her name?
[Zhang Wei]: Yu Xiaoqi?
[Zhang Chao]: Yes, him. Junfei said he's recently been dating a Japanese girl. She's even in our industry, right? A shrine maiden.
[Zhang Chao]: That's why I'm looking for you.
Looking at the message from Zhang Chao, Zhang Wei let out a soft "Oh."
From his understanding of Zhang Chao, if he simply wanted to get a shrine maiden, he wouldn't need to find him, especially in the middle of the night. He probably knew that Qiu Xiaolin and Lu Lianxue were with him and still bothered him.
And it was about the class monitor that he was looking for him.
It was likely that the matter wasn't as simple as finding a girl.
Thinking about Zhang Chao's earlier words, Zhang Wei caught the key information.
[Zhang Wei]: What's wrong with the class monitor getting a shrine maiden? You, the future sect leader of the Maoshan Sect, don't happen to know shrine maidens, do you? That's right, as a successor of a major power in our Great Xia, it's normal for you to know ghost exorcists from other countries.
[Zhang Chao]: You guessed right. I do know shrine maidens. I just asked Junfei, and the shrine maiden your friend knows, I know her.
[Zhang Wei]: Is she problematic?
Looking at Zhang Chao's message, Zhang Wei thought to himself, as expected. Zhang Chao was looking for him because of the class monitor, and it was highly likely that the class monitor was in danger, otherwise Zhang Chao wouldn't have bothered him at this hour.
As expected.
[Zhang Chao]: It's not that she has a problem, it's that your class monitor is in danger. But it's not the shrine maiden's problem, it's her pursuers.
[Zhang Chao]: Zhang Wei, you might not know, but in Japan, shrine maidens are different from our nuns. They can get married and have children. However, they serve the gods, so this status inherently gives them good fortune.
[Zhang Chao]: Therefore, shrine maidens are very popular in the ghost exorcism circles of Japan, and even among ghost exorcists from various countries. They have many pursuers.
[Zhang Chao]: Moreover, most of the people shrine maidens come into contact with are ghost exorcists, so most of them marry Japanese Onmyoji or other ghost exorcists. It's rare for them to marry ordinary people. Your friend, the class monitor, can be considered very impressive to have gotten a shrine maiden.
[Zhang Chao]: But this is also a problem. You should tell your friend to be careful. Don't think that just because he got a magical artifact from your side, he'll be fine abroad. You don't need to worry about ghosts, but you need to be careful of people. Those pursuers of the shrine maiden.
[Zhang Chao]: For the sake of him being your friend, I specifically inquired. The shrine maiden your friend, the class monitor, has won over has quite a few pursuers. Be careful they don't try to harm your class monitor to break them up.
[Zhang Chao]: You know, it's easy for us ghost exorcists to deal with ordinary people, especially abroad. If something really happens, it's very difficult to investigate. What if... the pursuers who make a move are also from Japan? Then it would be even harder to investigate.
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