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"Understood, Miss Linz, I will definitely complete the task you have entrusted to me," Li finished, turned and left, with a couple of idlers from the corner following him.
The half-human girl watched him go and then turned to signal with her eyes; several other girls giggled and crowded around her before they all turned to leave together.
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"We shouldn't be meeting here," said the old man, his face filled with doubt, but out of trust for Casaman, he still asked, "Is there a problem at the cafe?"
"Yes, it's not safe here; let's talk over there," Casaman pointed to a tea house by the road.
The Thanan tea house didn't do well in the morning since Sydneyans didn't drink early tea, but business was good for afternoon and evening tea.
The Thanan tea house, though, opened in the morning solely because of certain clients who always needed a quieter place to enjoy tea.