Lin Murong, after venting her anger, walked away feeling refreshed. The frustration she had experienced at Chi Yan's had already dissipated.
Frustrations don't just vanish into thin air; they are simply transferred, in this case, onto Lin Muxue.
Lin Muxue stared at Lin Murong's arrogant retreating figure, so furious she felt like committing murder.
But she held herself back. She hadn't forgotten that her real target today was Chi Yan.
However, even Chi Yan didn't open the door for his "good friend" Lin Murong after he had been calling out for a long time, let alone for Lin Muxue.
As expected, Lin Muxue also called out for a long time but was met with a closed door.
She didn't believe that Chi Yan didn't want to see her; she was convinced that Chi Yan's refusal must have been because Lin Murong spoke ill of her.
So Chi Yan misunderstood her.
After returning home, Lin Muxue cursed Lin Murong all night long. How could she have such a brother?
She really wanted to stab him to death.
Don't let her catch the chance.
Chi Yan was very fond of the desserts and cakes given by Su Yinhe, but no matter how much he treasured them, he couldn't help finishing them all within two days.
Lin Murong, who stuck around him every day, also took advantage of this and ate quite a bit.
Each time when it came to sharing the cake, Chi Yan wished he had no friends at all.
If he had no friends, he wouldn't have to share the cake with Lin Murong, and then he might have been able to enjoy these cakes and desserts for three days.
Lin Murong, licking the last bit of cream, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
After finishing the lick, he reached behind his back to touch it and felt a cold shiver.
Having finished the cake, Chi Yan prepared a backpack filled with gold bars, planning to visit Galaxy Supermarket again and, by the way, to ask for the owner's name.
He had a hunch that the owner had lots of little cakes, and for the sake of future freedom with little cakes, he decided to try and get on the owner's good side.
"You're going shopping again?" Lin Murong, spotting the backpack full of gold bars Chi Yan prepared, was horrified. He wasn't going to trade it for a pile of wet wipes again, was he?
"Weren't all those wet wipes enough last time?"
"Not enough, too few." Those wet wipes would be gone in a few months. Thinking of this, Chi Yan added a few more gold bars to his backpack.
Lin Murong: "..."
"Carry it. I'm going to change clothes." Chi Yan expertly tossed the bag to Lin Murong and then went to change his clothes.
After changing his clothes, he meticulously selected a pair of glasses.
Lin Murong: "..."
Dressed to the nines.
Seeing Chi Yan again, Su Yinhe was delighted.
She waved at them.
"Boss, we're back." Lin Murong was very enthusiastic, almost rushing up to shake hands with Su Yinhe.
"Cough. Welcome, welcome." Su Yinhe was startled, then hurriedly closed her tablet.
That was close; she nearly let them see something they shouldn't.
"What were you doing, boss?" asked Lin Murong, curious as a child, "Is that a tablet? Haven't seen one of those in a long time."
"Uh... yeah, tablet." Her precious thing, hiding many secrets not to be shared.
"Do you have any little cakes?" Chi Yan asked with a smile, pushing past Lin Murong who was blocking the way between him and Su Yinhe.
Some people should not have been brought along.
"Yes, we do. Do you want to buy some? They are quite expensive," Su Yinhe said, her tone changing when facing Chi Yan, who was even more handsome than Lin Murong.
Lin Murong: "???" Why did she sound different when talking to him?
"I've brought enough, should be sufficient," Chi Yan patted the backpack on Lin Murong's back. If it wasn't enough, he still had more in his space, though it was a hassle.
His space was like a huge house where he could store things, but he couldn't use his superpower to create compartments.
He worried that things would get mixed up and become chaotic. So he placed a bit here and a bit there, and over time, as he accumulated more things, he couldn't remember where anything was.
Lin Murong gave him a resentful look. How could Chi Yan say something like that?
Chi Yan clearly came empty-handed, it was he who brought the good stuff, okay.
"Then..." Su Yinhe had wanted to go back upstairs to get something for Chi Yan, but she suddenly remembered that since it was Chi Yan who wanted to buy, she should let him have a look.
She was not familiar with him and had no idea about his tastes.
"You go upstairs to the second floor, there's a little shop that sells small cakes there, look around well."
The second floor was renovated with a few small shops, a dessert shop, a ready-to-eat food shop, a fruit shop...
It wasn't very big, but it was still quite comprehensive.
"Okay. Could you please help me exchange some money?" The excitement in Chi Yan's eyes couldn't even be hidden by his glasses.
Today he was dressed rather ascetically, and with those glasses on, Su Yinhe felt she had collected some more material for the day.
Hearing this, Lin Murong directly took off his backpack, opened the zipper, ready to pour out gold bars with a clang.
Chi Yan wanted to stop it, but Lin Murong was too quick. Just as Chi Yan reached out, the gold bars were already clanking out.
They messily piled up across a counter.
The smile on Chi Yan's face froze.
The smile on Su Yinhe's face also froze.
Couldn't they be neatly taken out?
After pouring out the gold bars, Lin Murong was eager to help Su Yinhe with the counting.
"One, two, three..." Su Yinhe didn't even need to lift a finger, and Lin Murong had finished the task for her.
"Thirty-seven in total."
"Good, then... let's go with the same rate as last time." Last time... how much was it per bar? Su Yinhe realized her mind had drawn a blank.
Always exchanging gold bars and with different amounts, she couldn't remember how she had exchanged them for Chi Yan before.
Only remembered Chi Yan's face.
Right, she didn't even know his name.
Thinking this, Su Yinhe perked up.
"Oh right, I forgot to ask you last time, what's your name?" After saying it, Su Yinhe added, trying to cover her blunder, "After all, you're a VIP customer of mine."
Chi Yan smiled, thinking she was a bit cute, like a little cake.
"Chi Yan, 'Chi' as in pond, and 'Yan' as in banquet."
"And me, I'm Lin Murong, 'Lin' as in forest, 'Mu' as in admire, and 'Rong' as in appearance," Lin Murong expressed excitedly, believing that exchanging names was practically akin to being friends.
Since they were friends, the supermarket owner should give him a discount in the future.
Chi Yan: "..."
Chi Yan's smile disappeared.
The desire to stab someone in the eye cannot be concealed.
He shouldn't have brought Lin Murong along today.
But as Su Yinhe looked over, Chi Yan put on a smile again, making sure Su Yinhe didn't notice anything amiss.
"Great. Chi Yan, Lin Murong. My name is Su Yinhe, 'Su' as in soda, 'Galaxy' as in the Milky Way."
"Boss, we're friends now, right?" After learning Su Yinhe's name, Lin Murong took her hand.
His eyes were brimming with expectation.
A bit like her previous annoying colleague's dog.
The annoying colleague liked to bring the dog to the office. The way the dog coveted the canned food in her hand was with that kind of look.
"Yes."
"Then... can I get a discount?" Lin Murong blinked his eyes, willing to set aside his pride for a discount.
"Uh... broken bones?" For some reason, Su Yinhe felt like teasing a dog, but since her colleague's dog wasn't there, she could only...
"Ah? That harsh?" Lin Murong was startled and let go of the hand.