Si Mo sensed Chu Hengyuan's gaze on him. Innocently, he raised the coffee cup in his hand as a greeting to Chu Hengyuan. Just now, when Chu Hengyuan passed by his booth, he didn't even notice him. Si Mo thought he could just slip by like that, but never expected Chu Hengyuan to turn back.
Chu Hengyuan squinted his eyes. First, he settled the bill, then walked over and sat on the sofa opposite Si Mo, separated by a wooden table. His eyes were a bit cold. "Why are you here, Mr. Si?"
Si Mo put down his coffee cup. There was no smile on his face, but a glint of amusement showed in his eyes. "I asked the boss for a leave and came out for a cup of coffee."
Chu Hengyuan didn't buy Si Mo's story. After all, this place was quite a distance from his girl's fortune - telling shop. If Si Mo just wanted to have coffee, he wouldn't have to come this far. "Mr. Si, were you the flower boy at my and Lanlan's wedding?"
Si Mo was surprised. Was Chu Hengyuan's acceptance ability that strong? First, he accepted the ears on Rong Lan's head. Now he even dared to guess that he was the five - or six - year - old flower boy that day. If it were someone else, who knew how scared they would be.
"I was." He didn't lie and say no. After all, looking at Chu Hengyuan's determined eyes, it wouldn't make much sense for him to say "no".
Chu Hengyuan understood. He spent the whole night piecing together what had happened in the past. He thought that Si Mo, who had been treated differently by his girl, was also strange. Sure enough, Si Mo was not an ordinary person.
"Lanlan is a feline. What about you, Mr. Si?"
Feline? Si Mo recalled the books he had read. Clearly, foxes were canines, but the way Chu Hengyuan was acting, it was very likely that he had mistaken the little fox for a meowing kitten. He was too lazy to correct him. "My species is special. I have to keep it a secret and can't tell you, Mr. Chu."
"By the way, aren't you scared, Mr. Chu? Your sweetheart is a monster, and a meat - loving one at that. Who knows, one day when she's so hungry that she loses her mind, she might just swallow you up." While the little fox wasn't around, Si Mo threw some dirt on her.
Chu Hengyuan looked calm. "I won't let her get hungry. I can feed her well."
"Really?" That wasn't the point, right? The point he wanted to make was that Chu Hengyuan wasn't scared at all. He didn't know whether to say that Chu Hengyuan was extremely brave or just too carefree. "Even if you feed her well, she might still get greedy and want to eat you."
"Lanlan is picky. She won't eat just any food that comes her way." He had lived with the girl for some time, and he knew her eating habits like the back of his hand.
"..." He lost. It was so absurd. Even though there was only Chu Hengyuan in front of him, he still felt like he had eaten a mouthful of dog food. "You're really not scared at all... I thought that when you humans encountered such things, you would at least feel a bit scared."
"Maybe it's because I read a lot of strange tales when I was a kid, so it's not hard for me to accept." Chu Hengyuan looked straight into Si Mo's eyes. "Why can't I see Lanlan's ears?"
Si Mo shrugged. "It's an illusion spell."
"Is there any way for me to see Lanlan's ears?"
There was a way, but Si Mo didn't plan to tell Chu Hengyuan. After all, Chu Hengyuan had guessed the little fox's species wrong. If Chu Hengyuan saw her ears, he would overturn his previous guess. That would be so much less fun. "No. If the illusion spell is removed, all ordinary humans will be able to see her ears like you. I'm sure you don't want that to happen, do you, Mr. Chu?"
Just then, his phone in his pocket vibrated. Si Mo took it out and saw that it was Rong Lan calling.
He deliberately put the phone on the table so that Chu Hengyuan could see who was calling.
Chu Hengyuan just glanced at it and then kept silent, not disturbing Si Mo from answering the call.
When he answered the call, before Si Mo could say anything, Rong Lan's voice came through. "Si Mo, come back quickly! The little ghosts from the abandoned factory are here to find their Dragon God Lord!!!"
Si Mo: "..." Fortunately, he remembered that this was a coffee shop with other customers around, so he didn't put it on speaker. Instead, he showed Chu Hengyuan the name on the phone screen and then put the phone to his ear. Otherwise, he would have been so embarrassed when that "Dragon God Lord" came out. He had just said that his species was a secret. He couldn't let Chu Hengyuan know that he was a dragon within just five minutes.
"Don't panic. I'll come back right away. You receive them first and talk to them about the reward." After comforting the little fox, Si Mo hung up the phone.
"My boss is looking for me. I have to go back first. I'll invite you out to talk about life another time, Mr. Chu." With that, he put down the coffee cup and stood up.
Chu Hengyuan stood up too. His eyes were deep and obscure. "Let me ask you one last question, Mr. Si. Will you hurt Lanlan?"
Si Mo didn't play around with Chu Hengyuan on this question. He honestly shook his head. "No. I have no reason to hurt her, so you can rest assured, Mr. Chu." He and the little fox could even be said to be like teachers to each other. He taught the little fox spells she didn't know, and the little fox taught him spells he had never seen. How could he possibly hurt her? Moreover, he was an upright dragon. If his parents knew that he bullied others with his powerful spells, he would be beaten to death by them.
Inside the Half - Immortal Fortune - Telling Shop, Rong Lan was sitting behind the wooden table, hugging a small puppet. She pretended to be calm and sized up the little ghosts that almost filled her fortune - telling shop.
God knows how shocked she was when she happily brought Xie Xinxin back to the fortune - telling shop. When she lifted the curtain and saw the room full of little ghosts, each uglier than the last. Fortunately, it was broad daylight, the sun was shining brightly, and the fortune - telling shop was well - lit. Otherwise, she would have been scared half to death again.
Those little ghosts were quite polite. When they saw Xie Xinxin, a human, they took the initiative to step back. They knew that humans were very fragile and couldn't get too close easily, or they might make humans sick.
After Xie Xinxin came back to the fortune - telling shop with her, she didn't stay long. After chatting about some cat - raising related things, she left.
Those little ghosts, who had been squeezed like pancakes to avoid Xie Xinxin, scattered after she left. But Rong Lan didn't talk to them, and they didn't take the initiative to talk to Rong Lan either. They were all silently scheming.
Afraid that the little fox would be scared, Si Mo found an empty corner. With a teleportation, he landed on the ground in just one second and was back near the fortune - telling shop.
He quickly walked towards the fortune - telling shop. When he reached the door and lifted the bamboo curtain, he was startled by the nearly thirty little ghosts, even though he was mentally prepared. Theoretically, they were afraid of sunlight. The sun was especially bright today. He thought that at most five or six little ghosts would come out in the sunlight, but unexpectedly, a whole group had come.
He shifted his gaze from those little ghosts and saw Rong Lan behind the table, hugging a cat. In his mind, he automatically pictured a scene where the fluffy little fox and the equally fluffy kitten were huddled together, shivering in fear, while a group of little ghosts stood not far away.