I went to the living hall after I logged off. As mentioned earlier, He Yi and Murong Mingyue had returned with two boxes of hot, steaming pizza and… an Anhui stinky Mandarin fish, a steamed bullfrog, and several white buns. The complex mix of smells made everyone feel indecisive as well.

"OMG, which one should I eat first…"

At the dining table, Beiming Xue hesitated for a long time before finally picking up a slice of pizza and taking a bite out of the Anhui stinky Mandarin fish. She beamed. "It’s so tasty…"

He Yi smiled back. "We bought it from that old Anhui restaurant when we passed through the new district. It’s pretty renowned far and wide, you know? It only sells 30 dishes of Anhui stinky Mandarin fish a day. I had to book it with my phone to buy one."

I spread my arms for a moment before rubbing the gauze between my fingers with a frown.

Seeing this, Murong Mingyue immediately rose to her feet and grabbed my hand. She asked, "Is it still hurting?"

"It’s okay. The wound is almost fully scabbed," I replied with a smile. It was the injury I inflicted upon myself when I was trying to dig out Murong Mingyue that...