Why are you still farming goblins at a time like this

Feeling the arms wrapped around him continuously tightening.

Softness welled up in Lin Yu's heart. He raised his arms, hugged Tang Manman back, gently stroked her hair, and said tenderly,

"How could I ever not want you?"

Half the sentence was spoken.

Lin Yu paused.

He didn't immediately add the second half of the sentence.

Past experience told Lin Yu that at this moment, he should do as usual and append the other half of the sentence he always kept on his lips to coax and comfort them.

"You are the one I like the most."

But Lin Yu's lips just moved, and in the end, he didn't spit out this classic scumbag quote.

Instead, after a brief silence, he spoke softly,

"I missed you too."

Lin Yu could feel that after these words were spoken, the arms around his waist tightened even more.

Tang Manman, with her face buried in his shoulder, let out some choking sounds that were even harder to suppress.

The gentle, sobbing sounds reached his ears. While Lin Yu's heart ached for Tang Manman, a trace of relief couldn't help but arise in his heart.

Good thing he didn't ignore her just because of the generosity she showed in their chats.

Otherwise.

If he left her hanging for a while longer.

The next time they met, who knows if she would be holding him and crying, or making him cry!

Or perhaps...

Holding his severed head and crying?

Thinking of the stomach-churning ending in a certain famous manga, Lin Yu couldn't help but shudder.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind.

In the next two days, he definitely had to pay a visit to Xia Muzhu!

He absolutely could not delay it!

But thinking about it carefully, someone with Xia Muzhu's gentle personality didn't seem like the type to go to extremes.

Let alone hurt others.

But he still had to go see her and comfort her!

They were all his women.

He couldn't just keep letting down whoever was the most well-behaved!

The two stood at the door and hugged for a while.

Lin Yu gently rubbed Tang Manman's back. Seeing that her emotions had calmed down a bit, Lin Yu let go of her and instead cupped her small face in his hands.

Tang Manman was twenty-one this year.

Not very old.

But when she cried, she seemed to look even younger.

She had kept her face buried against him earlier, and coupled with her emotional agitation and shortness of breath while crying, now that she raised her head, her entire small face had cried into a pale reddish-pink color.

Her pure, delicate face was wet from crying.

Just looking at it made one's heart ache.

Cupping Tang Manman's face, Lin Yu used his fingers to wipe away the messy tears on her face and asked gently,

"Did you eat dinner?"

Tang Manman was still choking up a bit, nodding while sniffing.

"Then how about I take you out to eat some more?"

Lin Yu tried to win Tang Manman over with good food.

Tang Manman showed zero resistance. She nodded and gave a tearful "Mhm"...

...

It was only this year that Lin Yu discovered Tang Manman's gluttonous nature.

Actually, even earlier, such as when they went to and from school together during their senior year of high school, Tang Manman had already shown some talent in this area.

For example, back in high school, he took Tang Manman out for beef brisket rice.

He could eat a large portion of beef brisket rice completely clean, not leaving a single vegetable leaf behind.

And Tang Manman could easily do the same.

At the time, he didn't think too much of it, assuming that all girls ate that much.

He just looked on with gratification as Tang Manman's cheeks grew plumper day by day, no longer gaunt, feeling a sense of accomplishment as if he were raising a pet.

Thinking about it now, Tang Manman's foodie genes must have been sealed away by her family's poor financial situation.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have only shown up now.

He looked down at the time.

Lin Yu realized it was already past eleven at night.

At this hour, there were only two types of restaurants that were still open in large numbers.

That's right!

Hot pot and barbecue!

In Lin Yu's eyes, these two popular foods each had their own characteristics.

The characteristic of hot pot was that it was very hard to mess up.

As long as the ingredients were fresh and the dipping sauce was decent.

Even if you used a plain water broth, it wouldn't taste terrible.

Barbecue, on the other hand, was different.

It was a food with an extremely high ceiling and an extremely low floor.

If it was bad, you wouldn't even be able to stomach a single bite.

But if you encountered a barbecue place with skilled hands, it would be so good you couldn't help but bob your head like a little pig while eating.

Lin Yu liked both hot pot and barbecue.

But today, the choice was not up to Lin Yu.

He turned his head to look at Tang Manman beside him, just as he was about to ask her what she wanted to eat.

In the dead of night, another demographic that was still active...

...

No.

Rather, a demographic that was only active in the dead of night suddenly popped out from one end of the road.

"Fweet-fwoo~"

A few sharp whistles rang out abruptly amidst the roar of engines.

Lin Yu watched the group of punks riding e-bikes and motorcycles, carrying their buddies. Without even stopping, they whistled directly at Tang Manman and then rode off laughing loudly. For a moment, he was a bit stunned.

Tang Manman hadn't really dressed up to go out tonight; she had just applied some simple lipstick to make her complexion look a bit better.

Her outfit was also very simple: a soft white dress with no cleavage showing, and the hem was so long that it covered most of her calves.

It only revealed her fair, smooth ankles and a small section of her straight calves.

But some girls were just like that.

Even if they didn't expose anything, they drew far more attention than those women who showed off two pale white thighs and half their cleavage.

Tang Manman was exactly this kind of girl.

However, this wasn't what Lin Yu cared about.

He just felt that what had happened right in front of him was a bit absurd.

Like, seriously.

What the hell.

What era was this?

If this were a fantasy movie, the boss would've been defeated by this point.

Why were the ones looking for trouble with him still these stupid little punks?

Lin Yu was absolutely furious. He immediately took out his phone to call his best helper.

Yeah.

Not Qing Mo.

But Zhao Dahu.

He remembered hearing him mention during a casual chat a few months ago that they had already expanded to N City. Perfect, given the nature of their profession, dealing with these little punks was definitely right up their alley!

Being past eleven at night, Lin Yu was originally a bit worried that Zhao Dahu might already be asleep at this hour.

But unexpectedly, the call was picked up very quickly right after he dialed.

"Hello."

"Brother Long, is there something you need?"

Hearing this dramatic title that he hadn't heard in a long time, imaginary black lines slid down Lin Yu's forehead.

But Lin Yu was no longer in the mood to correct Zhao Dahu's form of address.

He was just about to get straight to the point, but after his lips moved, they closed again without making a sound.

Hearing Zhao Dahu's slightly heavy breathing, along with some other less obvious noises, Lin Yu suddenly understood what Zhao Dahu was doing staying up this late.

Likewise.

Lin Yu didn't feel the slightest bit guilty about interrupting Zhao Dahu either.

It was just a little pause in the middle.

Nobody was going to die!

"Do you have people in N City?"

Lin Yu asked directly into the phone.

"Yeah."

Zhao Dahu answered Lin Yu's question crisply, then asked with concern:

"What's wrong, Brother Long."

"Did someone mess with you?"

"Yes."

Lin Yu directly confirmed Zhao Dahu's question and continued:

"I am on Qijing Road right now, and a gang of street racers just drove past."

"I don't have any other information besides this. Can you find them for me?"

Zhao Dahu pondered for a brief two seconds, then spoke up to give his assurance:

"I can."

"Good."

"Then go find them."

"I'll give you my address in a bit."

"Once you find them, get someone to bring them all to me!"