Chang Hansui wiped his mouth with a napkin and stood up.
“Miss Liang Hai, I think we should end today’s blind date here. After talking, it’s clear the two of us aren’t really compatible. As the saying goes, those who walk different paths cannot make plans together. I won’t waste any more of your valuable time.”
Liang Hai lifted her gaze slightly and looked at him.
“In that case, there’s no need to force it. You don’t have to pay the bill—I’ll take care of it. After all, I was the one who invited you here today.”
In that instant, Chang Hansui’s male pride flared up. He reflexively blurted out:
“No, no, no… That won’t do. When going out to eat with a girl, how could I possibly let the girl pay? I’ll take care of it.”
The moment the words left his mouth, their eyes met in midair.
From Liang Hai’s clear gaze, Chang Hansui read the unspoken question: Are you sure?
Alarm bells instantly went off in his mind.
Oh no. This is bad.
Just looking at the decor of this high-altitude restaurant and these dishes with unreadable French names… this meal wouldn’t cost several million in an instant, would it?!
He had only just borrowed a huge sum of three million from that little Kitahara Mahiro.
Right now he reeked of poverty from head to toe—he absolutely could not take on more debt!
But… he’d already put on the act.
If he suddenly chickened out now and meekly sat back down to let the other person pay, wouldn’t that make him look like the guy who’d just been spouting big talk was not only poor, but also the type to puff himself up beyond his means?
Even if they wouldn’t end up getting married, he still couldn’t lose face in front of a blind-date partner all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
Even shut-ins have their pride (according to statistical survey data from the Shut-in Social Anxiety Association of Pear Blossom City).
The atmosphere was genuinely starting to freeze.
Chang Hansui’s inner self began a fierce battle between heaven and man.
Money!
Face?
Money!!
Face…
Money!!!
Face (._.`)
Money!!!!
Face 😭😭😭
Just as Chang Hansui was about to break, an ear-splitting roar suddenly rang out.
“Monster! There’s a monster attack! Run!”
“Help! Is there a magical girl nearby…”
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the streets suddenly blazed with firelight.
Terrified screams from the crowd and the wail of alarms mixed into a chaotic uproar.
A monster attack? Why did it have to happen right at this moment, so suddenly?
Before Chang Hansui could even react, Liang Hai across from him had already moved.
She raised her right hand and made a beckoning gesture toward a distant waiter.
The waiter was clearly well-trained.
Holding a wireless card machine in both hands, he walked over quickly yet steadily to the table.
Liang Hai rose smoothly, picked up the small two-letter handbag on the table, drew out a black card, and lightly swiped it across the machine.
“Beep—”
Payment complete.
The whole process took less than three seconds.
“Looks like there’s another attack outside.”
Liang Hai put the card away.
“In any case, let’s call off today’s blind date for now. Personal safety is the most important thing.”
Although the accident site was still several streets away from the restaurant, since Heaven had already delivered such a convenient way out, Chang Hansui decided to accept his fate obediently.
Yes, Chang Hansui.
Today’s bill was a perfect microcosm of you. If you really got married, you’d be controlled by this young lady for the rest of your life.
Better just go home obediently.
As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, Chang Hansui saw the silver-gray supercar quietly parked in the VIP spot.
His pride took an even more thorough beating.
Liang Hai, in her black pointed high heels, walked up to Chang Hansui and gave a slight nod.
“Then let’s part ways here. You go take shelter first. I just remembered I still have some business matters to handle with this restaurant, so I need to head back.”
Wow… so even a top-tier high-altitude restaurant like this is one of your family’s partners?
Better not mess with her, better not mess with her.
“Alright, then please stay safe.”
Chang Hansui replied dryly.
You go handle your business, young lady.
You go play your golf, young lady.
I’ll just go home and honestly play my .
He turned and left, walking quickly in the opposite direction from the monster.
“Boom——!!”
Accompanied by the monster’s roar, the side of a nearby building exploded.
Shattered debris and violent shockwaves instantly swept through the entire block.
Chang Hansui felt as if an irresistible force had shoved him hard from behind. His whole body was thrown by the blast wave onto the greenery strip of the next street.
“Cough cough… Holy shit!”
Chang Hansui climbed up, covered in dust and dirt. What met his eyes was billowing smoke and dazzling firelight.
No, stay calm… this is the city center. The Magical Girl Association people will be here soon.
Better hurry home and go to sleep.
He brushed the dust off his clothes and tried to force himself to turn around and leave.
But his eyes couldn’t help locking onto the scattered, fleeing crowds in the distance, looking at those panic-stricken faces. His heart skipped a beat.
Wait… that blind-date girl Liang Hai is still back in the restaurant handling business?!
She won’t be in trouble, will she?
Just as Chang Hansui hesitated over whether to grit his teeth and run back for a look, cheers erupted from the crowd.
“It’s a magical girl! The magical girl is here!”
Chang Hansui raised his head. Through the rolling thick smoke, a pure white figure, like a meteor piercing the night, lightly descended onto the high ground.
—It was Magical Girl Shui Yuehua.
Her long silver hair, like cascading moonlight, drifted gently in the night breeze and firelight. Her gray pupils flickered with light.
She wore a pure white short formal dress, the hem edged with delicate lace.
The length of the skirt stopped perfectly at the middle of her long, slender thighs. Below that, her delicate legs were tightly wrapped in pure white pantyhose.
On her feet were a pair of white high heels with slender heels that gleamed with a pearl-like luster under the firelight.
In her fair hands she gripped a silver Western longsword. The blade reflected the city’s neon lights, refracting a chilling edge.
Chang Hansui let out a long breath of relief.
“That’s the Association’s A-rank Magical Girl Shui Yuehua, right? Phew… with a magical girl of that level stepping in, it should definitely be fine.”
The unattainable flower on the high mountain had already arrived; that young lady would surely be rescued too.
Shui Yuehua lightly sighed, her tone carrying a hint of helplessness.
“Honestly, do you really like overtime that much, Steelback Man?”
Standing in the middle of the street confronting the pure white figure was a burly monster whose entire body was covered in thick steel armor plating, both arms transformed into a pair of enormous iron hammers.
“Roar—!”
Steelback Man let out an earth-shaking roar and charged at Shui Yuehua like an out-of-control heavy tank.
Those giant hammers, each the size of half an adult, carried a whistling sound as they smashed fiercely toward her slender frame.
“So it’s the Association’s A-rank Magical Girl Shui Yuehua?! Perfect! As long as I smash you into meat paste right here, I’ll definitely make a name for myself in one go!”
Yet Shui Yuehua merely tilted her body slightly and dodged the attack by a hair’s breadth.