‘An ice cream cone? What kind of joke is this? What does it even mean?’
Luo Jialan still clearly remembered how ruthless that Desire Witch’s conceptual form had been to her.
But now, what puzzled Luo Jialan was the change in the other’s hair color.
She had to say, blue hair really didn’t suit Luo Linglan at all; it looked completely out of place, as if two unrelated parts had been forcibly combined.
Looking closely, at least the current Luo Linglan looked more like Luo Jialan’s mother.
It turned out that their appearances and temperaments truly had nothing in common.
“What are you standing there for?”
The moment Luo Jialan’s expression showed caution, the Store Manager beside her wasn’t intimidated by the terrifying aura she was emitting.
Instead, he quickly gave her a gentle nudge with his elbow, trying to get her attention.
“Store Manager, she’s not a customer. I have… some not-so-good history with her,” Luo Jialan whispered.
Before she could react, the Store Manager lightly patted the back of her head, making her a little dazed.
“Then tell me, where is she standing right now?”
“Uh, at the door?”
Before Luo Jialan finished speaking, the Store Manager interrupted.
“She’s right in front of our cashier counter. Also, do you remember what she just said?”
“To… have an ice cream cone?”
“So what is she?”
“A c-customer?”
The Store Manager stamped his foot lightly, his presence suddenly overpowering even the almost magic-activating Luo Jialan.
“Isn’t that enough? Now, hurry up and make the ice cream cone.”
Once again, despite her unwillingness, Luo Jialan had to make an ice cream cone for this awful person!
Although the last time’s guy often became miserable because of her, turning into the biggest cup of ice cream cone, this was different.
“Don’t worry, I’m probably not your mom.”
Upon hearing that, not just Luo Jialan, even the Store Manager’s expression changed.
“Don’t be so surprised. Just give me an ice cream cone, and then we’ll sit down and talk.”
***
“Hey, wake up, time to eat noodles.”
Su Mu helplessly shook Ye Wanqing, who had somehow leaned on her shoulder without her noticing.
The weight wasn’t the main issue; it was the soft mass pressing down on her that she couldn’t ignore.
But thinking about last night’s little antics, Su Mu could only grit her teeth and endure a few more hours.
She couldn’t sleep anyway, and the spot pressed by Ye Wanqing felt stuffy and unbearable.
“Umm… no, I want to sleep a bit more.”
Ye Wanqing groggily pushed Su Mu away, her words dripping with unwillingness.
After all, she had stayed up late last night.
“Seriously, you’re unbelievable.”
Su Mu couldn’t just walk past her to make noodles outside, but she was hungry now.
‘Fine, I’ll just sleep a little more too.’
Everything on the train went on as usual.
Attendants strolling through the cars casually promoted their overpriced boxed meals, only managing to squeeze out a service smile when called upon.
Suddenly, a child started crying loudly.
No matter how much the parents beside him coaxed, it was useless.
The people nearby frowned in irritation.
Ye Wanqing, who had been sleeping peacefully, was also woken up.
Struggling to fall back asleep, her irritation grew.
“Enough! I can’t take it anymore. Give it to me, shut your mouth.”
Ye Wanqing jumped up from her seat, glancing around.
Everything in front of her was doubled in vision.
She fumbled to put on her glasses, and instantly her eyes cleared, her entire aura calming significantly.
The one who had just been shaking her awake, Su Mu, had fallen asleep instead.
After living for months in that paper-thin house by the roadside, she had gotten used to sleeping through noise.
“Sir, may I take a look? I’m good at dealing with children.”
Finally locating the source of the noise, Ye Wanqing smiled softly as she approached.
Her tone was gentle but carried an unyielding firmness that made the man holding the child panic slightly, as if he was facing his boss with a sinister smile.
“O-okay.”
Ye Wanqing took the child.
A flash of brilliance appeared in her eyes as invisible Magic Power quietly flowed from her fingertips.
Magic Power wasn’t omnipotent, but it could induce hypnosis.
Moments later, the child who wouldn’t stop crying immediately fell into a baby-like sleep, no longer kicking or screaming.
Satisfied, Ye Wanqing handed the child back.
The surrounding people gave approving looks, and the father thanked her repeatedly.
Ye Wanqing politely responded but couldn’t help feeling a trace of doubt.
Just now, she had sensed intense anxiety from the child.
Although she didn’t know where it came from, after brief contact, whether due to their similar mental ages or some other reason, a resonance seemed to arise between them, leaving Ye Wanqing a little unsettled.
‘Better go to the restroom.’
Meanwhile, in the cockpit, the conductor’s gaze suddenly sharpened as he stared into the distance, his mouth slightly agape.
Whether from fatigue or a trick of the eyes, he thought he saw a golden figure on the tracks.
The train was moving at 360 km/h.
After a few breaths, he confirmed that it wasn’t an illusion.
Others also finally noticed the anomaly.
A blonde little girl — no one had kept a proper watch, and she had run out here.
If the train hit her, it would be catastrophic!
The conductor gritted his teeth and began repeatedly blowing the horn, trying to drive the reckless girl away.
If she wanted to die, at least make her sober enough to think clearly about how precious her life was!
Braking at this speed was impossible.
The fragile girl wouldn’t even have time to cry out before being caught in the wheels, then evenly…
He didn’t dare imagine what would happen next and wished he could close his eyes.
The blonde girl was getting closer and closer.
At this distance, he could even see the mud on her body and the utterly indifferent expression on her face.
It was as if she didn’t realize how fragile her thin frame was before this enormous train — like a cicada’s wing in the wind.
In an instant, the train’s front was just an arm’s length from her.
The strong gust hit first, wildly tossing her golden hair back, her skirt fluttering high behind her.
But instead of panic, she wore an eerily wicked smile, almost mad, as if she didn’t know she was about to be crushed by this howling beast, releasing an explosive force equivalent to five hundred tons of TNT.
The conductor couldn’t help but shut his eyes.
He didn’t want to witness the bloody scene, but what happened next was not what he imagined.
Instead, a deafening explosion erupted from the front of the train.
Edma’s hand transformed into a dragon’s claw, digging deep into the train’s nose.
The sturdy titanium alloy surface cracked as easily as paper under this terrifying force.
Though confident in her strength to stop it, Edma was surprised to find herself retreating backward.
Even as the rails beneath her feet were torn apart, she couldn’t stop her backward movement.
Clueless about physics, Edma didn’t realize that despite her thousand-pound force, her light body couldn’t find solid footing to resist, forcing her to retreat.
She gritted her teeth, feeling her body tremble continuously under relentless impact.
It was frustrating.
Blazing golden light burst forth from the front of the train.
At that moment, nearly everyone on the train stopped in their tracks, staring dumbfounded in one direction.
“… Is that the sun?”