Seeing that neither of them appreciated her gesture, Nero’s expression stiffened a little.
But she quickly adjusted and said to Lin Yizhou with a smile.
“I do hope you really haven’t found any clues about the Protean Witch, because… with your abilities, if you say that, do you think others will believe you, let alone me?”
Having said that, Nero left with a smile on her face.
Su Lili was still holding Lin Yizhou’s arm, muttering quietly.
“Bro, watch out, this is the kind of fox spirit, a creature that eats people without spitting out bones. They’re after your body, your bride price, your feelings, and they won’t give you anything in return. Not even a fraction of what my mom is…”
“Stop, stop, stop.”
Seeing that Su Lili looked like she would ramble on for who knows how long, Lin Yizhou quickly cut her off.
After all, if he let her continue, the people around would start wondering if he was some sort of pervert.
Although this little incident had occurred, it didn’t affect the mood of the two of them.
After waiting in line for nearly two hours, Lin Yizhou finally reached the front.
He handed over the collector’s edition he had given to Su Lili.
And at that moment, he also noticed that the person sitting at the autograph table was none other than the magical girl named Pei Keke he had met at the Attribute Coffee Shop.
Then he also noticed that behind this magical girl, behind the curtain, there was the presence of a Monster.
Why would there be a Monster among the staff of a magical girl’s autograph session?
And it was so obvious… even the weakest magical girl shouldn’t have failed to notice it.
“Here you go. Thank you for your support and encouragement.”
Pei Keke handed back the signed collector’s edition, and this action interrupted Lin Yizhou’s thoughts.
“Thanks.”
Lin Yizhou took the collector’s edition, left the line, and after arriving at a relatively open area, he was about to hand it over to Su Lili.
But the little one shook her head.
“No need, no need. I’ll take this one~” Su Lili held up the unsigned collector’s edition in her hand. “That signed one is for you, Bro.”
“You waited in line for so long, aren’t you going to take it?”
Lin Yizhou was a bit puzzled, but Su Lili just smiled and said.
“Compared to a signed collector’s edition, the time spent with you, Bro, is what I treasure and cherish more, Li Li.”
Hearing this, Lin Yizhou was stunned. Just as he was about to say something, Su Lili changed the subject and returned to her playful, cute demeanor.
“How about that, how about that? Li Li thinks I scored a lot, a lot~ You can try using this trick on picking up girls too. Guaranteed points!”
Lin Yizhou snapped back to reality at this point. Looking at this little one who was wise beyond her years, he was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
“Who taught you these cheesy pick-up lines?”
“Not cheesy, not cheesy.” Su Lili shook her little head like a rattle-drum. “As long as it works, it’s not cheesy…”
Growl~
Before Su Lili could finish, an untimely sound rang out between the two.
At that moment, the little girl’s face slowly turned red like a ripe apple, and finally she muttered shyly.
“It wasn’t me.”
“Didn’t you eat so much at noon?” Lin Yizhou was a bit surprised. “How are you hungry again?”
“Bro, you misheard.”
“I see, I see.”
Hard to believe this little one cares so much about saving face.
“I’m a bit hungry.” So Lin Yizhou took the initiative. “Is there anything you want to eat?”
“Volcanic Stone Sausage!”
Following the direction Su Lili pointed, Lin Yizhou naturally saw the sausage stall.
However… why did he feel this stall owner gave off an inexplicably familiar feeling?
“Let’s go, let’s go~”
Before Lin Yizhou could think, Su Lili grabbed his arm again. But this time it wasn’t to hide; she was pulling him forward.
When the two arrived in front of the sausage stall, Su Lili stood on tiptoe, poked her little head out, and said to the stall owner.
“Boss, boss, I want two Volcanic Stone Sausages, extra cumin and chili powder, thank you!”
But after waiting a moment, she didn’t hear any response from the stall owner. So she tilted her head, poked it out again, and after carefully looking at the stall owner’s appearance, she let out a confused sound.
“Huh?”
“Mm?”
The stall owner also let out a questioning sound.
Under the other’s gaze, Su Lili slowly shrank her head back down.
“Dad, help!!”
Then she scurried to hide behind Lin Yizhou, forgetting to even change how she addressed him.
“Mom’s here to gank!”
At the stall, Su Ziling, holding the food tongs, also snapped out of her daze.
She glanced at Lin Yizhou in front of her, then at Su Lili beside him who was clinging to his arm tightly.
Thinking. Hesitating. Pulling out her phone. Dialing.
“Hello, someone here is kidnapping a child.”
“Hey.”
Lin Yizhou was utterly speechless.
What could he say? How small was this world, that he could even run into Su Ziling, who was out doing a part-time job?
“This is the part-time job you mentioned?”
“Is there a problem?” Su Ziling put away her phone and said very calmly to Lin Yizhou. “So, would you two like a Volcanic Stone Sausage? There’s a promotion right now: buy one, get the second half off.”
“I’ll take two.”
Lin Yizhou glanced at the several large packs of sausages in the portable cooler and asked.
“When will you sell all these?”
“It is indeed a lot,” Su Ziling said while flipping the sausages. “But we’re not forced to sell them all. I should be able to clock off around nine or ten tonight.”
“That sounds really hard.”
It was three in the afternoon now. They definitely couldn’t sell them all, which meant Su Ziling would have to stay here for at least five hours.
And Lin Yizhou also knew that these part-time jobs really didn’t pay much. She might not even earn a hundred yuan for the whole day.
The money he spent on the Kentucky lunch with Su Lili today was more than that wage.
“Here you go.”
While they were talking, the sausages they had ordered were already ready.
Lin Yizhou took the sausages and handed both to Su Lili.
“Bro… Bro, aren’t you going to eat?”
“I’m not hungry yet. You go ahead.”
Lin Yizhou had already seen Su Lili’s appetite, so of course he wouldn’t compete with her for food.
“Mmm~”
The little girl took a big bite of the sausage, and a look of pure bliss appeared on her face. But perhaps she realized something, and then said to Lin Yizhou.
“You try one too!”
“I’m fine.”
But Su Lili ignored Lin Yizhou’s refusal and, on her own, stood on tiptoe and shoved the sausage directly into his mouth.
“How is it? How does it taste?”
“…” Lin Yizhou forcibly ignored the terrifying glare from beside him and nodded. “It’s really not bad.”
“Right~”
Seeing the two of them like this, Su Ziling spoke in a quiet, eerie tone.
“Looks like this little one really does like you…”
“Big… Big Sis, do you want a taste?”
“No need.”
Su Ziling shook her head.
But Su Lili saw that she was sweating quite a bit. After thinking for a moment, she took out a water bottle and handed it over.
“Then maybe some water?”
“That’ll do.”
Su Ziling took the water bottle and took a sip. But then she suddenly remembered that she didn’t seem to have bought a water bottle for Su Lili, so this…
She looked down at the illustration of Magical Girl Meluke printed on the water bottle.
Her mouth twitched involuntarily.
“Did you do that on purpose or by accident?”
“Huh?”
Su Lili, who was eating a sausage, tilted her head with a confused expression.