"How long do you plan to stay in Anling?"
After leaving the Baoying Hotel, Lin Chuan brought Angelina to a firepot restaurant. She had rushed to the 720 company straight from the airport, having only eaten a piece of bread on the way.
Inside the restaurant.
Angelina drew quite a few glances. Even the waitresses passing by couldn’t help but take a second look, their gazes filled with unconcealed envy as they eyed Lin Chuan seated across from Angelina.
Angelina smiled, "I plan to live in Anling permanently."
Lin Chuan raised an eyebrow, asking quietly, "Would the Hacker approve?"
The Hacker is the hacker organization of the North Bear People, and Lena is one of its members.
With her hands propped against the wooden bench, Lena smiled with pursed lips, "If they don’t agree, then I’ll just resign!"
Lin Chuan gave a thumbs up.
That’s confidence.
However, Lin Chuan didn’t take her answer seriously, "The Hacker wouldn’t want to part with you like that. I reckon they might even tie you up and take you back overnight."
Based on his past understanding of Angelina, Lin Chuan judged that she was at least not inferior to Karl’s level.
Meaning, a top-level hacker!
And she had a lot of potential for growth!
Hence, the Hacker would definitely not let go of such a heavyweight player.
"Isn’t that what you’re here for?" Angelina winked, her brown eyes clear and bright like an ice lake.
Lin Chuan waved his hand lightly, "I don’t dare oppose the Hacker anymore, too many enemies."
With her exquisite and beautiful face lifted, Angelina boasted, "So, I’m here to protect you!"
Lin Chuan scrutinized Angelina. At 1.7 meters tall, even when seated, her unnaturally long legs couldn’t find a place to rest. Her frame was not large, somewhat similar to Shen Qianqian.
He then looked at Angelina’s palm.
It was strange.
On the index finger of Angelina’s right hand, near the base of the thumb, there was a callus!
This callus wasn’t very thick, but it shouldn’t appear on a hacker’s hand.
Generally speaking, web novel writers, programmers, hackers, and the like often suffer from tenosynovitis, causing pain mostly in the area between the base of the thumb and the wrist.
Calluses wouldn’t form there.
"You must have some real skills," Lin Chuan said with a grin.
"Of course I do!"
Angelina’s eyebrows lifted, a proud look on her face.
"Here comes the soup base," the server said, bringing over a nourishing bone broth, placing it between the two of them. The dishes Lin Chuan had ordered also arrived one after another.
"It’s my first time eating firepot," Angelina commented. The North Bear People also had firepots, but were not particularly enthusiastic about them. During the long winters, they more often turned to drink to keep warm.
"This is a specialty way of eating here. Give it a try. If you don’t like it, I’ll take you to eat something else." As a long-distance guest, Lin Chuan naturally wanted to play the good host.
"With this, I’m sure I’ll like it, and there are so many green vegetables here. It’s quite luxurious!"
Angelina pointed at a bottle of vodka on the table and said with a beaming smile.
"As long as you like it," Lin Chuan laughed heartily.
Indeed, a North Bear characteristic, the love of alcohol.
While the soup base was heating up, Lin Chuan jokingly asked, "Actually, we have some other specialties here. Happens I know a little about it. Would you like to try?"
A flicker of curiosity appeared on Angelina’s pretty face, "Idol, what else can you do?"
Lin Chuan slowly exhaled two words, "Fortune telling."
"Fortune telling?"
Angelina was startled, her eyes narrowed, full of confusion.
Lin Chuan nodded and said with a smile, "My second uncle used to be a well-known Magician in the surrounding ten miles. As a child, I learned a few tricks from him."
"I think I’ve heard about that, it’s part of your culture," Angelina said with interest, "Idol, tell my fortune!"
Experience tales with empire
"Stretch out your hand, I usually read palms," Lin Chuan said with a smile.
"Here."
Without hesitation, Angelina raised her hand and placed it in front of Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan was slightly taken aback.
He hadn’t expected Angelina to offer her hand so readily.
A man at the next table in the firepot restaurant witnessed the whole process and regretted not learning palmistry from his uncle. If he had learned, he might not still be single today.
Sigh—
Lin Chuan took Angelina’s hand.
Not because he wanted to take advantage of Angelina, but because he wanted to examine her hand to confirm his suspicion.
Angelina’s palm was not tender.
The pad of her thumb felt rough, like sandpaper, and the base of her ring finger was the same.
Lin Chuan lifted his eyes to Angelina, a flicker of puzzlement in his gaze.
"What’s wrong?" Angelina asked, her eyes blinking, smiling with pursed lips.
"Do you like playing with some dangerous toys?" Lin Chuan pondered for a bit before voicing his question.
"Are your predictions that accurate?"
Angelina drew her hand back, her expression startled.
Seeing that Angelina didn’t deny it, Lin Chuan chuckled, "The first time I saw you, I thought you were a fairy from the forest."
"What am I now?" Angelina didn’t shy away from the question.
Lin Chuan contemplated for a moment, "Now, you seem a bit like... a hunter in the dark of night."
"Thank you for such high praise," Angelina’s face lit up with surprise, seemingly quite fond of the title.
"So, are you really here to protect me?" Lin Chuan asked half-jokingly.
Angelina looked directly at Lin Chuan, her eyes determined and quite solemn, "Of course. You’re my idol; naturally, I’m here to protect you!"
"I almost thought you were here for the bounty!" Lin Chuan joked.
Angelina’s hand was slightly deformed, with the base of the thumb and index finger not on the same level, coupled with several sandpaper-like calluses. Lin Chuan tentatively judged that she had been playing with two types of dangerous toys.

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