Silence.
Yin Suyi slowly picked up her tea.
"...Most of us don’t."
Shen Tian laughed.
And...
Several faces around the table softened at once.
Chi Lingxi sat beside him.
Her eyes lingered.
Then she remembered what happened upstairs.
Her face warmed again.
Qin Ruobing noticed.
"Lingxi?"
Chi Lingxi jumped.
"Yes?!"
"Why are you red?"
"I’m not!"
Everyone looked.
She absolutely was.
Bai Xue’s eyes gleamed.
"Oh?"
Chi Lingxi immediately panicked.
"It’s warm!"
Ling Shuangxue looked toward the enormous air-conditioned dining room.
"It’s seventy degrees."
"...I’m sensitive."
Chu Zijin leaned forward.
"Did something happen upstairs?"
"No!"
Too fast.
Everyone became silent.
Chi Lingxi realized.
"..."
Then...
Slowly...
Everyone looked toward Shen Tian.
He calmly continued eating.
Bai Xue narrowed her eyes.
"What did you do?"
"Moved her hair."
Silence.
Chi Lingxi’s soul nearly left her body.
"SHEN TIAN!"
"What?"
"You can’t just tell them!"
He looked genuinely confused.
"Why?"
Bai Xue stared at Chi Lingxi.
Then...
At Shen Tian.
Then...
She sighed dramatically.
"Unfair."
Ling Shuangxue nodded.
"Very."
Li Lian touched her own hair.
"Mine is messy."
Shen Tian looked.
"No, it isn’t."
Li Lian immediately messed it up.
"Now it is."
Shen Tian stared.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Li Lian’s face reddened.
"What?!"
Chu Zijin immediately pulled part of her hair forward.
"Mine too."
"Absolutely not."
"Aww."
Shen Tian pinched the bridge of his nose.
Yin Suyi watched all of this.
Then leaned toward her son.
"Tian."
"No."
"You don’t even know what I was going to ask."
"You’re my mother."
"I wanted affection."
"Exactly."
Yin Suyi looked devastated.
Shen Tian sighed.
Then...
He gently patted her head.
Yin Suyi froze.
The entire table froze.
Her eyes widened.
Her cheeks slowly became pink.
Then...
A victorious smile appeared.
She looked around the table.
Pure smugness.
"..."
Shen Yan’s chopsticks snapped.
CRACK!
Shen Tian looked toward her.
"Yan."
She stared at the broken chopsticks.
"...They were weak."
Bai Xue buried her face against the table.
"I can’t breathe."
. . .
Eventually...
Breakfast ended.
And just as Shen Tian stood...
His phone vibrated.
Unknown number.
He answered.
"Hello?"
Silence.
Then...
A woman’s voice.
"Shen Tian?"
He raised an eyebrow.
"Speaking."
"My name is Lin Yue."
Xu Ning immediately appeared.
Her eyes widened.
[Host.]
Shen Tian’s expression remained unchanged.
Lin Yue continued.
"I apologize for calling without warning. I received your number through Rose."
Shen Tian glanced toward Xu Ning.
She opened the system.
Lin Yue
Age: 27
Occupation: Trauma Surgeon
Former Black Wolf Field Physician
Heroine Classification: Secondary
Original Fate Connection: Lu Chen
Current Favorability Toward Lu Chen: Rapidly Declining
Shen Tian almost laughed.
That was fast.
"How can I help you?"
Lin Yue hesitated.
"It’s somewhat difficult to explain."
"Try."
Another pause.
Then...
"Do you know anything about hearing someone’s thoughts?"
Shen Tian became silent.
Xu Ning covered her mouth.
[Already?!]
Shen Tian leaned against the table.
"Whose thoughts?"
Lin Yue sighed.
"Lu Chen."
Shen Tian’s lips twitched.
Of course.
Across the room...
Several heroines immediately looked over.
Gu Qingya wasn’t there.
Tang Meilin wasn’t there.
But the women who understood the inner-voice situation?
They recognized that name instantly.
Ling Shuangxue slowly lowered her coffee.
Shen Tian continued.
"What did you hear?"
Lin Yue became quiet.
Then...
"Things I’d rather not repeat."
Shen Tian smiled.
"That bad?"
"Let’s just say..."
Her voice became colder.
"...reuniting with an old friend became considerably less nostalgic."
Xu Ning nearly fell over laughing.
Shen Tian nodded.
"I understand."
"Can we meet?"
Shen Tian paused.
Lin Yue continued.
"I’d rather explain everything in person."
"Sure."
"When are you available?"
Shen Tian checked the time.
"Late morning."
"There’s a café near Central Hospital."
"Send the address."
"I will."
They ended the call.
Immediately...
Silence.
Shen Tian slowly turned.
Every woman was staring.
Bai Xue raised an eyebrow.
"Who was that?"
"Lin Yue."
Ling Shuangxue’s eyes narrowed.
"The new one?"
Shen Tian looked toward her.
"The new what?"
She stared.
Then...
Smiled innocently.
"Nothing."
Xu Ning laughed inside his head.
[They know.]
"Know what?"
[The pattern.]
"There is no pattern."
Xu Ning started counting.
[Hotel.]
"Stop."
[Mountain.]
"Xu Ning."
[Game.]
"Enough."
[Street race.]
"Silence."
[Mercenary...]
Shen Tian mentally blocked her.
[HOST?!]
Peace.
Beautiful peace.
. . .
Around eleven...
Shen Tian arrived at the café.
Alone.
Mostly.
Xu Ning followed invisibly.
Lin Yue had already arrived.
She sat near the window.
And...
She wasn’t alone.
Rose sat across from her.
Shen Tian raised an eyebrow.
Rose noticed him first.
Her expression immediately brightened.
Then...
She remembered herself.
Still...
The smile remained.
"You’re late."
Shen Tian checked his phone.
"Two minutes early."
Rose looked at the clock.
"...I was testing you."
"Terrible recovery."
She laughed.
Lin Yue looked between them.
Interesting.
Rose stood.
"Lin Yue, this is Shen Tian."
Shen Tian approached.
Lin Yue looked up.
Then...
Paused.
Rose had described him.
Blond hair.
Green eyes.
Tall.
Young.
Annoyingly handsome.
She had left out...
Quite a bit.
Shen Tian wore nothing particularly dramatic.
Black trousers.
White shirt.
Dark jacket.
Simple.
Yet...
The moment he entered...
He naturally drew attention.
Several women at nearby tables had already glanced over.
Lin Yue stared for half a second too long.
Then caught herself.
Shen Tian extended his hand.
"Lin Yue."
She took it.
"Shen Tian."
Their hands touched.
Lin Yue’s expression remained composed.
Mostly.
Then...
Shen Tian smiled.
"Rose has mentioned you."
Rose immediately froze.
Lin Yue’s eyebrow rose.
"Has she?"
Rose looked at Shen Tian.
"When?"
"Just now."
"..."
Lin Yue laughed.
Rose’s face warmed.
"You..."
Shen Tian sat.
Rose narrowed her eyes.
"You’re annoying."
"Apparently."
Lin Yue looked between them.
Then smiled slightly.
"You two seem close."
"No."
Rose answered instantly.
Too instantly.
Lin Yue stared.
Rose realized.
"...We met yesterday."
"Yesterday?"
"Yes."
"And you’re already getting coffee?"
Rose’s cheeks became pink.
"It’s payment."
Lin Yue slowly nodded.
"For?"
"He healed me."
"Oh."
Rose somehow became redder.
Lin Yue’s eyes gleamed.
"Oh."
"Stop saying it like that."
"I said one word."
"You said it suspiciously."
Shen Tian leaned back.
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