Chapter 190: It

Ye Qingfeng's purpose for coming was just to solve the problem of the shopping bags. Now that he had thrown everything to Ye Xingchen, he felt light and relaxed.

With a few words, he suppressed Ling's intense curiosity. Obviously, this was only temporary. On the way back to the nail salon, she looked at Ye Qingfeng every few seconds.

That Everything Shop and Ye Xingchen, this person, didn't matter to Ling at all, but she was exceptionally excited to know this.

"Am I the only one who knows this?"

Ling still couldn't help but ask.

"Yes! Only Ling knows about this now."

Hearing Ye Qingfeng's answer, Ling's eyes brightened.

A secret! A secret belonging exclusively to Ye Qingfeng, and now only she knew it!

Ling: Waku waku!

After knowing this, she only felt that she was special in Ye Qingfeng's heart, making her feel a thick sense of trust.

At the same time, the curiosity to understand this matter further, and a kind of excitement, made her feel that she had a special connection with him.

"This matter has to start from a week ago~"

Ye Qingfeng patted his sleeves, with the demeanor of a master who was unfathomable. What he got in return was Ling's cold retort:

"Can you skip the messy things and talk about the process directly?"

"Cough cough! Ling is no longer cute! You actually learned to dismantle the stage!"

"Hehe! Who told someone to dismantle my stage before!"

Ling let out a playful hum.

"Is there? When did I dismantle it?"

Obviously, Ye Qingfeng didn't feel that when he first crossed over, when Ling reported her Phaethon name, it was who dismantled the stage with one sentence. 【190-2

"Forget it, forget it, it's not important! Hurry up and tell me!"

Ling was still more concerned about the current situation with Ye Xingchen and the shop, urging him impatiently.

"Alright, alright!"

Ye Qingfeng paused and began to recount the ins and outs of the whole affair.

"Last week, I was strolling down the street and accidentally stumbled upon a Hollow entrance."

"Why does it feel like Qingfeng is always bumping into Hollow entrances?"

Ling transformed into a roasting machine.

"Are you still listening or not!"

"Listening, listening! You go on."

"I thought I'd go in for a spin, thinking I might be able to snag some good stuff. I hadn't gone far when I ran into Ye Xingchen, who was being chased by a group of Ethereals. Out of the kindness of my heart, I saved him."

"After I took care of all the Ethereals and turned around to look for Ye Xingchen, I found him paralyzed on the ground in fear, his legs shaking violently, just as he noticed me."

"He lunged straight at me, hugged my thigh, and cried and shouted, begging to acknowledge me as his big brother and wanting to follow me."

"My first reaction was definitely to refuse, but the top priority was to get him out of the Hollow. After all, I didn't know how his Ether adaptability was."

"Just as I successfully brought him out of the Hollow, before I could even voice my refusal, that guy Ye Xingchen shamelessly latched onto me."

"He kept crying about how pitiful he was to have fallen into the Hollow, and shouting that he had no father or mother, only begging to follow me to earn a living."

"So I just went with the flow and took him in as a lackey. Yeah, that's about it!"

Seeing that they were about to reach the entrance of the nail salon, Ye Qingfeng immediately sped up his speech to finish recounting his encounter with Ye Xingchen.

If Ling thought about it carefully, she would discover serious loopholes in his story, and Ye Qingfeng understood this, so he hurriedly steered the conversation away.

"Ling, we're at the nail salon, and the time is about up, let's go in."

Worried that Ling would continue to press him, Ye Qingfeng followed up immediately:

"After you finish your nails, is there anything you want to eat? My treat!"

"No way! Qingfeng bought me so many things today, it should be my treat!"

Under the temptation of food from Ye Qingfeng, Ling successfully jumped out of the previous topic and gave her answer after thinking for a moment.

"Hmm... can we have ramen?"

"Sure, it's our turn."

Taking advantage of the time Ling was thinking, Ye Qingfeng seized the opportunity to ask the clerk about the situation. Learning it was just their turn, he immediately called out to her:

"Hurry up and go in, didn't you say you wanted to take photos after you're done?"

"Oh, right! Let's go. Is Qingfeng coming in with me or going for a stroll nearby?" Ling reminded him warmly with a smile, "I'll tell you first, getting nails done is very boring."

"Then does Ling want some bubble tea? You go in first, and I'll come find you after I buy it?"

Ye Qingfeng pondered for a moment and suggested.

"Okay, I want pearl bubble tea, less ice, normal sugar!" Ling waved at Ye Qingfeng playfully, "See you later!"

"Okay."

After watching Ling go in, Ye Qingfeng turned and left without haste.

Fortunately, the distance between the nail salon and the bubble tea shop wasn't far, and in no time at all, Ye Qingfeng arrived in front of the bubble tea shop.

It was only just past two o'clock, and usually, there weren't many people at the bubble tea shop at this time. If he waited until after five, there would likely be a long queue.

"Coco, one of the usual, and another pearl bubble tea, less ice, normal sugar."

Ye Qingfeng arrived at the front desk and greeted the bubble tea shop clerk familiarly.

"Ah, you're here. How come I don't see any other girls today?"

The smile that had just bloomed on the clerk's face retracted instantly upon seeing it was Ye Qingfeng, her sweet voice carrying a hint of teasing.

She had long, soft, light brown hair draped casually on both sides, and her eyes often revealed a sense of laziness and cunning.

A faint blush always hung on her fair skin.

When no customers were visiting, Coco would look like she hadn't woken up, with quite obvious dark circles under her eyes.

But when a customer arrived, she would immediately perk up, using her sweet voice to heal the customer's heart.

The bubble tea shop's staff uniform was a uniform light pink apron, which further highlighted her cute temperament when worn by Coco.

"Oh! She's getting her nails done at the nail salon, and I came out to buy her some bubble tea." Ye Qingfeng didn't mind Coco's teasing and answered truthfully with composure.

"A-Lan, one jasmine green tea, one pearl bubble tea, less ice, normal sugar." Coco turned her head and shouted to A-Lan inside.

Because there weren't many people now, Coco chose to slack off legitimately, handing the task of making the tea to A-Lan.

"Got it."

"Oh my~ how come I've discovered a cute little clerk slacking off?"

Ye Qingfeng squinted his eyes and teased in a lighthearted tone.

"A-Lan, jasmine green tea, 50% sugar... ah no, just normal sugar!"

Coco didn't speak, choosing to retaliate against Ye Qingfeng with action, turning her head to shout again.

"Don't, don't, don't! I was wrong." Ye Qingfeng surrendered with both hands wisely, "30% sugar is enough!"

"Hmph hmph!" Coco revealed her little fangs triumphantly, "Is it Miss Zhu Yuan from the Public Security Bureau today? Or Miss Qing Yi? Or is it Nico? Anbi? Mao You? Or perhaps Ailian?"

"All wrong! None of them!" Ye Qingfeng crossed his arms in front of him and said with a laugh: "Punishment for Coco is to treat everyone equally from now on!"

"Don't I have any?"

Coco asked back with some disdain.

"Why is it that when you treat other customers, you use a sweet, syrupy voice, and even say 'welcome back next time' when they leave?"

Ye Qingfeng complained indignantly:

"How come I don't get any of that?"

(Finished! The author discovered that the feeling of writing NPCs is very different from the feeling of writing normal characters!)

(If I had to say, writing NPCs is more natural, and the male lead is also bolder... why is this...?)

(Also, there's the issue of breaking chapters or finishing early. I can only say that as long as I can get the full attendance bonus every month, there will be at least a million words without any accidents.)