Chapter 141: Of Course Winning with the Hand Is More Important

"Could she be testing me?" Su Yang, unflustered, stroked his chin.

In his view, Xu Yutong's change is very likely linked to her preparing to activate her Innate Talent.

"What could it be?" Su Yang's gaze fell on the sesame oil dish.

As he pondered, the dishes gradually arrived.

"Let me handle it, just wait to eat." Xu Yutong rolled up her sleeves and began.

Su Yang watched her practiced movements, keeping his guard up.

He felt the contrast was huge; she seemed like a different person before and after.

In his impression, Xu Yutong comes from a good family, is not frugal in daily life, and has a princess temperament.

The highest privilege Su Yang could enjoy was tasting the black sausage she grilled.

And Shu Yu, as her close friend, received treatment only slightly better than his.

Normally, she lives a lifestyle where clothes are handed to her and meals are served at a word.

How could she today be both actively handling the seasonings and cooking herself?

Though it was to earn Performance Score, Su Yang always felt it was somewhat deliberate.

It's as if...

Carrying out some procedure.

"Wait!" Su Yang's mind suddenly flashed with his ex‑girlfriend's silhouette.

At that moment, his heart tightened and his breathing became suddenly rapid.

"Why am I having palpitations?"

Su Yang broke out in cold sweat, and Xu Yutong beside him hurriedly took a tissue to gently wipe his sweat.

"Why am I sweating so much?"

"I thought of an old friend." Su Yang turned his head.

Xu Yutong paused, smiled and asked, "Who?"

Su Yang stared earnestly into her eyes, then took the tissue from her hand and said softly, "It's nothing, I'm overthinking."

His attitude made Xu Yutong feel a wave of unease.

Based on her knowledge of the Innate Talent, she knows that "Time Reversal" has certain aftereffects and side effects.

The reason she is being so "attentive" is to try to minimize the side effects.

But Su Yang is even more difficult to handle than she imagined.

It seems he has already seen a clue from it.

For that, Xu Yutong used Su Yang's chopsticks to pick up a piece of fatty beef and proactively placed it near his mouth, "Let's eat first; after we're done, we'll go watch the fireworks show."

Su Yang opened his mouth, ate it, and nodded, "Alright."

Then the two chatted about everything, from daily life to the Death Game.

Then they moved from the Death Game to the future.

Xu Yutong was so amused by Su Yang's humor that she trembled like a shaking flower branch, her tears nearly spilling from laughter.

"If the hand and foot were fighting, which would you be more inclined to help?" Su Yang asked mysteriously.

"Huh?" Xu Yutong was startled for a moment, showing a cute expression of serious thought.

She pursed her lips, glanced at her palm, then at her foot, seeming to seriously consider which was more important.

This question is unlike the brain‑dead dilemma "If mother and girlfriend fall into water, who do you save first?"

A normal person would rescue the mother first, unless there are special circumstances.

After a while, Xu Yutong said, "I would help the hand."

"Why?" Su Yang asked with a half‑smile.

"Because the hand is more important; you need it for eating, applying makeup, carrying things—if you lose a foot you can sit in a wheelchair," Xu Yutong said matter‑of‑factly.

Su Yang looked at her deeply, "So winning with the hand is more important to you."

"Of course," Xu Yutong nodded in agreement.

But she suddenly caught Su Yang's strange look and realized something...

She suddenly blushed, eyes full of embarrassment, and slapped Su Yang lightly.

"Die!"

"Hehe…"

The meal was enjoyable, and Su Yang was confident he could raise his Performance Score during it.

Confidence comes from ability.

He is not Donghai City's most affectionate, but he still has plenty of skill handling Xu Yutong.

If he were dating a girl he didn't know, Su Yang would never make lewd jokes.

In a girl's eyes, that would be an extremely childish act.

It would earn high points.

Only when they are extremely familiar and the other can take jokes can one do that.

Of course, it also requires the basic condition of being handsome enough.

Handsome people can say cheesy pick‑up lines and still be considered romantic.

After the dishes were cleared, Su Yang let out a big belch, drank some tea and rinsed his mouth.

"Sit for a while?" Su Yang asked.

"Mm‑mm, I'm so full," Xu Yutong said, stretching lazily with a satisfied face.

The movement pulled up the white lining, revealing her round little belly.

Su Yang glanced and then withdrew his gaze.

Vision Perception a glance is instinct, withdrawing it is a gentleman.

"You clearly didn't eat much; I handled most of it," Su Yang said irritably.

"No way, I clearly ate a lot, okay?" Xu Yutong argued insistently.

"From the start until now: two slices of beef, one squid, five water spinach," Su Yang listed one by one.

"I'm trying to lose weight..." Xu Yutong muttered.

Su Yang looked at her suspiciously, "You aren't hiding snacks on you, are you? Eating so little makes your belly that big?"

Xu Yutong's face tightened slightly, and she cooed, "Stinky straight man."

Me, a straight man?

Su Yang smiled indifferently.

Vision Perception glanced at the wall clock, just as he withdrew his gaze, he suddenly found something amiss!

20:45?

"The clock is broken?" Su Yang frowned.

He clearly remembered the movie ended at exactly 18:30.

The cinema is on the 4th floor, the hot pot restaurant is on the 2nd floor.

From the cinema to the restaurant takes at most 15 minutes.

By this calculation, he spent two hours on a hot pot meal?

If it were ordinary, this time wouldn't be strange.

Four-hour meals aren't unheard of.

But this date has a time limit.

They must return before 10 p. m.

Su Yang has always been extremely strict about time management.

Especially since the first Death Game.

Now he looks at the empty plate before him, deep in thought.

"The ordered dishes aren't many, and the hard-to-cook ones were pre‑ordered..."

He ate the vast majority of the dishes, so he knows best how long this process takes.

Since he needs to reserve part of the time for the fireworks show, Su Yang cannot waste time on meaningless things.

"A familiar scene..."

"Xu Yutong's food intake..."

"The rapidly passing time..."

All these combined, Su Yang vaguely sensed something illogical.

He has been shortchanged in this regard before, so he certainly won't blame the problem on 'coincidence'.

In his view, any coincidence is a meticulously plotted conspiracy.

Including now!

"Hallucination? Or Accelerate the time?" Su Yang Vision Perception glanced at the clock again.

This is Divinity's meticulously designed world; a broken clock cannot occur.

Then there is only one possibility...

"It's getting late, let's go watch the fireworks," Xu Yutong said as she stood up, "Wait a moment, I'll use the restroom."

Those words interrupted Su Yang's train of thought; he stood up and walked toward the cashier.

To verify his hypothesis, he needed to do something.

"Hello, check out Table 8," Su Yang said.

"Total 0 yuan, here is your receipt," the cashier smiled politely.

"Thank you."

Su Yang lowered his gaze and saw that the time above was boldly written—

20:48.