March: Bai Luoming, You're Evil by Nature! I'll...

A younger sister addicted to the internet, an elder suffering from mental illness, and someone with a serious illness.

These few words immediately brought to mind a family struggling to make March 7th meet. A frail girl, ill and frail, toiled in a smoky barbecue restaurant. Her meager income had to support her younger sister, who was addicted to video games, and her elderly relatives, who were often emotionally unstable, as well as pay for exorbitant medical bills.

A wave of intense guilt washed over her, completely extinguishing the joy she had felt just moments March 7th because of the delicious food. She slowly placed the meat skewers back onto her plate, losing all appetite.

Firefly seemed to sense March 7th's guilt, thought for a moment, and continued.

"Actually, it's not too bad. I have an older sister who helps share some of the burden." Her voice lowered further, a hint of helplessness in her tone. "It's just that she spends money a bit... well, she can't control herself. She always likes to buy very expensive coats, so the household expenses are still quite high."

Firefly's additional comment became the final straw that broke the camel's back on March 7th's psychological defenses.

The more I heard about March 7th, the more uneasy I felt. My younger sister, elders, and older sister each had their own troubles, and Firefly was clearly bearing most of the family's burden.

The younger sister is addicted to the internet, the elders are going crazy, and the older sister is a shopaholic.

Right now, it seems that most of the family's burden has fallen on this girl who is seriously ill and looks a few years younger than herself.

How did she manage to pull through?

March 7th looked at Firefly with pity. In her eyes, this frail girl was the strongest and most inspiring role model in the entire universe.

However, Bai Luoming, sitting opposite her, had a completely different thought in his mind.

Internet-addicted sister...

Elderly people with unstable mental health...

My sister is a big spender...

Good heavens, the entire Stellaron Hunters has had their reputation ruined.

What Firefly said was mostly true, but when put together, it somehow became something he couldn't understand.

At this moment, Bai Luoming kept seeing images in his mind of the Stellaron Hunters all dressed in tattered clothes, begging for food on the street.

Thinking of the scene in his mind, Bai Luoming felt like laughing, but March 7th was still grieving beside him. If he laughed out loud now, March 7th would kill him.

But the image of the Stellaron Hunters begging in groups wouldn't leave his mind, and he finally couldn't hold back and chuckled softly.

The sound wasn't loud, but in this small shop where the only sounds were the sizzling of grilled meat, it seemed particularly jarring.

Just as March 7th was immersed in emotion and sympathy, she heard Bai Luoming's laughter and turned her head sharply.

Her gaze precisely caught the smile that Bai Luoming hadn't yet concealed on his face.

On March 7th, a tightness gripped her chest, and a surge of anger welled up within her. She slammed the skewers in her hand onto the table with a loud "bang."

"Bai Luoming!"

Suppressing her anger, March 7th said loudly, "People are having such a hard time, and you can still laugh! I'll teach you a lesson for your lack of empathy..."

Before March 7th could finish speaking, she had already stood up, walked around the corner of the table, and swung her small fist at Bai Luoming's chest.

Bai Luoming was unconcerned when he saw the fist coming from March 7th. His body had already undergone a transformation, and March 7th's fist couldn't hurt him at all.

In an attempt to tease her, he deliberately didn't dodge, even straightening his chest. Unexpectedly, when the fist actually landed on his chest, the force exceeded his expectations.

He felt a tremendous force slam into his chest, an impact no less than being hit and thrown by a truck while standing on a national highway.

Unfortunately, the stool he was sitting on broke at that moment, and he instantly lost his balance, falling to the ground along with the stool.

This sudden turn of events startled the other two girls in the shop.

Almost instinctively, Firefly dropped the rag in her hand, quickly walked to Bai Luoming's side, and reached out to help Bai Luoming up.

Are you... are you alright?

The moment her hand touched Bai Luoming's arm, she felt that her Entropy Loss Syndrome had been suppressed to an extremely low level, and it was unlikely to relapse for a short period of time.

Every cell in her body seemed to be refilled, giving her a clear feeling of being alive.

Bai Luoming, with the help of Firefly, got up from the ground, grimacing and clutching his chest.

"Ouch— March 7th, you really went too far!" he complained painfully. "Just now, I felt like my Stellaron was almost blown apart."

His appearance instantly extinguished the anger that had just risen on March 7th.

She was just angered by his laughter and lost control of her strength.

But seeing him clutching his chest and grimacing now, all the anger she felt earlier had vanished, leaving only tenderness and regret.

On March 7th, she looked away, gently rubbing her fingers that had just thrown a punch, and lowered her voice.

"I'm so sorry... I just... I was just too excited..."

"If apologies were enough, what would be the point of the Seat of Divine Foresight?" Bai Luoming saw her expression and knew the time was right, so he grinned and moved closer.

He knew when to quit while he was ahead; although a pained expression still lingered on his face, he could no longer hide the smile in his eyes.

He leaned close to March 7th's ear and whispered something in his ear.

After hearing this, March 7th froze completely.

Upon hearing his words, March 7th's cheeks flushed red, even the tips of his ears turned red.

"You, you scoundrel!"

She pushed Bai Luoming away in embarrassment and annoyance, but didn't dare to use much force. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Firefly standing to the side, looking somewhat at a loss. She lowered her voice even further, with a hint of coquettishness.

There are outsiders here...

Firefly stood beside the two, watching them flirt and tease each other. One was making a fuss, and the other was laughing. She looked at March 7th, whose face was flushed and whose eyes were darting around, and then at Bai Luoming, who had a mischievous grin on his face and had gotten what he wanted. A strange pang of sadness rose in her heart.

She felt superfluous.

A lyric I'd heard somewhere kept popping into my head. "I should be under the car, not inside."

Noticing Firefly's downcast expression on March 7th, and realizing that he had been so engrossed in playing around with Bai Luoming, he quickly stopped smiling and apologized to Firefly:

"I'm sorry, how much was this chair? I'll pay for it."

After saying "March 7th," he hurriedly pulled out his Jade Abacus, scanned the QR code on the bar to pay, and didn't even listen carefully to the amount Firefly announced. He randomly entered a string of numbers and clicked confirm.

"Boss, keep the change!"

She left those words behind, grabbed Bai Luoming's wrist, and practically dragged him away from the barbecue restaurant.

The heavy windproof curtain fell, shutting out the noise outside and taking away the comforting feeling that made the Fireflies feel at ease.

She stood by the door until the sound of their footsteps faded away, then looked down at the empty doorway.

Then, Firefly slowly lowered her head and looked at the hand that had just supported Bai Luoming; the warmth seemed to still linger in her palm.

She gently curled her fingers, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

"Hey-hey."

Not long after the two left, the windproof curtain was lifted again.

The crisp sound of high heels clicking on the wooden floor echoed.

Kafka stepped into the shop and immediately noticed the table that Firefly hadn't had time to clear. She casually asked:

"Honey, did we have a guest just now?"

Upon seeing Kafka return to the shop, Firefly's silly grin immediately vanished. She nodded, reverting to her usual gentle demeanor. "Yes, two friends came over."

Kafka strolled closer, her gaze landing on Firefly.

With just one glance, she clearly noticed the changes in Firefly's body.

Firefly's face was still pale, but her breathing was more steady than usual, and a little light had returned to her eyes. The fatigue left by the long-term torment of illness had faded away.

This is clearly not right.

Kafka quickly stepped forward and grabbed Firefly's wrist.

The warmth in her hand felt so real that Kafka could even clearly feel the Firefly's strong and steady pulse.

"Baby, your Entropy Loss Syndrome..." Kafka's voice even trembled slightly.

Firefly had no intention of hiding anything and nodded frankly.