"...For this sort of thing, one side has to take the initiative. If it's not you, then it has to be the boss."
The elf girl's voice came from the room.
It was not particularly quiet, and he could hear it clearly.
Though he had no idea what they had been talking about before that, this one sentence alone was enough for Luo Chuan to infer quite a lot.
Could they be discussing the matter between him and Yao Ziyan?
Based on Luo Chuan's experience, that did seem like the most likely possibility.
And for some reason, Luo Chuan felt that Anno had deliberately said those words for him to hear. The elf girl seemed to have already noticed his arrival.
Elves had exceptionally sharp senses, after all. She had likely heard his footsteps while he was still climbing the stairs.
As it turned out, Luo Chuan's feeling had not been wrong.
When he reached the door, it was pushed open, and the elf girl's bright smiling face appeared. "Ah, Boss, you're here."
Yao Ziyan, meanwhile, sat there properly, looking somewhat nervous.
When Luo Chuan looked at her, she also gave him a faint smile.
"I was just passing by, passing by..."
Luo Chuan had a rather bad feeling and wanted to leave.
"Boss, don't go. Ziyan has something to tell you." Anno, however, grabbed his arm before he could move and pulled him into the room. "Then I'll head downstairs to mind the shop first."
After saying that, she left the room, thoughtfully closing the door behind her.
Luo Chuan stood while Yao Ziyan sat.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the room became somewhat delicate for a time.
The rain was gradually falling harder. Its pattering drifted faintly in through the window, like tangled thoughts—impossible to