"Congratulations to you both. Since you are the first lucky customers at our themed restaurant today to personally touch the White Dolphin, our establishment is presenting you with tickets to Jellyfish Amusement Park. Please keep them safe."
Not long after Tiandao and Caroline finished lunch,
A staff member Tiandao had arranged beforehand arrived right on cue, handing Tiandao and Caroline two tickets to Jellyfish Amusement Park.
Seeing this, Caroline suddenly broke into a brilliant smile.
Before Tiandao could even play along, she spoke in a coy, sugary voice that had never appeared on her before. "Oh, really? Then we're so very lucky."
"..."
With heaven and earth as his witness, Tiandao had to admit that Caroline was incredibly skilled at pointing at the mulberry tree while cursing the locust.
She seemed to have said nothing, yet she had actually said everything!
If she had not already seen through everything, with Caroline's eternally icy personality,
How could she possibly wear such an exaggerated smile while speaking in such a silly, sweet voice?
She was absolutely knocking him into line!
"What's wrong, Tiandao? Aren't we going? These tickets are only valid today."
Caroline held up the two Jellyfish Amusement Park tickets and playfully waved them in front of Tiandao like a fan.
After a brief daze, Tiandao decisively stood up.
"Of course we're going! Why turn down a free bargain?"
"Asshole."
Caroline smiled as she picked up where Tiandao left off, then departed Sunken Ship Grand Restaurant with him.
What Caroline herself failed to notice was—
Today, she was not only far livelier than usual, but there were also far more smiles on her face than before.
When someone wore a mask for too long, they unconsciously forgot who they originally were.
Perhaps it was not that Caroline's change today was too