Watching Shokuhou Misaki stare at the cakes in the glass display case with eyes that seemed to sparkle with stars, Fang Li could not help but furrow his brow slightly.
A sense of incongruity began to arise within Fang Li.
Fang Li considered himself far from exceptionally intelligent, but the peculiar nature of his soul had given him many values and personality traits that differed from others since childhood. His powers of observation and judgment, however, were superior.
During his time at Armed Detective High School, Fang Li had also learned the most basic investigative techniques in the Detective Department, making him extremely perceptive when it came to observing other people's mental states.
And Fang Li could clearly see it in Shokuhou Misaki's eyes.
He saw a faint bewilderment deeply hidden within her heart.
It was the bewilderment born from finding everything unfamiliar.
Moreover, among the things she had just said to him was one particular sentence.
"Do you know me?"
That question sounded utterly baffling.
Why would Shokuhou Misaki say something like that?
Was she pretending to know him just so she could grab a random person to buy what she wanted?
But with Shokuhou Misaki's ability, if she truly wanted to do that, there was no need to go through so much trouble. She could simply use Mental Master to control Fang Li's mind and take his wallet. Or she could just control the clerk and get what she wanted for free.
In other words, Shokuhou Misaki seemed to be somewhat abnormal right now.
Looking at Shokuhou Misaki, whose gaze was fixed elsewhere while her hand tightly gripped his as though clutching a lifeline, Fang Li temporarily buried his doubts and turned toward the store.
"Excuse me, is anyone here?"
The moment Fang Li finished speaking, a clerk