The promised third collapse, where is it?!!

Just like the "Big Three," this young woman, who claimed to be married, was essentially still a maiden who had never experienced intimacy.

That being said, Kiana didn't shout "You're still a virgin!" but rather "You're lying!"

This was the shrewdness of a young girl. If you give the other party a reason to doubt them, they can find ways to cover it up, and then you'll be back to arguing.

She decided to bluff first and see the other party's reaction before deciding on her next move.

As expected, Bronya was completely thrown off.

She exchanged a glance with Qingye and the nouveau riche who looked her way. Qingye gave a slight nod.

"You!"

With an expression of injustice, she stood up, intending to question and test them. Suddenly, she met a pair of eyes filled with rumbling thunder.

It was Mei.

Realizing she had been tricked, the Raiden Queen stared at her, her icy gaze as if appraising a dead person.

Qingye's knees went weak. She stumbled back two steps, the harsh words that were about to escape her lips crushed in her throat.

A while later, watching the pathetic figures of the two being led away by the patrol officers, Kiana stuck out her tongue and said, "Nyah nyah, you rotten liar, may your whole family die!"

Even while cursing, she was still lively and cute.

Mei withdrew her bone-chilling gaze and forced a smile. "Kiana, how did you know they were running a honey trap?"

It wasn't her fault. Those two had actually used the despicable trick her own father had devised to scam innocent bystanders for their sympathy.

In such a situation, it was already remarkable that the young lady managed to restrain herself from drawing her sword.

"This..."

The white-haired furball proudly handed over the glasses.

Mei, having composed herself, took them and put them on.

Noticing the large, prominent zero above Kiana's head, she tilted her head. "What is this number?"

"It's the glasses that let you see how many times you've done it," Kiana replied.

Compared to Miss Raiden, who grew up in a Confucian cultural sphere, Kiana was less reserved when discussing such matters.

She briefly explained the function of the Curio. Mei's face, as expected, grew hot, like a ripe, red apple.

"Th-this, this, this!"

She was dumbfounded.

Namu san, what kind of perverse thing is this?!

"Shy Mei is so cute," Kiana teased. "Actually, it's okay. The first time I found out its effect, my reaction wasn't much different from yours, Mei. I thought, 'Holy crap, what kind of perverted Curio is this?!' and instinctively wanted to destroy it inhumanely... But then I thought about it, I'm not someone who doesn't care about myself, and besides, this thing is in my hands now, so of course, only I get to look at others!"

"No, no, no, I wasn't talking about that!"

Mei frantically took off the glasses and put them on Kiana, while forcefully turning her head aside.

The girl then saw a vast golden cloud of numbers drifting towards them from afar.

"Oh dear, it's a commercial street, why are the public restrooms so far away?" Fu Li, walking towards them, complained to the girls. "If I were the designer, I'd build plenty of these convenient facilities that benefit the country and the people. But with me being so conscientious, those capitalists would never allow it... What's with your expressions?"

"Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, o-o-o-one, a million?!"

Gazing up at the string of numbers above Fu Li's head, Kiana and Mei were speechless.

Wow! A golden legend!

"What's wrong?"

The golden legend subconsciously leaned closer.

"Y-you, don't come over here!"

The girls huddled together, their faces full of terror, backing away repeatedly. They looked at him as if he were a beast.

"I warn you, don't be cryptic."

Fu Li bent down, picked up the Curio glasses they had dropped on the ground, and put them on.

He gained a touch of scholarly elegance, making Mei, who had a soft spot for that sort of thing, blush slightly.

Kiana, who had promptly handed him a makeup mirror, was fortunate not to have witnessed this scene, otherwise, Fu Li's head would have likely been in danger again (meaning, being gnawed on further).

A moment later, Fu Li, having learned the effect of the Curio, was so angry he could barely breathe. "I say, you two young ladies, don't you think you should use those clever little heads of yours to carefully consider how old I am this year?"

Kiana raised her little hand. "Sixteen! I'm a high school student!"

Fu Li continued, "Sixteen years old, 365 days a year, even adding 4 extra days for leap years, how many days is that in total?"

"5844 days." This was Miss Raiden, who had excellent math scores.

"Yes, that's right, 5844 days," Fu Li choked out. "So, I ask you, how on earth did I manage to do that kind of thing over a million times in just over five thousand days? Even if I did it with someone a hundred times a day on average since birth, it wouldn't be enough. Am I the one who can control time, or are the women I do it with able to control time?"

Kiana rubbed her chin, raised her face, and grinned. "That's true, and who in the Honkai world can control time?"

She tiptoed and gently patted the boy's shoulder a few times. "Alright then! I misunderstood you, A Li!"

Mei also went behind Fu Li, reaching out her hands to massage his tense shoulders. "Alright, don't be angry. If you stay angry any longer, you won't even be able to eat."

Fu Li snorted.

At the same time, on the other side—

Arriving at an open space in front of a building, the "police officer" who had taken away the scam duo respectfully unlocked Qing Ye's handcuffs.

He looked at Bronya, who was also handcuffed beside him.

"Not needed."

As soon as the words left her mouth, the white wrists bound by silver rings, along with the clothes, rapidly shrank.

A moment later, Bronya, having returned to her original size, slowly floated up.

She gave a soft order: "Disperse the crowd. Notify everyone in the shop to prepare. Remember not to alarm Raiden Mei and her group."

Since the plan to lure the Gem of Conquest's original body into the encirclement had failed, their only option now was a direct confrontation.

"Yes!"

The assembled troops saluted loudly. After everyone had dispersed, Qing Ye, who remained, glanced at his superior's loosely hanging jacket and suddenly said, "Captain Bronya, um, your clothes—"

"Is there a problem?"

"N-no!"

"You carry out your orders too."

"Yes!"

After she also left, Bronya, now alone, raised her small hand and secretly placed it on the sunken white shirt on her chest.

"They'll grow."

She repeated.

"If they don't grow, Bronya will eliminate all the giant Fu Li-like beings in the world."

She swore through gritted teeth.

Chapter 45: "Holy crap! There's poison in the tofu!"

After welcoming back Fu Baiwan, who returned like lightning, the three of them put their heads together and decided to find an old, reputable restaurant for a meal.

They took many turns and twists, finally finding a Chinese restaurant in a small alley called "Qingzhou Yansui Hall · Songshan."

As soon as Kiana sat down, she eagerly ordered the restaurant's most classic Mapo Tofu. After the menu went around, everyone else also picked a few dishes they liked.

"Let me see," the waitress, dressed in a modern, modified qipao, picked up the menu. "Deep-fried river shrimp, Eight-treasure stuffed duck, Sea cucumber with shrimp roe, Pork tripe with grass, Stir-fried eel, Candied soft-shelled turtle, Oil-marinated crab, Pan-fried river eel, Crab roe and shrimp... "

She looked up and kindly advised, "If I may be so bold, the three of you are indeed in your growing years, but ordering this much might be a bit..."

"It's fine!" Kiana waved her small hand. "All expenses today will be covered by Young Master Fu Li!"

Fu Li, playing along, pulled out a wad of Yukichi Fukuzawa bills and slapped them on the table. Mei then took off the curio glasses hanging from her chest and put them on him like sunglasses, acting like a sycophant.

"That's not the issue," the waitress said with a wry smile. "I meant that you might want to order as you eat to avoid unnecessary waste."

"We should really let that guy from earlier see my sister's service attitude!" Kiana huffed indignantly. "You look new, miss. Are you a new employee?"

"Yes, I am," the waitress replied with a straight face.

"No wonder you'd ask that. But don't worry!" The girl, a regular at this establishment, confidently tilted her chin. "As long as it's on the menu, we can eat it all, not a single bit will go to waste!"

"It's 'you' who can eat it all. Mei and I aren't little pigs like Kiana."

"Are you going to die if you don't talk? Are you going to die?"

"I'll go crazy."

"Why are you so annoying, tell me?"

Kiana, puffing out her cheeks, turned around and saw that the waitress had already gone back to the kitchen to report.

As Kiana looked over, the waitress also gave her a sad look, as if to say, Can you two lovebirds show off your affection somewhere else? Can you stop shoving your PDA down my throat?

Time ticked by, and before long, the Mapo Tofu, ordered first, was brought to the table.

The three of them looked in unison at the bubbling, crimson lava in the center of the table. They raised their heads and exchanged glances.

"A Li, you eat."

"You're the one who ordered this," Fu Li said expressionlessly.

"Then, Mei?"

"Kiana, you are my dearest friend," the girl said with a benevolent smile like the Virgin Mary.

"Precisely because you're my dearest friend, I want to give you something better."

Kiana solicitously scooped some tofu with a spoon, held it carefully in her hand, and offered it to Mei. "Here, ah—"

Her expression was super expectant! Her big eyes were blinking!

"You really can't help it," Mei chided her, but she still tucked her loose hair behind her ear and opened her soft, tender lips. "Ah—"

From Fu Li's perspective, he could see a small, lilac tongue peeking out from behind silver teeth.

It was quite a pleasing sight.

"A Li! Look at that!"

"Hm?"

Fu Li, who had been admiring the beautiful girl, followed the direction Kiana was pointing. Suddenly, something appeared in his mouth.

"Hee hee~"

Kiana retracted her empty spoon, triumphantly wiping her nose with her thumb.

"As the generous host who treated us to this meal, this first taste of the soup definitely belongs to our esteemed A Li!" She winked her sapphire blue eyes, a mischievous grin spreading across her face as she got up and moved closer to him. "This is a 'serviced' by a beautiful girl, you know? How does it taste?"

Before Fu Li could respond, he sputtered, "Ptooey!"

He spat out everything he had just eaten onto the back of the opposite chair.

Fortunately, Kiana had already moved beside him, or that mouthful would have definitely landed right on her face.

Kiana's expression soured. "Don't you actually spit it out!"

She had found this place and brought them here, so she had naturally tried everything on the menu.

The Mapo Tofu, despite its overly festive appearance, was actually fragrant, smooth, crispy, and numbing when eaten, making one crave more.

In other words, the girl's feeding him was a genuine gesture of thanks to Fu Li.

For a foodie, the first and last bite of every meal were treasures among treasures!

'Hmph! I'm never feeding you again, you stinky Li! Stinky pear!

Angrily, she picked up her spoon again, scooped another spoonful from the plate, and brought it to her lips, intending to vent her frustration.

'Smack!'