The Undelivered Gift

In front of a hotel.

"Is it because we're just three ordinary people that the hotel we're staying in is relatively ordinary?" Zhu Yufeng looked around. It was quite different from the luxury hotel they stayed in during their previous vacation. And thinking about it carefully, the arrangement of their identities this time was rather absurd...

A working-class older sister took her younger sister and her boyfriend on a trip...

Sakura calmly spoke with the receptionist and opened the room, which was a triple room.

"Huh? Why is it a triple room? Aren't double rooms available?" Elysia asked in surprise.

Sakura's eye twitched, and she glanced at Elysia, saying, "You two aren't even 10 years old yet, so stop thinking about such nonsense."

Elysia: "..."

Sakura, you're pretty quick at this, aren't you? Speaking of which, you've only been around for a year, right...? Ah, you've been faking your identity for a long time, huh? Never mind then.

The receptionist glanced at Elysia, who seemed to be arguing with her sister, and then at Zhu Yufeng, who was standing expressionlessly to the side, looking around at the hotel's interior.

I sighed inwardly, thinking how precious youth is.

Upon arriving at the room and confirming it was a safe area, Sakura decided to proceed according to the pre-arranged plan. As the representative of her group, she would first go to find Pardo and the others to exchange information at a designated location and arrange their subsequent actions. Zhu Yufeng, on the other hand, would go to meet Kevin at the agreed-upon location. Because of her false identity and her relationship with Zhu Yufeng, Elysia "naturally" insisted on going along.

"They came out on a trip together, but the boy abandoned his girlfriend and went off on his own. How can that be right?" Elysia said matter-of-factly.

Zhu Yufeng and Ying exchanged a glance and decided to let it be.

On the way to the agreed location, Elysia asked, "Speaking of Lilith... Maple, how are your accommodations arranged when you go on missions?"

"Well," Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia, "It's nothing much, basically it's one side for men and one side for women."

Elysia said with some surprise, "I thought you would be sharing a room with Lilith."

Zhu Yufeng rolled her eyes and said, "At first, I wouldn't dare let Lilith share a room with me. Our relationship improved after the Eighth Herrscher Incident... Before that, she wanted to kill me."

Elysia: "?"

Although she knew there were many things between Lilith and Maple that she didn't know, wasn't this news a bit too outrageous?

"Lilith ... I think maybe she should tell you herself. After all, I can't just reveal other people's secrets." Zhu Yufeng looked at Elysia. "Besides, I feel that she doesn't have a bad impression of you. In fact, she likes you quite a bit. If you ask her, she should tell you."

As for how much Lilith will say and what she will say, that depends on how much affection Lilith has for Elysia.

He was confident that Lilith would speak, because during their previous encounter, he could tell that Lilith's attitude towards Elysia was genuine, and that she truly harbored feelings for her.

Lilith would definitely agree if Elysia were willing to be friends with her.

"You two really know each other well." Elysia's expression was somewhat complicated. "Lilith ... I don't actually dislike her... Let's not talk about this. I have another question I want to know the answer to from you."

"Ask away, I'll answer everything I know," Zhu Yufeng said. "I've said this before, I'll tell you everything I can to answer your question."

"Maple, do you still remember the only gift you ever gave me?" Elysia said.

Zhu Yufeng was silent for a moment, then said, "I should apologize to you. I know it was a gift you prepared with great care, but..."

"Stop." Elysia gestured for a pause. "I know that the distance between you and me back then couldn't be bridged by a single gift. What I'm trying to say is, did you prepare a gift for my birthday after that?"

"Why did you suddenly ask this?" Zhu Yufeng remembered that back then, he had prepared a gift, but because he was afraid to face her, he stood in front of Elysia's door for a long time before giving up.

Elysia clasped her hands behind her back, her fingers intertwined, and said, "It's just... I suddenly remembered that you once promised me that you would give me a gift more beautiful than Eden, and that birthday would be... my last birthday."

Zhu Yufeng immediately said, "That won't be your last birthday. We've started over, and there's still a long way to go."

After a moment of silence, he said, "The dream you had on the train a few days ago was related to this, wasn't it?"

Elysia nodded gently.

"Indeed, I promised you." Zhu Yufeng looked away. "Although there may be no evidence to prove it, I did prepare a gift."

"A long dress?" Elysia asked.

Zhu Yufeng was taken aback. How did Elysia know?

"Did you stand outside my door for a long time?" Elysia continued to ask.

Zhu Yufeng: "..."

How did Elysia know? It couldn't have been something she dreamed about... That's the only possibility, right?

Seeing Zhu Yufeng's expression, Elysia suddenly felt very sad. She took a few steps in front of Zhu Yufeng, bent down and smiled, saying, "It seems I have gotten the answer I wanted."

That dress is quite cute.

Zhu Yufeng tilted his head, sighed, and decided not to answer, because he felt that Elysia already knew.

After a while, the two arrived at the meeting point Kevin had designated. Zhu Yufeng looked inside and saw a white-haired man eating noodles. He shrugged helplessly at Elysia and said, "Actually, I don't really understand why Kevin is so obsessed with eating noodles."

"I think you two are actually pretty much the same," Elysia said, looking at Zhu Yufeng with narrowed eyes. "It's just that Kevin is obsessed with eating noodles, while you're quite obsessed with eating rice."

As Kevin entered the noodle shop, he had just finished a bowl of noodles when he noticed someone behind him. He turned around and looked back.

Kevin: "?"

Why is Elysia also doing this?

Kevin paused for a moment, then said, "Me and May..."

"You two are an exception," Elysia quickly interjected. "Maple and I are just ordinary lovers this time, just ordinary lovers!"

Kevin: "..."

He had nothing to say.

Zhu Yufeng glanced around. He couldn't help but feel that someone was watching him or that some kind of organization was spying on him when he was on a mission like this.

"There's no need to be too careful," Kevin said. "This organization's reach doesn't extend to this area."

"Fine, just think I'm being paranoid." Zhu Yufeng sat down and ordered a bowl of noodles from the owner. Kevin then ordered the second bowl of noodles.

Elysia: "..."

Are these two planning to talk while eating noodles? Wouldn't it be a bit odd if she didn't eat noodles?

Never mind, she can order a bowl of noodles too.