Clean and Hygienic

Su Ze slept until 5 PM before waking up.

He lay on the bed, contemplating his next move.

His goal had always been to escape the Mu Kingdom, and now that he had, he suddenly felt a bit lost.

Evolving and growing stronger was a long-term objective.

In the short term, he needed to obtain a legal identity. No matter where he lived, a legal identity was essential.

Otherwise, he'd be like this, possessing billions but forced to hide in a cheap motel.

However, Su Ze had no leads or ideas on how to achieve this.

"I'll ask Liu Wenyin later."

Su Ze could tell that Liu Wenyin and Aunt Yun were not ordinary people and might be able to help him.

Once his identity issue was resolved, with his billions, the world was his oyster, and he could go anywhere except the Mu Kingdom.

Su Ze got out of bed, walked out of his room, and knocked on the door next door.

A moment later, Liu Wenyin opened the door and said to Su Ze, "You're finally awake. Come on, keep me company while I buy some food."

Hearing her say that, Su Ze suddenly felt hungry too and nodded, "Okay."

There would be plenty of time to talk after they ate.

As they walked and chatted, Su Ze asked, "How's Aunt Yun? Is she feeling better?"

"She rested for half the day and her spirits have improved a lot, but her body is too depleted. It's almost impossible for her to recover naturally."

Discussing this topic, Liu Wenyin couldn't help but feel down.

"There will definitely be a way. Don't think about it for now, let's fill our stomachs first," Su Ze changed the subject. "What do you want to eat?"

Liu Wenyin had a strange look on her face. "You probably haven't looked into Luofan Kingdom's food culture, have you? Eating here isn't about what you want to eat, but what you can tolerate."

"That serious?"

They left the hotel and immediately saw a milk tea shop across the street.

Unlike the brightly decorated milk tea shops he was used to, this was just a small stall set up at the entrance with two pots on a stand.

"Come on, I'll treat you to some milk tea."

Su Ze walked towards the milk tea stall. Liu Wenyin hesitated for a moment, but her craving for milk tea overcame her reason, and she followed.

When they got closer, they saw that in the two blackened, heavily seasoned large iron pots, one was boiling milk, and the other contained a pot of brown, unidentifiable liquid.

A thick layer of yellow seasoning was caked onto the inside of the iron pot. No one knew what it was. As the liquid in the pot boiled, a large amount of white foam churned up, mixed with black substances like crumbs and dregs.

The barefoot owner picked up one pot with one hand and held a blackened small strainer in the other, placing it over a similarly seasoned kettle. He then poured the unidentifiable liquid from the pot into the kettle through the strainer.

Finally, the owner poured the residue filtered by the strainer back into the pot, added milk, and continued to boil it...

"Are you... still going to drink it?" Su Ze turned to look at Liu Wenyin beside him.

Liu Wenyin didn't say a word and pulled him away.

The milk tea of the Luofan Kingdom successfully deterred a heavy milk tea enthusiast.

They arrived at a bustling street lined with many stalls and small eateries for dine-in customers.

However, after browsing around, they couldn't help but exclaim that it was truly an eye-opener.

Crispy balls with a toilet-like aroma.

Aloe vera juice with over a dozen mysterious seasonings, so tough you couldn't bite through it.

Generational old fried chicken.

Shaved ice with a hint of a foul smell.

Hand-rolled meatballs that looked like they were made by rubbing feet.

Hand-rolled peanuts with half a pound of saliva for every pound of peanuts.

It was truly... clean and hygienic!

After a long walk, they only bought some fruit.

They couldn't bring themselves to eat the food from the small stalls; it was too much for their own minds to handle.

The hygiene in the shops was slightly better, but for some reason, the people of Luofan Kingdom seemed to enjoy turning all sorts of ingredients into pastes of varying colors.

Yellow paste, red paste, green paste – it made them lose their appetite.

"Let's go, I'll just eat some fruit tonight," Liu Wenyin said listlessly.

"Wait, I'll go buy two grilled corn cobs."

A short while later, Su Ze returned with two grilled corn cobs covered in charcoal ash. This was the cleanest cooked food he could find.

Back at the hotel, Su Ze didn't rush back to his own room. Instead, he went into Liu Wenyin and Aunt Yun's room first.

Su Ze gave one grilled corn cob to Aunt Yun and ate the other himself. He had to admit, it was quite tasty.

After dinner, Liu Wenyin pulled up a stool and sat opposite Su Ze.

Seeing Liu Wenyin's posture, Su Ze knew it was time for them to have an open and honest conversation.

Their shared ordeal in the Black Rock Mountain Range had laid a foundation of trust, and currently, they could confirm they had a common enemy: the Netherworld Organization.

Su Ze had a request for Liu Wenyin and the forces behind her. He wanted to obtain a legal identity through them and gather some information about the Netherworld Organization.

Liu Wenyin, on the other hand, clearly had her own ideas about him. Perhaps she saw his potential, or perhaps for other reasons, she wanted to recruit him.

However, they knew too little about each other, making this frank discussion very necessary.

Liu Wenyin spoke first, asking, "What are your plans moving forward?"

"What plans could I have? I'm homeless and being hunted by the Netherworld Organization. I can only ask my sister to take me in," Su Ze replied, half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"Why is the Netherworld Organization hunting you?"

"They're after a Skill I possess and want to kill me to make an extract."

Liu Wenyin nodded, not pressing him on what the Skill was. She continued, "When I first met you, I suspected you were a rich young master who had run away from a prominent family. But after interacting with you these past few days, I feel you're both like and unlike that."

"You seem indifferent to money, your Skills are all top-tier and perfectly matched, and you know the secret affairs of the Mu Kingdom's upper echelons like the back of your hand. This fits the image of a runaway rich young master. However, I don't see any trace of naivety or immaturity in you. You're meticulous, composed, decisive, and you don't hesitate to kill. You're nothing like a flower grown in a greenhouse."

"Are you complimenting me?" Su Ze chuckled.

"You can think of it that way. But now I'm very curious, what is your true identity? Is Su Ze your real name?"

Su Ze pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you know about the murder of Princess Zhuzhi of the Mu Kingdom over a month ago?"

"I've heard something about it."

"The culprit was Zhao Lingxiao, the only son of Zhao Yuanyi, the Mu Kingdom's Minister of Finance. Because I look extremely similar to Zhao Lingxiao, the Zhao Family tried to make me a scapegoat, wanting me to take his punishment. However... I escaped, and Zhao Lingxiao is dead."

This was all Su Ze could say. His origins involved clones and transmigration, which were impossible to explain.

Liu Wenyin was taken aback, not expecting such an answer.

Immediately, she looked into Su Ze's eyes and asked, "How can I be sure you're not Zhao Lingxiao?"

Su Ze smiled and met her gaze without flinching. "Do you think I am?"