The moment Eileen saw Yu Sheng's expression change, she darted her head over. One sweep of her eyes across the screen told her what was going on. The little doll raised her head, her eyes gleaming with a look that clearly showed she loved watching things get messy. "Oh ho—what does it say? You refused to meet your online friend, so your online friend came to meet you..."
Yu Sheng had no time to bother with the doll's sarcastic remarks. He stared at the message on the screen, clicking his tongue in distress. "I'm telling you, I have a bad feeling about this. A really bad feeling..."
"Your spiritual intuition is going wild?"
"Not exactly, but maybe it's gone beyond its effective range." Yu Sheng looked serious and conflicted. "Maybe I'm overthinking it. It's not like the world has to be full of coincidences, right..."
"Then I can only agree. You're already this worried, after all." Eileen sat cross-legged on the table and looked at Yu Sheng curiously. "So how are you going to reply? Make up an excuse and refuse to meet? You're not that close anyway. Or you could open a random door and go live in the wilderness on some godforsaken planet for a few days, then say you went out for fieldwork. After all, if it really is that much of a coincidence, it'll be incredibly awkward."
"Easy for you to say. I'd rather face the online friend who's coming at me with a knife than go live in the wilderness on some godforsaken planet." Yu Sheng glared at the doll, then steeled himself. "Fine, I'll meet them. What's the worst that can happen? Besides, it might not be that much of a coincidence. And if it really is, that might actually be better. Then I