Mei felt like she was being foolish. Wasn't it perfectly normal to go straight home after returning from a trip? She had followed him without thinking, never expecting things to become this awkward.
Thankfully, Zhao Bai turned back and firmly refused her.
"You wait outside. Don't come in."
There were traces of Theresa's life in there. After being away for so long, the place was definitely littered with snack wrappers.
Mei absolutely could not be allowed to see them.
After unpacking his luggage, Zhao Bai hurried off to open the restaurant. Mei returned to her dorm and took out her inherited famous sword from her room, the divine weapon of Hokushin Itto-ryu.
Famous Sword Beichen.
Its cold gleam was like an autumn stream, its chill imposing, as though frost flowed across the blade.
It truly was a rare and precious weapon.
What brilliance would Famous Sword Beichen display in the kitchen?
"I definitely won't let you down!"
Mei was brimming with excitement.
Kiana was in the living room, sitting beside the coffee table and painfully catching up on her homework. She looked up at Mei, and the pencil twisting laboriously in her hand suddenly stopped.
"Mei, are you going to chop someone up?"
The hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
The excitement bursting from Mei's eyes made Kiana feel the same way. She tossed aside her pencil, sprang to her feet, and clenched both hands into fists.
"Who are we chopping? Count me in."
"Kiana, stay home and finish your homework. I'm just going out to buy groceries, not chop anyone."
Buying groceries with a sword?
The words reached Kiana's lips, but she suddenly could not say them.
Mei rushed out the door. Her usual grace and gentleness vanished completely into the wind, never to be found again.
Zhao Bai