"Is there something you need?" The woman turned to look at Xu Huo, a faint warning in her eyes.
"Nothing," Xu Huo repeated, patting her shoulder twice. "It's fate that brought us together. I'd like to treat you and your friends to a meal."
The woman's eyes went vacant for an instant, but she quickly came back to her senses. Now, she looked at Xu Huo with wariness. "Come on, big brother, I was just joking. Besides, it was only a piece of pink amber."
"You came knocking, so naturally I have to play host." Xu Huo still didn't take his hand away. His gaze drifted across different parts of the mall, accurately pinpointing the locations of several of her companions.
There was no way she could leave. She couldn't exit the Dungeon or use long-distance teleportation items, so the woman had no choice but to accept her lot. However, instead of calling her companions over, she signaled for them to leave.
In the blink of an eye, they disappeared into the crowd. Once they had put some distance between themselves, they spread out around the pair.
Almost nothing that happened within a thousand meters of Xu Huo escaped his notice. Of course, he knew they hadn't gone far, so he didn't mind that only the woman stayed. He took her to a barbecue restaurant in the mall and signaled that the three guides could leave.
The guide was shameless, but he understood that Players weren't to be trifled with. Without a word, he led the other two away.
Inside the specialty barbecue restaurant, fresh meat sizzled on the grill. Sitting across from the woman, Xu Huo flipped the meat as he asked, "Can you handle spicy food?"
The woman gave him a suspicious look, then leaned forward and rested