"Mr. Li Ang?"
Li Ang hadn't expected anyone to call out to him when he walked into the restaurant.
And it was a man, too.
Li Ang didn't know any men, did he?
He turned around and raised an eyebrow. He really did know the guy.
"Clark?"
The person who'd called him was Clark Kent.
"Hello."
A gentle-looking woman stood beside Clark. She was very beautiful and wore a long dress.
The two of them were clearly on a date.
"This is Lois Lane, my... colleague," Clark said, looking a little embarrassed.
He hadn't become Superman yet, and Li Ang hadn't heard any news from Metropolis.
So Clark hadn't recognized Kara either.
Li Ang deliberately waited a moment and realized Clark really didn't know Kara.
That was perfectly normal. He'd come to Earth before he could remember, and for the first few decades of his life, he hadn't even known he was an alien.
So of course he wouldn't recognize Kara.
As for Kara...
She didn't recognize Clark either.
She'd come to Earth to find her "younger cousin." Did he even know what "younger cousin" meant?
Kal-El was more than ten years younger than her!
She'd never have dreamed that after being trapped in the Phantom Zone for what seemed like a little while, her cousin would have grown up so much.
The only way they might realize the other was Kryptonian would be if they looked at each other with Super Vision.
But after living among humans for so long, neither of them used their powers in everyday life.
Li Ang introduced them. "This is Kara, this is Ciri, and this is Rachel."
"My goddaughters."
Lois Lane gave him a curious look.
What was going on here?
As a reporter, she instinctively felt that something was off.
"Are you