No one knew what White Boss Bai Yue Kui thought after receiving the enormous bills from all the different shops and snack stalls in Dragonbone Village. Annie didn't want to know, either!
Maybe she felt guilty. Maybe she was afraid of the trouble?
Whatever the reason!
After handing the little girl, 9033, whom she'd rescued from the Lighthouse, over to Bai Yue Kui to look after, Annie deliberately went into hiding. For two whole days, she didn't dare show her face.
Then, on the third day, she discovered that nearly every merchant in Dragonbone Village seemed to have made the same unspoken decision: they wouldn't let her run up a tab anymore!
More precisely, they wouldn't let her put anything on White Boss Bai's account.
It seemed that overnight, they'd all received an official notice from some poor sucker?
So, with her food supply about to be "cut off," Annie had no choice but to find the person who'd lost a bet to her and make them honor their promise by treating her to a big meal.
However, when she arrived at the "Food Is Steel" restaurant with Xia Dou and a little one who'd heard about the free meal and come running, the chubby proprietress stepped forward and blocked their way.
"Little Annie..."
"I'm happy to have you come by every day, but Boss Bai said last night..."
"She said nobody's allowed to put anything on her tab anymore?"
"So..."
"If you don't have money, then I can't serve you today."
As she spoke, she stood in the passage with a ladle in hand and her arms folded, clearly telling them, "If you don't have money, you can leave now."
"..."
Annie had already prepared for this!
So before the proprietress could say anything else, she yanked out the