Chaos City. The three-person gaming team led by Azure Luan King arrived before Huaxia Restaurant. She looked around at the entrance. "Huh? Didn't Xi say she'd already arrived? Why don't I see her?"
She had the other two go inside first while she prepared to contact her friend Xi. Just then, the owner of Huaxia Restaurant, who had been lying in a rocking chair by the entrance with a palm-leaf fan covering her face, suddenly sat up. She quietly slipped behind Azure Luan King and unexpectedly slapped her on the back!
"Holy crap, you scared the hell out of me!" Startled by Xue Xi's move, Azure Luan King leapt backward. It wasn't that she was timid—Xue Xi had completely concealed her aura. Someone suddenly patting her from behind like that... who could handle it?
She did recognize the famous restaurant owner. Though she had no idea why the owner was playing such a little prank on her, she was not angry in the slightest. "It's the owner! I'll head in shortly. I'm still waiting for a friend, hahaha."
Seeing Azure Luan King's awkward laugh, Xue Xi could not help snorting with laughter. She draped an arm over the somewhat flustered Azure Luan King's shoulder. "Hahaha, I'm dying here. A-Luan, you still haven't recognized me?"
Azure Luan King looked utterly confused. Aside from her gaming friend Xi, no one in her social circle called her that. Her eyes widened in disbelief. "You... Owner, could you be...?"
Xue Xi directly revealed her in-game ID, leaving Azure Luan King so shocked that she could not close her mouth.
What kind of concept was that? You had been chatting happily with an online friend, only to learn that they were also an official. So you agreed to attend court together—only to arrive and discover