Magic 1/2

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Lush tulip trees lined both sides of the road, sunlight filtering through the leaves in scattered flecks.

Temperature: 37°C.

Outside Maxim Cafe.

Cao Xuan panted as he parked and locked his shared bike. Sweat had soaked his hair, plastering it into strands, and his handsome face was flushed from the intense exercise. He wiped himself with the back of his hand and flashed a smile brighter than the sun.

"Wow~~~"

A woman exclaimed dramatically, "Handsome! I like him!"

Cao Xuan turned his head and saw a woman who weighed at least two hundred pounds openly sizing him up, as though she wanted to swallow him whole. Beside her, a pretty boy in smoky makeup leaned against her round haunch—no, her arm—with the air of a delicate little bird.

The pretty boy lightly pounded the fat woman with his tiny fists and whined sweetly, "Darling, how can you flirt with other men right in front of me? So annoying~~~"

Cao Xuan felt as though his mind had suffered ten thousand points of critical damage. The only reason he did not throw up on the spot was because he had not eaten much.

Fortunately, he had not eaten much.

Cao Xuan decided he could not afford to provoke them. He was about to lock up the shared bike and make a quick escape.

"Hey, you! You can't park there!"

Suddenly—

A loud shout startled Cao Xuan. A young male waiter in the cafe's uniform stood atop the high steps, looking down at him.

"This is the cafe's private parking area. Only customers who spend money here can use it. Maxim is Tianhe's most upscale cafe, not somewhere any stray cat or dog can afford to visit. Move your piece-of-junk bike now, or face the consequences!"

The waiter's eyes brimmed with