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Plane trees lined both sides of the road, their dense leaves scattering dappled sunlight.

Temperature: 37°C.

Outside Maxim Cafe.

Hayato panted as he parked and locked his shared bicycle. Sweat had soaked his hair, making it cling together in strands, while his handsome face was flushed from the intense exercise. He wiped himself with the back of his hand, revealing a smile brighter than the sun.

"Wow~~~"

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

Hayato turned his head and saw a woman who weighed at least two hundred pounds openly sizing him up with her eyes, as though she wanted to swallow him whole. Beside her, a pretty boy in heavy smoky makeup leaned against her round, ham-like—no, arm-like—limb, looking all delicate and demure.

The pretty boy tapped the fat woman with his tiny fists and said coquettishly, "Darling, how could you flirt with other men right in front of me? How awful~~~"

Hayato's mind 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.

Hayato decided these people were not to be messed with. As he was about to lock up his shared bicycle and make a quick escape—

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

Suddenly—

A loud shout startled Hayato. A young male waiter in a cafe uniform stood atop the tall steps, looking down at him.

"This is the cafe's designated parking area. Only customers who spend money at the cafe can use it. Maxim's is Tianhe's most upscale cafe, not somewhere any stray cat or dog can afford to visit. Move your crappy bicycle right now, or suffer the consequences!"

The waiter's eyes brimmed with mockery and disdain.

That unprovoked sense