On a bright, breezy morning, Times Square was packed with people.
Inside Lakeside Cafe, Shen Lang sat by the window scrolling through his phone, occasionally glancing at the crowds outside.
Shen Lang had only recently remembered that this was the cafe where he had gone on his first blind date with the daughter of one of his mother Cheng Lijuan's card-playing friends.
That blind date had naturally fallen through. Then Shen Lang rented a place in Fulung Garden, where he met and had an encounter with the incredibly wealthy Landlady.
Yet Shen Lang always felt that something was off about how that encounter had happened.
It was not just how he had met the Landlady. Even when it came to meeting his other girlfriends, Shen Lang always had an indescribable feeling.
Shen Lang had gone to the hospital for his final follow-up examination last week. The doctor said there was no longer anything visibly wrong with Shen Lang's brain, and Shen Lang had indeed remembered everything he had forgotten before.
Yet Shen Lang still felt that there were some rather important things he had failed to recall.
Just then, a beautiful figure flashed past the window.
A woman in a black lace top stood outside, beaming as she raised her nimble fingers and quickly waved at Shen Lang a few times.
The woman's black lace top was rather short, revealing her delicate, fair collarbones and the faint curve of her cleavage, as well as a glimpse of her smooth waist. A costly limited-edition handbag hung from her shoulder.
She wore sheer black pants below, and her long, evenly shaped legs were clad in glossy, translucent black stockings.
As she walked, the black stockings over her thighs visibly stretched taut, causing the cafe's passing patrons to linger over the sight.
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