I Would Never Fall for a Wimp Like You~

The carriage never stopped along the way, while Su Mu rode his own vehicle behind them.

They did not stop until they reached the Outer City, where Su Mu parked his vehicle at the entrance of the Modification Factory.

After all, without certification, his vehicle could not enter the city.

The carriage driven by the coachman was also quite comfortable inside the city, with no bumps along the way. Jiang Nannan's mother's condition had basically stabilized.

Su Mu boarded the carriage again and watched the scenery slide backward until they reached the Inner City of Heaven Dou City.

This was his first time entering the Inner City in six years.

The smooth, grayish-white, solid city walls were completely different from the surrounding buildings, which were merely piled together from sheet metal, wooden boards, or bricks.

Once they passed through the dark tunnel beneath the city walls, the bustling Inner City came into view.

Su Mu could not help leaning his head out to look at the scene outside. Though it was still far inferior to the grand shopping malls of his previous life,

this liveliness was something he had not seen in years.

While he was lost in thought, Tang Ya grabbed Su Mu by the shoulder.

"How is it, little boss? Doesn't the Inner City feel pretty nice?"

"How about you set up a stall in the Inner City from now on? Bei Bei and I can find you a spot."

"With your flavors, you'll steal all the Inner City's customers."

As Tang Ya spoke, Su Mu secretly made up his mind that one day, he would set up a stall in the Inner City.

As for what Tang Ya had said, he had not heard a word of it.

Under Bei Bei's directions, the carriage turned left and right until it arrived at a relatively secluded alley.

As everyone got out, Bei Bei opened the door, revealing a courtyard resembling a small traditional quadrangle residence.

In the middle stood a crystal-clear fountain, slowly spraying water onto the blooming lotus flowers below.

"Come on, Jiang Nannan. You and Auntie can stay in this room first."

"Little Su Mu, we still have a side room. You can stay across from Tang Ya and me."

Bei Bei pointed at a room on the second floor. Su Mu nodded and tightened the bowstring behind him.

After all, he was living under someone else's roof now, and this place was far better than his old house that leaked cold air.

Everyone helped Jiang Nannan carry her mother into the room and laid her on the bed, then moved all their belongings inside.

Bei Bei pulled everyone back out into the courtyard. Listening to the gentle babble of the water, he said,

"I'll visit a healing-type Soul Master later. His Soul Power Level is not low, so he should be able to help."

"I'll write a letter later. We might get a reply in a couple of days."

"Before that, I'll invite a healing Soul Master from Heaven Dou City to come take a look."

As he spoke, Jiang Nannan nodded.

After all, there was nothing she could do now except listen to Bei Bei, a proper nobleman, if he had a good solution.

She could not help with anything here. All she could do was care for her mother and clean the courtyard.

Tang Ya waved a hand. "All right, go ahead. I'll take Little Su Mu out for a stroll."

"I've been itching to start that business we talked about last time. It's been so long since I had little boss Su Mu's fried chicken."

"Let's see whether there are any stalls for rent in Heaven Dou City's Inner City. If the price is right, we'll rent one."

"We can make some money while we're at it, then get the little boss a wife. Isn't that right, Little Su Mu?"

As Tang Ya spoke, she pinched Su Mu's soft, tender cheek.

Tang Ya giggled, thinking she had gotten away with it, but when she looked up, she saw Jiang Nannan's cheeks glowing red like a bubble teapot.

"Nannan, why are you blushing? It's not like I said I'd find you a child husband."

"Don't tell me! You want to rob the cradle?"

"Do you like the little boss?"

Tang Ya immediately leaned close to Jiang Nannan's face and pressed her for an answer.

Jiang Nannan hurriedly waved her hands. "No, no! How could I possibly like him?"

Realizing she had said the wrong thing, Jiang Nannan immediately looked toward Su Mu,

only to find Su Mu looking back at her with an utterly baffled expression.

Though he knew Jiang Nannan had probably misspoken in her panic, hearing those words with his own ears still made him feel rather upset, as if he had been dealt a blow.

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant. Su Mu is great. Who wouldn't accept him?"

"I didn't mean that I disliked Su Mu."

Jiang Nannan hurriedly explained.

Tang Ya, however, looked as though she had suddenly understood. With her hands behind her back, she turned away from everyone and said, "So that's it. You like the little boss."

"What's wrong with saying it? Don't hide it away. If you like someone, you have to say it out loud."

"Love until death, haven't you heard that lyric?"

As Tang Ya spoke, the tense and mournful atmosphere caused by Jiang Nannan's mother's serious illness was instantly eased.

Su Mu could not help applauding. Whatever else, Tang Ya's ability to lighten the mood was clearly a top-tier talent.

Once the laughter died down, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Su Mu, and Jiang Nannan went their separate ways.

Jiang Nannan stayed at the residence to care for her mother and clean the rooms, wiping the tables and windows.

Bei Bei left along the small path, seemingly to write a letter, or perhaps to meet someone.

As for Tang Ya, she carefreely dragged Su Mu to a Food Street.

Yet after taking only a few steps, Su Mu saw the sign from the Outer City again. Three words were written on it: KFC?

He had not paid much attention to it before, but now a familiar figure stood at the entrance of KFC?.

With a look of disgust, Saifeier tossed the hamburger bun she had crushed into crumbs onto the counter, then put her hands on her hips.

She was still dressed in her usual fitted combat outfit, without the slightest trace of the ladylike appearance she had worn when they first met.

Her gaze swept the room and landed on the few ugly fried-chicken shop employees inside. She snapped, "The moment I entered your shop, I found three problems."

"First, I asked for cola. What is this black, sour stuff you gave me? Did you mix vinegar into it?"

"If you want to copy someone else, at least learn what flavor they're selling."

"Second, is this burger bun made of wood shavings? It crumbled the moment I squeezed it. It's nothing like what that little boss at the outer-district stall sells."

"And you have the nerve to charge money for this!"

"Third, this is already the flagship store. How much longer is that Gao bastard going to keep putting on an act?"

"Gao Huazhishou, get out here!"

Saifeier splashed the so-called black cola—a mixture of water, vinegar, honey, and rock sugar—into the frying vat inside.

Oil immediately splattered everywhere. The employees all hid to the side, and the entire place fell so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop.

"Fei'er, why are you here? You came to my shop without telling me. I could've sent someone to pick you up."

A man in a striped blue suit slowly descended the spiral staircase from the second floor.

His slicked-back hair was so greasy it looked like it could fry vegetables.

"Are these the people who caused trouble that day?"

"Why does the Modification Factory owner's wife seem a little different now?"

Su Mu watched. Last time, she had merely been an ordinary Outer City shop owner, yet now she dared to confront someone so arrogantly in the Inner City.

It seemed her identity was not so simple.

"Gao Huazhishou, you bastard! You've been hiding from me for so long, and now you finally dare to show your face!"

"Who told you to go to my house? I already said it—I would never fall for a wimp like you..."