Once the rain started, it never let up. If anything, it seemed to be getting heavier. Paired with the grand European-style buildings, the scene looked just like Hollywood's special-effects vision of the previous century.
The café had chosen a good location.
Xie De leisurely sipped his hand-ground coffee. He had added plenty of sugar cubes and half a cup of milk, so each mouthful held only a hint of bitterness, with everything else sweet and rich.
Whether the library one street over had drawn too much attention or the coffee here was simply too expensive, there weren't many customers inside.
A ragdoll cat sat primly by the entrance, gazing curiously at the person before it.
Beiwei paced anxiously outside, occasionally looking toward the library. "Why isn't Huang Zhuowang here yet?"
Xie De actually wanted to tell her not to be so anxious, but whenever he spoke, Beiwei seemed to grow even more anxious. He simply kept quiet instead, trying to show her through his calm, unhurried demeanor that he really wasn't in a rush. It didn't seem to work.
Fortunately, speak of the devil, and he appeared.
Huang Zhuowang came into view at the far end of the corner, apparently even considering crossing against the red light.
Xie De took a sip of coffee. He was thinking that everyone was finally here and the real work was about to begin when he suddenly paused.
"455, something's wrong. Why did two more people suddenly show up on the thermal imaging?"
Only then did 455 pop out. Clearly, it had gone offline to pester TC730 and had only just reconnected. "(˙꒫˙`), what is it, what is it? Let me see."
Xie De took another sip of coffee.
455 suddenly went, "Bzz-"
He nearly choked on his coffee.
"Oh no! The protagonist and