"Where are you taking me for fun in the middle of the night?"
Late that night on the outskirts of Honghuai City, a car that would have seemed luxurious to most people pulled over by the roadside. Two boys in high school uniforms climbed out.
"Why are we out in the middle of nowhere?" One of the boys had dyed yellow hair and stud earrings that looked somewhat out of place with his school uniform. He surveyed the vast, gloomy woods behind the nearby fence and the suburban road far from the city, then turned a puzzled look on the boy who had climbed out of the driver's seat.
"Lin, didn't you already turn eighteen and get your license? Your dad finally let you take the car out, so why sneak off to somewhere like this? Don't tell me you're planning to have your way with me?" The yellow-haired boy took two exaggerated steps back. "Lin, I know we're close, but please don't start feeling anything for me beyond brotherly affection!"
"Shut your mouth." The boy who had gotten out of the driver's seat looked extremely irritated, even furious, but he had a handsome face. If he dyed his red hair black and removed the rings from his nose and lip, he would have borne a slight resemblance to a certain owner of the Mist Shop.
"I'm pissed off and just wanted somewhere quiet to be alone. You're the one who insisted on squeezing into the car." The boy called Lin locked the car, then headed toward the fenced-off woods. "If you don't want to stay, find your own way back. I'm not here to chauffeur you around."
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