Chen Si fell silent for a moment before saying, "Thank you, Zoe, but I'm not one of the Eldia people. I don't have any identification, though."
"Then that's perfect! Let's leave right away. I can take care of the identification," Zoe said, excitedly taking Chen Si's hand.
Zoe seemed overjoyed, as though some unavoidable barrier between them had finally broken down.
Chen Si glanced at the hand Zoe was holding, quietly pulled it free, and gave a faint smile.
Zoe's eyebrows twitched almost imperceptibly. She gave a slightly awkward smile, feeling a flush of shame at her own forwardness, but kept her expression composed as she led Chen Si and Yasuo out of the restaurant.
Yasuo apparently wanted to keep eating, but Chen Si forcibly dragged him away.
With Yasuo in tow, Chen Si followed Zoe to a secluded, abandoned building. For some reason, the building felt oppressively gloomy, making him instinctively tense up. He swept it with his Divine Sense and found that it appeared to be an abandoned hospital, with beds and discarded equipment inside.
"This is an abandoned hospital. The buildings here will be leveled in a week. My comrades will leave what we need inside," Zoe explained to Chen Si.
"Is it safe?" Chen Si asked after considering it.
"Don't worry. No one has come here in the last six months. Apparently, the war with Marley forced the construction crews to stop work indefinitely, so it's been abandoned for quite a while. They're planning to demolish it soon, but we'll be gone by then," Zoe reassured him.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" Yasuo sneezed three times in a row, shivering repeatedly.
Chen Si frowned slightly at the sight.
"Did Yasuo catch a cold? Why don't you wait outside for us? It's rather chilly inside," Zoe said gently, bending