Chaoshui Restaurant.
"Shoo, shoo! You've been asking us for money for three days now. What kind of beggar keeps milking the same people dry?"
Qian Ling waved her away in disgust. The woman lowered her head, her dry hair covering her forehead and eyes. Her shoulders trembled slightly, and then she left with her two children without a word.
The Zhou family of three hadn't come today.
Only Qian Yue and the others were there, along with Ivy, who sat off to one side.
The rain had cleared. Green shoots sprouted along the streets and in the corners of walls, and the sea was especially clear, like a sapphire.
A few seagulls swept across the sky. Everything here seemed like an earthly paradise.
"Miss Ivy, have you heard?" Qian Ling deliberately lowered his voice, sounding mysterious.
"About what?" Ivy blinked.
Qian Yue and her parents understood and supported her older brother's behavior. For nouveau riche like them, marrying Miss Ivy would be no different from gaining a powerful backer.
"People went missing yesterday and today. And I noticed that everyone who disappeared had eaten at this restaurant."
He gave an eerie smile.
To Qian Ling's disappointment, however, the young noblewoman across from him wasn't frightened at all. Instead, she raised an eyebrow, looking eager.
No, I need to stir up Miss Ivy's emotions. That's the only way to get a handle on her.
Qian Ling changed seats and sat beside Ivy. He picked through the raw marinated lobster on his plate, put some in his mouth, and chewed slowly.
"Miss Ivy, did you know there's another rumor about this restaurant? The reason the raw marinated lobster tastes so good is that the guests who disappear every day are fed to the lobsters. Eating human flesh gives the lobsters a special