Time to slip away.
A single lunch somehow felt fraught with danger on all sides.
Qiao Muyi wore a proud, confident expression. Even picking up food came with an adorably provocative little snort. If she had a tail, it would definitely have been wagging right now.
Ren Xingmei ate while stepping on Ren Suo's foot beneath the table.
Gu Yueyan's eyes shifted fluidly, her gaze seeming to shine with a divine light—there really was light, moonlight. Every time Ren Suo met her eyes, he felt soft rays stroking his retinas. It was comfortable, but deadly.
Dong Chengling naturally looked as serene as ever, quietly eating. However, the Aura Coordinate Necklace Ren Suo wore would heat up from time to time.
Lin Xianyu seemed to notice something wrong. She shoveled down rice and dishes in huge mouthfuls, eating extremely quickly, as though afraid the entire table of food would be sent flying later.
The black cat did not have much of an appetite. She had long since finished eating, jumped into the living room, and crawled into a tub of ice cream—ever since learning that the black cat had an exceptionally strong craving for ice cream, Bai Ji had practically been hauling tubs upon tubs of it to Dong Chengling's home, then letting the black cat provide feedback on the taste. The efficiency of ice cream flavor improvements and innovation had steadily risen.
Ren Suo had long noticed that something was off. He knew something must have happened that he did not know about, but in this state, there was no way he could ask—right now, all four girls were like powder kegs with lit fuses. If he added any more fuel, they might explode on the spot.
He had to get out of here quickly.
The moment he finished eating,