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Chapter 118 Alien Spy

Ran Xiaoqing and Chen Duling arrived at the municipal public toilet on the west side of People's Square. Seeing the long queue on one side of the women's toilet, the two went up and joined the end of the line.

"Beep... Sister Beep." Ran Xiaoqing turned her head blankly like a malfunctioning robot. "The line here is so long. Let's go check out other public restrooms."

Chen Duling raised her hand to shield her eyes and looked around. Several intersections were filled with throngs of people. She spoke with some hesitation, "Xiao Qing, it seems like other places are also..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiaoqing pulled her toward People's Park, muttering as if chanting a spell, "Let's go take a look, let's go take a look."

"Alright then."

Once inside People's Park, the two found the public restrooms to be small and the lines even longer. So, Ran Xiaoqing changed her target again, consulting a map and heading to a restroom near a subway station.

"Um... Xiaoqing, this is already the third one, do you want to change again?"

Ran Xiaoqing nervously twisted her hands, her eyes darting around. "Ah...it really looks so crowded."

Chen Duling cautiously began, "Xiao Qing, you and Weiwei..."

At this moment, Xiaoqing was on high alert. As soon as she heard Tian Xiwei mentioned, she immediately felt ashamed of being caught doing something wrong. Her mind immediately started working, trying to change the subject.

Fortunately, she was a high-achieving student from a small town, and instinctively displayed amazing responsiveness, throwing out a perfect response almost reflexively.

"Sister Dudu! You...you've known my brother for a long time, haven't you?"

"Huh?" Chen Duling was slightly taken aback at first, then her tone relaxed. "Yes, we've known each other since 08."

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"It's been almost six years."

Chen Duling seemed to have opened up a floodgate of conversation, and began to talk endlessly about her old acquaintance with Su Liu, a smile involuntarily curving her lips.

"At that time, he thought I was a man."

"Huh? Why?"

"Anyone who says they like Rei Ayanami must be a hardcore otaku."

Xiaoqing didn't know who Rei Ayanami was. She guessed she was some kind of fictional character.

In 08, when her parents were still alive, the air in the house was always tense, like a taut bowstring. The two of them were either like a lit powder keg, arguing loudly over the smallest things, or like two walking corpses, ignoring each other even when they were in the same room, their silence chilling to the bone.

For a long time, she wondered if she had done something wrong, which was why her parents were acting this way. Had she done poorly on a test? Or had she not washed the dishes properly one day?

But even though she worked harder at housework and got the highest score in her class, it seemed to be to no avail.

The truth is a little more painful than making a mistake; it turns out I'm not that important at all.

Xiaoqing's favorite thing to do was to sit on a small stool by the door and wait for Tian Xiwei to come and ask her to go out and play. Only at this time did she feel like she had come back to life.

She stood in the bustling People's Park, surrounded by music, voices, noise, and clamor. She was like a fish swimming in a roaring river. Looking closely, it truly felt like a different world.

"Sister Dudu, what kind of person do you think my brother is?" she suddenly asked.

"What kind of person?" Chen Duling couldn't answer at first. She tilted her head and thought for a while before chuckling softly, "He's a genius, but most of the time he's pretty stupid."

"Huh?" Ran Xiaoqing didn't expect to hear such an answer, and her eyes widened immediately.

"Yeah, stupidly fearless," Chen Duling continued.

"Fearless." Ran Xiaoqing seemed amused by this word.

"Yes, maybe it's because he always seems so nonchalant. No matter what happens, he always seems to be able to dust himself off and get back on his feet. Sometimes I even feel like he might suddenly fly away one day."

"Huh? Is my brother a god?" Ran Xiaoqing opened her mouth in astonishment.

"Hahaha, there's no such thing as a god like him! He's probably just an alien."

"So they were aliens."

"Yes, before aliens conquer Earth, they always have to send their most cunning spy in to infiltrate and investigate human weaknesses. That person is probably your brother."

"That's dangerous! Let's report him."

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Where can I report aliens?

"Let's find a police officer."

"The police officers would probably think we're both crazy."

Chen Duling reached out and gently put her arm around Zai Xiaoqing's shoulder. The two of them stayed close together as the group slowly moved forward. These two, who were usually one aloof and gentle and the other quiet and reserved, were now like two sparrows, talking nonsense as if no one else was around.

The line finally moved to the end, and Xiaoqing silently murmured to herself, "Weiwei, I've done my best." She subconsciously glanced towards People's Square.

"Do you want strawberry or chocolate?" Su Liu asked, looking at the ice cream on the counter.

"Hmm...this is a tough choice." Tian Xiwei frowned, her eyes darting back and forth behind the glass counter.

Can I have both?

Su Liu rolled her eyes and turned to the clerk holding the melon baller. "Excuse me, I'd like two strawberries, two chocolates, and one mango."

The young clerk smiled and reminded her, "Actually, you can mix and match the flavors if you order two or three scoops."

"Oh, I see." Su Liu made a new decision. "Then I'll have four three-ball ones, one all strawberry, and the other three flavors mixed together."

Su Liu and Tian Xiwei walked out of the mall side by side. Neither of them had a free hand at the moment, each holding a waffle cone with three scoops of ice cream on top.

They sat down on a bench by a flower bed, and Tian Xiwei was licking an ice cream scoop.

People walked by, a gentle breeze caressed their faces, and the sunlight was warm and soft. The two leaned back in their chairs, feeling lazy and relaxed.

"It feels so comfortable." Tian Xiwei squinted her eyes contentedly and let out a long sigh. "If I could sit like this forever, I feel like I'd turn into a blade of grass in the flower bed."

When it comes to being a spoilsport, no one in the world is better than Su Liu. One second he was lazily agreeing with Tian Xiwei with his eyes half-closed, and the next second he suddenly said, "Hey, don't you guys have any homework to do during the holidays?"

"what?"

Tian Xiwei turned her head instantly, her voice rising from a low tone to a high one, changing the intonation of a single "Ah" three times, "Are you doing this on purpose?!"

"You didn't do your homework at all, did you?" Su Liu said with a mischievous grin. "You're going to leave it until the last day of the holiday?"

"None of your business!" Tian Xiwei took a big bite of the ice cream.

Hahahahaha.

Seeing Tian Xiwei's angry and anxious expression as she still dealt with the ice cream, he finally couldn't help but laugh.

"There it is!"

Just then, a clear, crisp voice drifted through the music in the square. Su Liu looked up and saw Chen Duling and Ran Xiaoqing walking back to the square one after the other from the path on the west side.

"You guys are so slow!"

"Please, there are long lines everywhere." Chen Duling replied irritably, then looked at the strawberry ice cream in Su Liu's hand, and suddenly smiled and chuckled, "This is for me, right?"

"Does Sister Dudu like strawberries?" Tian Xiwei asked from the side.

"Yes." Chen Duling reached out and took the ice cream. She didn't expect that this alien spy would remember her hobby.

"Oh, is that so?"

Tian Xiwei muttered something under her breath.