Dragon Raja: Oh no! Lu Mingfei has been diagnosed with depression!

A girl dressed in a red and white shrine maiden's outfit sat gracefully on a wooden bench, slowly chewing on a waffle, her long eyelashes drooping down to cover her deep red eyes.

The way she ate was just like a real princess, with her back straight and chewing silently. Actually, the restaurant was quite noisy, with staff calling out orders loudly and customers complaining about how their food wasn't ready yet, their eyes wide with anger as if they wanted to rush into the kitchen themselves.

The staff were also in a hurry, explaining that their specialty was freshly baked and made to order. The dough would only be put into the oven after the customer placed their order, so the wait time would naturally be longer. As they spoke, the staff blocked the kitchen door with their bodies to prevent these impatient guys from sneaking in.

But none of this affected the girl's meal. Her table was already full of all kinds of desserts, and the staff had to take turns serving her. Even the manager was alarmed, thinking that this store had finally met its real customer after being open for so long. She was going to try all the signature dishes in the store!

The only thing that made the shop manager a little uneasy was that the customers at that table were too quiet. There were two customers, a handsome man and a beautiful woman, and normally such a combination would only be seen as a couple in desserts.

The man just sat opposite her with his arms crossed, watching the girl eat. The girl also just kept eating in silence, without saying a word the whole time.

Hey! Stop just staring!

I clearly put a napkin in front of you. At times like this, you should take advantage of the moment when the girl looks up and politely wipe the cream off her lips with the napkin. In that instant when your eyes meet, all the words you want to say will be conveyed through your eyes.

The store manager was exasperated. He looked away, feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.

Don't just focus on eating! I know my desserts are delicious. Whatever you want, I'll have the staff make it for you. You can even take the leftovers home! Oh, right! It's the one you're eating now. You ordered the couple's set meal, which should be shared with your partner, right? How come you ate it all by yourself?

The store manager was inwardly raging, not seeing the sweet interaction he wanted to see. He wished he could rush up and demonstrate it for them himself, but after touching his bald head, he sighed silently and turned to instruct the staff to prioritize the girl's order.

As for the other guests? To hell with them!

The girl continued eating, and when the staff brought her new desserts, her eyes sparkled with a fawn-like joy.

This was the second time Lu Mingfei had seen "joy" in her eyes. The first time was at the crossroads, when the girl grabbed his shirt from behind and asked if he was lost. He nodded, and then the girl smiled for no reason.

Then he was brought to this shop.

To be honest, even Lu Mingfei himself didn't understand why he would follow a girl he didn't know to a dessert shop and sit there watching her eat. What was so interesting about a face covered in cream?

But the girl gave him unparalleled trust on their first meeting. She even let Lu Mingfei order first when the shop assistant came to take his order. He was probably already drooling over the exquisite illustrations on the menu.

"It's delicious."

The girl held up her notebook, and it was clear she was enjoying her meal; a smiley face was drawn after each word.

Lu Mingfei didn't say anything, but simply pushed the cake in front of him towards her and silently drank his mint iced water.

The store manager let out a lewd laugh from the kitchen, thinking to himself that it was worth watching for so long, as the shy boy and girl finally let go of their reserve and had their first interaction.

Although the atmosphere still seemed a bit strange, at least there was progress.

The store manager shook his head, rushed into the kitchen and shouted loudly, telling the pastry chefs to be on their toes and make sure the guests were completely melted by the sweetness today!

"I can't find any words to describe how I feel right now."

The shop manager wasn't the only one spying. In the department store across from the dessert shop, Mai Shude put down her binoculars and whispered into her earpiece.

"Nobody cares how you feel now! Your job is to keep an eye on him! Don't let him come into contact with any more weirdos!"

Su Enxi's roar came through the earpiece, "Damn it! Are all Japanese people so fond of asking for exorbitant sums? I just wanted him to recommend that guy who wants to be prime minister to the House of Representatives, and do you know how much he asked for? A full 50 billion yen! And that's not even guaranteed!"

After the boss spoke, Su Enxi completely switched to battle mode, spending the whole day making plans and considering how to help a street thug climb step by step to the pinnacle of power in Japan.

She also had to study Japanese law, search for members of parliament she could bribe, and was even considering how to garner votes for Inoue Hiroshi. In short, she was extremely busy. However, Lu Mingfei couldn't be ignored, so Shude Mai still had to go out on fieldwork and couldn't share her burden.

"...It's too late."

Mai hesitated for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

"It seems Lu Mingfei has made a new friend."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the headset, then suddenly the sound of something slamming heavily onto the table could be heard.

"Can you take a picture?"

"I'll send you the photos right now."

"Good heavens! Has our young master Lu finally come to his senses again? Am I seeing things? He's actually on a date with a cute girl?"

Su Enxi's attention was quickly drawn to the contents of the photo, completely forgetting her earlier anger. She practically pressed her face against the screen. Because the photo was taken from a distance, the clarity was somewhat blurry, but it was still clear that the girl sitting opposite Lu Mingfei was an absolute beauty.

"Fortunately, such a pretty girl probably doesn't have any scary dreams. At most, she might say she wants the stars in the sky. I just happened to invest in a research institute, and they plan to send a rocket to the moon next year. I can ask them to bring me some asteroid fragments while they're at it."

How did you figure out they were on a date?

Mai Shude sighed:

"You seem a bit too optimistic."

"What else can I do in a situation like this if I'm not optimistic? I'd like to just find a tall building and jump off, but I'm not done living yet. I've earned so much money and haven't spent much of it, so I can only comfort myself a little."

"The girl across from me is named Uesugi Erii. She is one of the eight heads of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, the younger sister of Genji Chisei, and a super hybrid in Japan. Her Word of Power is Judgment, and if it gets out of control, half of Tokyo will be destroyed."

Having confirmed that Su Enxi truly didn't know, Jiu De Mai kept it brief:

"In short, he's no pushover."

Su Enxi was stunned by the numerous titles and paused for a moment:

How do you know all this?

"My boss just sent me an email."

Looking at the contents of her phone, Mai Shude said, "He told us to keep an eye on Lu Mingfei and not let him kill the princess in the story as if she were an evil dragon. He also reminded me to be careful when keeping watch. If Lu Mingfei really has his Mirror Eyes on all the time, he should have already copied the Word Power Judgment."