Chapter 23: Coffee Shop Conversation

  "I heard that your school's breakfast steamed buns are delicious, so I came to try one...". Pearl's expression was very natural, and it was impossible to see any pretence.

  However, Ye Feng thought this was a completely lame reason. He didn't think that a woman who would spend 200,000 RMB to have him sing a song for her would come all the way here just to eat boiled dumplings.

  Seeing Ye Feng's disbelieving expression, Zhen Zhu suddenly smiled, "Okay, I admit it, this time I came specifically to find you! Are you interested in having dinner together?"

  "I've already had breakfast!" Ye Feng glanced at his watch, "And it's still before 10 o'clock."

  "Then let's go to Starbucks and have a cup of coffee, I'll treat you." Seeing Ye Feng still seemed unmoved, Pearl helplessly spread out her hands, "I can't eat you, do you have to be so cold? I just wanted to find a place to talk with you alone."

  "Alright," after a moment of silence, Ye Feng finally nodded.

  Pearl took a step forward and grasped Ye Feng's arm, "Handsome guy, let's go!"

  Ye Feng was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Pearl to make such a move, but soon let it go. After all, Pearl had been in society for so many years, her thick skin was far beyond his own. Moreover, the current him was completely different from the Wu Xia Ameng of the past, and he didn't need to be afraid of her at all, so he just let her pull him away.

  Along the way, there were also many admiring eyes, mostly from boys, but also a few girls. At first, Ye Feng was somewhat unaccustomed to this situation, but he soon learned to ignore them like pearls.

  When the two arrived at the coffee shop, it was Monday and morning, so there weren't many people in the coffee shop. The two walked straight to the innermost position and sat down, ordering two cups of coffee.

  "Yefeng, you're quite mysterious to us." Zhenzhu picked up the coffee on the table and took a light sip, but her eyes were fixed on Yefeng, trying to read something from his expression.

  "Is there?" Ye Feng smiled ambiguously.

  "No matter how we investigate, we can't find any special clues. Until now, we still haven't figured out which organization has the ability to cover up your identity so perfectly without leaving any flaws." Pearl lightly rotated the coffee cup on the table with one hand, seemingly playing with it casually.

  "I'm just an ordinary person." Ye Feng shook his head and smiled, he had already sensed from Zhenzhu's words that the other party seemed to have noticed something special about him.

  "If being able to kill Left Qiu's can be considered ordinary, then the boundaries of non-humanity need to be redefined." Pearl supported her chin with one hand and stared at Ye Feng without any reserve, wanting to see if he had any special reaction.

  "If you want to think so, then I have no way." Ye Feng neither admitted nor denied.

  "Can you tell me, what's your purpose for getting close to Long Tian? Is it for money? Or is it for someone? Or the power behind him?" Pearl picked up her coffee and took a sip, asking seemingly casually.

  "For no reason," Ye Feng stared coldly at the pearl, he was very disgusted with this teleology. He himself had no ulterior motives, but everyone thought he did, which made him very uncomfortable. His right hand holding the coffee cup involuntarily increased its strength, and fine cracks appeared on the cup, making a faint sound. Ye Feng glanced at the crack on the cup and then restrained his power.

  Zhenzhu also seemed to have noticed this scene, and the corner of her mouth slightly raised. If all the intelligence she had obtained before was possibly false, then what just happened in front of her was enough to prove that Ye Feng was not an ordinary person at all.

  "Alright, suit yourself. I can tell you what our goal is - it's quite simple: the person behind Long Tian! Are you interested in cooperating?" Pearl knew that their conversation had reached its end and there was no point in continuing, so she spoke directly and to the point.

  "Not interested!" Ye Feng shook his head and slowly stood up, preparing to leave.

  "I had expected you to respond in this way, so let me put it this way: since you've taken out our people, logically speaking, we would view you as an enemy. This means that everyone around you will become a target for our attacks. Of course, if you choose to remain neutral in the conflict between us and Dragon Brother, we can cancel this hostile relationship and not lay a hand on you or those around you. We don't expect your help; we just hope you won't interfere." Pearl looked up at Ye Feng, waiting for his response. "After all, as far as we know, you've already fallen out with Dragon Brother, so you no longer have any reason to continue helping him."

  A fierce glint flashed in Ye Feng's eyes, but it quickly dimmed. "His affairs have nothing to do with me!" He threw down this sentence and left without looking back.

  Pearl then had the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a victorious smile.

  Until Pearl mentioned that she would be the target, Ye Feng only reacted and realized that if he was really targeted, with his own strength, it wouldn't be a matter of life and death. However, the brothers in the dormitory, as well as some familiar friends, might become targets of attack, which wasn't what he wanted to see. Moreover, he didn't have so much energy to protect so many people. The only choice was to compromise and temporarily avoid this crisis.

  "Hey, Old Seven, what's wrong with you? You didn't even attend today's political economics class? Luckily we helped you fill out a leave slip." Old Two shouted as soon as he returned to the dorm.

  "Oh, I was busy with something and forgot for a moment, thank you!" Ye Feng smiled awkwardly, he now felt that he seemed to be somewhat out of place in this world around him. To put it accurately, from the moment he first opened the virtual domain and gained power, and then encountered a series of events, he had come into contact with a brand new world, one hidden behind the scenes, without any intersection with normal human society.

  "According to some gossip, that gunman is a student from our school..." The words of Dormitory Elder Six once again caught Ye Feng's attention.

  "Cut it out, who believes that? Gunshot to the head, you still think our school really has such a master?" Lao Ba thought this was completely an exaggeration.

  "Lao Liu, you must have seen this boring gossip on the school forum again. This time it's that gossip master who can talk nonsense, saying our school is a professional killer training base?" The dormitory elder gave Lao Liu a white eye.

  "Ah, here it is..." Old Six said as he opened the school's BBS and clicked on a title.

  Ye Feng's heart was a bit nervous as he leaned over and looked at the computer screen...

  (Um, first update, late by 10 minutes, sorry......)