Chapter 962: Chapter 962: Sweet-Toothed
After everything was set, Weng Jingyun and Jiangli left together with the others.
Zhou Ming first went to the café near the community.
Jiangli and Weng Jingyun joined the rest later, entering the café and choosing a multi-person booth, seating themselves not too far nor too close from Zhou Ming.
Zhou Ming sat there, as if on pins and needles, constantly shifting in his seat. When he saw Jiangli and Xia Xin entering, he calmed down slightly. He coughed, adjusted his collar to appear more presentable, sitting upright and serious, waiting for Xia Fangruo to arrive.
Xia Xin sat there, still somewhat confused, "Ancestor, who are we waiting for here?"
Jiangli and the others couldn’t just sit there idly, so they each ordered a cup of coffee.
Jiangli picked up the coffee Xia Xin ordered for her, took a sip, and immediately frowned, "Why is this so bitter?"
Xia Xin was taken aback, "I ordered a relatively sweet cappuccino, is it still bitter? Ancestor, can you not drink coffee?"
Jiangli, upon hearing this, took another sip and still found it bitter.
She had seen many people drinking coffee in videos, and thought coffee was sweet like milk tea.
Turns out it’s so bitter.
Jiangli couldn’t help but say, "Milk tea is tastier."
Xia Xin: "..."
But this is a café, not a milk tea shop, so where was he supposed to get milk tea?
Xia Xin looked at the counter, and softly said, "There’s juice. How about I get the Ancestor a cup of juice instead?"
Jiangli asked, "Is it sweet?"
Xia Xin nodded, "Sweet."
Only then did Jiangli relax her eyebrows, "Order it."
Xia Xin agreed, got up energetically, and went to the counter to order a cup of juice.
Before long, the juice was brought to Jiangli.
Jiangli picked it up and took a sip, finding it refreshingly sweet, different from milk tea in texture but equally tasty.
Jiangli then said, "Sweet ones taste better."
Xia Xin found it somewhat amusing, unexpectedly the Ancestor had such a sweet tooth.
But there wasn’t much time to laugh now.
Xia Xin looked eagerly at Jiangli, and asked again, "Ancestor, you haven’t answered me yet, who are we waiting for?"
Jiangli kept her head down, drinking the juice sip by sip, almost lost in the juice, and said nothing.
Weng Jingyun saw this, coughed, and in a low voice, informed Xia Xin and Master Wu about the matters between Zhou Ming and Xia Fangruo, as well as Jiangli’s suspicions.
Only then did Xia Xin and Master Wu understand why Jiangli had called them there.
Master Wu said, "So we’re lying in wait?"
Weng Jingyun said, "We can’t be certain yet that it was Xia Fangruo’s doing; we need confirmation. We’re here mostly to confirm."
Master Wu responded with an oh.
While they were talking, suddenly a mechanical voice sounded at the door, "Welcome——"
Jiangli paused in her action of biting the straw and looked up, seeing a tall, beautiful young woman walking in from outside.
She wore a fine white cotton and linen long dress, her hair styled in a gentle low ponytail; she looked clean, beautiful, and had a bit of an artistic flair.
Just as Zhou Ming described, she is a beautiful girl.
Almost as soon as she entered, Jiangli was certain that she was Xia Fangruo.
Not just her charming looks.
But also, as she entered and looked around for Zhou Ming, her exposed facial features in front of Jiangli.
Jiangli glanced at her face, pinched her fingers into a gesture, closed her eyes slightly, and when she opened them again, it seemed as if dark light flowed beneath them.
The next second, when Jiangli looked over again, she saw strands of black aura entwining Xia Fangruo’s soul — the mark left from killing.