Chapter 271: Mei, Do You Not Like Me?

Fu Lin felt a sharp sting at his waist, his face turning red. But looking at Rita in front of him, he gritted his teeth and held back the urge to cry out.

"Fu Lin~" Mei's voice sounded from upstairs. Fu Lin looked up, and Bianca also let go of his waist. Their eyes were drawn toward Mei standing at the top of the stairs, a flash of admiration flickering in their eyes.

Mei was wearing a white dress with a blue bow at the chest. Her long purple ponytail was tied high and secured with a white butterfly ornament decorated with a blue rose.

Under the gaze of the three, she descended the stairs gracefully, came up to Fu Lin's side, and silently wrapped her arm around his.

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"My name is Raiden Mei. You must be Fu Lin's friends, right? It's nice to meet you all. What kind of relationship do you have with Fu Lin?"

Mei smiled warmly and nodded toward Bianca and Rita. Seeing that their looks were on par with her own, a trace of vigilance flashed in her eyes, and her sense of crisis surged rapidly. She subconsciously tightened her grip on the object in her hand.

"No need to be so nervous. They're both easy to get along with. For example, this one in front of you, Bianca Atagina — her personality is a bit tsundere."

Fu Lin took a deep breath, looked down at the nervous and "shy" Mei, and pushed her forward while thoughtfully introducing her. However, the last part was whispered in Mei's ear, afraid that Bianca might hear it.

But how could Bianca, a Valkyrie, not hear that? Hearing Fu Lin bad-mouthing her, Bianca's face darkened, and she crossed her arms, turning her head away, "I'm not tsundere!"

Fu Lin scratched his cheek awkwardly and shifted his gaze toward Rita, "Ahem, this is..."

"Miss Mei, hello. I'm Rita Rossweisse. Just call me Rita. We're simply friends with Mr. Fu Lin."

Rita interrupted Fu Lin, lifted the hem of her skirt gently, and bowed with a warm smile as she admired Mei's adorable appearance.

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A few days passed in a flash. Mei placed the package in front of Fu Lin and sat quietly to the side, her gaze switching back and forth between the package and Fu Lin, filled with curiosity and intrigue.

Fu Lin excitedly opened the package, seeing neatly arranged small paper bags inside. A smile appeared on his lips, but soon his attention was drawn to a small card.

"Welcome to Dr. Lobsterhead's Anti-Entropy Discount Store. This business is owned by the Anti-Entropy Organization. The greatest (crossed out) failure (crossed out) invention in history by Dr. Tesla has already been patented and banned from resale.

Leave a comment and a five-star review to receive a 0.3 yuan lucky red envelope.

—— Dr. Lobsterhead (signature) + a stamp of a lobster waving its claws."

Fu Lin stared blankly at the card, covered his face, and sat down on the sofa in deep thought. After a long silence, he turned to Mei and hesitantly asked, "Mei... where did you find this shop?"

Mei pressed her fingertips together, lowered her head, and dared not look directly at Fu Lin,

"From Dad's social media. An auntie mentioned that you could buy anything there, so I got curious and asked... then..."

"Then you ended up buying this so-called sleeping drug that can knock out Herrschers?"

Fu Lin looked at the product description, his eyes darkening. He never expected Dr. Tesla to sell something like this to a child.

"It's real. I tested it on the Herrscher of Thunder. She really did pass out." Mei lifted her head, her face full of expectation, waiting to be praised.

Herrscher of Thunder, 666

Seeing Mei so proud of herself, Fu Lin gave a polite but awkward smile. If it really could work on a Herrscher…

He withdrew his gaze and stared at the entire box of sleeping drugs, eyes blazing as he excitedly stored them into his system space for future use.

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Ding-dong~

The doorbell rang, snapping Mei out of her thoughts. Seeing Fu Lin's cheerful expression, her face flushed. She quickly got up and ran to open the door.

When she saw Bianca and Rita standing at the entrance, her smile instantly faded, and she gazed at them with a flat expression.

Bianca scratched her head, puzzled by Mei's cold attitude, and bluntly asked, "Mei, do you not like me?"

"No."

Mei turned her head away. In her mind, all she could see was the scene from the last meal where Fu Lin had given Bianca food. Remembering that, Mei's expression grew even colder, making her response sound totally unconvincing.

Fu Lin peeked his head out and, upon seeing Bianca and Rita visiting, teased, "Yo~ Welcome, Lady Bianca~ What a rare honor!"

"Fu Lin! If you keep acting like Rita, I'll leave!" Bianca pouted and shot Fu Lin a glare, turning as if to leave.

Hearing this, Mei's eyes lit up. She stepped aside and said, "Welcome, Lady Bianca."

Bianca stopped in her tracks, turned around, and walked into the house, "Well, since even Mei says so, I guess I'll stay."

Mei's eyes widened. Seeing Bianca play along so unpredictably, she felt like she had shot herself in the foot, her face turning bright red.

Rita handed a bag of cookies to Mei and said apologetically, "Sorry, Miss Mei. Lady Bianca is always like this. These are some cookies I made — please accept them as a token of goodwill."

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—Mini Theater—

Tesla (confused), "Dr. Einstein, what's got you so happy?"

Einstein (smiling), "Dr. Tesla, I was just about to find you. I've already sold off that entire box of completely useless sleeping drugs that were just taking up space."

Tesla (roaring), "Ahhh!!! Bird's nest head! Do you know how much time and effort I spent on those sleeping drugs?! And you just sold them off like that?!"

Einstein (expressionless), "Dr. Tesla, I must say — our project funds are precious. Stop wasting them on useless things."

Tesla (flustered and angry), "Bird's nest head, I specially developed those sleeping drugs to counter Herrschers— cough, cough — for combat purposes! How could they be useless?!"

Einstein (smirking), "If a Herrscher would actually listen to you and drink drugged water, Honkai would have ended long ago."

Critical hit. Tesla — KO!