"Ha! Men!" Lucina's voice came through the headset, sounding a bit annoyed.
Chen Ke slowly put down the magazine, only to greet Diana, whom he had never expected to encounter at the bank—a fellow sword-friend from Golden Arthur.
Diana glanced at the dispute in front of the counter where a Black man was arguing with the white girl inside about something related to social security funds, discernible through his hip-hop accent.
She sat down next to Chen Ke and struck up a conversation, "Didn't see you at Golden Arthur yesterday?"
"I haven't been going much lately," Chen Ke replied, his mind racing with ways to convince Diana to leave.
"Are you free tonight?" Diana leaned back in her chair and asked with a smile.
"I'll come with you—I want to meet that bitch," Lucina said fiercely.
"No, no... not tonight..." Chen Ke shook his head.
Diana sized Chen Ke up and down as if she noticed something peculiar about him.