10. Try to connect basketball with chickens.

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When you were a child and lost something, how would your parents handle it?

If it wasn't too important, perhaps they'd scold you for being careless and remind you to pay more attention next time?

But if it was something particularly important, such as house keys or bank cards, it'd be hard to avoid a scolding, with a combination of both harsh words and a serious talk.

Of course, every family is different; this is just Yan Huan's impression.

Regardless, it would be impossible for them to drive back to the shopping center without any reprimanding to help their child find a lost item.

However, that's exactly what Ye Lan did.

After hearing Ye Shiyu's request, she instructed the driver to turn around and take them back to the shopping center where they had dined earlier.

As soon as the car stopped, Ye Shiyu got out of the vehicle, even forgetting to take the coat she had removed earlier because the heating was on.

Yan Huan glanced at the coat, silently picked it up, and got out of the car as well.

After getting out, Ye Lan had a brief conversation with the driver, who seemed willing to come down and help look for it, but Ye Lan told her to go back instead.

After a bit of back and forth, the car finally drove away.

Although the shopping center was still brightly lit around eight or nine o'clock on an early spring night, there was an inevitable chill in the air.

Ye Lan, wearing her overcoat and high heels, gave a wry smile to Yan Huan who was walking ahead and said,

"Let's go. Can Xiao Huan please help Shiyu look for it? She'll probably retrace our route from today while trying to remember, right?"

Retracing today's route, huh...

Yan Huan blinked, looking at Ye Shiyu who was standing some distance ahead.

She was at the edge of the shopping center, looking distantly at the Oceanarium that had turned off its lights and blended into the night, lost in thought.

"Sister Shiyu."

Hearing Yan Huan's voice, she turned around expressionlessly and saw Yan Huan handing her the coat,

"It's cold at night, put on your coat."

She looked at Yan Huan's hand holding the coat, just where she had affixed the name tag.

"Thank you."

She paused for a moment, took the coat, but didn't put it on.

Yan Huan didn't insist, but stood next to her and seriously analyzed,

"Sister Shiyu, do you remember when you last opened your bag? Was it in the Oceanarium or in the shopping center?"

"Today... After I bought the keychain, I never opened my bag again."

"Ah?"

Yan Huan raised an eyebrow, looking at Ye Shiyu who after some thought was very certain,

"Could the bag have a hole in it?"

Ye Shiyu checked her handbag thoroughly and shook her head,

"No."

That's strange...

A paranormal event?

He had indeed seen with his own eyes that morning her putting the name-tagged keychain into the bag, or was it that she had opened it herself in the meantime and then forgotten?

"...The Oceanarium is already closed; I'll follow the route to the shopping center and look for it."

Ye Shiyu, with a cold expression, took the coat and turned to leave.

Yan Huan and Ye Lan had no choice but to follow her, recreating the route they had taken into the shopping center at noon.

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"Dear visitors, the shopping center will close in twenty minutes. Except for the movie theater area, all guests remaining in the shopping center are requested to leave promptly."

"At that time, please take the 7A elevator located in the movie theater on the seventh floor to reach the first floor or underground parking lot. All other elevators will be out of service."

The announcement echoed through the shopping center; with seven floors, the lights gradually dimmed, and the sounds of shop doors closing and shutter doors being pulled down were heard one after another.

Yan Huan came down from the second floor on the escalator and saw Ye Lan sitting on a rest bench on the first floor, having taken off her high heels and massaging her ankles.

Her long dress spread out like petals, and her eyes held a trace of fatigue.

When she saw Yan Huan, she looked up with a smile and asked,

"How is it, Xiao Huan, did you find it?"

Yan Huan shook his head, saying,

"We've looked several times already, asked at the lost and found, and the staff haven't seen it either. After that, we split up and still didn't find it."

"Hmm, this is really strange..."

Ye Lan pursed her lips, moved her high heels aside, and patted the seat beside her,

"Tired, are you? Sit and rest for a bit. It's troublesome for you, Xiao Huan, to have come out to play yet have to run around helping your sister look for stuff..."

"Not at all, plus we've already had our fun, Auntie."

Yan Huan walked over and sat next to Ye Lan, looking at her as she hugged her knees, massaging her own calves and feet.

Her ankles were reddish at the moment, after all, she had been walking in high heels all day; otherwise, she wouldn't have let the two of them go search while she sat here to rest.

Yan Huan exhaled, looking around the shopping center as it gradually quieted down, his eyes flickering.

Ye Lan, sitting beside him and looking at his profile, rested her chin in her hands and suddenly asked,

"Do you think it's too much, Xiao Huan?"

"Too much?"

Yan Huan came back to his senses, looking towards Ye Lan, whose smile remained,

"To come back and search for an hour just for a small keychain, doesn't that sound a bit silly?"

"It's alright..."

Yan Huan blinked, saying,

"I originally thought that Auntie would send a bunch of people over, have the Oceanarium reopen after closing, and then get a bunch of people to help Sister Shiyu look."

Ye Lan covered her mouth, finding it very funny,

"That's a bit too exaggerated!"

"Is it? I read in those novels, that's how they write it..."

Yan Huan smiled faintly, then imitated the indifferent demeanor of a domineering CEO, pointing with his hand as he commanded,

"If you don't find her stuff, I want you all to pay with your lives!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Ye Lan was amused and burst into laughter, holding her stomach, and her toes wiggled in the air a bit,

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