To be more precise, it was a familiar back view, because Lu Lingyue reized the woman. She had a bck ponytail, wore a professional skirt suit, paired with bck stogs, and stepped in a pair of bck high heels.

  With all these details bined, Lu Lingyue immediately reized who this woman was!

  She was Xie Shuangning, the one who was supposed to visit the house today!

  But why was she here now?

  Curious, Lu Lingyue goward Xie Shuangning, feeling an urge to secretly follow her.

  However, before Lu Lingyue could make a move, Xie Shuangning, in her bck high heels, started walking directly toward her with a series of "click-cck" sounds.

  Lu Lingyue: ???

  She really wao escape, but she couldn't.

  Because Xie Shuangning called out to her from behind.

  "Excuse me, little one, do you know what celery looks like?"

  Realizing there was no way out, Lu Lingyue forced a smile and turned around to face Xie Shuangning.

  "Uh… what did you just say?"

  As soon as Lu Liurned around, she saw Xie Shuangning's face fsh with a look of surprise, and then, her previously puzzled expression was instantly repced by sparkling eyes.

  "Wow, little one, you're so cute!"

  Xie Shuangning cupped her face with both hands, bent down to look at Lu Lingyue, her expression so delighted it seemed like she wao devour her whole!

  Lu Lingyue was a little startled by Xie Shuangning's overwhelmihusiasm. She never expected such a drastic shift in her behavior!

  When Lu Lingyue was still a socially anxious male college student, Xie Shuangning would always look at him with a disdainful expression, like she had seen the most repulsive thing in the world!

  But now, Xie Shuangning suddenly had sparkling purple eyes, bending over and plimenting her ess!

  The trast was truly startling!

  As Lu Lingyue looked at Xie Shuangning, she once again couldn't help but notie peculiar details.

  She thought the staff member she met earlier had already reached her limit, but little did she know, Xie Shuangning was even more extraordinary.

  Lu Lingyue felt dizzy, almost on the verge of fainting!

  "Ah, what did you just ask me?"

  She quickly shifted her focus and asked Xie Shuangning.

  "Oh, I was asking, what does celery look like?"

  Although Xie Shuangning had somewhat calmed down, her purple eyes still sparkled with excitement.

  "Ah…"

  This grown woman, doesn't even know what celery looks like?!

  Lu Lingyue's pupils almost trembled in shock.

  At first, she thought Xie Shuangning simply didn't know how to cook, but now, it seemed she had epped foot in a kit in her life!

  "Uh, it's hard to describe, I'll just take you to find it."

  Lu Lingyue could only say.

  To her surprise, as soon as she finished speaking, Xie Shuangning eagerly nodded, "Alright! Thank you, little one!"

  Lu Lingyue shook her head, her two silver-white pigtails swaying.

  "No worries, just follow me."

  Just as Lu Lingyue was about to walk ahead, she noticed that Xie Shuangning seemed to want to say something.

  So, she turned around to look at her again.

  Sure enough, Xie Shuangning's cheeks were now tinged with a blush. She pushed up her frameless gsses and shyly spoke in a small voice, "Could you hold my hand while we go? I'm afraid I might get lost…"

  Without saying a word, Lu Lingyue immediately grabbed Xie Shuangning's hand.

  Although Xie Shuangning was over twenty, her hand was still as soft as a young girl's, smooth to the touch.

  The moment Xie Shuangning finally touched Lu Lingyue's small hand, her face lit up with joy, and her usually cold demeanor turned a deep shade of red.

  Lu Lingyue didn't think much of it and led Xie Shuangning to the celery se, pointing to the nearby sign, "Look, it says 'celery' here."

  After that, Lu Lingyue released Xie Shuangning's hand.

  Xie Shuangning instinctively reached out, but she was afraid of sg the little girl, so she could only savor the soft touch she had just felt in her heart.

  "So, it's here. I rarely e to the vegetable se, so I didn't know. Thank you, little one!"

  Xie Shuangning crouched down and looked at Lu Lingyue, smilily.

  In Lu Lingyue's memory, Xie Shuangning had always had a stern faever smiling at anyone!

  But now, she was actively showing such a gentle smile to her?

  This was like the sun rising in the west!

  Xie Shuangning wao tialking to Lu Lingyue, but Lu Lingyue realized she still o buy ingredients for today's meal, so she took the initiative to say goodbye.

  "I have something to do, so I'll go first. You manage on your own, big sister."

  With that, Lu Lingyue waved a.

  Xie Shuangning stood there stunned, looking at Lu Lingyue's small, adorable figure as she muttered to herself, "I haven't even asked your …"

  Lu Lingyue didn't pay any more attention. She bought the ingredients she needed based on her pnned dishes and headed to the checkout.

  At the checkout, Lu Lingyue entered the staff member again.

  This time, the staff member smiled aly ruffled her hair.

  "e back to py with me ime!"

  As Lu Litered "Amitabha" under her breath, her eyes unsciously wao pces they shouldn't have.

  After purchasing her groceries, Lu Lingyue prepared to head home.

  She still had to cook, and cooking was an art; she o prepare herself.

  Just as she stepped out of the supermarket, a gust of wind blew straight into her face, causio shiver.

  Suddenly, Lu Lingyue realized that something unusual seemed to be happening around her!

  She looked around but saw nothing out of the ordinary in the sunny world—ne mutant monsters, no ghostly women in white!

  Yet, something just didn't feel right…

  As Lu Lingyue rubbed the goosebumps on her arms, she thought seriously.

  "Maybe I'm just overthinking…"

  Just as she was about to walk away, a familiar voice suddenly echoed from a nearby alley.

  "I've already told you, I'm not ied! Please stop b me!"

  Reag the entrance of the alley, Lu Lingyue peered inside and, to her surprise, saw the familiar figure in the bck skirt and stogs again!