Ch 08. Shangguan Ling's Suspicions

After what happened in the supermarket, Chen He no longer looked at Yu Mei as an ordinary girl who could only take advantage of her beauty. He began to look at Yu Mei as someone he admired from the bottom of his heart. This was the first time he saw a girl so young that she could easily defeat two robbers at once, especially since the robbers had firearms in their hands.

Forget Yu Mei who was just an ordinary girl, even policemen or soldiers would not dare to act recklessly in front of a person holding a firearm. Whoever the holder is, a firearm is still a firearm.

Yu Mei who really didn't want to be disturbed finally had to put up with all kinds of Chen He's approaches that seemed blatant. Of course Yu Mei tried to push the man away from her side, but what could she do if Chen He was reluctant to stay away from her?

There was no way she could just kick him and throw him into the sky, right?

"Can you stop following me? You're really annoying..." Yu Mei said in a slightly rude tone, but instead of looking annoyed, Chen He smiled broadly, "then just ignore it. All I'm doing is helping you, not bothering you. You're misinterpreting my actions, miss..."

Hearing that, Yu Mei rolled her eyes lazily,

"Suit yourself."

The two ended up riding in the same taxi and Chen He eventually found out where Yu Mei lived. Yu Mei who was still upset just ignored Chen He and did not even turn her head towards him at all. Chen He himself did not feel offended by it, precisely because Yu Mei's behavior which he thought was adorable made him want to approach Yu Mei even more.

But he didn't follow her into the apartment and only helped her get all her groceries out of the trunk of the taxi. As soon as Yu Mei entered the apartment building with her groceries, Chen He realized that he had forgotten something.

"Oh my! I forgot to ask her name. Never mind, if it's meant to be, we may meet again next time..." he muttered with a smile in the courtyard of the apartment building.

Yu Mei opened the door to the apartment, as usual she saw Li Hanshen who was still faithfully sitting on the sofa while watching the television which was showing his favorite show, Pororo. I don't know, but it seems like his master's taste is quite childish. But Yu Mei didn't dare to speak her mind even though Li Hanshen knew what she was thinking, how could a creator not know the content of his own creation?

"Looks like you've just met a new person..." Li Hanshen said without looking at Yu Mei.

"A new person? Ah, do you mean that guy from earlier? I don't even know his name, and it also seems like he himself wants to get close to me. By the way, do all humans really like noise? Just now there were two strange masked people making a ruckus inside the supermarket. I really don't understand humans, they wish for peace but always have so many bad scenarios in their heads. Strange."

As a human who had only been alive for no more than four days, there were obviously still many things Yu Mei did not understand. So far, what she understood about humans was only in outline, not detailed down to the personality of each human.

Yu Mei knew that humans wanted to live in peace and hated bloody feuds, proof that the police and other security forces were created for the purpose of creating peace. But why are there still people who try to destroy it? Did that mean they preferred chaos to peace?

Even she herself who had only lived for a few days felt that living in peace was not bad at all. Yu Mei didn't mind at all if she had to live her days as usual forever.

Li Hanshen shifted his sitting position, fixing himself while sipping the hot tea that was already served on the table. "Humans are complicated. All humans love peace, I can guarantee that, but according to some people peace is not the same as the peace most people assume. Just like the two robbers you faced earlier, they resorted to robbing the supermarket to get their own version of peace. Although their methods are not classified as 'good'..."

Li Hanshen's lengthy explanation did not help Yu Mei's understanding of humans improve at all, on the contrary, she was getting more and more confused. Saying that humans were the most complicated creatures on Earth was not an exaggeration.

"Complicated, too complicated. It feels better to be a rose than a human..." Yu Mei muttered softly but could still be heard clearly by Li Hanshen.

"Really? I don't mind turning you back into a rose," Li Hanshen said easily, he raised his hand as if ready to change Yu Mei back to her plant form.

Yu Mei immediately shook her head, "No-no... It's a blessing for me to meet master, the fact that I can transform into a human is all thanks to master's power. How could I dare to say that I want to go back to being a wild plant when master has given me such a great gift? If I say that then I am a fool..."

Li Hanshen raised both eyebrows, "Then what did I hear earlier? Did I hear wrong or something?"

Yu Mei immediately smiled sweetly radiating her deadly charm to Li Hanshen even though it was actually useless. "Of course it was just a joke on my part. How can I, this lowly one, say that I'm not grateful for the gift you gave me?"

Li Hanshen just shook his head lightly then smacked Yu Mei lightly on the head, "Whatever you want."

Still with her sweet smile, Yu Mei stood up then said, "then I'll cook for lunch, master!"

While Yu Mei was cooking food for her master, upstairs on the 8th floor, Yu Hanshao and his entourage had arrived at their new apartment. Shangguan Ling, although reluctant, chose to stay in Shanghai because of what Professor Gu said.

Although the apartment was not as spacious as the one in Linyi, it was enough to accommodate three adults with a lot of luggage. As the only woman, Shangguan Ling got her own room while Professor Gu had to sleep in the living room together with Yu Hanshao.

There were actually two other rooms, but Yu Hanshao said that they should be used as labs or other rooms rather than bedrooms.

"There are still a lot of things to buy actually. But there's no way we can go shopping at the supermarket in our current state, using an online shopping system would take a lot of time and I hate waiting for things..." said Shangguan Ling as she looked at the items in the apartment that had been neatly organized.

"Well then what should we do other than online shopping? Are you asking me to buy the whole supermarket or something?" Professor Gu asked Shangguan Ling.

Shangguan Ling's eyes lit up, "Great idea! How about Professor Gu buys a supermarket in Shanghai? That way we won't have to sneakily buy anything."

"Thump!

"Aw!" Shangguan Ling winced softly as a book slammed into the back of her head. She turned around to see Yu Hanshao who was also staring at her with a flat look.

"Instead of thanking me, you're asking for more. Do you know who bought this apartment? It's Professor Gu, and you want him to buy a supermarket? Do you think Professor Gu is your personal bank or something, huh?!" yelled Yu Hanshao.

Hearing Yu Hanshao's shout, Shangguan Ling immediately fell silent. Right, it seemed like she was too ungrateful here. She admitted this was indeed her fault, but could the old man not yell at her? It felt annoying.

"I'm sorry, Professor Gu."

Professor Gu who saw that couldn't help but chuckle, "there's no need to apologize. I know you were just joking. But in the current situation the only way to shop is to shop online. The Black Tiger team may not be watching the apartment area here, but it's possible that other parties are still watching the area around here."

Shangguan Ling carried a trash bag and was ready to throw it outside the apartment, "then I'll look at some items on online shopping sites after I throw this trash away."

Yu Hanshao and Professor Gu just nodded their heads and continued discussing other matters. Shangguan Ling walked out of the apartment and prepared to enter the elevator, but her steps slowed down slightly when she saw a girl who was also standing in front of the elevator staring at her.

Shangguan Ling initially tried to ignore her, but the girl kept looking at her as if she was someone the girl knew.

As the elevator opened at the lowest floor, Shangguan Ling walked ahead of the girl, her intention clear, which was to intercept the girl and interrogate her. Shangguan Ling was worried that the girl was a spy sent by others to harm them.

Once at the crossroads, Shangguan Ling immediately hid behind the wall ready to intercept the girl. But in the next second, someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned her head and saw that the girl who was supposed to be slower than her was now right behind her.

"Looks like you want to talk to me alone?" asked Yu Mei with a sweet smile that held a million dangers behind it.

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