In the past, not many people in town knew me, but it seems the Ming sisters helped me with some promotion.
A lot of people recognized me and even called me Master.
Listening to the conversations around me, it seemed that some had specifically visited the restaurant because of me.
Gradually, the direction of the conversations among the crowd began to change, and some started gossiping about Longting by my side,
"Is that Master Chen's boyfriend beside her? He is really handsome."
"Handsome indeed, but I heard he's also working for Chen Decheng."
"So many middle-aged women go eating there, just to gawk at this young man."
"Such a handsome man as a waiter?? Where is Chen's Restaurant again? I'll eat there every day."
I felt embarrassed after listening and took a glance at Longting's face, which was so handsome that even the profile view made Su Qiang question her life.
He was indeed bewitchingly beautiful, so much so that it seemed almost unfair.
Longting leaned in slightly and whispered in my ear, "Are you jealous?"
"Can someone without a 'Love Soul' get jealous?" I asked, not in jest but in genuine confusion.
He smirked provocatively, "Do you get upset when others stare at me?"
"Of course... *cough cough*... I do." I looked at him; still feeling no flutter in my heart, yet I minded the unusual glances others cast his way.
Longting concluded confidently, "That is jealousy."
Ahead of us was a newly built apartment building in the town.
The housing was new and had a limited number of occupants.
At this moment, suddenly a crowd had gathered below the building, and even those who had been watching Yu Longting and me turned their gazes over there.
From the sporadic discussions, I could make out that someone apparently had jumped off the building.
I have always been faint-hearted since childhood, unable to endure sights too gruesome.
I was planning to avoid the accident ahead and take a different route with Longting.
Someone mentioned emergency aid and began to disperse the crowd.
With an inadvertent glance, I caught sight of the ground below.
There lay two people amidst the blood on the ground, one a girl in a dress, and the other was wearing a Taoist robe.
That familiar robe made my heart skip a beat, and I ran straight towards it.
All that filled my mind was Xiao Li's adoring gaze towards Beichen, and the memories of fighting side by side with Beichen in City B...
As I reached the person in the Taoist robe, my heart turned ice-cold.
From his pale face, I recognized him at a glance.
This person was Beichen.
"Bei... Beichen..." My voice trembled as I called out.
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He squatted down and grasped Beichen's wrist.
The two medical students administering first aid nearby tried to stop him, "Don't move the severely injured, the wrong aid can cause secondary harm."
Longting's penetrating gaze swept over them, frightening them into silence.
They didn't dare to utter another word and went to attend to the other person in need.
"Wanwan, come here," Longting said.
I quickly squatted down and heard him instruct, "Check for his breath."
Instantly, I realized what he meant.
After checking for Beichen's breath and unable to take a pulse, I squeezed his wrist.
The bones were intact, not crushed or broken.
Considering the blood and the brain matter on the ground,
it seemed the girl who had jumped from the building must have fallen from a high floor.
If Beichen had fallen with her, his bones would have likely been shattered, and his body would have felt like rubber upon touch.
I excitedly said to Longting, "It seems he didn't fall from the building, but it's so strange! How did he end up right next to the person who did?"