Chapter 32: Bai Jieke's Hunting Time

The afternoon passed unexpectedly peacefully. Ke Mingqing and Xia Zili sat quietly on the sofa watching TV, and before they knew it, dusk had arrived.

The sky was dyed a vast swath of red, and telephone poles stood lonely beneath the blood-red canopy. The wind picked up. The leaves on the maple tree RUSTLED, swirling down onto the windowsill of the old building.

Someone rode a bicycle through the alley, passing over the ground covered in golden autumn leaves.

Ke Mingqing took a pineapple-flavored popsicle from the fridge, snapped it in half, and handed one piece to Xia Zili.

Xia Zili hesitated for a moment before taking it. "Why have you been zoning out? I feel like you're not even watching the movie."

Closing his Skills panel, Ke Mingqing replied without a second thought, "Actually, I was thinking about Magical Girl Little Red Riding Hood."

"...Huh?"