It was dusk, and as it happened to be dinnertime, the four of them—none of whom had eaten yet—entered the city with a remarkably strange atmosphere between them.
The goal was clear. The group settled into a restaurant, heading up to a private room on the second floor. A large round table occupied the center of the room, accompanied by four round stools. Once seated, there was quite a bit of distance between each person. Ruhuahua sat with Hua Yichao to her right, Zhongli Ting to her left, and Wei Ling directly across from her.
The greatest distance was clearly between Wei Ling and Hua Yichao; both had tacitly moved as far from each other as possible. Wei Ling was sitting so far over that his arm was nearly brushing against Zhongli Ting. This seating arrangement meant that Hua Yichao and Wei Ling were practically face-to-face; they couldn't help but lock eyes every time they looked up.
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