After returning to the suite and resting for a bit, everyone's stomachs began to growl.
"So hungry~" Kiana rolled around on the sofa, "I suddenly really want to eat Mei's bell pepper curry!"
It was as if she triggered some kind of keyword, Raiden Mei, who was organizing luggage, paused in her movement and looked up to say, "If we go buy ingredients now, I wonder if we'll make it in time…"
"We can make it! We can make it!"
Kiana sprang up from the sofa like a carp leaping from water, then rushed into Raiden Mei's room, grabbed her hand, and then ran into the living room to tug on Van's arm.
"When I was coming back earlier, I saw a supermarket not far from the hotel!"
Ten minutes later, the group entered a brightly lit supermarket.
As soon as they entered, the troublemaker Ivana began recklessly pushing a shopping cart, almost knocking over a shelf.
Meanwhile, Raiden Mei was carefully picking out vegetables in the produce section for the curry.
"Carrots… potatoes… mm, and bell peppers!"
However, Raiden Mei accidentally dropped the bell pepper she had just picked, and it rolled away.
Just as she bent down, a familiar hand had already picked up the bell pepper and handed it to her.
"Mei, here."
A familiar male voice rang out. Raiden Mei instinctively looked up.
Van was standing next to her, holding a bell pepper in his hand.
Seeing this, Raiden Mei suddenly froze. Because this scene felt very familiar to her.
It was the scene of their first meeting in this world.
Back then, she had also gone to the supermarket to buy ingredients to make bell pepper curry for Kiana, and she had also dropped a bell pepper while picking out vegetables.
Raiden Mei took the bell pepper from Van's hand, and their fingers inevitably brushed slightly.
Although it only lasted a moment, Raiden Mei felt her heartbeat quicken noticeably.
To ease her own awkwardness, Raiden Mei opened her mouth and said, "Um… do you remember that time we were at the supermarket like this…"
"Of course I remember." Van smiled and said, "And a certain young lady even asked me my name…"
"Pfft~"
Thinking of that scene, Raiden Mei instinctively laughed.
"At that time, someone didn't want to tell me his name~ So he made up a ridiculous name like 'Kamen Rider' that not even elementary schoolers would believe."
To that, Van teased with a smile, "So, the reason you ran out of the supermarket to ask me again, was it because the name I gave you was too outrageous?"
Thinking of that moment, Raiden Mei's face instantly flushed.
She was just about to refute when they suddenly heard the crash of a shopping cart behind them.
The two turned to look, and saw Kiana pushing a completely full shopping cart toward them.
"I'm done shopping!" Kiana shouted happily. "I even grabbed some pudding~!"
Looking at the shopping cart stuffed with colorful drinks and snacks, Van and Raiden Mei exchanged a smile.
Not far away, Fu Hua pushed over another cart filled with flour and a rolling pin.
"Well, I want to make some Shenzhou-style noodles. Do you guys want any?"
"Of course!" Kiana replied energetically. "Class rep's noodles are my favorite!"
While everyone was enjoying the peaceful moment, Ivana suddenly appeared from who-knows-where and sneakily slipped a small box into the very bottom of the shopping cart.
When questioned by the others, Ivana brushed it off with a laugh, "It's just some essential travel supplies~"
However, when it came time to pay, Ivana insisted on paying separately, which caught Van's attention.
But he didn't ask much.
After all, if this little rascal wanted to mess around, asking wouldn't help anyway.
He could only take things step by step.
Elsewhere, the cashier who had just rung up the group's items had a subtle expression as she watched them leave.
Thinking back to the strange group of youngsters, and especially the small box she scanned earlier, she tactfully chose not to ask anything.
After a round of shopping and a little rest, everyone began preparing dinner.
And just as Van stepped out of the kitchen, Ivana impatiently ran over to Fu Hua and said, "According to the game results~ tonight's couples' hot spring slot belongs to you, old relic~"
Raiden Mei, who was chopping vegetables nearby, paused for a moment upon hearing this.
After a few seconds, she resumed her work.
At the same time, Fu Hua's face turned red in embarrassment.
She had just opened her mouth to say something when suddenly the doorbell rang.
"Room service." Outside stood a server pushing a food trolley. "Your seafood platter..."
"We didn't order this," Van said with a frown.
"But it shows on the order…"
The server instinctively looked at the receipt in hand, only to realize she really had gone to the wrong room.
After apologizing, the server left for the elevator, confused.
"That's odd. I could've sworn I pressed the third floor… So how did I end up on the fifth?"
She muttered as she looked up at the floor number display above the elevator, only to see in horror that it still showed 3rd Floor…
Meanwhile, after sending off the misdelivered server, Van frowned, sensing that something wasn't right.
Because this was already the third time they'd been disturbed tonight.
The first time was someone delivering luggage.
Then a maintenance worker claiming a water leak report.
And now a random seafood platter.
And the similarity in all three was that the person had come to the wrong room.
Once could be a mistake. But three times in a row? That clearly wasn't a coincidence.
Just then, Raiden Mei's puzzled voice called out from the kitchen.
"Strange… I'm sure I left the kitchen knife on the cutting board... why is it suddenly missing?"
At the same time, from inside the room came Kiana's rummaging voice.
"Huh?! Why are all my bath towels gone?"
And right then, Van suddenly felt a familiar energy fluctuation coming from his bedroom.
Just as he was about to go check it out, he realized someone else moved faster.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Ivana dashed toward Van's bedroom and whoosh, yanked open the wardrobe door.
Clatter!
Immediately, a pile of towels, shower gels, swimsuits, and other items came spilling out.
And right at the top was the missing kitchen knife and half a head of cabbage, with dewdrops still clinging to the leaves.
Faced with everyone's scrutinizing stares, Van instinctively said, "This wasn't me…"
Before he could finish, that familiar energy fluctuation returned again, this time, from the balcony.
With a glance from Van, everyone instantly understood that something was up.
Instead of raising alarm, they all acted as if nothing had happened and slowly began closing in on the balcony.
"Now!"
At Van's shout, everyone moved at once.
Thanks to their teamwork, the culprit behind everything was quickly captured.
And when they saw who Ivana was holding by the collar, a purple-haired girl, everyone's faces filled with surprise.
Van, especially, showed a look of helplessness as he said, "Sirin… why are you in a place like this? And… why would you do all this?"
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