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Li Banfeng and Miss Chu sat facing each other at a crooked little table with a plate of bitter greens and two coarse corn buns in front of them.
"I added salt in the bitter greens," Miss Chu said earnestly. "They are quite good. Try some."
Li Banfeng was not in the mood to eat the bitter greens. And even if he had been, the portion was not enough at all.
Miss Chu's meals were given once a month by Bitter Greens Manor. Carefully measured. Carefully limited. Each meal looked exactly like this. No more. No less.
Even for Miss Chu, a woman, it was nowhere near enough.
"Where is my key?" That was the only thing Li Banfeng truly cared about.
Miss Chu's expression darkened. "You came all this way. Are you here to find me, or to find the key?"
Li Banfeng revealed a faint smile. "Silly girl. What nonsense are you talking about? What kind of person do you think I am? I traveled all this way to this place. Of course I am here to find the key."
Miss Chu's face turned pale with anger. "You don't have to put it so bluntly!"
"Hurry up and give me the key."
"No!"
"You are not giving it?"
"I won't. What are you going to do about it?"
Li Banfeng spread his hands in a helpless little gesture. "I can't really do anything about it."
Li Banfeng genuinely could not do a single thing to Miss Chu. He had heard from Ma Wu that Miss Chu had a thousand ways to torment herself. Beating her and forcing an answer out of her would not work at all.
Li Banfeng fell silent and thought for a moment. Then, quite suddenly, he abandoned his previous approach. He looked at Miss Chu with such gentle, loving eyes as he said, "Saying I came for the key was just an excuse. I truly came to see you."
Miss Chu slowly raised her eyes and looked at him from beneath her lashes. "Are you telling the truth?"
Li Banfeng clenched his teeth, as though summoning every...
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