Chapter 109

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Chapter 109: Air Force! Flying Airplanes?!

At this moment, a burst of suppressed laughter filled the reading room. Everyone quickly turned their eyes away and lowered their heads, with their shoulders shaking as they clearly revealed their inner thoughts. Some bolder young men and women even nodded and waved their hands, saying, “Got it, got it, continue, continue!”

“Hmph!” The girl’s face turned bright red, feeling as though she had stepped in something unpleasant. Unable to take it anymore, she aimed her fury at Lin Mo, her silver teeth clicking with resentment. “Lin, did I owe you something in my past life? You’re making me look foolish again; you’re dead meat!”

“But I didn’t say anything!” Lin Mo looked at the girl, feeling like he had seen her somewhere before, but he couldn’t quite place her name.

“You haven’t said anything?!” The girl suddenly fell silent, realizing she had been the only one talking non-stop like a machine gun while the other party stared at her blankly, not saying a word.

“Fine, you’re tough, Lin! You just went missing on me! Hmph, now that I’ve found you, watch how I make you pay for this!” The girl pushed aside the stack of books between her and Lin Mo forcefully, staring at him like an interrogator.

However, Lin Mo furrowed his brow, lost in thought and completely unaware of the girl’s alluring charm in front of him.

“W-what? Cosplay?” Lin Mo’s long-buried memories suddenly burst forth, and he finally recognized who the girl was. The original owner of this body, Lin Mo, used to be a member of the Divine Battle Squad, playing the role of a knight, and this girl was the leader of the squad, Qi Fei.

“I recognize you! You’re Qi Fei!” Lin Mo said, forcing a smile that made his teeth ache a little. She was the first person he had encountered upon arriving in this world.

“Hmph, humph!” The girl rubbed her silver teeth together like a poised wolf, her gaze slowly shifting over Lin Mo.

“Lin Mo, you’re treating me to lunch today, and you need to explain where you disappeared to! Otherwise, don’t think I’ll let you off easy!” Qi Fei leaned against the table, staring fiercely at Lin Mo.

“Umm, it’s because you left!” Lin Mo forced a few laughs and cautiously pointed at Qi Fei, who was purposely looking down at him with a dramatic flair, inadvertently revealing her cleavage.

The intimidating aura Qi Fei had just created completely vanished. “Ah!” She recoiled like a startled rabbit, clutching her chest while throwing Lin Mo a fierce glare.

“Hahaha!” Lin Mo laughed, slapping the table as if he had succeeded at something. Clearly, he was the villain in this scenario.

“Lin Mo, you sly rascal, how dare you take advantage of me!” Qi Fei blushed with anger, stomping her feet on the chair but unable to retaliate against Lin Mo.

“It looks like someone showed up right at my door. If I had known, I wouldn’t have warned you!” Lin Mo said, amused by how unexpectedly entertaining this girl was.

“Fine, fine, I’ll treat the beautiful Miss Qi Fei to a big meal at noon. Just say what you want; I’ll buy it!” Lin Mo thought back to the confusion he felt on the cosplay stage and how he had left without a word, inadvertently accruing a favor from this young lady.

“That’s more like it!” Qi Fei quickly started counting on her fingers: “I want steak, salmon sashimi, bird’s nest soup, crab legs, and… oh, wait! How about shark fin soup? And what about Shangri-La? Or Hyatt? No, no—let’s go to Huanglong Restaurant! That’s the place!”

She seized the opportunity, clearly intending to take advantage of Lin Mo and dine lavishly at his expense, suggesting restaurants that weren’t cheap at all.

“Alright, alright! No problem! I’ll pay!” Lin Mo sincerely admitted to his previous rudeness.

The expenses for the restaurants Qi Fei mentioned were beyond the budget of an average salary earner; they likely wouldn’t even afford a single meal there for six months of salary. Lin Mo, however, had no concept of money. Even though his savings had been cut in half by the gold coins in recent days, he still had around forty to fifty thousand, enough even at a fancy restaurant, since he had no financial acumen anyway.

“Hmph! Based on your sincere apology, I’ll let you off easy today. Let’s just go to the Chicken Coop across the street from the library!” Seeing Lin Mo’s honest, downcast demeanor, Qi Fei’s heart softened a bit.

“Hehe! It’s almost noon; should we head out?” Lin Mo realized that this girl also had the qualities of a good wife and mother. The time displayed on the upper right corner of his glasses showed that it was nearly noon.

The glasses, transformed by the gold coins, had some special functions, such as serving as an earpiece. The transparent lenses could also function as a semi-transparent computer display, locking onto Lin Mo’s pupils for tracking. While the programming ability of this gold giant dragon’s software was a bit lacking, otherwise the display function would be even more advanced.

Lin Mo took off his glasses and began packing his things, pretending to casually drop them into his pocket. The glasses quickly softened and morphed, snapping onto Lin Mo’s left wrist. When he extended his hand, they transformed back into the appearance of a watch.

“Hehe!” It felt as if Qi Fei had a little tail wagging behind her in excitement at the prospect of a free meal. Lin Mo took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and thought it must be an illusion.

The two returned their books together and left the library side by side.

“Did we win or lose in that Cosplay competition?” Lin Mo asked cautiously, uncertain about the trouble he had caused the Divine Battle Squad that led to Qi Fei harboring such resentment toward him.

“Of course we won! Your outstanding performance nearly wrecked the entire stage! Luckily the organizers didn’t pursue it; otherwise, we would have had to pay back our prize money before we even got it! We would have been in big trouble!” Qi Fei replied happily, swirling her long ponytail. Her glossy, dark hair swayed elegantly with her movements.

“Thanks to you, each of us in the Divine Battle Squad got an iPad, and we split the prize money—everyone earned a little something. However, considering you went missing and abandoned our Divine Battle Squad, your iPad was confiscated and I gave it to my cousin. You don’t mind, do you?” Qi Fei toyed with her hair while casting a sly glance at Lin Mo to gauge his reaction.

"That’s fine, that’s fine. Since we didn’t lose, it seems like it should be the captain treating us, right?"

"Huh? You have something to say? You said you would treat us, no backing out!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll treat you!"

The poor pilot found himself squeezed for a meal by an ordinary person, truly building a strong bond between the military and the civilians.

The Chicken Coop, as the name suggests, specializes in chicken dishes. A pot of chicken soup, stewed to perfection, features tender chicken that melts in your mouth, its aroma filling the air. It’s not only cheap but also very nutritious.

Qi Fei clearly wasn’t a first-timer here; she ordered a chicken soup pot without even looking at the menu, skillfully adding some potatoes, seaweed knots, cabbage, rice noodles, mushrooms, and frozen tofu.

As the delightful aroma of chicken soup filled the air, the chicken soup base was quickly brought to the table.

"Now tell me, where exactly did you run off to that day?" Qi Fei expertly tossed the ingredients into the soup pot.

"I went to join the army!" Lin Mo said, taking in the scent of the chicken soup, his appetite awakening.

"Join the army? What kind? You weren’t that kind of soldier who just takes the blame while watching others in action, were you?"

Qi Fei’s sharp tongue and sarcastic humor were truly outrageous; it was hard to believe she was a classmate of Lin Mo’s at the same university.

"Air Force!"

"Flying planes?!"

"Piloting! I left in a hurry, so I didn’t get a chance to tell you."

Speaking of which, isn’t the main job of a fighter jet to shoot down planes?

A sweat appeared on Lin Mo’s forehead; he couldn’t tell if it was from the heat of the chicken soup or something else. He felt like there was no way to stop this girl from her verbal sparring.

"No wonder you disappeared without a trace and didn’t even say goodbye. Well, this lady has forgiven you." Qi Fei genuinely believed Lin Mo had run off that day because he was in a rush to catch a flight, so she felt a bit of forgiveness in her heart for him.

"Do you have a girlfriend?"

"No!"

"How about I introduce one to you?"

"Never mind, I’ll find someone myself!"

Lin Mo felt that Qi Fei was starting to act like his mother, getting so involved in his personal matters. She called him "bro" now, and she wasn’t much older than him. First she acted like an authoritative figure; now, she was like a sister—such a swift transformation!

"With your personality? I think that’s risky! Might as well embrace being single forever." Qi Fei’s sharp words oscillated between teasing and friendly.

"Hey! Qi Fei! Long time no see! Why are you eating in this little diner? Tsk, such low standards! Come have a fancy meal with me instead—French snails, roast lamb chops, imported red wine."

Suddenly, a figure appeared at Lin Mo and Qi Fei’s table, completely ignoring Lin Mo and directly greeting Qi Fei.

"Li Yuan! What brings you here again? I love eating at little diners and don’t care for fancy restaurants. What does that have to do with you?" Qi Fei clearly had a low opinion of this person, swirling the soup in her small bowl, her demeanor lazy and somewhat annoyed as she glanced at the newcomer.

"Isn’t it because I wanted to invite you for lunch? I was being all nice and asking you to join me. Is that how you treat me?" The person, seemingly rebuffed by Qi Fei, remained standing and shifted his gaze to Lin Mo. "Oh! Isn’t this the usually quiet Lin? Lin Mo, how did you manage to charm our class beauty, Qi Fei? I never would have guessed you had it in you. What are you up to these days?"