"It's so late, where is Rena going?"
Yabei Mia stood on the roof, looking down at Rena who was wearing a down jacket and going downstairs, and asked curiously.
"Maybe I need to go out for something." Elizabeth also glanced down, her eyes lingering on the exquisite wooden box held in Rena's hand for a moment.
"It's not safe to go out at night. Should we go with her?" Yabei Mia asked a little worriedly. They changed their clothes and were about to go out to the city to practice flying skills.
"She may have her own affairs." Elizabeth said, looking at Rena who had disappeared around the corner of the stairs, she thought for a moment and then said, "Maybe we can protect her from a distance."
"Well, let's see where she is going first." Yabei Mia nodded and walked lightly to the other direction of the roof. She just happened to see Reina walking out of the alley and walking along the street. , stopped in front of the tea house about a hundred meters away from the ice cream shop, seemed to hesitate for a while, and then knocked on the door.
After a while, the door of the teahouse opened, and a waiter in black clothes came out, exchanged a few words with Rena briefly, and then invited her into the teahouse.
"Rena, are you going to drink tea so late? I feel so full from the late-night snack just now." Yabei Mia said in surprise.
"Maybe it's not for tea, but to meet someone." Elizabeth shook her head and narrowed her eyes slightly when looking at the teahouse. She felt some powerful aura somewhere. In a seemingly ordinary teahouse, there were two seven-level The aura of a strong person showed that this teahouse was not simple.
"Rena went to meet the person herself, do we still need to care?" Yabei Mia was a little confused.
"You stay here now, I'll go take a look." Elizabeth said, tapping her feet lightly, and flew towards the tea house.
She always felt that Rena's expression was a little not good before, as if she was going to meet someone she was looking forward to, and the teahouse was a bit strange, which made her a little confused as to why Rena wanted to go there at this time.
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"Rena, Miss, I didn't expect you to come so late." In the splendid tea room, Bennett sat in front of the stove making tea, stood up with a smile and looked at Rena who came in with the waiter and said.
The charcoal-burning stove makes the tea room very warm, and the delicious aroma of tea slowly wafts out from the teapot.
"Sorry to come so late to chat with you, Your Excellency." Reina bowed slightly, then stepped forward and placed the exquisite small wooden box on the coffee table. She took two steps back, looked at Bennet and said straight to the point: "I have such a precious gift. I can’t accept it, and I would like to express my decision to you again: I will not leave Maimi’s Restaurant to serve as the manager of your hotpot restaurant, nor will I use the hotpot skills created and taught to me by Mr. Mag to serve other restaurants.”
After saying this, Rena felt that her whole body suddenly became much more relaxed, and the distracting thoughts that had been swirling in her mind were suddenly cleared. She nodded slightly towards Bennet, and then turned around to leave.
"Miss Reina, if you don't accept this gift, you may lose something important." Bennett put away his smile, sat back on his seat and crossed his legs, looking at Reina's back and said in a cold voice.
Reina's footsteps paused and her voice was as calm as possible: "This is a city of chaos, a city of law."
"Even in a city governed by law, there will still be darkness, right? You should know this very well." A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of Bennett's mouth.
Reina clenched her fists subconsciously. She had lived in the slums for the past ten years or so, and she knew very well that no matter how bright the place, there were always places where the light could not shine.
"Accept this gift, and you will gain everything. But if you walk out of this door empty-handed, you may lose the most precious thing." Bennett picked up the teacup, gently rubbed the rim with his fingertips, and suddenly let go Handed.
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp sound, the teacup shattered, and tea splashed everywhere.
"What a wonderful tea cup. Although it is a little old, it could have been used for a long time." Bennett said with some regret, but with a smile on his face.
Rena's body was trembling slightly. It was impossible for her not to understand such a naked threat.
She is just an ordinary slum girl. She has been dependent on her mother since she was a child, and she is just trying to survive.
In the past, curing her mother's illness was her biggest wish. Now that her mother's illness has been cured by Mr. McGonagall, she just wants to live a good life with her mother and let her live a comfortable and peaceful life.
Her eyes fell on the box, but her mother's stern look quickly appeared in her mind, and she gritted her teeth and said, "I refuse."
After saying that, she walked quickly towards the door of the tea room.
"I will give you three days to think about it. If you change your mind, you can come back to me at any time. All the conditions are the same as before." Bennett picked up the teapot and slowly filled another teacup with water. His voice He said coldly.
Reina's pace quickened a bit and she almost ran out of the tea room.
After running for tens of meters, Reina bent down and exhaled loudly. She looked back at the teahouse. Under the splendid decoration, it looked like a terrifying beast, staring at it with scarlet eyes. Got her.
"What should I do? What should I do..." Rena's tears continued to flow from her face, standing helplessly on the street.
She couldn't bring herself to accept everything that person said against her will, but she also had no ability to protect her mother.
Bennett's threats and the sound of the cup breaking kept echoing in her mind, strangulating her throat like a curse, making her helpless and want to cry.
"What's wrong with Rena?" Yabei Mia, who was standing on the roof, looked at Rena who was squatting on the street and seemed to be shaking and crying. She quickly jumped off the roof and walked forward quickly, looking at her with concern. Rena said: "Rena, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
Reina raised her head when she heard the voice and looked at Yabei Mia who looked concerned. Finally she couldn't hold it any longer and threw herself into Yabei Mia's arms and cried.
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In the tea room, two men came out from behind the screen.
One of the tall and thin men said with a smile: "Why don't you be more direct? A little girl like this can take out a knife and scare her a few times, but she is willing to do anything and is obedient."
"I want her to help me open a store to make money. If I push her too hard, it may have the opposite effect. It's enough to let her understand some things." Bennett smiled and shook his head, "As long as she is willing to cook the recipes exactly. If you hand it over, we can open hot pot restaurants all over the Nolan continent, which is a very considerable business."
The two men's eyes lit up when they heard this.
"Will Maimi's Restaurant come out to disrupt the situation? I heard they have been quite popular recently." Another short, fat man said.
"It's just a cook who has no foundation in the city of chaos. Although he relies on his daughter to get close to the two magicians, as long as our hands and feet are clean, even the Gray Temple can't do anything to us." Bennett was a little worried. He smiled contemptuously.
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