Beitian Academy quickly dispatched a special car to pick up Lin Qing, Elorie, and Ji Lian to the Celestial Ridge District.
As soon as the three got out of the car, they saw Miss Honglian standing guard at the shop entrance.
After entering the shop, Lin Qing's heart immediately sank to the bottom—it was no longer the magical shop she knew. The stairs leading to the second floor had turned into a white wall, and the elevator beside the bar, which could directly connect to the branch store, was nowhere to be seen. The fruits on the shelves emitted a sickly sweet fragrance, the smell of overripe and spoiled produce, clearly indicating that Honglian hadn't been in the mood to manage the shop's business these past few days.
The fact was unmistakable, although the shop was still here, it had shed its extraordinary guise and turned back into an ordinary community store.
Honglian pulled down the roller shutter, "You—"
