Chapter 28:
Silver Wolf and Hu Tao immediately clicked. Hu Tao's eyes lit up. She circled around Silver Wolf once, then said softly: "You're 2D too?"
Silver Wolf nodded. The way she looked at Hu Tao glowed with extreme friendliness. "Yeah! You're so pretty, little sister."
Hu Tao glanced at her own legs, then at Silver Wolf's, and giggled: "Your legs are longer than mine!"
Silver Wolf stuck out her tongue and squinted with a smile: "But yours are slimmer!"
The two girls hit it off like old friends, showering each other with compliments and completely ignoring Tang Yu.
Tang Yu: "...."
Did I become a side character? Are girls really this boundary-less?
He couldn't help wondering. But mostly, he felt relieved. If Hu Tao and Silver Wolf didn't get along, he'd be the one suffering.
"Tang Yu, lead us inside for dinner?" Hu Tao finally noticed him and gave an embarrassed look.
"Let's go." Tang Yu waved his hand grandly and led the way.
Hu Tao and Silver Wolf quickly caught up, each taking one of Tang Yu's hands as they entered the mall.
{Ding: Silver Wolf affection +70%.}
Huh! Affection went up?
Sandwiched between two beautiful girls, Tang Yu felt secretly delighted.
The moment they entered the mall, countless gazes locked onto them. These looks— a few were admiring or envious. The rest were all jealous, some even carrying a hint of killing intent.
"WTF! Who the hell is that guy? Hugging two 2D beauties like that."
"Argh! I'm so jealous—I wanna kill him and take his place."
"Huh? It's him—I know him. He's a streamer named Tang Yu. The two beautiful girls with him are Hu Tao and Silver Wolf."
"Tsk tsk tsk! Yeah, that's right! This Silver Wolf is no joke—she's the one who cracked Panda Burning Incense."
Soon, passersby recognized them. They pulled out their phones to take photos.
Seeing this, Silver Wolf and Hu Tao both furrowed their delicate brows slightly. They weren't used to this kind of being gawked at.
Tang Yu naturally noticed the girls' discomfort. He whispered: "That's how it is in this world. Once you're famous, you get mobbed wherever you go."
"You two better prepare yourselves. We're not even big influencers yet—the attention is still low. If we become huge stars later, the whole mall would get blocked if you showed up."
Hearing Tang Yu's words, Silver Wolf and Hu Tao found it unbelievable.
They lowered their voices: "Are the people in this world all idiots?" "We're big influencers—what does that have to do with them? What do they get from gawking?"
Tang Yu shrugged. "I have no idea."
As they talked, the three took the elevator to the fourth floor— the food level of Wanda, full of all kinds of branded chain restaurants.
"What do you want to eat?" For food, Tang Yu naturally had to ask the ladies' opinions.
Hu Tao and Silver Wolf both shook their heads at the same time.
Hu Tao said to Tang Yu: "You decide?"
"Alright."
Tang Yu nodded and led the two girls into a hotpot restaurant. When taking girlfriends out to eat and unsure what to choose, hotpot is always a safe bet. This was a lesson Tang Yu had learned from his previous life on Earth.
Entering the hotpot place, the three ordered dishes. While waiting, the two girls started chatting again.
Tang Yu sighed helplessly and pulled out his phone to scroll.
Soon, a look of surprise crossed his face.
Because the first video he scrolled to on his short-video app was about Silver Wolf: a clip of her pulling out a USB and casually cracking Panda Burning Incense.
The viewers were all blown away by her skills.
{WTF! She could totally live off her looks but chooses to rely on talent instead.} {Such a beautiful 2D girl—so rare!} {Oh my god, this is 2D? 2D nowadays is like this? Loving it.} {I used to be against my son liking 2D, but now—damn, it's true fragrance.} {She even got a police commendation flag and bonus—really doing 2D proud!} {......}
After reading the comments, Tang Yu looked up at Silver Wolf. The more he looked, the more he liked her.
Sensing Tang Yu's gaze, Silver Wolf—mid-chat with Hu Tao—paused and turned to him: "What are you staring at?"
Pfft!
Hearing Silver Wolf's words, Tang Yu couldn't help bursting into laughter. When did this girl learn Northeast dialect?
"Nothing, nothing—I'm just curious what you two are talking about?" Tang Yu suppressed his smile and asked casually.
The two girls didn't suspect anything.
Hu Tao said: "It's like this—Silver Wolf knows I do funeral work. She said she wants to help me develop a cloud cemetery."
Cloud cemetery? Tang Yu's eyes widened at the term.
Cemeteries can be in the cloud?
Seeing Tang Yu's shocked face, Silver Wolf shot him a disdainful look.
"What's the big deal? Times are progressing. Back in the day, funerals even required live human sacrifices! Traditional isn't always good."
Silver Wolf's words made sense.
He looked at Hu Tao, waiting for her response.
Hu Tao thought for a moment and nodded. "It's not impossible, but getting people to accept it might take some time."
Silver Wolf smiled lightly, completely relaxed: "Yes—new things always need time for people to adapt."
"Once they get used to it, it'll be fine."
"Just like in a certain world where farmers were originally free, but the officials set up an organization to manage them. At first, they were really against it, but in the end, they got used to it."
"WTF! You know about that world too?" Tang Yu was utterly shocked.
Silver Wolf replied: "The Astral Express passed by it before. I got off and took a stroll."
"By the way—that world is pretty similar to this one. Just the cultural development path is a bit different."
Tang Yu was shocked again. From this, it seemed the world Silver Wolf was talking about must be his previous life's Earth.
"Alright! Then please develop an app for me," Hu Tao finally decided to adopt Silver Wolf's idea.
Funerals needed innovation—there was no doubt about that.
Otherwise, as society developed, more and more people might not be able to afford death.
A single grave plot could cost hundreds of thousands. Where would ordinary people get that money?
Right at that moment, the servers started bringing out the dishes one by one.
The three immediately dug in.
They had been busy all day and were starving.
This scene was also captured on phone by surrounding customers.
They quickly posted it online. Immediately, netizens weren't just jealous—their back teeth were grinding to dust.
Tang Yu, still in the hotpot restaurant, had no idea he had become public enemy number one.
After dinner, he had a new problem.
There was only one bed at home—how would three people sleep?
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