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"I have no objection to that, but Shi Laoda might have some issues with Chen? Sister Gretchen could go and discuss it with her."

"okay."

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Time flew by during their leisurely chat, and by the time Gretchen was reminded by Swire and came to her senses, they had already arrived in front of a restaurant whose decor alone was extremely luxurious.

After getting out of the car, Swire reached out and rubbed Gretchen's head, then took her hand with one hand and carried the cat carrier with the other as they walked into the restaurant.

Speaking of cat carriers, we have to mention what happened before.

Swire knew that some upscale restaurants did not allow pets or required them to be kept in a restricted manner. So, in order to bring the canned food there and return it, she went to great lengths at home beforehand, offering a lot of cat treats and canned food as a price, before finally getting the cat to cooperate and crawl into the cat carrier.

"We're here." Led by a hotel staff member, Swire pulled Greta and pushed open the door to the private room, saying as they entered.

While chatting idly with An Su in the private room, Pato, who was ordering food, heard the familiar voice and her eyes lit up instantly. She happily welcomed, "Oh, welcome, welcome! Swire, you've finally arrived."

Hearing Patto's words, Swire couldn't help but roll her eyes at her, "After all, I'm not as free as you. Here, I brought your cat with me."

"Hey, thank you so much, Miss Swire, for gracing us with your presence for dinner~" Patto wasn't annoyed at all. Instead, she smiled at Swire and handed her the menu. "Let's order first. It's getting late, and you have a meeting this afternoon."

Swire instinctively took the menu, but when she heard Patto's last words, she was slightly taken aback and exclaimed in surprise, "Wait! How did you know I had a meeting this afternoon!"

Pato, who had accidentally let slip, met Swire's gaze, which seemed to say, 'You've been spying on me,' and silently covered her mouth, then mumbled softly, "...Ahem, would you believe me if I said it was information I gathered?"

"I don't believe you... You better watch yourself, don't let me find out anything, or else... Hmph!"

Because Swire believed that Patto's intelligence-gathering ability was indeed strong, and since she hadn't sensed anything unusual recently, she simply assumed that someone had gotten hold of their group's arrangements or something... and didn't take it too seriously.

"Oh dear, this is so unfair! Swire, please give us some trust!" Pato knew that she had managed to get away with it, and then she couldn't help but smile again, "taking an inch and wanting a mile."

"Give you your trust? You can dream of anything! And aren't you going to introduce the lady next to you?" With that, Swire paused slightly, then turned to Gretsch beside her, handed her the menu, and said in a gentler tone, "Gretsch, don't be shy, order whatever you want."

"..."

Seeing Swire's discriminatory treatment, Paddy's lips twitched involuntarily. No, we're all the same person, why?! Oh, we started it, so it's alright...

Putting aside her playful thoughts, the cat became more serious and introduced, "Ahem, let me introduce you. This is An Suo, my friend, and also my current employee."

"Hello, Miss Ansuo. My name is Swire. It's a pleasure to meet you." After hearing Padre's formal introduction, Swire also put away her playful expression, stood up, walked over to Ansuo, and extended her hand gently.

Aside from losing her composure in front of her friends and Paddo, the little tiger always displays an elegant and polite attitude towards others, especially strangers she has just met.

Faced with Swire's polite yet distant attitude, Amos also skillfully put on a frivolous smile, then shook the outstretched hand and said, "Hello, Miss Swire, it's a pleasure to meet you too. I've heard so much about you."

"I've heard so much about you? This guy, Padrephilis, often mentions me to you?" Swire released her grip, raised an eyebrow slightly, and got to the point.

He withdrew his hand in the same manner, smiled politely at Swire, and said vaguely, "I've heard about you a few times, but it's only today that I've finally met you in person, Miss Swire. You truly live up to your reputation."

"I see." As if accepting this explanation, Swire nodded gently.

Then they ended the conversation and returned to their seats.

At the same time, I felt a little regretful. What a polite child, and his response and reaction speed were also good. How did he end up in Padofelis's hands?

After a while, once the food was ordered and the waiter left the private room, Paddo finally freed the canned food from the cat carrier.

However, the moment she picked up the canned food, her expression turned strange, and she looked at Swire with a accusing look, saying, "How come the canned food has gotten so fat? Swire, how much have you been feeding it lately?!"

"You can't feed him that much, he'll get fat and die!"

Although theoretically, the canned food that comes with Patto shouldn't actually make you fat, it's just that there's so much stuff inside!

The cat lifted it lightly and immediately noticed the weight was off. How much had it eaten?

"Cough...you didn't tell me how much to feed her, and she doesn't seem to have gained much weight..." Upon hearing this, Swire coughed lightly and turned her face to defend herself.

This time, the little tiger became the one who felt guilty, which was quite unusual.

Chapter 165: On the Dinner Party and the Piano

After a few pre-meal interludes, once the meal was officially served, the four people present tacitly split into two groups. Paddy and Swire went to review the previous test.

Out of curiosity, Anso also whispered to Gretchen, gossiping quietly while eating.

The reason Miss Rabbit suddenly became so curious was because she discovered that Miss Swire wasn't as domineering or malicious as she had imagined.

Especially as they spent more time together, she discovered that not only did the other person not bully the cheap boss, but was actually so angry (amused) by the cheap boss that she wanted to punch her twice.

And so, in this strange atmosphere, the lavish lunch quietly drew to a close.

While secretly getting gossip from the little girl, Swire also learned from Patto what exactly happened on her side that night, and what she did afterwards...

"...No, you just went straight to Miss Wen Yue to complain?" Hearing the end, Swire couldn't even be surprised anymore, and looked at Patto with the eyes of someone looking at a strange creature, "Aren't you afraid of being in trouble with Governor Wei...?"

"Why should we be afraid? Let him come if he wants. He can't beat us, and besides, we have Boss Wen Yue with us."

Pado blinked her heterochromatic eyes innocently, lowered her voice and said righteously, "This time it was just a complaint, not anything else... We've already given him a lot of face, and that's only because we were the ones who made the first move in this whole thing."

"You really don't speak politely at all..." Swire retorted speechlessly upon hearing Patto's "arrogant" words.

If the little tiger had previously doubted Pado's claims about her strength, after witnessing that one-sided "massacre" of the chaotic battle that night, she was now largely convinced of her abilities.

After all, with its undetectable stealth, swift and agile movements, enormous cans, terrifying melee combat abilities, and stamina endurance, it could easily wreak havoc on the entire Lungmen if it wanted to.

Although in a sense, Pado had already stirred up Longmen in another way.

"Wow, am I not being polite enough?" Pado replied helplessly, then seemed to suddenly remember something, stroking her chin, and said, "Ah, I almost forgot, I'm having a party for my store's opening in a couple of days, do you want to come?"

"Gresh will be coming too~"

Just now, thanks to the joint efforts of Pado and Gretchen, they finally managed to get Xiaoshi's consent to invite a group of three (or four) people other than "themselves".

"Speaking of which, I don't think I've ever been to your shop yet..." Swire couldn't help but sigh when she mentioned the shop, before continuing, "How many people were there at the gathering?"

“There will be quite a lot of people… Gretchen’s guardians will also be coming.” At this point, Patto paused slightly, then gave a mysterious smile. “Among the people coming to the gathering, there’s one I think you’d get along with, Swire?”

Upon hearing the second half of Patto's sentence, Swire raised an eyebrow, crossed her arms, and retorted mercilessly, "You get along really well? Can you really know people like that...?"

Little Tiger doesn't consider herself to be a spoiled princess; after spending so much time in Longmen, she can be considered quite down-to-earth. Many of the things she likes and is involved in are reasonably priced, and she often saves money where it's unnecessary.

However, she is indeed a genuine heiress. In addition to liking the former, she also enjoys exquisite and luxurious works of art, or retro and elegant operas, classical music, and so on.

To be considered someone you can really chat with, you must at least have one of these two sides, right?

As for the latter, Swire genuinely didn't think that Padphilis would know anyone related to, or at that level.

It wasn't that she looked down on the cat, but she genuinely couldn't imagine a cat with slightly dirty hands being paired with an elegant young lady. Their personalities didn't seem to match at all! Unless… they met like she did.

Little Tiger believed the former, but she was certain that if Padofelis meant their situation when she said they got along well, she would definitely beat the guy up!

"We have many friends, don't worry."

"Don't worry, you'll definitely like her." To pique Swire's interest even more, Patto lowered her voice and added mysteriously, "Swire, aren't you curious where that piano in your plaza went?"

"Don't tell me..."

"That's the one we gave it to! It's really good quality, and she loves it!"

Her words were interrupted, but Swire, whose suspicions had been confirmed, fell into a strange silence. After a moment, she suddenly grabbed the face of the person who was close to her and said, "You always have to do something funny every time you see me!"

Completely unprepared to be pinched squarely, Paddy couldn't help but let out a "wailing" and said, "Waaah... Swire, be gentle!"

Ignoring someone's pleas for mercy, Swire even reached out and gently tugged at the soft cheek of the person in her hand, "Padophilia, how could you have the nerve to give away the stolen goods to someone else!"

The little tiger is truly impressed now. She's never been impressed by anything else in her life, except for Padofelis, who always manages to pull off something that leaves her speechless.

No, that's a piano! Everyone knows about the piano theft at Daegu Plaza. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if you gave that "stolen item" to a friend, or if they used it or it was displayed for others to see?

“It’s not stolen goods! It’s goods we got through our own efforts, and we paid for them!” Pado perked up when talking about the goods, ignoring her pinched cheek as she retorted.

"Is that the point?!" Upon hearing this, Swire's lips twitched. "So why hasn't your friend killed you yet? Is it because he can't beat you? Then I think I can offer some legal aid..."

“Is it really that serious? It’s not that exaggerated… She doesn’t care about these things.” After gently holding Swire’s wrist to free her face, Pado continued, “Besides, she doesn’t intend to use that piano; she just keeps it as a collection.”

"You didn't just leave people wondering how the piano came to be, did you...?"

"How could that be? I'm such an honest person!"

"..."

The two people, who were chatting in hushed tones, were completely unaware that a man and a woman, one big and one small, were secretly watching them with the same subtle glances.

Especially Miss Purple Rabbit, who, the moment Swire pinched Patto's face, put on a "cosmic contemplation bunny head.jpg" expression.

Chapter 166 The Connection with Möbius

After the lavish lunch, the two groups parted ways again, each preparing to return to their respective "homes".

"Oh dear, Swire, don't forget to come to our appointment later. I'll send you the address in advance." As they were about to say goodbye, Pato reminded her with a smile, as if afraid she might change her mind.

"Do you really need to remind me of something so trivial?"

Upon hearing this, Swire waved her hand dismissively and said, "Instead of wasting your time, why don't you think about what to treat everyone to at the party? I remember you were going to cook it yourself at the shop, so I hope your cooking skills aren't too bad."

The little tiger doesn't consider herself a picky person when it comes to food, but if it's really too bad, she'll still eat it.

And if the person cooking was Padofelis, she thought she would seize the opportunity to laugh at him without hesitation!

"Don't worry, don't worry, a great chef will be coming to the party, so I'm sure he won't disappoint you, Swire." Patto thought about Mei, whom she had just unlocked, and felt a sense of security.

Swire raised an eyebrow noncommittally and said, "I hope so. We'll be going now."

There's still some time to spare, and the little tiger doesn't want to waste any more time with Pado. Wouldn't it be better to use this time to take the little cutie shopping for some things?

You know, she just received a really nice gift from someone today that she really liked.

"Um... goodbye, Sister Paddy and Sister Anso." Gretchen had no objection to Swire's decision, nodded obediently, and said goodbye.

Goodbye, Gretchen.

"Goodbye, Gretchen! By the way, don't forget to invite the others for me." With that, Pado winked her beautiful heterochromatic eyes at Gretchen with a suggestive look.

Gretchen, understanding what Pado meant, nodded slightly. "Okay."

"Let's go, while we still have some free time, I'll take you shopping." With that, Swire took Gretchen's hand and turned to leave.

"..."