Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

After deciding to explore the mental hospital at night, Huo Wen’an and Xu Xingguang temporarily stopped worrying about these troublesome matters.

"My senior sister is coming to my house for dinner tonight, and I’ll be cooking." Xu Xingguang stopped her electric scooter at the entrance of the largest chain supermarket in town and said, "It’s hot, and the vegetables at the market aren’t fresh by the afternoon. Let’s go to the supermarket to buy ingredients. You can pick what you want to eat."

Knowing he could taste Xu Xingguang’s cooking tonight, Huo Wen’an cursed his weak stomach for not being able to eat much, otherwise he’d definitely have two or three bowls. "I can’t eat that much either, just make whatever you like."

Xu Xingguang listened to this and felt a bit sorry for Huo Wen’an.

Entering the supermarket, she strolled around and picked out a cart full of items. While checking out, Xu Xingguang saw the cashier was a woman in her forties, and started chatting with her while packing the items: "Auntie, the supermarket business is quite good."

The woman looked at her, finding her unfamiliar, and asked, "Are you a college student?" The supermarket is right next to University City, with high foot traffic, hence the business. In town, there are only small supermarkets with two or three storefronts, and they don’t sell everything.

It’s Xu Xingguang’s first time at this large chain supermarket, and the cashier thought she was a new student at University City this year.

She glanced again at the mature man standing behind Xu Xingguang and couldn’t help but secretly ponder their relationship.

Nodding, Xu Xingguang said, "Yes, I’m a college student, but my mother is a local from Cangshan Town, and I’ve moved here too."

Upon realizing Xu Xingguang is half a Cangshan Town local, the cashier smiled more warmly and said, "Our Cangshan Town is a great place with talented people and beautiful scenery. You’ll fall in love with it."

"I’ve been married and living here for seven or eight years, and I like it more and more."

Xu Xingguang suddenly opened her phone, found an album, and showed the cashier a picture. She said, "This is my brother; he also lives here and says people in Cangshan Town are particularly hospitable."

"Is this your brother?" The cashier stared at You Jiaoyang’s photo for a while and said, "Your siblings are really good-looking."

The cashier, being talkative and liking gossip, said, "He must be quite busy with work. Whenever I see him, the supermarket is about to close. By the way, the beautiful lady always with him, is she your sister-in-law?"

The cashier remembered the beauty vividly, saying, "The first time I saw your sister-in-law, I couldn’t bear to blink. Your family’s genes are really strong."

The cashier gave Xu Xingguang a thumbs up and said, "The last time I saw such strong family genes was in a vampire movie."

Xu Xingguang laughed at the cashier’s words and said, "That’s my soon-to-be sister-in-law; she’s not married yet, but it will be soon. My sister-in-law is also a local, she grew up in Cangshan Town."

"Is that girl a local?" The cashier frowned and said, "I’ve been married and living in Cangshan Town for seven or eight years, and hadn’t seen her in the first few years. It was just the recent three or four years that I came across her a few times."

"My sister-in-law lived away for a while and came back to settle here in recent years." With the items packed, Xu Xingguang scanned to pay and told the cashier to finish work early, then left with Huo Wen’an.

"You’re quite good at eliciting information." Huo Wen’an hadn’t expected to gather news from a supermarket cashier.

"Not having this skill would mean living in vain for centuries." Xu Xingguang hung the shopping bags on the hooks of her electric scooter and said, "Yin Su returned to Cangshan Town in the past three or four years. She’s not a recluse; she just doesn’t engage with Cangshan Town."

Sitting with a leg over the bike, Xu Xingguang concluded, "She’s avoiding the old residents of Cangshang Town."

This supermarket is located between Cangshan Town and University City. Though it’s popular among young college students and nearby residents, the town’s locals don’t frequent it.

They are nostalgic and prefer to patronize their neighbor’s supermarkets in town.

Yin Su knows this well, understands the chances of encountering town residents in the supermarket are low, so she chooses to shop there.

"Yeah." Huo Wen’an said, "Although Huo Xin is a simpleton, her looks are the best in all of Cangshan Town. When she was a teenager, she was a famous beauty near and far."

"The townspeople have a deep impression of her." Huo Wen’an said, "Ye Mingluo could recognize her at a glance, so could the townspeople of Cangshan Town."