Time in a collapsing world

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Under the sound of the fire extinguisher spraying, Pado glanced around and found that only the seat opposite Ying was empty. He also saw two men next to Ying who looked like they were plotting against her.

"Hoo~ You two, are you trying to tease a good girl again? You haven't reflected on the last time you were caught, right?" Pado stood between Sakura and the two men, crossing his arms and saying with disdain.

"Little Pado, you have misunderstood us this time. I just want to accompany my brother to find his love. How can this be called teasing? And we didn't even say a word before you came over. , If you don’t believe me, ask her herself, is that true?” The old man coughed and quickly defended himself.

"Yes, yes..." The younger brother nodded repeatedly.

"Really? Sister, have they harassed you?" Pado turned his gaze to Sakura, glanced at her clothes, and then naturally moved to her face, and the two looked at each other.

"..." Sakura originally wanted to honestly say no, but she remembered what Li once taught her. If she usually encounters this kind of situation and wants to reduce trouble, she can use some art of speaking.

"...I'm so scared." Sakura lowered her head silently, as if she didn't dare to look at the two strange men.

"Wow! How dare you two lie?! Look at my sister being frightened by you!" Pado rolled up her sleeves and was about to hit someone. Although she couldn't beat anyone, she couldn't lose in terms of momentum.

"??? We don't have one!" Brother looked at Sakura's frightened look and was a little confused. Could it be that he really scared her? That's not right, he is so handsome, a girl shouldn't react like this when she sees him... Wait!

The elder brother turned his attention to his slightly fat younger brother and patted him on the shoulder.

"Brother... I think if you want to find a girlfriend in the future, you still have to go for plastic surgery first..."

"???Brother, what do you mean? You obviously don't have a girlfriend yourself, so how can you criticize me?!" The younger brother was dissatisfied. The older brother actually called him ugly in front of a beautiful girl? This is unbearable!

"I...I just haven't found the one I like. If I really want to find one, my son can be a soy saucer!" The old man said with a blushing face.

"That's what I say, but bro, it seems like your blind date last month failed again, right?"

"Why are you... No, it's just that I don't like them."

"Cut~"

His eyes flickered back and forth between the two of them. Padu just silently dialed the police station number. The crisp dialing sound brought the two men back from the quarrel.

"Little Pado, please be merciful! I don't want to be caught again!"

"Yes, yes, if I let mom know that we are in trouble again, I'm afraid we will really be severed from the relationship between mother and son!"

The brothers quickly begged for mercy.

"Then what should we do... This sister is so frightened. If she keeps her head down like this, she won't even be able to eat well later, right?" Pado looked embarrassed.

"I understand, we'll leave right away and won't disturb this young lady!" The old man shouted in a sensible way:

"Boss, pack our portions! It's urgent!"

"It's an emergency! I heard what you two bastards just said outside. Take these two bowls of noodles and get out of here. Otherwise, don't blame me for kicking you out with a broom!" The disgraced boss threw the two bowls of noodles on the table. Put it aside, he said unceremoniously.

"Let's go now..." Picking up two bowls of noodles, the elder brother said sternly to his younger brother:

"Come on, stop looking at the beauties. I'll show you as much as you want when I get home!"

"Oh oh oh! Brother, are you finally going to take out your treasure and share it?!" The brother immediately forgot about Sakura's figure.

……

Watching the two stupid brothers go away, Pado no longer stood here, sat down opposite Ying, looked at her with a smile, and said: "Hey, sister, the bad guys have been driven away. Let’s go~ You don’t have to pretend to be scared anymore.”

Hearing this, Sakura raised her head and showed the calm expression she had maintained throughout.

"Thank you."

"Hey, you're welcome." Pado opened a pair of disposable chopsticks and played with them in his hand, "By the way, sister, you must be from outside, right? But be careful, the folk customs here are not good for first-timers. It’s still difficult to adapt.”

"I know." Sakura nodded. She had already learned all kinds of information from the Fire Chaser Moth's information.

"Sister, what's in your box? Well, it's locked...it must be very valuable, right?" Pado asked pretending to be curious as he looked at the black box placed by Sakura on the ground.

"...a violin, I prefer music." Sakura picked up the box and put it on her lap, gently stroking it with her hands, as if the things inside were really precious to her.

"Eh~ Really?"

Pado was not deceived by Sakura at all. After all, as the owner of many treasures, she knew very well that neither Sakura's demeanor nor her movements met the standards she expected. In other words, the things inside could not be Do people know?

Could it be contraband...?

Padu made a small calculation in his mind, but his eyes did not stay too much on the box. Instead, he pretended to shout to the boss: "Boss, is my noodles ready?"

"Okay, okay, don't rush me." The boss came over quickly carrying a plate. Not only was Pado's portion on it, but Ying's noodles were also brought over.

"Little girl, I'm sorry, that happened in my store just now..." The boss touched his head and apologized honestly to Ying.

"I won't charge you for this bowl of noodles. Just think of it as my compensation for your mental damage on behalf of those two brats."

"No need..." Ying just wanted to shake her head, but was secretly reminded by Pado:

"You just have to agree first, otherwise this uncle will be nagging you all the time. Just leave the money when you leave."

"...Okay." Sakura thought for a while and chose to listen to Pado's suggestion.

"Yeah, well, I'll go do some work first. Call me if you need anything!" The boss nodded with satisfaction, then turned back to the kitchen.

"Wow~ Sister, you have a lot of beef, it's so big. You're making a fortune this time you come here!"

"Um……"

"Oh~ I'm so envious. There's only a little meat in my noodles, and it's still pork. I'm not full at all~"

"...Do you need me to give you some?"

"Really? Sister, you are such a good person!"

"Good guy...maybe."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Nothing, how much do you want? Is this enough?"

"No, no, no, it's too much, too much, and I just want the beef, so I don't need to share the noodles."

Padu quickly stopped Ying's selfless sharing, otherwise more than half of her noodles would end up in his bowl.