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"Forever? This is what you said, Shen, you can never leave me."
Listening to Shen Ye's words, Aerith's voice was a little choked.
"Yes! I said it!" Shen Ye hugged Aerith with heartache. Now, he has figured out one thing. Aerith now has partial memories of the future. She should know some things that happened in the future.
Because of this, Shen Ye felt even more distressed for Aerith, because Aerith was equivalent to being constantly suffering from the pain brought by future memories.
"No matter what method I use, I must save her from her fate." Shen Ye hugged Aerith tightly, thinking to himself.
Aerith, with tears in her eyes, lay in Shen Ye's arms for a long time.
Perhaps because she was too sad, she lay quietly in Shen Ye's arms and fell asleep again.
After an unknown amount of time, Tifa knocked on the door of Room 203.
"Aerith, are you awake?" Tifa called out from outside the door.
But Aerith fell asleep again and slept very deeply. She didn't hear Tifa's voice at all. Seeing Tifa knocking on the door continuously, Shen Ye had to respond on Aerith's behalf: "Tifa, Aerith is still sleeping."
Tifa was not surprised at all to hear Shen Ye's voice. After all, she had knocked on the door of 202 first, but received no response, so she guessed that Shen Ye should be in Aerith's room.
However, although she had guessed it, a trace of sadness still flashed in Tifa's eyes. Perhaps she also knew that at this stage, Aerith's weight in Shen Ye's heart was actually heavier than hers.
"Then I'll come and wake you up later." Tifa was silent for a while, then said, "I'm going to prepare breakfast. If Aerith wakes up, you can come to 201."
"Thank you for your hard work, Tifa." Shen Ye heard the sadness in Tifa's tone and immediately had the urge to rush out to comfort Tifa.
But he was still holding Aerith and couldn't get away.
"Nothing." Fortunately, Tifa was a considerate woman. She shook her head, left the second floor and went to prepare breakfast for them.
Half an hour later, Aerith finally woke up.
Then Shen Ye told Aerith that Tifa asked them to go to Room 201 to have breakfast together.
Of course Aerith had no objection. She was also hungry at this time. After washing up, she followed Shen Ye into Room 201.
At this time, Tifa changed back into the clothes she wore when she worked at the bar. When she saw them come in, she quickly greeted them, "Come here quickly, breakfast is getting cold."
Hearing this, Aerith felt a little embarrassed and stepped forward to hold Tifa's hand: "Sorry, I kept you waiting for so long."
"I won't drink again next time," Alice said again.
"No, it has nothing to do with that." Tifa shook her head. She glanced at the late night and muttered, "I wish you could keep drinking."
Aerith didn't understand what Tifa muttered, but Shen Ye beside her knew what she wanted to express. His old face immediately turned red, and then he sat down at the dining table.
Breakfast in the slums is simple, nothing more than fried eggs and bread, and at most oatmeal porridge.
Although it was not very appetizing to Shen Ye, he was very hungry now and urgently needed to replenish his energy.
While Shen Ye was eating his breakfast, Tifa and Aerith were eating their breakfast and chatting there.
"Aerith, how much can you usually earn in one night by selling flowers?" Tifa has not forgotten the discussion about buying a house with Shen Ye before.
Aerith was a little confused. After thinking for a while, she said, "Usually, it's one dollar a flower. In one night, I can make about 20 to 30 dollars. Of course, if I meet a rich person, I will sell more."
"Twenty or thirty?" Tifa naturally omitted the second half of Alice's answer. She glanced at Shen Ye, and a smug look suddenly flashed in her eyes. Compared with the income from Aerith's flower sales, the bar she opened obviously made more money.
"Why are you asking this?" Aerith asked Tifa after taking a sip of her oatmeal.
How could Tifa possibly tell Aerith? She shook her head and smiled, but quickly covered it up and said, "Nothing."
"I hate Riddlers." Seeing Tifa shaking her head, Aerith curled her lips and said.
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Breakfast time passed quickly as the three of them chatted.
As she had nothing to do during the day, Aerith decided not to go back yet, so after breakfast, she borrowed Tifa's cell phone and called her adoptive mother.
"Aerith, are you with Shen now?" Elmyra asked directly after answering the call.
"We've been together all night!" Aerith's tone was a little dissatisfied, because usually her mother would care about her first.
"All night?" Elmyra paused for a moment, then asked briskly, "From what you said, we're staying in the same room?"
Aerith didn't expect her mother to care about this, so she immediately replied, "Of course! The rooms outside are very expensive."
"That's okay." Elmyra's tone was even more joyful.
Aerith was not a little girl, nor was she stupid. How could she not understand the meaning of her mother's words? She blushed and said, "We just lived in one room and did nothing else."
"I know, I know." Elmyra was an experienced person, so she didn't know Aerith was shy. She said bluntly, "I hope something will happen between you two, so that I can raise another little Aerith. Ah, I really hope she can be as cute as little Marlene."
"Oh! Mom, what are you talking about!" Aerith became even more shy: "Don't talk about that."
"But you've grown up, Aerith. When I was your age..." Having said that, Elmyra stopped talking and fell into silence.
She thought of her husband who died in the Shinra-Wutai war. If it weren't for the war, she would definitely have her own biological children.
Shen Ye, who was listening to their conversation, obviously knew that Elmyra was in a bad mood, so he took the phone from Alice.
"Ms. Elmyra, are you still listening?" Shen Ye asked.
"Yes." Elmyra sniffed and said.
"It's like this, Ms. Elmyra. Aerith and I will probably be back very late today. I want to take her out for a walk. What do you think?" Shen Ye changed the topic to him and Aerith.
"Of course." Elmyra put the thoughts in her mind aside, "I hope you can have fun."
"Don't worry, I definitely will." Shen Ye said with a smile.
Then he chatted with Elmyra for a while before hanging up the phone.
After returning the phone to Tifa, Shen Ye said to her again: "Do you want to join us?"
How could Tifa refuse? She nodded vigorously.
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