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Since his goal had been achieved, Barret decided not to leave yet. He slammed the table and asked Tifa to bring out more wine, saying that he wanted to celebrate properly, and then he said a lot of encouraging words.
His words were very contagious, and since most of the team members had grudges against Shinra, the atmosphere was quickly livened up.
"Come on, let's raise our glasses and toast to our future just cause." Barret raised his glass, shouted loudly, and then drank it all in one gulp.
Shen Ye originally wanted to raise his glass as well, but Tifa snatched the glass from his hand and replaced it with a newly mixed low-alcohol drink.
"You should drink less tonight." Tifa leaned close to Shen Ye's ear and said, "I don't want to smell a strong smell of alcohol at night."
"good!"
Of course Shen Ye understood what Tifa was referring to, and his mind suddenly became distracted. He couldn't even feel the taste of the wine he had just drunk.
Jessie, who had been watching them, nodded thoughtfully. Then she looked at Cloud again, but found that he was being forced to drink by Barret.
"Poor kid." Jessie shook his head and didn't drink it all in one gulp like Barret, but just took a small sip of the wine.
Cloud was not good at refusing others, and his brain was not very good recently, so Barret made him drink several glasses of wine in one breath.
After these few drinks, Cloud's eyes became even more confused, but at the same time he started to talk more, even starting to shout that he wanted to become the richest mercenary in the world and fulfill his best friend's last wish...
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It was not until late at night that the members of Avalanche left one after another.
Cloud originally wanted to leave with them, but he had just arrived in Midgar and didn't have a penny on him, so he walked to the door and stopped.
"What's wrong? Don't you have anywhere to go?" Although Barret has a bad temper and is easily impulsive, as the leader of the Avalanche branch, he also has a delicate mind that does not match his appearance.
Cloud nodded: "I have no money and no place to live."
Barret said "oh" and turned to look at Tifa: "Tifa, I remember there are still several empty rooms in Stargazer Heights. Take him there later and let him stay there first."
Tifa, who was still helping Shen Ye mix cocktails, was stunned for a moment, then frowned, because Shen Ye would also be there later.
"I'll give him money and let him rent a house somewhere else." After hesitating for a moment, Tifa said cruelly. Even though she liked Cloud when she was a child, it was different now. She didn't want anyone to disturb her and Shen Ye when they were just two people.
Moreover, she also knew that the rooms in Stargazer Heights were not well soundproofed.
"That's impossible. He's a guest." Barrett was a little surprised why Tifa said that. Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, they were from the same hometown and grew up together. Now he was employed by Avalanche, so he couldn't act so cold.
Cloud was also a little surprised by Tifa's words. Although his mind was still a little confused, he had not forgotten his childhood memories.
However, he has never been a good communicator. Since Tifa said so, he could only nod and say, "I'd better rent a house outside."
Then he walked to the bar and held out his hand to Tifa: "Give me money."
Just as Tifa was about to take out the money, Barret rushed over and pulled Cloud out.
"Don't listen to her. You should stay at Stargazer Heights . Besides, it's so late now. There may not be any houses for you to rent outside." Barret said, and then turned back to Tifa and said, "Save some money for the event. Tifa, I'll take him there first and let him live in 202. Then we can take care of each other."
"But..." Before Tifa could say anything else, Barret and Cloud had already left the bar.
"Really? You didn't even let me finish my words." Tifa was very distressed as she watched the two people disappear into the night.
"Shen, why don't we find a place to live outside." Tifa said to Shen Ye again.
"It seems that this is the only way now!"
Shen Ye nodded. Something was bound to happen when he was with Tifa tonight. If he went to Stargazer Heights again, he would have to change his hair color with Claude.
After finishing the last sip of wine in the glass, Shen Ye stood up and helped Tifa clean up the bar. However, the bar was not open to the public tonight, so it was relatively clean inside. It didn't take them long to finish, and then they left the bar.
However, as Barret had said before, it was indeed not easy to find a place to stay so late. The two of them wandered around the surrounding area and found that either the places were full or the environment was too bad. So, they had no choice but to choose to go to Stargazer Heights .
When they arrived at the second floor of Stargazer Heights , the lights in Room 202 were off and Cloud seemed to have fallen asleep.
This made Shen Ye and Tifa both breathe a sigh of relief, and then they tiptoed into room 201.
"I'm going to take a shower first."
After closing the door, Tifa spoke to Shen Ye while taking out the clothes she bought last time from the closet and walked into the bathroom.
But the next second, she stuck her head out again and said to Shen Ye shyly: "Shen, do you want to take a bath together?"
"This is not good!"
Although Shen Ye said this, his body involuntarily stood up from the sofa and walked towards the bathroom, but as soon as he reached the door, Tifa slammed it shut.
"Tifa, open the door!" Shen Ye had already been aroused by desire and knocked on the door with a bitter face.
"Shen, you better wait for me outside, hehe." Tifa's charming laughter came out.
"But I feel so uncomfortable now." Shen Ye felt like he was being scratched by a cat, and he wished he could just break into the room.
"Shen, just wait a little longer. It won't take too long." Tifa comforted him.
"Oh well!"
Shen Ye had no choice but to sit on the sofa again and turn on TV to watch.
But as the sound of running water in the bathroom reached his ears, he became restless again. Naturally, he lost the mood to watch TV. At the same time, he felt dry in his mouth and wanted to drink some water to calm his nerves.
However, he searched the room and did not find any water. Instead, he found the unfinished wine in a cabinet. Thinking that drinking could help calm nerves, Shen Ye directly picked up the bottle and took a big gulp.
But after taking this bite, instead of calming his nerves, his body felt like it was burning.
"It's so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable..."
Just as he was pacing around the room, trying to relieve his physical discomfort, there was a sudden knock on the door.
"Tifa, are you back?" Outside the door, Cloud still carried the big sword on his back and knocked on the door.
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