"...Hnh?" Wang Lingtian caught his gaze, then turned, his eyes widened.
"When the fuck did a woman like that come to Tianjin?" His voice filled with disbelief. "And why the hell wasn't I told?"
Long Qimeng coughed into her fist, snapping her heel against the floor.
"Don't slam the table, stupid. You'll scare off the waitresses."
She rolled her eyes, but curiosity tugged her. What the hell had caught all these idiots' attention?
Her senses were sharper than most, a side effect of her past. She never went through the conventional route. While other girls her age sat in classrooms, she had gone straight to military academies. Genetically enhanced under her father's shadow, her body was tuned for Aether control. A colonel by nineteen, until last year's car accident left her "retired." Retired, but far from soft.
The moment she glanced toward the corner, she spotted the woman instantly.... Her gaze sharpened.
