As the theatrical version's camera focused on Caroline, everyone clearly saw her slightly furrowed brow.
Such an obvious emotional fluctuation rarely appeared on her perpetually icy face.
'Here it comes! Here comes the famous Shuraba scene! I know this atmosphere too well!'
'Meow Meow definitely saw him! Her eyelashes are trembling!'
'Tendo, look back! Stop only teasing Liuli!'
"May I help you, madam?"
The waiter, seeing Caroline stand still for a long time, kindly reminded her.
Caroline snapped back to attention, her gaze cutting across the glass of the restaurant aisle, landing on Tendo and Jing Liuli.
She said expressionlessly, "No need for a new table. I see my friend."
"Understood."
The waiter tactfully stepped aside to greet other guests at the door.
Meanwhile, Tendo, who seemed to be chatting and laughing with Jing Liuli on screen, was actually constantly watching the dimensional screen next to him.
He was fully aware of Caroline's arrival.
Why did he specifically bring Jing Liuli to Deep Blue Metropolis?
And why did he intentionally choose this specific restaurant?
This was not only because he knew in advance that Caroline would stop in Deep Blue Metropolis for a day of sightseeing.
It was also because he wanted to pull off some playful antics.
After all, based on his understanding of Caroline, and what he had done six years ago, it wouldn't be easy to get her to 'forgive' him. She would definitely find a way to mess with him.
For instance, pretending not to recognize him.
And to make someone with 'amnesia' recover their memory, the best way is undoubtedly to relive the 'memory' they once had.
Under the watchful eyes of the dimensional viewers, who enjoyed the spectacle, Caroline dragged her suitcase and walked straight toward Tendo and Jing Liuli's table.
"Liuli?"
In the dolphin-themed restaurant, Jing Liuli had just taken a bite of a creamy seashell bun when a familiar, cold female voice suddenly sounded behind her.
Hearing a voice that shouldn't have been there, Jing Liuli was so startled that the bun in her mouth dropped onto the plate with a 'pat'.
She quickly turned her head, and the sight of Caroline dragging her suitcase came into view.
"C-Caroline? What are you doing here!!"
Looking at Jing Liuli's bewildered expression, Caroline completely ignored Tendo, who was sitting opposite Jing Liuli, and calmly said, "The cruise ship I'm on is docking at Deep Blue Metropolis for a day, so I decided to get off and look around."
"O-Oh, is that so?!"
Jing Liuli stammered a couple of responses, then looked at Caroline, then at Tendo beside her, and immediately fussed about wiping her mouth with a napkin.
Before Jing Liuli could speak again, Caroline suddenly looked at Tendo, her eyes as cold and indifferent as if she were examining a complete stranger.
"Liuli, who is this?"
"!!!"
Jing Liuli was completely stunned by this.
She knew that Tendo had tampered with Caroline's memory back then, but the person was standing right in front of her! How could she genuinely not recognize him?
Could the memory seal have malfunctioned?
Just as Jing Liuli was about to speak, someone else interrupted her.
"Caroline, long time no see."
Tendo removed his sunglasses, revealing his azure eyes, and said with a slight smile.
However, to the surprise of both Jing Liuli and the dimensional viewers, Caroline, when addressed by Tendo, not only frowned but her tone was so distant it was like a layer of ice had formed over it.
"Have we met before?"
Hearing this, Tendo's eye twitched slightly beneath where his sunglasses had been.
If he didn't clearly understand the mechanism of Caroline's 'memory seal,' he might have been fooled.
He knew Caroline too well. If she genuinely didn't recognize him, she wouldn't have wasted another word on him; she would have simply asked the waiter for a different seat.
The concept of social etiquette simply did not apply to her. She was clearly doing this on purpose to mess with him!
However, because they didn't know the exact mechanism of Caroline's memory seal, the Tendo-Caroline shippers on 13-Site truly believed that Caroline hadn't remembered Tendo at this moment.
This made the Tendo-Caroline shippers extremely anxious.
'No way, Meow Meow! You really didn't recognize him?!'
'Don't give us the classic amnesia trope! I refuse this cliché plot!'
'Tendo's expression is so aggrieved, hahaha! First time seeing him get owned!'
Just as the Tendo-Caroline shippers were fidgeting with impatience.
Tendo had already concluded that Caroline was deliberately playing with him.
He forced down the urge to laugh and cry and played along with her 'performance', saying helplessly, "Caroline, stop messing around."
However, Tendo had underestimated the 'resentment' in Caroline's heart.
"Sir, please don't speak to me in that tone. We are not acquainted."
"..."
Without waiting for Tendo to reply, Caroline naturally pulled out the chair next to Jing Liuli and sat down.
Under the shroud of her cold aura, Jing Liuli, who had been chattering away, instantly sat up straight like an elementary school student caught by the head teacher.
Even her movements while nibbling the bun became cautious; she didn't even dare to stir the Star Shell Chowder on her plate.
After a moment, Caroline nonchalantly began flipping through the menu, while Tendo silently drank his water. Jing Liuli, meanwhile, looked at Tendo for a bit, then at Caroline for a bit, her small mind clearly churning with thoughts.
Seeing this scene, and Tendo's rare moment of being flustered, the dimensional viewers were immediately delighted.
'Hahaha, Liuli right now looks like a bad student called out by the teacher! She doesn't dare to move.'
'It has to be Meow Meow; she's the only one who can make Tendo look like this!'
'"Sir?" Meow Meow's choice of address has such lethal power!'
'Angering your wife feels good for a moment, but chasing her is a cremation ground experience. This saying does not lie!'
On the screen, Caroline appeared to be studying the dishes, but her mind was already in turmoil.
In truth, the moment she saw Tendo, all those sealed memories came flooding back.
That's right, she hadn't failed to recognize Tendo; she was merely refusing to acknowledge him out of spite.
If it were the past, she naturally wouldn't deliberately give Tendo the cold shoulder like this.
But thinking back on her experiences over the past few years, and Tendo's 'ruthlessness' back then...
Caroline was uncharacteristically angry.
Why? Why do you think that just because you've shown up, I'll automatically forgive you?
Tendo, aren't you being a bit too presumptuous?
Caroline glanced at Tendo, who was sitting across from her, silent and seemingly contemplating something.
She suppressed the urge to reveal the truth, raised her head with a cold face, and said, "Don't just sit there. Order something."
"After all, this little bit of food isn't enough for three people."
Tendo and Jing Liuli exchanged a look, then obediently picked up the menus.
But as she looked through the menu, Jing Liuli suddenly realized something.
She glanced at Tendo, remembering that not long ago, when he brought her to this restaurant, he had specifically mentioned they would encounter something interesting today.
In other words... he clearly knew Caroline was going to show up here all along!
With this thought, Jing Liuli suddenly felt like she had been set up.
Could I have become part of these two's 'play'?!
Thinking this, Jing Liuli used the menu to cover most of her face, secretly observing the two silently sitting across from each other.
She was trying to find some clue on their faces.
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