That afternoon, Chen Mo walked through the university campus after class.
The autumn sunlight filtered through the trees.
Students passed by casually.
His phone vibrated.
The system interface appeared.
[Emotion Harvest]
Curiosity +12
Suspicion +7
Chen Mo glanced at the notification briefly.
The numbers had been increasing steadily since the sabotage incident.
The investigation was spreading.
That was expected.
Suddenly, someone bumped into him while turning a corner.
Several books slipped from their hands.
"Oh—sorry!"
A girl quickly crouched down to pick them up.
Chen Mo helped gather the fallen notebooks.
One page caught his attention briefly.
It contained several supply-chain diagrams.
Warehouse routes.
Distribution arrows.
Milk tea shop clusters.
Chen Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.
This was… surprisingly familiar.
The girl stood up and accepted the notebooks.
"Thank you."
Her voice was calm.
Chen Mo nodded slightly.
"No problem."
For a brief moment their eyes met.
Then they both continued walking in opposite directions.
Neither of them realized something important.
They had just crossed paths for the first time.