Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

(Secondly, this FF7 version is mainly a remake, so the two heroines are a bit difficult to romance... so we can only add some story interactions and raise their affection first.)

……

By the time we got back to the Fifth Street, it was already noon.

However, Alice still seemed to be drunk when they got off the bus, so Shen Ye carried her home.

Since Amina had already gone out and no one was opening the door for them, Shen Ye had no choice but to pat Alice's face to wake her up and ask, "Did you bring your key?"

Alice squinted and nodded slightly, then rummaged through her clothes for a while before finally finding the key.

Shen Ye took the key, opened the door, and placed Alice directly on the sofa. He then found a blanket and covered her with it before going into the kitchen to prepare something for Alice to eat.

However, the moment he entered the kitchen, Alice opened her eyes. Her bright eyes showed no sign of drunkenness. In fact, she had already woken up in the car.

Looking towards the kitchen, Alice's feelings were very complicated, and a struggle flashed across her face, as if she was resisting something.

But soon, she felt relieved.

"Perhaps... this time things can really change!" Alice murmured to herself.

……

Not long after, Shen Ye came out of the kitchen, carrying a bowl of oatmeal porridge with some honey in it.

Of course, given Emina's circumstances, or rather, the conditions in the slums, there was no honey in the kitchen. This was something Shen Ye brought himself. High-calorie honey is not only a great condiment, but also a good thing for quickly replenishing energy.

"Awake?" Shen Ye, who came out of the kitchen, found Alice staring at him with her eyes open, so he moved a chair over and sat down in front of her.

"Have something to drink."

Shen Ye handed the bowl over, but Alice didn't touch it.

"I still feel a bit weak." Alice raised her hand slightly, then put it back down.

"So... I'll feed you?" Shen Ye thought for a moment, then managed to stammer out, "Or wait for you..."

"Okay, you feed me!"

Alice interrupted Shen Ye, looking at him expectantly.

This put Shen Ye in a bit of a dilemma. He had originally wanted to say that he would drink it himself after Alice had rested, but she had agreed too readily.

"Alright, come on, let me help you sit up first." Shen Ye put the oatmeal porridge aside, helped Alice up, scooped a spoonful of porridge, and brought it to Alice's lips.

Looking at the steaming porridge, Alice glanced at him and snorted, "It's a bit hot, aren't you going to blow on it first?"

Shen Ye paused for a moment, hesitated, and then did as Alice suggested.

"It's very sweet." Alice nodded in satisfaction as she ate the porridge that was brought back to her mouth with a spoon. The taste of honey made her feel happy.

After finishing a bowl of oatmeal porridge, Shen Ye was covered in sweat, not from exhaustion, but from feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

This was the first time he had ever done something like this, even though the object of his affection was Alice, but he wasn't good at taking care of people.

"I'm full." Alice patted her stomach gently, then lay down again. Her ease in motion made Shen Ye frown.

Was the other person just trying to trick him?

With a slight sigh, Shen Ye didn't dwell on it. He took the empty bowl back to the kitchen; it was time for him to prepare something to eat.

.........

In the afternoon, Alice, who was so tired from resting that she felt embarrassed, got up from the sofa, quickly cleaned herself up, and said to Shen Ye, who was sitting by the window in a daze, "Shen, would you be interested in going somewhere with me?"

"Where to?" Shen Ye snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Alice.

"You'll see when you come with me." Alice pulled Shen Ye's arm and walked out of the house.

Soon, they arrived at the church not far from Alice's house.

The church had long been abandoned, and the building, devoid of any worshippers, had lost all its vitality. However, as Shen Ye and Alice ventured deeper into the church, they discovered a small flowerbed inside what should have been a place for worshippers to pray.

"A classic spot from FF7!" Looking at the flowerbed, Shen Ye subconsciously looked up, but since the plot hadn't officially progressed yet, there was naturally no large hole that Cloud had knocked into it.

"What are you looking at?" Alice asked him curiously.

"It's nothing. I'm just a little surprised that such lush and beautiful flowers can grow here, given the conditions." Shen Ye turned his gaze back to the flowerbed.

Of course, he was asking a question he already knew the answer to.

“Because I’m special!” Alice bent down, scooped up a handful of soil from the flowerbed, walked up to Shen Ye, and then closed her eyes.

Then, the green and white magic stone on her headdress emitted a faint glow, and then an invisible energy appeared from her palm. Slowly, a sprout actually grew from the soil.

Of course, Alice has not yet fully mastered her power; merely causing tender shoots to sprout from the soil has already made beads of sweat appear on her forehead.

"Look, isn't it special?" Alice held her hand up to Shen Ye's eyes, looking at him expectantly.

“Yes, it’s incredible.” Shen Ye nodded. “No wonder the flowers here grow so lushly, while there isn’t a single weed to be seen on the streets outside.”

"That's why I keep selling flowers. Flowers are very expensive in Midgard," Alice said, putting the soil back into the flowerbed and clapping her hands.

“However, only the wealthy in the upper districts buy them. People in the slums have trouble even eating, so very few people buy flowers from me,” Alice said regretfully. “Moreover, even the wealthy aren’t very interested in flowers. They seem to dislike things that wither so easily.”

"That's because they don't know how to take care of them." Shen Ye squatted down and gently stroked the flowers in the flower bed, saying, "If you can take good care of them, they can live for a long time, and even if they wither, they will merge into the soil, become nutrients, and then give birth to new life, and so on, endlessly."

"Really?" Alice's emerald green eyes lit up after hearing Shen Ye's words.

"Then... Shen, what is your understanding of life?" Alice asked again.

"Understanding of life?" Shen Ye was taken aback, somewhat confused, but still voiced his thoughts: "I may not be very clear, I only know that all life is fragile, yet also very strong, both short-lived and glorious... Alice, why are you asking me this?"

"It's nothing." Alice shook her head, but having gotten the answer she wanted, a smile appeared on her face.

……

Next, Shen Ye and Alice did not leave the church, but began to tend to the flowers in the flowerbed.

Although Alice's abilities can promote the growth of those flowers and make them more resilient and tenacious than ordinary flowers, nutrients and water are still necessary.

"So, Shen, thank you for your hard work!"

Alice handed the water-carrying tools to Shen Ye and said to him with a smile.

Shen Ye certainly couldn't refuse. He was living and eating at her house now, so doing a little something was nothing.

Moreover, the flower nursery wasn't very large, so Shen Ye only had to make one trip to fetch the necessary water.

"It's really nice to have a capable man in the family."

Watching Shen Ye watering and weeding, Alice suddenly had this thought pop into her mind.

"Oh dear, what am I thinking?" Alice was startled by her own thoughts and quickly shook her head, trying to shake the idea out of her mind.

However, once this thought takes hold, it's not so easy to get rid of it. For a moment, Alice was caught in a dilemma, and it wasn't until Shen Ye finished tidying up the flowerbed that she came back to her senses.

"Alice?" Shen Ye put down his tools, stretched, and said to her, "Is there anything else I need to do?"

"No need for now," Alice shook her head. "We'll come over after dinner... Shen, do you have anything else to do tonight?"

"Of course not. What do you think I would have to do right now?" Shen Ye asked curiously.

"For example, go to that bar for a drink, that Tifa girl is really enthusiastic towards you." A smile flashed in Alice's eyes.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Shen Ye said helplessly, "This is the first time I've met her, and she was only so enthusiastic because of Marlene!"

Seeing Shen Ye's helpless expression, Alice covered her mouth and chuckled. After a while, she said, "Since you're not planning to go out and wander around tonight, could you come with me to sell flowers in the upper district? Now there's another mouth to feed at home, and it's a man's mouth too. My mother and I can't afford to support him on our salaries alone."

"Selling flowers?" Shen Ye was taken aback again, then pointed to himself: "Is my appearance acceptable?"

"Why not?" Alice looked Shen Ye up and down. "He looks quite pleasing to the eye."

"Alright then." Shen Ye was very pleased with Alice's words and immediately nodded in agreement.

"Let's go home now."

After saying that, Alice grabbed Shen Ye's hand and pulled him out of the church.

When he got home, Emina was already home, sitting at the coffee table drinking tea.

When she saw Alice returning hand in hand with Shen Ye, she was stunned for a moment, her hand holding the teacup froze in mid-air, and then she looked at the two of them with a strange expression.

"Mom!" Alice noticed Emina's gaze, immediately let go of her hand, called out, and ran into her room.

"It seems you two got along very well today," Amina said with a smile, glancing at Alice's closed door.

"Cough, I'm alright!" Shen Ye coughed lightly and said.

"Has Marlene already gone home?" Emina asked again.

Shen Ye nodded: "We personally handed her over to her father."

"That's good." Emina nodded slightly, then took another sip of tea.

She then put down her teacup, got up and walked towards the kitchen, saying as she went, "Please sit for a while, I'll go make dinner for you."

“Yes, Ms. Emina.” Shen Ye nodded.

During dinner, Alice told Emina about her plan to sell flowers with Shen Ye.

"Are you going to sell flowers together?" Emina put down her spoon and looked at Alice.

"Mom, you don't disagree, do you?" Alice thought Amina objected to her taking Shen Ye to sell flowers.

“No.” Emina shook her head, a smile appearing on her face. “On the contrary, I agree. I was always worried about you when you were selling flowers alone. Now that someone is going with you, I’m overjoyed!”