Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Looking at Tifa, who was leaning over him while supporting herself on the table, Shen Ye swallowed hard. He saw the cleavage on Tifa's chest, which was really eye-catching. However, since Alice was still there, he looked away with some difficulty and said, "Of course I won't refuse. Besides, since you are my first customer, I won't charge you any fees this time."

"Thank you, Shen!" Tifa smiled radiantly. If Alice and Jesse hadn't been there, she would have even wanted to jump over the table and give Shen Ye a sweet kiss.

"Let's set off now!" Tifa exclaimed, sounding quite impatient.

"You two? What about us?" Alice looked at Tifa, then pointed at Jesse.

"You two stay here and take stock of the drinks and food delivered today, since we'll need them this afternoon! I don't think it'll be too difficult, will it?" Tifa ran to the bar, grabbed a list and pen, and placed them in front of Alice and Jesse.

"Why should we stay?" Alice exclaimed indignantly.

“Because I’m the boss of Seventh Heaven, and you’re just helping out, so of course you have to listen to your boss.” Tifa flaunted her bar owner’s authority: “Besides, Shen is someone I hired. As the employer, I have the right to accompany you, don’t you think, mercenaries?”

"Yeah, yeah!" Seeing Alice's dissatisfied look, Shen Ye nodded with a dry laugh.

"Alright then, after all, it's your first mission as a Midgar hunter, so I'll support you no matter what." Alice thought for a moment and realized she shouldn't be so stingy, so she agreed, but there was a hint of sourness in her tone.

As for Jesse, who was sitting opposite her, she had no objections whatsoever. After glancing at Tifa with a hint of envy, she grabbed the list and pen and got up to check the goods.

……

After leaving Seventh Heaven, Tifa hadn't gone far when she naturally grabbed Shen Ye's arm. If she weren't almost a head shorter than Shen Ye, she would have even wanted to rest her head on his shoulder.

However, this was enough for Shen Ye. The soft touch on his arm made him feel restless. If his self-control hadn't improved a lot recently, he was afraid that he would embarrass himself in broad daylight.

As they passed by Tianwang Manor, an elderly woman with graying hair like a broom leaned against the railing at the door of a room on the first floor and called out to Tifa, "Oh dear, Tifa, the man you're hugging so intimately, must be your boyfriend, right?"

“Yes, Grandma Marie!” Tifa smiled sweetly at the old lady and admitted it directly: “His name is Shen, and he also lived here!”

When Shen Ye stayed at Tifa's house, he always got up very late, so he never met Granny Marie, the landlady of Tianwang Manor.

"Good day, Grandma Marlene!" Shen Ye nodded politely to the old lady.

"What a polite child, unlike that cold fellow I met this morning." Grandma Marie smiled and nodded at Shen Ye.

Tifa knew that Granny Marie was referring to Cloud, but perhaps to avoid misunderstanding, she didn't want to explain why Cloud was so cold. She simply said, "Oh, by the way, Granny Marie, how's the new water purification system going?"

"Very good. The purified water has no odor at all. Jessie's skills are even better than before," Grandma Marie praised.

"If you think it's good, then that's fine." Although it was Jesse who was being praised, Tifa was equally pleased and said with a smile, "It's time to change the filter now, don't you think?"

“I’ve been waiting for you to come over. Wait a moment, I’ll go get the money.” Grandma Marie said, turning around and going back into her room. She came out with the money a moment later.

"Hold on tight, don't let anyone steal it!" Marie reminded him, "Things haven't been very peaceful in the slums lately."

"Don't worry, Grandma Marie, I'm very skilled!" Tifa didn't count the money, but put it directly into her pocket. Then she took out a filter from the large bag that Shen Ye was carrying and handed it to Grandma Marie.

“That may be true, but let Shen handle this!” Granny Marle took the filter and casually put it aside, then said to Shen Ye, “Tifa is a good girl, and you are her boyfriend, so you should protect her well.”

"Of course." Shen Ye nodded. "I won't let her get hurt in any way."

"I'm relieved to hear you say that!" Seeing the happy smile on Tifa's face, Granny Mare smiled too.

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Chapter 184! Collecting Debts

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Perhaps due to her age, Grandma Marie was very talkative, even a bit nagging, and started chatting with Tifa again.

Although Tifa didn't mind too much, after chatting for a while, she still said, "Grandma Marlene, let's stop here for today. We still need to go to other places to collect money for changing the filters!"

"I'm so sorry, I completely forgot you had things to do. Ah, that's how it is when you get old. I hope you don't mind," Grandma Marie said apologetically.

"It's alright." Tifa shook her head, then waved and said, "We'll be going now!"

"Goodbye, Tifa, and that young man too." Granny Marle waved as well.

After saying goodbye to Grandma Marie, the two collected money from several more families, and all of these transactions went smoothly without any trouble.

"Finally, only one shop is left." Tifa put away the money and said to Shen Ye, "Next, we're going to a weapon shop. The owner there is the guy with the terrible attitude that Jesse and I were talking about."

"So that's my real goal, right!" Shen Ye patted the bag behind him, which contained quite a few filter cartridges. He felt more like he was helping to transport goods.

Tifa hugged Shen Ye's arm again and nodded: "We could have gone directly to him, since everyone else always pays promptly and doesn't delay, so we could have gone anytime, but..."

Tifa snuggled Shen Ye's arm closer to her chest and said with a happy expression, "But I want to spend more time alone with you."

"Then let's walk there slowly, there's still plenty of time." Shen Ye glanced at the time, it was still a long way from noon, and affectionately pinched Tifa's nose as he spoke.

"Yes!" Tifa nodded vigorously, feeling extremely happy.

Of course, no matter how slowly they walked or how much they dawdled, they soon arrived at the weapons shop.

Standing at the door, Tifa released Shen Ye's arm, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open to go inside. Shen Ye followed closely behind. Before they could even stand still, they heard the shopkeeper standing next to the counter grumble, "Hey, you still have the nerve to come here? Your filters have absolutely no effect."

"I'm so sorry, please try this filter, what do you think?" Tifa seemed frightened, holding a new filter and saying pitifully.

The person next to him frowned and took a step forward. He could tolerate it when playing games before, but now he couldn't stand it.

Tifa noticed Shen Ye's actions and felt a sweet warmth in her heart. She loved the feeling of being protected by the one she loved, and that was precisely why she had called Shen Ye here.

"No need, get out of here!" The weapon shop owner ignored Shen Ye's actions and waved his hand at them impatiently.

"I'm so sorry, but since you don't want to use it anymore, please settle the previous fees." Tifa put her hands in front of her chest and continued to speak in a pitiful tone.

"What? You still want to pay even if it doesn't work?" The weapon shop owner raised his voice, and seeing Shen Ye already standing by the counter, he added, "Don't think it's that easy to get by in this world... Hey, what are you doing?"

Shen Ye reached across the counter, grabbed the weapon shop owner by the collar, and pulled him in front of him: "Pay her the money. Don't make me say it twice."

"You want to fight? I'm warning you, there are vigilantes patrolling here." The weapons shop owner was trembling with fear, but he still spoke harshly.

"Vice-police officer, huh? I'm not from the Seventh District, so I'm not afraid of any vigilantes. Even if I beat you up, the vigilantes here won't come looking for me in other districts," Shen Ye said coldly. Not to mention that Barrett was a vigilante from the Seventh District and an acquaintance of his, even if he didn't have an acquaintance, he wasn't worried.

"And I'm about to say it a second time." Shen Ye placed his free hand on the counter and pressed down hard, making a hole in the solid wood counter.

"Pay up, I'll pay!" the weapons shop owner said in a panic.

"Well then, thank you for your patronage!" Tifa's pitiful expression instantly turned into a smug smile, and she bowed slightly.

As Tifa emerged from the weapons shop, patting her bulging wallet, she said, "Shen, thanks to you!"

"Actually, you could have solved it even without my help, right?" Shen Ye glanced at her sideways.

Tifa didn't answer the question. Instead, she glanced at the time and realized that everything had gone too smoothly, taking only a few minutes. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head, and she said with a slightly flushed face, "There's still an hour until noon. Before returning to Seventh Heaven, what are your plans?"

"No." Shen Ye shook his head, then thought for a moment and said, "How about we go shopping?"

“I’m already tired of walking around here.” Tifa said, her hands behind her back, looking down and tracing patterns on the ground with her toes.

"So what do you want to do?" Shen Ye looked down at her and asked.

“This is your first mission, and you didn’t even take my payment, so I want to thank you properly.” Tifa’s face flushed even more, and her voice softened. “Before we go back to the bar, let’s go to my place! Okay?”

Shen Ye understood what she meant, and coughed lightly, saying, "Well... alright."

Tifa immediately hugged Shen Ye's waist happily.

……

When Shen Ye and Tifa returned to the bar, it was already 12:30. Not only Alice, but even Jesse found it strange to see the two of them returning so late.

"Does collecting debts really take that long?" Jesse asked, frowning as he vigorously wiped a wine glass with a clean cloth. "Alice has already prepared the dishes."

“We ran into some trouble at the last place. You know, that guy is tough to deal with.” Tifa’s face was slightly flushed as she spoke, but it was barely noticeable unless you looked closely, and neither Jesse nor Alice knew what it meant.

"I see, no wonder. That guy is indeed difficult to deal with." Jesse was still a little doubtful, but after looking at Shen Ye, who clearly agreed, he nodded.

"Alright, now that you're back, let's eat!" Alice said, then brought out a bowl of meat soup from the bar's kitchen.

The group immediately sat down around the dining table, but just as they were about to eat, Claude suddenly appeared, accompanied by Wedge and Biggs.

“I smell a strong aroma of broth, Wiggey, Claude, it seems we’ve arrived just in time!” Biggs exclaimed as soon as he entered.

“Yes! I’m actually quite hungry.” Wedge said, smacking his lips, as a taster of the new dishes at Seventh Heaven.

Claude remained silent, his gaze falling on Alice serving soup to Shen Ye. A sense of familiarity arose within him, and fragments of memories surfaced in his mind.

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Chapter 185! Memories

"I think... I know her?"

Memories gradually took shape in Claude's mind, and the outline of a woman gradually became clearer, but he could never quite make out what she looked like.

The intense memories also gave him a headache. He clutched his head, let out a painful groan, and swayed unsteadily.

"Are you alright, Claude?" Seeing this, Wedge quickly helped him up and asked with concern, but the only response he received was Claude's even more painful groans.

Shen Ye and the others, who were about to eat, also stood up. Seeing Claude clutching his head in pain, each of them had a different expression, but no matter what, they all showed a sense of worry.

“Help him sit down and rest for a while,” Tifa, Claude’s childhood sweetheart, said to Vedge.

Wedge nodded and was about to help Claude sit down on a chair when Claude suddenly pushed him away and pulled out the Destruction Sword from behind Magnet's back.

Seeing his appearance, Shen Ye guessed that his mental world had been invaded due to Genova's influence.

"Wedge, get away from him!" Shen Ye shouted.