Rebirth vs. Rebirth: Tragedy to Triumph

Chapter 256 Good Cop, Bad Cop

“What are we going to do for lunch, then?”

“Why have so many of the town’s restaurants closed up?”

“Are they no longer open for business? It’s all rather peculiar!”

The inn staff were taken aback to find them all still in town.

“Didn’t you lot go out rowing together?”

“No.”

“Well, that’s a shame!”

The inn staff looked genuinely sorry. “Your school had organised the rowing activity to finish up at Lake Skyward, famous for its crabs. Many of the town’s restaurant owners were called in to help cook there, but you missed out.”

Half of the restaurant owners were busy preparing meals, while the rest didn’t want to miss the crab feast and set off early in the morning.

That was why the town was now so quiet.

On hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Silence grasped them.

Then, shock grabbed their hearts.

What? Today’s rowing is meant to end with a crab feast at Lake Skyward!?

Good Lord, we’ve missed out, big time!

hadn’t they mentioned this

“Why didn’t you tell us

Skyward is near our town, and it’s really renowned. Didn’t you check

“No.”

today, we’ve got plenty of instant noodles in the pantry to tide you

compare to a crab

They were speechless.

Words failed them.

task, but now they

out quick. I’m famished. Haven’t eaten a thing since morning, and

member to fetch the instant noodles, but cautioned, “Mind you, the instant noodles

expenses were covered by the school, hence there were

school arranging a lavish crab feast at Lake Skyward that was open for everyone, these students opting

on the shores of Lake Skyward, Violeta and her companions had already assembled at the lakeside mansion for the

was more of a motivational ploy for the rowers. In the end, everyone

the mansion, a bountiful spread of fresh food awaited, buffet-style, offering everyone the freedom to savour

youngsters, a crab banquet

feast to their

acquire keepsakes carved from wood.

differences between one another, but all looked like they could spring to life at any moment. Post-feast, they were treated to crab-catching

affair, eclipsing lunch in

back; transport was arranged, and they were all ferried back to the

day’s end that couldn’t have

joined Violeta’s group couldn’t

trip, they had expected

they were headed for such a

photos and shared them, quickly catching the

made do with instant noodles. They crumbled about the lack of exquisite crab soup and

their meal with a