Chapter 30 Fireworks

After Cheng Xi had her own office, Yushula's frequency of visiting her increased significantly. Before, because of Sakaski's presence, Yushula mostly talked to Cheng Xi about work matters when she came to her office, and left without staying for too long.

Now, just like in G5, with the door closed, the two of them can chat in the office for a whole day, from official business to private rescue of which island, how to secretly create trouble for the CP organization, or whose dessert and milk tea are more delicious.

"Knock, knock." There was a knock on the door.

After getting Cheng Xi's permission, Kuzan opened the door and saw such a happy and laughing scene.

Seeing who was coming, Yusura's face fell instantly. She was not a child who knew nothing. She had been struggling for survival since she was very young. She was very good at observing people's words and expressions. Naturally, she could see the hot eyes of Vice Admiral Aokiji who looked at Lady Hiroshi with a clingy look, and the confident expression of old Borsalino in his teasing. If she was not so weak, she really wanted to kick them all into the sea with a flying kick.

"Ala, it seems that I came here at a bad time. I disturbed the two ladies' conversation." Kuzan apologized insincerely.

"You still know it's a bad time!" Yusura complained angrily, but because Kuzan's rank was higher than hers and his strength was stronger than hers, she did not express it loudly, but just whispered quietly.

"Hey, Kuzan, why are you here?" As for the person at the center of the storm, he did not realize that he had been targeted at all, and he greeted the other party enthusiastically.

"I passed by the cake shop this morning. I was afraid that you didn't have breakfast, so I went in and bought you some desserts." Kuzan lifted the handbag and shook it in front of Cheng Xi, saying calmly.

He caught a glimpse of the unopened box of biscuits on the table, moved it out calmly, and then put the cake bag in the middle.

"Wow, thank you, I just didn't eat this morning." Cheng Xi was a little surprised. She got up late in the morning and had planned to just eat a bag of biscuits in the morning. She didn't expect Kuzan to send her desserts at this time. This was really a timely help.

"It's okay, try it first to see if it tastes good. If you like it, I'll bring it to you every day in the future."

"Hey, aren't these a bit too much?" Cheng Xi took out the desserts from the handbag one by one. It can be seen that Kuzan is a very considerate person. In addition to desserts such as tiramisu, mille-feuille, and mousse cake, there are also salty breakfasts such as smoked bacon fried egg sandwiches, as well as hot milk and juice.

Kuzan: "I'm not sure what you like to eat in the morning, so I bought a little more."

After taking a bite of the sandwich, it tasted really good. The bacon was fried to a crisp, and paired with a runny fried egg and vegetables, the taste buds were stimulated all at once. Cheng Xi's eyes lit up and he gave Kuzan a thumbs up: "Well, delicious."

Kuzan: "Tomorrow is Christmas. I wonder if I can have the opportunity to invite Xi Xi to the amusement park?"

Cheng Xi thought for a while and replied: "That's fine. It happens that I have a day off tomorrow."

"Cough, cough." Yu Shula coughed from the side, and she glared at Kuzan secretly.

Yu Shula thought that Cheng Xi's brain was all used for learning and sword practice, and she couldn't fit in anything else, so her IQ in love was simply negative. If she didn't make a sense of existence, I'm afraid that Lieutenant General Aokiji would steal her home directly.

"I'm going to make an appointment too..." She planned to stop this date.

"Alala, I also brought one for Miss Yu Shula." Kuzan demonstrated his top emotional intelligence and handed another handbag to Yu Shula.

This was beyond Yushula's expectation. She asked in disbelief, "Me?!"

"Yes, because Yushula is a very good friend of Cheng Xi." He asked suggestively, "Yushula, do you have a lot of work that you haven't finished recently?"

In public, Kuzan is Yushula's superior, and he is a boss who is many levels higher than her and whom she cannot afford to offend. But in private, Yushula, this difficult woman, is simply Kuzan's mother-in-law. She has a very good relationship with Cheng Xi and is almost inseparable. If she says something bad to Cheng Xi in private, her fighting power will explode.

Yushula pretended not to understand what he meant: "I don't think so. Yesterday's work and reports were all completed, and there are no new tasks today."

"Think about it carefully."

"I can't think of it. It seems that there is really no one."

He leaned close to Yushula's ear and whispered: "Riedel launched a red wine glass eighteen years ago, and it is now out of print."

"Oh, I suddenly remembered that there are indeed two reports that have not been completed." Yushula suddenly understood something, "Chengxi, I'm going back to the office first, see you in the afternoon."

Before leaving, she warned Kuzan with her eyes: You'd better keep your word.

Then Kuzan stayed in Chengxi's office for about half an hour. After getting her affirmative answer and agreeing on the time and place to meet tomorrow, he left with satisfaction.

When Chengxi arrived at Port No. 7 the next day, Kuzan had been waiting here for a while.

Because he was going out to play, he did not wear a navy uniform, but casual clothes, jeans, a white T-shirt, and a long cyan coat, with a backpack on his back, and dressed very casually.

"Kuzan!" Cheng Xi greeted him from a distance. He turned his eyes and saw the clothes the person opposite him was wearing today. A flash of surprise flashed in his eyes. After

taking off the usual loose navy uniform, Cheng Xi wore a bright and flamboyant red dress, and the outer coat was embroidered with gold and red gauze. The texture of the red dress was very good, and it looked soft and smooth. The patterns on the silk were bright and colorful. The tailoring was close-fitting and exquisite. The waist chains with various gold, silver and gemstones could highlight her slender but not thin waist.

Half of her hair was braided into small braids with colorful ropes, turquoise, silver ornaments, etc., and the other half of the black hair with some arcs was draped behind her head. She wore a gold ring chain inlaid with red coral beads on her hands, and carried Shi Qing on her back. These complicated ornaments did not suppress her a bit, but instead set off her skin more delicate and fair, and the color was more glamorous and beautiful. Under the blowing of the sea breeze, the bright crotch fell in disorder, and the red skirt fluttered, like a ball of fire in the silver sky.

"Cheng Xi-chan is so extraordinarily beautiful today." He praised from the bottom of his heart.

"Beautiful, right? But there is a price."

"What price?" Kuzan asked.

"Look, I'm wearing so many accessories today, so I definitely can't fight." She spread her hands and explained, "So if I meet a bad guy later, I'll trouble you, Kuzan-kun!"

"Then, please let me be your knight to protect you, my princess, it's my honor."

"Puchi." Cheng Xi chuckled, thinking he was joking.

The weather in the Grand Line has always been changeable. Although the winter has arrived in Marinford, the Sabaody Archipelago is still green.

The Sabaody Archipelago is an island formed on the roots of a tree. Because the special resin secreted by the roots of the Alchiman mangrove can expand and fly into the sky, there are bubbles everywhere here, such as the bubble Ferris wheel, bubble car, bubble shopping bag, etc., which are the unique culture here.

They went to the amusement park at GR No. 35 and first lined up for the roller coaster, other exciting rides, etc. However, probably because the thrilling scenes during the daily battles were more exciting, Cheng Xi felt that they were mediocre and nothing fun.

Then they went to the haunted house. The NPC in the haunted house was also asking for a beating. Seeing that she was indifferent, he had to do his best to scare her to tears. As a result, his intention to attack was too obvious, and Cheng Xi sensed his killing intent. He directly broke the NPC's leg and hand with a broken bone hand, and threw another NPC over his shoulder and caused a slight concussion...

After Cheng Xi left the haunted house, the boss silently added a point to the precautions: no beating of staff.

Then they went to play whack-a-mole, carousel and other things, and finally went to ride the Ferris wheel.

The cabin slowly rose, getting farther and farther away from the ground, and the field of vision suddenly became wider. Kuzan suddenly exclaimed: "It's really beautiful."

"Yeah." It was a very subtle response. Feeling the sudden weight on his shoulder, Kuzan turned his head and looked. Cheng Xi was leaning on his shoulder, and he was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyelids.

"Are you sleepy, Xixi?"

"Yeah."

She just got home from work yesterday afternoon, and before she could even sit down, her phone rang. It was a call from her subordinates in G5, saying that a non-member country was invaded by Wang Zhi, a remnant of Rocks. They couldn't defeat him, so they asked for support from the headquarters.

The headquarters would definitely not send a large number of soldiers or senior generals to support a non-member country. Who else could it be? It must be herself.

She rushed there in the middle of the night. Fortunately, Wang Zhi was afraid that there would be reinforcements behind her, so they didn't fight. Otherwise, she was not sure how long she could fight with the pirate leader on the opposite side.

It was already early this morning when she got home. Cheng Xi simply didn't sleep. She took a shower and changed her clothes and came to the appointment directly, so she was tired and sleepy now.

Seeing her drowsy look, Kuzan put his long coat on her and said softly, "Go to sleep. I'll call you when you land."

"Yeah." Cheng Xi relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.

When she woke up again, she felt like she had slept for a long time: "It's so hot."

Cheng Xi muttered softly, her face flushed from the heat of Kuzan's thick coat, her hair hanging messily on both sides of her cheeks. She looked out the window in a daze, it was already evening, and the sunset might be as hot and intoxicating as she was. The sky was slightly flushed, and the colorful clouds were beautiful.

"Why hasn't it landed yet?" Cheng Xi asked in confusion. She returned the coat to Kuzan. When the cyan coat with residual warmth left her body, she instantly felt a slight chill.

The sunset should have been a long time ago, right?

Kuzan gently pushed her hair back: "Because I saw that Her Royal Highness was sleeping so soundly, I couldn't bear to interrupt her, so I just renewed the fee a few more times." "

Is that so?" Cheng Xi joked, "Knight Kuzan has made great contributions, and now I will promote you to the position of Knight Commander."

"It's my honor."

After getting off the Ferris wheel, Cheng Xi felt a little hungry. She originally planned to pick a restaurant that suited her taste from GR 40 to GR 49 to eat, but unexpectedly Kuzan told her that he had already booked a restaurant.
Kuzan booked a high-end restaurant located at GR 48 with a long string of letters. He saw the recommendation in the entertainment newspaper under the World Economic Society. The catering section of the entertainment newspaper is similar to a modern review APP, which is used to recommend restaurants that Amway thinks are good. Many famous gourmets in the Grand Line and the New World have recommended this restaurant. 

Eksklusive doesn't look like a restaurant from the outside. The neatly trimmed lawn garden, the vast area, and the luxuriously decorated main building look more like a manor. Two tall and handsome receptionists stood at the door and led them to the third floor enthusiastically. 

How should I describe the decoration of the store? It has a sense of Western elegance and luxury. The musician played the violin on the high platform, but the lighting was too dark, as if the electricity bill could not be paid. The brightest place was the scented candles in the middle of the dining table that were lit to create an ambiguous atmosphere. 

A faint sweet fragrance filled the air. 

As soon as I sat down, the waiter opened a bottle of expensive-looking champagne without asking any questions. His technique was smooth and there was no hesitation at all. 

Cheng Xi weakly expressed her belated request: "I want to drink hot water..." 

The waiter was stunned. Obviously, she didn't expect a lady to make such a request in such an occasion, but she still poured her a cup of hot water with good professional ethics. Cheng Xi asked casually. When she learned that the meal fee in the restaurant was as high as 69,999 Baileys per person, she silently put down the free appetizer bread in her hand. 

She wanted to see if the meal was inlaid with diamonds or added with photolithography technology. 

Cheng Xi was sleepy and hungry now, and just wanted to fill her stomach quickly, but this restaurant was still very slow in serving dishes. The waiter explained fluently and skillfully how high-quality and rare each ingredient was. 

For example, the steak that was artificially massaged by listening to music on Nanwen Island, the sea quail that was extremely difficult to catch on Fette Island in the South Sea, and the melons grown under the high temperature difference between day and night in Alabasta, the country of sand, etc. 

After waiting for almost five minutes, the first dish was served - a small plate of mushrooms, which were said to be so delicious that you could see the whole forest in front of you, and it was still the kind of vibrant. 

The waiter asked her how it tasted, Cheng Xi nodded and said "very good" in a fussy way 

. Maybe she was a wild boar that couldn't eat fine bran, she felt that it didn't taste much different from the mushroom chicken that cost 120 Baileys in Marinford! ? 

"Sir, what do you think?" The waiter asked Kuzan again. He saw that Cheng Xi didn't like it very much, so he said directly: "It's average." 

The waiter was a little embarrassed, but it was obvious that he had a strong professional quality, and he remained calm and composed. 

Cheng Xi complained in his heart: Kuzan, you are still very honest. 

Kuzan asked kindly: "Xixi, why don't we go and change to another one." 

Cheng Xi shook her head: "It's troublesome to change to another one, why not just eat here." 

She really felt sorry for those 10,000 Baileys. 

Then there was the steak from South Vancouver Island. There were three steaks as big as the thumb cover on such a large plate. In an instant, she finally understood how generous Sakaski was. 

She picked up the fork and carefully put it in her mouth, but she noticed something was wrong as soon as she put it 

in her mouth. The steak she had last time had a faint milky aroma, but this one didn't. And from the taste to the fat content, it was not as delicious as last time, but Cheng Xi didn't take it to heart, thinking that the taste was different due to the different methods. It was not until the moment when the sea quail was served that she finally understood that this was simply inferior and all fake. It was clearly artificially farmed river quail, and the price difference between the two was as high as hundreds of times. 

Cheng Xi immediately stood up and sat next to Kuzan. The waiter was frightened by her sudden action. People who came and went here were all upper-class people, and it was the first time he saw a lady as rude and barbaric as her. 

"I don't think it's right." She cut off a strand of hair with the Qihua sword and made a little man, secretly ordered it to go to the kitchen to investigate the real scene inside. 

"It seems that they are all fake products made from inferior products." Cheng Xi leaned close to Kuzan's ear and whispered, "I'll go and investigate. If the situation is true, I'll call the naval base to check it out." 

"Okay." Kuzan also agreed with her approach, "I'm really sorry that I chose such a restaurant and disappointed you." 

"It's okay, it's all the fault of the restaurant and those gourmets who blindly market for money." 

She raised the corners of her lips and smiled, her pair of almond-shaped eyes rolled around, making her look more lively: "There will be a food street at the entrance of the park in a while, and there will be fireworks. We can go there." 

"Okay." It was obvious that Kuzan was surprised that she also checked the guide.
Soon Cheng Xi saw the scene in the kitchen through the figurine. She was so angry that her breathing became heavier.

"My goodness, I thought the food was so slow because they were opening the king crab for me, but it turned out that they were thawing the frozen food."

Not to mention the dirty and messy kitchen, all the high-end ingredients were frozen goods bought from the wholesale market, and they wished that their lifespan would be longer than hers.

You know what, the free basket of bread before the meal seemed to be the most expensive.

Cheng Xi directly called the department responsible for quality inspection and food safety at the headquarters through a telephone bug.

There is a reason why the boss of Eksklusive has been able to fish in troubled waters here for several years. In addition to the customers' pursuit of high quality, they think that such expensive things cannot be delicious, and it must be that their taste is not to their liking, and there is also someone above him.

However, after seeing Cheng Xi and Kuzan, the person above him was shaking with fear, and he knelt down with a bang.

The base commander was so scared that a lot of cold sweat broke out on his head. He apologized to them repeatedly, claiming that he had failed to supervise, and vowed to investigate the matter as quickly as possible.

After solving this unpleasant matter, the navy stationed in Shabaodi promised that the meal money and the reward for reporting would be sent to them a few working days after the review of this matter was completed. Cheng Xi was in a better mood.

When they came out, it was completely dark, but the lights in the Shabaodi Archipelago were bright, and there were still many pedestrians coming and going.

"It's really too much." Cheng Xi complained viciously, "Kuzan, do you still remember the pirate named Doflamingo?"

Doflamingo? Kuzan had an impression of this person. He was the leader of the Don Quixote family and one of the pirates who had recently become famous on the sea. According to the information, he was secretly involved in some arms and weapons transactions and destroyed several towns. At present, Senior He was hunting him.

"I have an impression, what's wrong?"

Cheng Xi smiled and said, "Call Xiao Ming and tell him to stop **. It is obvious that high-end catering is more valuable than that."

Maybe this sentence was too funny, Kuzan couldn't help laughing directly.

There are many aspects of Cheng Xi that fatally attracted her, such as the dream of a like-minded person, the time they fought side by side on weekdays, the strong and independent character, the secret experiences they had experienced together that only the two of them knew, and the occasional little humor and funny things.

He thought that there would never be a better, more outstanding, more beautiful girl in the world that he liked more than her.

At this moment, the food festival at the entrance of the park has reached its climax. There are a lot of people, laughter, and the gorgeous lights and soft moonlight blend together. Fire trees and silver flowers, Xiao drums and music, for a while, it is hard to tell whether it is the lights reflecting the moonlight, or the moonlight reflecting the lights.

The stalls of catching goldfish, apple candy, takoyaki, fishing water balls, etc. are extremely popular at the entrance. Cheng Xi bought octopus balls, which are hot, fresh and tender. After eating one, the sense of happiness soared.

Then he bought Taiyaki and grilled sea beast meat skewers, and then stopped in front of the apple candy stall.

"Xixi, do you want to eat apple candy?" Kuzan asked her.

"No." Cheng Xi shook his head and said awkwardly, "I want to eat candied haws."

In the modern times, when winter came, the streets were full of small vendors pushing carts to sell candied haws. Sometimes, because the weather was too cold, the store would directly put a payment code on the cart, and customers could take it for three yuan or five yuan, while the store would hide indoors to keep warm. However, there is no such snack as candied haws in this world.

"Candied haws?" The season in the illusion is summer, so Kuzan has never eaten it. Now that Cheng Xi suddenly mentioned it, he was curious about the taste.

So the two bought hawthorns, grapes and other fruits from the surrounding area, used the ability of money to borrow the stalls of the store, and dipped a bunch of colorful candied haws in the sweet syrup.

Cheng Xi picked up the candied haws with the syrup still flowing, and looked at Kuzan with longing: "Kuzan~"

When Kuzan was about to use his ability, Cheng Xi added: "I want a candied haws with an eight-point frozen effect."

"Okay." Kuzan looked at her with pampering in his eyes.

The icy and crispy candied haws were put into the mouth, sour and sweet, and the two walked in the street. The road was a little crowded. Cheng Xi walked and stopped in front of various stalls, and unconsciously walked to the front. Kuzan quickly grabbed her wrist.

"What's wrong?" The girl in red turned and looked back, the breeze was blowing, and her eyes were flowing.

A glance at a thousand years, the fiery red and flamboyant red clothes burned the heart of the ice fruit ability user, and he was somewhat uncontrollably moved.

"Don't run around, you will get lost." The man pulled her behind him and stroked her hair with his hand.

"Huh?" Cheng Xi was speechless. How old is she? Why is Kuzan still afraid that she will get lost like a child?

"Don't touch my head." Cheng Xi took his hand off his head and said dissatisfiedly, "Touching the head won't make you taller."

With a bang, the fireworks exploded in the air, drawing arcs across the sky, shining brightly and brilliantly.

"You don't need to grow any taller."

"I am willing to bow my head for you forever, my princess."

He expressed his feelings implicitly amid the noisy fireworks