Chapter 67
Almost everyone in the empire knew about the friendship between Amirida and Serinda. Therefore, even though Serinda refused to meet guests due to illness, Lance still informed Amirida immediately when she came to visit. As expected, when Serinda heard that Amirida was coming, she immediately showed joy, and even took the initiative to greet her without waiting for the maid to invite her in.
However, when she saw Amirida, her expression was slightly startled and her pace slowed down.
The woman standing in the hallway was graceful and elegant, with emerald green eyes as clear as a lake. But her face was not as bright as usual when she saw Serinda. Just looking at her made people feel her joy from the bottom of her heart.
Emilida lowered her head, as if thinking about something. When she heard the footsteps, a complicated expression flashed across her face, and then the muscles on her cheeks moved the corners of her mouth, revealing a somewhat forced smile.
In an instant, Serinda suddenly realized:
—Ah, you have seen him!
Thinking that Rong Yuan might be in Ice City right now, somewhere not far away, Serinda's heart felt like a fire was burning. She couldn't wait to drop everything and go see him. But it was also like her heart was stuffed with a large ball of cotton, blocked and suffocated. Great joy and guilt filled her heart at the same time, making her want to hide and never be seen by that person.
But, he came when the time was most difficult.
He is here!
Serinda felt relieved all of a sudden, but then she felt an overwhelming sense of grievance, which instantly made her eyes red.
So when Emilida looked up, what she saw was a thin and haggard girl, with tears in her eyes, like a child who had been bullied and finally found her parents.
The Festival of Lights is here as planned.
The Holy Light Festival is the anniversary of the founding of the Landia Empire and is also the grandest festival in this star field, especially in Ice City. When the Holy Light Festival comes, the street-facing side of every household is decorated with ribbons, bouquets, green vines, crystal carvings and other items. The style is complex yet unified. Taking a step is a kind of scenery, turning around is a kind of scenery, and looking from a different angle is another kind of scenery. Walking through a street is like changing the world.
Floats paraded in the middle of the street, and wherever there was space, there were people singing and dancing. On this day, people put aside their work and studies, as well as all their worries, and people dressed up carefully, walked around with their lovers, children, and friends. Happiness is contagious, and in such a lively and happy atmosphere, everyone's face was inadvertently dyed with a bright smile.
Rong Yuan's flower shop has also closed. Outside the door is a wreath made of green leaves and colorful flowers. These were hung by Rong Yuan after obtaining his consent from several neighbors who were keen on decorating the street. Rong Yuan himself did not make any additional decorations on it. Compared with the dazzling decorations of other people's houses, his one looks a little dull, but it has a simple and elegant beauty.
Rong Yuan sat on the balcony on the second floor. In addition to two rattan chairs, there was also a round low table with a bottle of Landia's famous Langu on it. Rong Yuan held the wine glass in one hand, took a sip, and admired the scenery outside.
He didn't want to join in the fun, but he didn't feel bored either. In fact, the fresh and lively happiness sometimes made him smile unconsciously.
A huge float passed by the street in front of us. On the float was a magnificent palace carved out of ice mixed with colored paint. The carving was so exquisite that it looked like a miniature of a real palace. The various decorations and furniture inside were made of candies, and you could feel the sweet taste just by looking at them. Many three or four-year-old children jumped and danced on the floats, their faces were as red as cats, and the sky was filled with laughter and screams.
The pocket on Rong Yuan's chest moved, and a small black head stretched out. It picked at the pocket and looked outside.
"Did I wake you up?" Rong Yuan asked with his head down, extending his hand.
Pea shook his head and said, "It's very lively. I want to come out and take a look."
It crawled out of the pocket, climbed onto Rong Yuan's hand, and was led by him to the table. Then Pea took out a beige sofa the size of a walnut, a small table only one inch high, a small handkerchief, a crystal cup the size of a mung bean, and a kettle the size of a fingernail, in which there were two green tea balls. It put the kettle and cup on the table, sat on the small sofa, with its legs still hanging in the air, folded the handkerchief and tied it around its neck, then poured a cup of tea, held the cup, and sighed with satisfaction before drinking it.
While it was doing this series of actions, Rong Yuan kept supporting his head with one hand and looking at it. Unconsciously, a pure and gentle smile appeared on his face.
Only the exchange items of the Merit Book can be put into Wandou's mustard seed space. Since these things were taken out of the space, it means that they were all exchanged by Rongyuan from the Merit Mall. Rongyuan is a person who does not pay attention to enjoyment. Even when his merit value reached tens of billions, he never spent his merit on insignificant things. He did not deliberately restrict this principle, but he has adhered to it until now, but he made an exception with Wandou.
It was only after this loss and recovery that Rong Yuan realized that although peas do not need to eat or drink, they are not incapable of tasting delicious food. The food they eat will turn into extremely weak energy to replenish the body, which does not have much benefit, and is even inferior to the energy replenished by sunbathing, but it will give a very satisfied feeling.
After knowing this, Rong Yuan exchanged a lot of food and drinks for Wandou. So recently, every time Wandou woke up, he either ate like a little hamster, or held his little teapot and took a sip from time to time like a retired old man.
In the past on Earth, in order to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, Pea mostly followed Rong Yuan in the form of common objects. However, there are countless intelligent races in the interstellar alliance of the Milky Way, some of which are as tall as a hundred meters, and some are only a few centimeters in size. Pea's size and appearance are not that strange, so since leaving Earth, it can openly follow Rong Yuan in its original form. People who knew Rong Yuan in the past also knew that he had such a little human companion.
Pea was drinking tea and admiring the scenery. Suddenly, he sighed in a serious manner.
"What's wrong?" Rong Yuan asked curiously.
Wandou glanced at him and said sternly, "Rongyuan, we don't have much merit left. At the beginning, we had 53,834 merit points, but during this period, we only lost merit points and didn't gain any. So, we only have 10,022 merit points left."
"Yeah." Rong Yuan responded with a nasal sound. Every time he exchanged merits in the mall, he would calculate the merits in his mind. He knew the number of merits very well.
"Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and avoid extravagance and practice frugality." Wandou said seriously, "You want to do something dangerous again now. In order to avoid finding that the merit points are not enough when we need them, we should start increasing income and reducing expenditure from now on."
Although it is a tiny thing, it looks more serious than anyone else. Pea doesn't think it is being cute at all. It is discussing a serious topic very seriously, but it is so cute that Rong Yuan's heart is about to melt.
"Well, so?"
The man leaning against the table sat crookedly and asked with a smile. Unlike his usual cold and reserved appearance, his eyebrows were half lowered at this moment, and he looked elegant and graceful. There was a sense of freedom and uninhibitedness in his casual movements. His focused gaze seemed to be staring at the most important thing in life.
A girl who was doing stretching exercises in the window of a building across the street accidentally saw this scene, and she felt her heart was about to jump out of her chest. The girl raised her hands high and forgot to change her posture. She opened her mouth stupidly, and her eyes were firmly attracted to the man opposite like a magnet.
The pea, who was being watched by Rong Yuan, did not feel anything extra. It was obviously very worried about the current tight financial situation, and all its thoughts were on the solution. The pea said: "I have taken some time to study these days. The social welfare of the Landia Imperial Star is good, the people's living standards are high, the legal system is sound, fair and open, and the ordinary citizens have a high sense of happiness and superiority. It is not a place suitable for earning merit points. Therefore, if you want to get more merit points, the best way is to leave the Imperial Star."
"That won't do." Rong Yuan shook his head and said, "I still have things to do here, so I can't leave for the time being."
"Then, we can log on to the Star Network and think of a solution, just like we did before." Wandou said, "Many people in the Interstellar Alliance will seek help on the Star Network when they encounter difficulties. Although some of them are lies, we can ask Alpha to help collect information, identify the truth and falsehood, and then select the right person to earn merit points."
"That won't work either." Rong Yuan said, "This area is still under the supervision of the Imperial Intelligence. Alpha has finally found a space to move to. If we move too much, it will easily attract the attention of the Intelligence Orchid Grass, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."
Rong Yuan rejected two of the most convenient and easiest proposals in a row. Wandou frowned and racked his brains to think of a more feasible solution. Rong Yuan looked at it from above with a smile, without reminding or urging it, but quietly refilled it with a cup of tea when it unconsciously drank up the tea in the cup.
"I know!" After a long while, Wandou looked up at Rong Yuan and said, "I have thought of a solution!"
Rong Yuan was drinking most of the light green wine in his glass. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Oh? Tell me about it?"
There was a sound of someone deliberately looking for trouble in his tone. When Wandou heard it, although the expression on his little face did not change, his dark eyes suddenly became more solemn.
