Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

“She says she’s retired, but she still can’t let go of Haiqi Island.” Shen Liang clinked glasses with her, one white and one red. “Besides, there’s no need. I don’t need anyone to protect me.”

"That's not necessarily true. There might be some anti-human elements who hate you and don't care about the revenge of those behind you against Teyvat. Not everyone is as rational as Thor," the woman said. "But there aren't many who can truly threaten you."

"What do you need me for?" Shen Liang asked directly, too lazy to continue the conversation.

The woman clearly didn't enjoy small talk. She stared at Shen Liang and asked, "How did you revive Coral Palace Liuge?"

Shen Liang could roughly guess that this was what she wanted to ask, so he wasn't surprised. The reason the lady's progress had increased to 25% was probably because of this curiosity.

Therefore, he already had a way to deal with it.

"Is there anyone you want to resurrect?" Shen Liang asked.

"you answer me first."

“This is my secret, you could even say it’s the core of my foothold on the Teyvat continent. Do you think I would tell you directly?” Shen Liang smiled slightly.

"If you can truly resurrect someone, I will give everything I have. I will give you anything I can do." A cold glint appeared on the woman's beautiful and delicate face. "I will risk my life for you."

"But you don't have anything I need, and perhaps what I need... is something you can't do?"

"We have to give it a try."

"What if I asked you to betray your queen?" Shen Liang knew the lady's personality, and he wasn't worried that such a joke would make her angry.

Or rather, it didn't matter if they turned against each other; Shen Liang had neither desires nor fears towards the Fools.

The woman glanced at him and said decisively, "That's actually something I can do."

This outrageous remark immediately drew the attention of the fools around her, but the lady remained oblivious, or perhaps she knew but didn't care.

The Executors are loyal to the Ice Queen because their respective goals align with hers, allowing them to mutually benefit. However, if their goals could be achieved directly, then betraying the Queen would be understandable… What binds the Executors and the Queen is not loyalty, but rather self-interest; in some ways, self-interest is far more reliable than loyalty.

—This is not a great act of treason.

Shen Liang glanced at her progress again and smiled. "Very good, but in fact, it all depends on yourself. If the time is right, I can indeed try to help you. But you have to seize that opportunity yourself. Right now, your progress with me is 25%."

"What do you mean by that? You might as well explain it more clearly." The woman was bewildered.

“It’s not that I want to be the riddle teller, but this is my most important secret. I can only tell you that you should think about it more.” Shen Liang raised a glass to her and smiled, “Miss Rosalyn, you should think about it more.”

it is good!

Finally, he said that line! It's a classic that ranks seventh on the "Most Reasonable and Clueless Jokes" list!

He left the bewildered lady behind and strolled leisurely back to his room.

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When Shen Liang awoke from the violent rocking of the boat as it docked, he felt parched. Opening his eyes, he saw a graceful figure sitting on the bed, hurriedly putting on her coat.

Shen Liang felt a bit of a headache. He had drunk quite a bit with some girls from the Fool Clan last night and had fallen asleep in a daze. He only remembered that the girls had come to him to treat some of their hidden injuries, because almost everyone in the Fool Clan of Haiqi Island knew about his ability to transform into the moon.

Unlike many healing secrets, Hua Haiyue has functions such as treating oily skin, acne, detoxification and beautification. He was very popular with the priestesses on Haiqi Island. The girls of the Fool Clan could only catch a chance to meet him when he went out for a picnic.

Having made it onto the ship this time, Shen Liang suddenly had to deal with a bunch of people. During his treatment, he was even forced to drink by the enthusiastic and cheerful girls from the Zhidong Kingdom... Even though he grew up drinking baijiu, he couldn't handle it.

"What are you doing here?" Shen Liang asked, still feeling dizzy.

The girl turned around and gave him a flirtatious look. "Mr. Ryoko, don't you know? Didn't we have a lot of fun last night?"

Shen Liang frowned.

Damn, I really shouldn't drink with these Russian girls. I messed things up several times while drinking with them on Haiji Island, and I couldn't control myself on the ship either.

"You are... Yevgenia?" Shen Liang tried hard to think.

The girls of the Fool Clan were not only beautiful and cute, but also inexplicably open-minded. Shen Liang had already experienced the customs of the Winter Kingdom on Haiqi Island; these girls seemed to know they wouldn't live much longer and loved to live for the moment, which was utterly inexplicable.

"Katya?"

The girl's eyes darkened.

"Doronina?"

The girl's lips were stiff.

"Could it be Antonova?" Shen Liang really couldn't remember the girl's name; he had been feeling too down these past two days.

"Antonova is in the 'Hidden Mirror Lady' department! You idiot, can't you even recognize her clothes?!" The girl was already dressed and wanted to punch him, but she was afraid that if the lady found out, she would be suspended from her post. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth for a long time, but still stormed off and slammed the door.

Shen Liang looked at the ice-blue stockings on her body and then remembered that she was an ice fire mage.

But perhaps there would be no chance to meet again. The girls of the Fools came and went like the wind; they didn't seek longevity, but a moment of pleasure was enough. Shen Liang couldn't remember the girl's name in the end. He pushed open the door and left the bedroom, seeing that the Fools had already disembarked and left one after another.

"This is Narugami Island. We've already brought you here. Given your status, you don't need our Fools to make arrangements. Someone will naturally come to receive you." The woman walked past him, followed by four or five Thunderfire sorcerers carrying suitcases. "We'll take our leave now, Shen."

Shen Liang nodded in acknowledgment, "Have a safe journey."

Then, with a sense of wonder and appreciation for everything new and exciting, he set off for the outlying island.

next second.

He left behind the coordinates and then directly pulled back the light curtain to return to Earth.

So he didn't see that the instant he returned to Earth, a blond young man with a ponytail jumped down from the dock with a bright smile, saying, "Yo, finally here, 'Sea Goddess' has kept me waiting for so long." He was about to say "Yu" when he suddenly disappeared, and the words were abruptly cut off.

Thomas stared at the spot where Shen Liang had disappeared, lost in thought.

He's gone.

There's absolutely no idea when we'll come back.

I'm waiting here now...

Or should we wait?

Chapter 89 Return to Earth

Return to the apartment.

Kiana was cooking instant noodles. She was trying hard to learn cooking skills, so she was scooping up a spoonful of soup to taste the saltiness.

Then she felt the flavor wasn't vibrant enough, so she poured in about half a bottle of soy sauce, and then cut a piece of the sausage that Shen Liang had dried and threw it in. She thought sausage and ham sausage should be the same type of thing.

Rosalia and Lilia sat obediently side by side on the sofa, their eyes wide as they stared at the kitchen. Both little girls wisely chose to order McDonald's delivery, and in advance, to prevent Kiana from cooking their portions.

"I'm telling you, stop eating junk food all the time, you'll gain weight!" Kiana sat down on the single sofa, slurping her noodles as she looked at the family buckets in front of each of them, exasperated. "How am I going to explain this to your brother when he gets back? You guys have to order takeout even when I'm home!"

The two little girls shook their heads in unison, like rattles.

Rosalia thinks... her brother would definitely prefer us to eat junk food.

"Lilia thinks that the extra weight is acceptable, at least it's better than death."

"Nonsense." Kiana pouted, then took another big slurp. "Is it really that bad? You guys just love to exaggerate. Sigh, you're just wasting my junior brother's money."

"Isn't it only natural for an older brother to let his younger sister waste the money he earns?" Shen Liang casually tossed his coat onto the stair railing and walked into the living room.

He actually had a ulterior motive. He might still smell of that ice magician from last night on him, so he threw the clothes away first to prevent the Arlene sisters from smelling them and causing a scene.

"Brother!" The two little girls jumped off the sofa together, and Rosalia ran to him with her arms outstretched. "Hug me!"

"You idiot Rosalia, you're so old and you're still acting like a child. Aren't you ashamed?" Lilia disdained arguing with her sister.

Then she saw Rosalia pounce on Shen Liang and pin him to the sofa, deftly twisting her waist to take over Shen Liang's legs as her own seat. She couldn't hold back any longer and rushed forward to headbutt Rosalia with a rocket-like headbutt. Rosalia couldn't defend herself, and the two of them tumbled onto the carpet, starting to wrestle head-to-head like two little lambs.

Shen Liang watched the two little ones wrestling for a while, then pulled them up, one in each hand. Rosalia immediately took his left side, and Lilia took his right. The two little sisters continued to watch cartoons on the sofa, bickering and resting their heads on his legs.

He gently stroked the two little girls' soft, smooth long hair and felt much more relaxed.

He's basically not short of money now. The Mora that Umijima gave him is an astronomical figure. Whenever he needs money, he can just go to Raiden Mei and exchange gold for yen.

ME Company's influence in Tokyo isn't bad. Although the source of his gold is unclear and the amount is huge, ME Company has managed to absorb it. Now, he can be said to be even more doting on the Arlene sisters. The family, which is completely financially independent, doesn't need the children to do anything, not even studying.

"At worst, I'll support them for life. Do you need to put in any effort?" "No." Shen Liang gently rubbed Rosalia and Lilia's little faces again, feeling content.

Then he turned around, casually snatched the instant noodles from Kiana's mouth and poured them into the bathroom, stretched, and said, "Let's go out and get something hot to eat today!"

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It was March again, and Shen Liang led Rosalia and Lilia out the door, one hand in each of their hands.

The little girl, dressed in a beige sailor uniform and pleated skirt, with thick, fleece-lined white stockings on her slender legs, hopped and skipped along. Kiana, on the other hand, seemed unfazed by the cold, wearing a women's trench coat over super-short hot pants, revealing her long, fair legs in deerskin boots, looking like the guardian of Shen Liang and the Arlene sisters.

Japanese high school girls are almost all like this, exposing their thighs even in zero-degree weather. Actually, Rosalia and Lilia could do that too, but there's a kind of cold that only their older brother feels, so Shen Liang insisted that they must wear socks that are at least above the knee when they go out.

Not long after walking, I saw a small cart sitting on the side of the street, with a white banner hanging down that said it sold oden and teppanyaki.

The oden shop was packed with customers. Shen Liang led the three girls to sit at a table outside and ordered one of everything on the menu. Then the four of them rubbed their hands, which were red from the cold, around the small stove on the table.

"It might be a bit chilly now with the cold wind blowing, but it won't be once we start eating. Oden and barbecue are both very warming."

"Rosalia isn't afraid of the cold. Only your brother is afraid of the cold. When we were in Siberia, only your brother didn't like to have snowball fights." Rosalia hugged his arm and warmed his hands with her little hands, which were covered in fluffy gloves.

Shen Liang couldn't help but shrink back when he recalled the snowball fights at the orphanage. The intensity of these little girls' snowball fights was something he dared not participate in. Bronya had invented a machine gun that could automatically fill snow and fire, and they were exchanging fire fiercely while hiding behind riot shields. The power of the snowballs even collapsed the woodshed.

Kiana seemed quite familiar with this kind of street-side dining environment. She distributed chopsticks to everyone, poured hot water for each person, and then looked around.

The surrounding diners frequently glanced at their table, after all, the boisterous Arlene sisters were incredibly cute. Most of the people who still came out to eat oden in the winter were students from the nearby Ochanomizu University, and these students couldn't take their eyes off the young and adorable children.

Strictly speaking, she and Shen Liang, who are high school students, are probably about the same age as the Arlin sisters in the eyes of college students.

"But I always thought you wouldn't eat out on the street, Junior Brother." Kiana waited for the teppanyaki and skewered a small octopus on a stick.

"Why do you think so?"