Talulah, I'm still a child.

"Mei Xue asked me to bring this to you. She said she likes you very much, and this ring is a token of our love. She hopes that you can express your feelings after we return to Rhodes Island."

"I……"

Mudrock was at a loss for words. As a beautiful and young Sarkaz girl, she was still quite innocent. She admitted that she liked Meixue, but that liking was limited to being good friends and simply appreciating Meixue's cuteness. She wouldn't go so far as to compete with a whole bunch of girls for a man.

(But I never expected that Mei Xue would like me. He didn't show it when we were on Rhodes Island. Could it be because of that brief experience before? What should I do... Sigh)

Seeing Mud Rock blush and blush, Patriot knew that the girl was definitely thinking about something else. It didn't matter what she was imagining, as long as it was related to Mei Xue, it must be a good thing, because the little fox had a high impression score among everyone.

Although Talulah and Meixue are currently engaged, and Patriot is quite satisfied with his fox fairy bride, Lily of the Valley, that doesn't stop him from finding another one for Meixue. Mudrock is a good girl, at least much better than Talulah and those other troublemakers.

Thinking this, Patriot didn't say anything more and just continued to look for Early Dew. He still had a bunch of rings in his pocket, none of them the same. He didn't know where Mei Xue got so many beautiful rings. However, Patriot only said that he wanted a few, and the little fox just grabbed a handful and gave them to him.

"Early dew".

"Mr. Patriot, it's been a long time! How was your trip to Da Yan?"

As a member of the political commissar's department, Zao Lu knew about Patriot and others' trip to Dayan. Moreover, this trip was not just to spend the New Year with Mei Xue, but also to conduct on-site inspections and cooperation negotiations in Dayan. Everyone had no objections.

"Everything went smoothly. Da Yan is a great place. And this is for you."

As Patriot spoke, he handed another ring to Early Dew.

"Although you and Meixue have not met yet, I have told him about you and seen your photos. This is a gift from him to you."

"Just give them a ring or something..."

Although she appears to be a perfect, mature woman in terms of figure and personality, Zao Lu is actually only sixteen or seventeen years old and has never been in a relationship. She is a completely innocent girl, so receiving a ring directly from a member of the opposite sex is rather embarrassing, and her heart is racing.

"Take it. Aren't you going to Rhodes Island for an exchange program in a while? It'll be a good opportunity to get to know him."

"Well... okay."

Although she had never met Mei Xue, Zao Lu didn't know how to refuse Patriot. To her, this elder was still very respectable, but his habit of arranging blind dates for that girl named Mei Xue was a bit of a headache.

Strictly speaking, a woman like Lilia is the one Patriot should be the one to help Mei Xue get together with. But when he had this idea, Lilia directly revealed her relationship with Mei Xue, which greatly shocked Patriot.

"Wait a minute, why do I have it too?"

Looking at the ring on her hand and Patriot who had just left not far away, Arturo was completely dumbfounded. Suddenly, she went from being Mei Xue's daughter to being a blind date. Could this be considered a reversal of her generation?

Chapter 49 Mei Xue's New Industry Strategy

"There is still time. Please evacuate in an orderly manner. Take care of your children and luggage, and be careful not to trample!"

At eight o'clock in the morning, after finishing breakfast, each family came out with their luggage, which they had packed the day before, and headed west of the city to take refuge, as arranged by the Yumen garrison.

Thanks to Bai Ruoshui's help, all the disaster messengers from Yumen returned safely. Yumen also calculated the location, intensity, and approximate duration of the disaster, and the evacuation work was arranged in an orderly manner.

"Mother, where are we going?"

The young girl, unaware of natural disasters, carried the little white fox doll she had bought the day before in one hand and held her mother's hand tightly in the other.

"There's going to be a strong wind later, everyone should take shelter so they don't get blown away."

"Ok!"

The girl nodded in response and glanced back. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she saw a white tail swaying slightly on the city wall. It looked like a fox's tail, but it disappeared the next second.

The next moment, everyone heard the rumbling sound of something enormous moving, accompanied by the meshing of gears, and the huge city wall began to rise, blocking out half of the sun.

"Wow, that's so high..."

"This is the first time I've seen the Screen Guards rise up in all these years."

The Screen Guards, also known as the Four Guards of Jade Gate, are external mobile protective walls specially built for Jade Gate by the Great Yan Earth and Wood Angels. They are normally closed and can perfectly fit into the Jade Gate city wall. In critical moments, they can also be combined to form the most solid barrier. For hundreds of years, they have blocked countless sandstorms, cold winds, and Originium storms from Jade Gate. There is a saying that "if the four guards do not fall, the three winds will not pass through."

"Stop talking and focus. The thieves from the Mountain and Sea Clan are still hiding. The crowds are dense now, which is the easiest place for something to happen. Protect the people."

The centurion's words made the two men stop immediately. With the natural disaster striking, half the city's population had to flee for refuge. This was the most chaotic and tense time in Yumen, and they naturally needed to be extra careful. If the Mountain and Sea Clan used these people as hostages, things would be terrible.

"Tsk tsk, this is a good thing. I'll see if I can get a design drawing later."

As a member of the Sui family with forging capabilities, Nian held the Screen Guard in high regard. Although this thing was tailor-made for Yumen, with a little modification, it could also help other cities cope with some minor natural disasters.

"Let's deal with that later. Right now, we need to guard this place. I wonder where my older sister and Meixue went."

Xi smoothed her hair. Yesterday, she and Nian were wandering around when they suddenly sensed Ya's movements. By the time they arrived, everything was over. After that, they couldn't find Mei Xue and Ling anywhere.

However, at the behest of the Grand Tutor, the two of them remained here to survey the entire city and were ready to intervene at any time to protect the people of Yumen.

Meanwhile, at the Jade Gate Inn, Zuo Le also found Linglan and Cecilia.

"Please come this way, gentlemen."

Because Linglan and Cecilia have a special relationship with Meixue, Zuo Xuanliao sent Zuo Le to take them to safety. Surtr and Nine-Colored Deer went to Qingqiu yesterday and have not returned yet, but even if they do, this natural disaster is nothing to them.

"Thank you, let's go, Cecilia."

After handing the luggage to the other person, Linglan took the little angel's hand. The commotion was bound to be quite loud, and she didn't want to scare Cecilia. To Meixue, this little angel was the most special one.

"Sister Linglan, aren't you waiting for brother to come back?"

“Brother Meixue has things to do, and what we need to do is not to become a burden to him, no matter what he does.”

Linglan answered Cecilia's question with a smile, her every move exuding the composure and gentleness of a proper wife. This surprised Zuo Le, who was responsible for meeting her; the fox spirit's bride was much more mature than he had imagined.

As the inn room door closed, Zuo Le didn't notice the lifeless bodies under the bed. The Shan Hai Clan weren't stupid, but they weren't exactly clever either. They only knew they were no match for Mei Xue, so they planned to kidnap Cecilia and Linglan while they were off guard and use them as hostages.

Based on their observations and intelligence, Mei Xue clearly values ​​Suzuran and Cecilia highly. Suzuran may know a little about Originium Arts, but Cecilia has no combat ability whatsoever.

But Su Xue'er is not someone to be trifled with. After realizing that these people had ill intentions last night, Su Xue'er dealt with them all without waking Cecilia. As for what happened afterward? They wouldn't even leave a trace of their existence. Su Xue'er can handle things like that.

Don't worry, they won't even leave a trace later, they definitely won't be discovered.

Su Xue'er's words reassured Linglan somewhat. She really didn't expect that she and Cecilia would be targeted by the people of Shan Hai. Even if these people used them as a hostage to threaten Mei Xue, they wouldn't be afraid, would they? To try to threaten Mei Xue, who now has nine tails... are the people of Shan Hai a little out of their minds?

Regardless of whether Mei Xue is someone they can afford to offend, if Linglan and Cecilia were to get injured, Su Xue'er is certain that the Mountain and Sea Clan would not only not survive to the next day, but would probably never have existed at all.

"Sister, where are we going?"

"Go to a safe place."

"But isn't the safest place to be with my brother?"

Although Cecilia didn't know roughly how powerful Meixue was now, the little angel always liked to stay by Meixue's side, feeling very safe.

"Yes, he's the safest person around, but we can't go there now. Let's go, I'll protect you."

To be honest, holding Cecilia's hand like this, Suzuran felt like she was taking care of a child, not a younger sister. Thinking back to her conversation with Meixue yesterday evening and the things that made her blush just thinking about them, Suzuran couldn't help but touch her lower abdomen. Unfortunately, Meixue still refused, otherwise…

"Cecilia, would you like to have a little sister?"

"Yeah!"

Although it's unclear what Lily of the Valley specifically meant, Cecilia definitely wanted a younger sister. Just like Mei Xue, who was always surrounded and teased by a group of girls, would want to be Cecilia's older brother, the little angel also had the heart of a big sister.

"Then you can tell Brother Meixue later that you want a little sister, okay?"

"it is good!"

Seeing Cecilia agree so readily, Linglan couldn't help but rub her head. Zuo Le, who was carrying the luggage in front, felt after hearing this that she might not only have underestimated this fox fairy's bride, but that she was actually a scheming woman.

On the other side of the Jade Gate tower, the six Imperial Astronomical Bureau sorcerers who came to ensure safety looked at Mei Xue and Ling lying on the top of the barbican and couldn't help but fall into deep thought. As members of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, they certainly knew about Ling and Chong Yue's affairs, and they also knew about the fox spirit, but they never expected to meet them at this time.

"Fox Fairy, Miss Ling, please come down quickly. A natural disaster is coming, and this place is not safe."

"how is the situation?"

Holding Ling's tail, Mei Xue carefully drew on it with a marker. Perhaps so as not to disturb her sleep, Mei Xue spoke in a low voice.

But in fact, Ling had already woken up; she was just spoiling her beloved and indulging his little bit of willfulness.

"The Four Guards of Yumen have been activated. Their devices will filter out most of the Originium dust and block the storm, but some of it will still get past the Screen Guards. It's estimated to be equivalent to a small natural disaster."

How's the evacuation work going?

"The city's residents have been evacuated, and the eastern part of the city has sunk to avoid the natural disaster, but the core inner city cannot sink."

"I remember there were only 12 of you... six on each side, is that enough?"

There are very few sorcerers in the Imperial Observatory. Even in a border fortress like Yumen, there are only twelve. Training each sorcerer in the Imperial Observatory requires a lot of time and resources. Therefore, each sorcerer is extremely outstanding. In terms of combat power, they may not be the most outstanding in the Great Yan Dynasty, but in simpler terms, they are truly well-rounded talents.

"Lord Pingchong has ordered that neither location be lost!"

"So you're planning to fight to the death? Fine, you can go to the inner city."

"This……"

"You can leave this to her."

Mei Xue pointed to his ex-wife, who was still pretending to be asleep. Of course, this was just on the surface. Since he was here, everyone had a general idea about natural disasters. The little fox just wanted to see how far the people of Great Yan could go. Those few astronomers from the Imperial Observatory hadn't lied; they were indeed prepared to fight to the death. Having that awareness was enough.

"Yes!"

The fox spirit gave an order that could not be disobeyed. The six sorcerers from the Imperial Observatory chose to go to the inner city. Watching their backs, Mei Xue couldn't help but ponder a question: Could this group change the advantageous position of the sorcerers on Rhodes Island once they arrived?

"Why don't you just do this yourself? Why do you insist on asking me for help?"

Ling opened her eyes and sat up, somewhat helplessly tidying her hair. Looking at the various cute little doodles on her tail, she couldn't bear to wipe them off for a moment.

"Well……"

Mei Xue thought for a moment, then opened her arms and hugged Ling's waist, burying her head in Ling's soft chest and rubbing against her. Her tone became soft and sweet, and her ears twitched, making her look especially adorable.

"Sister, dear sister, wife~ please help me out~ I'll let you drink your fill later~"

No one could resist Mei Xue like that, not even humans. Even Ling Yi's eyes darted around, and he subconsciously reached out to touch his nose. Well, thankfully he didn't have a nosebleed, otherwise he would have been really embarrassed.

Damn it, after Mei Xue regained her memories, she learned how to use her own advantages to accurately attack the enemy's weaknesses and developed a new fighting style. With this cuteness trick, even Kal'tsit could only nod in agreement.

But Ling, having been a first wife before, shouldn't be so spineless as to agree.

"All-you-can-drink?"

"Enough is enough."

"Then drink with me tonight!"

Looking into Ling's eyes, Mei Xue knew without a doubt what his ex-wife was thinking. She nodded in agreement, since he wouldn't lose out in this situation and Ling would definitely profit. It was a win-win situation no matter how you looked at it.

"Then you can't drink too much tonight."

"why?"

"I'm afraid you won't be able to eat, or you might not be able to hold it in and throw up."