After the proposal, the Valkyrie came to the door

Inside the workshop, Alicia, like a curious child, peered around curiously.

Although she came here to pick Anliang up from get off work yesterday, she only glanced at the studio from the outside and didn't know what was going on inside.

"It's nearly 200 square meters, but only three people use it. They've even specially divided it into a gaming area and a relaxation area... Wow, your working environment is better than those big companies."

"It's alright. After all, the studio is still in its early stages. Once we have more staff, it will probably be similar to a normal company."

Anliang shrugged and explained to Alicia.

Before it was acquired by Bronya, this place was used as an office for more than a dozen people at the same time. Now it is used by only three people, so of course they feel it is spacious and comfortable.

But the Principles Studio can't stay with so few people forever.

Given Bronya's personality, the current visual novels are just for practice; the next game will definitely be a different genre, and she won't be satisfied with just making small games.

Larger games will definitely require more development staff...

Judging from this trend, Anliang estimates that Yuanli Studio will need to change its office address within a year or two.

Wait a minute, wouldn't Bronya be losing money by buying the apartment upstairs?!

"Anliang, what are you thinking about?"

After wandering around the studio, the pink fairy returned to Anliang's workstation and noticed that his expression was a bit strange.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly realized that a friend of mine might have lost money buying a house in Sky City."

Anliang looked up at the ceiling and said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Although Bronya should be more focused on practicality and wouldn't care about such a small amount of money, a loss is a loss.

Bronya never lost money in the stock market, but she did in real estate... This strange contrast even amused Anliang.

"Sky City is a first-tier city, and housing prices are relatively stable, so we shouldn't lose too much, right?"

Unaware of Anliang's inner thoughts, Alicia blinked her beautiful pink-blue eyes and began to seriously analyze the housing prices in Sky Dome City.

"That's right, it'll probably just be a small loss, nothing serious."

An Liang stroked his chin and said, no longer thinking about Bronya, but focusing all his attention on his fiancée.

"By the way, Ellie, you must have something else on your mind to pick me up from get off work today, right?"

"To ask such a direct question... Hmm, could it be that Miss Fairy wants to give you a surprise?"

Alicia's cheeks puffed out slightly, and her expression seemed somewhat dissatisfied.

An Liang seemed completely oblivious to this, and with a smile, reached out and pinched the girl's pretty cheek.

"Surprises don't happen two days in a row. Knowing your personality, since you came to pick me up from get off work yesterday, you'll definitely do it in a different way if you want to surprise me again today."

"Of course, based on this alone, I can't determine whether you just had a sudden urge to experience picking me up from get off work again..."

Anliang took out his phone and waved it in front of Alicia.

"So, what ultimately made me decide was the text message Gretchen sent me. She told me that everyone was going out for dinner tonight, right?"

"Hey, Gretsch actually told you beforehand, that's cheating!"

Alicia could no longer maintain her feigned anger and could only slap away Anliang's large hand, giving him a jealous glare.

"You and Gretchen are really close. I've never seen that child like someone so much. She tells you all her secrets... even though the fairy lady was here first."

"Wait a minute, didn't you use that line in the wrong place?"

An Liang's lips twitched, and he complained, "I'm not even sure if you're jealous of me or Gretchen."

"Ahem, that's not important. What's important is that Miss Fairy is jealous and needs someone to tell her the secret to getting along so well with Gretchen before she can calm down."

Alicia put her hands on her hips, suppressed a laugh, and said confidently.

"There's no secret to it, we just have something in common. After all, I'm the only one in the Golden Garden who can talk to Gretchen about painting."

An Liang waved his hand and said ambiguously.

"Is it too late for Miss Fairy to go learn to paint now?"

Alicia rested her chin on her hand, looking like she was deep in thought.

"Uh, well..."

An Liang wasn't lying. Gretchen's good relationship with him was indeed due to their identities as artists, but more importantly, they both had identities that couldn't be exposed.

The mutual respect among comrades, coupled with the camaraderie of protecting each other and avoiding certain death...

The combination of these two factors is what makes Greta trust Anliang so much.

If Alicia only learns to draw, it's impossible for her to completely open up to the little girl.

Of course, Anliang would never say this aloud; he only offered his advice in a roundabout way.

"No, it's better not to. It takes a lot of time to master drawing, and it's even more difficult to reach the point where you can chat with a little genius like Gretchen."

"That seems to make sense..."

Alicia's face fell, and she sighed dejectedly.

An Liang was about to offer a word of comfort when he noticed that the girl seemed to have figured something out and had cheered up again.

"No, no matter how difficult it is, I'm going to learn to draw. Not only because of Gretsch, but also because Anliang, you're an artist too, and I want to have something in common with you and get to know you better!"

“Alicia, you…”

An Liang paused for a moment, then met the girl's serious gaze, and his heart began to beat a little faster.

Without a doubt, he had just been flirted with by Alicia again, and because he was not prepared, the feeling of being swept away by the girl's affection was even stronger.

That wretched female demon is messing with his Dao heart again!

An Liang took a deep breath, but he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips.

“We have a lot in common, not just drawing. There are many other things we can talk about.”

"But that doesn't stop Miss Fairy from wanting to understand your work better, to have more topics to talk about, and to create more interesting memories."

Alicia looked at Anliang with a smile, her beautiful pink and blue eyes filled with his image, her voice so sweet it made one's bones melt.

"Brother Anliang, I want you to draw with me too~"

"This... Gretsch has been stained with your colors, and you've been stained with Gretsch's colors too, right?!"

An Liang was somewhat speechless, but when his fiancée called him "brother" in a coquettish manner, his heart couldn't help but flutter.

If the situation were different, he couldn't even imagine what he would do.

As for now...

An Liang shook his head seemingly helplessly, but a hint of a smile flickered in his eyes, and his tone was full of doting affection.

"Now that things have come to this point, how could I possibly refuse... Whenever Alicia wants to draw, Anliang will definitely accompany her!"

P.S.: Essentially, Alicia is a little jealous of Gresh and wants to experience the protagonist's special concern for Gresh... In other words, she wants to play sibling role-playing! (laughs)

Chapter 86 Unspoken Rules, but Alicia

"Then it's settled. You have to teach Miss Fairy how to paint, and you have to paint with Miss Fairy..."

Alicia held up her slender, white index finger and waved it in front of Anliang, humming happily.

"However, you must be patient with Miss Fairy. Even if her drawing isn't very good, you can't laugh at her too much, okay?"

"Alicia, don't you have some misunderstandings about your fiancé? Am I that bad?"

Anliang sat at his workstation, squinting his eyes in annoyance.

"It's hard to say."

The girl raised her delicate chin, a few wisps of hair playfully falling beside her cheek, a sly smile playing on her lips.

"Although I can't draw, I did serve as a nude model for someone. I don't need to help you recall what happened during that time, do I? You wicked Anliang!"

"Wait a minute, isn't bringing up that kind of thing a bit off-topic? And that incident can't be blamed entirely on me, can it?"

Anliang almost choked on Alicia's words, and his expression immediately turned helpless.

"I was practicing drawing the human body properly, but one of the models was not behaving herself. She kept pulling down her neckline, lifting her skirt, and later even tore several holes in her stockings. She was just about to pounce on me and interfere with my drawing."

"Ahem, that's just Miss Fairy wanting to show you her most beautiful side and give you inspiration. She didn't have any bad intentions."

Alicia spoke hesitantly, a blush rising on her flawless face as she recalled her bold actions.

As everyone knows, Miss Pink Fairy is both terrible at the game and loves to play.

At that time, she and Anliang had only been dating for a short time, and Anliang was still quite reserved in their daily interactions, unlike now when he shows the side of a seasoned lover.

Anliang's restraint, in the eyes of Alicia who was unaware of the inside story, was transformed into innocent naivety.

This misunderstanding further fueled the girl's desire to tease Anliang.

After all, Anliang's focused expression while painting was truly captivating, and his initial awkwardness in his first love gave him an air of asceticism...

It's so tempting, absolutely so tempting!

At that moment, Alicia understood why female demons always wanted Tang Sanzang to break his vows, and why succubi always liked to seduce noble knights.

The feeling of watching purity fall because of one's own actions is indeed pleasurable!

Alishia, who was already a "bad woman," simply couldn't resist this temptation. She looked forward to Anliang being teased by her until he blushed and could no longer maintain his rationality, eventually becoming the fairy's prisoner and only able to be played with by her at will.

But the result...

Just as the girl had imagined, Anliang failed to maintain her rationality, but the object of her manipulation was now reversed.

An Liang, who has always been reserved, changed his usual passive attitude.

A few ambiguous words and actions directly pierced through Alicia's defenses, which were as thin as a sheet of paper, leaving the girl so shy that her mind went blank.

Anliang seized the opportunity and temporarily changed the painting project to body painting, thus teaching the pink fairy a lesson.

"Hmph, you wicked Anliang! In the end, you bullied Miss Fairy with your paintbrush and those paints, and Miss Fairy will never forget that grudge!"

Alicia muttered softly, her beautiful pink-blue eyes sparkling with a bright light, as if they were filled with autumn water.

"Once I learn to draw, I want to paint body art on you too!"

She suffered from her lack of experience and was easily defeated.

But things are different now. She is no longer so easily dealt with by Anliang and has the right to seek revenge!

"Okay, okay, I'll be your nude model later, and I'll draw whatever you want."

Anliang shrugged indifferently at Alicia's declaration, his expression completely calm.

Body painting is art when it's on a beautiful young woman, but on a man it's just an eyesore.

Even if Alicia wanted to take off his clothes before drawing him, trying to take advantage of him, it didn't matter at all... Alicia had touched every part of his body and left all sorts of marks on him, so he was long past the stage of feeling ashamed.

"You agreed so readily, Miss Fairy feels like she's at a disadvantage..."

Alicia then realized what Anliang had done.

But she was interrupted just as she was about to say something.

"Alright, let's talk about anything else later."

An Liang glanced at the time: "If we delay any longer, you might forget that this is to pick me up from get off work. Afterwards, we need to meet up with Mebius and Gretchen so we can all have dinner together outside."

"Hmm, it seems like there was such a thing..."

Alicia was reminded of what she originally wanted to do.

Mebius came to Sky City because Shencheng Pharmaceuticals opened a branch there, and as the founder, she needed to step forward and guide the arrangement of some future research projects.

There's not much to do, but not little either; a week or two should be enough to get it all done.

In other words, Mebius will be leaving in a day or two.

Considering that Mebius probably wouldn't have time to go out and have fun, Alicia thought she would take her and Gretchen out for a meal to try the local cuisine, so that their trip to Sky City wouldn't be in vain.

However, after Alicia picked Anliang up from get off work, she curiously strolled around the Principles Studio and unknowingly veered off-topic during their conversation.

"It's not a big problem. You got off work early today; Mebius probably hasn't finished yet..."

Alicia glanced at the message from Mebius, breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Anliang sitting at his workstation, her eyes darting around, her expression becoming somewhat frivolous.