Her brown hair was not left hanging down, but was tied into a braid and draped behind her head.

"Is it still not possible? It's true that it's a bit inappropriate to wear such clothes while working, but my maid costume got dirty this morning. I have already washed it, and I can change into it this afternoon. I hope you can be patient."

Seeing that Huang Chen didn't say anything, the girl added.

"Ah." Huang Chen came back to his senses and shook his head. "No, no. It's just... I was a little surprised that you suddenly dressed like this today. Actually, you can wear anything, and this outfit is very nice and beautiful."

After all, the girl said she was a maid, but it was just out of interest.

They are all ship girls from the port area. Are Newcastle and Belfast naturally one level lower than Elizabeth and naturally have to take care of them?

Of course not, it's just out of interest, or perhaps it's just a habit of caring for people.

Of course, it is impossible to require real maids to wear maid outfits all the time every day.

"As long as you like it." Newcastle smiled lightly, then walked into the room, put down the washbasin, took out a towel, wet it in hot water, wrung it out, and held it in his hand. He pulled out a chair nearby, "Please sit here and close your eyes."

Huang Chen was a little confused and reached out to take the towel from the girl's hand.

The girl shook her head, a faint smile still on her lips. "Just close your eyes and let me serve you."

Huang Chen finally understood what the girl meant. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I can do it myself."

I still feel a little embarrassed to ask the maid to wash my face.

However, Newcastle was unexpectedly stubborn. He patted the back of the chair and said, "Just come over and sit down."

Huang Chen stopped hesitating, slowly sat down and closed his eyes.

Then a warm feeling came onto Huang Chen's face.

Through the towel, he could feel a soft little hand carefully wiping Huang Chen's face, including the tip of his nose, eye sockets, and corners of his mouth.

Finally, it brushed gently across the face.

Huang Chen lay there leisurely, the girl's gentle kneading made him feel very comfortable. This experience really made him feel like he had become a young master.

"Commander, your beard is a little long. Do you need me to trim it for you?" Newcastle asked softly.

"Is it very long?" Huang Chen touched his chin. There were indeed some fine stubble. He had shaved once on the Yingfeng when he went out, and it had disappeared in the past two days. It was normal for it to grow some.

"You can trim it or keep it." said the girl.

"Forget it, didn't you just say Fuso and the others are back? Let's talk about it later. I'll go see them first." Huang Chen sat up, and Newcastle nodded, "I'll leave first."

As he walked towards the door with the hot water, Huang Chen couldn't help but say, "Actually, there's no need to be so polite. After all, you're not a real maid."

"But I am?" Newcastle seemed a little confused. "It is necessary to maintain the necessary etiquette when talking to you."

"But you are essentially a ship..." Huang Chen stopped talking halfway.

In fact, there is no need to argue about such things.

The girl chose to be a maid and to serve others out of her own heart, not because she was forced to do so.

In this case, what basis does Huang Chen have to use his own standards to determine whether something is suitable for the girl? To judge whether the girl is happy doing something?

"In essence...?" Newcastle was a little confused.

Huang Chen shook his head. "Nothing, just a casual remark. Don't take it to heart..."

The girl nodded, didn't care, and turned to leave.

"Wait..." Huang Chen suddenly said again, "If there is anything that makes you unhappy, you can tell me and I will help you deal with it."

Newcastle was a little confused, "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly talking about this..."

Huang Chen waved his hands, feeling a little awkward about what he had just said.

"However, there were many unhappy things... but now that you're back, there are none left."

The girl said with a smile, then turned and left.

Huang Chen paused, watching the girl disappear around the corner. After thinking for a moment, he walked to Nagato's room and asked, "Are you still there?"

No one responded, it seemed like he had gone out.

Thinking of this, he walked towards the worship hall. However, before he arrived, he heard the clear sound of the mountain city. The girl's voice was like a silver bell, clear and pleasant, and could be heard from far away.

Huang Chen walked over, but there were not as many people in the worship hall as he had imagined. There were only Mutsu and a few other kids, and Yamashiro, sitting around a table, talking about something.

He walked over with some curiosity.

Looking at the strange little things on the table, such as some animal ornaments, masks, small bells, etc.

"This is for Mutsu-sama." Yamashiro took out a small animal figurine, seemingly carved from plaster. It looked like a cat. "It's carved to look like Mutsu-sama's meow."

"Well, thank you, Yamashiro!" Mutsu's eyes sparkled as he stretched out his hand and took it. Then he asked with some confusion, "Meow Meow has been in the shrine the whole time. How did you carve it according to Meow Meow?"

It turned out that they were distributing gifts... Huang Chen nodded, looked around, but still didn't see anyone else.

However, I saw Songfeng and Qifeng in the fields on both sides of the distant approach to the shrine. I don't know what they were doing.

"Commander!" Shan Feng, who was waiting for a gift, spotted Huang Chen and immediately waved to him. Shan Feng was always full of energy, even more energetic than Mutsu.

"The prince is here!" Shancheng turned around, his cat ears trembled, and then he found Huang Chen standing behind him, and immediately stood up excitedly.

However, the movement was too fast, and before he could push the chair away, the girl stood up, and then naturally fell down.

Huang Chen hurriedly reached out to support him.

"I don't know how many times Your Highness has caught me~" The girl didn't care that she was about to fall, but smiled instead.

"I just need to be more careful..." Huang Chen said helplessly.

However, Shancheng didn't listen at all. He had already picked up an object from the table and said, "Don't worry about that, Your Highness. This is a gift from me to you!"

Chapter 406: Gift from Mountain City

Huang Chen looked at what the girl handed over.

It wasn't an expensive item, just a simple golden bell, about the size of a walnut, tied with a thin red linen rope.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, please stretch out your hand!" Seeing Huang Chen standing there in a daze, Shancheng couldn't help but urge him.

"Ah, oh." Huang Chen was a little confused, but still stretched out his hand.

The girl picked up the bell and tied it to Huang Chen's hand. "This bell is the same as mine."

Yamashiro said, shaking his tail again, and the golden bells on it tinkled.

Huang Chen looked at it with a bit of amusement. The bell was very cute, but for a man like him, tying a bell on his hand looked very strange no matter how he looked at it.

He shook his palms, and the bells began to jingle, and his expression suddenly became even stranger.

"Your Highness, please wear it well and don't take it off." Shancheng said seriously, and shook the bell on the tail, as if coordinating with Huang Chen's actions.

Mutsu showed an envious look on the side, "Wow, I want a bell too, Yamashiro, I want a bell too."

The two little guys, Shanfeng and Longxiong, also started shouting at once.

Shancheng puffed his lips and said, "No, this is for His Highness."

Huang Chen didn't care too much. It was normal for the little guy to laugh and play. Mu Ao and the others didn't really want the bell. They just became interested when they saw Huang Chen wearing it.

Children are like this. When they see others have something, they immediately want it too. But in fact, it only takes a while.

Looking at the bell in my hand, I felt that it was tied a little tight, so I reached out and pulled it.

Shancheng immediately said, "Your Highness, please don't take it down."

"I didn't take it off." Huang Chen said, "Why did you think of giving me a bell? I feel it's weird to tie it on my wrist..."

"Is it strange?" Shancheng blinked and hesitated for a long time, "If Your Highness doesn't like it, then don't wear it."

"It's not that I don't like it, it's just a little weird..." Huang Chen shook the bell again.

Suddenly, I heard a bell ringing in the corner of the room. It wasn't the bell on the tail of the mountain city, so where was it?

Huang Chen looked over in confusion, and saw Mu Ao running over, then picked up a black cat, "Meow!"

It turned out to be the bell on the black cat's neck.

Mutsu held up the black cat, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he jumped excitedly and said, "I know, I know. I tied a bell on the commander because I was afraid he would run away again."

Huang Chen suddenly looked towards Shancheng in surprise. The girl was a little embarrassed, "I didn't treat His Highness as a meow......"

"It's okay." Huang Chen smiled and rubbed the girl's hair and furry ears.

Then I looked at the bell in my hand and still felt very strange. In fact, if it was smaller, it would be okay. The main reason was that the bell Shancheng gave me was too big.

The girl's eyes were curved like crescent moons, and she said nothing more.

Huang Chen shook the bell in his hand and ignored it. Then he asked in confusion, "Why can't I see your sister? Where are they?"

"Sister Fuso and Kamikaze went to the kitchen!" Shancheng said, and then explained like a machine gun, "Songfeng and Qifeng are cooking in the field, and Zhuifeng is with Jiangfeng, and it seems they went out."

Huang Chen nodded and asked, "Where are Unicorn and Glory? Have you seen them?"

"I saw it." Shancheng nodded. "He was here just now, but I don't know where he went."

"In the reception room." Mutsu said, raising his hand.

"I see." Huang Chen stood up and looked at the mess on the table. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Let's clean it up. It's almost time for dinner." Having said this, he looked at Shancheng with some doubts, "You guys are back so early. Have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet. I've been thinking about coming back to see Your Highness since I woke up this morning," said Shancheng.

"Then we can have dinner together." Huang Chen nodded, "I'll go look for Fusang."

"Go, go!" Shancheng waved his hand and continued distributing gifts.

When I walked to the reception room at the side, I saw Guanghui, Unicorn, and Tiancheng, who were talking about something.

Huang Chen said hello and continued walking towards the kitchen.

The kitchen was filled with steam. Even though it was just breakfast, the girls were unwilling to make do with it and prepared it very thoroughly. Fortunately, the kitchen was big enough so that many people could be inside without feeling crowded.

Fuso was the head chef today, with Haifeng just helping out. However, Jiangfeng was out, so Edinburgh was the one cooking behind the stove.

The girl was adding firewood bit by bit with a sad face.

Fusang was standing in front of the stove preparing something. Huang Chen walked over curiously and took a look. It turned out to be stewed fish. He was immediately puzzled, "Is breakfast so sumptuous?"

"Ah, Your Highness!" Fuso turned around in surprise, then smiled shyly, "I just can't help but want Your Highness to taste Fuso's cooking."

Haifeng added, "It's always Sister Fuso who cooks at the shrine. She only lets me come when Sister Fuso is out."

"The Commander is here!" Edinburgh, who was burning the fire, immediately raised his head and said with a sad face, "Commander, please save me!"

"What's wrong with her?" Huang Chen asked Fusang.

Fusang covered her mouth and chuckled, "Newcastle asked her to come over. Zhuifeng happened to be pestering Jiang Feng, so he asked her to help light the fire."

Edinburgh still had a bitter expression on his face. "Commander, please save me! It's so hot here! I feel like the gold is melting..."

It turned out that it was punished by Newcastle.

Huang Chen suddenly realized that this guy was slacking off day by day and was eventually discovered by Newcastle.

That's right. There are only two of us, but we are still slacking off. Wouldn't it be easy to be discovered?

"Gold can't melt. The melting point of gold is very high." Huang Chen smiled and looked at Edinburgh and said, "Actually, as long as you don't work as a maid, Newcastle won't be able to control you."

"Commander, what are you talking about?" Edinburgh's face suddenly showed a look of horror. "How can you say such a thing? I am a royal maid!"

Then he buried his head and continued to make the fire.

Huang Chen smiled and shook his head, about to leave.

Fuso suddenly said in surprise, "Has Yamashiro already given the bell to His Highness?"

"Hmm?" Huang Chen raised his hand and shook the golden bell.

Edinburgh raised his head again, looked at the huge bell on Huang Chen's wrist, and laughed, "It's strange that the commander is wearing this bell."

It seemed as if he had completely forgotten the unpleasantness that had just occurred.

"It's a bit strange, but it's also a token of Shancheng's kindness." Huang Chen said, feeling somewhat helpless. Was he going to wear this bell like this forever?

Fusang thought for a moment and said, "Why don't I give you a sachet later? You can tie the bell to it."

Huang Chen's eyes lit up, "Pay attention to this!"

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