"I love to eat whatever you cook, Tiger!"

"How about the stargazing pie with natto?"

“This really won’t work!”

After clasping her hands together and begging for mercy, Vita returned to the sofa and opened the express box.

There weren't many things in the box, nor were they the physical rewards for the game that Xia Chuanhu mentioned. After all, the games that Vita played didn't have built-in lottery mechanisms, they were all buyout systems.

After picking up the things in the box and looking around, Vita couldn't help but widen her eyes!

(This, this is...)

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"A free voucher for a luxury cruise?"

More than an hour later.

On the table.

Hearing Vita say this, everyone around the dining table immediately put down their chopsticks.

"Well, it seems I won it in a TV lottery before?" Vita held up the two tickets in her hand. "Both tickets are for two people, so a total of four people can go. The boarding point is the UK, and the validity date is this weekend."

"So... can we go to the beach in the Far East this weekend?"

Siegfried raised his eyebrows: "Vita, you are lucky to win this kind of lottery."

"In fact, I have forgotten when this happened, but it's a rare opportunity, so let's go to the beach together! It happens to be summer vacation now!" Vita said with a smile, "Besides, just preparing a banquet to celebrate for Kiana doesn't seem to be enough, so let's treat this trip to the beach as a celebration trip for Kiana!"

"Eh?"

Kiana, who was picking up food for herself, waved her hand quickly after hearing what Vita said: "No need, Sister Vita, I am already very satisfied with just a banquet. There is really no need to arrange a trip to the beach for me. Besides, I can't go this weekend."

"Hmm? What's up with you?"

"While I was taking extra classes with Bianca this afternoon, my assignment came out. I'm going to the Southeast Asia branch. In addition, not only me, but Bianca will also go with me as a trainee Valkyrie, and it will be counted towards my internship points."

"That's what I mean~~~"

Bianca looked upset: "Summer vacation has only started for a few days~~~Brother, can you use your privilege to help me open a back door? For example, postpone the internship task or something like that?"

"In your dreams."

Xia Chuanhu glared at her unhappily: "Although I am a hypocritical and protective person, I will not indulge you in such things. Go to your internship honestly, and you should keep a close eye on Kiana."

"I know, brother."

"elder sister!"

Ignoring Bianca, who was already looking grim, Xia Chuanhu took the ticket from Vita: "However, if Bianca and Kiana can't go, it will be a bit troublesome to gather four people... Vita, are you going?"

"After all, it was sent to me, and it said I must go. What about Tiger? Do you want to go with me?" Vita asked, "Come to think of it, I've been in this house for seven years, but I've never seen you take me out for a trip~~~The few times in the United States don't count."

"I have things to do too - Siegfried, Himeko, what do you think?"

Siegfried and Himeko paused when asked, then shook their heads.

Siegfried: "I can't go. Like Bianca and Kiana, I have field missions."

Ji Zi: "The director gave me a task and told me to finish it as soon as possible. I have to work overtime on weekends and get triple pay. Also, the floating battleship project I'm in charge of is in the final stages. I probably won't be free for the next six months, right?"

This means that everyone in the family is busy except Vita, the homeless person.

Vita's face showed a little embarrassment: "Then... these two tickets will be invalidated? I was lucky enough to win them in one go!"

"Who knows whether it's just your luck or some shady operation?"

Xia Chuanhu looked at the ticket in his hand and whispered.

He smelled a familiar scent, as if someone had used this method to lure him to a certain place a long time ago, and then prepared a bunch of things there to trick him.

"Why don't you go with Vita, Xia Chuan?" Siegfried suggested suddenly, "You don't have anything to do during the summer vacation anyway."

"No, I still have the Gundam to fight, and I can't fall behind in my research on the Destiny Technique."

"Is it okay to take a short rest for four or five days? You only sleep for half an hour every day. I'm afraid you'll die suddenly one day."

Siegfried patted Xiachuanhu's shoulder as he spoke: "It's rare that you should give yourself a chance to relax."

“I think I’m actually pretty relaxed.”

"It's not about what you think, it's about what we think."

"Siegfried, you..." Xiachuanhu looked into his eyes, "--you are not thinking that you can escape our training next Wednesday?"

The man with the strongest destiny looked stiff for a moment: "How, how could that be~~~ Am I that kind of person? I just see how hard you work every day, so I sympathize with you."

"Don't worry. I won't die even if I don't eat, drink, or sleep for hundreds of years. Instead of worrying about me, you should worry about yourself. Even if I can't come back next Wednesday, you still can't escape after I come back, and you will have to pay twice as much."

"...You want to throw me in a coffin?"

"If you can't die, at most you'll be half dead."

Xia Chuanhu's words made Siegfried have no choice but to eat in silence - he was wondering whether he should go to Shanyiat's hospital to make an appointment for a ward for next week.

Vita's eyes lit up: "Wait, Tiger, you mean..."

"Well, I don't think it's necessary, but if you want to go, I can go with you once. As for the other two tickets..."

(How should I use this ticket?)

13. Don’t be torn apart

As Vita mentioned before, in the seven years since she came to this family, that is, in the seven years since Xiachuan Hu came into this world, the people in the Xiachuan family, including the people in the Siegfried family next door, did not even have the opportunity to travel out.

Of course, this is for Vita. If Xiachuan Hu himself were to evaluate it, he had taken Bianca and Kiana to Cocolia many times in the past seven years, which could be considered as traveling abroad if rounded off.

The main reason for this situation is [time mismatch].

First of all, it should be made clear that the Valkyries of Skyrim and regular warriors like Siegfried have holidays on the surface, but once a Honkai event occurs, these holidays will immediately become working hours. In addition, in the past twelve years, Skyrim has been making up for the serious losses caused by the Second Honkai, and there has been a shortage of manpower from top to bottom. This situation was not alleviated until Otto developed the artificial stigmata.

Therefore, almost 99% of Valkyries would save up their vacation time and use it when they had to take leave no matter what - for example, when something big happened at home.

The same goes for Siegfried. He himself said that the annual leave he had saved was enough for him to eat and drink for free at Tianming for several years.

So for the same reason, the Xiachuan family generally had no holidays except for the weekends, except for Vita. In addition, the work schedules were chaotic and difficult to coordinate, so often one person was not free this time and the other was not free the next time, so they had to cancel everything.

And this time...

"Hmm~~~This one is good, this one is also good~~~"

In Vita's personal room.

Trying on the swimsuit in front of the mirror that she had bought but had hardly worn since then, Vita's face was filled with unconcealable joy.

"Oh, I'm so confused, Jizi, can you help me choose? Which one should I take?"

"...You pulled me over from the workbench just to get me to give you some advice?"

On Vita's bed, Wuliangta Himeko, who had changed into black gauze pajamas, pushed up her glasses and said, "It's you and Xiachuan who are going on the trip, not me."

"It's all the same~~~" Vita said with a smile, "This is my first chance to travel alone with Tiger. For such a memorable first time, of course I have to collect opinions from all sides and take it seriously. If it were you, you would definitely do the same, right?"

"...So, you want me to help you make a choice when you have difficulty making decisions?"

Without directly answering Vita's question, Ji Zi asked instead: "From your calculations, it would be best to choose one that suits Xia Chuan's preferences, but unfortunately I'm not sure about this. You came here five years earlier than me, so you must know it, right?"

"I do not know."

Vita put down her swimsuit and sat down with Himeko. "How should I put it... Tiger is actually quite mysterious. Although it seems that he doesn't hide anything from us, it's hard to get the results of some of his personal matters."

"Just like I still don't know what Tiger likes to eat or what his clothing style is - but he really likes plastic. An entire wall in his room is filled with models he built himself, and many of them he changed the color and modified himself."

"I know about this kind of thing, too."

Xiachuanhu's room was not a forbidden place. Anyone could enter as long as they said hello to him. Just be careful not to rummage around. Jizi had been there before, and when she first entered, she was shocked by the models that filled one wall. She was also surprised by the various research materials and papers that filled the bookcases.

It was then that she realized that although Xia Chuan usually looked relaxed, he actually only slept for half an hour a day, and spent all the time at night and in the early morning working - this could not be called overtime at all, it was simply risking his life, but Xia Chuan Hu had persisted in this way for several years.

This really made Ji Zi completely convinced of Xia Chuan Hu. As someone who often worked overtime and stayed up late, Ji Zi felt that she was not even as good as Xia Chuan Hu.

"Then should we go ask the director?"

Himeko suggested.

"Su Suo and Xia Chuan are old acquaintances. It seems that they knew each other when Su Suo was not yet the director. She must know more than you, right?"

"Ah~~Miss Orange?"

When Aozaki Touko was mentioned, a hint of reluctance flashed across Vita's face.

In fact, she didn't get along well with Aozaki Touko. After all, Aozaki Touko suddenly appeared two years ago and seduced Natsukawa Tora away in minutes. In the past two years, she would ask him out for one day almost every month. In addition, she would often ask Bianca and Kiana to call her "sister-in-law"... Even a blind person could see the dark desires in her heart.

But Natsukawa Tora had no objection to this at all, and admitted many times that he and Aozaki Touko were old acquaintances.

This made Vita feel a little complicated.

She originally thought that she was a sweetheart from heaven, and after five years of development, she could be considered half a childhood sweetheart, but suddenly there appeared a sweetheart who was even more sweet than her, and even more sweet than her, and they both had two styles: the mature queen and the lazy older sister.

It seems like she can't make money no matter what?

"So you're just going to sit there and do nothing?" Ji Zi asked, "Or do you just pick out something that you like and bring it with you... Speaking of which, why do you need to prepare a swimsuit when you're traveling on a luxury cruise ship? Is that a cruise ship with a built-in swimming pool?"

"Well, I checked online. The cruise ship has five floors in total. It has a bar, chess and card room, board game room, concert hall, semi-outdoor swimming pool, etc. There is even a gym and SPA."

"Oh my god~~~"

Ji Zi was also shocked.

With such luxurious configuration...this can really be said to be a truly [luxury] cruise ship.

"You are so lucky to win a ticket to go there. If I couldn't leave this time, I would also like to go."

"Hehe~~~ This is your envy of luck." Vita smiled, "But I really forgot when I won the prize. Logically speaking, I should have remembered such a good prize, right?"

"Why worry about this? Even if something goes wrong, it can be easily solved with Xia Chuan here, right?"

"That's right."

This is also the consensus of the Xiachuan family.

Even if he really encountered a big problem, Xia Chuanhu could easily solve it with just a little effort.

"By the way, what should we do about the clothes? Should we ask the director?"

"...Go ahead and ask, Jizi, you can just call."

"No, I'll just send a message."

After saying this, Jizi sent a message to Aozaki Touko with a few clicks.

After a while——

"Ding dong!"

"so fast!"

Vita, who was about to try on another set of clothes, heard the reply and hurried back to Ji Zi.

And in Aozaki Touko's reply, there was only one line of words.

[It doesn’t matter what you wear, since you won’t be able to make the return trip anyway. Just be careful and leave yourself some clothes. He ripped them all off.]

Jizi: "..."

Vita: “…”

This sentence reveals a lot of information, doesn’t it?

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