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The rain in Tobesk is much gentler than that in the harbor city. The day-long rain greatly weakened the polluting smog that enveloped the city, while also refreshing the city's air.
Summer is a sweltering season, but when traveling in the summer rain, you can't feel any heat at all, and you can't feel the excessive humidity in the rain in Lengshuigang City.
When Xia De knocked on the downstairs door of Miss Louisa's rented apartment with a paper bag and an umbrella in his arms, the rainwater formed a huge umbrella from the eaves, and the landlady who opened the door looked a little unhappy,
It's not that he doesn't welcome the tenant's guests, but he is blaming Xia De for disturbing him for the second time today. All the people living here are women, and the landlady does not welcome men to visit frequently, which is also a requirement in the rental contract.
And Miss Louisa was even more surprised when she saw Xia De. The skirt on her body was still the same as when we met in the morning. It seemed that because of the weather, she didn't go out today:
"Xia De, haven't you set off yet? Is there anything else you want to explain?"
"No, no, it's not that I didn't leave, I've come back now. Look, the souvenir I brought you."
In the living room on the third floor, he handed over the freshly dead fish in a paper bag, which had a strong fishy smell.
"Meow~"
Amidst the cry, the cat that was standing on the window sill rushed over. But Miya didn't want to pounce on the unlucky fish. It jumped from the window sill to the chair, from the chair to the table, and after using the height of the table to hug Shade's arm, it didn't let go of its claws at all.
He said "meow~" several times in an aggrieved voice, for fear that Xia De would drop it again.
"It lay on the window sill for almost the whole afternoon, looking at the street outside the window."
Miss Louisa said with a smile, and then looked at the fish with disgust:
"Shad, why do you think I have mastered the skill of handling fish? I've never handled such a troublesome thing. But this fish looks good, and you caught it yourself?"
After asking, he looked at the fish suspiciously:
"But... it's very fresh, and it seems to be sea fish. Where did you go?"
"Well... this is a very long story, please allow me to keep it secret for the time being."
In fact, I don’t want to reveal the secrets of my house for the time being:
"I'm really tired today. I came here to pick up Mia, and I still have to eat when I go back. Miss Louisa, thank you for helping to take care of this cat. I hope it hasn't caused you any trouble."
"This cat is very well-behaved, but haven't you eaten yet?"
The blonde girl asked concerned, and stood up from the sofa hill:
"Since you brought a big fish, why don't you eat the fish together, just as your cat and I haven't eaten yet."
"Don't you know how to handle fish? Oh, and neither can I."
"So we went out to eat, and I know a nice restaurant that allows guests to bring their own ingredients. Also, I think your cat will love the fish too, but be careful not to get the spines on it."
"Meow~"
Mia probably didn't hear what the blonde girl said. She was hugged by Xia De, squinting her eyes and rubbing her face against Xia De's clothes intently.
"Speaking of which, I forgot to ask in the morning. How could you think of going away suddenly?"
Miss Louisa went into the bedroom to change the clothes she had gone out, and Shade sat on the sofa without moving. The two talked through a door, but it was nothing like talking to Miss Galina through a door. Talking to the blond writer in this way will only make Xia De feel kind and trustworthy, while talking with the unfamiliar witch at that time, some people are just nervous.
"The reason for going out..."
Xia De thought for a while, but didn't say anything about the person who went deep into the ruins and faced the silver-eyed person. This matter is very dangerous, there is no need to involve Miss Louisa. Holding the teacup in one hand and stroking the cat in the other, he said to the closed door:
"It's just a whim. As you know, ring warlocks can sometimes produce wonderful inspirations. I recently had the inspiration to travel far away."
"It's good to have inspiration, but be careful of the traps brought by inspiration, Ring Warlock..."
She paused for a moment, and Xia De's overly sensitive hearing allowed him to hear the sound of the closet door being pulled open.
Miss Louisa continued to pass on her experience through a door, with a lazy tone:
"So, you must think clearly before doing things, but you can't be timid because of it."
He heard the clatter of hangers in the closet, the sound of footsteps, the sound of clothes being thrown on the bed, and then the sound of dress drawstrings being undone...
The picture broke into my mind, Xia De blushed suddenly:
"Oh, Miss Louisa, I'm going to use the bathroom. Littlea's paw needs washing. It's already left two marks on my clothes."
"Okay... I remember it's claws are not very clean?"
Xia De didn't answer, but walked quickly to the bathroom. The bathroom was quite far from Miss Louisa's bedroom, and Shad couldn't hear the sounds he shouldn't have heard.
The bathroom in the female writer’s rented apartment is smaller than the bathroom in Shade’s house. The steam pipe is not buried in the wall, but goes directly through the wall and climbs on the wall, making the interior of the bathroom look smaller up.
There was a strong smell of spices in the bathroom, not because the perfume had been spilled here, because Shader's bathroom actually had a similar smell. The sewer system in this era is not very perfect, so in order to prevent the strange smell from the bathroom and spread to the whole house, the poor use orange peels, and those with a little money will get some inferior spices and put them at the door of the bathroom. Or downpipe connections to cover the smell.
Reaching out to turn on the gas lamp, without looking around, he went straight to the sink. There is a bright mirror in the middle of the metal mirror frame, and the faucet under the mirror is brass-colored, with a series of numbers stamped on the side. Unscrewing the faucet again, the clear water gushed out a few streams first, and then flowed out of the faucet normally:
"When did my hearing get so good?"
He was still blushing a little, holding the cat in one hand and looking in the mirror, while sweeping back under the faucet with the other hand, creating the sound of water being really used. .
Obviously there was no one behind him in the mirror, but the voice still made Xia De think that the woman was lying behind him, whispering softly in his ear.
He looked at the mirror, and carefully touched his shoulder with his wet hands, but he couldn't feel anything, whether it was inside or outside the mirror.
The woman chuckled in Xia De's ear, as if mocking his behavior at this time:
"Why do you say I'm blushing?"
He asked rhetorically, looking at himself in the mirror with an obvious Western appearance, and waved at the mirror. Looking at the reflection in the mirror, I was also laughed at by my own stupid behavior.
"Meow~"
Cat Mia noticed Shade's movement, stood up wriggling in his elbow, and then waved its paw at the small orange cat in the mirror. Seeing the cat in the mirror waving its paws, Mia cat made a threatening sound towards "it".
Foreigners are not good at cooking, so most of the time they will find some cheap restaurants around Saint-Andrés Square.
And this time, the restaurant Miss Louisa took Xia De to was a so-called high-end restaurant, but fortunately, it wasn't very high-end here, otherwise they would have to change their clothes to enter.
The restaurant allows you to bring your own ingredients, and the chef recognized very well that what Xia De brought was a common sea fish on the west coast called 'Olic fish'. Although dead, it doesn't seem to have been dead for too long.
"Don't worry, I won't waste your fish."
Shad still remembered De La Rion's poor diet, so because of the chef's self-confidence, he worried that he would see something terrible like "fish head pizza" next.
Unexpectedly, in the end, I enjoyed very good fish soup and fried fish with butter together with Miss Louisa and Mia.
They sat at a table against a wall covered in oil paintings of lavender fields and windmills.
Miss Louisa saw that Xia De had something on his mind. During the meal, she tried to find out what he was doing, but in the end Xia De stopped her. So, in the end, she just hinted that she could ask her for help, but Xia De really didn't want to involve Miss Louisa in that trouble.
But overall, dinner was quite enjoyable. Miss Louisa happily talked about the recipes here, and Xia De talked about the interesting story that he went to attend an academic report last Friday ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and met Professor Manning by chance.
As for Mia, for the cat's health, Xia De did not share the fish soup with it, but the chef of the restaurant specially separated a piece of meat with shaved bones from the big fish. Before the meal, there is probably no time to pay attention to Xia De.
You have to pay for your own ingredients, but when you left, Xia De just put the tip under the plate, and didn't pay anything else, because Miss Louisa said that this meal would also be charged to the account as before.
And when they were holding an umbrella at the door of the restaurant where the rain was dripping, and Shade was about to send Goldilocks back to Quill Avenue, Miss Louisa said that she did not pay for the meal:
"Rezia is such a regular customer, she often sneaks out to eat here, so just keep it on her account."
The two walked together on the rainy street, the cat curled up on Xia De's shoulder. The lights of gas street lamps in the rain were dimmed, and the three full moons were also hidden behind dark clouds. Judging from Miss Louisa's nonchalant tone, it was not the first time she had done this.
Her relationship with Princess Rezia Cavendish, whom Shade hadn't met, seemed really good.