Chapter 230: Fish

The rain in Tobesk was much gentler than the rain in the seaport city. The rain that lasted for a day greatly weakened the polluting fog covering the city and also made the air in the city fresh.

Summer was originally a sultry season, but traveling in the summer rain, he couldn't feel any heat at all, nor could he feel the excessively high humidity in the rain of Coldwater Port City.

When Xia De knocked on the door downstairs of the apartment building where Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha rented, holding a paper bag and an umbrella, the rain dripped from the eaves and hit the umbrella surface in strings, and the landlady who opened the door looked a bit unhappy.

It wasn't that she didn't welcome the tenant's guests, but she was blaming Xia De for disturbing her for the second time today. Ladies lived here, and the landlady didn't welcome men to visit often, which was also a requirement in the rental contract.

And Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha was even more surprised when she saw Xia De. The dress she was wearing was still the same one from their meeting in the morning. It seemed that because of the weather, she didn't go out today:

"Xia De, you haven't left yet? Is there anything else you need to tell me?"

"No, no, it's not that I haven't left; I've already returned. Look, a souvenir I brought for you."

Arriving at the living room on the third floor, he handed over the fish he brought in a paper bag. The fishy smell was very heavy.

"Meow~"

In the meow, the cat that was originally standing on the windowsill pounced over. But little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya wasn't pouncing toward that unlucky fish. It jumped from the windowsill to the chair, from the chair to the table, and then after hugging Xia De's arm with the help of the table's height, it didn't let go of its claws at all.

It meowed several times in a voice that seemed very aggrieved, fearing that Xia De would leave it behind again.

"It almost lay on the windowsill all afternoon, watching the street outside the window."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha said with a smile, and then looked at the fish with disgust:

"Xia De, why would you think I have mastered the skill of handling fish? I would never handle such troublesome things. But this fish looks very good. Did you catch it yourself?"

After asking, she sized up the fish suspiciously:

"However... it's very fresh, and it seems to be a sea fish. Where on earth did you go?"

"Hmm... this is a very long story. Please allow me to keep it secret for the time being."

Actually, he just didn't want to reveal the secret of his house for the time being:

"I am really too tired today. I came to pick up Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya, and I still have to eat when I go back. Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha, thank you very much for helping me take care of this cat. I hope it didn't cause you any trouble."

"This cat is very well-behaved, but haven't you eaten yet?"

The blonde girl asked with concern, standing up from the sofa:

"Since you brought such a big fish, why don't we eat the fish together? It just so happens that your cat and I haven't eaten either."

"Aren't you unable to handle fish? Oh, I can't either."

"So we go out to eat. I know a very good restaurant that allows guests to bring their own ingredients. And I think your cat will also like to eat fish, but be careful not to let the thorns get stuck in it."

"Meow~"

Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya probably didn't hear what the blonde girl said. It was held in Xia De's arms, squinting its eyes and focusing on rubbing its face against Xia De's clothes.

"Speaking of which, I forgot to ask this morning, why did you suddenly think of going on a long trip?"

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha went into the bedroom to change into clothes for going out, and Xia De sat on the sofa without moving. The two talked across a door, but this was completely different from talking to Miss Jia Jia Lin Na across a door. Talking to the blonde writer like this only made Xia De feel intimate and trusting, while talking to the Great Witch he wasn't familiar with at that time, there was only tension.

"The reason for going out..."

Xia De thought for a while and didn't tell her about going deep into the ruins to face the Silver-Eyed One. This matter was very dangerous, and there was no need to drag Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha into it. He held a teacup in one hand and stroked the cat with the other, saying to the closed door:

"Just a sudden whim. You also know that Ringed Shushi can sometimes have very wonderful inspirations. I just had an inspiration to go on a long trip recently."

"Having inspiration is of course very good, but you must also be careful of the traps brought by inspiration. Ringed Shushi..."

She paused, and Xia De's overly sensitive hearing allowed him to hear the sound of the wardrobe door being pulled open.

"The inspiration of Ringed Shushi sometimes doesn't come from what one thinks of, but from something making one think of something."

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha continued to pass on experience across a door, her tone a bit lazy:

"So, you must consider things clearly before doing them, but you can't be timid because of this."

He heard the sound of clothes hangers colliding in the wardrobe, heard footsteps, heard clothes being thrown onto the bed, and then heard the sound of the dress belt being untied...

The scene rushed into his mind, and Xia De blushed suddenly:

"Oh, Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha, I'll borrow the washroom. Little Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya's claws need to be washed; it has already left two marks on my clothes."

"Okay... I remember its claws weren't very dirty?"

Xia De didn't answer, but walked quickly toward the washroom. The washroom was quite far from Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's bedroom, and Xia De couldn't hear those sounds he shouldn't hear anymore.

The washroom of the apartment rented by the female writer was smaller than Xia De's washroom. The steam pipes weren't buried in the wall, but passed directly through the wall and clung to the wall, making the area inside the washroom look smaller.

There was a strong smell of spices in the washroom. This wasn't because perfume had been spilled here, because Xia De's washroom actually had a similar smell. The sewage pipe system in this era wasn't very perfect, so in order to prevent strange smells from appearing in the washroom and spreading to the whole house, poor people used orange peels, and people with a little money would get some inferior spices and place them at the door of the washroom or the interface of the sewage pipe to cover the smell.

He reached out and turned on the gas lamp, didn't look around, and walked straight to the sink. The metal mirror frame had a bright mirror surface in the middle, and the faucet under the mirror was brass-colored, with a string of numbers branded on the side. He also creaked and turned on the faucet. The clear water first bubbled out a few times, and then flowed normally from the faucet:

"When did my hearing become so good?"

He was still blushing a bit, holding the cat with one hand and looking at the mirror, while the other hand swept back and forth under the faucet, creating the sound of really using water.

【This should be an unimportant characteristic of the miracle - Echo of the Past, which slightly improved your hearing level. Otherwise, how did you keep capturing footsteps in the busy city?】

Clearly there was no one behind him in the mirror, but this voice still made Xia De think that the woman was lying behind him, whispering in his ear.

He looked at the mirror and carefully touched his shoulder with his wet hand, but whether it was in the mirror or outside the mirror, he didn't touch anything.

The woman chuckled in Xia De's ear, as if mocking his current behavior:

【However, what were you blushing about just now?】

"What do you say I was blushing about?"

He asked back, looking at himself with obvious Western features in the mirror, and waved at the mirror. Looking at the reflection in the mirror, he was also amused by his own stupid behavior.

"Meow~"

Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya the cat noticed Xia De's movement, stood up while wriggling in Xia De's elbow, and then also waved its claws at the small orange cat in the mirror. Seeing the cat in the mirror also waving its claws, Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya the cat made a threatening sound at "it."

The outlander wasn't good at cooking, so he would find some cheap restaurants around Saint Deran Square to eat most of the time.

And the restaurant Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha took Xia De to this time looked like a so-called high-end restaurant. Fortunately, it wasn't very high-end here, otherwise they would have to change into a set of clothes to enter.

The restaurant allowed guests to bring their own ingredients, and the chef recognized that what Xia De brought was a common sea fish on the west coast called 'Olik Fish'. Although it was dead, it didn't seem to have been dead for too long.

"Don't worry, I won't waste this fish of yours, guest."

Xia De still remembered the terrible diet level of Delarion, so instead, because of the chef's confidence, he was worried that he would see terrible meals like "fish head pizza" next.

Unexpectedly, he finally enjoyed very good fish soup and butter-fried fish with Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha and Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya.

They sat at a table by the wall, and landscape oil paintings of lavender fields and windmills were hung on the wall.

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha saw that Xia De had something on his mind. During the meal, she tentatively wanted to know what he was doing, but in the end, she was blocked back by Xia De. So, in the end, she just hinted that he could find her for help if he had anything, but Xia De really didn't want to drag Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha into that trouble.

But overall, the dinner was quite pleasant. Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha talked about the recipes here with great interest, while Xia De talked about the interesting things he encountered when he went to attend an academic report last Friday and met Professor Manning by chance.

As for Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya, out of consideration for the cat's health, Xia De didn't share the fish soup with it, but the restaurant chef specifically separated a piece of meat with the fish bones shaved clean from that big fish. Leaving Xiao Leaving Xiao Miya the cat probably wouldn't have time to pay attention to Xia De before finishing its own meal.

Bringing one's own ingredients also required settling the bill, but when leaving, Xia De just pressed the tip under the plate and didn't pay any other money, because Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha said that this meal was also recorded on the account like before.

And when they were holding umbrellas at the door of the restaurant in the rain, and Xia De intended to send the blonde girl back to Feather Pen Avenue, Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha said that this meal wasn't paid for by her either:

"Lei Qianya is a regular here. She often sneaks out to eat here, so just record it on her account."

The two walked together on the rainy street, and the cat huddled on Xia De's shoulder. The light of the gas street lamps in the rain was dim, and the three round moons were also covered by dark clouds. Judging from Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's indifferent tone, she wasn't doing this for the first time.

The relationship between her and that Princess Lei Qianya Cavendish, whom Xia De hadn't met yet, looked really good. ===== CHAPTER 231 =====