Chapter 4200: Night and Morning Games

In the clinking sound, Dorothy poured all the gold beans in the bag onto the empty plate. Little Mia sniffed it as usual, and after confirming that it was not food, she retracted her head and continued to let Xia De touch her.

"For high-level Ringed Shushi like us with powerful mental strength, the effect of this relic derivative is not very strong, but it is by no means without influence. Xia De, tell me, what is your feeling about these gold beans?"

Princess Lei Qianya asked, and Xia De looked at the pile of golden items on the plate:

"Well, to be honest, I really want to get them. But this has nothing to do with the value of this gold. It's like I picked up a straight tree trunk on the road, or saw a perfectly shaped pebble by a small stream. Although it's useless, I can take it home to collect."

"I want these beans. Maybe I can count beans when I'm bored, or use them to tease Little Mia."

Dorothy continued to smile:

"So we said that you are actually not greedy. Alright then, we give you this opportunity. Let's play a game, Xia De. The robbers' game is too simple, you must understand that equal division is the best result. So Princess Lei Qianya and I specially designed this game, take these."

She distributed paper and pens to everyone:

"The total number of gold beans on the plate is 53. At the beginning of each round of the game, each of us must write down the number of gold beans we want to get.

Then the numbers of the three people are added together. If the number is less than the number of remaining gold beans, the person with the largest number among the three gets the number of gold beans they wrote down, and the other two get nothing; if the number of the three people is greater than the number of remaining gold beans, the person with the largest number must hand over half of the total gold beans they hold and put them back on the plate."

"The game continues until the number of remaining gold beans is less than 10. At this time, everyone can take away their own gold beans, and the person holding the most gold beans can get the remaining gold beans."

Dorothy introduced the rules, and Xia De could easily understand:

"Try to make your number as large as possible, but not too large. In this way, I just need to choose a number at the one-third position of the total every time, and the winning rate will be the greatest."

Princess Lei Qianya laughed:

"I forgot to tell you, Princess Lei Qianya and I are in a cooperative relationship, and we will communicate in our unique way at any time, one writes 1, one writes a large number."

"Hmm?"

"Also, since it's a game, of course there must be a bet. If the person who gets the most gold beans in the end is not you, Xia De..."

Princess Lei Qianya took a deep breath. For tonight's night class, her sacrifice was also very large:

"Sorry, I'm afraid we can't follow tradition. Tonight, you have to sleep alone. I return to Yodel Palace, and Dorothy takes Little Mia to sleep on the third floor."

"Hmm?"

Xia De couldn't believe it:

"Don't have to play so big, right?"

"Xia De, only in this way can you understand the meaning and price of greed. The game begins, Xia De, write down your first number. Don't worry, we won't always communicate, we will give you a chance to win. This depends on whether you are really... greedy."

The cruise ship continued to sail on the Terraril River under the moon. Little Mia, who was lying by Xia De's hand, didn't seem to know that this game would decide where she would sleep tonight. She just stared at the dessert that Xia De didn't move, thinking about letting Xia De feed it to her in a while.

As for the game between Xia De and the girls, it proceeded rapidly. Xia De has the blessing of that God of Gambling, logically speaking, he would not easily lose. But the blessing only increases the probability of him winning, not giving him the inevitable fate of winning, so Xia De wrote down every number very cautiously.

The power of greed attached to each gold bean became more and more intense as the game progressed. They didn't have the power to directly create whispers in the bottom of the heart, they just emitted a faint light, making Xia De's eyes unconsciously attracted when they fell on them.

Xia De wanted to win. This of course was not because of these gold beans. He didn't want to sleep alone tonight.

The game was very deadlocked. I don't know if Princess Lei Qianya and Dorothy were deliberately creating the situation, but the number of gold beans in the hands of the three always maintained a relatively balanced state.

However, before the cruise ship reached the end, that is, before reaching the pier near Yodel Palace, the winner was still decided. Xia De defeated Dorothy with 16 beans and Princess Lei Qianya with 13 beans with a quantity of 24 beans.

However, when the girls announced with a smile that Xia De had won, Xia De didn't have the joy of victory at all:

"Princess Lei Qianya, did you deliberately lose in the end?"

"Why do you say that?"

"When there were 11 beans left, you actually wrote a 7."

The ship was docking at the pier, and Xia De held Little Mia in his arms:

"Normal people wouldn't do this, right?"

Dorothy then explained:

"If you really lost, you would think

The young ladies stood up, and Xia De also stood up holding the cat:

"Alright, what you say makes sense, and this lesson is indeed meaningful. Just now when playing the game, I really had the thought that I must win. Although that is not necessarily greed, it is certainly not a good desire."

He signaled for Dorothy to put those gold beans away:

"You should take these back; if they stay with me, I worry I will have strange thoughts again."

Lei Qianya, however, said:

"If you want Dorothy to take them away because you are afraid of them, then these must stay with you. Accept them; when one day you truly treat them as toys to tease Little Mia with, that will mean our lesson today has taken effect."

Xia De nodded, pondering the meaning of tonight's lesson, and left the pleasure boat with the young ladies.

Everyone was very satisfied with tonight's lesson, and Xia De even thought that since summer was coming, he could consider finding some outdoor teaching venues later.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when they got home, and everyone talked for a while longer before officially ending the day.

Although today was not the Day of the Red Butterfly, it was an extra opportunity obtained by trading the destiny of a "miracle," and Dorothy and Lei Qianya certainly would not waste it—this was also the reason why they would definitely let Xia De win in the end. It was just that Xia De still remembered the situation on the night of the Red Butterfly this week when the two could not be separated after merging, so he strictly forbade Dorothy and Lei Qianya from doing so again this night.

They were both very obedient, but Lei Qianya still complained:

"That was originally a very good warm-up program; now that it's canceled, it feels like this night isn't complete."

"Perhaps when the matter of the Chosen is over, this situation of yours will disappear."

Xia De said this while holding Lei Qianya, who was curled up in his arms before sleep. The Princess spoke softly when tired, and her voice was very pleasant. Dorothy, behind Xia De, rested her head on his shoulder; she was somewhat hesitant:

"If this phenomenon also appears along with the collapse of the world order, what if it doesn't disappear? It's not just for the sake of being able to... that way with you at night; I'm worried that the physical problem between us will undergo other changes."

"I will solve it."

Xia De said softly. After letting go of Lei Qianya, he turned around and gently kissed his beloved blonde Miss:

"Soul, destiny, flesh—the first two problems have already been solved; the remaining one should be the simplest."

"Mm."

Lei Qianya reached out from behind and hugged Xia De:

"And regardless of whether this situation can be solved, at least, we can both accompany you forever."

"Yes, the point is that you are two people. I don't want two young ladies to become one; wouldn't I... be at a loss then?"

Dorothy and Lei Qianya laughed out loud upon hearing this, and then they both fell into a deep sleep.

Xia De also closed his eyes:

"What kind of dream will I have tonight?"

Accompanied by his fall into the chaotic dream, the key under the pillow informed him of the approximate era corresponding to the key. And when the tide of time receded, the sound of the real tide arose. But before that pink beach appeared, the radiance of the silver moon illuminated the chaotic-colored dream, opening up that wilderness familiar to Xia De.

The light of the moon and stars spilled onto the ridges of the wilderness. Xia De stood on a ridge, looking up at the massive moon in the night sky:

"Actually, I have been waiting for such an ending."

He said this in the breeze blowing over the wilderness.

【What kind of ending?】

"When everything is over, someone can say to me—Xia De, you did very well."

(Yiluna is praying...)

The following Sunday, Xia De was unable to arrive at the Fragrant Mansion as early as Miss Luweiya had expected. This was not because Xia De had overslept, but because Lei Qianya, who rarely had nothing to do today, did not want to let Xia De leave the bedroom.

Winnie had come to No. 6 St. Deran Square at six in the morning to prepare breakfast. As a result, by seven o'clock, the cat on the dining table had already meowed in dissatisfaction several times, and the three in the bedroom had still not appeared.

The loyal Miss Maid was both worried about disturbing them and worried that they would miss breakfast time. Just as she was hesitating whether to knock on the door, she heard Lei Qianya calling her. After opening the bedroom door, Winnie was directly teleported by Lei Qianya and Dorothy onto that new piece of furniture which had been used for half a month and had verified its own excellent functionality.

"Winnie, help us out. Today is Sunday, let's let Xia De rest at home for a while longer. Xia De, isn't home good?"

Lei Qianya and Dorothy's invitation made Winnie somewhat shy, but faced with such a request, the dutiful maid could not refuse.

Thus, this weekend morning was a bit cool and refreshing, but Winnie did not take that step with Xia De—although for her, whose true form is not a humanoid life, there is no difference in any part. To help Dorothy and Lei Qianya, she did what Chloe had once done with Xia De, and claimed that she had to wait for Chloe to complete the "ritual" before she could take the final step herself.

And after the Ice Flower bloomed, the human young ladies discovered something interesting:

"After Xia De and Winnie did that, Xia De's place also became icy cold; this feeling is really interesting."

With the arrival of summer, it is thought that Winnie will also become increasingly popular with the young ladies in the house.

In short, because of a series of reasons, when Xia De had finished breakfast that morning and was preparing to use the time key that should have been activated yesterday, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.