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Chapter 1369 No.275: Ignorance is bliss
At around six o'clock in the evening, Xi looked at the increasing number of people in the courtyard and had to admit that he had made a low-level mistake.

How could I not have thought of that?

I should have thought of this long ago when Sister Shu came to me to ask to borrow the long-forgotten land of my home, especially since she had specifically requested further modifications to the kitchen stove.

For the members who seldom get together in a real sense, the 'portable garden' that Xi Na draws for everyone to live in is like an unattainable dream, because each family member has their own ideals and pursuits. Even if they call each other brothers and sisters, it does not mean that they have to eat and live together.

It would be better to say that they have been trying to avoid it from the very beginning, because for them, the saying 'three times the limit' has a particularly unique meaning - as they are the same fragments of time, it is very easy for them to resonate when they converge.

When the number of people reaches three, six, nine, or twelve, the nature of each will become doubly active, and if supplemented by certain deliberate actions, it will be easy to evoke the magnificent existence that no one wants to see.

【age】

Although it is not the real original body, in terms of nature it even has some of the chaos and blindness of a negative energy monster, just like a big dream, showing the confusion of being trapped in a dream.

This is not an unsolvable problem for us, but it is still a development that we do not want to see.

Therefore, even if the fragments really have spare time, they rarely take the initiative to ask for a gathering. Even if the plan of the second-ranked one to completely kill the year-old seems to be carried out in an orderly manner, Xi can't tell when everyone will have the opportunity to get together again.

And the painting prepared for everyone's gathering naturally ended up being ignored.

But sometimes.

Sunset, year, or Chongyue...

There will always be people who think of it and set foot in that world which has never changed because it is the world in the painting.

Reminisce the past, or just seek some peace and quiet.

Although it has not been noisy, it has not been covered in dust.

But no matter what, it's normal for Nian or Big Brother to want to go, but if it's Sister Shu...

Although Xi was confused at that time, she did not take it too seriously. She just thought that Sister Shu was curious after hearing it from her elder brother, and maybe she wanted to plant something there. The world she painted was not just the courtyard, but also the bamboo forest and mountains outside the courtyard.

These are all looks favored by scholars, but if they are used for farming...

It’s hard for Xi to say, after all, she doesn’t know much about agriculture, but she is very confident in the world she draws, and she is confident that some things can be no different from reality.

As a result, after the other party inspected the house, she heard that the request was not to improve the soil quality but to improve the kitchen decoration...

Indeed, that picture is an antique that is hundreds of years old. The kitchen stove is a bit backward and even more primitive from the perspective of people living in the Federation today.

But even when I lived there for years, I didn’t have any objections. Why are you so obsessed with this... Sister, you’re a farmer, not a real cook. Don’t let the compliments from those company employees make you lose your mind. You’re not the youngest—

The stay-at-home painters who no longer use swords as brushes have become accustomed to the Federation's advanced food delivery and the excellence of artificial intelligence-based kitchens. They are not used to this sister always running to the kitchen after she comes over.

Not only does she run, but she also brings food over after running. Although Xi also knows the joy of tasting delicious food, this old man is stuck in the race against time to meet the deadline... It's really not okay for her to insist on sitting at the table by herself!
At those times, she was eager to eat bread directly, including this time - the last time Umamusume Only's work was a great success, although the president seemed to be busy with other things and had not made time for new projects, Xi's social account as the main artist still made great progress. Putting aside those guys who tried to learn about Umastar's recent situation from her, Masahiro Madam got several new drafts and was so busy that she almost wanted to use traditional brushes -

— a sword.

That was the drawing tool she often used in her hometown, and its frequency of use was second only to her flexible and free tail. Its unsealing also marked that Miss Xi was also a master at creating troubles for herself.

Although her problem was not too much work, but just procrastination and poor schedule planning, that did not stop her from quickly handling Shu's request without thinking, and in her hurry to get back to work, she vaguely responded to Shu's invitation to come here for dinner later.

Should have asked more questions... Now Xi can only regretfully think about the non-existent regret medicine. The reaction she gets from questioning Sister Shu will only make her belatedly recall the fact that she did not ask at that time.

If I had asked more questions at that time, I could have found out why we came here to eat, and then...

It might be difficult to refuse, but running away is always possible!

"Hey hey hey! Look over there! Those two guys were on TV before! Their name was Lu something..."

"Symboli Rudolf." First in Dong Yanyu, then in Hong Yingying, Xi explained expressionlessly, "Next to her are Representative Chiaki, Ace Katsuragi, and Shirahito Narita. They all appeared in the Dream Cup this afternoon."

On any other day, she would have already started mocking Nian's rudeness and ignorance, and then would have put on an especially demanding attitude and voice to explain each point one by one, fully displaying the superiority and pride of an insider.

But now she obviously didn't have the leisure to do so. As an acquaintance of Omer Linton, who was not by Omer's side, but could always hear about him in topics related to the horse girl field, Xi had heard all the rumors, both true and false.

Even if you are not interested, someone will forward it to the public social sphere where you can see it. Rather than calling it bullshit big data, it is more like an information cocoon that you have created by yourself.

Most of the time, information cocoons are comfortable online environments.

No matter whether it is good or bad, it is really comfortable. After all, it is a network environment built based on your own interests.

But at certain times, like when gossip about acquaintances is flying around, this information cocoon is difficult to maintain.

They will only push information about acquaintances you don't want to pay attention to, arousing your little curiosity about gossip. Then, when the big sister brings news that shocks you for a whole year, what will you think when you look back on those true and false gossips?
No matter what others think, Xi herself only thinks that every female guest present is suspicious!
And when those female guests appeared in the same frame with Omar - the details of each person's expression and subtle movements made her alertness reach a higher peak!

God has pity on Xi, as a great painter, although she has excellent observation skills and knows how to capture all the charm of the objects she paints and fix them in the paintings, but her observation of people, that is, observing their words and expressions - was only fully revealed when she gave each family member a painting that year.

That was many years ago.

Even in the town of Poshan where he briefly lived, his portrayal of a certain accountant was the result of years of getting along with them rather than the essence gained from a brief observation.

I never thought that the restart after so many years would be used at this moment, and in this extremely tangled state.

I didn't want to look at it, but I couldn't help but look at it again, and look at it a few more times——

Then I discovered...

Hmm... a little weird...

It seems... probably... maybe...

Doesn’t look fake?

She would rather believe that she was mistaken, after all, she herself had never been in a relationship. However, she had been reading a lot of romance comics, animations, and even live gaming recently.

There should be a gap between creation and reality, and Xi, as a creator, is naturally very clear about this.

Because of this, she wasn't so sure in her heart, but the alarm kept going off, and every time she saw a female guest enter the venue, it felt like a new contestant was announced in the ring battle.

But she did not have the bloodthirsty excitement of those spectators in the ring. Instead, she had the fear and trepidation of a sheep among wolves.

Oh, what the hell are you doing? I've never seen anything like this before at the doctor's place!
Miss Xi, who had never considered that she would not have many opportunities to meet the doctor and a group of female operators at the same table, only felt that Omer was too incredible. When she thought of the appearance of these people, she could not help but look at where her sister was - but she could not see her at all.

"Where's your sister?"

She turned her head and asked the man who was still standing there commenting on every visitor, looking like he wanted to get to know everyone, with a feeling of pity in his heart, "You don't know what kind of battlefield you will be on later, right?"

The ignorant boy didn't even know that the war was about to begin. A sad sense of superiority rose in Xi's heart.

"Big sister? Wasn't she just welcoming those horse maidens with big brother?" Nian, who seemed to have not noticed where the other party was, looked around the courtyard for a while and then looked towards the direction of the kitchen.

"I suspect she's cheating."

"Ah?" Xi was stunned.

"Sister Shu and Omar's group have been inside for quite a while, so she must have been trying to get some snacks and drinks."

"oh oh……"

"?"

"Why are you reacting so strangely? You don't really like Omer, do you?"

"…Your brains can also be used as a drink."

"Why are you suddenly making personal attacks?"