Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

Long nodded with satisfaction and put the crystal flower into his body.

"Um...can I ask a question?" Patophilis sat down obediently and asked.

"Just ask."

"What the hell are you?"

"Me?" Long paused and then said with a smile: "I am who I am. Maybe you can think of me as some weird elf of light, or even a monster or a ghost."

"I do not mind."

"Okay, now that I have it back, I should go back. Kitten, luckily you didn't break it. This is a very important thing. Even if I have a good temper, I will punish you severely if this happens." Long took the magic circle and lightly knocked on Pato Felice's head: "As for the food, I won't pursue it."

"Next time when you are looking for a target, remember to look at the kitty accurately. Be careful not to get into trouble and not be able to escape."

"I think the store on the east side of the street is suitable for you."

"They wouldn't dare chase her to the orphanage in Aponnia anyway, would they?"

"The little cat in Twilight Street who is known as the [Righteous Thief]~"

"Uh..." Patophilis blinked: "That shop opened by the black boss on the east side of the street? You asked me to go..."

Miraculously, she could see the mischievous smile on Long Na's face.

"Did he provoke you?" Padofelis asked cautiously.

"Ah."

Padofelis suddenly remembered what she had observed before, the shop run by the black boss next to the beautiful sister: "The price is raised from the ground up?"

"Let's count it as a reason... In short, please pay attention to yourself, Padofelis, and don't be so reckless next time."

"You should be glad that Qianjie isn't waiting for me and Alicia outside."

"Thousands of tribulations?" Patophilis said uncertainly after thinking for a moment: "That guy with the mask who looks very ferocious?"

Long nodded: "If you steal his bag, he will keep chasing you and maybe even tear down the entire Twilight Street."

Padofelis trembled all over and said tremblingly: "No, it can't be? It's so scary!"

"You can go and try~"

"Uh-huh, forget it!" Patophilis waved her hand quickly: "I still want to live for a few more years—"

"Haha—it depends on you, Padofelis." After saying that, Long turned into a line of light and flew into the sky.

Patrophilis felt at a loss when she saw Long disappear...

"What the hell is going on!" It wasn't until more than ten seconds later that Patophilis came to her senses, climbed to her simple hammock among the trees, paralyzed herself in it and muttered: "Why is this happening? Meeting these terrible guys..."

"No, I should be talking about why these guys came to Dusk Street."

"Is Twilight Street so attractive?"

It was the first time in Cat's life that he encountered such a novel and terrifying thing.

Patophilis took out a coin and tossed it up and down in her hands, thinking about what had just happened.

Brand New Zhiya: 292. Who stole the food cooked by Master Qian?

"I am back."

"Thank you, Long~" Alicia sat on the sofa in the living room of the cabin, watching the light open and close the door and come to her.

"Come on, Alicia, I got it back." Long said, taking out the crystal flower hairpin from his body and wanting to give it to her.

"Wow - thank you Long, I'm so sorry, I didn't pay attention to such an important thing." Alicia took the hairpin and said to her heart.

"It's nothing. It doesn't matter if it's lost or broken. I'm always here." Long said this and came to sit on the sofa next to her.

"By the way, Long, have you discovered the thief?"

Long nodded: "Well, I found out... it's a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl named Padofelis, who is only one or two years younger than Ellie."

"You didn't embarrass her, did you?"

Long shook his head: "No, she put most of the stolen food into the warehouse of the Twilight Street Welfare Institution... Although the theft was not good, what she did... I think it is good."

"I traced the last bit of supplies she accumulated, and they were all stolen from some bad people."

"And the patients in the institution do need help."

Alicia curled up her lips after hearing Long's words and decision. After handing the crystal flower into Long's hand, she turned her back to it.

The meaning is obvious.

Long smiled slightly and floated upwards.

Pinned the hairpin to the place where Alicia tied her hair.

"It's done, um...nice."

Alicia turned around and said jokingly: "Is Long praising the beauty of what he made?"

Long shook his head: "You are good-looking. The crystal flower hairpin matches Alicia very well. After all, I originally made it after you."

"Oh~ I'll accept your compliment."

"Take it, I can't praise you enough." Long said very straightforwardly.

Alicia held her face, smiled, and said very happily: "I'm embarrassed to say that?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Qianjie's voice came from the kitchen, interrupting the atmosphere between the two.

Long and Alicia looked at each other and looked there helplessly.

Qianjie started "beating" the kitchen again until a table of good dishes was prepared.

Of course, his laughter full of "fire" is indispensable.

Over time.

Qianjie's laughter and the aroma coming from the kitchen naturally attracted the attention of the neighbors, including some other guys.

For example...a certain cat who comes out to worry about life today and tomorrow.

"I have more to cook, and it's all in the pot." Qianjie said after Long and Alicia sat down, divided the food between them, looked at the empty pots, and turned around Go into the kitchen to get it.

Alicia smiled and said: "It seems that Master Qian is very confident in the new dishes, so he made a lot of them."

Long nodded and started eating.

But the sound from the kitchen interrupted Long's enjoyment of the food.

"Where's the food I made!?"

"hateful--!!!"

Qianjie suddenly fell into great anger, and the air flow was scurrying in the kitchen and room.

Long immediately used his strength to block it to prevent the airflow from damaging more facilities in the room or the decorations arranged by Alicia.

"Thief, don't let me catch you!!! I will cut you into pieces, skin and bones to make a dish!!!"

This terrifying sound swept through the surrounding area in an instant, causing the neighbors to hide and look around in horror.

After a long time, without hearing much noise, they dared to come out of their hiding place, breathed a long sigh of relief, and calmed their frightened hearts.

At this time, Long and Alicia were also appeasing Qianjie.

Alicia: "Don't worry, Master Qian. Doesn't this prove that the food you cook is particularly helpful~ When thieves come, they don't steal property, but choose the food you cook."

Qianjie: "Hmm...what you said makes sense, kid."

Long: "It's just for eating anyway, it's nothing. Here, I have a lot more here. Anyway, my appetite can be big or small."

Qianjie: "Okay..."

Alicia and Long looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and the catastrophe was suppressed by the cooperation of their words.

The three of them started to eat. Qianjie suddenly said while eating, "I'll go out for a walk by myself tomorrow."

"Eh? Qianjie, have you encountered anything interesting?" Alicia looked at Qianjie in surprise. This was the first time that he had proactively said that he wanted to do something of his own.

Long Ye looked at Qianjie in surprise.

Qianjie didn't express much, he just said plainly: "It feels quite interesting here."

Alicia opened her eyes. It seemed that those unlucky guys would bump into Qianjie's gun tomorrow.

...

After dinner, it was getting dark.

Qianjie cleaned up the kitchen and returned to his room, looking out the window and thinking quietly.

And Long and Alicia were sitting on the sofa in the living room, watching the TV set made by Long.

A TV that can be watched without a signal cable.

Alicia watched with gusto and chuckled non-stop.

Long looked at her smiling face and felt happy.

However, not long ago, a doubt arose in Long's mind...

Alicia suddenly held it in her arms, just like a little girl holding her favorite doll while watching TV. She held Long in her arms and rested her chin on its head.

"Long, do you have questions?"

Alicia's energetic voice came from above and entered Takashi's senses.

Long always answered Alicia's questions without hesitation.

"Ah."

"Then tell me?"

"Ok."

"Hehe~" Alicia's embrace became tighter.

Long combed through his words: "Alicia... I feel like this journey is more than just retracing your journey?"

Alicia: "Why do you think so?"

"I can't tell..."

"That's how I feel."

"It seems that since you met me, Alicia, you have gradually changed a bit. You seem to have become more...confident?"

"Well...this description is a bit wrong. After all, Alicia, you have always been very confident, full of sunshine and beauty, making others feel confident, comfortable and at ease like you."

"That feeling is not so much confidence..."

“Rather, it’s the [sense of certainty] brought about by [knowing].”

"For example, Qianjie, the people I met in the villages and towns along the way, and... the girl Padofyllis."

"Alicia, why do I feel... as if you are guiding me to get to know them in every possible way?"

Alicia stopped stroking Long's head.

She sighed slightly and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to notice it, Long."

Brand new branches: 293. Confession of the heart

"But there's something wrong with what you said." Alicia drew circles on Long's head and said, "I don't know everything~"

Long realized the meaning of Alicia's words: "In other words, there is a limit to knowing. Is there any special reason?"

"Well..." Alicia lifted up the bump under her chin, raised it high and gently rubbed it, "It's not all because of you."

"I?"

"Yes. Ever since I met Long, when I went to certain places and saw certain people, I suddenly had more knowledge in my mind." Alicia nodded her head and smiled. Laughing: "It makes me almost confused sometimes."

Long put his arm on Alicia's forehead with concern and asked, "Are you feeling mentally stressed?"

"Hehe~ No, I sorted it out quickly, and it's not much, just some simple related things."