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Qin Yiyi looked at the food street design, which was a full three kilometers long. The outermost part was all snack stalls, the middle part was some restaurants, and the drinks were interspersed between the snack stalls and restaurants.

She was looking at the menu. There were many kinds of snacks, but the simplest ones were grilled sausage, dried tofu, and sweet potato noodles. Some of the more unique ones were jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe), rice noodle rolls, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), stinky tofu, and wolf tooth potatoes. If someone couldn't eat spicy food, there were bozai gao (steamed rice cake), jiangxiangbing (savory pancake), and grilled cold noodles. Oh, and that giant octopus from before wasn't poisonous and was edible. It could be made into proper takoyaki (octopus balls), with the filling placed in the middle of the balls!

These snacks are not too difficult to prepare, and the raw materials are not too hard to obtain. In the past two days, the food street has been open for trial operation for two or three hours every night, and the results have been quite good. The bird tribe and sea tribe come here every night. Qin Yiyi has formulated labor regulations for the territory. All individual business owners must sign a labor contract with the people they hire. This is the protection of the territory and also what the lord has repeatedly emphasized. If anyone does not sign, they can go to the guard team to report them.

There are few people now, the territory still has tens of thousands of people, and the guards are in charge of everything. The division of responsibilities has not yet been clearly defined, but at this time the guards are truly handling things from a fair and just perspective.

"My lord, Xiaoyue has arrived!"

Xiaoyue, the one who shot through the octopus monster's eyes with a few arrows a few days ago and saved the merman viscount, is just an adult and not much younger than Qin Yiyi. Her biggest wish is to become Qin Yiyi's personal guard.

"My lord, please allow me to follow Lord Sid's army to the City of Mist!"

Qin Yiyi was just looking at the menu. The scouts that Sid sent out earlier were indeed about to return. Qin Yiyi was wondering if the chefs in the church canteen who could make zero-pollution food could break through and make food with attributes. Then she wouldn't have to personally cook for the army of thousands or tens of thousands of people.

As she was lost in thought, Xiaoyue gritted her teeth and said again, "My lord, I really want to go to the City of Mist with Lord Sid."

"Huh?" Qin Yiyi came back to her senses and looked at the girl in front of her with an embarrassed expression.

"With your current strength, going is no problem, but you have to tell me what happened?" She seriously thought that she could go through recruitment. With her strength, Sid wouldn't refuse. Besides, she would need a lot of manpower to attack the other Misty Cities one by one in the future. But this girl came to her in advance, and it seems that she can't wait to enter the camp.

"That merman viscount keeps bothering me, I really..."

ah?

Qin Yiyi bit her lip, her face full of gossip.

"How did I get so bothered by you? Tell me in detail! Don't leave anything out, so that the lord can make a decision for you!"

Xiaoyue blushed slightly.

"He said I saved him, and then he sent me gifts every day, but I didn't need them at all!" Flowers, skincare products, and pretty clothes were all unnecessary for her. The people in the territory had just eaten their fill, and some of her people hadn't even received their weapons yet. How could she have the mind to spend her days admiring flowers, the moon, and the scenery with this man!

"Did he send you flowers, pretty clothes, and jewelry?"

"Yes, my lord, don't even mention it, I don't need any of that. He's been contacting me every day, completely wasting my training time!" The Naga train with the half-elves, and the two races don't get to spend much time together each day, so Xiaoyue always cherishes it. In her opinion, that merman viscount who's been contacting her every day is a waste of her time, and she finds it very annoying.

"Xiaoyue, he's pursuing you, but you don't like the gift he gave you. To win someone's heart, you need to give them a gift they like. It seems this merman viscount isn't very bright; he hasn't figured out what you really like yet!"

Xiaoyue paused for a moment, then said, "I don't like him. No matter what he gives me, I won't like it. It has nothing to do with what he gives me, my lord!"

Although Xiaoyue has high combat skills, she is not as talented in love as she is in combat. All she knows is that she needs to train now to become the lord's guard, to take over the Misty City for the lord, and to lead the tribe to become bigger and stronger!

However, the gossipy lord in front of him clearly intended to tease the young girl.

"You don't like what he's giving you now, but what if he gave you food, weapons, trained with you, and grew up alongside you?"

Xiaoyue fell silent. These were things her tribe lacked. Although her tribe had enough to eat and drink in the territory, she had stored up food and could help others in the tribe. Moreover, she had already gathered a complete set of weapons and equipment, and even had firearms for herself. But the others in the tribe were not like that.

Seeing that Xiaoyue was wavering, Qin Yiyi continued, "Then let me ask you again. If he were willing to provide your tribe with food, weapons, and ensure that the elderly and children are cared for, and to help your tribe, but he had one condition: that you marry into the sea tribe, would you agree?"

"I agree!" Xiaoyue didn't hesitate at all. She was willing to sacrifice anything for her people, even her future.

Qin Yiyi shook her head slightly. Xiaoyue is a good child in every way. Growing up in the clan's environment, she has the spirit of sacrificing everything for the clan. Such a child is certainly good for the clan, but very bad for herself.

"If you have a child in the future, will you raise her in the same way?"

Xiaoyue nodded: "I was born and raised by the Naga tribe. Without the Naga tribe, I would not exist. Naturally, I must dedicate myself to the Naga tribe, and my child will naturally dedicate himself to the Naga tribe as well!"

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