"Hey, it's your bad timing." Seeing that he wasn't scared off, the bartender perked up and stood up to explain, "The main problem is that the whole ocean is searching for the Queen's whereabouts, and many shipping routes at the docks have been shut down."
"In addition, some of the sea patrol yakshas died here yesterday. There are rumors that the Queen was responsible, so more and more adventurers are rushing here because of the bounty. The sea tribe government has also sent a lot of people here. If nothing unexpected happens, today's ship will be the last one to go out to sea from our dock. Tomorrow the government will definitely issue an official document to suspend this flight. We don't know when it will reopen, so it will naturally be more expensive."
At this moment, the bartender looked the two of them up and down, his gaze falling on Shang Hongyu: "I advise you two not to act alone recently. All single women in the vicinity, no matter what they look like, will be arrested and questioned by adventurers, lest they be the Queen in disguise."
Shang Hongyu said with great interest, "Aren't you afraid that I might be the Queen in disguise?"
Turtle Bartender chuckled: "Don't blame me for being blunt, the Queen is much prettier than you. She did me a great favor back then and has long been a special person in my heart. Even if she disguises herself, her aura of unparalleled beauty cannot be concealed. My sharp eyes can see it at a glance."
"Besides, with the Queen's gentle and virtuous nature, how could she possibly be seen with other men?"
As he spoke, his gaze fell on Shang Hongyu's bloated waist, as if to say, "Why don't you look in the mirror?"
Shang Hongyu: "..."
For a moment, I didn't know whether to be angry or happy.
At this moment, Zu'an took out two Heavenly Rank Yuan Stones: "We want two..."
Just then, Shang Hongyu pulled a Heavenly Rank Yuan Stone from his hand and returned: "We need a room. Brother, you should save money whenever you can when you're traveling."
Zuan didn't know what to say, so he nodded and said, "That's right, one room is enough. Your boat ticket is too expensive."
The bartender looked at the spirit stone that Shang Hongyu had taken back with some regret, thinking that the two of them were probably in the ambiguous stage and had not yet confirmed their relationship. This guy was acting silly, while the girl had already planned everything out.
Hmph, to save just one Heavenly Rank Yuan Stone, he's risked his entire life. That kid really lost out.
In his opinion, although both of them were of average appearance, the man was tall and upright and had a certain air about him, while the woman had a barrel waist and a bloated figure. In the relationship, the man would definitely be at a disadvantage.
While muttering to himself, he took out a small square seashell tag, surrounded by a ring of coral forming a special rune, which should be the anti-counterfeiting mark.
"Here are your tickets. They won't be replaced if lost."
Just then, Shang Hongyu reached out to take it, but suddenly, oh dear, her hand slipped and the ticket fell inside the counter.
Bartender Turtle: "..."
Shang Hongyu looked at him apologetically: "Excuse me, could you help me pick this up?"
After all, he was running a business, so even though the bartender was a little annoyed, he still bent down to pick it up and handed it to her, saying, "Be careful, you won't be so lucky next time."
"Thank you, thank you." After putting away the boat tickets, Shang Hongyu pulled Zu An and headed straight for the dock.
After leaving the restaurant, Zu'an asked with amusement, "What did you take out of his shell just now?"
It turned out that the other party had deliberately dropped the ticket on the ground and quickly stole it while the bartender was bending over.
Shang Hongyu opened his palm, revealing a Heavenly Rank Yuan Stone.
Zuan was speechless: "The ticket is expensive, but there's a reason for it. It's a cash-on-delivery transaction, why would you steal it back?"
“What do you mean by ‘stolen back’? That’s an awful way of putting it,” Shang Hongyu glared at him. “This isn’t the spirit stone for the boat ticket, but the Heavenly Rank spirit stone he tricked you out of yesterday. He clearly didn’t know about the Divine Dragon Immortal Elixir, yet he still accepted your spirit stone. How annoying.”
Zuan chuckled: "It's just a Heavenly Rank Yuan Stone. Why would the dignified Mermaid Queen be so concerned? Besides, that turtle seems to be your fanboy."
"What fanboy? He talked a lot about me yesterday. This kind of slick guy, don't be fooled by his words of loyalty and righteousness. If he really knew who I was, he would be the first to betray me." Shang Hongyu snorted.
Zuan said irritably, "Even if you're right, shouldn't you return the spirit stones to me? Why did you put them in your own pocket?"
"This Heavenly Rank Yuan Stone was used to find out information about the Divine Dragon Immortality Elixir. Didn't I tell you about it yesterday? This Yuan Stone should naturally be given to me."
"..."
"I thought you were standing up for me, but it turns out you just think he embezzled your things."
"Didn't I also help you vent your anger?"
"Uh, shouldn't we settle the fare for the boat just now?"
"That's your own ticket price. I'm just tagging along to freeload."
"You, the dignified mermaid queen, have truly broadened my horizons."
"There's no other way. A phoenix is no better than a chicken once it falls from the sky. I'm a wanted criminal now. I came out in a hurry and I don't have any resources on me. You can't always be by my side, so I naturally need to save some things now."
Zu An was taken aback upon hearing this, only then realizing that her current situation was indeed quite precarious. After thinking for a moment, he took out a bag of spirit stones from his pocket and handed it to her: "Keep these for now. In addition to Heaven-rank spirit stones, there are also some Immortal-rank spirit stones inside. It should be enough to sustain you for a while."
To everyone's surprise, Shang Hongyu didn't even glance at it and simply tossed the bag to him, saying, "Tch, boring man."
Zuan was full of questions. Didn't she say she was short of spirit stones? Why did my offer to give her some make her unhappy?
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