Shen Zhiyi helped the NPC carry the box and fishing rod, and followed behind him to take him home.
The kittens followed along, some running ahead and occasionally looking back to see if the NPC was catching up.
Seeing the NPC slowly following, he felt relieved and turned back to continue walking forward.
Soon, the NPC brought Shen Zhiyi to his home.
Although he was old, he kept the courtyard very clean, with many cats lazily lying in various corners.
To make the kittens more comfortable, the NPCs placed many soft little nests in the yard for them to use.
"It's late, why don't you stay here for the night?" The NPC walked to a room, opened the door, and turned on the light.
"This is my youngest daughter's old room. If you don't mind, would you like to stay for one night?"
The room was very clean, without a speck of dust, which shows that the owner cleans it every day.
“It’s getting dark, it’s not safe for a girl like you to go back alone.”
Shen Zhiyi nodded, not refusing the NPC's kindness, "It's alright, this place is fine."
The NPC was quite happy to hear that Shen Zhiyi had agreed, and repeatedly said "good" to her.
"Then you should get some rest. I'm going to sleep too." The NPC pointed outside and then left.
The kittens that came back went back to their own nests, or they just lay on the wall, acting as little bodyguards.
Shen Zhiyi found a seat and began to check the progress of the special snowflake. The progress had reached (5/10).
Chen Peng also replied to her message.
"I received the item. It is exactly the sea pearl I needed. Thank you, Zhiyi."
"By the way, I got a clue about a coral, and I've already traded it to your email. Remember to check it."
After reading the message, Shen Zhiyi retrieved the coral clues from her email.
He sent another message to Chen Peng.
"How's it going on your end? How did the mission go?"
Chen Peng was also looking at the panel at the moment, and quickly replied: "It's alright, I've collected quite a few clues, but the progress on those two tasks that require submitting items is a bit slow."
"And you? How are you doing?"
Shen Zhiyi sighed softly; the situation was truly dire.
"Luckily, the fifth task has been triggered."
"Bad luck, the fifth task and my third task are linked tasks."
This left Shen Zhiyi speechless.
Chen Peng replied with a string of ellipses.
Shen Zhiyi understood his meaning in an instant; his mission was probably just as disgusting.
Sure enough, Chen Peng sent a complaint the next second.
He said, "It's a coincidence that my task was the same. The fifth one was also triggered, and it's also related to the third task."
The two of them sighed in unison. This stupid task was something anyone could do, but they couldn't stand it.
At this moment, a small red dot appeared above the friends list.
Shen Zhiyi opened the message and found that it was sent by Su Wuning.
Su Wuning: "Hahaha, I'm out of the miasma forest!!"
[Go ahead and kill me]: "Why don't you go in again?"
"Why?" Su Wuning scratched his head, not understanding why he needed to go back in.
[Go ahead and kill me]: "I'm afraid you'll send it as soon as you get out."
"..."
Su Wuning remained silent, Su Wuning screamed, Su Wuning was unconvinced.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I would never send it so easily!"
Su Wuning has been living like a wild man these past few days. Now that he's finally out, he has no desire to go back to the miasma forest.
Besides, he's already looted all the treasures from the miasma forest, so he's heading to town now!
Su Wuning had already inquired with Shen Zhiyi and knew that she would eventually go to Central Town, so he decided to go to Central Town first.
When Shen Zhiyi arrives in Central Town, give her another surprise!
Su Wuning could already imagine that by the time Shen Zhiyi arrived in Central Town, he would be thriving there, and Shen Zhiyi would be admiring him!
He will take back everything he lost in the past!
To be honest, Shen Zhiyi always felt that Su Wuning had become a little mentally unstable after entering the miasma forest.
His idiot tendencies are skyrocketing.
Shen Zhiyi unilaterally ended the chat.
Meanwhile, Su Wuning was still going crazy over Shen Zhiyi's chat box when Kuku sent a message.
Shen Zhiyi closed the panel, lay down on the bed with a satisfied expression, and went to sleep.
Su Wuning: "Why aren't you replying to me?"
"Is someone pressing down on your hand?"
"Aren't we good friends? Aren't we brothers who fought side by side? It's only been a few days and you're already ignoring me?"
"Sure enough, women are always so fickle!"
"Wake up! Let's party!"
This is the message Shen Zhiyi saw after waking up.
In response, Shen Zhiyi simply replied, "You're sick."
Yawning, Shen Zhiyi got out of bed, picked up the drowsy Hu Yue, and left the room.
The courtyard has a good location; the sun shines into it early in the morning, and the sunlight is gentle and warm on the skin.
In the open space of the small courtyard, kittens were already sprawled on the ground, sunbathing.
They were all so lazy and adorable.
Shen Zhiyi washed up by the well in the courtyard and then came over to play with the kitten.
She had only been teasing him for a short while when she heard the NPC calling her.
"Young friend, come and have breakfast."
Shen Zhiyi was startled. She saw that the NPC's door was closed and assumed that he hadn't gotten up yet. She was just about to play with the kitten for a while before going to the kitchen to cook.
Who would have thought that the NPC was already up and even invited her over for dinner?
Shen Zhiyi followed the sound and came to the side, where an NPC was bringing over a small dish of food.
She quickly went up to help take the vegetables from them.
"Why did you get up so early? I thought I got up pretty early too."
The NPC chuckled and said, "Well, the old folks are getting on in years and don't need much sleep, so that's why they're up early."
"There's another dish in the kitchen, could you please bring it over?"
"Okay." Shen Zhiyi replied and walked in the direction the NPC pointed.
A short while later, he brought back a dish of food.
Shen Zhiyi sat down and served the NPC a bowl of porridge.
"By the way, I'm going to make cat food in a bit, do you want to come along?" The NPC blew on the porridge and invited Shen Zhiyi.
Shen Zhiyi had cooked cat food for her cats before, so she immediately agreed.
After breakfast, Shen Zhiyi washed the dishes, and Hu Yue played with the cat.
"Young friend, let me tell you a story."
"Okay, go ahead."
"It's still just a legend."
"Legend has it that in a distant sea, there lives a race that people call the mermaids."
"The merfolk are very curious about humans and often go to places where humans live to secretly observe them across the ocean."
"However, due to the ancestral teachings of the merfolk, they do not approach the sea, much less actively seek out humans."
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