Masha nodded helplessly, the radiant glow on her face dimming considerably. She said, "Everyone around me, including my parents, tried to persuade me in the same way."
"They said that Garner was very good to me and that I would never find another male who treated me as well as he did. If I missed him, it would be gone. They told me to try to accept him."
Yu Ai said, "But you don't want to, do you?"
Masha sighed and said, "I don't like him. Of course, I don't mean to say anything bad about him, but I really don't like him. They say I'm heartless, stubborn, and even say I'm playing hard to get!"
"I didn't play hard to get. I told Garner very clearly every time that I didn't like him and asked him not to come to me again."
Masha's tone gradually became heavier, and her voice became much louder. She suddenly realized that she was a little excited. She took a deep breath and said a little embarrassedly, "Sorry, I can't control myself."
You Ai shook his head and said, "It's okay. You are willing to tell me this. It shows your trust in me. I am honored."
"Don't you think I'm heartless and unreasonable?" Masha asked helplessly and speechlessly.
You Ai thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how to put it. But I only know that it's important to like something yourself."
Although the beginning of her and Mai Fei's relationship originated from the system, no one can separate her and Mai Fei now.
She continued, "As an outsider, I do admire Garner's persistence, but relationships are tricky, and forced marriages don't always work out. Sometimes, though, we can step outside of this circle and look at things from a different perspective."
"Break out of this circle?" Masha asked doubtfully.
"Yeah," You Ai nodded. "As the saying goes, those involved are often confused. Perhaps looking at this matter from a different perspective will lead to different findings."
Masha nodded, not quite understanding. Yu Ai was about to add a few more words when she was stunned by the scenery in front of her.
"Wow! Mom, it's so lively here!" Thor poked his little head out, blinked his eyes and looked around, feeling very fresh.
You Ai was stunned for a long time before answering, "Yes!"
She finally understood why Mai Fei was not amazed by any buildings of other races, because this was the most amazing building of all the ones Yu Ai had ever seen. It was simply a prosperous capital city in the human world.
The stone houses are arranged in a regular pattern, and the streets are lined with all kinds of small stalls selling a dazzling array of goods, which is overwhelming.
If the child wasn't around, You Ai would instantly turn into Liu Laolao.
Masha was probably used to seeing these "uninformed" expressions, and she was very considerate of the feelings of the two children, saying, "How about we go shopping?"
Yu Ai swallowed the "Okay" that was about to come out of his mouth, and instead used a smile to cover up his embarrassment and replied: "No, where are we going?"
Masha smiled and said, "This way."
She took the two children, one big and one small, to a small path on the side and did not go through the crowded and noisy street, but the environment and architectural layout here also shocked You Ai!
She sighed again, is this really in the water?!
Both the water plants and the corals grow in an orderly manner. There are even pavilions and playgrounds where many children play and have fun.
They walked through alleys one after another. Although the buildings were uniform, each house had a different feeling, which made You Ai feel both familiar and fresh.
The street they were on now seemed wider, but with fewer mermaids passing by, so it was relatively quiet. Furthermore, each building was not only much larger than the ones they had seen before, but also independent.
It seems that there is a gap between the rich and the poor here too!
Looking at these walls, although they are very high, they are in the water. Mermaids have tails and can climb up with just a little force of their tails. Then these walls are meaningless. They can't be just for dividing territory, right?
But soon You Ai realized whether it was necessary or not!
Masha led them into one of the buildings. As soon as they entered, the layout gave You Ai the feeling of an ancient Chinese building.
As soon as they entered the door, they saw a half-grown child chasing a squid. The squid swam up into the air, but suddenly hit something about three times higher than the wall and died.
Then the child calmly swam over and grabbed the squid. When he saw Masha, he immediately smiled and greeted her, "Auntie, you're back!"
"I'm back." Masha responded with a smile, then turned to Youai and said, "This is my brother's child, Rika." Then she called out to Rika, "Rika, call me auntie."
"Hello, auntie, hello, brother." Rikka came over to greet them without hesitation, then said to Thor, "Do you want to go play with your brother?"
It was a rare opportunity for Thor to meet a child of similar age and whom he liked, so he immediately opened his eyes wide and asked Yuai for his opinion.
"Go." Yu Ai let go of his little hand and watched him and Rika go aside to play with the unconscious squid.
Rather than the squid that the two children were interested in, she was more interested in what the squid hit?
"What's up there?" she asked Masha.
"Kong Jin, it's a spiritual power net. Didn't Mai Fei tell you about it?" Looking at You Ai's curious expression, Masha felt that she had asked a useless question.
She continued, "It's a network organized by spiritual energy from various points."
Hearing this, You Ai frowned and said, "Wouldn't that consume a lot of spiritual power?" The spiritual power of people with special abilities is not inexhaustible.
But Masha smiled and said, "Of course it's not the spiritual power of the ability user, it's the spiritual power stimulated by the magic beast crystal and the mined crystal."
This was something You Ai had never expected. Spiritual power could actually be extracted from the crystal. Although it must have been done in some way, it was beyond her understanding.
Masha pursed her lips and thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'm not very clear about the specific operation method. I'll take you to see it when I have time."
"Can we still visit it?" Shouldn't such valuable technology be kept secret?
Masha nodded and said, "You can go and see, but those guards are very fierce. It's okay, just don't get too close."
As the two were talking, Masha took Youai inside. There was a stone in the middle of the yard with a crystal in the middle. When they got closer, Youai discovered that there were scales on the stone.
This is a sundial!
Masha thought Yuai's surprise was due to his curiosity about the object, so she said, "This is a sundial. Look here, there are markings on it. It's noon now."
Only then did Youai notice that the light he saw in Tuscany was not emitted by various lighting, but real sunlight.
Mermaids have well-developed visual nerves, so even though they can't see the surface of the water, You Ai is still very excited. Maybe one day she'll be able to go to the surface and take a look.
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