"Use your imagination and make a guess?"
"What could be the reason?"
"The reason why it's tight at the very beginning..."
"Hmm..."
Seeing Sister Ying'er's narrow, teasing smile, Fang Qiu's face flushed red in an instant.
Could it be that Sister Ying'er likes the sensation of being bound tightly?
"It seems Miss Fang Qiu already has the answer in her heart," Ying'er said with a teasing smile.
"Huh? What answer?" Xiangling, standing to the side, tilted her head and asked with a puzzled look.
Hu Tao also looked confused.
"How is it? Are you satisfied with these clothes?" Ying'er didn't answer Xiangling and Hu Tao's confusion, instead turning to ask Fang Qiu. "If you want it, I can give it to you. Consider it a belated birthday gift."
Logically speaking, this nightgown was indeed quite comfortable to wear, but that sensation of tightness the moment it was put on was a bit...
"Since the size can be adjusted, then Fang Qiu, you should just accept it. You look very good wearing it," Hu Tao said with a beaming smile.
"Then thank you, Sister Ying'er," Fang Qiu smiled gently and said.
At the same time, she sighed slightly in her heart.
What else could she do... Sister Ying'er had already said she was giving it as a birthday gift; she couldn't exactly refuse.
"Just remember to come see me more often in the future. I get very lonely all by myself," Ying'er said with a smile.
As she spoke, she took out a box of balm and placed it inside the sandalwood box, saying, "I heard that people who write novels have very poor sleep. This balm can help with sleep. If you place it by your bedside, you'll be able to fall asleep very well."
"Thank you, Sister Ying'er." Fang Qiu nodded and thanked her.
Speaking of this.
In her past life, her sleep had indeed been very poor when she wrote novels, especially when writing the last one before she died.
She was tormented by sleep issues almost every day, only able to sleep for two or three hours a day.
Writing a single chapter took four or five hours.
To improve her sleep, she had even specially bought soothing brain tonics and melatonin, but the effects remained minimal.
And then... she dropped dead at her desk...
However, now she ate well and drank well, and slept well too. She would fall asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow and never woke up in the middle of the night.
However, a while ago, after being scared by that storyteller's ghost story, she had a few days where she didn't sleep well in the middle of the night.
Every time she was about to fall asleep, the sound of thump thump thump footsteps going upstairs would ring in her ears, disturbing her peace.
Later she found out that it was the footsteps of the young lady living next door coming back from working overtime late at night.
After chatting with Sister Ying'er for a while, they bid farewell to Sister Ying'er.
"Come play again next time, don't let me be lonely for so long," Sister Ying'er waved her hand and said.
"Mn, next time I'll bring the pastries you like to eat best, Sister Ying'er." Xiangling also waved her hand.
Having said goodbye to Sister Ying'er, Fang Qiu held the sandalwood box and followed beside Hu Tao and Xiangling.
They discussed it for a moment and decided to go stroll around the night market.
But just as they reached Third-Round Knockout, they saw seven or eight crew members of The Alcor, each pulling a large cart, walking towards the pier.
When they saw those crew members, those crew members also saw them.
"It's Sister Xiangling, Director Hu, and Miss Fang Qiu. What a coincidence."
They put down the boxes and greeted them.
"When did you guys get back? Where are Sister Beidou and the others?" Xiangling asked curiously.
"We arrived this afternoon. Captain Beidou is on the ship. She even sent people to notify you all to come to the ship for a gathering tonight. However, looking at the situation, it seems those brothers didn't find anyone," a middle-aged sailor said.
"Sister Beidou is looking for us?" Xiangling froze slightly, turning to look at Fang Qiu and Hu Tao, her eyes full of inquiry.
Fang Qiu naturally wouldn't refuse the invitation.
Hu Tao also said with a beaming smile, "I want to go to the ship and ask if there are any innovations in the promotion of funeral affairs in Inazuma. I want to weed out the old and bring forth the new."
Thus, they followed behind the few crew members and walked towards the pier.
When they reached the pier, they saw four or five large ships docked nearby, among which The Alcor was the most eye-catching.
According to the crew, the other ships of The Crux Fleet were docked at Guyun Stone Forest.
The ships coming to Liyue Harbor were all ones that needed to offload cargo.
They followed the crew to the foot of The Alcor. Just as they arrived below the ship, a voice rang out from above.
"Captain Beidou, Miss Fang Qiu and the others are here."
Then Fang Qiu saw more than ten crew members leaning over the gunwale.
"Miss Fang Qiu, long time no see."
"Miss Fang Qiu, did you miss us?"
The crowd greeted them one after another.
"Fang Qiu's popularity is so high," Hu Tao said with a beaming smile.
"Long time no see." Fang Qiu smiled faintly and waved to them.
Although she didn't really like the feeling of being surrounded and watched, these crew members didn't have that piercing gaze; instead, it was like meeting old acquaintances.
Just then, several crew members on the gunwale stepped aside to the left and right. Immediately after, a woman dressed in dark red and black combat attire, wearing a pirate-style eyepatch and looking valiant and heroic, stepped onto the gunwale with one foot, resting her hand on her knee as she looked at them, saying, "Yo, long time no see."
Xinyan, standing to the side, also waved to them.
"Sister Beidou, Xinyan, long time no see."
Xiangling waved her hand.
Fang Qiu and Hu Tao also greeted Beidou and Xinyan one after another.
"You guys wait a moment, let them get the books up first." Beidou smiled, then turned her eyes to look at the crew members carrying the boxes.
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