Ningguang had slept the entire afternoon, so naturally, she wasn't sleepy now; she looked full of energy.
The little girl also noticed Makoto's gaze.
She blinked her eyes and said pitifully, "Makoto Gege, Ningguang wants to take a bath."
Her childish voice made Makoto find her very cute.
Makoto squatted down, pinched Ningguang's cheek, and then said softly, "Then go take a bath. There's hot water upstairs and downstairs, you can use whichever bathroom you like."
Speaking of which, after a tiring day, Makoto also planned to take a bath and then rest.
"But..." The little girl lowered her head, fiddling with the hem of her clothes, as if she was too embarrassed to speak.
"What's wrong?" Makoto asked curiously.
"But Ningguang doesn't have any clothes to change into," the little girl pouted, looking dejected.
Originally, Ningguang had another set of cloth clothes for changing,
but because the village was destroyed by the Ancient Geovishap, her home was not spared,
and those so-called clothes were long unusable.
So, the little girl wanted to take a bath now, but she had no clothes to change into,
which made her hesitate.
Looking at such a cute Ningguang, Makoto couldn't help but laugh.
"You wait a moment. I remember Auntie Yu Jin seemed to have given me two sets of clothes. Let me go look."
Makoto pretended to think as he walked into the bedroom.
While Ningguang wasn't paying attention, Makoto took out a set of gymnastics clothes from his backpack.
As for why he said Yu Jin gave them, the reason was simple:
for him, a grown man, to suddenly pull out gymnastics clothes,
it would look strange, wouldn't it?
So,
he just said Yu Jin gave them.
The Liyue Car King sells clothes every day; he probably wouldn't even know if he had done this or not.
Makoto turned and handed the gymnastics clothes to Ningguang: "Let's buy another set of clothes to change into tomorrow. For tonight, you can make do with this set for sleeping."
The little girl had never seen gymnastics clothes before,
so she immediately showed a look of delight.
"These clothes are so pretty! Thank you, Makoto Gege, and thank you, Auntie Yu Jin!"
Ningguang immediately ran to the bathroom after speaking.
When she came out again, she had already changed into the brand new gymnastics clothes.
"Makoto Gege, does Ningguang look good in these clothes?"
The little girl blinked her big, watery eyes, looking nervously at Makoto, anticipating his evaluation.
The little girl's skin was already fair,
and now, wearing these gymnastics clothes, her skin appeared even smoother and more delicate.
Plus, the little girl was cute, so these clothes looked perfectly natural on her.
Makoto cupped his chin and muttered to himself, "It looks good, it looks good, but it feels like something is missing."
"That's right, Horsetail."
"If we add Horsetail, it will have that vibe."
"Horsetail?"
The little girl tilted her small head, thinking.
Then, she said earnestly, "Makoto Gege, please wait for me again."
Ningguang lightly stepped on the wooden floor, pattering her way to the bathroom.
After a while, when she walked out again, her beautiful hair had been meticulously styled into Horsetail.
The little girl raised her beautiful eyes and looked at Makoto: "Makoto Gege, is it like this? Does Ningguang look good?"
"You do look even better," Makoto said with a light smile and a nod.
Hearing Makoto's praise, Ningguang's pretty face flushed slightly, filled more with joy.
"As long as Makoto Gege likes it!"
The little girl smiled, her eyes curving,
looking somewhat silly and adorable.
"Makoto Gege, what are you doing now?"
"I'm going to take a bath."
Makoto answered casually.
He had thought Ningguang would go to sleep right after her bath,
but when he came out after his bath, he found Ningguang sitting on a stool, gently swinging her little feet, as if waiting.
Seeing Makoto come out, Ningguang's eyes lit up, and she immediately went forward and asked, "Makoto Gege, what about you now? What are you going to do now?"
The little girl asked one question after another, and Makoto retorted, "Little girl, why aren't you going to sleep yet?"
The little girl pouted, her expression tearful: "Makoto Gege, Ningguang... Ningguang can't sleep."
"I slept too long this afternoon..."
Looking at the little one's almost crying expression, Makoto was truly exasperated.
"How about this, I'll tell you a story."
"Yay, yay!"
The little girl's face immediately lit up with joy when she heard there would be a story.
She loved listening to storytellers,
and storytelling was just telling stories, right?
In the past, every time Ningguang passed by Tian Tie Zui's spot, she couldn't help but linger for a moment until Tian Tie Zui finished a story before leaving.
Soon, Makoto began to tell a story.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but Makoto felt Ningguang's steady breathing beside him.
He let out a sigh of relief; the little girl was finally asleep.
Alright, he was also ready to go to sleep.
Just as Makoto was about to leave, he found that Ningguang had her arms wrapped around his arm,
even in her sleep, the little girl was holding his arm and hadn't let go.
Makoto was also exasperated.
If he left now, he might accidentally wake the little girl,
and then she might cry, wouldn't she?
There was no other way; Makoto could only make do for one night.
Fortunately, Ningguang's bed was large enough to accommodate one adult and one child.
As Makoto was drifting off to sleep, he heard Ningguang murmur something.
"I like Makoto Gege the most."
.....
Early the next morning,
Ningguang and Makoto went to Guili Plains,
after all, building a village was a big matter, and it was better for Makoto to be there to oversee it.
"Makoto Gege, several uncles went out early this morning to buy materials, and some uncles took people to cut trees in the west to reduce costs."
Along the way, Ningguang followed beside Makoto, reporting on the situation.
It must be said that the little girl was becoming more and more familiar with how to be a good secretary,
organizing many things in advance,
and she could always answer Makoto's questions quickly.
It was at this moment that the village blacksmith rushed over,
his expression tense, as if something big had happened: "Immortal, Immortal! We found something when we were cutting trees in the west!"
"We found an amber in a cave over there, and a girl is trapped inside the amber!"