"Why did you come back so late, uncle, where have you been?"

"There were too many people at the blacksmith, so I waited for a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The sky was once again filled with stars above the Free Continent, but it was only the beginning of night, so the streets of Windflower were still bustling with people - a precious time to relax for both the player and the natives.

When Duan Qing returned to the Adventurer's Guild, only Mengzhu was waiting here. Perhaps because he had returned too late, or perhaps because she was dissatisfied with being left alone to wait here, the little girl's eyebrows drooped, and she did not seem very happy.

"Uncle Smiling and that young man in the second middle school have come back, and then went to the tavern again, I specially stayed and waited for you!" The girl wrinkled her little nose and shouted: "There are not many girls in the new era who are as good as me, thank me quickly......"

"Isn't it because you don't like going to places like taverns...... Okay, thank you, let's go. ”

"Hey, there's no sincerity at all."

The two of them immediately set off and walked towards Flower Basket Street, and in the flow of people, the little girl was still haunted by what happened in the afternoon.

"Those people were so powerful in that afternoon battle...... Who are they, do you know them? ”

"How can I know, it's probably almost level forty characters......"

"Hmm, why is your expression so calm then and now, and you don't feel envious at all......"

"Heh......" Duan Qing smiled: "Practice diligently, and you will have that level." ”

"I don't believe it." The little girl blushed her face and kicked a small stone on the side of the road: "I guess I won't have that level in my life." ”

"No self-confidence......" The man next to him sighed: "You don't believe it, in fact, the level of those people is really similar to ours, more is just the use of some skills, and some actual combat experience, which are things that ordinary people can practice......"

"So......" he spread his hands, "as long as you are willing to practice, these are not problems." ”

"Really?" The little girl asked suspiciously, "Why don't I believe it so much, if it is as easy as you say, wouldn't everyone be a ......professional gamer?"

"It's something that everyone can do." Duan Qing said with a smile: "That Jian Beidong in the afternoon, don't look at him as a very strong look, in fact, he was also a rookie at the beginning......"

"Hmm, really...... Hey, do you know him very well, and talk about people like this behind his back......"

"No matter what, I'm a former professional player, of course I know these things, such as the red-robed uncle......"

"Stop, stop, it's going to start again, I believe in the head office."

"Hmph, if you don't want to hear it, forget it."

The figures of the two gradually drifted apart, looking at the little girl with a smug face, Duan Qing shook his head helplessly, thinking about what happened near the blacksmith shop in the evening.

Although there was almost no progress, Duan Qing still knocked out the side, Jian Beidong's intention to come here.

Because of the title of "White Chopping Chicken Sword Technique", the other party was obviously suspicious of Duan Qing's identity inexplicably, but even so, the meeting between the two "strangers" would naturally not produce too much communication. So in Duan Qing's efforts to stir up nonsense, he still came up with some useful things more or less.

For example, Jian Beidong came here to do a mission.

According to the information that Duan Qing guessed between the lines, Jian Beidong heard that Vizad's floating dream had run to Fenghua Town, so he wanted to come here to settle some kind of personal grudge with him. But at the same time, he also has other missions in the vicinity of Fenghua Town, and the time is relatively tight. Originally, in order to wait for the black-clothed scholar, he had been squatting here for several days, and there was really not much time to wait, so after tonight, he was going to leave the city.

"I'll put that account away for a while, he shouldn't leave anyway."

These were the last words that the swordsman left behind as he left.

After a long time, Duan Qing couldn't know what he had experienced during this time, although this was what he wanted to know the most, but in such a situation, he didn't have the time or position to ask. However, looking at his appearance and the state of the previous battle, I think he should not have let go of anything in the past three years. Listening to the things he explained before, it seems that this is not a grudge between Jian Beidong himself and that side, but something related to others......

When did you become so zealous......

Under Mengzhu's puzzled gaze, Duan Qing let out a breath, then stretched out a hand and pointed at the night sky from afar.

"Sure enough, everyone has matured a lot."

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The next day, as usual, it was supposed to be a rhythm of assigning tasks and going their separate ways, but because of Kidd's invitation, the members of the team were more inclined to participate in that group training. In particular, the two smiling butchers showed great interest in this matter - even if they actually went to sparring, it was always much more fun than the task of looking at goods and finding people.

And there should be a ring match today.

Duan Qing had made it clear yesterday that he was unwilling to go, so he didn't want to change his decision, so after the little girl also rushed out with great interest, the situation became a sad appearance of Duan Qing solving the task alone.

"Remember to help take care of little Nina, she is so piti......ful at home by herself" Mengzhu finished the last sentence, and closed the broken door of the Adventurers Association, squeaky and cracked the wooden door, the early morning sun reflected the leisurely appearance of Uncle Richard, who belonged to the bearded man, and Duan Qing's lonely figure.

"I said, uncle, don't you have the slightest idea...... Duan Qing posed for a long time with a long sigh in his back posture, and then pointed to the stack of pages on the dilapidated counter that never diminished: "To solve one or two of these commissions?" ”

"Oh, this one......" Uncle Richard held up what seemed to be a mirror, and was trying to compare his chin as if he was arranging his beard, "Of course I ...... There are also doing it. ”

"Really?" Duan Qing squinted his eyes in suspicion: "How come I never saw ......?"

"Please believe in my character, how could I deceive you young flowers, hahahaha!" Richard nodded in satisfaction, then threw the mirror onto the table: "Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't believe it. ”

He stood up, walked around the table, and patted Duan Qing on the shoulder: "I have seen your efforts in the past few days, you have done a good job and reduced a lot of burden on me, so ...... I thank you so much. ”

"So keep up the good work, hahahaha!" The uncle, who still looked sloppy after tidying up for a long time, laughed for a while, and then pushed the door and went out.

"Who is this...... Duan Qing grinded his teeth hatefully, and immediately decided not to meet these cunning NPCs. Anyway, he was left alone, and it didn't matter what commission he chose, so Duan Qing casually picked up the first few sheets of the mountain-like pages and slowly flipped through them.

The content of these commissions placed on the table is no different from the usual looks, and it is still a lot of trivial things, and just looking at it makes people's heads big. Duan Qing randomly picked a few tasks that seemed valuable, and then planned the route a little, so that he could do as many as possible in a limited time.

This is one of the basic skills that veteran players must have.

"I sent the letter first, and then I went to help Uncle Mamba...... Well, the blacksmith needs new goods today, so you can't stop it, is it because of the recent war...... There is also a team to deliver food, so I won't go to this, it feels like a bottomless pit...... Belch. ”

As if he suddenly remembered something, Duan Qing patted his head, and then looked at the adventure map in the system again: "I still want to see that Nina, huh...... Her home is in the east of the city. ”

"Then after delivering the letter, I will go to the blacksmith shop first, take a look at today's daily life, and then stop by to take a look when I go out of the city......"

Muttering about his plan, Duan Qing slowly pushed open the wooden door and walked towards the town hall, his footsteps did not stop, and he still deduced today's planning route in his heart - the first step was to go to the town hall to receive the letter to be sent, the job of sending the letter was the easiest, and it should not waste a lot of time.

Then, his plans for the whole day were completely disrupted.

The letter was sent to the warehouse at the east gate of the city, it was said to be a plan for the distribution of food in the past two days, and after Duan Qing delivered it, he found that he was not far from the little girl's house that Mengzhu had asked to take care of, so he planned to give priority to this task.

The little girl named Nina is home alone, and I heard Mengzhu introduce that she is a person of few words, and it is also a situation where her mother died early and her father was not at home. But unlike the boy in Greenstone, her father wasn't the man who had been missing for days, but a miner, who seemed to work in a mine near the village of Blue Mountains.

Due to the perennial mining, her father is always away from home, which makes the little girl who has no one to take care of her very withdrawn personality, and usually has no people to interact with. It wasn't until the mayor of Windflower Town recently proposed a new policy, and the townspeople spontaneously began to pay attention to these children who were staying at home, that the little girl's situation gradually became aware and was put on the list of the town hall.

There are many children like Nina, so according to the original idea, the mayor wants some idle and caring people to take some time to take care of them and accompany them, so that these children can also feel the warmth of Fenghua Town. However, when it comes to the specific below, each child's personality, preferences, and family situation are different, and the wishes of those who want to take care of the child and the organization are also different, so the situation becomes a little more complicated, and the result is reversed, and Nina is finally hung on the black version of the Adventurer's Guild, and it becomes a commission in the name of the town hall.

As a result, due to the decline of the Adventurer Association in Wind Flower Town, Nina's living situation has not improved until Duan Qing's adventure group joins, and other people in her home have begun to appear.

The girl's home was old, and the dust on the floor was obviously unattended for a long time. When Duan Qing pushed the door in, he was almost choked by the dust that had been fanned.

It took him a long time to find out where the little girl was.

Nina's room was located in the innermost part of the house, and only that place was relatively clean, as if the little girl herself thought that there was nothing else to clean except her own room. Duan Qing also called at the door for a long time before coming in, but he didn't hear anyone answer. In desperation, he had to enter the door without permission to check for a while, and finally searched room by room, only to find a little girl sitting alone on the bed, holding a doll.

Maybe it was because she found out that it was not the big sister who came a few days ago, the girl's eyes were a little surprised, the two looked at each other for a long time, and finally Duan Qing scratched her head a little embarrassed: "That, that, I am the one who came to take care of you today, my name is ...... Hmm, you just call me Brother Qingshan, are you Little Nina? ”

The girl didn't answer him, just continued to stare at each other with those big eyes.

Sure enough, just like the legend, the personality is a little weird...... Sweat oozed from Duan Qing's forehead, even if he was an experienced player, it was impossible for him to have any experience in taking care of children. He stood there and rubbed his hands, shaking a little helplessly for a while, he really didn't think of what to say, so he had to smile a little embarrassedly: "That, that...... Hello. ”

The girl did not answer him, but pointed to a small cabinet beside it, on which lay a clean plate, and next to it was a wooden cup, which was empty, but some food scraps could still be found.

After being stared at by Nina's eyes for a long time, Duan Qing realized that the little girl opposite was probably hungry. He sighed, then thought about it, took out the leftover "Shining Starflower" pastry from his pocket and handed it to the little girl in front of him.

Looking at the little girl holding the doll, holding the snack in her two little hands and biting it, Duan Qing's heart felt a little warm for no reason. This may be due to the appearance of the little girl, except for the shabby clothes on her body, this little girl is still a beauty, and she looks quite cute.

But it didn't take long for Duan Qing to stop thinking she was cute.

In addition to eating, Nina has a lot to ask for. It seems that because of the relationship that no one has been playing with her, she especially wants others to play with her, and because she doesn't like to talk, it has become Duan Qing's biggest problem to understand her intentions. Whenever Duan Qing guessed wrong, a pair of big teary eyes would appear in front of him in time, staring at the embarrassed man, which made him anxious for a long time, and after coaxing and coaxing, he breathed a sigh of relief when the girl smiled again.

If I had known who her father was, I would have killed him...... If I had known who had masterminded such a plot, I would have killed him as well......

This was the only feeling in Duan Qing's heart when he was reading a certain fairy tale book mechanically.

Little Nina's family is very poor, so there are not many things for children to play with, and even the small storybook in Duan Qing's hand is already in tatters. However, the girl didn't care about this, and still pulled the hem of Duan Qing's clothes with a little force, motioning for him to read the content to herself, and she didn't know how many times she had heard it before.

However, looking at the doll she was holding in her arms, which had been worn out a little bald, Duan Qing endured it and read the story seriously.

The book is thin, and it's full of short fable-like stories. When Duan Qing turned the page, he found that almost every page had traces of being wet, so the entire page of the book was already a little yellow. Halfway through the reading, Duan Qing raised his head and found that the girl's eager gaze was no longer on him, but staring straight ahead.

It was an open door leading to the outside, and Duan Qing forgot to close it when he came in.

"Do you want to ...... Hanging out? After waiting for a long time and still no response, Duan Qing guessed with some uncertainty: "Haven't you ever gone out to play?" ”

Nina shook her head slightly.

"Ah......" Duan Qing covered his head, looked up at the dilapidated ceiling, and after a long time, he still lowered his arm: "Okay, I'll take you out to play......"

It seems that today's plans have come to naught.