An Rui did not force these people, lest it backfire. He went about his office as usual every day, as if nothing had happened, and he was not alarmed.

As the days passed, tears began to reach An Rui's hands, and the red marks on the back of his hands continued to decrease. By the ninth day, there was only one mark left on the back of his hand!

This means that if only one more person cries a tear of true love for him, he will be able to lift the curse. But what made him depressed was that the last tear was the most difficult to collect, because the people who could cry had already cried before, and it was useless to force them if they couldn't cry.

Fortunately, An Rui had a back hand before him, knowing that he still had five days to spare, and he was still confident. He decided that if he couldn't collect the Tears of True Love on the ninth day, he would make the news of his curse known to the public the next day to expand the scope of the collection. There are so many people in the Nova Empire, and there is always someone who can provide him with tears of true love in a different place. As for the impact, there is no way to do it.

In the evening of the same day, An Rui had a full meal, dressed in civilian clothes, and led a group of people to parade around the imperial city. He has been back for so many days, he has been working inside the palace, and he has never come out. I came out this time, mainly to distract myself, and secondly, I also wanted to take a good look at this imperial city and see if there were any major changes.

An Rui wanted to be quiet this time, and only brought a group of guards who knew how to keep their mouths shut, and did not bring anyone else. In order to avoid unnecessary commotion, he used the Transfiguration Ring to change his appearance, and ordinary citizens would never recognize him, and would only regard him as a certain high-ranking official who was out on patrol.

The streets are full of cars and horses, and people come and go. Very lively. The Nova Empire has been focusing on construction for the past year, and there is a big employment gap in construction, creating many jobs. This has led to a prosperous local scene.

Anrui likes this prosperity, and he is confident that it will be maintained, and that the country's standard of living is linked to productivity, and with magic in hand, and knowing the location of various minerals, it is not difficult to increase productivity. He even had a vague feeling that he could make this world more prosperous than the blue planet he originally inhabited......

The scene on the street and the smiling faces on the faces of the people. It made Anrui's mood greatly better.

"Bartender, have a sherry."

Just then, a familiar voice came from the side of the street.

An Rui's heart moved. Hearing that this was Shafei's voice, she immediately turned her head to look over. There is a tavern called "Time Wheel" on the side of the street, and it is very crowded and lively. At the bar location. There was a woman in red, with her back facing An Rui.

Looking at this back, An Rui subconsciously thought that this was Sha Fei, but immediately dispelled this thought. When Shafi just left, he always mistook other women for Shafi, and over time he developed a habit of no longer being excited about meeting people like Shafi on the street.

There's nothing to get excited about, it's just a woman like Shafi. Walking past is often an empty joy.

"Shafi......" An Rui muttered in his heart and turned his head. Ordered the captain of the guard to stay on the side of the street, and then walked into the Time Wheel Tavern, intending to have a simple drink and see what the woman who looked like Sophie looked like.

Walking to the bar, An Rui ordered the same wine as the woman.

"A glass of sherry."

After An Rui finished ordering the wine, he sat silently on the chair, and he was not in a hurry to see the woman next to him, and it was not too late to go and see it when the wine arrived. His gaze casually fell on the other side, watching the bartender busily fetch and pour the wine.

The bartender quickly poured the wine and placed the glass in front of Anrui. He grabbed his glass and took a big sip, with a sweet taste, which tasted unexpectedly good. After tasting the first sip of wine, he took a second sip of wine, and then turned his head, intending to admire the appearance of the beautiful woman beside him.

The woman had wheat-colored skin and brown hair with slightly curly hair. The curves of her face are beautiful, and the eyelashes on her eyes are curved, curled, and dense. This is a profile face worthy of being painted on paper by a painter.

"Poof!"

After seeing the side face of the beautiful woman next to him, the wine in An Rui's mouth squirted out, and it didn't hurt at all, but it was all sprayed on the woman's face and body. Due to the suddenness of the incident, An Rui sprayed urgently, and the woman did not react at all.

The woman was also drinking, but immediately froze after being sprayed, the wine glass in her hand hung in the air, and the wine with a sweet smell fell down her brown hair. She obviously didn't expect that she would suddenly receive this kind of treatment, and she was sprayed into soup by the "strangers" around her, and she couldn't turn a corner for a while.

She lowered her head, looked at the wet red clothes, a wave of anger climbed to her face, turned her head to look at An Rui beside her, and said angrily: "Why are you spraying me with wine?" Is it a fight? ”

An Rui looked at the woman's wet face, the surprised expression on his face magnified again, he couldn't help but raise his hand, stretched out to the woman opposite, and said like a dream: "Sha Fei, it's really you, I thought I met just a woman who looked like you." ”

The person next to her looks exactly like Shafi, and even has the same hair color!

An Rui coldly saw Sha Fei, who had been missing for a long time, and was excited for a while, so he couldn't help but squirt out. He was so surprised, so surprised, he didn't expect such an unexpected gain on tonight's trip!

The former soothsayer dreamwalker. Kia once said that Anrui would reunite with Sophie in the tavern, and this prophecy really came true. Anrui once thought that Shafi would be the owner of the tavern, but he didn't realize that Shafi was actually just a drinker.

Due to Anrui's disguise as a transfiguration ring, Shafi didn't recognize Anrui, but she didn't act rashly either, as Anrui called out her name.

"You know me?" Sophie wiped the wine off her face and looked Anrui up and down.

Only then did An Rui realize the camouflage on his body, and quickly revoked the camouflage effect, revealing his true face.

The moment she saw An Rui, Sha Fei was also stupid, and looked at An Rui beside her blankly. The two looked at each other like this, staring into each other's eyes, as if they wanted to see each other's hearts at once. I don't know how long it took, but the two finally came back to their senses and blinked.

"Shafi, I finally found you, since you left, I often think of you and worry about your safety." An Rui said affectionately.

"I—I had to go." Shafi had a complicated expression, and her tone was apologetic.

"I don't blame you, you have the right to decide whether you want to stay or not, I just want to say that I am very, very, very happy to see you again." Anrui hurriedly took out the handkerchief and began to wipe the wine from Shafi's face.

Shafi wanted to take Anrui's handkerchief, but found that the palm of the hand was holding the handkerchief very tightly, apparently insisting on wiping it for her with her own hands. She didn't refuse, and lowered her hand.

The people in the tavern soon noticed An Rui, who showed his true face, recognized that this was the current king, and let out a burst of exclamations, and some people were so frightened that they quickly knelt on the ground.

An Rui attaches great importance to human dignity and does not force the people to bow to the king, but the problem is that ninety percent of the people in the Nova Empire are outsiders, and these outsiders have to kneel when they see the king in the original country, and after arriving in the Nova Empire, these people naturally continue their previous habits. For these people, who were affected by the class system, they had to kneel down when they saw the king, otherwise they would have to wait to be beheaded or hanged.

For the changes around him, An Rui chose to ignore it, he didn't care at all, his eyes, his attention, were completely on Sha Fei beside him. A wonderful sense of joy spread out in his heart and continued to stack. He'd always wanted to be able to meet Shafi again, and now he finally got his wish.

After a while, An Rui helped Shafei simply wipe the wine off her face, but the wine on her hair and clothes was still there.

"It's not convenient to talk here, I'll take you into the palace first." Anrui took Shafi's hand and stood up.

Shafi hesitated, then stood up.

The two walked out of the tavern, and An Rui was eager to talk to Sha Fei, so he simply shook out his black wings, grabbed Sha Fei's soft waist, and flew all the way back to the palace. As for the guards, they had to run back on their own.

In mid-air, the evening wind blew on An Rui and the two, and it was quite comfortable on the skin. An Rui hugged Shafei in his arms, evoking memories of the past, and he had hugged Shafei many times before. It wasn't until Sophie left that the warmth gradually cooled.

Moments later, Anrui flew back to the palace with Shafi and landed in the hallway of the castle, letting go of his palm. He took Shafi to an empty bedroom, told her to go in and change her clothes, and then called the herald to inform everyone who knew her of Shafi's return, and told them to come.

Anrui is a married man, and it is inconvenient to meet with Shafi alone, so as not to cause the unhappiness of Alice, a pregnant woman. Since you want to talk, let's talk openly in front of the big guys.

Sophie quickly changed into clean clothes and dried her hair. Everyone also rushed over when they heard the news, and after seeing Sha Fei, everyone's reaction was surprise and joy. Hermione hugged Shafi and looked close. Alice, though not so enthusiastic, also made a friendly gesture, saying that she had already said that she had no objection to Anrui retrieving Shafi.

An Rui called the big guy to the spacious dining room, where he recounted the old days, and arranged for someone to prepare a wine banquet, and some drinks, desserts, dried fruits, etc. were quickly brought up and put on the table.

"Anrui...... No, Ann Rui Xià. Sha Fei made a mistake for a while, and quickly changed her words, and continued, "Actually, I didn't come back by accident this time, but I have important news to bring to you, I wanted to ask someone to deliver the news, but I didn't expect to meet you in the tavern......" (To be continued......)