NCCnovel Chapter 206: We're Not on the Same wavelength
Chapter 206: We're Not on the Same wavelength
"Lady Ningguang overslept again!"
Holding the clothes she had put together, Bai Shi stood outside Ning Guang's boudoir and said through gritted teeth, "Lady Ning Guang has never been this lazy before."
Baiwen pulled Baishi to the tea table and sat her down, pushing a cup of tea towards her. "Stop grinding your teeth at the door. You'll go bald if you keep doing that. Didn't you always advise Lady Ningguang to rest more?"
Bai Shi angrily retorted, "How can this be the same? Besides, is Lady Ningguang resting?"
Xu Ning sensed Ningguang's movement as soon as she moved, nestled in his arms.
She tightened her grip, preventing the smooth little fish from slipping away, and asked Ningguang in her ear, "Did that teeth-grinding spirit wake you up? I think I heard her grinding her teeth in my dream."
Ningguang chuckled. "You're not allowed to give my subordinates nicknames. Alright, you've been up all night. Let me up now. If word gets out that I always get up this late, people will laugh at me."
Xu Ning was extremely reluctant to let him go, and Ning Guang had no choice but to play with him for a while longer before she was finally allowed to leave.
When Bai Shi came in to serve Ning Guang, Ye Lan also suddenly slipped in, causing Xu Ning to hurriedly put on his clothes.
"What? You can see what Baishi can see, but I can't?"
Bai Shi said disdainfully, "I don't have eyes for him, only for Lord Ningguang."
Ye Lan rolled her eyes at the little lily, then turned to Xu Ning and teased mischievously, "Besides, I saw everything a few years ago..."
Before Xu Ning could speak, Ning Guang got angry, "I didn't call you here to talk about this!"
Ye Lan helplessly raised her hands in surrender, "Fine, fine, you've learned to be possessive of your food. Anyway, I don't like your taste. When Beidou's fleet returns from Inazuma, let her compete with you for it!"
"Night Orchid!!!"
Seeing that Ningguang was really about to get angry, Yelan didn't dare to provoke her any further. She chuckled and said, "Some of my men reported that Zhiyi returned to Liyue Harbor today and went fishing at the South Wharf with Uncle Tian."
Fishing at the South Wharf?
Xu Ning laughed, feeling as if he had lived through a cycle of reincarnation.
Zhiyi helped Uncle Tian sit down on the dock and was about to help him bait the hook when Uncle Tian reached out and took the fishing rod.
“I’m not that weak. If you do all the work for me, I won’t need to fish for this fish.”
Zhiyi smiled and bent down to straighten his fishing line, but then a sentence behind him made him shudder.
"What a coincidence! It feels like I've gone back a few years."
Zhiyi's neck stiffened slightly as she turned to look at Xu Ning, who had grown much taller, and a gentle smile slowly appeared on her face.
"Xu Ning, when did you get back? I didn't even know, otherwise I would have made an appointment with you today as well."
Xu Ning jumped down from the steps and sat down on the other side of Uncle Tian. He first took out a fishing rod and stuck it diagonally into the ground, then took out two wine bowls and poured a bowl of wine for Uncle Tian and Zhiyi and handed it to them.
Zhiyi smiled and accepted it, then thanked him.
Uncle Tian was busy threading bait with both hands, and drank a bowl of wine from Xu Ning's hand. He laughed and said, "I've finally had a drink! These past few days, Hui Xin has been watching me and I've been drinking all kinds of porridge. She won't let me drink any alcohol. I've been so hungry for it."
Xu Ning poured another bowl of Qianfeng wine for Uncle Tian and placed it beside him, saying with a smile, "This wine is similar to Ganli, it doesn't make you drunk. Uncle Tian, share some bait with me, I can only catch fish because of your bait."
Uncle Tian glared at Xu Ning, snorted, and said, "Then let's have another competition. I don't believe you can eat fish poop every time."
The three of them quietly began fishing, and Xu Ning simply lay down again.
Everything seems exactly the same as it was a few years ago.
However, the results of this fishing trip were quite different from those of a few years ago.
Uncle Tian's harvest was still unremarkable, but it was much better than Xu Ning's zero.
This time, however, Zhiyi caught the most fish.
"Uncle Tian, are you a sore loser? You must have tampered with my bait!"
Xu Ning stared at Uncle Tian with disbelief, as if it were all Uncle Tian's fault that she hadn't caught any fish.
"Get lost! Do you think I'm that kind of person? Besides, it's just fishing, what's there to compete for? In a few days I'll have someone notify you about the selection process for Tian Shu Star. If you really like it, go there and compete!"
Zhiyi shuddered. "Uncle Tian, can I also participate in the selection?"
Uncle Tian chuckled and patted Zhiyi on the shoulder, "Even this little drunkard can participate, so of course you can too. Do your best and don't embarrass me."
Zhiyi nodded excitedly.
Xu Ning pointed to himself in astonishment and asked Uncle Tian incredulously, "Uncle Tian, were you pointing at people randomly because you had too much to drink? Why do I have to go too?"
Uncle Tian sneered, "What? You're still not happy? Do you look down on my position on Tian Shu Star?"
Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "I wouldn't dare look down on you, but I feel that I can't do anything except embarrass myself, which would lower the overall level of the selection."
Uncle Tian thought for a moment and nodded, saying, "That makes a lot of sense, but flowers always need green leaves to set them off to look beautiful. You'll have to reluctantly play the role of a green leaf this time!"
After saying that, Uncle Tian was pulled away by Huixin, who had heard that there was a little drunkard here and was worried about him.
Zhiyi stood up, looked at Xu Ning's empty fish basket, and laughed, "We'll meet again in the selection competition."
Xu Ning didn't notice Zhi Yi's gaze, but was staring at something else.
"Brother Zhiyi, it seems you really are not a person who likes to drink. With such a big fish in front of you, you actually forgot about my wine again. You didn't even drink a single bowl of wine all morning. It's such a waste of my good intentions."
Zhiyi turned her head and saw that the bowl of wine that Xu Ning had poured for her was still sitting steadily in the spot where she had just been sitting.
Somewhat embarrassed, he picked up the bowl from the ground and slowly drank it.
Zhiyi felt a sense of emptiness and clarity within his body, as if a gentle breeze had swept over him, and sighed, "Thank you so much for your wine. It has given me a long-lost feeling of ease and joy. If I drink it a few more times, I might become like you and become one of you."
Xu Ning chuckled and said, "What? Are you afraid of becoming as lazy as me?"
Zhiyi thought about it carefully, then shook his head and didn't say anything more.
Xu Ning put his fishing rod back into the Hidden Cave, shook his head, drank his wine, and turned to leave.
"I refuse to believe it. Why can't we be like-minded people?"