Chapter 54: The Arrival of Mei Qian

  It wasn't until the eyelids felt a strong red light that the rhythm woke up. Still not very awake, opened his eyes and looked around, reacted for half a day before remembering where he was.

  I don't know if Liewell is awake or not. Ly thought about turning his head to look, only to find that the person who was just by his side yesterday had already disappeared. Could it be that he was thrown down and went back himself? Ly got up with a stuffy feeling, patted the dirt off his body, and looked around before realizing something was off.

  If he hadn't misremembered, the place where he was yesterday should have been a wheat field behind him. But now there is a small grove not far from his current location, yet nothing that he has an impression of.

  He lowered his head and inadvertently found words on the ground. After squatting down to read them, he raised his hand to cover his distorted face due to a toothache. How had he never heard of Llewellyn coming up with such a boring way to prank people...

  The words on the ground were like a dragon flying and a phoenix dancing, simple yet concise, but made Lv doubt whether he had misread the content.

  "Find the knives in the forest, cut down twelve trees, and carve them into giant wooden boards as equipment needed for new soldier training."

  Let's not talk about how much time and effort it takes to do these tasks. Let's just say that Lewell somehow managed to get him to this desolate place, and he still doesn't know where the road back is.

  Lü raised his head and took a look at the sky, it was still early. Anyway, rushing wouldn't help, so he might as well finish what he had to do first. Who knows, maybe after finishing, he would show up?

  Ryu was quite optimistic, patted his clothes and entered the forest. After strolling around in the woods, he found a set of knives behind a large stone. He stared at the dull knife that looked like it was used to cut wheat or something, and seriously suspected that this knife must have been stolen by Llewellyn from some village. In fact, his guess wasn't far from the truth.

  Yu was initially too optimistic about the task, holding onto his old knife with a mix of frustration and despair. Judging by the dullness of this knife, he would have to look at twelve trees, which would take at least a month. (......) Not to mention that all these trees need to be carved into giants, oh, it's likely to take until next year. Believe him, this is still a conservative estimate.

  So Lü was suddenly aware that he had probably offended some vengeful squad leader while sleeping, and ended up facing a stolen broken knife and a group of trees about to be cut down in this godforsaken place.

  Lyu stroked his chin thoughtfully, wondering if he had been grinding his teeth and disturbing Lieutenant Lewell's sleep. He recalled that Sebastian had said he was a good sleeper, so was he sleepwalking? And then, unintentionally, he jumped on top of the sleeping Lieutenant Lewell and danced a rhumba? Oh, before he even stepped on him, he was already pulled out to kiss the motherly earth filled with love. Lyu was deeply convinced of this matter.

  So why did Lewell want revenge on him, someone who was completely puzzled and didn't know that he had offended the meticulous person with his sleep talk.

  Alright. Lü felt that he shouldn't be hung up on the unknown reason and should instead think hard about how to complete this seemingly daunting task. The first step, he thought, was to sharpen that knife - otherwise it would be impossible to use.

  But whetstone is apparently not available, using ordinary stones to grind it probably doesn't have much effect, and it may even become duller.

  Lü thought he would probably starve to death here because of his inability to complete the task, but unexpectedly, a voice came from not far away in this seemingly uninhabited place.

  Lü should have run over to ask for help immediately, but instead he subconsciously crept closer to the source of the sound.

  The lawyer, who was initially on guard, froze in place when he saw the person making a sound. It was a girl with an unremarkable appearance, but she had an aura that was hard to ignore. The girl was wearing a simple white shirt and plaid skirt, probably due to the sudden landing, her hair and face were covered in dust, and there was a ridiculous-looking leaf on top of her head, which added to her already gloomy expression.

  The girl brushed off the dust on her body while muttering to herself, "Lin Xiao, where can I find him? He should be in this world, but..."

  "But what?"

  The girl's voice stopped abruptly. She suddenly lifted her head, stared blankly for a moment, and then her eyes reddened.

  He raised a playful smile, "What, miss me that much? Can the tough girl also shed tears?"

  The girl subconsciously retorted, "Who would think of you, narcissist." After blurting it out, she seemed to realize something and glared at him angrily, "You're the female version of a cockroach!"

  Lu didn't respond, but instead quietly looked at her for a while, with a smile that carried nostalgia, gentle yet subtle. "Long time no see, Moneyless Sister."

  "I miss you a little."

  Mei's eyes widened, "You dare to say it's just a little." After finishing speaking, she directly pounced over and wiped her nose and tears on Rong's originally clean shirt. Calming down afterwards, she said in an almost inaudible voice, "Sorry." Even though it was very soft, it was enough for Rong to hear.

  Lu didn't say a word, he just raised his hand and gently patted her back. "I've never blamed you." Never had.

  After Meishao finally vented out her emotions, she immediately recovered her usual sharp-tongued and teasing demeanor. She looked up and down at Lu Yu, summarizing: "How did you become a little kid?" Before Lu could respond, she added another sentence that successfully made Lu's face turn black. "And still so short."

  "Considering you're only ten years old, you can't expect too much from this height. I clearly remember that when you were ten, you weren't even 1.4 meters tall."

  "Mei Qian argued with reason and strength. 'I am a girl.'"

  The law is not moved, with a calm and leisurely attitude, he looked up and down in a circle, raised an eyebrow. "Oh, really?"

  Mei Qian: "......" You win this time.

  Then Lin Xiao and Mei Qian had their first showdown after reuniting, which ended with Lin Xiao's victory.

  Lv Wen asked Mei Qian how she got here, but Mei Qian just made a face and changed the subject with an air of mystery.

  Lü didn't press for details, and Mei's casual words left him a bit stunned. "How did you end up in this forest?"

  He lifted his head to look at the sky that was almost noon, and Lü had already learned to be calm in the face of changing circumstances. After all, he was here and anything could happen, maybe it's sunny now but will rain later. Now with an extra helper, what's there to rush about?

  "Ah, because I was thrown here to work by someone for some unclear reason, and since you're so conveniently arriving at this time, it's obvious that you're here to help. So first, let's go together to see if there are any nearby houses where we can borrow an axe."

  Unexpectedly, Mei Qian, who had always been aloof and unapproachable, readily agreed with a smile, "Alright."

  Before Lü could express his feelings, Mei Qian chuckled and added, "Well, you know I can only help you borrow things, but as for doing the work, that's not possible."

  "...you don't have to say it, I already know you're unreliable."

  Originally thought he could face anything with a calm mind, but apparently that's not the case.

  "Where are you living now? Anyway, I'll be living there too, so it should be fine."

  I haven't really thought about this issue, and I'm not very sure... but thinking about it a bit, probably... it's okay.

  "It's all inclusive." ... Isn't that a must? Otherwise, are you going to sneak into the field and steal melons to eat? Although I don't mind at all.

  "Right," Mei Qian seemed to have thought of something, her eyes gleaming with a strange light as she gazed at Lü Dao, "I checked out the plot here before I came. You probably haven't seen it, have you? Have you met Leowell?"

  Lu had just lit up with interest when he heard the next sentence and knew that this person's old problem was acting up again, so he simply shut his mouth and turned around to leave.

  "Hey, tell me quickly," Mei Qian followed closely with an unyielding tone, "he's my favorite character, you must catch him, otherwise I won't acknowledge you as my cousin."

  Lv Meng suddenly turned around, with a sarcastic smile and said, "Oh, then I'm not worried at all, because if you tell others now that I'm your cousin, they won't believe it either." After finishing speaking, he left with big strides.

  Mei was taken aback for a moment before laughing and chasing after him, indeed her awkward brother still needed her to play matchmaker, there's still a long way to go, she wasn't in a hurry.

  After two people walked for a long time, they finally found a hunter living here. Probably because they looked harmless, the man lent them an axe quite readily. He also enthusiastically helped them sharpen that dull and scary old knife, although it was still unavoidable that it was not sharp, but at least it could be used now.

  When Ruto and Mei Qian returned to the forest with their axes, it was already afternoon. Ruto still made the wise decision to complete the work left by Leviel, first cutting down a tree and then letting Mei Qian try to shape it into a giant's appearance. Even though he knew that Mei Qian's work efficiency might not be very high, two people would still be better than one. Today had already wasted too much time, Ruto wanted to speed up as much as possible so that they could hurry back tonight.

  As for transportation, that matter is left unspoken, as long as he completes the content arranged by Rivaille, it's fine.

  It turned out that the law was right, and after the law had finally chopped everything up and piled it into a roughly human-shaped heap with Mei Qian, the hunter appeared and said he was actually a soldier who had been sent here to supervise the work early this morning.

  He had long been familiar with and adapted to the attribute of being two-faced.

  As for Mei Qian's appearance, the fake hunter didn't understand so he didn't ask, but what about Li Wei? When chopping wood, a lost and amnesiac girl appeared, asking if she could stay at his house. Oh, is this a Grimm fairy tale or Journey to the West, One Thousand and One Nights or Dream of the Red Chamber... Lv felt very sincerely that if he said so, Li Wei would take him flying away without saying another word.

  Speculation is all fantasy, facts are hard truth.

  When the calm and collected Mei Qian, who was actually a tomboy on the inside, arrived in front of Lieutenant Colonel Wilier, she finally understood what it meant to have an air of authority. After scanning her with an expressionless face for a few seconds, Wilier had someone lead her to the female soldiers' quarters. Although Mei Qian was excited, she knew how to proceed gradually and, after shaking hands with Lyu, followed the duty officer out with a crisp pat on her butt, leaving Lyu alone in an eerie atmosphere staring at Wilier.

  "Uh, if there's nothing else, I'll just head back then." Someone who was trying to make a quick escape had their feet greased and was about to slip away, but Llewellyn grabbed the collar of their shirt and spun them around to face him.

  Lewell's smile-not-smile expression made Lyu feel like he had done something wrong, and his scalp felt a little numb.

  "I had no idea that my soldiers could bring back a girl by cutting down trees in the forest." He paused, narrowing his eyes to size up Lu, "Especially one who's still wet behind the ears."

  Without any warning, he picked up a pen from the table and started doodling, saying nonchalantly, "Tomorrow morning, you wouldn't want me to wake you up with my most 'gentle' method, would you?"

  Lü quickly nodded and joked, of course unwillingly.

  After waving his hand to let Lü leave, Leviel picked up the manuscript in his hand, on which a rough sketch of two people embracing was scribbled. Leviel's eyes were dim, and he looked at it calmly for a while before crumpling the paper into a ball and throwing it into the wastebasket.

  It seems that training needs to be doubled.

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