5. The Vast Sea Flower Field
However, this problem, in fact, Qiu Shui had asked Yan Chuyue once at the very beginning.
She didn’t say anything at the time, just rubbed her head and chuckled, “Some things can’t be explained with words. If you want to help me, Little Qiu Shui, then don’t ask.”
Therefore, Qiu Shui, who was as tight-lipped as a bottle, even though she still felt confused, did not ask about this matter again.
And so, it wasn’t until the day Miss Gong finally finished the thing, and at the same time, it happened to be the day before the initiation ceremony.
This day was as usual. The two had no more contact since the morning, but in the evening, after Gong Yiling had prepared the meals for the few girls, she said to Yan Chuyuyue, “Chuyue, are you free now?”
“Hmm?” Yan Chuyue, for a rare time, nodded at her. “Yes.”
“Then can you accompany me to a place?”
“Alright.”
The two then left the main hall, leaving a few girls who could probably guess what had happened, and who wanted to go but were afraid of disturbing others, looking at each other.
In the end, it was Qiu Shui who calmly said, “Let’s eat first. We’ll talk after we’ve finished.”
Hearing this, the few people immediately buried their heads and started working hard, cleaning everything on the table with the momentum of a whirlwind. It was probably the first time they had eaten so exaggeratedly.
As for Yan Chuyue and Gong Yiling…
The two walked along a long mountain path, letting the moonlight of the night quietly sprinkle on their bodies, and even pulling out two faint shadows on the small path.
The surroundings were silent, and even the chirping of cicadas in the summer night could hardly be heard. The only thing that could be heard was the creaking sound of shoes stepping on the gravel road, and the two’s unhurried breathing.
For a moment, no one spoke.
After the two had walked a long way, Gong Yiling took the initiative to say, “Chuyue…”
Only three words, and then it was gone.
Yan Chuyue waited for a long time without waiting for the next sentence, and instead sighed and said, “Just say what you want to say. Are you afraid I’ll get angry?”
“Not really.” Gong Yiling smiled awkwardly. “I just feel that it’s really good to meet you here.”
“Hmm?” Yan Chuyue was behind her. Hearing this, she tilted her head with some confusion. “Why did you suddenly say this?”
“I just felt it.” Gong Yiling touched her nose with some embarrassment. “It’s never too late, right?”
“It’s fake to feel it, but it’s true to ask for something.” Yan Chuyue mumbled with displeasure. “I have no interest in messing with any more empty pills for you. You can find someone else to do it.”
“Eh…” Gong Yiling immediately turned around and shook her head. “If you’re not willing, I won’t force you. And don’t worry, I’m not here for this matter.”
“Then what is it for?”
Gong Yiling did not speak, but just took the other party’s hand and ran with her on the small path.
Yan Chuyue, who was forcibly taken along by this person, although the matter was a bit sudden, she did not resist, and had no other reaction, just slightly lowered her head, watching if her footsteps would step on the heel of the person in front.
This habit… seemed to have been formed when she was very young. No matter who was walking in front, she would subconsciously do this.
Just because, in her memory, the person who used to walk with her like this the most, he was a little pigeon-toed and was easily stepped on by her, and then he would fall flat on his face.
And now, although the light was dim, although she could barely see anything in her line of sight, Yan Chuyue was still walking according to this habit, without raising her head at all, and saw the gradually clear and approaching bright place in front of her.
After just a few minutes, the two’s footsteps stopped, and then they heard Gong Yiling say, “We’re here.”
“We’re here?”
Yan Chuyue then raised her head. With just one glance, the scene in front of her was instantly reflected in her eyes.
The simplest and most direct impression was a field of flowers.
However, this flower field was not just a flower field.
The flowers in the flower field were all ordinary flowers. Even if they were beautiful, it was already night, and even with the moonlight, it was not clear. And Yan Chuyue herself had several flower fields, and the things planted in them were not ordinary things, but extremely rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
And now, this flower field, which was like the ice crystals of the vast sea, actually had color in Yan Chuyue’s eyes.
An extremely dreamlike azure blue spontaneously emitted an azure blue brilliance, and under the reflection of the moonlight, it did not seem abrupt, nor did it seem dim.
Looking at the sea of flowers, it was like the vast sea, but it had a few less deep and mysterious, and a few more dreamlike and hazy.
Subconsciously, Yan Chuyue squatted down by the side of the flower field and gently touched the petals of this flower with her hand. She only felt a bone-chilling coldness.
“This is not a real flower. Be careful when you touch it.” Gong Yiling, seeing this, quickly reached out and pressed on Yan Chuyue’s hand, and Yan Chuyue also turned to look at her. “This is…?”
“The core of the mechanical puppet is this extremely cold ice crystal.” Gong Yiling said, “I was originally going to buy enough raw materials for the puppet core and slowly work on it, but I thought this thing was quite beautiful. I always felt that it was a waste to put it in a puppet, so I just got a lot of it out.”
She said it simply, but this flower field, even Yan Chuyue could see that it had cost a lot of money.
The extremely cold ice crystal was a rare mineral vein that only existed in the far north. The danger of that place was self-evident. Basically, not many people would go to that place to mine.
Therefore, this vast sea flower field carved from this extremely cold ice crystal was not as simple as spending a lot of money.
“Why so wasteful?” Yan Chuyue, although greatly shocked, and even a little speechless, still insisted on scolding with a smile, “You’re showing off just because you’re rich.”
“If you don’t show off when you’re rich, then when do you show off?” Gong Yiling muttered without any pain. “And I promised you before that I would take you to the seaside. Later, you were always at home and probably didn’t have a chance to go out. Our place seems to be a bit far from the sea.”
“I felt I should give you flowers, but I also felt that just giving flowers was not very interesting, so in the end, I changed the thing I promised you a little.”
Listening to Gong Yiling’s account, Yan Chuyue couldn’t help but purse her lips. A little bit of brilliance flickered in her clear eyes.
“This place is called the Vast Sea Flower Field. From today on, it’s your place. Isn’t this gift of mine quite—”
At this point, Yan Chuyue interrupted her.
“Do you know what day it is today?”
