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Fairleya followed Li Girl to Fennel Dumpling Shop. Today, many people from Dragonfall Lodge went to Dragon Clan to attend the wedding of Kairuot and Belden, making the entire Wolong Street quite deserted. The dumpling shop was rarely this quiet, with only a few customers eating dumplings inside.
As Fairleya entered the shop and saw the dumplings being eaten by the customers, she recognized them as the Leaf Dumplings that Kairuot had once taught her to make. It was clear that Kairuot had a strong connection with this shop, and her relationship with this Li Girl seemed to be special.
Li Girl led Fairleya through the entrance and past the kitchen, where they soon encountered Li Girl's parents.
Seeing Li Girl return home, Xiao Li's mother expressed her concern, saying, "That young man is already married; you should stop pursuing him."
Li Girl replied firmly to her mother, "I just like her; I won't marry anyone else."
Her mother shook her head helplessly and said, "I really can't do anything with you; you're just as stubborn as your father." At that moment, she noticed Fairleya standing behind them and quickly said to her, "Please excuse my words; I didn't mean to make you laugh."
Li Girl introduced Fairleya to her parents, saying, "This is Kairuot's favorite girlfriend; her name is Fairleya."
Xiao Li's mother scrutinized Fairleya for a moment and said, "Your Kairuot brother is indeed lucky to have such a beautiful girlfriend. You're much prettier than our Xiao Li."
What could Fairleya say? She could only smile shyly.
A beautiful smile can enchant anyone. Fairleya's smile prompted Xiao Li's mother to ask again, "When are you planning to have the wedding? Will it be held at our lodge or...?"
"Mom!" Li Girl interrupted her mother's question. "Sister Laya is still young."
"Still young? You’re already calling her sister," Xiao Li's mother remarked.
"Aunt! I really am still young," Fairleya explained. "In our place, you have to be 90 years old to reach marriageable age."
Xiao Li's mother wanted to say something else, but Li Girl impatiently said, "Don't listen to her endless nagging, let's go!"
After saying that, she hurriedly took Fairleya's hand and rushed upstairs toward her bedroom.
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In Fairleya's eyes, Li Girl's bedroom was not a typical girl's room at all. The walls were adorned with bows, arrows, swords, and other items typically associated with boys. The only thing that indicated this was a girl's room was the dressing table near the bed. On the dressing table lay a delicate dagger. This dagger caught Fairleya's attention; she picked it up and examined it closely. The sheath of the dagger featured an exquisite totem design of a dragon, with floral patterns on both sides, making it look like a beautiful piece of art. Seeing that Fairleya liked it, Li Girl offered a favor: "Since you like this dagger, I'll give it to you for self-defense."
"No, no, I can't accept something from you, my little sister," Fairleya replied as she put the dagger back in its place.
Li Girl told her, "I found this dagger at the bottom of Qilong Pool. I dove down many times looking for Kairuot brother before I discovered it."
Lily insisted on shoving the dagger into Fairleya's hands and said, "Just accept it; consider it a souvenir from your little sister."
Unable to refuse Lily, Fairleya had no choice but to accept it and repeatedly thanked her. In return, she gifted her a Phoenix Gold Hairpin, which Lily accepted without hesitation.
Suddenly, Fairleya noticed a familiar dart on the dressing box. She quickly took out a dart she had been carrying and compared it. Excitedly hugging Li Girl, she exclaimed, "I finally found you! You are my lifesaver! You were so hard to find!!" Tears streamed down her face as she spoke.
Lily patted Fairleya on the back and said, "Sister, it's nothing. Anyone would have helped in your situation. Besides, you are a good friend of Kairuot brother. Don't you want to know about his troubles? Let's sit over there on those chairs and talk slowly."
The two of them held hands like close sisters and walked together to sit on two chairs beside the bed.
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At that moment, Xiao Li's mother had brewed a pot of Fruit Tea and placed it on the tea table between the chairs. As Fairleya sipped the Fruit Tea, she felt a refreshing aroma permeate her senses and couldn't help but praise, "This tea is wonderful! What kind of tea is this? It's so fragrant!"
Li Girl told her that this tea is made from the leaves of Kiwi combined with dried fruits like Dragon's Breath Fruit. The people of Dragonfall Lodge grew up drinking this tea. Speaking of Kiwi, Fairleya knew a little about it and asked, "Is it true that Kiwi is a poisonous fruit? Can its leaves really be made into tea? That's amazing."
"Kiwi is indeed toxic, depending on how you eat it. People with good constitutions may actually suffer from it and could die from poisoning," Li Girl said. "For someone our age, if we didn't eat Kiwi when we were young, we can't eat it now. Eating it will cause heat in the body, making you feel unbearably hot. If you don't have the mating of the opposite sex, you can only wait to die."
"If that's the case," Fairleya seemed to understand Kairuot's predicament, "did Kairuot eat Kiwi?"
"Yes!" Li Girl replied. "To defeat the dragon, he adventured in the Cave of Qilong Pool and ate Kiwi, which increased his power a hundredfold. Although he defeated the dragon, he was poisoned by Kiwi. It was only thanks to Belle, who was determined to find him at the risk of her life, that he was discovered and saved. They lived together in the Cave for over a month. I know that my brother Kairuot's marriage to Belle is not based on love; it's his way of repaying her for saving his life. Before entering Qilong Pool, he always wanted to avoid me and Belle. I used to think he was a very strange person who ignored my straightforward affection for him. Now I understand that he has always been thinking about you; you are his beloved."
Fairleya asked, "Do you really like brother Kairuot that much?"
"Of course!" Lily answered without hesitation, then asked in return, "Do you still like brother Kairuot?"
Fairleya did not answer. At that moment, she felt quite conflicted; knowing the truth added a layer of difficulty to her future interactions with Kairuot. Her feelings for him had shifted from hatred to love, and now her heart was intertwined with both love and hate. Yet she couldn't help but ask Li Girl, "Why do you like brother Kairuot so much?"
"I never ask why I like someone," Li Girl replied. "Since I like him, I don't care how many girls around him like him. As long as he is in my heart, that's enough. You must have him in your heart too, and you like him very much; otherwise, you wouldn't have traveled so far to come here. You must have gone through many dangers to get here, right?"
Hearing this from Li Girl, Fairleya felt a pang of sadness in her heart and sighed heavily.
Li Girl continued to ask, "Can you tell me about it?"
"Alright, I suppose it's fine to share with you," Fairleya began recounting her extraordinary journey in search of Kairuot.
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