“Bai Ling, come and look at this.” Holding a hat with a shark pattern, Leticia beckoned to Bai Ling, “How about this as a gift?”
“It doesn’t feel very unique. I think it’s better to buy some local specialties,” Bai Ling shook her head, not fully agreeing with Leticia’s choice.
They were currently choosing souvenirs to take back, and they had some disagreements on this matter.
Leticia felt that bringing back small trinkets would be fine, but Bai Ling thought they needed to bring back something distinctive, like dried fish or crabs.
Regarding this idea, Leticia expressed her apprehension, “Most of the sea creatures in this area have been affected by that monster. I’m afraid these things might cause problems if we eat them.”
According to Leticia’s guess, every marine creature in this sea had been affected by that monster, especially the intelligent seven-colored big fish. It was certainly not a result of natural evolution.
“That’s true, but since we’ve come all this way, we should bring something characteristic back,” Bai Ling turned her head, trying to find what she considered distinctive items in the vast commercial street.
“If we’re talking about characteristics, I think I have a good idea,” Leticia said with a giggle. “Let’s buy a nice glass bottle, then go to the beach and fill it with some sand. Isn’t that the best souvenir?”
Not only is it convenient, but it’s also cheap.
How much could a nice glass bottle cost? Ten to twenty yuan at most.
As for the sand, it’s even more convenient, just go to the beach and fill it up. It’s free, fill as much as you want.
It’s just that Bai Ling found this method a bit… well, insincere.
Facing Bai Ling’s opinion, Leticia rolled her eyes, this stubborn person really had a rigid way of thinking. “For Xiaoya, the best gift is your safe return home.”
Bai Ling had almost not made it back this time. Isn’t being able to stand here and pick out gifts for Xiaoya the best gift for Xiaoya?
“Anyway, I definitely won’t agree to you taking the seafood from here back. Not only is it difficult to transport, but it’s also dangerous. It’s better to get some handicrafts.” Leticia pulled Bai Ling towards a small craft shop. The various exquisite small items displayed inside immediately caught Leticia’s eye.
This place is quite good.
Carefully walking into the shop, Leticia’s first glance fell upon a black-haired girl nestled behind the counter, looking at her phone. Was she the shop owner? Or the shop owner’s daughter?
Hearing the movement at the door, the girl looked up at Leticia and Bai Ling, then said impatiently, “The prices are marked below the items. If you see something you like, just pay for it yourself and take it.”
After speaking, she continued to look at her phone.
With this kind of service attitude, it was no wonder this small shop’s business was so poor.
However, although the girl’s service attitude was terrible, the items in the shop were indeed of good quality and reasonable price.
“Wow, Bai Ling, look at this. It’s only eighteen yuan, how cheap!” Leticia looked at a sparkling seven-colored little bird and instinctively tugged on Bai Ling’s sleeve, “Xiaoya will definitely like it, right?”
Bai Ling nodded affirmatively. Not to mention Xiaoya, even she herself had started to like this beautiful little bird.
And such a glass little bird could be taken home for only eighteen yuan, which was almost unbelievable.
Taking the glass little bird into her hand and feeling its weight, Leticia felt that this little bird would be absolutely fine as a gift. Although it was a bit cheap, expensive things might not necessarily look as good as this little bird.
“Keep this for now, I’ll look for more pretty things,” Leticia was still thinking about her original idea.
As she browsed casually in the shop, she felt as if she had stepped into a huge treasure trove. Everything here was so beautiful, yet the prices were so cheap, so cheap that it was unbelievable.
“Fake,” people would easily think of this word. But these things were made of glass, and ordinary glass products seemed to be around this price, right?
In other words, buying them is definitely not a loss?
Looking at the increasingly bright eyes of Leticia, Bai Ling felt that she seemed to have discovered another hobby of Leticia. The Demon King lady, just like the dragons in stories, liked shiny little things.
“If you like them, it’s okay to buy them all,” Bai Ling walked to Leticia’s side and said with a tone of inhuman wealth, “It won’t cost much to buy all these things here.” Coincidentally, Bai Ling was never a girl who lacked money.
“Forget it, I have nowhere to put them when I buy them back,” Leticia shook her head. As the Demon King, she certainly didn’t lack these things. Let alone glass, she had a whole warehouse full of gems. “We are here to pick out a gift for Xiaoya, not to buy things for myself.”
“Consider it repayment for saving my life.”
“This little bit of stuff won’t pay it off,” Leticia snorted. Bai Ling’s life was worth much more than these trinkets.
After walking forward a few more steps, Leticia’s gaze was attracted by a small hourglass. The hourglass occupied a small counter by itself. Unlike other items in the shop, the hourglass looked very ordinary.
Its light-colored wooden frame, crystal-clear casing, and the fine white sand it contained made it an anomaly in the entire shop.
“Oh? Is the sand inside taken from the beach?” Leticia looked at the small lines of text below the hourglass and immediately felt that this hourglass was exactly to her liking.
The wood material was quite ordinary, but the most important thing was the sand inside. Buying this hourglass meant she didn’t have to do the work of filling sand herself. That’s good.
As for the price, it was as affordable as always.
Taking the hourglass into her hand, Leticia declared that she had made her selection. Two small items were enough.
A small gift with profound meaning is fitting. Now Xiaoya is a young lady, so such a gift is perfect.
If Xiaoya found these items not valuable enough, Leticia would sign her name on these two items. Items signed by the Demon King would then become valuable.
“The total is less than fifty…” Bai Ling mentally added the prices of the two items and couldn’t help but admit that Leticia was somewhat stingy in some aspects.
After paying, Leticia and Bai Ling left the shop. Only then did the girl raise her head, “Another couple, tsk.”
She had already chosen her gift for Xiaoya, but Bai Ling had not yet found a gift she was satisfied with, so Leticia had to endure the bustling crowd and accompany Bai Ling to wander aimlessly in the commercial street.
“So why don’t you pick out something little girls like to give to Xiaoya, just like I did?” Leticia said with a frown as she followed behind Bai Ling. “With so many people, we really shouldn’t have chosen this time to come.”
“I just feel that I want to pick the best gift for Xiaoya,” Bai Ling scratched her head. “But I don’t know what to choose.”
Originally, she wanted to bring back some local specialties, but after Leticia mentioned it, she felt that what Leticia said made sense. The things from the sea might have been contaminated by that monster.
Although people here ate such things almost every day, and there were no reports of anyone’s body mutating or anything, there was still that possibility.
Bai Ling didn’t want to wake up one morning and find her sister had some strange things on her body.
“How about buying Xiaoya some clothes?” Leticia suggested.
Little girls generally like pretty clothes.
But Xiaoya was also a young girl on the verge of adulthood. Whether she would like them was a question.
Most likely she would like them.
“She already has too many clothes at home,” Bai Ling shook her head. Without financial pressure, Xiaoya’s consumption power was quite astonishing.
Even Bai Ling had to set a spending limit for Xiaoya, otherwise, the things Xiaoya found from outside would fill up the house.
Good heavens, clothes wouldn’t work, and small decorations wouldn’t work either. Then what gift did Bai Ling want to bring back?
“I say, why don’t you just pick one casually? We’re going back tomorrow, and we don’t have much time to waste here today.”
Of course, this was a lie.
Leticia didn’t need to pack her luggage at all. Kira had brought a few maids this time, so the packing was up to them.
As for Bai Ling… Miss Bai’s choice was to discard all her belongings here.
So they could wander around the commercial street all day today.
It’s just that Leticia didn’t like this kind of aimless wandering and so many people.
“Hey, Bai Ling, are you listening?” Leticia, not receiving a response, shifted her gaze towards Bai Ling and found that Miss Bai seemed to be attracted by a shop on the street.
The shop’s display window featured several large plush dolls, which looked very cute and were definitely the type of gifts that girls would like.
Leticia felt she had probably guessed Bai Ling’s thoughts.
“Want to bring this back for Xiaoya?” Leticia pointed to the large dolls and asked.
This choice is quite good.
Bai Ling nodded. She felt Xiaoya would like these things.
Holding Leticia’s hand, Bai Ling strode confidently into the doll shop. Surprisingly, there were no staff members in this shop.
Oh, to be more precise, this was actually a claw machine arcade.
Looking at the machines lined up in front of her, Bai Ling’s expression became strange. She hadn’t expected it to be like this.
She was not an expert in this area.
“Why are you looking at me? Do you want me to help you catch it?” Feeling the gaze from beside her, Leticia shook her head helplessly, “These things are a rip-off. I advise you to think twice.”
Claw machines are very rigged. After all, not everyone can grab whatever they want like a certain Dried Fish Girl.
Most people can only gamble on the guaranteed claw. If the merchant is a bit tricky, a doll that costs a single digit might require more than ten times the price to catch.
“It’s okay, I’m not short on money.” Pulling Leticia to a machine, Bai Ling pointed at one of the dolls, with pleading eyes, “I want this one.”
“Alright.” Leticia stretched her wrist. This doll was positioned quite high up, giving the impression that it could be caught no matter how you tried.
But as an old hand, Leticia knew that the claws of claw machines could always drop the dolls in various strange ways, so she really couldn’t be sure how many attempts it would take to catch this cute little guy.
Moving the claw to the top of the doll, Leticia pressed the red capture button. Accompanied by the buzzing sound of the machine running, her target was actually caught steadily.
Looking at the doll being caught and dropped into the exit with disbelief, Leticia couldn’t help but reach out and pinch Bai Ling’s waist.
Miss Bai immediately frowned and reached out to pat Leticia’s mischievous little hand, “Pervert.”
She was wearing very revealing clothing today, with her fair waist directly exposed. So Leticia’s touch directly touched her skin, making her already sensitive waist feel a strange sensation.
“I just want to know if I’m dreaming. This machine is too weird. You can catch anything with a random grab.” Leticia mumbled softly, leaned down and took out her prize. “Speaking of which, why do I feel this doll looks a bit familiar?”
This Q-version doll looked a bit like the seven-colored big fish she had encountered before.
“It does look a little like it. Did anyone see that fish before us?” Bai Ling looked at the doll in Leticia’s hand and nodded thoughtfully. “I just took a look, and this doll seems to be the only one here, which is why I wanted to catch it.”
The other dolls were in multiples, only this doll was singular. Could this be the supposed grand prize?
“Perhaps other big fish dolls have been caught by others,” Leticia didn’t find it strange. This big fish doll inherited the beautiful appearance of the big fish, and compared to the terrifyingly large big fish, the doll big fish looked much cuter.
Who could refuse such a doll?
It was lucky that only one was left.
“Yeah, should we find a box or something? I feel like just holding it in my hand is a bit… uh, shabby?”
“Please, this is a gift for your sister. Why do you care so much?” Leticia found Bai Ling’s thoughts somewhat incomprehensible. As for her, Leticia, when giving gifts to her sister, she would just call her sister over and hand over the gift.
Unlike Bai Ling, who had so many twists and turns.
“I feel like it’s better to package it,” Bai Ling said softly, holding the soft doll. “Oh, right, I want to play this too.”
“Alright, let’s see how many tries it takes you to catch one.”
