Chapter One Little Girl

  Li Luoyu went upstairs, and there were many more things in the room, but it still looked empty because he had just asked a few workers to move away the rotten sofa. The broken appliances that were originally left by the landlord had been taken away by the second-hand appliance recycling people for only over 100 yuan, as they were already semi-defective products that only retained basic functions. After being destroyed by An Nanxiu, they became completely worthless.

  Annan Xiu Zheng sat on the bed in a daze, just like when he left her sitting at the bus station that morning.

  Li Rouyu walked over and squatted down in front of her, looking at her.

  The first time he saw her, she was wearing a magnificent palace dress, proudly like the queen overlooking the whole world. Then he knew that she was the eldest princess of the Annan royal family.

  Now looking at her, wearing a skirt that just passed the knee, revealing two slender and straight little legs, placed side by side, weak little calves wrapped in short white socks, a pair of small leather shoes hiding the small feet inside.

  She was like a lonely, friendless little girl, watching the girls outside jumping rope and playing house, while she could only sit alone in her room quietly and solitary.

  Li Ruyu thought that he should buy more clothes for her and care about her more, couldn't just take care of her food and shelter.

  Even if she was an arrogant, rude and violent little girl, sometimes Li Luyu looked at her without getting angry or disliking her. Sometimes she could be quite playful and cute.

  Of course, Li Luoyu wouldn't tell her about his feelings for her; otherwise, she would definitely widen her eyes and say "No one has ever dared to say I'm fun!"

  "Missing home?" Li Luyou asked her in a low voice.

  An Nan Xiu turned her head around and still looked at him with that stubborn expression, saying very firmly: "No!"

  "After dinner we went shopping for clothes, and you asked me to check what that Cadillac manufacturer does?" Li Luyou asked.

  Annanxiu didn't want to say, let Lǐ Lùyóu investigate first.

  Li Luyu casually found a piece of information on Baidu Encyclopedia and showed it to Annanxiu.

  "In 1902 in the United States of Detroit? In what year is it now, how many years have passed?" Annan Xiu tapped her slender fingers on the phone screen.

  "It's been 110 years since 1902, enough time for even the prettiest little girl to become an old lady. Of course, for our immortal and ageless Princess An Nan Xiu, it would take a hundred more years for her to just begin becoming a goddess." Li Luoyu flattered Princess An Nan Xiu excessively as he saw she wasn't in a good mood.

  Annan looked at him with suspicion, "Are you sick?"

  Li Luyu was disappointed and uninterested, it seems that human nature is cheap and only adapts when confronted with a sharp tongue.

  "What is Detroit in America?" Annanxiu thought for a moment and asked again.

  "I calculated it, if we walk, about 1 hour for 5 kilometers, without sleep or food, it would take more than 4 months, over 100 days. If we take the bus, even with a faster speed, it would still take over a month. And driving, even faster, but at least 10 days of non-stop driving day and night." Li Luyu thought that telling her directly that it was over 10,000 kilometers would be beyond her comprehension.

  "That's a pretty far place, but was this car manufacturer really established in 1902? What does its logo mean?" Annan furrowed her brow, full of doubt.

  "Here it is said that gold and black symbolize wisdom and wealth, red symbolizes decisiveness, silver white symbolizes purity, benevolence, virtue and richness, blue represents the spirit of chivalry. Oh, this emblem was recently changed to this one, the previous one was slightly different." Li Luyu didn't have much research on this, wasn't very clear, and didn't know what Annanxiu wanted to do, and could only find these materials.

  "That must be just a coincidence, the Tianyun Empire's strongest opponent in the Tianyun Divine Realm, the emblem of the Nanhu Imperial Family is almost the same as this one, except for a few more silly birds on the shield." An Nanxiu tossed aside Li Luyu's phone, looking somewhat disappointed.

  "It doesn't matter, you'll be able to return to Tianyun Divine Realm sooner or later." Li Luyu held her hand and comforted her. At this time, he couldn't help but feel that An Nanxiu was a little homesick for Tianyun Divine Realm. After all, she was just a 14-year-old girl who had lost the power she was most proud of in an completely unfamiliar environment. The loneliness, the sense of loss, Li Luyu could understand.

  "Who knows?" Annan Xiu was still sulking.

  "The refrigerator has been bought back, you can go to the supermarket tomorrow to buy white sugar ice sticks. The super-large refrigerator, no matter how much you want to install, it can be installed." Li Luyu tried to divert her attention again.

  This time Annan Xiu was slightly happier.

  After dinner, An Nanxiu changed into a pair of softer slippers and watched as Li Luyu busied herself with household chores, finally growing somewhat impatient.

  "You just said you'd take me shopping for clothes."

  Annanxiu hates it most when others don't keep their promises.

  "We don't go out, we buy online, it's much cheaper. Now that prices are rising, buying things online is the only way to make one dollar worth two dollars." Li Luyou was very thrifty, except when Annan Xiu came and he temporarily bought her three sets of clothes at a supermarket, all his other clothes and shoes were bought online, basically not contributing any income to street vendors.

  An Nan Xiu felt a bit disappointed. She still liked the feeling of wandering around on the streets, but she obediently followed to Li Luoyu's room.

  She still doesn't understand what it means to buy online, but she won't ask more questions, how can she pretend that she knows nothing?

  Li Ruyu chose a girl's style for Annan Xiu, but Annan Xiu was disdainful, "Too childish."

  An Nan Xiu sat next to Li Luoyu, looking at her sideways. Her long eyelashes, small nose, big eyes, and red lips made her look like a little girl, yet somehow not quite so childish after all.

  She didn't like it, so Li Luyu found some styles that ordinary girls liked for her. Annanxiu was dissatisfied with everything she saw and finally chose a Chinese-style short skirt.

  The model in the picture has a gentle and elegant temperament, this Chinese-style short skirt should be considered an improved cheongsam, without the traditional cheongsam's high slit, the hem is made into a slightly raised style, only the collar is still the traditional small round collar and bean-shaped buttons.

  The taste is good, but Li Luyu thinks it's definitely not suitable for her. However, An Nanxiu is not someone who listens to others' opinions, and she urges Li Luyu to pay quickly.

  "Ordered today and should arrive tomorrow afternoon." The delivery point is local to Zhonghai, one of the benefits of living in a big city is that express delivery is very efficient.

  Annan Xiu thought it was quite interesting, no need to pick anything herself, strolling around and looking here and there was fun, but Annan Xiu didn't like entering a store only to have someone staring at her body as if they were helping her choose clothes.

  Annan Xiu's second outfit was a short skirt suit, with a black lace ruffled collar blouse on top and a mid-short skirt on the bottom, the kind that requires wearing shorts underneath, Li Youyu took a photo of her in the shorts set.

  "Let me take another look!" Annan Shuyu became more and more interested.

  "You can choose whatever you want under 80 yuan, but anything over that needs my approval." Actually, girls' clothes are pretty cheap at this time, many of them only cost 50-60 yuan and even come with free shipping.

  An Nan didn't care about Li Luyu anymore, just now she stared at Li Luyu's movements, every step was remembered clearly, Li Luyu's online banking password wouldn't be missed, soon she took another photo of a piece of clothing.

  Li Luyu wasn't interested in accompanying her to pick, and her hobbies were different from Li Luyu's. Li Luyu played with his phone on the side, then Annanshu bumped his elbow.

  "Get out." An Nan said with a red face.

  "This is my room!"

  Li Rouyu reminded her with great dissatisfaction.

  "I want to buy that thing..." An Nanxiu wanted to buy a bra.

  Li Rouyou understood, "This must be what you bought last time, what was it?"

  An Nanxiu hummed twice, although very dissatisfied, but still failed to drive Li Luyu away.

  Li Rouyou bought lingerie for An Nanxiu, and An Nanxiu asked him: "What does 'cup size' mean?"

  Li Ruyu looked at her and really couldn't guess what size An Nanxiu should wear. "This needs to be measured, do you know yourself?"

  Where is Annanxiu?

  Li Rou took out a tape measure and said, "What are you wearing inside? Measure this accurately, or else it will be very uncomfortable for you to wear later."

  "Are you going to take it off?" An Nanxiu looked at Li Luyu with a suspicious gaze, guessing whether he had any other intentions.

  "Is it okay?"

  "You go out, I'll measure it myself, is it just around a circle?" Annan Xiu successfully drove Li Luyu away.

  Li Luyu waited outside the door for a while before knocking, but An Nanxiu remained silent.

  Li Rouyou ignored her and went to take a bath. When she came back to knock on the door, An Nan opened it with an expressionless face.

  "Have you bought everything?" Li Rouyou could be certain that earlier she had not only measured her bust, but also bought the bra, otherwise she wouldn't have taken so long.

  "I've bought it." Annan Xiu didn't disappoint him.

  Li Luoyu rushed to check how much money was left in his online bank account, but he had set a one-time payment limit of over 100 yuan, which required another verification password. An Nanxiu, even if she bought a lot, as long as it didn't exceed 100 yuan at once, wouldn't spend too much money.

  "Only six hundred ice pops." Annan Xiuzhu said disdainfully, not just six hundred white sugar ice pops? Sometimes Annan Xiuzhu could eat twenty or thirty in a day, one after another.

  Li Luyu couldn't understand why she didn't say three hundred yuan, but instead said six hundred ice sticks. She pulled out her phone and picked up a light purple silk handkerchief from the chair where An Nanxiu had been sitting earlier. There was a string on it, and she casually picked it up. "What's this?"

  The silk texture is extremely soft, comfortable to the touch and smooth. As soon as your fingers come into contact with it, you feel a warm and fragrant aroma lingering on your fingertips, which is released in an instant, wrapping around Ruyi Li's body, making her nose feel so uncomfortable... But why does it smell just like Annan Xiu's scent?

  Li Luyu looked at the piece of silk, neatly cut and sewn with a jade-colored border around it. In the center of the silk was a delicate and elegant vine-plant pattern, with tendrils wrapped around the lower half of the fabric. Two thin ribbons were tied in the middle, with several small but perfectly round pearls embedded on top. The buckle shone brightly, and incredibly, it was two tiny dolls holding hands that formed the clasp.

  "Apron?" Li Luyu had only seen this thing on TV and couldn't help but look up to ask An Nanxiu.