The weather on C Island was terrible on the Lunar New Year's Eve. It was raining and windy.
And considering it was winter, the temperature was quite low.
Those roaming outside would have their umbrellas deformed by the wind seconds after they were opened, so they had no choice but to buckle themselves inside their coats tighter and hurry back home or find a shelter from the rain.
Despite the terrible weather, a man in a black windbreaker walked slowly on the road with his hands in his pockets, seemingly oblivious to how much in a hurry other people were.
He was tall, rather thin, and seemed like he was going to have a difficult time standing straight in the strong wind. But he could. Not only he could, but he even walked steadily into the most expensive hotel on C Island, seemingly completely unbothered by the wind.
Right after the man went in, Vicente showed up and also entered the hotel. This hotel was the place she stayed in when she wasn’t in her castle.
She had only taken a couple of steps in when her phone suddenly rang.
Upon seeing "Princess Nina" on her phone screen, Vicente finally picked the call up.
"Oh, what a surprise! You are actually giving me a call! Do you want me to go home and celebrate the Lunar New Year's Eve with you and the children?" Vicente walked inside with a smile, patting the raindrops on her head and body away with her empty hand from time to time.
Nina said, "Yes, you’ve been out for a month. When will you come back? I’m bored."
"You want me to go back because you’re bored? Won't your conscience hurt? Why are you always like this?" Vicente asked angrily.
"As you said, I'm always like this. What are you still getting angry about it for? Shouldn’t you get used to it already?" Nina said teasingly.
"Then I won't go back. You can spend the Lunar New Year's Eve alone!" Vicente threatened.
"Sure! In that case, I'll take your mom back to Scher Mountain to celebrate," Nina said calmly. "You'll have to celebrate alone."
"No, please don't." Vicente and her mother had been living alone for years. Now that they finally have Nina in their family, how could she be willing to live such a life again?
Vicente apologized immediately, "I'm sorry. I'm in the hotel. I’m going to get my luggage now, and I’ll be home soon."
"Alright, I'll wait for you at home. Don't forget my gift."
"Your gift?"
"Oh, you haven’t prepared any gift for me?" Nina asked in reply.
When Vicente heard that, she seemed to see Nina standing in front of her, asking for a gift.
Frightened by the image in her mind, she hurriedly said, "Of course, I have! How could I not bring you any gift?"
"Okay, bye then." Nina hung up.
Vicente sighed in relief and turned to her assistant. "What kind of gift should I prepare?"
"A gift? Is it for your wife?" Demi, Vicente’s assistant, was a racially mixed beauty with curly black hair. She was about 1.72 meters tall, almost the same height as Vicente.
"And our unborn children." Vicente looked at Demi. "But the main point is still Nina. You’re both women. What kind of gift can make her the happiest?"
In fact, Vicente was also a girl, but she’d lived as a boy for years. If it weren't for Nina’s appearance in her life, Vicente would’ve forgotten her own gender.
Demi was silent, seemingly thinking about the matter. A moment later, she said, "I think she'll like any gift if you go to town on it."
"But it's already too late now. I really don’t have the time to go to town on it." Vicente patted her forehead in frustration.
Demi smiled. "You can give her whatever she wants."
"Good idea." Vicente's eyes brightened, but a second later, they dimmed again as if she had thought of something that dispelled that idea. "But that won’t work. What she wants is too far away from here."
What Nina wanted was John.
John was far away in Lexingport City. It would take at least a day to get here from Lexingport City, and that was if he took a flight. It would take about four to five days if he traveled by sea.
Moreover, with the ban Anne put, John simply couldn't get close to C Island,
unless he sneaked in.
Vicente eventually waved her hand in frustration. "Please think about it for me. We still have a couple of hours to prepare the gift."
"Alright, leave it to me," Demi answered. When she looked away, she happened to see the side profile of the man in a black windbreaker standing at the front desk.
Judging from his silhouette and side profile, she knew that the man wasn’t a native of C Island.
Demi said, "Count Nangong, that man is a little strange."
Vicente turned her gaze following her line of sight.
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