Not a god

Chapter 182 A Day of World Peace

Although the Youth Federation offered to arrange a car for him, Chen Xi declined, as taking a few girls out was a private matter. After leaving the airport, he took a taxi to the city center.

After getting off the car, Jiang Wanwan and Jiang Xiaowan chattered incessantly, one on each side of her.
"Brother, are we going to Disneyland?"

"The last time I went, I had to wait in line for ages!"

There's one place I absolutely must visit!

Where are you referring to?

"Demi!"

"That street with year-round comic conventions?"

"There are so many pop-up stores, I want to visit them all!"

"It's a pity we didn't bring any cosplay outfits..."

Chen Xi and Jiang Wanwan visited Shanghai once during their sophomore year winter break.

Recalling her last trip to Shanghai, her impression of the city was that it was a very prosperous city, but nothing more.

The food wasn't particularly special, and the historical and cultural aspects were rather unremarkable. Some of the architectural attractions were nice, but after taking a picture and leaving, the kind of tourism wasn't very interesting. After visiting once, I had no intention of coming back. Chen Xi felt that the reason so many people came to Shanghai was because Shanghai had various exhibitions that were not available in other cities.

Jiang Wanwan had wanted to come to BW here several times, and besides the anime convention, the concentration of domestic anime culture here is very high. There are some streets that she, an otaku who rarely goes out, can enjoy to her heart's content.

Moreover, for Emperor Yan, seeing such an international metropolis was a profound shock to his soul.

Skyscrapers pierce the twilight, neon lights flow like molten gold, crowds surge day and night on the streets, glass curtain walls reflect millions of suns that never set, even dust is enveloped in brilliance and falls rapidly.

She stood amidst towering buildings and a vortex of people, tilting her head back and opening her mouth. The sound she made was like bubbles rising from the sea, drowned out by the surging crowd.

"This is amazing! How did they build this building so tall..."

She uttered this silly remark as she carried a pile of luggage, tilted her head back, and strolled around, looking like a country girl visiting the city for the first time.

A well-dressed man in a suit next to her wanted to laugh at her, but after seeing the woman's beauty, he was astonished as Emperor Yan seeing a bustling metropolis.

Chen Xi said to her, "Go back and write a travelogue."

"Travelogue?" she asked, puzzled. "What's that?"

"Write down your experiences from this trip in a notebook... Or you could start keeping a diary from now on?"

"And what is a diary?"

"It's about writing down your daily routine."

Why write it down?

"Just like taking photos, you record the little things in your daily life so you can see them and look back on them later."

"I have a very good memory."

“It can also be used to practice writing and recognizing characters. Wanwan and I have written them before. Haven’t you learned a lot of characters recently but haven’t had a chance to use them?”

"Did Wanwan write about it too?"

"Elementary school students in this country have all written journals; they are required to write journals during school. Whether they write them in private is another matter."

"Okay, then I'll write one too!"

Wanwan's diary, which she stopped writing after graduating from junior high school, was originally kept in a cabinet in his study and was considered a treasure. He would occasionally take it out to read it. Since he got his personal space, he has always kept it on his person.

The content is basically about what happened today, what my brother is doing, what happened at school. The childish writing style and elementary school handwriting make it easy to see the cute, bright, and silly smiling face of a little girl with braids just by reading the words.

His diary... could be titled "Jiang Wanwan's Observation Diary," but it's just a two-million-word diary of a girl's growth, nothing special.

"Let's go, let's go to the hotel first."

There were four people. Chen Xi booked two rooms: one for himself and the two little gingers, and one for Yan Di and Yi Yi.

The moment Jiang Wanwan saw the king-size bed, her expression suddenly turned serious. She wiped away imaginary blood from the corner of her mouth and said in a childish tone, "Looks like there's going to be a fierce battle tonight..."

Chen Xi ignored her. In fact, if they had booked a standard room, the two of them would definitely have squeezed into his bed. It would have been better to book a double room from the beginning.

Jiang Xiaowan called her to the window: "Come and look, you can see a lot from here."

Wow, this looks amazing!

"Take a picture quickly, take a picture quickly."

"I'm going to upload this to Bilibili later!"

"Don't send it, it will reveal your location."

"That's right..."

The two of them pressed their faces almost against the glass, where they could see the Oriental Pearl Tower and the scenery on both sides of the river.

It's broad daylight now, and the scenery isn't particularly beautiful. The two of them are just as talkative as elementary school students on a spring outing.

Chen Xi sat on the bed, looking at her phone. She was looking at the Youth Federation group chat. The official work group was used for notifications, but this group was for chatting and joking around.

Gu Hang: We've arrived at the Shanghai branch.

Gu Hang: [Image]
Yu Xia: There are so many problems here in Shanghai...

Zhao Xiaoyan: These pan-fried soup dumplings are pretty good, delicious!

Situ: Where's Director Chen? Wasn't he with you?
Gu Hang: Brother Chen went out to play with his wife and kids /crying/crying

Sha Junyi: Wow, a business trip paid for by the company? Director Chen is really unfair!
Lin Jiantao: You guys actually dumped all the work on me and went off to have fun. How can you tolerate that?
Lin Jiantao: I wouldn't be able to stand it if it were me?

Zhao Xiaoyan: Aren't you afraid of Brother Chen spying on you?
Zhao Xiaoyan: Stunned/
There were discussions about work, and there was also chatting and joking. Chen Xi knew what the difficulties were in the work of the Shanghai branch. It was quite simple: there were too few experts. Even the strongest person in the branch at present, the president Fu Xiaoliu, was only a first-level Mountain Moving Clan member.

Just like playing a game, who wouldn't want to team up with someone who's got a powerful backer? I know Su Jiu'er from the Youth League is incredibly strong, but that's in Jiangcheng. Look at your guild, what's going on? Not even a single Tier 2 member. You're making things really difficult for us.

In fact, other branches also face similar problems, but at least they don't have the old forces clustered together like in Shanghai. In some places, there isn't even a single Tier 2 member in the entire city. If this branch president, Fu Xiaoliu, were in those places, he would definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

However, this is Shanghai, where more than a dozen local guilds of old power have several members with second-tier monarch status, while the Youth Federation has none, making its situation quite awkward.

Including Su Jiu'er, Gu Nanzhi and three others, five new second-tier experts have emerged at headquarters in the past six months. Among the people who came with Chen Xi, there are two second-tier Monarchs. They will be stationed in Shanghai for some time to come.

Their arrival has already resolved most of the problems in Shanghai, but there are still some important decision-making matters that Chen Xi needs to handle.

He chatted in the group for a while, with two little ones chattering beside him. After a while, his phone was snatched away, and a disgruntled yet charming face came very close to him.

"You're out having fun and you're still looking at your phone the whole time?"

Jiang Xiaowan went to the next room to see if Yan Di had put away his luggage. Jiang Xiaowan straddled him like a duck, and Chen Xi held her waist to prevent her from falling backward. She took a sniff and smelled a pleasant fragrance. This scent was different from usual; it must be a new perfume she had bought.

His sudden sniffing motion made Jiang Wanwan's face flush slightly.

Did you wear perfume?

"Wow, I'm only realizing now that my brother doesn't care about me at all!"

"I discovered it this morning."

"Does it smell good?"

"It smells like a floral scent, sweet. I don't remember ever buying this scent before."

"Hehe, this is from Mom."

"See if it's gotten sweeter."

Chen Xi lowered her head and kissed her on the cheek. She couldn't taste any sweetness, but looking at the girl's shy and adorable appearance, the kiss felt sweet. "Kiss this side again." She brought her other cheek closer.

Chen Xi found it amusing; it was broad daylight, and he didn't have time for any intimacy with her. He coaxed her downstairs.
"Let's go, I need to check a message, then we'll go downstairs and grab something to eat."

"Oh, kiss me, kiss me quickly."

Chen Xi kissed her again, and the girl got up and ran to play next door.

Not long after, Jiang Xiaowan jogged back from next door.

She didn't say anything, just stood there looking at him expectantly, as if she were very aggrieved.

It was obvious that Jiang Wanwan had gone over to brag to her. Chen Xi felt helpless, thinking that it really felt like twins were dating. Sometimes they even had to count who did more or less at night, which was really hard to bear.

"come on."

She gave her two more kisses, and Jiang Xiaowan ran over with a beaming smile.

A little while later, Jiang Wanwan came running over again.

She looked unhappy and said, "Brother, you just kissed Xiaowan ten times..."

“I spanked Xiaowan’s bottom a hundred times. Come here, I’ll make up for it.”

"Humph! Badass brother!"

She angrily covered her bottom and disappeared into the room in a flash.

Chen Xi replied to a few messages, then went over to call the girls up, and they went downstairs to get something to eat and visit some attractions.

Chen Yi is most excited when they go out to play.

Although she didn't know where she was or what she was doing, her emotions would be particularly high when her father and mother were there.

Chen Xi styled her hair in a neat princess bun, and she wore a yellow dress with a white duck pattern and white socks with intricate lace trim, making her look like a small cake.

Without anyone holding her hand, she ran ahead with her head down, and then ran back after a while, full of energy.

Wherever Yandi went, he ate whatever type of food he wanted. He found some pan-fried buns somewhere, and Yiyi grabbed her trouser leg and stared at her intently.

"What are you looking at?"

"Want to eat?"

"I won't feed you."

She was about to go find her father with her head down when Jiang Yan quickly stopped her.

The streets of Shanghai are actually quite vibrant, with the bustling atmosphere of a big city, huge banners and billboards, all sorts of novel shops, stylishly dressed people, and luxury cars occasionally driving by on the side of the road.

"Wow, this is so trendy..."

"What are those people doing? Why are they following a black guy around like that..."

"It seems to be something that's been popular lately, Citywalk?"

"Pfft! I feel so silly..."

"They'll hear you and come beat you up."

"My brother will protect me!"

Jiang Wanwan's social anxiety stems from her fear of interacting with people, not from being afraid of crowded places. Of course, she wouldn't dare go out on the street without her brother by her side, since there are so many people on the street and it's easy to encounter bad people. Without her brother's protection, it's easy to encounter danger on the street!
She enjoys browsing boutiques. Whenever she comes across a store like Miniso, Seco, or Muji on the street, she'll run in to take a look at the trinkets and other unusual everyday items.

Chen Xi acted like a follower or bodyguard, watching over Yi Yi, occasionally paying them, and answering some elementary school-level questions from Jiang Yan.

Sometimes, they'll laugh at something that's perfectly ordinary, even if it's something really funny, and their shoulders will twitch with laughter.

After a while, the two little gingers put on two pairs of sunglasses, and one of them also looked like a trendy man or woman on the street.

Xiao Chenyi also loves browsing these boutiques, where there's a special section selling all kinds of plush dolls, and she always goes there.

Until she saw the wall full of shark plush toys.

"Ho?"

A wall full of sharks!

"Daddy, Daddy, here I am, shark, shark..."

She quickly pulled her father over. Chen Xi saw the pile of shark plush toys and the little guy's anxious look, and found it amusing.

"It's a shark plush toy..."

"So many sharks!"

"These aren't the sharks from our house. These might be the sharks' parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents..."

"Shasha's... Mom and Dad?!"

The little guy was shocked.

"When we get home, Yiyi can tell Shasha that you met his family outside, right?"

The little girl looked up at the wall of shark plush toys, then nodded solemnly.

Other customers in the store smiled as they looked at the adorable little girl and heard her cute conversation with her father. They felt that the little girl's innocent appearance was beautiful and heartwarming.

It's only 11 o'clock now, and apart from Yan Di, none of them are hungry yet. They visited several pavilions that were very technologically advanced and artistic, but Chen Xi felt a bit confused about them. Then Jiang Wanwan took the initiative to lead the way to DiMei.

This is an underground shopping mall, but it's actually a huge anime and manga market. It brings together a bunch of merchandise stores and many fan-made IP chain stores. There are cosplayers as many as at anime conventions, as well as occasional events. It doesn't have a strong commercial aspect and is more like an oasis in the desert for anime and manga lovers.

There's even McDonald's, which is Jiang Wanwan's favorite.

This is a place where the two little ginger dogs could wander around for three days without getting tired.

"It's... heaven!"

"Hey, isn't that person cosplaying as so-and-so?"

"It's the God of Fate!"

"Go take a look at that."

Millet, figurines, posters, and some other very chuunibyou (delusional) and inexplicable things. Jiang Wanwan bought a purple folding umbrella, which looks a bit like the chuunibyou umbrella that Rikka Takanashi has.

"Schwarchird!"

“Gungnir!”

“Gungnir!”

While shouting the name of the move, he poked Chen Xi with the umbrella. Chen Xi was speechless and simply reached out to take it away.

"Brother, brother, give it back to me! Give Gungnir back to me!"

Chen Xi gently tapped her head with the umbrella and handed it back to her. She then excitedly took the umbrella and poked Yiyi. Little Yiyi was poked so much that she ran away for her life, being incredibly childish.

There are also many Lolita, JK, and traditional costume shops here. The group quickly browsed through them. Jiang Wanwan used to love Lolita fashion when she was in junior high school, but now she feels that she is a grown woman and even married, so it is no longer appropriate for her to wear Lolita.

In fact, Chen Xi felt that apart from being a few centimeters taller than in junior high school, she was no different now.

“Gungnir!”

(End of this chapter)