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Chapter 119: The Terror of Dusk Tea, the Whole City Shouts for Conscientious Merchants
in the hut.

"I'm sorry, Master Starfire!"

Anna came to her senses, quickly got up from the bed, and kept shouting at Xia Mingyu in a crying voice.

Her eyes were filled with tears, like a little deer.

"Calm down, you have nothing to say to me, it's me who disturbed your sweet dream."

Xia Mingyu took out a handkerchief, gently wiped the girl's wet hair and cheeks, and comforted her.

Feeling the man's gentle movements, Anna gradually calmed down, but the blush on her face still lingered for a long time.

Lady Xinghuo must have thought that I was a dissolute and frivolous woman. However, I just mistook him in reality for a dream. Oh, I was wrong. Am I really a dissolute woman?
From now on, Master Xinghuo will completely hate me. How scary!
Anna looked at Xia Mingyu anxiously, fearing that his flawless eyes like black gemstones would reveal a hint of disgust.

"How much evening tea did you drink?"

Xia Mingyu asked with a frown after sniffing the rich tea aroma in the bedroom and glancing at the empty tea bags in the trash can.

"It started out as one cup a day, then two, then three, and today it seems like four."

Anna counted on her fingers.

As she was counting, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and a smile that looked even more ugly than crying appeared on her pretty face.

She hadn't calculated it before and didn't know it clearly, but now she calculated it and she was horrified to find out.

In just one week, she actually spent twenty copper soles on buying evening tea!

The income she earned from selling flowers for the whole day was only five copper coins, equivalent to half a copper sol, which means that she had spent more than a month's income on selling tea.

"A cup of tea costs one copper sole. The cost of so much tea is not a small amount for you. Is it really that tempting to you?"

Xia Mingyu asked as he looked at the half cup of hot tea left on the bedside table.

In his impression, Anna has always been a frugal and hardworking girl. Even if she is alone, she will walk through the streets and alleys and try her best to sell flowers to passers-by.

But such a simple girl would quickly become addicted to tea after coming into contact with evening tea, and squander her hard-earned money on drinking tea.

The terrifying infectious power of this tea made Xia Mingyu feel a little scared.

"Master Xinghuo, perhaps it's because I can never touch my dreams in reality, so I am so shallowly addicted to illusions."

After a long silence, Anna smiled bitterly, and she thought of the blonde girl who had hugged the young man's arm affectionately that day.

The other person's beautiful appearance made even a girl like her feel pity when she saw him, let alone a young and handsome man like Lord Xinghuo?

"What exactly was the dream you saw after drinking the tea?" Xia Mingyu asked in confusion.

The girl's voice was too soft and blurry before, so he couldn't hear what she said clearly.

Anna's face, which had been gradually returning to its normal color, suddenly turned red again.

She suddenly buried her face in her hands, and her long chestnut hair fell from her shoulders, forming a trembling curtain in front of her.

"I saw...a fantasy dream." Anna's voice was muffled in her palms, and each word seemed to be squeezed out with difficulty.

The tips of her ears were so red they were almost transparent, and even her neck was tinged with a faint pink.

"For the love of the gods, Master Spark, please! Don't make me answer this question!"

The girl choked and there was an obvious cry in her voice.

Xia Mingyu: “.” Looking at the disheveled, crying girl in front of him, he always had the illusion that he was forcing an underage girl.

Giving up asking further questions, Xia Mingyu turned around and focused his attention on the half cup of hot tea.

It was obvious that what he saw were memories after drinking it, but why did Anna and the others see the dreams they longed for in their hearts after drinking it?
Could it be that the tea that the merchant Erkus sent to Red Fox Castle was not the same kind of tea that he sold?

Thinking of this, Xia Mingyu hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and picked up the half cup of hot tea.

The flow state is activated!

In an instant, his consciousness became extremely clear, without any distracting thoughts.

Looking at the amber-rich tea in the cup, he carefully extended his tongue and lightly touched the tea like a dragonfly skimming the water.

The next moment, a memory emerged before him.

When he was a child, he lived in an orphanage. When it was his birthday, he cried loudly because he missed his parents whom he had never seen. At this time, the director brought him a small birthday cake and told him:
“Not all parents give their children love. Maybe sometimes those children are not as good as you!”

Although he didn't understand the meaning of this sentence at the time, because the birthday cake was delicious, he forgot his previous loneliness and just focused on eating the cake.

The memories came to an abrupt end, and Xia Mingyu stared at the teacup in silence.

The tea leaves are the same, but why do different people get different effects after drinking them?
If you just look at the memories and think of it as good entertainment, it is indeed good, but it is not so bad that people will ignore their economic level and buy it crazily without any regard for the consequences.

After all, most people don’t have many memories worth remembering in their lives, and they get tired of seeing too much.

But if you can see the fantasy dream that you desire deep in your heart, the temptation it contains is probably dozens of times greater than the former one, and it can be called a soft opium.

And the most important thing is, is this tea addictive and has withdrawal reactions?

The most important reason why opium is difficult to quit on the blue planet is that after becoming addicted to drugs, the body's original dopamine secretion will stop, so that even normal movement or even breathing will cause unimaginable pain.

If this kind of tea also has this kind of addiction and withdrawal reaction, it means that Sosia's only paradise, the Twilight City that Leo exchanged for his life, will immediately fall into an endless abyss!

Thinking of such a horrible scene, Xia Mingyu frowned tightly, and even beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

You must tell Mrs. Rosa about this immediately!
"Promise me you won't drink evening tea anymore. That's a request."

After saying this, Xia Mingyu hurriedly ran out of the cabin, leaving the tearful girl on the bed.

At the same time, a piece of great news was spreading rapidly in Twilight City.

"Lord Erkus, the Lord of the Dusk Merchant Guild, has announced that the price of Dusk Tea has been reduced to one copper coin per cup!"

The first citizen to learn about it shouted with joy.

This cry was like a stone thrown into still water, causing huge waves throughout the city.

"God bless you, Lord Erkus is the kindest and most generous businessman I have ever met!"

"One copper coin for one cup? I can drink evening tea every day and never have to work again!"

"Long live Lord Urkus, the only merchant in the Southland with a conscience!"

The crowds on the street shouted excitedly, and for a moment the whole city was filled with praises for the businessman.

Finally, these praises were combined into one title - Conscientious Merchant Erkus.

Xia Mingyu walked onto the street, looking at the countless citizens in front of him cheering for Erkus and their brilliant smiling faces, and for a moment he felt a creepy feeling.

(End of this chapter)