Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Celine sat in the shopping cart, her two long, slender, white legs dangling over the net, her delicate toes peeking out from her white strappy sandals. She was wearing hot pants, so she wasn't worried about showing too much skin, and her long hair rested on the crossbar above the cart for support.

She glanced arrogantly at the stock clerk, too lazy to even speak, and turned her head back.

"This...this...the shopping cart is really only for small children, adults really shouldn't sit on it."

"Why can a child sit but I can't?" Xilin sneered.

"You definitely can't sit here... this is not a good place to sit."

"So you want me, the most noble person in the world, to come into contact with the filthy floor of your store? Ha, human, how outrageous!" Sirin didn't even lower her voice by a decibel, and sneered, "My weight is no more than that of many children plus a cart of goods. I can sit if I want."

"But...but..." The stock clerk was overwhelmed by Xilin's powerful aura and couldn't argue back.

"Human, you're all mine." Sirin continued exploring the goods along the way, too lazy to pay any attention to the man.

Shen Liang took out his phone and opened mobile payment, while the shop assistant looked at him with a puzzled expression. After fumbling around for a while, he realized he didn't have any money on him, so he had to borrow a 500 euro bill from Anna and hand it to the cashier.

"I'll buy this shopping cart. The extra money is for your handling fees."

The stock clerk gave the three men a look as if they were crazy, then muttered something and left. Shen Liang figured he was probably thinking to himself that these three young men were well-dressed and generous, but unfortunately, they had some mental issues.

Xilin continued to boss him around, buying this and that, shouting and yelling. Shen Liang figured he couldn't stop Xilin's willfulness anyway, so he simply didn't. He figured he'd get used to being stared at by the other customers in the store, and that it was Xilin, not him, who looked like an idiot.

Their actual trip was to buy food for their arrival in England. Miss Sirin was very cautious, or rather, used to being bossy; she never relied on her hosts for food, clothing, or lodging, always bringing her own cook. However, this trip involved visiting the headquarters of Destiny, a place where it was impossible to bring a large group of people. Strictly speaking, she could only take Shen Liang to broaden his horizons.

Fortunately, Shen Liang could be the cook in charge of her food, clothing, and shelter.

There's a hierarchy of tastes when it comes to food. After getting used to braised pork knuckle, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes, Sirin found Chinese cuisine quite appealing. However, the place she was going to was the British headquarters of Destiny, which couldn't even make braised pork knuckle, sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes properly. It's said that the Valkyries at Destiny's headquarters have outrageously bad food. Most of the Valkyries, despite their noble status, have learned to cook their own lunches and order takeout. The strongest one, Durandal, even has to bring her own maid.

But Shen Liang isn't just a cook; he's currently the son of the second-in-command of the Shaniat family, and at least publicly, his family status is second only to Sirin and Kiana. Therefore, Shen Liang doesn't intend to cater to Sirin; he buys mostly dishes he likes. However, Sirin also buys quite a lot, mostly inexplicable Chinese snacks.

This time, Xilin insisted on going out for a stroll during her break before her trip. Unlike Xilin, who usually frequents Goethe Street, Shen Liang prefers to shop in places related to food.

Upon reaching the fresh produce section, unlike most supermarkets in Germany which display elaborate and refined meat platters, the fresh produce section of the Chinese supermarket featured live animal parts. Shen Liang pushed Xilin to this spot and saw rows of rabbit meat hanging above the refrigerated display case, freshly slaughtered and glistening with ripe meat.

Celine frowned and covered her nose. "It smells awful."

"This means it's fresh." Shen Liang can now judge the freshness of rabbits just by touch. He bought a large quantity of rabbit meat so that he could not only eat it in England, but also make Zigong rabbit heads for Rosalia and the others.

"Human, did you kill a pig here?" Xilin rarely saw such a brutally arranged animal carcass. Although she covered her nose, she still asked Shen Liang with great curiosity.

"These are rabbits." Shen Liang loaded a truck with rabbits.

"Why did you kill the rabbit!" Xilin was immediately horrified, then glared fiercely at Shen Liang. "I won't allow you to kill the rabbit!"

"But they've already been killed."

"That's too cruel! Pandora! Humans really are such cruel animals. How can you be so indifferent without even a hint of emotion!" Sirin twisted angrily in the shopping cart. "Your heart is colder than Maria's gun!"

"Why can we kill pigs but not rabbits?" Shen Liang glanced at her.

Xilin was taken aback. She remained silent for a while, searching for a reason, but found that she could not find one. So she continued to twist angrily, adding more resistance to Shen Liang's pushcart.

Shen Liang sighed. There was no reasoning with Xi Lin, so he ignored her protests. Anyway, Xi Lin would eat it in the end—she rarely missed his Chinese dishes. At first, Shen Liang cooked for himself and his sisters separately, but later he had to cook for more than ten people each time. Nobody knew how many people would come by smelling the aroma.

Next came buying brand new seasonings, vegetables, rice, and the like; soon Anna's second shopping cart was also put to use.

Then, when she went to the cashier to pay, the cashier auntie laughed out loud as she watched the little white-haired lady with her bottom stuck in the shopping cart.

Xilin habitually ignored other people's opinions. After struggling a few times, she became too lazy to struggle anymore. Anyway, the car belonged to her family, so it didn't matter if Shen Liang kept pushing it away, even if it was pushed outside the mall and onto the street.

The young lady would rather stay on the ground than have her feet touch the ground; she never cares about other issues.

While the cashier was scanning items worth over three thousand euros, Shen Liang took advantage of Xilin tearing open a packet of Lay's Flavors to taste it, and quickly grabbed a row of exactly ten small square-shaped contraceptive products from the shelf next to the checkout counter.

In supermarkets everywhere, there are always some easily accessible items on the shelves near the checkout counter, usually chewing gum and small cubes. The former is placed there because few people specifically enter a supermarket for chewing gum; they just grab it and pay, so placing it there increases sales.

The latter, the small square one, is because most people are too embarrassed to buy it and carry it around in the supermarket. They usually just quickly scan it when paying and leave.

This is not only a habit of people in China, but also a habit of people all over the world.

The cashier, who had just been smiling, instantly became uneasy upon seeing Shen Liang's actions, staring strangely at the handsome young man who was less than 1.6 meters tall. For modern people, Shen Liang's gender was easy to discern, as he was dressed in men's clothing; a glance at his Adam's apple was sufficient.

but……

Who buys ten packs at once!

We're getting supplies!

Shen Liang, after all, looked like a young boy. The aunt stared at the white-haired young lady in the car and Anna, who was smiling behind her, for a long time, seemingly considering whether to dial 110. Only when she saw Shen Liang shake his head slightly did she feel relieved.

"You have to restrain yourself," the aunt whispered. "It's a great deal at 3655.8 yuan."

Shen Liang blushed all the way to his ears. After paying, he pushed the shopping cart and turned to leave.

The cashier shook her head helplessly as she watched the three people walk away.

After handing over all the goods to the mall's logistics department, Shen Liang kept only the shopping cart and Xilin inside, and pushed the cart onto the street. It was noon, and the sun was so bright that everyone squinted. Xilin immediately grabbed a bottle of ice-cold cola and gulped it down—she still had quite a few snacks left.

At this moment, Anna quietly poked his waist. Shen Liang turned his head and saw the ice-cold girl in the beret reveal a slightly mischievous smile.

"You've used up all the... stuff?"

The boy blushed slightly, and while making sure the young lady of the family could hear him, he whispered, "I've been going back to Earth every day lately, Anna, you know that very well."

"No way, Anna knows... knows what?"

“Ever since Maria’s mother acknowledged you, Anna, you’ve become more and more unscrupulous. You’ll do anything as long as your senior sister doesn’t know, right?” Shen Liang stared at Xilin to prevent her from turning around, then gently took Anna’s hand, feeling the coolness of the girl’s skin, a little bit of secret sweetness. “And Anna, you’re getting more and more beautiful.”

"Hmm?" Anna smiled, pleased to hear her little lover's praise. "Is it wrong that I'm good-looking?"

"Yes, yes, you're the prettiest." Shen Liang pinched her small hand, or rather, she was pinching it, or rather, the two of them were actually pinching each other's fingers.

Teenage boys and girls in the throes of new love often do these inexplicable little things. Because these actions are meaningless, they themselves may not even know what they are doing.

But it doesn't matter, as long as we're doing it. When we're doing it, we feel so close and sweet, like we'll be together forever.

"It's all because you never spend time with me! If you were at Neuschwanstein Castle every day, I wouldn't be so restless." Anna twisted her body with a little smugness, then nervously moved closer to him. "Um, you're going to England soon, do you really need to buy so much? You mustn't... have any impulses towards the young lady..."

Shen Liang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and cried at the same time. He could only squeeze Anna's soft little hand again, and said through gritted teeth in a low voice, "Do I look like that kind of person? I would even like an idiot like Xilin?"

“Of course Anna doesn’t think Pandora is that kind of person, but…” Anna’s eyes darted around for a moment before she seemed to make up her mind and said softly, “Pandora, the second young lady bought me some pretty over-the-knee stockings yesterday when we went shopping. The white ones are velvet, 30d thickness, the kind you wear casually. The black ones are crystal silk, the very thin and smooth kind, the kind of evening gown stockings you wear to banquets…”

Shen Liang swallowed hard.

"Tonight, I'll wear them all for Pandora, okay?" Anna's voice was sweet, her fingers gently scratching his palm. "Let Anna know which one Pandora prefers."

The fighting spirit in the beret-wearing girl's heart burned fiercely!

No matter how many small cubes you bought!

Before you go to England, use it all up! Don't even think about leaving a single one behind!

Just as Shen Liang was about to answer whether black and white could be worn together, she suddenly noticed something and became alert.

"Wait a minute, Anna, you went shopping with Kiana? Did she buy you those stockings?"

"Yes, the Second Miss and Anna have been wearing matching outfits lately. Hmm, the Second Miss also has an exact copy of this outfit of mine."

"They're even wearing matching outfits!" Shen Liang was furious.

"Oh, Pandora's jealous again." Anna stuck out her tongue. "So when is Pandora going to marry the second young lady? If Pandora doesn't tame the second young lady properly, she'll keep trying to seduce Anna forever."

"You're deliberately trying to annoy me!"

"After all, Anna and Kiana are best friends. When Pandora is away, Anna often goes out shopping with the second young lady."

"Say it again! Say it again!"

"Yeah, Pandora is definitely cuter when she's angry~"

At this moment, Xilin turned around in confusion, seemingly wanting to see what her two younger siblings were arguing about. Then, with a flick of her long hair, she caught it in the welding points of several steel wires on the shopping cart, causing her to immediately slap Shen Liang in pain. The two siblings had no choice but to put aside their seemingly quarrelsome but actually flirtatious banter and appease this troublesome young lady.

The three of them then visited many more places.

Because Xilin's vacation was precious, and this kind of "commoner's" shopping trip was also novel for her, Shen Liang was very lenient with Xilin.

He tolerated Celine refusing to get out of the shopping cart, tolerated her shouting and yelling in the pedestrian street full of tourists, and tolerated the surprised looks all the way.

Well, while Sirin is willful and arrogant, she is indeed very responsible. As the eldest daughter of a family, she rarely has a moment to rest. When Kiana is in school, she is in the office; when Kiana is skipping school, she is in the office; and when Kiana is on summer, winter, or spring break, she is still in the office.

So Shen Liang could understand many of her spoiled habits.

Putting herself in Celine's shoes, Shen Liang, if she were a member of the Shaniat family, would also spoil her. Celine is too talented, too capable, and even too sensible. At such a young age, she has taken over the day-to-day affairs of the family business, and is even more like a responsible head of the family than Cecilia. For so many years, her life has revolved entirely around the calculations of financial business, and for this reason, she has hardly interacted with outsiders and society.

Although Celine seemed to enjoy her talent and didn't really care much about the pleasures of "commoner" life, others couldn't ignore her contributions and sacrifices for her family—yes, her naiveté was itself a sacrifice.

However, aside from Kiana, few of the young ladies in the Schariac family are particularly worldly-wise.

After a satisfying meal and a day of entertainment, Shen Liang, following the custom of ordinary people, decided to go see a movie.

"Is watching movies part of everyday entertainment?" Sirin blinked in confusion. "Movies... even ordinary people can watch them anytime, anywhere using their phones or computers, right? Is it really necessary to go to the cinema?"

"Then why does Neuschwanstein Castle have so many private cinemas?" Shen Liang shrugged. "It's not just rich people who can enjoy the atmosphere. Let me check today's movie schedule."

Chapter Twenty-Four: Isn't Anna a little vixen?

Shen Liang is very experienced in watching movies.

In the orphanage in the small town of Oymyakon in Siberia, Cocolia specially set aside a multimedia classroom for them. The classroom was covered with dark brown curtains to block out the light, and there was a projector and a large screen, the screen of which had already turned yellow.

Although the orphanage wasn't short of supplies, there was only one large-scale supply delivery per quarter, and in the frigid, tundra region, there were no movie theaters. Therefore, the movies Shen Liang could watch were mostly from Cocolia herself, making the selection extremely limited, and most of them were related to war.

Films like "The Gadfly," "And Quiet Flows the Don," "Chapayev," and "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" are common. Even comedies that children enjoy are often films like "The Government Inspector" and "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears." Many of these films are even in black and white, and when projected onto a yellowish screen, they evoke a sense of historical vicissitude.

Shen Liang liked to warm milk on the radiator, toast bagels until they were crispy and golden brown, and then watch movies in the dark room with his younger sister Bronya or Seele in his arms. He never thought there was anything wrong with children watching war movies, because even the little girls didn't think there was anything wrong with it. They even found it fun to identify the models of the guns in the soldiers' hands on the low-resolution screen.