Sir! Don't close the net!

Even Heidi felt a tightness in her chest and almost couldn't catch her breath.

Indeed, dealing with those desecrated trackers was as easy for her as killing ants. In fact, she didn't even feel that the number of desecrated trackers had increased because Li Yili was there. She did have the idea of ​​winning over Li Yili, after all, she couldn't see through Li Yili, and Li Yili was also very rich.

But Li Yili's directness annoyed her, making it seem as if she was actively pursuing Li Yili.

"So, Miss Heidi, could you take me out to sea once?" Li Yili smiled brightly. "I want to experience it for myself."

Aren't you afraid of being tied up again?

Heidi regretted it as soon as she finished speaking, because Li Yili was now standing in the cell, and she was the one who had entered it.

If she really wanted to kidnap Li Yili... going out to sea on purpose would just be asking for trouble.

“Not at night, just like if you want to go out to sea, you can only do it during the day,” Heidi pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Eh……"

"Why do you look at me like a pirate shouldn't be out at sea at night?"

“It’s easier to get things done at night, and besides…” Li Yili glanced at the starlight that was slowly spreading into the cell through the window, and looked at Heidi, “There’s not much difference between day and night, right?”

“Daytime is daytime, and nighttime is nighttime. You can only go out to sea during the day and you must return before sunset,” Heidi waved her hand. “This isn’t a rule, it’s a survival rule.”

"You're pirates, yet you work like an office worker from nine to five. If you have to be back before sunset, where's the furthest you pirates can go? Have you ever been to the other side of the sea?"

Heidi was taken aback, looking at Li Yili standing in the narrow cell with some surprise.

She really wanted to tell Li Yili, "Are you out of your mind? How far can you go? What kind of question is that? What are those vague coordinates on the other side of the sea?"

But looking into Li Yili's eyes, Heidi felt a strong sense of inferiority and resentment, as if asking such a question would make her seem pathetic.

Heidi took a deep breath and her expression returned to calm. She gently curled a strand of silver hair with her right hand. "Without a detailed nautical chart, setting sail rashly will only lead to getting lost."

"Then you'll be stuck in that one sea area for the rest of your lives."

"..."

“There are numerous living heritage sites in the sea, many of which are quite dangerous.”

"Then let's find a way to kill them. Living relics should be worth a lot of money, right? Don't you pirates love having living relics delivered to your mouths?"

"..."

“One ship’s worth of supplies is not enough for us to make long-distance voyages,” Heidi said absentmindedly, glancing around and her hair curling movements becoming rough.

“Ah~ that is indeed a troublesome problem,” Li Yili nodded, resting her chin on her hand. “The state of this sea… makes it difficult to preserve food for long periods. If we fish directly in that environment…”

Heidi stood up, her agitated tiptoeing interrupting Li Yili's thoughts, "What good would it do to solve these problems?"

"So what? Isn't this an obstacle blocking your way?" Li Yili rolled her eyes.

Heidi's breath hitched, unsure how to respond. After a long silence, she turned and waved, "I understand. Bring the ransom here tomorrow morning, and I'll take you out to sea."

"Miss Heidi, you are such a kind and understanding person."

Li Yili smiled and pushed open the cell door, following behind Heidi, her right hand constantly hooking Heidi's silver hair that swayed gently from side to side.

"Considerate!? Ha—you'll understand just how thoughtful I am when we set sail tomorrow," Heidi sneered.

Goodbye everyone~

Goodbye, Mr. Li Yili—

The pirates stood on the ship's railing with subtle expressions, waving goodbye to Li Yili as she sailed away.

After Li Yili had completely disappeared from sight, the pirate standing next to Jones muttered under his breath, "We're pirates, he's a hostage, isn't he..."

"Nonsense!" Jones raised his hand and cursed under his breath before rubbing his hands together and approaching Heidi, who was already sitting on the throne with her eyes closed. "Boss, is Mr. Li Yili, oops—I mean, is Livis Est. Richard still considered our hostage?"

Heidi remained silent for a while before opening her eyes.

"That depends on whether we can be considered pirates or not."

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The crunching sound of shoes grinding against the gravel echoed on the silent coastline.

"We can't go out to sea at night..."

Li Yili stopped and turned her head to look at the ocean, which was only an arm's length away from her.

To be honest, although fishing at night is prone to accidents, profit and life always force people to take risks. But at night in Instas, no one goes out to sea, and there is not even a single person on the shore.

Looking at the deep darkness before him, Li Yili narrowed his eyes slightly, turned around and took a step. The distance of an arm's length kept shrinking, and his face gradually emerged from the deep darkness.

Although it appears to be pure darkness, it is ultimately the surface of water.

Li Yili calmly looked at herself in the darkness.

As darkness gradually descended, his forehead began to narrow and flatten, his eyes began to bulge, layers of wrinkles piled up, and his skin began to turn a ghostly green.

Li Yili rolled her eyes, turned and left. In the darkness, only a strange and ugly fish remained, its reflection in the dark seawater standing alongside her as they continued forward.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Let's go eat barbecue!

At 7:00 a.m. sharp, Li Yili arrived at the Yangcun Logistics Building on time. This was the third day since Yangcun Logistics moved to Instas. With the support of money, Yangcun Logistics was officially open for business. Logically speaking, Yangcun Logistics, located in the city center, should have a lot of orders, but it was as if there was a vacuum zone around the Yangcun Logistics Building, and it was very quiet.

Even the poorest part of the Mawsa district in Instasdas wouldn't be this desolate.

Li Yili was not surprised at all. Instars had more than just the Fire Elemental as a local tyrant. He never expected that defeating the Fire Elemental would make the other local tyrants obedient.

Although Fire Elf is the largest steel mill in Instars, it is actually the youngest of the many local powerhouses. It has only grown bigger than the older ones because it has adapted to the times.

Judging from the current situation, the old guys led by Austin are isolating Sheep Village Logistics, trying to make Sheep Village Logistics panic, thereby forcing Sheep Village Logistics to compromise with them, and incidentally, they can also kick the Fire Sprite while it's at it.

Indeed, from the logistics company's perspective, the current situation is fatal. But for them, the young black goats, the logistics company is just a disguise. The cloud crowd will do the logistics company's work diligently, but they will never panic because of the lack of orders. They will even gather at the entrance of the Goat Village Logistics Building, chatting and laughing.

Li Yili glanced at the group of people gathered together and spotted a figure that was shorter than the others.

"Oh—Zig, you're here so early."

Zig, who was chatting and joking with Abu Rang, immediately turned around and waved vigorously at Li Yili, "Mr. Li Yili, I'm here!"

Good morning, Minister!

The Yun Clan, who had been chatting and laughing, immediately lined up neatly in a square and bowed in Li Yili's direction.

Li Yili raised her hand and waved it, "Not a single order today?"

“Yes, not a single order,” Abu Jean shrugged. “Executive El and Secretary Elma are about to run around somewhere. Ah…Executive El, you’re down here!”

Just as Abu Jean was speaking, El and Alma, who were carrying briefcases, came downstairs. Abu Jean immediately turned around and waved to El. When El saw Li Yili, he immediately bowed slightly in greeting, while Alma crossed her arms and had a sour face.

"El, where are you planning to go to do business?" Li Yili raised her hand and placed it on Zig's head, which only reached his chest, and shook her hand from side to side as she asked El.

“Well…” Al pinched the bridge of his nose, “Small businesses are hesitant to place orders with us because of Austin and his team, so I’m going to try knocking on doors first.”

“If someone had made an appointment to visit Austin the day before yesterday, this wouldn’t have happened,” Alma exclaimed.

“Hmm—El,” Li Yili raised an eyebrow.

"exist!"

"Throw the briefcase back, and take Abu to the market to buy meat and vegetables. Heman will lead a group..."

"You guys go buy skewers, deck chairs, and parasols. Joel, you go buy charcoal. The rest of you come with me to the beach, the place where I was kidnapped before."

El was stunned, looking at Li Yili with a blank expression.

"Minister, what is this...?"

Li Yili chuckled, turned around, crossed her arms, and leaned back.

"Let's go have a barbecue! Let's eat grilled meat!"

"Huh?!?!" Alma's eyes widened. "Do you even know what's going on?!"

Li Yili blinked and looked up at the sky.

sunny.

Li Yili looked around and saw that all the Yun people were idle.

"If we don't go to the beach for a barbecue now, are we just going to sit here and chat all day? Why don't we have a barbecue on the beach and chat and chat at the same time?"

……

“Minister…you’re a genius!” Abu Jean suddenly raised his hands above his head.

"Yeah! Since we have nothing to do anyway, why don't we go get some barbecue!"

"Long live the Minister!!!"

"You're all crazy, you're all insane," Alma said, her lips twitching as she looked at Al.

Whatever Li Yili said was the truth, and everyone always believed that Minister Li Yili was right and that we just needed to trust her. But El not only didn't agree, he even raised his chin and frowned.

That's great! The person who's usually the most abnormal is behaving perfectly normally today!

Alma was so moved she almost cried. Although she didn't expect Al to change the situation by himself, at least she wasn't alone anymore.

“Minister, don’t we need to buy drinks? But I suggest we exclude alcoholic beverages,” El said after hesitating for a while. “Also, with so many people, we need to buy quite a lot of things. I suggest we use the carriages we just purchased.”

"..."

"Approved!" Li Yili gave a thumbs up.

Alma covered her face, and the most abnormal person performed normally as always.

At this point, she was too lazy to question Li Yili about what she wanted to do. Even if she did ask, Li Yili would most likely just say that she didn't have a job anyway, or that she should balance work and rest.

In any case, Josephine, the minister of the Fire Elves, would certainly be quite happy to spend such a sum of money.

"How about we include the pirates too? You've already chosen the Mercury Queen anyway," Alma took a deep breath and looked at Li Yili with a forced smile.

“Secretary Alma, I’m increasingly determined to pry you out of the fire elves.”

"Thanks! You really want to treat the people who kidnapped you to barbecue!"

"This makes us seem carefree and unpretentious. Let's get moving and not waste this precious time!"

Li Yili smiled at Alma and then patted her hand forcefully. The Cloud Gates, which had been arranged in a square formation, quickly dispersed, and rows of carriages drove out of the warehouse in an orderly fashion, heading towards various corners of Instas.

“Uh… Mr. Li Yili, would it be better if I went back…?” Zig pointed to himself, somewhat at a loss.

"Huh? Why do you want to go back? Are you busy right now?" Li Yili tilted her head.

“I… am not very busy,” Zieg opened his mouth, paused, scratched his face, and smiled awkwardly.