Scientific Travel

What's wrong with this city isn't Deng Yin's concern; her main goal is to buy chess pieces.

This was Deng Yin's first time in Baihua City, and since she didn't have a GPS navigation system for her electric scooter, she didn't know where to buy chess pieces.

Curiosity is human nature, and although the beggar next to them did not help, his eyes were always on the two of them.

Whether it was teasing or a desire for a more intense fight, there was only one little boy who simply watched quietly, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

Deng Yin sat down next to him and asked, "Do you know where I can buy chess oxen?"

The little boy glanced at Deng Yin and said, "Two pancakes, I'll take you there."

"make a deal."

Deng Yin agreed so quickly that the little boy wondered if she might change her mind.

Two pancakes for a single trip—how ​​could anyone agree to such a high reward without hesitation?

"Give me a pancake first," the little boy said. "If you give me one, I'll take you there."

Deng Yin raised an eyebrow. Was she... being suspected?

Deng Yin lowered his voice and leaned close to the little boy's ear, asking, "Do you think you can keep it if I give it to you now?"

If a black pancake can cause two adults to fight to the death, then a clean pancake would be even more likely.

This kid has small arms and legs; he doesn't look like he can fight.

The little boy was silent for a few seconds before speaking: "Come with me."

At each alleyway he passed, the little boy would peek inside, until he found an alleyway where no one was.

The little boy saw Deng Yin standing at the alley entrance without following him in and assumed she was scared. He explained, "There's no one here. Give it to me now, and I can guard it."

The system subtly fueled the fire: "He doesn't trust you. He's asked you to pay a deposit twice. This kid is really smart; you don't seem very trustworthy."

Deng Yin ignored the system, took a pancake out of her bag and threw it into the little boy's arms, asking, "Can we go now?"

There was no one in the alley, but the little boy still quickly stuffed the pancake into his clothes as if he was afraid of being discovered.

“Okay.” The alleyway was in the opposite direction from the direction where the chess pieces were sold, which meant that Deng Yinbai had walked a long way.

Whether on Hexi Star or in Baichu Kingdom now, Deng Yin rarely walks.

To get this pancake, Deng walked an extra three kilometers.

The heat breeds inner irritability, making Deng Yin's already dissatisfied heart even more dissatisfied.

The little boy's lips were chapped from the sun, but it didn't affect his pace at all; he continued to move forward at a steady speed.

Occasionally, when Deng Yin slowed down, he would also slow down and wait for her to catch up.

Warmth can maintain Deng Yin's body temperature, but it cannot prevent the moisture in her body from being baked away by the sun.

Deng was extremely thirsty. She would look around every now and then, and if she found no one watching her, she would eat a grape.

The grapes had skins so thin they looked like they could be pierced with a single poke, and no seeds inside. Their sweetness, combined with their juiciness, successfully brought Deng Yin back to life.

The little boy kept hearing sounds behind him, but each time he turned around, he saw nothing.

The fourth time he heard the sound, the little boy didn't turn around, but listened carefully.

Hmm... it sounds like the people behind me are eating something.

Food is so precious these days, she must not have wanted to share it with him, so she ate it secretly by herself.

That's normal. They were originally in an employer-employee relationship. If Deng Yinzhen were to give him the pancake, he would suspect that she didn't want to give him the pancake.

When the little boy realized what the sound behind him was, he never turned around again.

He looked down at his shadow on the ground. Deng Yin's shadow was sometimes far away and sometimes near. When it was far away, he would slow down, and when it was near, he would speed up.

According to incomplete statistics, Deng Yin ate at least a hundred grapes along the way. He stopped eating them not because he wasn't thirsty, but because he was full.

At first, the more I ate, the more motivated I became to walk, but later it became that the more I ate, the less I could walk.

If Deng Yin's shadow hadn't been still there, the little boy would have suspected that she had fainted.

"The place that sells chess pieces is just ahead." Deng Yin gave her a lot of money, and the little boy led her all the way to the section of the farmers' market that sold chess pieces before saying, "Do you need me to help you bargain? This time you only need half a piece of cake."

"No need." Deng Yin never haggles when buying things in this world. Money isn't very important to her, but it can be a lifesaver for some people.

The little boy was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything more.

There were many people around, but those who came here were either able to eat their fill or were selling things; they wouldn't fight over a pancake.

Deng gave the little boy two pancakes, and before he could refuse, he explained, "I walked too slowly, so the extra pancake is your compensation."

A cold thank you lacks sincerity, so the little boy smiled at Deng Yin and said, "Thank you."

His chapped lips widened further with that smile, but he seemed completely oblivious.

Deng Yin pursed her lips and watched his departing figure without saying a word.

"Wait." Deng Yin couldn't help but call out to the little boy. She handed him a handful of grapes and said, "Alright, you can go now."

The thing in his hand was cool to the touch. Although he didn't know what it was, it must have been what she had been eating along the way.

"Thank you." The voice was very soft, so soft that it seemed to be directed at himself.