Chapter 610: Keqing is caught in the crossfire
Not long after, Shao Yun and his group appeared at the entrance of Baisong Town.
Shao Yun looked towards the big pit below.
What appears before our eyes is a town built underground - Baisong Town.
Looking at this unique town, Shao Yun exclaimed: "Wow, why is Baisong Town in a pit?"
Navia, who was standing by, heard Shao Yun's question and explained to him the history of Baisong Town.
"The reason for this situation can be traced back to the first flood period in Fontaine."
"The original Baisong Town was a shipping center located above sea level. Unfortunately, the flood disaster completely changed everything."
“That’s how it evolved into what we see today.”
"Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. Lady Funina must come up with an effective way to solve the problem of flooding, otherwise, Baisong Town will be gone..."
Shao Yun didn't take the rising water issue to heart at all. His attention was completely drawn to another matter.
"Have you conducted any flood drills?"
After listening to Shao Yun's question, Navia was stunned for a moment, and then repeated the key information in his words: "Flood prevention?"
Shao Yun quickly stretched out his hand, pointed to the small waterfall at the entrance of Baisong Town, and then explained: "Yes! You see, as soon as you walk out of this big pit, there is the sea outside, and the sea water keeps pouring into the pit. This situation looks really dangerous!"
Navia looked in the direction of Shao Yun's finger, and after observing carefully, she couldn't help but nodded and responded with deep agreement: "Well, you are right...but there is nothing we can do..."
Shao Yun gave a very stupid suggestion.
“Why not find a chance to move out of this big hole?”
When Navia heard Shao Yun's suggestion to move away, a bitter smile appeared on her face.
"Oh, that's easy for you to say... Let's not talk about the fact that everyone living in Baisong Town is not well off financially. If we leave here, where can we go?"
"What's more, even if we want to move out, more than half of the entire Fontaine is covered by the sea!"
"There are only a few places that are truly suitable for human habitation. Do we have to turn everyone into fish and live in the sea?"
Upon hearing that it was because of the problem of "poverty", Shao Yun nodded in understanding, and then suggested: "That's true. If funds are limited, then waterproofing work must be done well!"
"I have personally seen a person who did not take waterproofing seriously, which led to a disaster and killed many people!"
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On the other side, in Liyue, Keqing, who was sitting at the table handling official business, suddenly sneezed loudly without any warning.
"Ah!"
She was startled by this sudden move and the pen in her hand almost fell to the ground.
"Strange, what's going on? Did I catch a cold? No, it would be safer to go see Doctor Bai after get off work."
Keqing rubbed her nose and talked to herself.
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After hearing Shao Yun's suggestion, Navia said thoughtfully: "Well, what you said makes sense. I have to find time to emphasize this matter to everyone in the Thorn Rose Society."
At this moment, Paimon interrupted and asked, "By the way, Navia, where are we staying tonight?"
After hearing Paimon's question, Navia smiled slightly, then naturally stretched out her hand and pointed at Clorinde, saying, "Oh, don't worry, we live in Clorinde's hometown."
Clorinde was suddenly startled when Navia pointed at her.
"What? Living in my house? How come I didn't know anything about this?"
Facing Clorinde's doubts and surprise, Navia nodded confidently and kindly reminded her, "Oh, you didn't forget the bet we made before? You'll have to accept the loss!"
"In addition to the 100 Moras, whoever loses must agree to a reasonable request from the other party, so, hehe..."
Clorinde looked embarrassed and after much hesitation, she finally agreed reluctantly.
"Okay, that's fine by me, but I'm not sure I have that many rooms in my house..."
Navia seemed very free and easy, she waved her hand nonchalantly and responded with a smile: "Oh, it's okay! Just like when we were kids, I can just sleep on the floor at your house!"
Hearing this, Shao Yun was shocked.
"Wait, what's going on here? Why did we come all the way to Baisong Town?"
Facing Shao Yun's question, Navia explained lightly: "What else? Of course, come and get my pajamas! And then hold a pajama party."
"You don't think we come here so early just to go to bed, do you? That would be a waste of precious time!"
At this time, Ying's curiosity was also aroused and she repeated, "Pajama party?"
Navia nodded vigorously upon seeing this, and said firmly: "That's right! It's a pajama party, it will definitely be super fun!"
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At night, the moonlight shines on Clorinde's hometown.
When Clorinde was about to take out the key to her old home, Navia suddenly stepped forward and stretched out her hand to stop her.
"Wait a minute, Clorinde! I know where the key to your old house is! Do you believe it?"
After hearing this, Clorinde was stunned at first, then shook her head, indicating that she didn't believe Navia's words at all.
She thought, "It might be a coincidence that you found the key to my apartment, but this is my hometown. The key is hidden so secretly, how could you know it?"
So, Clorinde responded doubtfully: "I don't believe it! It was pure luck that you found the key to my apartment, but the key to my hometown..."
However, her voice became smaller and smaller as time went on, and her confidence became less and less strong.
Because she saw Navia walk straight to the door of her old home, then naturally move the flower pot at the door, and then take out the spare key she had hidden under the flower pot.
Seeing this scene, Clorinde was completely stunned.
After a long while, she came back to her senses and asked Navia, "How did you know the location of the spare key to my old house?"
Navia smiled mischievously and replied mysteriously: "Hehe, this is a secret! I can't tell you~"
After saying this, she deliberately winked at Shao Yun who was standing next to her.
If Shao Yun hadn't told her this when he went to visit Clorinde, Navia would never have thought of this!
Shao Yun looked at Navia blinking at him and thanking him, and complained in his heart: "Sure enough, the skills of hiding spare keys are all the same..."
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Navia inserted the spare key into the lock, and with a crisp "click", the door of Clorinde's house was slowly pushed open.
She was the first to step into the house, as natural as returning to her own home.
"Woohoo, we're home!"
Following Navia's footsteps, Paimon also walked into the room curiously.
It opened its eyes wide and looked around.
"Wow, is this Clorinde's hometown? Why does the house feel so empty, and there are so few things placed inside..."
Hearing Paimon's comments, Clorinde smiled and explained, "Because I usually live in the apartment in Fontaine most of the time, I only left some necessary daily necessities here, and the rest are in Fontaine."
As she spoke, she turned her head and looked in the direction of her room, muttering softly.
"But there should be some bedding for sleeping on the floor. I just don't know if it has gotten moldy after being left there for so long."
At this time, Shao Yun walked to a table and casually reached out his hand to wipe the tabletop.
When he saw the layer of dust on his fingers, he couldn't help but frown and suggested, "I think we should just do a simple cleanup. It feels like there's a lot of dust accumulated here."
When Navia heard Shao Yun mention that there was too much dust in the house, she nodded thoughtfully in agreement.
"Well, you're right. The dust in this room is indeed a bit beyond imagination. If I don't clean it up, I will feel uncomfortable staying here."
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Everyone took action and began to clean the dust in the room.
Paimon took a rag and wiped the places that no one could reach.
Just then, a locked bedroom door caught Paimon's attention.
"Hey, why is this room locked?" Paimon stared at the closed door curiously and said to himself.
Clorinde, who was standing by, looked at the door with a complex emotion in her eyes, and then she explained softly, "This is my master's room. There is no need to clean it. I can deal with it myself when I have time."
Paimon nodded thoughtfully, reached out and touched his head, and said as if he had suddenly realized something: "Oh! So that's how it is. Your master... I seem to have some impression of him. By the way, Navia once told me something about your master."
Seeing that Paimon knew about this, Clorinde didn't say anything more.
"Yes, my master disappeared when I was ten years old, so I was taken care of by Navia's family for a long time, but I always felt that my master would come back."
Paimon realized that he might have accidentally revealed Clorinde's pain, and quickly said apologetically: "Oh, I'm so sorry, it brought back bad memories for you..."
Clorinde shook her head gently and said comfortingly: "It's okay, don't be sorry about it."
"Now that we have almost cleaned the house, what should we do next?"
As soon as Navia heard Clorinde say that the cleaning was almost done, she couldn't wait to throw the rag in her hand into the bucket full of water beside her, and then said as a matter of course.
"You're right, we have to change into pajamas! It's pajama party time!"
It was said to be a pajama party, but in reality, only Navia and Clorinde changed into pajamas, while Ying, Paimeng and Shao Yun were still wearing their own clothes.
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