Chapter 686 Alechino: Shao Yun, I owe you a favor.
In order to discuss things better, Shao Yun and Ms. Farana came to the staircase corridor of Mo Mang Palace together.
It was very quiet here, without any interference from others, providing a relatively private space for their conversation.
Shao Yun took a deep breath, then said to Farana with an apologetic look on his face: "Ms. Farana, actually, I should have come to see you more than two months ago."
"But, I was delayed by some things, so I just thought of coming to you now."
Farana didn't care about these things. Her mind was completely focused on her son Kawi. Like any other mother who loves her children, she asked anxiously:
"How is Kavi doing in Xumi? Is he eating well? Is there enough money for the Mora?"
Shao Yun waved his hand, signaling Farana to stay calm, and then said: "Kavi is fine. Before I left Xumi, he was planning to build a library in Aru Village."
When Farana heard that Kavi had gone to Aru Village, her face changed slightly and she became a little absent-minded, with the image of her late husband appearing in her mind.
She murmured to herself, "Desert...Did Kavi go to miss his father?"
Shao Yun quickly shook his head and explained: "No, he just went to Aru Village just to build a library for the people there. That library is very beautiful, and I even drew it specially."
As he spoke, Shao Yun took out his diary and quickly flipped through the pages, finally stopping at the painting of the Aru Village Library that he had drawn almost three months ago.
He handed the diary to Farana and said, "Look, this is what I drew. You can take a look at your son's masterpiece."
Farana took the diary and looked at the painting. She was instantly attracted by the beauty of the library and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"This is the Aru Village Library built by Kavi. It's so beautiful..."
Although Shao Yun is not a professional architect, he still generously praises her child "Kavi" in front of Farana.
"Kavi is truly gifted!" Shao Yun exclaimed in admiration, "He is simply an architectural genius, revered by many as the 'light of the Miaolun School', and his future is bound to be limitless."
Farana stared quietly at the Aru Village Library on the drawing paper. Suddenly, her eyes became moist and tears flowed out without warning.
Seeing this, Shao Yun hurriedly asked with concern: "What's wrong, Ms. Farana?"
Farana slowly handed the diary back to Shao Yun, then gently placed the back of her hand on her lips, trying to stop herself from crying.
After a long while, she calmed down a little and said with sobs: "Actually, I have been thinking in my heart, am I too selfish to do this?"
"Although I waited until Kawi went to school before coming to Fontaine and remarried, I still feel that I owe him something."
Farana's voice trembled slightly as she continued, "I know very well how intense the learning atmosphere is in the Faculty of Teaching. There are endless courses, endless experiments and investigations, and endless papers and reports to write."
"And I should have stayed by Kawi's side and given him more love and support."
At this point, Farana covered her eyes with her hands.
"But after he died, I really couldn't hold on any longer. He was my beloved, my only one. Even though my current husband loves me very much, I still can't believe that he really died in the desert..."
Shao Yun patted Farana's arm and consoled her: "I mourn for your late husband. May God bless his soul in heaven. Similarly, He will also bless you and your children."
Farana noticed Shao Yun's word "God". She suddenly raised her head and asked with tears in her eyes, "God?"
Shao Yun quickly changed the subject and began to comfort the sad Ms. Farana.
"Nothing... You have a very strong child, Ms. Farana. Your child, Kavi, is a good child; he did not kidnap you in the name of 'love' to keep you with him."
"He understands that you have been crying and confused every day since you lost your husband. He wants you to be happy."
"You and your son both care about each other. You don't have to feel guilty about this. You have done your best to raise Kavi. No one can blame you. Kavi has many friends in Xumi! He is not alone. Don't worry so much."
"Kavi is a good kid, he's proud to be your child! You're proud to be your child too. This is not it, Kavi is lucky, and so are you."
After hearing Shao Yun's consolation, Falana wiped her tears with emotion and thanked him sincerely: "Thank you for your consolation, sir."
Shao Yun nodded and said, "You're welcome."
……
Just as Shao Yun casually took out a tissue from his backpack and handed it to Ms. Farana to wipe her tears, a mysterious woman suddenly appeared in the stairwell and interrupted the conversation between Shao Yun and Farana.
This mysterious woman bowed slightly to Shao Yun and said, "Hello, Mr. Shao Yun, sorry to bother you."
Seeing this uninvited guest, Shao Yun said impatiently: "I am talking to this lady. If you have anything to say, please wait a moment."
Seeing someone coming to see Shao Yun, Farana wiped her tears and nose with a tissue and said evasively: "It's okay, I have to go back to work. If I leave for too long, it will delay a lot of things."
Shao Yun saw that the visiting session was over and didn't want to waste any more of her time.
"Okay, bye, Ms. Falana."
Before leaving, Farana thanked again: "Thank you for your blessing, sir."
……
After Farana left, Shao Yun's eyes fell on the mysterious woman who had suddenly arrived.
He carefully examined her clothing, makeup, and unique hair color. Judging from her outfit and iconic look, she should be the Fatui, Wind Servants, who was not wearing a mask.
A hint of impatience appeared on Shao Yun's face. After all, his conversation with Farana was interrupted by this uninvited guest, and he felt somewhat unhappy.
"Okay, what's the matter?" Shao Yun's tone revealed a hint of dissatisfaction.
The Fool didn't care about Shao Yun's attitude. She said straight to the point, "Sir, please go to our old place and have a chat."
When Shao Yun heard that Alechino had something to ask him, he began to wonder, what else could she ask him for?
……
The Buffatti House in Fontaine.
Although Shao Yun wanted to refuse, the Fatui was too stubborn. Knowing that he would only respond to soft tactics and not hard ones, he tried to persuade him in every possible way.
Adhering to the principle of not hitting someone who smiles at you, Shao Yun reluctantly came to the Buffati Mansion to meet Arecino.
As soon as he entered the reception room of the mansion, Shao Yun saw Alechino sitting on the sofa like a regular tea-drinking NPC, leisurely savoring the fragrant tea.
Shao Yun looked at Alechino, who was sitting on the sofa and drinking tea "comfortably", with a helpless look on his face, and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.
He said unhappily, "If you have something to say, please tell me! I finally have a day off today. Are you picking this time when I have time to cause trouble for me?"
Alechino put down the teacup, then kicked a sack of Mora to Shao Yun's feet and said, "This is 3,326,321 Mora. I beg you to do me a favor."
Seeing Alechino handing Mora directly to him, Shao Yun felt very strange. How come this number has both zeros and integers?
"Okay, let's talk about money before we talk about business, that's polite. But why is your number so precise? What do you want me to do?"
Alechino told Shao Yun what he needed to ask.
"Linnie, Linnet, and Femini are missing."
When Shao Yun heard that the three children were missing, he immediately felt something strange.
Weren't these three children sent to Melo Petersburg by Alechino? How could they suddenly disappear?
"Aren't these three children in Mellow Petersburg? What does it mean that they are missing?" Shao Yun asked puzzledly.
Alechino rubbed his temple and said worriedly, "Linnie and the others haven't reported their situation to me as planned for several days. This makes me very worried."
"What's worse is that the intelligence network I rebuilt with great difficulty was cut off by Mello Petersburg once again!"
The more she spoke, the more annoyed she became, and her brows furrowed even more.
Finally, Alechino put down his hand and looked at Shao Yun, with an imperceptible helplessness and pleading in his eyes.
"So, I'd like to ask you for a favor and go to Melo Petersburg to check out the situation. After all, you have the special pass that Villette gave you, and only you can enter there smoothly. I really can't think of any other way, so I can only ask you for help."
When Shao Yun heard Alechino mention the special pass that Villette gave him, he immediately narrowed his eyes in dissatisfaction and asked, "How do you know that Villette gave me a special pass?"
Facing Shao Yun's questioning, Alecino did not hide anything at all. She answered frankly: "Sorry, I didn't mean to investigate you."
"But ever since Villette 'untied' us Fatui, the intelligence collected by the Fatui in Fontaine has been delivered to me continuously."
"So, I also learned about your special pass from this intelligence. Sorry, I didn't mean to investigate you specifically."
Shao Yun sneered and did not comment on Alechino's behavior of collecting information about him, nor did he know how to comment on it.
But after all, everyone would be unhappy if their secret was discovered...
After a moment of silence, Shao Yun spoke in a cold tone, "Don't worry, no one will hurt the children. Perhaps in a few days these three children will be sent back, along with the heads of your spies."
Upon hearing this, Alechino's expression became more serious.
She took a deep breath and spoke out what she was most worried about.
"If it was just the loss of a few spies, I wouldn't have asked you to come."
"What I'm really worried about is that among the heads sent by Melo Petersburg, there will be heads of Lini and others. I don't want to see such a scene."
At this point, Alechino's fists clenched unconsciously, and his voice became a little low.
"I know that I was in the wrong for investigating Melo Petersburg. But if Lini and the others die because of this, I will never let it go and will fight Melo Petersburg to the death!"
Shao Yun looked at Alechino's clenched fists due to anger and said sarcastically: "Since you had expected such a consequence, why did you ask Lini and the others to go to Melo Petersburg in the first place?"
When Alechino saw Shao Yun criticizing his actions, his clenched fists gradually loosened.
She did not intend to defend her actions, but chose to tell Shao Yun the true situation of the Hearth House.
"I know you may not understand my actions, but this is Hearth House after all, and we are part of the Fatui."
At this point, Alechino's voice was a little low.
"Although compared to the organizations under other executive officers, this is already a dream garden... However, in order to maintain the children's beautiful dreams, someone has to carry the burden forward."
After saying this, Alechino slowly stood up, then bent down, picked up the purse that she had kicked in front of Shao Yun just now, and held it in her hands.
Then, Alechino walked up to Shao Yun, solemnly handed the purse to him, and said, "If these Moras are not enough, I can find a way to get some more."
"But I need some time, because this is all the Mora in the Buffati Mansion, even the pocket money that the children have worked so hard to save is included."
After a short pause, Alecino continued, "Actually, I really wanted to take you to the Northland Bank to withdraw money."
"But, ever since I took you there last time and took out 15 billion, plus the 2 billion I gave to Navia recently, Pantalone has issued an order prohibiting the North Country Bank from letting me withdraw money at will without his consent."
"I could have just taken it, but I didn't want to argue with Pantalone in front of the Clown over such a trivial matter."
Shao Yun looked at the purse that Alechino handed over and was hesitant, not knowing whether he should agree to her request.
"..."
When Alechino saw that Shao Yun did not respond, he thought, is this money not enough?
So she quickly added, "I owe you a favor. This is personal and has nothing to do with the 'wish' that the Harlequin promised you. Or, after this is successful, I can accompany you to rob the Northland Bank. How about that?"
Hearing the word "humanity", Shao Yun's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing an elusive smile.
"I never thought I'd hear you say something like 'owing someone a favor'..."
Shao Yun was somewhat surprised by Alechino's proposal.
Then, Shao Yun threw the purse back to Alechino, turned and left, leaving behind a sentence.
"Okay, I'll go see how Linnie is doing."
Seeing this, Alechino hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Shao Yun."