It is said that when Nanding was a baby, he always faced the direction of the temple and stared there intently.

Everyone believed that this child had the potential to be a hero from heaven.

A good man must be upright and ambitious!

The adults didn't know that Xiao Nanding always looked forward to the appearance of the beautiful apostle sister because she saw Nefeli in a long dress on the steps of the temple.

When Nanding grew up, everyone felt disappointed because he did not have any talent or charm that exceeded his peers.

He is just a very ordinary Zhouzhou person with an ordinary height and an ordinary mind. He is one of those people who is hard to leave an impression on after seeing him.

Nanding has established an ideal since he was a child.

He wants a beautiful wife - like Lady Nefeli!

Girls from Zhouzhou have colorful hair and tie it into strange shapes, like snakes, trees, or fish, to show their uniqueness.

Nanding prefers foreign girls.

He couldn't tell why.

Probably because of the novelty, all he has seen and known since he was a child are Zhouzhou people, while foreigners of the opposite sex exude a mysterious and exotic temperament.

The biggest advantage of Nanding is its boldness.

He always dared to actively pursue those very good-looking girls, although the results were all failures.

The first girl who fascinated Nanding was named Laura. She had red pupils, dangerous and seductive fangs, and smooth skin like white pearls. She was a rare beauty.

Laura is the frontline news collector for the Shacheng Di newspaper. She wears a short leather jacket and tight-fitting trousers that show off her long, straight and flexible legs. She carries a weapon box and walks around tirelessly with her news reporter, and is full of interest in anything new.

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"I like you! Miss Laura, please marry me!"

Being confessed by Nanding's proposal, Laura smiled, showing her sharp white teeth, and shook her finger: "That's not possible, you are still too young."

The south summit is a bit difficult to climb.

He is not young, he is already eighteen. Many people in Zhouzhou already have children at the age of eighteen. But because he is obsessed with beautiful girls, he has never been able to get married.

Nanding asked again when he would be considered not young.

"One day, you will find that you have grown up."

Laura said to him: "When that day comes, if we can still meet, I will think about it carefully."

Since then, Nanding has never seen Laura again.

So he changed his pursuit object.

The second thing that Nanding will never forget is a soft war cat lady named Mao Ning.

Miss Mao Ning wears a pair of round-frame transparent glasses.

Her eyesight is poor. When she is not wearing glasses, her eyes are dull and she can only see a blur. But once she puts on the glasses, her blue cat eyes will bloom with a deep magic light, making it difficult to look away.

Unlike most adventurous war cats, Mao Ning is a scholar who was inspired by the wonders of Yancheng [Wonderful Zoo] and became a biologist.

Her research direction is spices and beverages.

The island is rich in raw materials, including famous tea gardens, carefully cultivated medicinal herbs, and currently the only spice "Seaweed".

“It’s amazing!”

Maoning saw all this, and his tail twisted happily.

She usually stays in the cattle area of ​​Beizhou City and observes the manatees basking in the sun.

The cattle area is also where Nanding works.

He is a cattle herder who specializes in taking care of sea cows and raising sea shells. By carefully feeding and caring for these big guys, they can spit out better sea grass.

Manatees eat and beat their bellies, and then spit out pumice with many impurities. After being washed and soaked, these pumice become expensive seaweed.

At this time, Mao Ning would hold the crystal in hand and take pictures. She would lean over to smell the pumice and seaweed with her nose, and even lick it with her tongue to faithfully record the smell and taste of every step.

"The smell is of fragrant plants mixed with some fishy smell."

"It tastes...well, it tastes bitter at first, then a little sweet."

Although she is a war cat who loves to be clean, Ning, a working cat, is not afraid of getting dirty. Her soft white fur is often stained by mud or stains, making her look a little pitiful.

Nanding simply couldn't resist such Maoning.

"Miss Mao Ning, please marry me!"

"blind!?"

Mao Ning was so frightened that his whole body exploded: "But, I have no plans to get married."

"I'm willing to wait!"

"But I like tall and handsome people. I'm sorry, you are not my type."

"..."

Nanding has been depressed for a long time.

He cannot change his height and his appearance is natural, which makes him distressed.

Why, why can't I be a handsome guy?

Nanding let out a cry of reluctance in his heart.

Life must go on.

He put away the feeling of failure.

The next one is better!

This time Nanding fell in love with a blood elf girl.

The blood fairies do not differentiate between men and women. Their forms can be switched between men and women, and their appearance can also change at will, but they are usually handsome men and beautiful women.

Nanding thinks it is acceptable.

This blood elf girl's name is Xuezhen. She always sits quietly on a stone, looking at the Beizhou City below from the hill, and then uses charcoal to draw it over and over again to record the different forms of the city.

Every street, house, coast, shell breeding belt, and cowshed in the cattle area... were all left on white paper by her with charcoal.

"I think this place is very beautiful and I want to paint it so that I can still remember it many years later."

The sea breeze blew the hem of Xue Zhen's skirt, making her seem to have a tail like a goldfish.

She has red hair neatly tied into a bun, wears a long skirt, and carries a drawing board on her back. There are always some faint black marks or wounds on her fingers.

"Mr. Nanding, Beizhou City is really a very livable city. I am very happy to live here."

Nanding was a little embarrassed: "It's okay."

"My hometown is Xueqiu Binghu City, where it snows all year round. Later, I went to the Yao world and saw what spring and summer are like. I studied drawing and surveying at the seminary in Yao City and graduated Then he became a painter."

"A painter is a person who paints various books, newspapers or people."

Xuezhen speaks softly and softly. She pays great attention to the listener's attitude and always looks at the other person's face or eyes when speaking. Just listening to her voice makes Nan Ding feel very comfortable.

"I want to draw all aspects of Beizhou City, the people here, the manatees here, the Zhouzhou people here, the sharks here, and everything else that can be seen. Can you help me?"

“If you can help in any way, please feel free to ask!”

Nanding patted his chest to assure himself.

"I want to go to the cattle area and sketch the manatees at close range. Will this be troublesome?"

a piece of cake.

To express his gratitude, Xuezhen drew a portrait of Nanding. Although it was completely drawn with charcoal, the appearance was lifelike. Nanding bought a picture frame to fix the sketch on the wall.

Xuezhen spent three years painting in Beizhou City.

The painter's income is meager. In order to supplement her family income, she also goes to cattle areas and shell breeding areas to help out, or helps people identify whether blood is poisonous and earns some commissions.

Nanding often gave her some fish, shrimp and shellfish.

The longer they spent together, the more he fell in love with this simple and hard-working painter girl.

Blood really has a fresh and lasting beauty.

But the more I like it, the less I can speak.

Once you propose, there is no turning back.

The pressure of this failure was greater than ever before, and Nanding hesitated for the first time.

One day, Xuezhen invited Nanding to have a picnic. She made wheat cakes, fried fish, grilled clams, and some potatoes, and made hot tea.

The two of them sat by the big rock, enjoying the sea breeze and eating in the gentle sun.

"I gotta go."

Xuezhen said: "Otherwise, I might not be able to go back."

Nanding felt sad.
To be continued...