Long Ling waited several days, but Violet didn’t come.
Her cloak, which she had left here, had already been washed and dried.
She had a vague feeling that what Violet had left here wasn’t a cloak, but a dog leash, tethering her to this damn tavern.
Long Ling was now the tavern owner, but she didn’t need to stay in the shop every day.
Ever since Violet had come to find her that night, she had been dreaming about Violet every night.
The dreams were so exhausting that she was always sleepy the next day.
She couldn’t run around anymore and had to wait for Violet to come to the tavern.
Just like before, when Violet locked her in the manor, she had to wait for Violet to get off work and come home every day, like a little pet.
When Violet had time and remembered her, she would hold the dog leash, pull her out to walk and let her get some fresh air, and ask her if she was happy?
Only Violet was happy, right?
The more Long Ling thought about it, the angrier she got.
She punched the folded cloak several times, vented her anger, and then put the cloak back into the cloth bag.
When Violet came, she would immediately throw this packaged cloak at her, tell Violet to take her cloak and leave quickly, and never appear in front of her again!
Long Ling squeezed a large glass of watermelon juice.
The watermelon was bought from the Vana River orcs.
Since she didn’t have a farm anymore, she had to go through purchase channels for these fruits, and the monthly cost had increased a lot.
She missed her hundred acres of strawberries a little.
Today Mo Dai was coming to pick her up from work.
The weather was a little hot, so Long Ling planned to make some watermelon shaved ice to quench her mother’s thirst.
The ice was bought from a witch in the city.
It wasn’t convenient to cut a large piece of ice directly, so Long Ling used a sharp knife to shave it into shaved ice.
Her dragon claws weren’t afraid of the cold, and her sharp dragon claws pressed on the ice.
The thin blade cut from top to bottom, as neatly as shavings, cutting down layer by layer.
The sound of cutting was loud and crisp, which was quite decompressing.
When Mo Dai came, she saw her daughter cutting ice alone at the tavern counter.
The ice was piled up like a small mountain, and it was about to bury Long Ling.
Mo Dai waved her hand in front of Long Ling’s eyes.
Long Ling didn’t notice that Mo Dai had come and was still cutting ice.
Mo Dai walked to Long Ling’s side, and a trace of worry appeared in her eyes: “Little Ling.”
Only then did Long Ling come back to her senses.
When she saw her mother had come, she showed a bright smile: “Mom, when did you come?”
Mo Dai asked doubtfully: “I just came.
Why did you cut so much shaved ice?”
Long Ling realized that she had cut too much by accident and quickly took out the insulated box for storing ice to pack up the extra shaved ice:
“It’s so hot, I wanted to make some watermelon shaved ice for you to drink.”
Mo Dai was comforted by her daughter.
She hadn’t eaten watermelon in a long time, and her precious daughter specially made watermelon shaved ice for her to drink.
She had cut so much shaved ice that it was about to melt her heart before she even had a chance to drink the watermelon shaved ice.
Mo Dai’s eyes were full of love, and her maternal love couldn’t help but overflow:
“Thank you, precious daughter.
Do you have enough pocket money to spend?
Should Mom give you another box of gold coins every week?”
Long Ling shook her head quickly when she heard that her mother was going to give her more pocket money: “No need.
I’ve been making a lot of money running this tavern.
Mom has already helped me a lot.”
Mo Dai looked at her daughter’s well-behaved and cute appearance and couldn’t help but think that Guoer’s decision was not wrong.
She should have taken her daughter away from that duchess.
Look at how sunny and cheerful the little dragon was now.
Long Ling poured the squeezed watermelon shaved ice into glass cups separately.
The light red watermelon shaved ice had a sweet fruity aroma.
The translucent, cool shaved ice was poured in and piled up in the shape of a snow mountain.
Then she added a slice of lemon and inserted a light green straw and spoon.
Long Ling brought the watermelon shaved ice to Mo Dai.
When she was making the iced watermelon shaved ice for herself, she thought of how Violet always drank red wine at the table, while she drank lemonade.
She couldn’t remember the taste of lemonade anymore.
She only remembered Violet’s noble eyes.
Even when she was tipsy, she was still high-spirited.
As long as she glanced over, she couldn’t help but want to do anything for Violet.
As she thought about it, Long Ling accidentally poured too much shaved ice again and quickly cleaned it up.
Mo Dai couldn’t help but worry: “Little Ling, why have you been so listless these days?”
Mo Dai’s warm hand reached for Long Ling’s forehead.
She didn’t have a fever, but she just looked absent-minded.
Long Ling couldn’t hide anything and couldn’t help but say to her mother: “Violet came to find me.”
Mo Dai frowned: “Why is she here again?”
Long Ling took a sip of watermelon shaved ice, her eyes wandering: “It’s not like she came again.
She hadn’t appeared for a long time.
A few days ago, I was drinking in the tavern, and she suddenly appeared.”
Mo Dai immediately became vigilant: “Does she want to take you back to the manor again?
Silly child, you can’t be soft-hearted again!
She will keep bullying you if she takes you back!”
What her mother said was right.
The big evil dragon was always bullying her, and everything about her now was a disguise.
The big evil dragon used to not only spank her with a staff, but also deliberately turn her into a little dragon and hold her on her lap to bully her.
Long Ling was a little conflicted again: “But, she said that she would take care of me in the future and would never hurt me again.
She looked so pitiful that day, and she was injured when she chased me.
We were caught in the rain together, and she gave me her cloak to wear.
When I left, she even…”
Before Mo Dai could finish speaking, Long Ling started defending Violet again.
Mo Dai looked at her and realized that even if the person was here, her soul had been taken away by Violet.
How could that be allowed?
She rubbed Long Ling’s head: “My baby is still too young and hasn’t met enough Omegas.
You’ll understand after you meet more people.
Don’t be so easily fooled by her.”
Long Ling hugged Mo Dai’s arm: “I know, I can’t trust her words, but she doesn’t know where to put her cloak.
Her cloak is still here with me.
I’ll return it to her if she comes.”
Mo Dai now knew why Long Ling had stayed so obediently in the manor before.
Violet had left a cloak here and kept Long Ling there.
If things continued like this, she would have to pack Long Ling up and run away.
“Mom will take you to another city to play.
You can leave the cloak at the bar.
When Violet comes, have the tavern staff give it to her.
Don’t meet with her again.
She comes every time and can see you, which makes her even more unscrupulous.”
Long Ling thought about it carefully, and what her mother said made sense.
She wasn’t the dog Violet kept.
Violet could find her whenever she thought of her.
She was always there whenever Violet wanted to turn back.
Was she that cheap?
She stood up, not even drinking the watermelon shaved ice, and prepared to pack her things and go out with her mother to relax.
Mo Dai couldn’t help but laugh at her impatient appearance: “Finish your watermelon shaved ice before you leave.
What’s the rush?”
Long Ling scratched her head embarrassedly and sat down with her mother to eat watermelon shaved ice.
Long Ling slowly drank for a long time, and then slowly washed the glass.
There was no sound of hooves on the street outside.
Violet probably wouldn’t come today.
She still needed to pack the things she needed to bring and leave the tavern with her mother to go to the suburban manor.
They were going to the City of Freedom this time, which was also a gathering place for dragons, but it didn’t have the strong hierarchy of the Aud Continent and didn’t have a king.
Many dragons would settle there.
Just like last time, Grandmother had agreed with Mo Dai to drive out the aunts to work.
This time Mo Dai was taking two of her older sisters, and Long Ling also asked an aunt to help her look after the shop.
Because they had to pass through the Misty Forest, Long Ling thought of Aerith and asked Aerith if she wanted to go out and play with them.
Aerith smiled and refused: “I prefer the forest to the outside world.
Long Ling, I can’t go out and play with you.”
Long Ling knew that she was an elven princess and lived in the elven territory, where she would receive many gifts from nature.
The princess also had the responsibility of protecting her clan.
Most elves didn’t like to go out, and their lives were quiet and peaceful, just like her mother Shelley.
Shelley wasn’t always with Mo Dai either.
She lived more comfortably in the forest.
Elves were more content to enjoy a peaceful life and listen to their hearts.
If they weren’t born here, it would be difficult to adapt to such a desireless and harmonious race.
But for dragons, greed and desire were endless.
Long Ling and Mo Dai would go out to do business together and were full of curiosity about all kinds of things.
Long Ling was a hybrid of dragon and elf.
She had both the dragon’s desire for gold coins and the bloodline’s love for nature, so she was more gentle than other Alphas.
Long Ling waved goodbye to Aerith: “I’ll bring you interesting gifts when I come back.”
Aerith saw that Long Ling was now sunny and happy, with her mother by her side, and couldn’t help but tell her softly: “Have fun and enjoy yourself.
I’ll prepare a gift for you when you come back.”
Long Ling knew that friendship between friends didn’t mean they had to be together all the time.
Everyone lived in the place where they felt most comfortable, and they could share their happiness together next time they met.
She and Mo Dai got into the carriage to Donba City, while at the same time, Violet finally arrived at the tavern.
The tavern had just opened for business, and two half-orc employees were cleaning and tidying the tables and chairs, chatting idly in the tavern.
“The boss is on another trip.
I wonder how long she’ll be gone this time?”
“Anyway, the boss isn’t here every day.
I really envy the boss, who can go wherever she wants every day and has so many elven friends.”
“I heard that the boss is actually a dragon, but I don’t know why she’s so close to the elves.
Is the boss’s love interest an elf?”
“I don’t know, as long as it doesn’t affect our paychecks.”
Violet clenched her fingers, her knuckles cracking, and her dark golden eyes slowly turned blood red.
Why was it always an elf?
Her legs were already healed.
Why couldn’t Long Ling wait for her a little longer?
She had rushed over day and night just to see Long Ling again.
She had already regretted it.
She was just too anxious and too afraid of losing her.
If she had just had a little more patience, she wouldn’t have done those things before again.
But the little dragon didn’t believe her and wasn’t willing to wait for her.
Violet’s emotions were lower than ever before.
Even though it was a warm autumn day, she had never felt so cold, hugging her arms tightly, and a chill overflowed from her bones.
There would never be a dragon to warm her body again.
“Your Grace, do you want your subordinates to retrieve your cloak and inquire about Long Ling’s whereabouts?”
Violet was a little dejected.
She knew that if Long Ling hid back in the elven territory, she would be with that elf, and she wouldn’t be able to get in no matter what.
She had been pestering Long Ling, as if she was doing useless work.
If she didn’t love her, she didn’t love her.
Long Ling really didn’t have her in her heart anymore.
But she was not willing to accept it at all.
Why should she lose what she had already obtained!
Violet’s usually cold voice trembled uncontrollably: “Find out where she went.
I want to find her!”
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