In Ihaileisi City, at the Golden Coconut Inn,
Li Si and Tiya entered the inn. They had barely looked around when someone came up to greet them.
"Is there anything you need, dear guests?"
Li Si glanced over, and his eyes lit up.
The girl before him had a face as delicate and beautiful as a newly blossomed flower, like the gentlest spring breeze softly brushing across one's heart. She wore a gray maid's uniform, her golden hair falling loose to her waist. Though her clothes were simple, they could not conceal her fresh and refined air. A narrow satin ribbon cinched her waist, outlining her graceful figure.
A faint smile rested on her lips, pure and immensely infectious, giving her the warmth of a girl next door that made people instinctively want to draw near. Each flicker of her light brown eyes carried a smile and a heartwarming gentleness, as though they concealed a few mischievous secrets as well.
Smiling, Li Si said to the girl before him,
"I'm a traveler from Amangdu City. My name is Li Si, and I came to Ihaileisi to attend the Guer Festival."
"Could you prepare a room for my wife and me?"
As he spoke, Li Si pulled Tiya, who had been following behind him, over and wrapped an arm around her.
Tiya glanced at Li Si with her grayish-purple eyes. Her pretty face reddened slightly, but she obediently let him hold her.
She had noticed Li Si's gaze lingering on the girl before them for a moment earlier, and she had felt a little jealous. But now, she had no such thoughts at all.
Li Si looked at the golden-haired girl. Although he wore a smile, his eyes were utterly calm. His mind had even begun to tense as he carefully