My love game is too abstract

Chapter 214: Dating, Love Potions, and Maidens. Part 1 (6.3k)

Saturday.

The sky outside the window was still dimly lit when Yarrow was already dressed and standing in front of the dressing mirror.

He tugged at the wrinkles of his clothes and took out a task list from his pocket.

The list detailed today's schedule.

The time was tight, and every step had to be carefully planned.

Dating five girls in one day was an unprecedentedly huge task:

He had to ensure that there was enough space between each person and that they wouldn't be discovered by each other.

One wrong move could lead to a five-horse carriage dismemberment ending.

It seemed like an impossible mission, but today, he was going to challenge the impossible.

The time management master was about to go online.

“Serena! Time to get up!”

He knocked loudly on Serena's door.

After a moment, the door opened, and Serena, wearing a thin nightgown with one strap slipping off her shoulder, opened the door, her hair disheveled and her eyes sleepy.

“Yarrow? Why are you so early…”

She yawned, rubbed her sleepy eyes, glanced at the wall clock, and woke up a bit:

“It's only five thirty!”

“It's not early! Aren't you going to抢购材料! If you go late, what if they're all snatched up!” Yarrow said seriously.

“But now the materials might not even have been delivered yet!” Serena said.

“Then go line up and wait!” Yarrow said, “Hurry up and change your clothes!”

“Wait! Don't, don't pull on my clothes!”

Ten minutes later, Serena tidied up and walked out of the room, looking at him with slight dissatisfaction.

“Seriously, what's wrong with you today? You're inexplicably so anxious, like a child who can't wait to go out and play early in the morning on a holiday.”

“Just think of me as one.” Yarrow said, “Okay, let's go out when you're ready, and try to buy what you want smoothly.”

Walking on the still deserted street, Serena occasionally sized up Yarrow beside her.

She felt that he was a bit too excited today, and his pace was much faster than usual.

Could it be that he was looking forward to going to the black market?

Or perhaps…

A thought suddenly popped into Serena's head.

Could it be that he felt that going out with her today counted as a date?

That's why he was so proactive?

Thinking of this, Serena was slightly dazed.

Then she should have dressed up nicely!

She came here dressed so plainly.

Just as she was thinking this, Yarrow turned his head and called her name.

“Serena.”

“Ah?”

“Have you prepared the things you need to prepare for going to the black market?”

“Oh, this…”

Serena took out two masks from her bag, as well as a hooded cloak that could cover half of her body.

In that kind of place, everything was anonymous. Protecting one's identity was one aspect, and it would be troublesome if one ran into acquaintances.

Looking at the mask and cloak in her hand, Serena sighed slightly.

“Forget it, in this situation, even if I dress up nicely, it won't be of any use.”

“Besides, who would come to the black market for a date…”

However, after having this thought, Serena still moved closer to Yarrow, making the two of them seem more intimate.

And just like that, they arrived at the entrance of the underground market, which was a narrow, dark alley.

At the end was a bronze door.

There were many entrances to the black market, and this was just one of them.

Yarrow and Serena walked forward.

A lifelike mouth was carved above the bronze door. Sensing someone approaching, the mouth moved:

“What has 183 teeth and a monster locked inside?”

“What is this? A password?” Yarrow looked at Serena in surprise.

Serena, on the other hand, had a completely unexpected expression and shook her head.

“When I looked at the guide, it only said that you had to pay an entrance fee to enter.”

“Could it be a newly added rule?” Yarrow wondered.

No matter what, he still pondered and replied:

“Uh… a bigger monster?”

“Wrong! It's my pants zipper! Hahaha!”

The mouth laughed loudly, and even the tonsils on the throat could be seen.

“This is a cold joke that I finally came up with. What do you think? Oh, right, the entrance fee is 3 Sikels per person.”

A small round hole opened below it, indicating that coins should be dropped in.

Yarrow and Serena were both speechless.

So it was just telling a cold joke just now…

Serena took out her wallet, found six Sikels from it, and dropped them in.

“Welcome to the Meraldo Underground Market, I wish you a good time.”

The mouth wriggled and said, then the bronze door made a click and automatically opened inward.

Inside was a downward staircase.

Yarrow and Serena both put on their masks and cloaks.

After walking down the ancient steps for about three minutes, they saw an archway with light shining through.

Walking out from inside the door, the scene outside suddenly opened up.

A musty smell and the smell of something rotting mixed together and wafted into their noses.

As someone who came here for the first time, Yarrow's first impression was that it was like entering a 19th-century subway station. Tunnels made of stone bricks intertwined with each other. On the damp, mossy walls, skull-shaped blue fireflies yawned in the lampshades. On both sides of the tunnel were vendors selling all kinds of goods, mostly stalls, with very few formal shops.

Because they came early, there were still few people in the tunnel, but most of the stalls had already started business, and the stall owners were hawking and promoting their products to the few customers:

“Cursed frog! One kiss and you can turn into a Prince Charming! Customization of unique images is available!”

“Foot odor perfume! Realistically simulates the unique sour and refreshing smell of a beautiful girl wearing black silk stockings all day!”

“Music box! A music box that preserves the voice of an ancient evil god! Let you experience the evil god rap at zero distance!”

“A fountain pen that automatically draws erotic pictures! With it, you can see whatever you want!”

“Royal love history! In-depth exposure! Absolutely explosive! The secrets that the Third Prince and the Naval Minister have to tell.”

“Hmm… the things here are indeed more forbidden than outside…”

Serena looked at the goods sold on the stalls on both sides and shrank her neck.

“Serena, where are we going?” Yarrow looked at her and asked.

Serena took out her small notebook with her strategy notes.

“Shop number 803.”

Following the tunnel forward and looking at the numbers hanging on the wall, they quickly found shop number 803 in a corner.

It was a black magic herb shop, and several people had already gathered inside. It seemed that many people had the same idea as him.

“Quick! Move faster! If you're late, you won't be able to buy it!”

Yarrow immediately took Serena's hand and walked in.

“Hey, slow down!”

Serena felt that today it was him, not her, who was anxious to buy things.

The shop was very narrow, and most of the ground was covered with goods. In the potion jars on the walls were also soaked all kinds of strange biological limbs.

The place was full of a pungent smell of potion and soil.

It seemed that a dispute was happening in front.

“Hey! What are you kidding me! What I wanted was obviously the musk gland of a female white-striped deer! Why did you give me the male one!”

A tall, thin man wearing a clown mask was roaring at the shop.

“Because female white-striped deer don't have musk glands! You idiot!”

The middle-aged, bloated witch in the shop roared at him angrily.

“Who are you trying to fool! I saw it in a book! Whether it's male or female, they all have it! Do you think I don't know I'm going to buy things randomly?”

“Bring me that book to see! If there really is, I'll eat that book!”

“Mind your own business! Anyway, you have to give me the female sac today!”

They were arguing fiercely, and then they confronted each other, neither willing to back down.

“Sigh, to encounter this kind of thing as soon as we come, it seems that it will be delayed for a while.” Serena said helplessly.

“What a joke… you want to ruin my plan today with this kind of crap?” Yarrow said hatefully in a low voice.

Serena was stunned. Just now, she heard Yarrow say that he had a plan for today?

What plan?

A date plan with her?

Before she could think more, she saw Yarrow quickly step forward, push away the few people blocking him, and press down on the shoulder of the clown-masked man.

“What are you doing!”

The man was in a rage and slapped his hand away.

Yarrow suddenly grabbed the white-striped deer entrails wrapped in oiled paper in his hand and stuffed them into his mouth.

“Ugh… you…”

“The things have been eaten by you! Hurry up and pay me and get out!”

“Are you fucking looking for death!”

The man spat out the entrails in his mouth and roared at him.

Immediately, he felt a deep, cold sense of oppression from Yarrow, as if he had instantly fallen into an ice pit.

“Get out!” Yarrow roared.

The man shrank his neck, dodged his gaze, and mumbled words like bad luck while taking out his wallet and throwing a few Sikels on the counter, running out in a panic.

Serena was stunned. Yarrow, who usually had a mentality of watching the excitement when it came to this kind of event, actually intervened today?

Could it be… could it be for her and her date?

She thought with some disbelief.

“Oh, thank you, mysterious guest.” The proprietress said gratefully.

“It's nothing, we're here to buy things too.” Yarrow said, then beckoned to Serena, signaling her to come forward.

Serena paused slightly. Facing the gazes of the few people in the shop, she still hurried forward.

Not only the proprietress, but the other customers had no complaints about their queue-jumping behavior.

“What do you want?” The proprietress's voice became a little sweet.

“A newly arrived batch of starlight flowers, it should be here, right?”

Serena said, looking at the notebook.

“You came after getting the news, right? You're really lucky, you're the first customer to buy this today, you can choose the biggest bundle.”

The proprietress said, picking up a burlap bag from under the counter and pouring out a pile of gray flowers of varying sizes.

Yarrow now knew why she had to come to the black market to buy it. He had seen starlight flowers in a book. The reason it was so memorable was because it could be used to make a potion.

A gender-bending potion.

Many brothels used this to turn homeless people on the street into women to receive guests…

Because of this, the kingdom had included it in the list of controlled items.

He hoped that Serena's goal was not this…

Serena picked out the best-colored flower from the pile, and the proprietress wrapped it up for her.

“Thank you for your patronage.”

After paying, they walked out of the herb shop.

“Very good, very smooth, there's still plenty of time.” Yarrow said, looking at his watch.

“After going back, I'll take Ji Xiaofei to buy that new product, and then take Lulu to the aquarium…”

He calculated the next plan in his mind, but Serena tugged at his sleeve.

“Um, Yarrow, accompany me to another place.”

“Ah?” Yarrow looked at her in surprise.

“Just for a little while.” Serena said.

"Alright then."

There's still plenty of time, so it doesn't matter if it's just for a little while now.

Serena didn't tell him where they were going, she just led him to look for the numbers on the doors, finally stopping in front of a shop with the number 254.

This shop was heavily shielded, and from the outside, you couldn't tell what it was selling.

"Wait for me here for a moment."

Serena said to him, then quickly walked inside.

The inside of the shop glowed with a peach-pink light.

The counter was filled with all sorts of glass bottles, permeated by an ambiguous scent.

Inside, there was only a woman wearing a loose robe, who smiled when she saw her come in: "Looking to capture that young man's heart, dear?"

Even though she had mentally prepared herself, the atmosphere inside still made her a little uncomfortable.

"Um, I want a bottle of hormone pheromone enhancer," she said in a low voice.

"Oh, a love potion."

Serena showed an embarrassed expression.

The beautiful woman reached out and took a light pink glass bottle from the counter. As a love potion, the bottle seemed rather ordinary.

Remember, only put in a little at a time, or be careful of getting too excited and being devoured alive," the beautiful woman said with a chuckle.

Serena quickly took out the money to buy it with her head lowered, put the potion in her bag, and quickly left.

Blanche told her about this shop by chance. She heard that this potion inside could enhance the atmosphere of a date by several levels if a drop was put in the water and drunk before the date by both the man and woman, and the experience in some areas could be maxed out.

Originally, she sneered at this kind of low-down potion, but Yarrow was so enthusiastic about today's date, what if...

So, she should buy a bottle first, and then decide whether to use it depending on the situation!

Walking out of the underground market and back onto the street, she took off her mask and cloak.

Seeing that there were shops selling drinks on the side, Serena hesitated for a moment, but still told Yarrow that she wanted to go ahead and buy two bottles.

She should buy the water first, after all, it was to be poured into the water to drink.

After buying two bottles of rose honey tea, also in glass bottles, and putting them back in her bag, she was about to return when a cry of surprise suddenly came from behind.

"Snoopy! Stop!"

A large, piebald dog was happily running on the main road, the leash on its neck still flying behind it.

As soon as Serena heard the sound and turned her head, the flying leash tripped her, and her body fell to the ground uncontrollably, scattering the contents of her bag everywhere.

"Serena!"

Yarrow turned around and noticed the situation, and quickly ran forward.

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

The little owner chasing after the dog could only stop, quickly bowed to them several times to apologize, and then continued to chase after it.

"What's going on?" Yarrow frowned as he watched the person and dog running away, and helped Serena up.

"Are you okay?"

"Uh, I'm okay, just a little unlucky," Serena said with a helpless smile as she got up and dusted herself off.

Then she saw the love potion on the ground, panicked, and quickly went forward to pick it up and put it in her pocket.

"What's wrong?" Yarrow asked, seeing her sudden anxious movements.

"No, nothing. Yarrow, are you thirsty? Have some water?" She quickly changed the subject, picked up the bottle of honey rose tea and handed it to Yarrow.

"Thanks."

Yarrow took it, helped Serena tidy up her things, and also felt a little thirsty, unscrewed the glass bottle, and took a big gulp.

"This drink doesn't taste like anything," he smacked his lips.

"Really? I even asked for seven parts sugar," Serena unscrewed it and took a sip.

Suddenly, she realized something and took a closer look at the glass bottle in Yarrow's hand.

Crap, wasn't that the love potion bottle!

The two bottles were similar in shape, and the color of the liquid inside was also similar. In her haste just now, she had actually mixed them up!

But Yarrow didn't notice that he had drunk something terrible at this time, and finished it all in two or three gulps.

Turning his head and seeing Serena in a daze, he asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing," Serena quickly said, but her heart was already uneasy.

"Crap... what should I do now!"

"Oh, right, Serena, I suddenly remembered that I still have something to deal with at my school club, so I'll go first!"

Yarrow waved to her and said.

"Hey, wait!"

Serena quickly grabbed him.

"What is it now?" Yarrow looked at her suspiciously.

"Accompany me home first," Serena said.

"Go home? What's the matter?"

"Uh... I, I have a few homework questions that I don't know how to do, can you help me answer them?" Serena didn't know what she was saying at all.

"You, you're kidding, right... you're asking me about homework?" Yarrow said amusedly, "Don't tease me, I really have something to do, if there's anything else, we can talk about it when you get back later."

Saying that, Yarrow waved his hand and trotted away.

Serena stared blankly at his back, her lips trembling slightly.

"What... what have I done..."

"No, no! I have to follow him! What if Yarrow suddenly has an attack on the street?"

Yarrow then ran towards the Rainbow House Dessert Shop.

When he got there, he immediately saw Ji Xiaofei squatting by the flower bed at the door, teasing a small caterpillar.

"Xiaoji!" he called out as he ran over.

"Yarrow!"

Seeing him coming, Xiaoji immediately got up and ran over.

Today, Xiaoji was wearing a very cute pink dress, with a jellyfish hat, and the chick-shaped satchel that she usually carried, looking particularly adorable.

"You're finally here! Hurry! There are only three of those super delicious desserts left!" Ji Xiaofei said anxiously, grabbing his hand.

"I know, I know, I'll take you to buy it now," Yarrow said, taking Ji Xiaofei's hand and walking into the store.

At this moment, he frowned.

"Hiss... why do I feel a little hot? Is it because I just finished running?"

He tugged at his collar, not paying much attention to it.

Entering the store, there was a dessert sample displayed in the hall like a bonsai, called something like "Alice's Wonderland Extra Large Fruit Cream Vanilla Cup."

"Can you finish such a big cup?" Yarrow said.

"Don't worry, I specially didn't eat breakfast today," Xiaoji said proudly.

"Still, eat properly, you hear me?"

Coming to the bar, he specified that he wanted a vanilla cup.

"I'm sorry, this product is specially for parents and children, and can only be purchased if you two are father and daughter or mother and daughter," the clerk said.

"We are," Yarrow said.

Ji Xiaofei immediately understood, hugged Yarrow, and called out sweetly:

"Daddy!"

"Uh... but, this child is a Feathered race, and you are..." the clerk said uncertainly.

"Adopted," Yarrow said.

"Alright..."

"Then please hurry up."

"Oh, this is an event product, before purchasing, you and your daughter need to complete some interactive games," the clerk said.

"Ah? Still have to play games?" Yarrow didn't expect it at all.

"Yes, just cooperate to make a small handmade clay sculpture, and the finished product will also be left in our parent-child memorial exhibition," the clerk said.

"Games, games!"

Yarrow was a little unwilling, but Xiaoji became excited and eager to try, so he could only agree:

"Alright then."

"Then please come with me."

They were taken to the game area, where there were also children's clay sculpture turntables, and several mothers and daughters were already playing happily.

They were all mothers and daughters, it seemed that fathers like himself bringing their daughters here to play were not very common.

"Please use this table, the materials are all here, please take them yourself," the clerk said.

Ji Xiaofei had never seen this kind of clay sculpture tool with a turntable, and turned it around curiously.

"Alright, quickly pinch something out," Yarrow urged her.

"Okay, Daddy ~"

Ji Xiaofei then took out a ball of clay, put it on the tray, and started to pinch it freely.

After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief, opened her hands, and showed Yarrow her results: "Finished!"

"What is this?" Yarrow asked, looking at the strange lump in the tray.

"Little Gray," Xiaoji blinked at him.

"Doesn't it look like it?"

"It doesn't look like anything except mud," Yarrow said.

Forget it, as long as she's happy.

But at this time, the clerk came over with a souvenir camera and said to them: "Dad also needs to participate, and the photos taken will also be hung on the parent-child souvenir wall."

Yarrow sighed helplessly and rolled up his sleeves.

"I'll teach you."

He held Xiaoji's small hand from behind, teaching her to pinch the correct shape with the clay.

"Hiss... what's wrong with me?" Yarrow felt uncomfortable in his heart.

His movements also became a little stiff.

"Daddy?"

Ji Xiaofei turned her head to look at him suspiciously.

"It's nothing."

Yarrow shook his head and continued to pinch the clay for her.

"Hmm?"

Ji Xiaofei hummed softly, turned her head, pursed her lips, and looked at him a little at a loss, blinking her innocent big eyes.

This made Yarrow suddenly come back to his senses.

"Damn it! What's going on? How could I..."

He glanced at the clerk over there who was holding the souvenir camera, but she was looking elsewhere at this time.

Coming back to his senses, he quickly pinched the clay sculpture, a very cute rabbit shape.

"Wow, Daddy is so amazing!" Ji Xiaofei said in surprise.

"Okay, please look here."

The clerk held up the souvenir camera and took a photo of them and the clay sculpture.

After washing their hands and sitting at the dining table, the vanilla cup that Ji Xiaofei had been thinking about was finally brought up.

"Eat quickly, I'll send you home after you finish eating," Yarrow said, sitting next to her.

He rubbed his head, he still felt a little unwell, he really didn't know what was going on.

"Daddy, you eat first," Ji Xiaofei used a spoon to scoop a small piece of cream ice cream and handed it to Yarrow.

Looking at the earnest Xiaoji, he still ate it.

"Is it delicious?" Xiaoji asked.

"It's okay."

"Hehe."

Ji Xiaofei smiled sweetly and started eating happily.