"Hehe~" Alex also chuckled softly; Lynette was quite interesting. He wanted to hear the familiar meow sound more often.
Alex lightly cleared his throat, then looked at Lyney with a serious expression and said, "Ahem, so, what do you need me for? Tell me. I'll help you as much as I can."
If Lyney and Ann came to ask him for help, it must be a very important matter.
"It's like this, it's not a particularly big deal." Lyney had finished his strawberry juice by then and continued, "Didn't I help you collect a lot of Primogems a couple of days ago?"
"That's right!" Alex became alert. "The Primogems you gave me have already been used."
Lyney waved his hand, his mindset relaxing. "Oh, I'm not here to ask for the Primogems back."
"Oh." Alex still stared at Lyney, waiting for his reply.
Lyney slowly explained, "The Primogems I helped you collect, some of them our three siblings kept. The other Primogems were exchanged one by one from the children at the House of the Hearth."
"Since it was an exchange, and it's already been completed. Did they go back on their word and want these Primogems back?" Alex crossed his arms, thinking of a possibility.
"You should know, once they decided to trade with you, it's equivalent to signing a contract of agreement." Alex continued, "There's an old saying in Liyue, 'Sisi material… Bah! It's 'He who breaks his word shall be punished by eating rocks.'"
As he spoke, Alex stood up and crossed his arms again. "Heavenly Principles, All Things!"
"No, no, the children of our House of the Hearth are all good kids." Lyney quickly waved his hands, then stood up and patted Alex's shoulder to help him relax and sit back down.
"That's good." Alex said, sitting down, startled. He thought Lyney was troubled about the Primogems.
"However, my visit is indeed related to Primogems." Lyney continued.
"Hm?" This time, Alex's eyes swept over, now calm and not as agitated as before. He waited for Lyney's words.
"Didn't you open a Primogem beverage shop today?" Lyney said, seeing Alex nod, and continued, "The children at the House of the Hearth all heard about this, and they also want to drink and try it, but…"
As soon as Lyney said that, Alex instantly understood what was going on. "But you took all their Primogems before, and now they've all come to find you?"
"That's right." Lyney nodded, looking a bit troubled.
Alex looked at them. "So? You came to…"
"Well, could you make us some lemonade… just ten cups would be fine." Lyney finished, then looked at Alex.
"This… hmm…" Alex drew out his words, thinking for a moment. After all, they had given him so many Primogems. Only asking for ten cups of lemonade was perfectly fine.
Seeing Alex hesitate, Lyney quickly said, "We won't take it for free. If you have any requests, you can tell me, and we will do our best to help you."
"Pri…" Alex started directly. Primogems were his first priority.
Lyney rubbed his forehead and interrupted, "Of course, if you want Primogems, it's not impossible. But we won't be collecting much more, and you've also started exchanging drinks for Primogems, so everyone wants to exchange for free, making it even harder for us to collect."
After thinking, Alex said, "Then you let Lynette with me…"
Lyney immediately interrupted again, "No."
Alex rubbed his neck. "I haven't even said anything yet."
The scene fell silent for a moment. Only Furina's sound of eating strawberry shortcake remained.
Furina: Huh? Don't pay attention to me, I'm enjoying watching the show from the side.
"I have an idea." At this moment, the always silent Lynette spoke.
Then Lynette instantly produced a deck of oversized, dark green-backed playing cards.
"You two make a check. If your number is higher than Lyney's, Lyney cannot refuse Alex's reasonable proposals. Otherwise, you'll need to make a different request." Lynette, as the center of the dispute, offered excellent advice to the two, completely unconcerned about Lyney having to sell him if he lost.
"Since Lynette said so… Alright." Lyney finally nodded in agreement.
And for Alex, he wouldn't lose no matter what, so he naturally agreed as well.
"Then, I'll draw first, so you'll have a number to compare to, preventing you from saying I cheated in the end." Lyney said, casually drawing a card from the deck Lynette had shuffled.
He then looked at it, his face immediately filled with worry, and then he placed that card on the table in front of everyone. Everyone looked and saw: "4!"
"Oh dear, oh dear." Lyney couldn't stop shaking his head. This was bad! His number was so small.
"Haha, you're set!" Furina couldn't help but chuckle as she saw the result from the side, then said, "Do you want me to draw for you?"
"No need!" This was already very stable, wasn't it? Alex casually picked a card from the top, then immediately flipped it over, confidently looking up and proudly saying, "Bigger than you!"
"!" "!!" "!!!" The other three were stunned to see that Alex's card was a single digit: "2!"
"Huh?" Alex also looked down after them, realizing he had drawn a 2. How was this possible?
But 2 is considered big in poker… "Lyney 4 points, Alex 2 points. Lyney wins!" Lynette announced the result at this moment.
"Ugh." Well, he still lost.
"See, you should've let me draw." Furina gloated.
"Then you draw one now and see." Alex huffed.
Drawing as soon as she spoke, Furina also casually picked a card, flipping it face up in front of everyone: "12!"
Seeing the result she drew, Furina felt even more triumphant, soaring to the heavens.
"Don't panic, let me eat a lemon first!" Saying that, Alex made himself a cup of unsweetened lemonade. Oh my, it was so sour.
Halfway through his drink, Alex suddenly thought of something fun. Lyney was a magician, and what he lacked least was playing cards.
And since there were playing cards here, how could they not be used for entertainment?
Thinking this, Alex's hands didn't stop, and he silently began making normal-sugar lemonade. He made twenty cups directly, double the amount for Lyney.
Alex said to Lyney, "I lost, so I'll just give you double for free. No need for any conditions. After all, you all brought me so many Primogems before."
Additionally, he placed a cup of lemonade in front of Lyney, Lynette, and Furina, who was sitting nearby.
The three of them simultaneously picked up the lemonade in front of them and started drinking again.
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