Duncan was a little creeped out by the direct gaze of this doll. After calming down for a few seconds, he finally couldn't help but frown and asked: "What are you looking at?"
Alice said honestly: "It's up to you."
Duncan looked confused: "What do I have to see?"
"It's the first time I see you talking... like this," Alice said with a look of disbelief. "Although you said before that you have another body and identity here, it still feels incredible to see you actually!
Captain, you look completely different now than you did on the ship. You are not so tall, and you are not so gloomy anymore. Well... you look like a good person..."
Duncan's eyes widened when he heard this, but before he could speak, Alice hurriedly added: "Ah, I shouldn't slander you, Captain..."
"How many times have I told you not to learn from that goat-head! Praising someone else as a good person is not a slander - neither does praising me!" Duncan glared at the fool in front of him and felt his brain was shaking, "And you forgot how I reminded you
Really? You can’t call me ‘Captain’ here in the city-state, you have to call me Mr. Duncan or Mr. Store Manager, remember?”
Alice was so excited that she shrank her head: "Ah...hey! I remember the boat...Mr. Store Manager!"
"...Why don't you just call me Mr. Duncan?" Duncan sighed with a tired look on his face. "At least you are familiar with this name, so the chance of calling him wrong is relatively low."
"Oh, okay, Mr. Duncan." Alice hurriedly lowered her head and agreed, but as soon as she lowered her head halfway, she heard Duncan reminding her helplessly: "Don't lower your head, your head will fall off - if you drop your head in front of everyone, you will
Our journey to the city-state is over.”
Alice groaned, then frowned and thought for a moment: "I seem to have heard Ai mutter something similar to what you just said, but that's not what it said... It said don't lower your head, the crown will...
"
"Is there a crown on your head?!" Duncan stared, "There's just a wig on your head - it's stronger than your head!"
Alice thought for a while: "Hey..."
Then she was quiet for less than two seconds, then suddenly started staring at Duncan again, this time saying it herself before the latter could say anything: "Captain...can I touch your face?"
Duncan looked confused: "I don't mind, but why?"
Alice had already taken action when she heard the words "don't mind". It seemed that after leaving Captain Duncan's majestic "body", the doll's courage had swelled unprecedentedly. She stepped forward and pinched Duncan.
The cheeks and eyes of this body are full of surprise: "It's amazing! It's true! When I was on the boat, I felt like your face was carved out of stone!"
Duncan felt extremely awkward, and while dodging back, he said helplessly: "Have you had enough? That's about it..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard two brisk footsteps coming from the direction of the stairs, followed by Nina's clear and cheerful voice: "Uncle, Shirley and I have finished dinner! You are down here.
What are you busy with..."
Duncan turned his head expressionlessly, while Alice's hand still remained stretched out. Nina stood at the stairs on the second floor and stared at the scene beside the counter with her mouth open, looking at the person who had appeared in the store at an unknown time.
Shirley, an elegant and beautiful lady who looked like an aristocratic lady from uptown, almost bumped into Nina: "Hey, why did you stop suddenly?"
Alice immediately took her hands back, folded her hands on her legs, and sat in front of the counter with her upper body straight and dignified.
The boards look upright like the gorgeous dolls placed in the display window of the Rose Doll Museum.
Nina was stunned for a while before reacting. As she walked down the stairs hesitantly, she carefully looked at the beautiful lady sitting opposite Duncan. Shirley, who was following her, also saw the situation on the first floor at this time. However, Snow
What Li was thinking about was something else entirely——
"Agou, Agou, look quickly, what is that sitting opposite Mr. Duncan...is it a human? Can you beat it?"
Agou's voice came after a long delay, sounding extremely cautious: "I can't see clearly through your eyes, but the more I look at her, the less human she is... I don't know if I can fight her, but I will never fight her anyway."
."
Shirley was stunned: "Why? You can't even see what it is, why are you so scared?"
"Nonsense! She dared to pinch Mr. Duncan's face!" Agou's voice sounded extremely hollow, "That's it. If she wants to stew me, I have to take the initiative to chop wood..."
"...Agou, you are getting more and more embarrassed."
"This is called sizing up the situation - do you know how many human beings have spent their entire lives just to master this essence of survival?"
Shirley ignored Agou.
While she was talking, she and Nina had already arrived on the first floor. She saw Nina walking up to Duncan and the beautiful young lady, and heard their conversation.
"Uncle, who is this lady?"
Nina asked curiously, and subconsciously looked at Alice beside her secretly, with surprise and speculation in her heart - she had never seen such a beautiful lady, let alone any young lady with her uncle.
With such an intimate gesture just now, her eyes lit up slightly with strong curiosity.
"Oh, just to introduce you," Duncan coughed twice to relieve the embarrassment, and then raised his finger calmly and pointed, "Her name is Alice, do you remember that I said before that I would like to recruit someone else in the store?
?That’s her.”
After saying that, he immediately pointed to Nina and Shirley: "This is my niece, Nina, and this is Shirley who is temporarily staying here during this period."
"Hello." Alice immediately took the initiative to say hello. This time she kept Duncan's instructions in mind, sat upright, nodded just right, restrained her fussy attitude, and greeted people in the most polite way.
But I wonder if there is a certain "texture" unique to the doll that is difficult to erase. In the eyes of Nina and Shirley, Alice's restrained posture turned into an indescribable elegance and a certain kind of elegance.
Mysterious and reserved temperament.
The first meeting between two girls and a silly doll led to an epic misunderstanding.
"Hello... hello," Nina swallowed nervously and nodded to Alice as if she was afraid of leaving a bad impression, "Nice to meet you."
Shirley also said hello. She was also a little nervous, but her nervousness came more from Agou's words just now, "Hello, I am also very... very happy."
Then the scene froze, with both sides sullen and no one speaking.
Shirley and Nina didn't know how to continue talking. The beautiful and elegant lady in front of them almost didn't look like someone who would appear in downtown, so the two girls felt that no matter what they said, they would make this Miss Alice
Feeling unhappy.
Alice is even simpler - her mind is empty most of the time.
Sometimes it is filled with paste.
Fortunately, Duncan had anticipated this situation. When he saw both sides being silent at the same time, he knew what was going on. He immediately coughed lightly to break the silence: "Ahem, Shirley, how is your injury?"
"The injury...oh! The injury has completely healed!" Shirley was stunned for a moment before she realized it. She quickly stood up straight and answered Duncan's question as if giving a report, "And I just ate a lot, and now I'm not hungry at all!"
"
"I didn't ask you this... but I hope you like today's meal," Duncan smiled and nodded, "Take good care of your body these two days, and I will make some nutritious things to restore your strength. Nina
, do you have any plans today?"
"I'm going to take Shirley to the store in the next block," Nina said immediately, "and buy her two new clothes and new shoes - her clothes are very old."
Having said this, she turned to look at Shirley and emphasized before the other party spoke: "This is a meeting gift brought here for you. It would be rude not to accept it."
"I..." Shirley opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say for a moment. In the end, she could only nod, "Okay, thank you first... and Mr. Duncan."
Duncan nodded with a smile on his face: "Then don't go too far and come back before evening - Shirley, you have to protect Nina."
Shirley straightened up immediately and said in such a loud voice that Nina was startled: "Yes, Mr. Duncan!"
Afterwards, the two girls said goodbye to Duncan and Alice, and walked toward the door. As they walked, Nina was still saying: "What did you do so loudly just now? You scared me...Uncle? I
Uncle is not scary."
"I...I am polite. I am learning to be polite recently..."
Listening to the whispers of the two girls drifting away, Duncan couldn't help but smile. Then he turned around and saw Alice staring straight at him again.
"Why are you staring at me again?"
"Mr. Duncan... you are very different here than on the ship," Alice looked at Duncan seriously and looked up and down before saying, "You are much more friendly than on the ship!"
"Okay, don't lament that this is something," Duncan smiled helplessly. Of course he knew why Alice felt this way - even he knew that he was actually tense all the time on the boat.
Even if he has relaxed a bit recently, it is still not as free and easy as in the city-state. However, he did not waste any time on this matter, but quickly changed the topic to other places, "Let's talk about your affairs first.
——You don’t have a legal identity, so it’s best not to go to Shangcheng District to draw attention. During this period, you will help in the antique store. On the one hand, you can adapt to the environment, and on the other hand, you can do something for me. I usually go out.
When the time comes, you just stay here at the counter. When the customers come...wait, I suddenly thought of a question!"
Duncan suddenly stopped and stared at the puppet in front of him with a strange expression. It took several seconds before he hesitated and said, "Do you...know money?"