Everyone got busy; only Takumi was bored at home alone.
After staying at home for a while, Takumi simply ran to Zhongli's teahouse to play.
It was just that Zhongli didn't seem to be in the teahouse.
Instead, he had gone back to work.
Takumi didn't mind either.
He found a private room, sat down, drank tea, and listened to books.
At the same time, Takumi used his power to sense Liyue's current situation.
Construction was going on everywhere.
Yaoguang Beach was almost ready at this time.
Sanitation was already in progress.
It looked like it would start opening in a few days.
Takumi's eyes lit up when he discovered this.
Some merchants' products were also ready.
Everything was prepared, just waiting for the opening.
Sensing the situation at Yaoguang Beach, Takumi looked at Keqing again.
At this time, Shenhe had joined Keqing
and they began the handover work.
After Keqing learned of Shenhe's intentions, she directly handed over Guiliyuan's affairs for Shenhe to handle.
She then began arranging the engineering team to go to Jueyunjian,
ready to start working.
Keqing was still the same as before when she worked in a hurry—
never procrastinating; what could be done the same day was done the same day.
Sensing all this, Takumi suddenly remembered something.
He hadn't contacted Sucrose yet to have her prepare those special fruit seedlings.
Thinking that, Takumi called a waiter quickly
and asked them to help pack some pastries.
Then he said, "The bill is on Zhongli."
After saying this, Takumi opened a space channel and slipped away.
Hearing this, the waiter was a little speechless,
but they were used to it.
It wasn't the first time Takumi had done this.
Remember the boss?
This was the equivalent of giving for free.
They would record it and tell Master Zhongli every month how many times Baiyehe came to eat and drink for free.
Thinking of this, the waiter sighed.
It was better than being strict.
Perhaps Master Zhongli always sent bills to Hall Master Hu Tao in the past.
Now it was finally Zhongli's turn.
Shaking her head, she didn't think too much about it and started to pack.
These things were not what wage earners like them should worry about;
the boss would naturally handle them.
Takumi brought the snacks to Sucrose's laboratory.
At this time, Sucrose was watering the flowers in her small garden.
Of course she noticed Takumi's sudden arrival.
Seeing Takumi, Sucrose pushed up her glasses.
"Takumi~!"
Takumi handed over the snacks he had brought.
"Try these."
"These are Liyue's most famous dim sum right now."
"I brought some for you."
Sucrose accepted them without hesitation.
"Thanks!"
"What are you doing here today?"
She looked at Takumi curiously and opened the snack box.
Seeing those exquisite pastries, Sucrose's eyes lit up.
She picked up a piece and started eating.
Facing Sucrose's questions, Takumi revealed his reason for coming.
"I hope you can help get some fruit trees that grow well."
"Next, we will open a fruit-planting base in Jueyunjian."
"So we'll need these."
When Sucrose heard this, she blinked.
"Fruit?"
"Can you look at mine?"
She pointed to the fruit trees she had planted not far away.
Takumi followed her gesture.
In that area there were many fruit trees already,
and they were full of fruit.
Takumi's eyes lit up when he saw them.
"Have you studied them?"
Sucrose nodded while eating a pastry and said, "Yes."
"I did research some time ago."
"These fruits can be grown almost anywhere."
"And the taste is very good; you can try them."
Hearing that, Takumi nodded
and walked to the trees.
Apples, sunset fruit, tangerines, oranges…
These were some common fruits.
Originally, except for the sunset fruit, the others were seasonal,
but here they were growing luxuriantly out of season.
That was impressive.
Takumi picked a ripe orange and tasted it.
The flavor was excellent.
If it hadn't tasted good, Sucrose probably wouldn't have planted them here.
He finished the orange, then picked a sunset fruit and said, "After a while, help me cultivate a batch of saplings."
"I will use them."
Sucrose agreed without hesitation.
"Okay!"
Now she was very happy—normally Takumi didn't give her tasks,
so most of the time she studied on her own.
Most importantly, research funding was steady.
Every time the pharmaceutical factory made money, it allotted funds to her.
Now she had no shortage of resources.
So she had accomplished a lot in a short time.
The flowers in her room were her masterpieces.
She felt that all she had to do was continue working here,
and sooner or later she would collect all she wanted
and create a little paradise of her own.
"Correct."
"This is for you."
"Take it for research."
Takumi then took a seed from his space equipment and handed it to her.
Seeing the purple seed, Sucrose was surprised.
"What is this?"
She had never seen it before.
"This is the seed of an electro tree; you can study it."
Upon hearing the name, Sucrose became interested and took it decisively.
Her hand trembled slightly at the tingling element—Electro was strong.
"I'll research it."
Saying that, Sucrose ran straight back to the laboratory,
with no intention of paying more attention to Takumi.
Takumi was used to this.
Shaking his head, he didn't think too much—this was how she was;
if research was involved, she became very excited.
Takumi turned and left,
and he did not forget to tell Nuwa:
"Create a memo for Sucrose so she won't forget my request."
"Remind her at any time."
"Let her take care of the fruit trees."
"However, there seems to be no need to worry too much now."
"After a while, when Jueyunjian's construction is completed and the land starts reclamation, remind me again."
[Received!]
Nuwa recorded this immediately, set a program, and would remind him when the time came.