Chapter 263 Couples

"Hey, these are dumplings stuffed with shrimp! Try them."

Gion happily picked up the dumplings with long chopsticks and put them to Lex's mouth.

The two were currently in the most famous restaurant in the Flower Kingdom Food Street - Yuxiulou.

At the same time, this is also one of the most famous cuisines in Qinghai, the epitome of the cuisine of the Kingdom of Flowers.

How could Gion, who aspires to try all the delicacies in the sea, miss such a treasure land? So after tasting some special snacks from the Kingdom of Flowers, he couldn't wait to drag Rex to Yuxiu Tower.

"Haven't you eaten it before?"

Lex remembered that Gion had eaten the cuisine of the Kingdom of Flowers a long time ago, and dumplings were no exception. Moreover, dumplings were also part of the cuisine of the Kingdom of Wano.

"It's different. If you eat alone, it's meaningless no matter how delicious it is."

Gion answered vaguely while stuffing dumplings into his mouth.

"Yeah, hahaha, then eat to your heart's content."

"That won't work. I manage my body. When I was taking skills courses at Marinford, I also took courses that included makeup, body management, and clothing matching~"

"So what class is that?"

"Geisha."

"Oh, huh?!~ Why do you have nothing better to do than learn this?"

Although Lex knew that Gion was also a geisha in the original middle school, he didn't expect that she would be "not a good student" after following him.

Gion smiled slyly:

"Hey, you're not jealous, are you? Can't your woman learn some geisha skills? Uh-huh~ Too pedantic, Lex~ You're jealous of this? Come on, dip your dumplings in vinegar~"

Lex had a blank expression:

"I mean, if you really want to learn, I have a better place to recommend you."

Gion raised his head curiously:

"what?"

"Stussy's Happy Street. It just so happens that Stussy and I have a good relationship. You can also--"

"Get lost!~ Who wants to learn that kind of thing from that shameless woman?~"

"It's not nice to say that about her. After all, she is now considered our second sister-in-law."

As he said this, Lex touched his chin with interest. In fact, he really didn't expect that Stussy and Roy, two unrelated people, could live together.

Several expressions flashed across Gion's eyes in an instant, first shock, then suspicion, and then gossip:

"Is it true? Tell me quickly, how can Roy, who knows nothing about women, find a wife? No, was it Stussy who seduced him first? Roy couldn't resist the temptation. I always thought he was smarter than Shanuo."

Lex laughed:

"No, I'm not sure. I don't know what happened between the two of them during the World Expo. Anyway, they are together now."

"Hiss~ Indeed, when I was in Pentles, I felt that the two of them were sneaking around all the time, always sticking together. I thought they were discussing work matters, but I didn't expect it to be a secret love affair!~"

Women's gossiping nature may be innate, of course, men have it too.

Then Gion said excitedly:

"So, Shanuo has sister Benny, Roy has Stussy, and I have you. You three brothers are really lucky~"

Lex smiled faintly, then felt something was wrong:

"No, according to the parallel sentence structure, shouldn't it be 'I also have you'? Why is it the other way around?"

"Oh, don't worry about these details. You're not satisfied with me? Eat something."

As he said that, Gion picked up another piece of shaomai and stuffed it into Lex's mouth.

……

Of course, compared to the eating, drinking and playing of the Lex Gion couple, the daily life of the Royce Tussey couple is a bit more explosive——

New World, Tuscany Islands, Happy Street.

"Honey, how's business in the red light district lately?"

Roy finished a busy day at work and came to Stussy's base camp to have dinner with his wife.

Stussy was wearing a slim and simple white work suit, 12-centimeter-high pure white stiletto heels, with his legs crossed. He wore a pair of rimless glasses on his delicate nose and was carefully checking the recent cash flow report of the red-light district.

Feeling a familiar breath gradually approaching him, Stusi's eyes did not leave the report. He still frowned slightly, rubbing his temples with his white fingers, seeming to be very dissatisfied with the data on the report.

Roy stood behind Stussy considerately, put his hands behind Stussy's blonde hair, supported her forehead, and gently pressed her head to relieve her fatigue.

Stussy continued to look at the report in her hand carefully. After a while, she sighed, threw the report away, leaned her head back, and pressed it against Roy's lower abdomen:

"Alas, dear, I don't know why, but the red light district in the New World has been doing very bad business recently. The turnover is basically supported by some intelligence business and arms trafficking points. If this continues, I'm afraid my influence will shrink."

Roy listened quietly, massaging his hands non-stop. Under the warm yellow light, Stussy lay quietly on Roy, greedily feeling his breath, as if only this could make her feel at ease.

"Do you want to know why?"

Roy whispered a few words, and Stussy opened his eyes that were closed because of comfort, and asked curiously:

"Why? Do you know?"

Roy put his arm around Stussy's waist, picked her up, walked to the sofa by the window, gently placed Stussy's head on his thigh, continued massaging, and then said calmly:

"Because times have changed, whether the red-light district's business is booming or not depends on people's desires, and the so-called desires are nothing more than the feelings that the material world brings to people. In the past, the New World was constantly at war and in chaos. People were displaced and worried all day long. Under this high-pressure life, sexual desires were infinitely magnified, and the red-light district's business was naturally booming."

Stussy closed his eyes, leaned comfortably against Roy, and listened quietly to Roy's analysis.

You have to know that this is one of the most intelligent men in this ocean - the dream maker Roy, a man that even Lex relies on.

Roy continued:

"After Rex unified the New World and eliminated the government's naval power, it seemed to have become more chaotic, but in fact, under the prestige of the pirates, people's lives are much better than before. You are also a top agent of the government, and you should know how much pressure Tensho Gold puts on the civilians. Without Tensho Gold, the production value of the civilians is earned by themselves. The most important thing is that the pirates in the New World are different from the Four Seas and Paradise. Whether it is Admiral Golden Lion, Captain Whitebeard, or seniors such as Wang Zhi and Silver Axe, or Xia Nuo, I am no longer an ordinary pirate. In other words, pirates are not enough to describe us."

Stussy opened his eyes and looked at Roy curiously:

"Then what are you?"

"It's what Lex calls the 'military-industrial complex'. It's a local separatist force that is essentially no different from the government. It's a stable force that can compete for supremacy, not a pirate that is in danger of losing his position at any time and is targeted everywhere."

Stussy was naturally very smart. After hearing what Roy said, she understood all of Roy's thoughts:

"Oh, so, with you guys as a check and balance, the new world will be more stable and peaceful than the Four Seas and Paradise, right?"

Roy nodded slightly. Lex was in charge of almost everything. The new world, the underground world, various businesses, and other matters were almost all handled by Gut and Roy, so Roy naturally knew what the real new world was like better than ordinary people:

"Well, to be precise, it is the new world under Lex's name. It is more prosperous and powerful than any other sea area in the past."

"Then my red light district—"

Roy gently stroked Stussy in his arms:

"Ha, wait until 1498, then this sea will be in chaos again."