A rather rare double horse carriage quickly drove out of Banta City's west gate. The wheels rolled over the Falling Rain Road and quickly headed in the direction of the Falling Rain Valley.
Xu Yi looked away from the road project in the outskirts of Banta City and turned to look over the people in the carriage. Finally he looked at Sophia sitting next to Stiel and Agnes and suddenly revealed a smile.
Sophia immediately looked at him, "What are you smiling at?"
Xu Yi shook his head, "No, don't misunderstand.
I'm just curious, why did you insist on coming with us?
The Falling Rain Valley is close to sixty kilometers away and even with the road, it isn't a comfortable thing to go back and forth. I feel that staying in Banta City is a better choice. "
"Humph, I like it, what can you do about it?" Sophia said with a stiff neck.
Xu Yi shook his head, thinking that he indeed couldn't do anything about it.
But he was very curious why Sophia was still staying in Banta City and wasn't willing to return to Anvilmar City.
When Hank Wilson left, she wasn't willing to go with him, so it could be said that she wanted to be with Kennard. But now that Kennard was determined to stay in New Flyer as the general manager, he wouldn't leave Banta City for a long time, so it wasn't right for Sophia to continue staying here.
Of course, Xu Yi couldn't directly ask this question, otherwise it would be chasing Sophia away.
"Chairman, Sophia is this willful, I ask you to forgive her." Kennard beside Xu Yi said in an apologetic voice.
Without waiting for Xu Yi to respond, Sophia glared at him again. She pointed at Kennard and stomped her foot as she shouted, "Big brother, you're actually not helping me!
Now that you've become his subordinate, do you want to side with him?
You don't even want to help your little sister? "
Kennard looked up, "I'll help whoever is reasonable.
The chairman is right, we're going out for the company's business, so why do you insist on coming with us? "
"So what if it's official business?" Sophia snorted coldly.
"Then again, I'm not with you, I'm with big sister Stiel and big sister Agnes, you can't control me!"
After saying this, Sophia grabbed Stiel and Agnes' hands without any hesitation, with a look of provocation on her face.
Kennard knitted his brows. Because Sophia had pulled Stiel and Agnes in, he couldn't reprimand her.
However, Stiel and Agnes' reactions were outside of Sophia's expectations.
Stiel was still alright. She only furrowed her brows slightly and shook her head helplessly. She sighed and looked as if she could not do anything about Sophia.
Agnes took her hand out of Sophia's grasp and seriously said while looking at her, "Young miss Sophia, I'm on a business trip with the chairman this time and have some business to take care of, so please don't bother me."
"Obstruct?"
Sophia never thought that Agnes would say such impolite words, so she looked at Agnes with wide eyes.
"You're actually saying that I'm obstructing you?
Big sister Agnes, you ….. You're making me too sad! "
"Sad?"
Agnes looked at Sophia and then turned to ask Xu Yi, "Chairman, you said that humans would cry when they are sad, but she isn't crying right now. That means she isn't sad, right?"
After saying this, he turned to Sophia and said with a serious expression, "Young miss Sophia, the reason why we elves didn't like to interact with humans before was because humans like to lie.
If you really want to be friends with me, I hope you won't lie to me. I'm very unhappy. "
Seeing Sophia blinking her eyes and not knowing what to do, Xu Yi almost couldn't help laughing.
For a little girl like Sophia who had been spoiled since she was young and had become very willful, other people's words really didn't have any effect on her.
If he wanted to control her, perhaps it really would have to be a natural idiot like Agnes.
The expression on Kennard's face was also very interesting.
He was the most familiar with Sophia's willful personality that was close to being unreasonable. Normally even his father couldn't control her, but now she had been rendered speechless by Agnes' words. He couldn't help wanting to laugh.
Of course, this was based on the fact that Agnes was an elf.
Otherwise, even if it was Stiel who was also a human girl that Sophia loved, it would definitely make Sophia unhappy. Perhaps she would even directly talk back to her.
Seeing Sophia's blank face reveal an aggrieved expression and her little mouth pouting, Stiel revealed a faint smile and first explained to Agnes, "Agnes, humans won't always cry when they are sad.
Some people might be sad, but you won't be able to see it from their appearance. Some people will show a sad expression and only people who are sad to a certain degree will truly cry. "
"Is that so?" Agnes looked at Xu Yi with a look of inquiry.
"Un, it's like this." Seeing Sophia reveal an aggrieved expression, Xu Yi could only help her smooth things over.
"When I said before that humans would cry when they are sad, that was just a general description.
As for the specific situation, it needs to be analyzed and can't be generalized.
For example, even if some humans cry, that doesn't mean they are sad.
There are even some people who cry when they are happy, so it's impossible to tell if a human is sad just by looking at whether they cry or not. "
"It's like this."
Agnes gave a soft nod. After thinking for a bit, she couldn't help saying in an emotional voice, "Humans really are complicated.
If we elves have any emotions, we will definitely reveal them. "
Hearing this, Sophia immediately forgot her aggrieved expression and curiously asked, "Then big sister Agnes, have you ever been sad and cried before?"
Agnes carefully thought for a bit before nodding, "Un.
I remember when I was young, I saw a flower gradually wither away, so I cried from sadness. "
Everyone in the carriage was speechless.
Sophia was stunned for a bit before softly saying in an emotional voice, "Big sister Agnes, so you were this sensitive.
But if you cried from sadness just because a flower withered and died, wouldn't you be sad and cry often? "
Agnes shook her head, "No, I won't now.
Because under the guidance of the elder, I understood that the birth and death of any living being is a natural law. This is a very normal matter and there is no need to be sad about it.
I think that even if you all died in front of me, I wouldn't cry from sadness. "
Everyone was speechless again.
Although this was the nature of the elves, Agnes saying this in front of everyone made them feel that she was too cold and heartless.
Xu Yi couldn't help asking, "Agnes, if I died in front of you right now, you wouldn't cry from sadness?"
Agnes looked at Xu Yi with a bit of surprise, "Chairman, according to a human's lifespan, you still have a long time before you die."
"I'm saying if, because life is filled with accidents.
If I died in front of you because of an accident, would you calmly accept it? "Xu Yi didn't give up as he kept asking.
Stiel knit his brows as he looked at Xu Yi. Thinking about it, he didn't say what he wanted to say. He looked at Agnes and waited for her reply.
Under everyone's gaze, Agnes seriously thought for a bit before replying, "I think ….. this should depend on what kind of accident it is.
If chairman was killed by an enemy, then I would be angry and would find the enemy who killed you to take revenge for you.
Because you are my friend, doing these things is the responsibility of a friend. "
"Then what if you weren't killed by an enemy, but rather because of an accident that wasn't man-made? For example, being killed by a rock falling from the sky, or even more normal, dying from an illness?" Xu Yi continued to ask.
"If it's like this ….." Agnes thought about it again.
"This should be the normal birth, old age, sickness, and death that the elder mentioned. Any living being will experience it, so I don't think I'll be sad."
Hearing this reply, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.
Stiel gave Xu Yi a naughty wink, "How is it?
Respected Chairman Xu, are you very disappointed? "
Xu Yi grabbed the clothes on his chest and revealed an exaggerated sorrowful expression. He looked up at the sky and said with a sigh, "I'm not just disappointed, I'm simply heartbroken!
I thought that my relationship with Agnes was already very good, but I never thought that she wouldn't be sad even if I suddenly died. She wouldn't even shed a single tear!
I'm just too much of a failure! "
Seeing the other people in the carriage laugh because of Xu Yi's actions, Agnes had a strange look on her face.
Stiel saw the confusion on Agnes' face and explained to her with a smile.
The horse carriage continued to move forward while the three girls chatted and Xu Yi and Kennard discussed the work arrangements for the company. After three hours, they finally slowly entered the Falling Rain Valley.
This was Kennard and Sophia's first time coming to the Falling Rain Valley. Although when they were in Banta City, many people had described the Falling Rain Valley to them, after personally seeing it, the two of them were still shocked by the magnificent and beautiful scene in front of them.
"Chairman, this really is a large move." Kennard couldn't help praising.
"I believe that anyone who is suspicious of you, as long as you bring them here to take a look at this Falling Rain Valley, all their suspicions will vanish like smoke in thin air."
"Oh?
This means that before you saw the Falling Rain Valley, you had some doubts about me in your heart? "Xu Yi teased with a smile.
Kennard laughed, "Of course I'm an exception.
If I still had any doubts about you, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to become the general manager. "
"That's more like it." Xu Yi reached out his hand to make an inviting gesture.
"Then your excellency as the new general manager, let me show you the true strength of our New Flyer."