[Genshin Impact] A world where only travelers are alone

Mingxun hasn't been back to Chenyu Valley for a long time. Fu Jin, who is staying in the cave alone, feels lonely to death. Although Lingyuan is with him, the stupid big guy is completely different from humans.

Moreover, Fu Jin was very worried that without their supervision, Mingxun would do something out of line when he was alone outside.

Fu Jin felt a little scared when he thought about how he was forced to wake up that day because of the strong smell of blood, and when he surfaced he saw a woman covered in blood.

What made her feel even more uncomfortable was that after discovering her, Mingxun did not panic at all. He just calmly put down the sharp weapon in his hand and smiled at her: "Sorry for waking you up. I thought the water in the pond was enough to block these unpleasant smells."

Water can indeed block most of the smells, but there was too much blood on her body, which fell on the ground and spread out, and one stream even flowed into the pool of water.

Mingxun obviously noticed this, and his face looked even more apologetic: "I'll take care of it later."

Fu Jin was almost laughing because of her anger: "Is this the time to talk about this? You should treat your wound immediately!"

Mingxun finally paid some attention to the wound on his arm that was still bleeding, and slowly bandaged his wound under Fu Jin's stern gaze.

After wiping off the blood stains, Fu Jin finally discovered that there were not only fresh scratches on her arms, but also many old wounds that had long since healed to the point where only scars remained.

She didn't dare to ask, nor did she need to ask. After all, what happened today made her understand that Mingxun's true personality might be completely different from what she usually showed.

That's right. After all, she was able to abandon the Rock God Morax and join her own master when he was at the peak of his power, and then turn around and follow herself, Lingyuan and Yaojun to rebel.

But no matter what, they have lived together for so long, it is difficult for Fu Jin to just leave her alone. Now he begins to worry that Ming Xun, who is far away, will take advantage of his absence to do whatever he wants.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this possibility was very high, and even her tail began to flap the water surface uncomfortably.

"Lingyuan, Lingyuan--" she called her friend's name.

Not far from the pond, the huge beast probably heard it, but it hadn't woken up yet. It thought it was dreaming, and moved away, smacking its lips.

Fu Jin raised his voice: "Ling Yuan!"

The Ni beast still didn't respond and was sleeping soundly.

Fu Jin simply crawled out of the water and splashed water on her face with his cold body.

The Ni beast finally woke up from his dream and looked at her with his round eyes, as if asking what was wrong.

Fu Jin was furious, but he hadn't forgotten the important matter: "I would like to ask you to go to Liyue Harbor to check on Ming Xun. She hasn't been back for a long time, and I'm a little worried about her."

Although she is not an ordinary fish and can walk outside the water, she still needs to recuperate and cannot leave here too far.

"Mingxun?" Ling Yuan's eyes were confused. "Didn't she just leave not long ago?"

Fu Jin: ...

There is no alternation of day and moon in the cave, so it is normal that it is difficult to tell the passage of time. In addition, Ling Yuan is sleepy and sleeps for several days at a time, so he can't tell how much time has passed.

Fu Jin tried hard to convince himself.

Although it made sense, she still couldn't help but feel a little angry: "You! You are really - humph."

Worried that she would ignore him, Ling Yuan immediately transformed into a human form and raised his hand to promise that he would leave immediately, even though she still didn't quite understand why Ming Xun was going to Liyue Harbor.

She was an honest child, so she asked casually, "By the way, what was she doing in Liyue Harbor?"

"Of course, I'm going to make peace with Yan Shen!" Fu Jin excitedly swung his tail. After thinking for a while, he was afraid that this idiot didn't understand, so he reminded him, "By the way, if you accidentally run into Morax when you go to look for Mingxun, remember to avoid her. She is now using the identity of an ordinary person to approach that person, so don't let her get away from it."

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Although Fu Jin had reminded them carefully, she had obviously forgotten one more important thing - that is, in fact, none of them had ever seen the Rock God who had transformed into an ordinary person.

She even forgot to emphasize to Ling Yuan that Morax was now a mortal.

Therefore, when the latter detected Mingxun's presence in Liyue Harbor, she fell from the sky without any hesitation, even though she also sensed that there was a mortal standing next to her.

Fortunately, there are not many pedestrians at the moment, otherwise they would be so frightened by this scene that they would fall to the ground and call it a fairy.

The raindrops were blocked by an invisible barrier when they were about to fall on her. The silver-haired woman, with an extraordinary temperament, walked slowly towards the person in front of her.

But soon, she stopped.

Ling Yuan had a strange expression on her face and tilted her head to look at the scene in front of her. From her perspective, the two people under the umbrella seemed to be very close, so close that they completely exceeded the distance between friends.

She asked blankly: "Is this your lover?"

For the inhuman beast, when a pair of opposite sexes are too close, it means that they have an unusual relationship, such as brothers and sisters, lovers, etc.

She had never seen the person next to her, so it couldn't be Mingxun's brothers or sisters, so it must be his lover.

Ling Yuan's sudden appearance obviously scared Ming Xun. She subconsciously pushed Zhong Li away, even though they had not done anything out of the ordinary just now.

It was just that a raindrop knocked down a leaf, which was blown into her hair by the wind, and then Zhongli asked for her opinion and picked it up for her.

However, Ling Yuan did not understand these things. She only recognized what she saw with her own eyes. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she was right. But she still didn't understand something. After all, before she went out, Fu Jin told her that Ming Xun came out to reconcile with Morax.

She asked subconsciously: "But Fu Jin clearly told me that you came out to find--" Before she could finish her words, Ming Xun rushed over and covered her mouth regardless of the heavy rain all around.

Ling Yuan:?
After making sure that she had no chance to speak casually again, Mingxun finally regained her usual shyness in front of Zhongli: "Sorry sir, if my friend's words offended you, I apologize on her behalf."

The man chuckled in response to her.

Zhongli took a few steps forward and brought her back under the umbrella.

Perhaps because of her rare loss of composure, he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips. He could only cover his lips with his hand and cough lightly: "It's okay, Miss Xun Ming's friend just misunderstood, it's enough to explain it clearly."

"Xun...Ming?" Ling Yuan finally realized something belatedly and turned his head to carefully observe Ming Xun's expression.

The man smiled shyly at Zhongli, but when he turned to face her, he seemed to be suddenly covered with a layer of haze for some reason. Even the curve of his mouth didn't change, but it made people feel cold.

Ling Yuan shuddered and wanted to run away.

But Mingxun, who was standing next to her, was holding her shoulders tightly, not giving her any chance to escape.

Nie Shou immediately admitted his mistake and learned to lie without any instruction: "Fu Jin, Fu Jin said you were here to find a job, why are you suddenly talking about love?"

Great, the circle is back.

The smile on Mingxun's face finally became more genuine, and she emphasized her voice and explained, "My husband and I are just friends. He is a frequent customer of the store where I work, that's all."

"That's all," she repeated.

Zhong Libiao glanced at her calmly and agreed with a smile: "Yes, Miss Xun Ming and I have an ordinary relationship."

Ling Yuan's limited brain was racing, and she felt that the two of them were trying to hide something, but no matter who it was, there was probably no reason for them to lie to her, so she decided to believe them for once and skip the topic.

She started talking about business: "Fu Jin asked me to come and see you to see how you are doing."

Mingxun was stunned, as if he didn't expect Fu Jin was still thinking about him.

Ling Yuan added slowly, "She was worried that you would do something out of line, so she told me to keep my eyes open and watch carefully, lest you try to trick me with your sweet words."

Based on what the two had just said, she had already determined that Mingxun and Zhongli were not very familiar with each other, and the latter would not be the guy that Fu Jin had warned her not to reveal, so she stated her purpose without hesitation.

Something out of the ordinary?

Zhongli's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but look at the other party, but he unexpectedly found that Mingxun's expression was not natural, especially after Lingyuan finished speaking, her right hand subconsciously retracted back.

Because of the limited space under the umbrella, the two people were very close, and even such subtle movements were easy to detect.

Mingxun immediately realized that his behavior was making things more obvious.

She couldn't even look up to confirm whether Zhongli had noticed this scene. She could only grab the hem of her skirt with both hands to try to make her previous action less conspicuous.

She didn't know whether Zhongli would be fooled by her, but the current situation did not allow her to think too much, because Ling Yuan had already made a move to check it out personally.

Mingxun still remembered the weak persona she maintained in front of Zhongli. Even though she had the ability to stop Lingyuan's behavior, it was not convenient for her to do so. But if she was not tougher, this stubborn guy in front of her could really strip him of his outer clothes because of Fu Jin's words.

In this case, there is only one choice left -

Mingxun hid behind Zhongli.

Such situations have occurred many times before. As a god, Morax is always more tolerant towards his original believers, even if Mingxun's requests are sometimes strange.

At that time, the battle with the sea overlord, the Whirlpool Demon, had just ended, and Morax had a rare period of leisure time under the pretext of recuperating from his injuries.

In his spare time, he picked up the carving knife again.

He obtained a lot of spoils in the battle with Osel, including some colorful corals, which were very suitable as embellishments for gold jewelry to give to Mingxun.

However, before the jewelry was finished, Mingxun, who was not used to him staying in the house all the time, came to visit again. Just when Morax thought she had something serious to say, she asked him to accompany her on a long journey.

"I remember that you are close to Liuyun, maybe you can ask her to accompany you."

His carving work had just begun, and Morax didn't want to divide his mind on other things for the time being. After hesitating, he chose to refuse.

Mingxun has always been tactful, but this time he was a little stubborn for some reason. Even after getting an answer, he did not leave and still stood in front of Morax with his head down.

She opened her mouth several times, but not a word came out.

"Mingxun?" Morax asked in confusion. He reached out and lifted her face to see the girl's expression and figure out what she was thinking.

But Mingxun stopped him.

She held onto Morax's sleeve to prevent him from looking at her, and only a lost and hoarse voice rang out: "I... I want you to go with me. There are some things I just want to tell you -"

(End of this chapter)