I write novels in Liyue

"Hello, Miss Fang Qiu."

Seeing Fang Qiu's slightly pale face and red eyes, she smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I've been very busy with official duties these days. I finally had some free time today, but I didn't want to disturb you, Miss Fang Qiu, while you were enjoying the festival. So I planned to visit you tomorrow. I didn't expect to run into you tonight. Ah, I'm sorry, I got a little excited when I saw you, Miss Fang Qiu, and I accidentally said a lot of things."

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm happy to see you all."

Fang Qiu greeted him with a smile.

After exchanging greetings, they chatted for a while. With Naganohara Yomi-no-miya enlivening the atmosphere, they became much more familiar with each other.

The sadness that Naganohara Yomi-no-miya and Kamisato Ayaka had initially felt was largely dispelled upon meeting Fang Qiu and the traveler.

Fang Qiu's attention was also diverted considerably.

"By the way, what are you doing here?"

Ying asked.

"Because it's too late, we can't go back to Hanamizaka anymore, so we plan to find a place to stay on the outlying island for the night."

Naganohara Yoshimiya said.

"and then?"

Fang Qiu was somewhat puzzled.

"However, as we passed by, we saw a green-hatted bard in a tavern analyzing 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3,' so we stopped to listen."

Naganohara Yoshimiya said.

"The green-hatted bard?"

Fang Qiu was slightly taken aback. He tilted his head and saw a green-hatted bard sitting on a table in the tavern, wearing white stockings, his long legs swinging erratically.

She talked on and on, her face flushed from drinking.

Looking at the lively atmosphere in the tavern, Fang Qiu couldn't help but wonder if the green-hatted bard was really analyzing her book.

Why do the people listening look so excited?

That doesn't make sense.

Moreover, wouldn't it be dangerous for a girl like this to get so drunk in a bar?

After all, a wise person does not stand under a crumbling wall.

So Fang Qiu offered advice to the traveler, since the traveler knew the green-hatted bard and wanted her to persuade him to return to the inn as soon as possible.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine."

Ying shook her head and said.

He was, after all, the God of Wind. Although he was unreliable most of the time, a few drinkers couldn't do anything to him.

What's more, Wendy is completely drunk right now.

If I go over there now, he'll definitely drag me into drinking with him.

It's better to leave it alone.

"Ok."

Fang Qiu nodded.

Since the travelers say everything will be fine, then everything should be fine.

"By the way, aren't you looking for a place to stay? It's getting late, why don't you stay at the hotel where Fang Qiu and I are staying for the night?"

Ying said.

"Go to Miss Fang Qiu's room? Sure, we can have that pillow fight we didn't finish last time."

Naganohara Yomi-no-miya immediately agreed.

"Pillow fights are out of the question. Paimon and I have to get up early tomorrow to deliver books to Liyue and Mondstadt."

Ying decisively refused, then looked at Ayaka Kamisato and asked, "Ayaka, what about you? Do you want to come along?"

"Uh? Me too?"

Ayaka Kamisato hesitated.

She has never slept in a room with anyone else before...

She glanced hesitantly at Fang Qiu, only to see that Fang Qiu was also looking at her with a hint of expectation.

So, Ayaka Kamisato nodded in agreement, and then added, "However, I also have to work on the company's affairs tomorrow morning, so I need to go to bed early."

"Alright, I'm going back to Hanamizaka tomorrow morning too... Let's save the pillow fight for next time."

Naganohara Yoshimiya sighed and gave up on the pillow fight.

"Alright, let's go."

Ying nodded and said.

So they walked together toward the World Merchants Association's hotel.

"By the way, Miss Fang Qiu... why do you look like you've just been crying?"

Ayaka Kamisato asked with some confusion.

Since this white-haired beauty is indeed Miss Fang Qiu, it's highly unlikely that she cried because she watched "Chinese Paladin 3"...

Upon hearing Ayaka Kamisato's question, Naganohara Yomi-no-miya, who was standing nearby, also cast a questioning glance at her.

"Uh……"

Feeling the gazes of the two people, Fang Qiu was startled and suddenly panicked. Then she turned her gaze to the traveler.

Sensing Fang Qiu's pleading gaze, Ying naturally knew what Fang Qiu was thinking. After all, she couldn't very well tell Naganohara Yomi-no-miya and Kamisato Ayaka that Fang Qiu had been scared to tears by a haunted house that someone had tricked people into entering, and that Fang Qiu had not only been scared to tears but had almost wet herself in fear.

So she casually used a somewhat flawed excuse to brush it off.

Although they still had some doubts, Naganohara Yoshimiya and Kamisato Ayaka did not press the matter.

Fang Qiu and Ying originally wanted to ask Naganohara Yoshimiya and Kamisato Ayaka why they also looked like they had been crying.

However, when they saw the two copies of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" in Naganohara Yomi-no-miya and Kamisato Ayaka's hands, they instantly understood.

They chatted and laughed as they walked toward the hotel. Along the way, Ying bought a lot of late-night snacks, saying that Paimon should have woken up by now, and she wanted to bring some food back to her so that everyone could have a late-night snack together.

Chapter 376 Zhong Li: Limited Signed Collection?

The next day, early morning.

A gentle sea breeze, carrying the morning mist from the sea, blew into Liyue Harbor.

At the port, the seawater crashed against the shore, turning into white waves and making a series of splashing sounds.

Smoke curls from chimneys above Liyue Harbor.

"When the sun comes out, I bask in the sun; when the moon comes out, I bask in the moon... Ugh... So boring. Doing nothing is more terrifying than death. So boring, so boring, so incredibly boring."

Hu Tao sat on the roof of the Rebirth Hall, looking at the horizon shimmering with golden light on the Far East sea. She propped her chin up, swung her legs, and said listlessly.

“Master, if Miss Fang Qiu sees you sitting so high up, she’ll start nagging you again.”

Downstairs, Yi Guan looked up at her master, sighed, and said.

"Why hasn't Fang Qiu come back yet..."

Hu Tao sighed, looking somewhat melancholy.

Just as she was looking towards the distant dock, she saw two familiar figures walking past on the street not far away.

"Oh? It's them. I'll go ask them how Fang Qiu is doing."

Hu Tao's eyes lit up, and she immediately flipped down from the roof and ran towards the Traveler and Paimon walking on the streets of Liyue's Scarlet Cloud Slope.

Watching Hu Tao's departing figure, Yi Guan Xiao Mei couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Our own master is really impatient.

Good morning, Walnut.

Paimon was enjoying a large meat bun he had just bought from Wanmintang when he saw Hu Tao running over. Paimon quickly swallowed the meat bun in his mouth.

Ying also greeted them.

"Traveler, Paimon, good morning."

Hu Tao waved her hand and said, "Why did you suddenly come back?"

"We're returning to Liyue to deliver Fang Qiu's new book."

Paimon said with a smile.

"Fang Qiu has written a new book?"

Hu Tao was slightly taken aback.

"Yes, yes, it's the third installment of 'Chinese Paladin,' it's so good."

Paimon nodded and said, "I reckon those readers will be very excited to hear that Fang Qiu has written a third installment of 'The Legend of Sword and Fairy'."

"We also brought you a few sets."

As Ying spoke, she took out several sets of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and handed them to Hu Tao, saying, "It's a pity that there are only a little over a hundred limited signed collector's editions, and I don't have any here."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Hu Tao smiled and accepted the books Ying handed her, then asked, "By the way, how is Fang Qiu?"

"Fang Qiu? She's fine. Except for acting a little strange when she came back from the festival with the Traveler yesterday, she's alright."

Paimon said.

"That's weird?"

Hu Tao looked at Ying with some confusion, only to find Ying staring blankly with a strange expression. She couldn't help but ask, "Traveler, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

Ying felt her cheeks getting hot.

It's not because of what happened yesterday, but because of what happened this morning...