I write novels in Liyue

When Fushe left, he must have felt relieved...

Mi'nu and Fana...

And there's Yingda...

Xiao remained silent, not uttering a word, until laughter and chatter erupted downstairs.

"Immortal, the food is ready, including your favorite almond tofu, which I've placed here for you."

Xiao opened his eyes and looked at the terrace.

On the terrace, Yanxiao left, leaving only a plate of almond tofu on a small table.

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P.S.: Our building has been designated as high-risk and has to be locked down. They said that anyone found to have problems will be taken into quarantine. I was woken up to do a nucleic acid test just as I fell asleep yesterday, which has left me feeling unwell all day. I'm only finishing writing this now, and I'll update it tomorrow.

By the way, I'd like to share a new book by someone other than Orange (a popular online author), titled "Honkai Impact 3: I Cried Alicia's Sword in the Previous Civilization."

Volume 1: Chapter 461 An Unforgettable Grief (Three-in-One)

A summer night, with a gentle breeze.

Mondstadt.

The windmill was spinning smoothly, and the flowers blooming by the roadside were swaying in the wind.

Lazy.

Peaceful.

At this time.

The taverns in Mondstadt were packed with people, but there was a deathly silence as everyone drank in silence.

Cat's Tail Tavern.

"In this cold world, after being hurt by Fang Qiu's book, only the drinks that Little Diona makes can bring me warmth."

"Fang Qiu's knife strike is truly suffocating, ugh, it's so painful..."

"Reaching for the stars with bare hands, trying to catch the wind with outstretched fingers, looking back on a life, it's full of regrets..."

"Me too..."

The drinkers drank in silence, slurring their words and talking nonsense.

The bitter wine stings my throat and my heart aches; we are both wanderers in this world.

Just then, the tavern rang with a bell.

Two girls, one in blue and one in red, walked into the tavern.

"Give me a shot of strong liquor."

With red eyes, Yura sat down at the bar and placed the copy of "Angel's Heartbeat" on it.

I had just sat down.

The cat from the Cat Tail Tavern came up to her and rubbed against her boots.

Amber picked up a piece of cat food and fed it to the cat.

Soon, Diona, who was behind the bar, prepared a strangely shaped drink and brought it to Yura.

"It tastes good."

Seeing Amber's worried gaze, wondering if she could really drink this, Yura picked up her glass, downed it in one gulp, and then nodded in admiration.

Hearing Yura's praise, Diona was about to go crazy.

This evening, Cat's Tail Tavern, which usually has fewer customers than usual, was suddenly flooded with a large number of patrons.

They are quite similar, and they all share several common characteristics.

They all looked sorrowful, drank strong liquor, and carried Fang Qiu the Great Demon King's book...

Yura, who is now drinking at the tavern, is also holding Fang Qiu's book.

Damn it!

That despicable Fang Qiu, the Great Demon King!

Diona gritted her teeth and puffed out her cheeks in anger.

Fang Qiu, the Great Demon King, was actually very sweet in his previous book.

At that time.

Apart from a few people who said they had been single for many years and felt as innocent and sad as dogs that had been hit by stones for no reason while walking on the side of the road after reading Fang Qiu's book, almost no one came to drink alone.

She had initially thought that Fang Qiu, the great demon king, had finally laid down his butcher's knife.

As a result, this new book went even further.

Sweet at first, then bitter.

They lured people in and then stabbed them.

Because of the contrast with the previous book, even more people came to the pub to drink...

The store was packed with people, both inside and out, and many people bought alcohol to take away.

Yura's seat was given to her because someone had just gotten drunk and left.

Otherwise, there won't be any seats available, either inside or outside the store.

Damn it!

Because of Fang Qiu, this great demon king, I'm getting further and further away from my goal of destroying Mondstadt Winery...

They've all become unattainable.

Thinking about this, Diona was so angry she almost cried.

I feel terrible and want to cry.

"Another one, please."

Yura drank the rest of the wine in one gulp and then said.

After she finished speaking, her gaze fell on the guests and bartender sitting not far away.

"Sir, please drink less. You've had too much... Has something sad come to mind? Tell me about it, it might make you feel better."

Looking at the middle-aged man dressed as an adventurer, sipping his drink, the young female bartender asked.

"If such a place really exists, as Fang Qiu described in his book, I'll probably go there after I die..."

The middle-aged man looked at the book "Angel's Heartbeat" beside him, his eyes reddening. After taking a sip of wine, his gaze became deep and sorrowful as he began to talk to the young girl about the past.

That happened more than ten years ago.

At that time, he was a novice adventurer, belonging to an adventure team called South Wind Wolf Fang.

That day.

His mother was seriously ill and needed a rare medicinal herb to treat her illness.

But that medicinal herb grows deep in the snow-capped mountains.

Those days were marked by torrential rain and fierce blizzards on the snow-capped mountains.

However, my mother's illness could not be delayed any longer.

So he decided to go to the snow mountain alone to find medicine, but his predecessors, upon learning of this, wanted to go with him.

Under the insistence of his seniors, he had no choice but to let them go to the snow mountain with him.

After going through countless hardships, they finally found the medicinal herbs they needed.

However, his eagerness and recklessness provoked an attack from a group of monsters.

They were surrounded and eventually trapped inside a cave.

Because he was the youngest in the group, and also because he still had his mother to save.

So the captain and his men helped him break through the encirclement and escape back to the city to rescue his mother and, incidentally, call for reinforcements.

However, he got lost in the snowstorm and was attacked and injured by monsters.

After returning to the city and handing the medicine to the doctor, he set off for the snowy mountains with the Knights of Favonius, who were prepared for the rescue.

However, by the time he arrived, all his predecessors had already died in the cave...

The captain, still clinging to life, smiled and said, "Thank goodness, you're alright," upon seeing that he was unharmed, before passing away...

He knelt in the wind and snow and cried for a long time.

When he dragged his exhausted body back to the city with the Knights of Favonius, he learned that because he had returned too late, his mother's condition had worsened and she had passed away...

He didn't even have time to see his mother one last time.

The middle-aged man spoke these words, choking up and shedding tears several times as he recounted his story, overwhelmed with grief.

That was the darkest period of his life.

The elders died because of their own deaths and their mothers' passing.

To this day, it remains a wound in his heart that has yet to heal.

Even now, he is actively mentoring new members of the Adventurers' Guild free of charge.

Firstly, I don't want anyone else to repeat the tragedy that happened to me back then.

Secondly, it was for atonement.

Even until his death, he could not forgive himself for getting lost in the snowstorm.

"So that's how it is. The spirit of your predecessors truly shines like gold. Such people would never blame you. Isn't your captain's dying words proof of that? If your mother knew that you risked so much to go deep into the snow-capped mountains for her sake, she would definitely not blame you either."

After hearing the uncle's story, the girl's eyes also filled with tears. While wiping away her tears, she comforted him, saying, "I've also read Fang Qiu's book. I hope you can be like Baihe and make peace with yourself as soon as possible. At least you did your best back then, didn't you?"

"I understand the principle of making peace with myself, but how can I endure all of this..."