Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

I worked tirelessly all night, and now my stupid subordinate is sleeping like a child, sound asleep... Has he even considered how his boss feels right now?!

stare--

Bronya gazed at Xia Yuan with a resentful look.

How is she supposed to face Seele, Kiana, and Mei? What Mei once said... has really come true and happened. In short, they absolutely cannot know about this. If necessary, she must give her stupid subordinates a gag order.

It's still so early... Alexandra... surely her mother wouldn't wake up this early?

I should take this opportunity to wash myself as soon as possible. There are still some strange sensations in my clothes and mouth. What an idiot subordinate. How could he have so many? Or is it that he has never released himself before?

This doesn't fit her understanding and opinion of her incompetent subordinates, even though she has so many beautiful women in her private life.

Bronya stopped thinking about it, put on her coat, and without waking Xia Yuan, she gently knocked on the door and quietly went to the second-floor corridor.

Bronya had already surveyed the overall layout of the cabin before she arrived.

She still remembers...

The washroom in this cottage is located on the first floor, next to Ms. Alexandra's bedroom.

To avoid making any noise that might attract Ms. Alexandra's attention, Bronya tiptoed down the wooden handrail to the second floor.

"Why did I have to sneak around like this? What's with this relaxed feeling of not being discovered by my mother when I got to the washroom... Hmm, it's all my stupid subordinate's fault!"

Bronya felt inexplicably at ease.

It was as if victory was just one step away from her. All she had to do was wash up, straighten her slightly disheveled shirt, and pretend nothing had happened last night.

Then he calmly returned to his room on the second floor...

Once the foolish subordinate wakes up, stand expressionless in front of him, place the Heavy Bunny on his head to force him to submit, and then quickly get him to leave using the typewriter's abilities.

She couldn't let her incompetent subordinate stay there any longer.

Such a thing happened on the very first night. Bronya's intuition seemed to tell her that if she couldn't leave today, Little Red Riding Hood would be completely captured by the Big Bad Wolf within three days.

"Go for it... Bronya, you can do it."

Bronya took a deep breath after mentally rehearsing what she needed to do next...

She took a step toward victory.

But just as Bronya stepped into the bathroom to wash herself, a voice she least wanted to hear called out to her from behind.

"That...Ms. Brownie?"

Alexandra stood at the door, still slightly sleepy.

It just so happens that she was discovered at such a crucial moment... She was only one step away from victory, but unfortunately Bronya's plan couldn't keep up with the changes. The sudden turn of events made her mind race.

Chapter 351 Bronya, I'm entrusting her to your care.

"What should I do... what should I do... if my mother finds me dressed like this..."

“It was all thanks to those idiot subordinates last night. Once we get through this crisis, Bronya will definitely double your workload! Wait, now is not the time to think about that. The most important thing is how to explain this to Ms. Alexandra.”

But right now, if Bronya turns around, her mother will definitely notice something is wrong.

"No...we absolutely cannot turn around now!"

With her back to Alexandra, Bronya quickly closed the wooden door to the bathroom and hurriedly wiped herself with water.

"Please wait outside for a moment, Mother!"

The sight of the tightly closed wooden door and the sounds coming from inside caused Alexandra to pause in surprise for a moment.

“Ms. Brownie, did she just call me Mother? Am I still half asleep? Or did I hear wrong? Brownie... Bronya? The same silver hair, the traveler who looks so much like me.”

Alexandra stood outside the door, seemingly lost in thought, muttering something to herself...

She had a rather unrealistic suspicion and deduction in her mind.

The woman who called herself Brownie might be her daughter, Bronya Zaychek. She kept recalling her conversation with Brownie the day before and the deep sense of blood ties she felt.

After a moment—

After washing herself, Bronya tidied her shirt and clothes.

Calming her turbulent emotions and preparing her pre-thought-out explanation, she had already figured out how to explain things to Alexandra's mother.

The bathroom door slowly opened.

Before Bronya could speak, Alexandra suddenly opened her arms and pulled Bronya into her embrace. The sudden turn of events made Bronya forget all the words she had prepared.

"That...that...mother...mother?"

"Ms. Brownie, what did you just call me?"

Alexandra's gentle voice echoed in Bronya's ears. Realizing she had misspoke, Bronya quickly corrected herself, "Ahem, I meant, Ms. Alexandra, you are about to become a mother, so please take good care of yourself for the sake of the child in your womb."

“Although I don’t know what happened in the future, thank you for coming back to visit me... my daughter, Bronya.”

"Mother?"

"Yes, Bronya... I'm here."

For some reason, tears welled up in Bronya's eyes, and her voice was tinged with a bitter sob.

She hadn't expected her mother to figure out her true identity, but none of that mattered now. All she wanted to do was snuggle in her mother's arms and savor the surprise brought to her by her bumbling subordinate.

An hour after Bronya and Alexandra were reunited with their mother...

Xia Yuan gradually opened his eyes from his deep sleep, stretching... Although his sleep time was shorter than usual, he felt more energetic than usual. Indeed, days without work were so relaxing.

"Dear Ms. Brownie, are you still sleeping in bed? Wake up, you lazy duckling, the sun's about to shine on your bottom!"

Seeing that there was no response from inside the blankets, Xia Yuan originally wanted to tease the other party.

So... he suddenly lifted the covers, wanting to see the other person wake up with a shy expression, covering her cheeks in a cute way, but Bronya was nowhere to be seen under the covers, and was instead hugging another set of blankets.

"Where did Bronya, who's so big and sleeps next to me, go?!"

[Regarding waking up to find that his boss, Bronya, is missing...]

Recalling what happened last night between the Big Bad Wolf's subordinate and Little Red Riding Hood's boss, Xia Yuan felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction. Bringing Bronya here was indeed the right choice.

His relationship with Bronya had finally taken a big step forward.

"But where did Bronya go?"

"Could it be that he woke up early because he was shy... causing the other person to be afraid to face him?"

"Hmm... Let's get up and cook breakfast first. He wants to prepare a sumptuous breakfast for Bronya and Ms. Alexandra to reward Ms. Bronya for her hard work last night."

After saving enough money—

Let's decorate the wedding venue with Bronya's favorite game, Alahato, for our wedding... um... use her salary to hold the wedding!

However, this meant he couldn't switch jobs anymore; he was firmly tied to Bronya's side. He couldn't let Bronya recklessly use the game production funds to buy large quantities of Houmu dolls anymore. The family needed someone to manage the money.

Just as Xia Yuan was contemplating his future plans...

I could faintly hear voices talking and chatting downstairs. It sounded like Bronya and Ms. Alexandra were exchanging words. Were they already awake? It seemed I couldn't stay in bed any longer.

Let's do it!

With a sense of satisfaction and longing and anticipation for the future, Xia Yuan carefully dressed and walked down the wooden stairs along the second-floor corridor.

"Mr. Xia Yuan, did you sleep well last night?"

Hearing footsteps coming from above the stairs, Alexandra greeted Xia Yuan gently, while Bronya turned her head away, not daring to look at Xia Yuan.

Although she told her mother, Ms. Alexandra, how she got here and most of the things that happened, she found it hard to speak of what had happened the night before.

Bronya's cheeks would flush slightly whenever she thought of it.

"Ahem... You slept quite well. Ms. Alexandra and Ms. Brownie, you must be hungry by now. I'll go prepare breakfast for you right away."

While fabricating a "white lie"... Xia Yuan subconsciously reached out and fiddled with his curly hair.

Just as Xia Yuan walked past the two of them into the kitchen, Alexandra suddenly took his hand and said earnestly, "My daughter, Bronya... I entrust her to you, Mr. Xia Yuan."

"Huh?!"

Alexandra's sudden, almost imploring tone and manner of speaking startled Xia Yuan, who froze on the spot.

He turned back from heading towards the kitchen. Did this mean he had received his mother-in-law's approval? But how did Ms. Alexandra know Bronya's true identity?

Chapter 352 Changing the Past

With doubts lingering in my mind~

Xia Yuan looked at Bronya standing opposite him, hoping that she could answer his questions.

Bronya simply rolled her eyes at Xia Yuan, indicating with her eyes that she had already told her mother everything about her true identity and all that had happened last night...

Bronya coughed a few times, her voice tinged with shyness as she replied:

“Mother... Bronya is an adult now and doesn’t need anyone to take care of her. Besides, whether at work or in life, it’s Bronya who takes care of her stupid subordinate.”

"Really? Who is it that spends all day outside of work hours playing video games and never goes out? Do they even have their subordinates deliver food and take care of them during their off-duty hours?"

"Ahem, Bronya, that's to train your stupid subordinate's execution ability."

Just as Xia Yuan was about to say something, he felt a sharp pain in his toes. Needless to say, he knew in his heart that Bronya must have secretly and angrily stepped on his foot.

Bronya, however, acted as if nothing had happened, glancing away childishly while humming a little tune and pretending to look around at the snow scene, as if it wasn't her doing.

"Seeing how good your relationship is, I feel relieved."

"Mother~ How do you know that we have a good relationship? It's clearly not good at all! Every day, my workload increases dramatically because of my stupid subordinates. I have endless code to fix and worries to keep me busy."

Bronya crossed her arms, looking sulky, while Alexandra simply stood beside her, smiling slightly as she watched Xia Yuan and Bronya.

Thinking back to Ms. Bronya's hard work all night yesterday...

Xia Yuan still very considerately forgave the other party's little whim at this moment. He did not intend to reveal to Ms. Alexandra that... the other party's work was written by the heavily armed little rabbit that could transform into an armed puppet, who stayed up all night to write it.

Bronya's job felt more like that of a "game tester" who was slacking off at work.

However, now that Bronya's mother has discovered his true identity, he naturally has to take her back and keep Bronya in check. He can no longer let Bronya do whatever she wants and run rampant.

"Um... Ms. Alexandra, now that you know who we are, would you be willing to come back with us?"

Alexandra didn't respond to Xia Yuan first. Instead, she gently placed their hands together, shook her head, and said softly, "I'm already very satisfied to have met Bronya... and to know what kind of girl she will be when she grows up."

Bronya secretly shook her head at Xia Yuan.

This is already very good... It seems to be telling Xia Yuan that she is already very satisfied to be able to see her mother one more time.

Looking at Bronya and Alexandra, mother and daughter, before him, Xia Yuan silently clenched his fists. He was determined to find a way to bridge the gap of time and space, allowing them to reunite in the future...

At that moment, Xia Yuan thought of a pink, silly figure. If it were Ai Li, she might have a solution to the problem. Magical fairies are omnipotent.

Next, he planned to go to the vicinity of the teleportation point [Paradise Typewriter] set up by the Herrscher of Corruption outside the cabin, just in case. In order to make the Herrscher of Corruption obedient and to teleport the fairy Ellie over, he needed to borrow Bronya's weapon.

"Bronya, lend me your Heavy Bunny 0019 for a moment, I'll definitely figure something out!"

Before Bronya could react, Xia Yuan, carrying the heavily armed bunny 0019 from her waist, ran outside. Bronya instinctively followed and rushed out of the house, managing to grab Xia Yuan's wrist in time.

“Foolish subordinate… This is enough. Bronya is already very happy with something as impossible as changing history.”

Bronya wanted to say something more, but for some reason, she suddenly remembered the man from her past.

Perhaps that man has already achieved it on some level?

Archbishop Otto Otto Apocalypse, whose fate had been altered by the sacrifice of Saint Karen, did not want her foolish subordinate to do something stupid because of her own affairs.

"In short, you stupid subordinate, you need to consider the risks, the consequences, and the price you'll pay for doing this... Don't do anything foolish, okay? Bronya doesn't want to lose you, you stupid subordinate."

Bronya tried her best to persuade Xia Yuan to stay.

“Bronya… this time, please trust your subordinates. I won’t do anything foolish. Besides, I’m going to prepare a grand wedding for you, Bronya, with a game theme. How can it be without elders present?”

Looking at her reflection in the depths of Xia Yuan's pupils, and at the determination in his eyes, Bronya slowly released Xia Yuan's wrist.

“That stupid subordinate…you must remember, even if you don’t succeed, you must not do anything foolish. If there is no trace of your existence in the future, Bronya will find you even if she has to turn the entire Quantum Sea and Imaginary Tree upside down.”

"It's a word."

Suddenly, Bronya opened her arms and hugged Xia Yuan tightly, her whispers and blessings echoing in his ears.

"So, you silly subordinate... this is the vow between you and me. You can't break it. Bronya is looking forward to seeing you in a formal suit at the wedding."

Bronya watched Xia Yuan's figure gradually disappear into the distance. At some point, Alexandra quietly came to her side and gently placed her slender hand on Bronya's shoulder.

"Bronya, at this time, please trust the other party."