Chapter 99 - 98: Beat Half to Death

Gui stood at the counter, carefully sorting the herbs and marking them. There have been a lot of strange things happening in Bubu Pharmacy recently. For example, the pot he used to boil medicine seemed to have been moved by someone. Even though the other person had carefully cleaned it, he still noticed it. Fortunately, there was no strange smell in it, and there was even a faint fragrance. This fragrance is different from the fragrance of herbs, it smells more like some kind of spice. And then there is the strange behaviour of Mr. Baizhu. Today at the Liyue Harbour, he met a merchant from Mondstadt. The merchant was selling a large and plump sunset fruit. The sunset fruit looked round and smooth after the rain, and it stimulates people's appetite at first sight. Remembering that Mr. Baizhu had been so busy in the past two days, he bought a few kilograms of sunset fruit, hoping that Mr. Bai would try some. But when Mr. Bai saw the sunset fruit he brought, he looked constipated. Then he was assigned to do this tiring and boring sorting work. Alas, life is so difficult. The only thing that comforted him was that the croaking of frogs in the yard was a little weaker than yesterday. Perhaps they were swept out of here with the water flow? I guess so. And there's that new patient, he's a bit dishonest. Every day he took Qiqi with him, squatting by the koi pond in the yard and counting the koi fish non-stop. If it were just that, it wouldn't be a big deal, because looking at the way Qiqi squatted with him, she seemed quite happy. It would be even better if he just didn't drool when he looked at the koi. Hiss...Is this guy going to use my medicine pot to stew koi? Gui, worried, counted the koi fish several times after Bai Luo brought Qiqi back inside Bubu Pharmacy. Fortunately, the koi were still there, with the fattest one dangling precariously beneath a lotus leaf. There are a few fewer lotus pods in the pond. Maybe some passerby had taken them? Whatever, it wasn't a rare thing anyway. As long as the koi were safe and sound, that was all that mattered. Qiqi is a good girl. Bai Luo realized this when they were playing games before. So even though no one else wants Qiqi, but he longs to get Qiqi himself, and even puts more than a hundred draws into the permanent wishing pool. As a result, three Skyward Spine spear came before Qiqi came over. Now that he has met Qiqi, he can feel even more how well-behaved this child is. No matter how many sunset fruits he took out, Qiqi would eat them all, and never said they were sour, but rather delicious. This made Bai Luo feel embarrassed. He casually stuffed the sunset fruit that Qiqi had bitten into his mouth. So sour... He seemed to have forgotten that Qiqi has no sense of taste... The days at Bubu Pharmacy were much more dull than before, even duller than those at Wangshu Inn. Bai Luo had nothing to do every day except watching the Koi with Qiqi. After Baizhu found out about this, he deliberately confined him to his room. He didn't care. If he wanted to leave, no one could stop him, not even the Geo Emperor. "..." When he opened his eyes, Bai Luo saw Zhongli standing in front of him with a smile on his face, and a glowing yellow spear (Vortex Vanquisher) seemed to be floating behind him. [A/N: Vortex Vanquisher is the name of Morax's exclusive weapon] "Morning...Morning." Bai Luo, who was originally sitting on the bed with his legs crossed, immediately lay down, and his rosy face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye. There were even a few pieces of dead skin on his lips playfully raised, making him look half-dead. "How is the injury?" Picking up the lotus seeds peeled by Bai Luo next to him, Zhongli began to eat them without any hesitation, but the Piercing Vortex Vanquisher behind him showed no sign of disappearing. "It's not bad. I only needed about eighty stitches." "...over eighty stitches for three wounds?" Zhongli slowed down his eating of lotus seeds and looked at Bai Luo with a strange look and asked. "One wound needed eighty stitches." [A/N: It seems that the rumours regarding Baizhu and Dottore being the same aren't unfounded] Bai Luo said as he lifted up his clothes, revealing his belly. Wow, when others lift up their clothes, all they see are their abdominal muscles, but when Bai Luo lifts up his clothes, all he sees are threads. At first glance, it's all lines, and you can't see any flesh at all. "..." The Vortex Vanquisher behind him slowly disappeared. Forget it, I can't afford to offend you. "You are so busy, how come you still have time to come to my place?" After the Vortex Vanquisher disappeared, Bai Luo finally felt relieved, at least he was no longer afraid of being beaten. He was also a little puzzled. Hadn't the Childe been investigating Zhongli these past few days? Why did Zhongli still have the free time to come to Bubu Pharmacy to "visit" him? "As the God of Contracts, nothing is more important to me than the contract, so I came to see how you are doing and whether you can continue to fulfill the contract between us." Although he said this, Zhongli knew very well that this contract would most likely be shelved. Even if Bai Luo wanted to fight him in this state, he probably wouldn't be able to do it. Looking at the dense lines, not many people would be able to do it unless they had a grudge against him for killing their father. "So, do you think it's okay?" Bai Luo asked tentatively. "If I want to beat you, I can do it anytime." Zhongli laughed. Just as he said, he is still the God of Liyue. Everything in Liyue is under his protection. Sometimes, Bai Luo makes a small move, and as long as he determines it is a "move" that hurts Liyue, he will take action. For example, I used too much force to close the door, or I peed on the grass... But he won't kill Bai Luo. Tsarista could see Bai Luo's extraordinaryness, so how could he not see it? Perhaps the young man in front of him was one of their future choices. Just like the branches on a tree, no matter which branch it extended from, it was full of infinite possibilities. So not only could he not kill Bai Luo, he also had to let him live well. After eating the lotus seeds, Zhongli threw them into the trash can next to him and reached out to the fruit plate next to him which contained three sunset fruits. This was not put there by Bai Luo, but by Qiqi. "Uh...Mr. Zhongli, this thing..." Looking at Zhongli's actions, Bai Luo looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. "I'm just eating some of your fruit. At worst, I can send you a few boxes later." Zhongli glanced at him and ignored his obstruction. It's just sunset fruit, although it's some common wild fruit, but he has eaten it before. Could it be that it can turn into flowers? Zhongli was slightly stunned as he took a bite of the Sunset Fruit. He gulped down the flesh, and three seconds later, he asked in a slightly trembling voice, "What kind of Sunset Fruit is this? A Mondstadt variant? A hybrid of Inazuma and Violet Melon? Why...does it taste wrong?" "I don't think it's a breed issue." Bai Luo really thought for a few seconds before giving his answer. Until now, he still hasn't figured out why the sunset fruits from the same tree are sweet when picked by others, but sour when he picks them. The sunset fruits from the same stall taste sweet to others, but sour to him. Could it be that I am being targeted? "I'll get you something sweet next time." After silently putting the sunset fruit back to its original place, Zhongli's thoughts also changed. From a common sense perspective, even if we can't kill this guy, beating him half to death is still an option, right? [A/N: Yes, Zhongli. 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