Genshin Impact: Ningguang is still a pitiful little thing, I invested in her.

"of course!"

"When?"

"future!"

"We'll be waiting for you in the future."

"Grow up quickly, and then come see us in the future!"

.......

It's been a long time since I wrote this book, and I don't know if I can pick it up again, so I'm writing a side story to test the waters.

Starting today, I will still update every weekend at 8 PM. If I don't update, it means I'm skipping it, hehe.

As I said before, this book will end after one million words, and the word count will only be more.

I heard you guys are talking about me everywhere. Even though the progress is a bit slow, it doesn't mean I have to come here to burn incense every day.

I really miss it, and I've even broken through a small barrier, with my writing skills improving (I guess I should say that?).

See you this weekend.

Chapter 494 Qiqi...waiting for you

The moon star is thin, and the black dragonfly flies south.

The island of Haiqi is quiet as night falls. Resources here are relatively scarce, unlike the bustling foreign cities. The people turn off their lights and go to bed early, with only the patrolling soldiers silently guarding the place in the darkness.

At this moment, in the military camp, a soldier slowly sat up from his bed.

He first made sure his teammates were asleep, then carefully put on his clothes in the dark and went out silently.

At this time, Haizhi Island was pitch black, and only the moonlight could be faintly seen to make out the terrain ahead.

Fortunately, the soldiers were already familiar with all the terrain here, and he hurriedly made his way towards the beach under the moonlight.

The beach was deserted, with only the shimmering seawater occasionally crashing onto the shore, making a splashing sound.

The soldiers were very cautious. To avoid being followed, they circled around several times and only took out the Void Terminal headset from their pockets after confirming that no one was following them.

These headphones are high-tech from Sumi, enabling people to talk and communicate with each other remotely.

"Sir, we've encountered a bit of a problem," the soldier said cautiously, looking around.

As soon as he finished speaking, a humanoid projection slowly appeared in front of him.

Perhaps because of the distance, the man's figure appeared blurry, but what was more obvious was that he was wearing a bird-beak-shaped mask.

This is Dr. Dottore, the second executive officer of the Fools.

Upon seeing Dotore appear, the soldiers immediately bowed and reported the situation: "Sir, our plan has been disrupted. A stranger named Fang Xun has completely ruined your carefully laid plan!"

According to Dottore's original plan, he first created panic and internal strife on the island of Haiqi, and when the Coral Palace was unable to quell the disaster, the Fools would step in to solve all the problems.

Not only do they need to solve the problem, but they also need to provide supplies to Haizhi Island in order to achieve an alliance between the two factions.

However, Fang Xun's sudden appearance overturned all of Dotole's plans.

Umijima not only resolved its own troubles, but also rejected the olive branch offered by the Fools.

This is why the soldiers risked exposure to come out and contact Dotore in the dead of night.

Fang Xun's existence is completely detrimental to the Fools' plans to form a subsequent alliance.

"I am already aware of all the situations you just mentioned."

Dotole's voice was calm and unhurried, revealing no emotional fluctuations.

"The alliance plan is temporarily suspended. I'll make further plans after I deal with Fang Xun."

"Understood." The soldiers nodded repeatedly.

The conversation between the two ended there, and the projection quickly faded and disappeared.

The soldiers pretended that nothing had happened and turned back to their camp.

His footprints, sometimes heavy, sometimes light, remained on the beach, but when the seawater rushed ashore, all the footprints disappeared as if they had never existed.

......

At this moment, Fang Xun was unaware that Dotoley planned to deal with him; he was making a shopping list.

“Haiqi Island is relatively short of supplies. What they need most right now is food and clothing.”

"Only after completely solving the problem of keeping warm will we consider improving combat effectiveness."

Although he had provided Haizhi Island with a cargo ship's worth of supplies beforehand, it was not enough to improve the overall situation of Haizhi Island.

To truly change the situation, it is ultimately necessary for Haiji Island and Narukami Island to put aside their past grievances and turn hostility into friendship.

However, this is not a simple matter.

Narukami Island is relatively easy to deal with; Raiden and Raiden have already expressed their willingness to provide assistance to Umijima.

However, Haizhi Island might not be willing to accept this favor, because their god, Orobas, had already died by Lei Yingdong's sword.

Even after hundreds of years, Haiji Island's hatred for Rai movies has not diminished.

In reality, the people of Haiqi Island only knew that Lei Yingdong had killed the giant snake Orobas with a single blow, but they did not know that the truth was that Orobas was determined to die.

Because Orobas read the forbidden book "The Day Before the Month," which, simply put, means that whoever reads that book will die, and the guardians of justice, though late, will arrive.

Orobas, fearing that its people would be implicated, initiated a war against Narukami Island. From the beginning, it never intended to win the war and went there with the mindset of sending its people to their deaths.

After all, dying at the hands of someone else is still dying, but dying at the hands of a lousy movie might at least be a quick death.

The people of Haiji Island were unaware of Orobas's predicament, so this misunderstanding lasted for hundreds of years.

Fang Xun thought that he would tell the people of Haiqi Island about this unknown past when the time was right, hoping that there would be no more war between the two islands and that they could coexist peacefully.

He finished writing the shopping list, reviewed it again, and only after confirming that there were no problems did he get up and leave the bedroom.

Every night, Principal Fang would carry a lamp and tiptoe to each of the children's rooms to take a look around.

The main problem is that those kids don't sleep well and always like to kick off their blankets, sometimes accidentally kicking them off the bed.

Take Ayaka Kamisato for example. The little turtle sleeps in a "T" shape, and the thin blanket covering its belly has long since disappeared.

Fang Xun thought that Ayaka Kamisato had kicked off the blanket, so he looked down and circled the bed but couldn't find the blanket. Finally, he found that Ayaka Kamisato had used the blanket as a pillow and pressed it under her little head.

Fang Xun shook his head helplessly, not wanting to wake Ayaka Kamisato, but instead took a spare thin blanket from the wardrobe and gently covered Ayaka Kamisato with it.

After doing all that, he turned around and went to take a look around the other little ones' bedrooms.

Ningguang sleeps very well, quietly and never kicks off the covers, making her the most worry-free child.

Shen He sleeps sitting on the bed with his eyes closed in meditation. The little girl has been cultivating for some time, and now when she enters meditation, wisps of celestial energy can be faintly seen around her body.

Yura goes without saying; she's still holding a grudge even in her dreams. Truly a vengeful spirit who never seeks revenge.

When Fang Xun arrived at Qi Qi's room, he noticed that little Qi Qi was sitting obediently on the edge of the bed with her hands on her knees, her big eyes fixed on the doorway.

"Qiqi, aren't you doing gymnastics tonight?" Fang Xun asked curiously.

Normally, Qiqi would do gymnastics every night to keep her body from stiffening, but today was unusually unusual.

"Qiqi...is waiting for you."

"wait for me?"

"Hmm...didn't we agree...to go out and gather herbs?" Qiqi blinked. Although she couldn't make any facial expressions, her eyes revealed her feelings at that moment.

I feel confused and frustrated.

After Qi Qi said that, Fang Xun finally remembered.

Before he went to Haiqi Island, he had promised Qiqi that he would accompany her on her herb-gathering trip.

No wonder Qiqi didn't do gymnastics tonight and kept her eyes glued to the door; she was waiting for him.

“Alright, I’ll go with you to gather herbs. Let’s set off now,” Fang Xun said.

"Okay..." Qiqi's sadness turned to joy, and she nodded gently, carrying her little bamboo basket on her back.

Chapter 495 Qiqi Likes

Qiqi prefers the cool night to going out during the day, not only because the streets are deserted, but more importantly because she can see the night view that she can't see during the day.

Qiqi and Fang Xun, one big and one small, wandered through the stone forest, finally stopping at a steep cliff.

"The glass bag...the glass bag...found."

Qiqi looked up, her large, peach-colored eyes fixed on the cliff above, where two brightly colored glass pouches grew.

These glass bags look quite fresh, with scattered dewdrops clinging to their purple petals.

Qiqi needed a fresh glass bag to use as a medicinal ingredient, so she gently placed the bamboo basket behind her aside and prepared to climb upwards.

"Qiqi, let me handle the task of removing the glass pouch. It's too dangerous for your short legs to climb mountains," Fang Xun said worriedly.

He used the wind element power within his body, and even on the cliff face, he walked as if on flat ground, and in the blink of an eye, he picked the two glass bags.

"Fang Xun... is so amazing..." Qi Qi looked at the glass bag, then at Fang Xun, and couldn't help but exclaim.

"When Qiqi grows up... will she be as powerful as Fang Xun?"

Although Qiqi has lived for hundreds of years, she has spent most of her time sealed in amber, so her mind is no different from that of an ordinary child.

Children often say, "Wait until I grow up," and Qiqi's aspiration for the future is simple: to be able to easily pick the medicinal herbs that grow on cliffs when she grows up.

"Of course, when Qiqi grows up, she can scale walls and climb mountains to pick herbs very quickly." Fang Xun nodded in response.

"When will Qiqi grow up?" Little Qiqi blinked and continued to ask.

"Ningguang and everyone else are growing up... but Qiqi isn't..."

"Qiqi...is she never going to grow up...?"

Although Xiao Qiqi's reaction time is always a beat slow, it doesn't mean that she lacks the ability to think.

As the days went by, her friends were all growing up, but Qiqi remained stagnant, which made her gradually realize that she seemed to be stuck in the same place.

Fang Xun looked at Qi Qi's expressionless face and sensed a hint of frustration in her tone.