Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Shen Liang skillfully maneuvered the Harley up a high slope. With the front wheel off the ground, he twisted the throttle, the engine roared, and the Harley flew off the slope, flying more than twenty meters before landing amidst Hu Qiandai's excited laughter.

The muddy trade route led to Guili Plains. Guili Plains was flat, and the trade route here was paved with gravel. Instead of small villages along the way, there were dilapidated ruins stretching as far as the eye could see. It is said that Guili Plains was once part of Liyue, but a great flood submerged it, forcing the people to relocate to the present-day Liyue Harbor.

On sunny days, all sorts of animals come out to get some fresh air. Wild rabbits frolic in groups on the grass, and the puddles in the tracks of various horse-drawn carriages reflect the clear clouds.

"Don't you think your girlfriend has a slight lesbian tendency?" The oni loli leaned against the gas tank and suddenly asked a question that seemed to have no connection to anything else.

"Your topic is too far off track. First of all, I want to ask who your so-called girlfriend is. I don't even know who my girlfriend is myself." Shen Liang looked at the dashboard and saw that he had reached 200 kilometers per hour, feeling somewhat pleased. "Secondly, I don't care much about lesbian tendencies. Heterosexuals are actually the minority on the Earth's supernatural side."

Perhaps because Torachiyo and he always communicated through rapid thought, they were very familiar with each other, far more so than ordinary friends. Therefore, many conversations required no preamble; they could simply ask whatever came to mind. Essentially, he and Stigmata were one entity with two souls.

It's also possible that it will eventually become a single entity with multiple souls.

“A legitimate girlfriend is generally someone whose identity can be made public and is acknowledged by the vast majority of people. Coral Palace Kokomi’s identity cannot be made public, and Kamisato Ayaka is not acknowledged by the vast majority of people,” Torachiyo said. “Anna Shaniat is also not made public and is not acknowledged. As for those other women, most of them don’t even reach the level of a girlfriend.”

She smiled and said, "Besides your senior sister Kiana, who else can be called your 'official girlfriend'? Although I feel that she is not as close to you as your other good older sisters."

"My senior sister and I are definitely not lovers yet."

"We're not exactly lovers, but we often talk about marriage."

"First of all, I want to point out that the vast majority of marriages are actually not based on feelings and may just start from a blind date. Secondly, I do not reject my senior sister."

“Of course you don’t resist. You’re a possessive little wolfhound with an explosive desire for her. You never let go of any meat that’s within your grasp. You’ve already considered her your own.” Tiger Chiyo said, “I just think she’s a bit strange. If she likes you too, why doesn’t she care about your blatant greed? The most important thing is that it seems like she’s not just after you, and she doesn’t hide the fact that you know.”

Shen Liang was silent for a while, "From the very beginning, my senior sister liked people who could be called beautiful girls."

"you do not mind?"

“This has always been the case on the extraordinary side. This world doesn’t welcome men, and gender balance simply doesn’t exist here.” Shen Liang loosened his right hand, saving some fuel on the downhill road. “When I first arrived at the Shaniat family, I even considered whether I needed to sacrifice my life for marriage and exchange marriage with my senior sister for the Shaniat family’s protection. As for my senior sister liking girls, it doesn’t matter. We can each live our own lives.”

"now what?"

“Now I suddenly realize that the Shaniat family seems to really treat me as their son-in-law,” Shen Liang said in a low voice. “They don’t protect me as ‘the person Kiana likes,’ but as ‘a child of the family.’”

"So you're so touched that you've decided you can tolerate your girlfriend's infidelity?"

"I don't see how senior sister is a womanizer."

"She often hugs your sister when you're not around, making 'gurgling' noises while doing so. Especially that Bronya, the two of them often play games together."

“What’s wrong with playing games? I often play games with boys too,” Shen Liang tried to retort.

"Your Kiana is Bronya's wife in the game, and she's always being carried around to fight Kirin and Nergigante."

Shen Liang wore a mixed expression. Although the couples in the game didn't have anything to do with each other, Bronya, Rosalia, and Lilia would usually come to him to register an account and get married in games where there were couples... He didn't expect that Kiana had already stolen part of this special perk that belonged to his brother?

“Actually, my senior sister’s lesbian inclinations aren’t very strong. There are very few people in this world who fit her aesthetic standards. You know, she honed her aesthetic sense in the Shaniat family circle.” Shen Liang said with some helplessness, but still said, “So it’s difficult for my senior sister to find girls who match her interests. I’m not worried.”

"Is that so?" Torachiyo looked him up and down, her gaze mocking.

"Don't look at me like that. I know what you mean. In my senior sister's eyes, even if I belong to the category of 'beautiful girl,' or even the top category, I know it all." Shen Liang said calmly, "I know that."

Torachiyo's gaze turned to pity. She heard in that calm tone a resentment that was as dark and unsolvable as the eighteenth level of hell. It turned out that Shen Liang had been silently standing in that extremely profound and painful darkness all along.

Just then, Torachiyo suddenly twitched her ears.

"Did you hear anything?"

"I didn't hear it, but I saw it." Shen Liang stared at the change at the end of the road ahead and began to consider whether to brake.

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A carriage was forced to stop in the middle of the bridge. This stone bridge, though not wide, was almost the only way to and from Liyue Harbor. At this time, several barricades were set up on it, with sharpened wooden bars pointing outwards, forcing any caravan or carriage to stop.

Li Gan, carrying a rather intimidating-looking ring-pommel sword and chewing on tobacco, sat imposingly in front of the fence, his expression unchanged as he stared at the carriage that was screeching to a halt, without even trying to dodge. The coachman gritted his teeth and desperately reined in the horse, finally bringing the carriage to a stable stop about two meters away from him.

"Damn it! Are you looking for death?!" The coachman was terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat. His blood boiled, and he didn't even bother to look at the person in front of him, only instinctively cursing, "If you're going to die, don't drag me down with you! Do you know what kind of carriage this is? It's Xinyuexuan's VIP carriage! How dare you stop me?!"

Li Gan narrowed his eyes, spat the tobacco aside, walked straight forward, and stared at the coachman.

"You... what are you going to do?" The coachman finally realized what was happening. His anger had subsided, and now he recognized Li Gan by his turban. "A... a treasure-hunting gang? I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, you're too kind to offer me anything, my small business doesn't have much money to give you..."

"It's free, just transfer it," Li Gan said calmly.

"Ah...ah?" The coachman was taken aback.

"Don't look at me, turn your head away." Li Gan, carrying his knife, repeated impatiently.

The coachman cautiously turned his head back, and the next second he felt a chill on his body. Suddenly, the world in his eyes began to spin rapidly, and he vaguely saw his headless body.

The blood gushing from the cleanly severed neck splattered onto the carriage curtain, turning it a deep crimson.

His head fell to the ground. Li Gan kicked the coachman away, then glared at the frightened horse, which fell silent in fear. He grinned, spreading his hands to his brothers around him. "Interesting. It's always us treasure hunters who bully others. Today, someone actually dared to curse me? Merchants these days are getting more and more arrogant. We have to kill a few of them."

The surrounding thieves also laughed.

"Yes, boss. What's this 'New Moon Pavilion'? How dare a mere groom from a tavern speak so loudly? Has he never died?"

"Haha, why isn't the guest inside saying anything? Are you scared stiff?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. Our treasure-hunting gang are righteous thieves, thieves of etiquette. We only seek wealth and will not kill. If you behave and listen to us, we don't want to take action. Killing people will leave blood everywhere, and it will attract wolves, which will be troublesome."

"Aren't you coming out yet? If we drag you out ourselves, we'll have to throw a few pieces of flesh at you! Hahahaha!"

Laughter rose and fell, but at the moment the carriage curtain was pulled open, everyone fell silent as if their throats had been squeezed.

The person who emerged from the carriage was a woman, or more precisely, an extremely ethereal and otherworldly young woman, about twenty years old, with indifferent eyes and white hair that reached past her hips, tied into a braid at the back of her waist.

She was extremely tall and slender, wearing a shawl reminiscent of an impressionistic ink painting, over which was a black leather bodysuit clinging to her skin. This form-fitting garment accentuated her already curvaceous figure. For breathability and lightness, the bodysuit featured beautiful openwork black silk lace at the abdomen and thighs, adding a touch of allure to her clean and crisp silhouette, much like a crane in flight.

At the very end of the leather pants are thick-soled high-heeled sandals that are seamlessly integrated with the outfit. In contrast to her ethereal and elegant figure, her slender feet reveal delicate blue toenails peeking out from the sandals, adding to her charm.

What's odd is that this woman, so stunningly beautiful, still has many thin red strings tied around her body. In Liyue, red strings are usually worn by children under twelve for protection and to calm the mind; most people her age no longer do this.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw the headless corpse at the front of the car. Her expression remained unchanged, indifferent, but she lowered her gaze: "Gu Chen Jie Sha, as expected, has injured someone close to you again."

At this moment, the group of treasure hunters snapped out of their daze and their expressions changed instantly! Li Gan almost instinctively straightened his chest, grabbed the coachman's corpse, threw it aside, tore off a piece of cloth from his own body to wipe the blood, and burst into hearty laughter.

"Oh my, no wonder you wouldn't come out. You're such a beauty! Hahaha, don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I'm an honest man, I cherish women, I won't kill you for money, I won't kill you for money." Li Gan said as he walked over, smiling as he bent down to wipe the woman's blood-splattered white heels, looking every bit the enthusiastic man.

"Hahaha, the boss doesn't kill for money? Hahaha!"

"Yes, yes, miss, don't be afraid. We don't steal your money or kill you. Oh, this trip was worthwhile! Although it doesn't look like there's much to gain, this smells much better than any oil!" One of the thieves sniffed greedily, as if he could smell the sweet scent on the girl from afar. "Boss! You can't pretend to be a gentleman and keep it all to yourself!"

"What are you saying! You're making a fool of yourself in front of that young lady!" Li Gan said with a sly smile, raising his head to look at the stunningly beautiful white-haired woman whose eyes remained calm. A lewd glint flashed across his face. "Come, let your brother clean your feet—"

He licked his lips and reached out to touch the woman's delicate feet. He saw her lift her high heels, and he trembled with joy, swallowing hard. He was already fantasizing about grabbing this cold and beautiful woman and licking every pink toe clean!

—Wow, my lovely girl is so cooperative! This is…

"Crack!"

Minced flesh and blood splattered everywhere!

"Ah!!!" Li Gan roared!

The white-haired young woman, expressionless, raised her small foot and elegantly and ruthlessly stomped her high-heeled shoe on Li Gan's outstretched right hand! The white jade heel instantly shattered his metacarpal bone, pinning him to the vehicle frame like a nail!

Her beautiful feet were stained with blood, but she remained indifferent, even grinding them together.

"You filthy bitch!" Li Gan roared in fury, reaching for the ring-pommel sword on his back with his other left hand. But just as he raised his hand, a flash of blue light appeared, and his left arm was cleanly severed, flying dozens of meters away!

The woman deftly flicked away the bloodstains from a long spear that emitted a faint blue light.

Li Gan didn't know when or where she had taken the spear, but he subconsciously remembered that his former boss, whom he had killed and who had also taken his wife, had once told him that there were people in the world who possessed the Eye of God. Their strength was unpredictable, and they also had the special ability to store objects in the Eye of God.

Li Gan realized he had messed with someone he shouldn't have!

No one in this line of work ever ends well; sooner or later you'll run into a tough nut to crack. I fucking knew it! A woman as beautiful as her, daring to hire a driver alone to traverse this desolate land, can't possibly be an ordinary person! In the underworld, the people you should be most wary of are the elderly, children, and women!

This woman doesn't even flinch when she gets going! Li Gan belatedly realized what was happening, and his legs were already trembling with fear.

He forced a fawning smile that looked more like a grimace, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain of his severed arm, pleading, "Heroine... Heroine, we have money, we have money. We'll buy our lives with money, we'll buy our lives with money."

Li Gan knew that at this time, he couldn't say anything useless like "I was blind to your greatness" or "Do you know who's behind me? How dare you hurt me?" The best thing to do was to be direct, beg for mercy, and pay money to save his life. That was the easiest way to survive.

"You just told me to come out, and I came out," the woman said calmly. "But I didn't agree to let you touch me."

Li Gan was taken aback; he didn't understand what the woman meant.

“You killed my coachman, so by all accounts I should have taken you to the authorities. But I don’t have the time, so I can only let you go… No, I don’t want to let you go.” The woman’s eyes showed a hint of confusion, then returned to normal. “You killed my coachman, and according to my master’s teachings, I should follow my heart now… Follow my heart, and I will kill you to avenge him.”

Li Gan was terrified and wanted to beg for mercy, but before he could open his mouth, he saw a flash of blue light, and the blade of the spear sliced ​​open his neck. The woman dodged the splattering blood, lifted his head with the tip of the spear, and casually tossed it to the thieves who hadn't yet caught up.

“One head for one head, hmm, you can die in peace now, you unknown coachman.” The woman said calmly, then looked at the group of thieves who were retreating in fear, “Since we’ve already started, let’s cut the weeds and eliminate the roots, so that you villains won’t cause trouble for other good people in the future.”

These words terrified the remaining thieves, who scattered and fled in all directions!

"Can you escape?" The woman's tone was indifferent, but a murderous glint flashed in her usually calm eyes. Almost simultaneously, the red rope around her body emitted a red light, and the murderous aura in her beautiful eyes quickly dissipated.

"Hmm, I'm getting murderous. It seems I still need to toughen up." She shook her head, looked at the fleeing thieves, and sighed. "Seeing blood firsthand is too stimulating and will easily ruin my mind. It's better to use some methods."

On the hair tie that held her long hair, the icy blue Eye of God flashed, and an ice talisman condensed between her two fingers.

The woman's voice was clear and swift.

"The divine power is not unfounded, commanding all crafts. The goddess commands, all to be contained within the talisman—take it!"

moment!

Dozens of icy phantoms resembling her sped out from behind her, gleaming in the sunlight like ice sculptures, and chased straight after the fleeing group of treasure thieves!

"Execute them all, leave no survivors." The woman issued the decree indifferently, "According to the law."

At that very moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and a petite figure transformed into a streak of purple lightning, rushing towards them with incredible speed, accompanied by her angry shout!

"How dare you! This is Guili Plains, the border of Liyue! Which immortal clan dares to disobey the Emperor's decree and commit murder and slaughter against mortals here!"