Gensokyo, I am a slime, everyone loves me

Suddenly, the "evil spirit" sat up, and the quilt bulged high with it.

"Are you going to hit me?"

A childish little face peeked out from under the quilt, and Bai Luo muttered in dissatisfaction.

Si Gu Jian Zi was stunned for a moment, her Youkai power stopped operating, and just as she was about to ask, she was covered by the quilt.

...

Ten minutes later.

At the head of the bed, Si Gu Jian Zi sat upright, her hands on her knees. She was now more awake than ever.

Bai Luo sat on the pillow, his feet casually resting on her thighs.

"It's almost New Year. I plan to visit house by house for New Year greetings. Do you want to come with me?"

"New Year greetings?"

"This is a traditional custom on our side."

Bai Luo explained, "Actually, it's just us younger ones going to the older 'elders' to ask for red envelopes."

Si Gu Jian Zi heard this, hesitated for a while, and tentatively asked, "Are we going to Fantasy Land?"

"Otherwise? I don't know anyone here, and I don't have any elders."

Bai Luo rolled his eyes at her.

"I remember today is the weekend, you shouldn't have class, right?"

"I don't have class."

Si Gu Jian Zi nodded, but still hesitated.

"Is it really okay for me to go? Will it be inappropriate?"

"It's fine. Even the elders of friends' families can ask for red envelopes, let alone our current relationship."

Bai Luo waved his hand, and as he spoke, he leaned close to her ear and whispered something—

"Could it be... you want to take it a step further before we talk about it?"

"No, I didn't."

Si Gu Jian Zi's face instantly flushed red, and she quickly denied, "I didn't think about that!"

"Then it's decided."

After Bai Luo finished speaking, he opened another gap and pulled Si Gu Jian Zi to the Happy Hut.

Inaba Tewi and Flandre stopped what they were doing and looked over curiously.

Si Gu Jian Zi was stunned when she saw that there were others, and then became nervous.

"You sit down first, I'll go call those two guys out for dinner."

Bai Luo casually instructed, and without waiting for Si Gu Jian Zi's answer, he headed towards the rooms down the corridor.

"Sister, what is your relationship with brother?"

Flandre tilted her head and asked curiously.

Si Gu Jian Zi was taken aback by the question, and a blush appeared on her face. She didn't know how to describe their current relationship and after a long time, she managed to say something.

"We should... still be friends."

"Is that so."

Flandre muttered, and didn't say anything more, but Inaba Tewi became interested.

"Are you from the outside world? I sensed the aura of a rabbit Youkai on you. Are you a rabbit Youkai from the outside world?"

Excitement flickered in Inaba Tewi's eyes, and she patted her chest.

"I am the leader of the rabbits here, Inaba Tewi. You can join me."

"I'm not a rabbit Youkai."

Si Gu Jian Zi smiled awkwardly. The core of her Youkai power was just something Bai Luo had forcibly fused into her body.

Inaba Tewi sensed it again after hearing this and found that the Youkai power on the other party was indeed not pure, similar to a half-Youkai.

Her eyes rolled, and she said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter, a half-Youkai is also a Youkai. Since you are a rabbit Youkai, you can find me anytime if you encounter trouble."

Based on her years of experience, Inaba Tewi could tell at a glance that the girl in front of her had an extraordinary relationship with Bai Luo.

If she built a good relationship in advance, she could exchange for more carrots then.

"Then I'll trouble you."

Si Gu Jian Zi was very grateful.

She felt a sense of closeness from Inaba Tewi. Although she didn't know the true value of a rabbit leader, anyone who could be called a leader was by no means ordinary.

"Can I ask you something?"

"What is it? Ask away. This rabbit knows a lot, if nothing else."

"I want to ask what kind of person Miss Yuuka is."

Si Gu Jian Zi asked cautiously. She had only heard about Kazami Yuuka's image from Bai Luo and Yakumo Yukari.

The former's evaluation of Kazami Yuuka was basically gentle and kind, while the latter's was violent and scary.

"Kazami Yuuka?"

Inaba Tewi shivered suddenly, not understanding why the other party was asking this, but thinking of the relationship between the other party and Bai Luo, she didn't find it strange.

Si Gu Jian Zi looked at Inaba Tewi's reaction, feeling uneasy in her heart, and had already guessed that the answer might lean towards the latter.

As expected, Inaba Tewi carefully considered her words and said seriously, "Kazami Yuuka, also known as the Flower Tyrant, the Mistress of the Four Seasons Flowers. These titles were not given by herself, but were names summarized by others based on her battles."

After a pause, Inaba Tewi gave a suggestion: "In short, don't casually damage flowers in front of her, especially the sunflowers in the Sunflower Field. When you meet her, just call her 'Youxiang Jie'. With your relationship with Bai Luo, calling her this won't be awkward."

While the two were chatting, Bai Luo happened to walk over, pulling Kaguya and Reimu, with Youmu following beside them, relieved.

Kaguya was stunned when she saw Si Gu Jian Zi, and then, under everyone's bewildered expressions, she excitedly asked this question—

"Are you the Jian Zi that Bao said could be expressionless and..."

71

Chapter 71: Wishing Zi Ma good health and longevity, getting better year by year!

For the first stop, Bai Luo chose the Yakumo Residence.

As soon as he brought everyone in, he spotted Yakumo Ran.

"Ran, Happy New Year!"

"Huh?"

Yakumo Ran was stunned for a moment, looked back, and saw Bai Luo approaching her with a group of people. Before she could figure out the situation, Bai Luo immediately followed up—

"May your nine tails be like silk in the new year, as lustrous as ever, accompanied by fried tofu every day, with endless good food!"

After finishing the blessing, Bai Luo extended his hands to Yakumo Ran, his golden eyes sparkling with anticipation.

Yakumo Ran's brain worked rapidly.

As a knowledgeable nine-tailed fox, she instantly thought of Eastern customs, and based on the date and the current situation...

Yes!

New Year!

Yakumo Ran reached into her tail, burying her head inside to search. She remembered that gifts were given during the New Year.

Water cups, apples, rags, brooms, crystal balls, missiles...

"Wait."

Bai Luo stopped Yakumo Ran from taking out more things, incredulously pulling at her tail.

"Is this tail Doraemon's four-dimensional pocket? How did you fit these things into your tail!?"

Bai Luo felt it was absurd. Other things were fine, but what was going on with this one-meter-high missile?

"These weren't taken out from the tail."

Yakumo Ran shook her tail and explained, "The tail is just connected to a gap, and Ran just takes things out from inside."

Bai Luo understood. Although he didn't understand why she would specifically set up a gap inside her tail, he didn't ask further. Seeing that Yakumo Ran still wanted to take out more things, he quickly stopped her.

"You don't need to go to such trouble, just give some pocket money."

Reimu, standing to the side, also nodded repeatedly, strongly agreeing with Bai Luo's suggestion.

"How can that be?"

Yakumo Ran shook her head, "If it's just money, it would be too perfunctory."

"How could it be? I think giving pocket money is already very thoughtful."

Reimu quickly denied. If she were given talismans or the like, it would be better to give a bag of tea, because talismans were something she could get almost at any time.

"I also think that no matter what the gift is, as long as the thought is there, it's fine."

"Flandre is satisfied just playing with brother."

Everyone else also expressed their agreement.

Seeing this, Yakumo Ran had no choice but to give up. She took out several gold bars and transformed them into stacks of thin gold paper with Youkai power, distributing them as New Year gifts.

Everyone received a red envelope one by one and offered their blessings. The last red envelope was handed to Si Gu Jian Zi.

"Thank you, Ran Jie. Wishing you a Happy New Year, happiness and fulfillment, and everything you wish for."

Si Gu Jian Zi accepted the red envelope and felt Yakumo Ran's strange gaze, her heart inevitably feeling uneasy.

"Are you Jian Zi?"

Yakumo Ran asked.

Si Gu Jian Zi nodded weakly.

"Don't be so nervous, Young Master Bai has told me about you."

Yakumo Ran smiled at her and took out a spell card from her tail.

"Keep this spell card. It can block damage for you when you are attacked, but it can only be used ten times."

The spell card was light blue. Si Gu Jian Zi was delighted, carefully put the spell card into her embrace, and then bowed deeply.

"Thank you, Ran Jie."

"No need to be so polite. Maybe we'll be family soon."

Yakumo Ran blinked and smiled, seemingly hinting at something.

Si Gu Jian Zi was stunned for a moment, followed her gaze to Bai Luo, and two pink patches quietly appeared on her cheeks.

She softly replied, "I will work hard."

"Ran, is Zi Ma at home?"

Bai Luo asked.

Yakumo Ran nodded.

"Zi Daren hasn't gone out recently. She should still be sleeping now."

"Who said that? I clearly woke up a long time ago."

As soon as the words fell, a voice suddenly sounded, and then Yakumo Yukari walked out from the long corridor, stopped beside Yakumo Ran, her face full of dissatisfaction.

"It's New Year's, and there are so many people. Ran, you can't slander me."

Yakumo Ran's eyebrow twitched. She originally wanted to retort, but after receiving that death glare, she swallowed her words back.

Her intuition told her that if she dared to retort in front of so many people, she would definitely become unlucky.

Yakumo Yukari nodded in satisfaction upon seeing this, took out a stack of gold bills from her embrace, and patted it in her palm.