"If you have some free time, you can come visit me. I'll be staying in Mondstadt for a while. My home is in ********."
Now that Su Bai is in Mondstadt, and Venti, the Wind God, is by his side, Su Bai cleverly changed the subject and didn't mention the robbery of the Knights of Favonius's office building in order to save face for Venti.
Paimon, who had been digesting his food nearby, immediately flew to Su Bai's side after hearing his words. His small eyes were filled with admiration for the strong, which left Su Bai somewhat puzzled.
"Su Bai, you actually have your own room, that's amazing."
"Could you rent a room for me and Luna? Luna and I have been sleeping in Lord Diluc's tavern for days, and Luna is starting to stink."
Ying blushed. No wonder Paimon hadn't liked letting her hug him lately. So that's why. Paimon seemed to think that what she said wasn't enough to express Ying's misery, so she added another sentence.
"Ying doesn't even have a place to wash her clothes, let alone underwear... umm..."
Paimon's mouth was immediately stuffed with an apple by the enraged Sparkle. Seeing that Sparkle was about to kill the emergency food to silence him, Paimon wisely shut his mouth.
"With Ying's strength, you two shouldn't be in such a bad situation. There are so many quests in the Adventurers' Guild, Ying could easily take on a few and that would be enough for your rent and daily expenses."
Su Bai expressed his bewilderment at Ying and Paimon's poverty. He had seen many simple quests when he was looking at the Adventurers' Guild's quests that day. Not to mention the time-consuming collection quests, Ying should have been able to easily kill ordinary monsters even with her strength.
"Adventurers' Guild? What's the Adventurers' Guild?"
Ying expressed confusion at the unfamiliar word, and Paimon, who had finally managed to pry the apple out of her mouth, immediately raised her chubby little hand.
"I know that, I know that. The Adventurers' Guild is where you post and accept quests, and you get a reward after completing a quest."
"So, Paimon, you knew about this place but didn't tell me?"
Ying's tone was somewhat unfriendly, and Paimon became hesitant. She couldn't very well say that she had forgotten about this place, or Ying would definitely boil her alive.
"Alright, alright, Ying, don't make things difficult for Paimon. Look how small his head is, it's normal for him to be a little slow."
"Yeah, yeah, Ying, stop! Hey! Su Bai, Paimon isn't stupid!"
"Everyone knows whether Paimon is stupid or not, but Paimon, could you please take your dirty little hands, covered in juice, off my tail?"
After Su Bai pulled the fluffy tail from Paimon's arms, Paimon puffed out her chubby little face to express her unhappiness to Su Bai. Seeing Paimon bring her plump little face close to him, Su Bai didn't hesitate to rub it. You have to admit, the feel of it was only slightly worse than his tail.
Just as Paimon was trying to break free from Su Bai's clutches, two Favonius Knights patted Su Bai on the shoulder as if they were gods descending from the heavens. Under Su Bai's puzzled gaze, the two Favonius Knights simply lifted Su Bai up.
"Mr. Su Bai, you are suspected of instigating others to rob the Knights of Favonius's office building. Please come with us."
Su Bai's expression changed, and a slight anger rose in his heart, but remembering that he still needed Barbatos's help, he could only suppress his anger for the time being.
(Guys, try to avoid crowded places these days if you don't have to, and remember to wear a mask when you go out.)
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Lawrence Family Tomb Was Robbed
Inside the Angel's Gift, everyone stared dumbfounded at Su Bai, who looked completely bewildered. No one present could believe that Su Bai was the one who advised the treasure-stealing gang.
"That's impossible. Su Bai shouldn't be that kind of person."
After a moment of surprise, Ying hurriedly defended Su Bai, saying she simply didn't believe someone like Su Bai could be a bad person. Paimon nodded in agreement, even though Su Bai had just rubbed her face, she still didn't think Su Bai was a bad person.
Even Diluc, who initially suspected Su Bai of having ulterior motives for coming to Mondstadt, concluded after some investigation that Su Bai was not that kind of person. In Diluc's view, it was impossible for the immortals of Liyue to cooperate with a treasure-hunting group.
"Let's leave aside whether it's me or not for now, Diluc, I suspect there's something wrong with your tavern."
Su Bai didn't refute the two Favonius Knights. He knew they were just errand boys, and explaining to them would be pointless.
Diluc was also completely bewildered by Su Bai's words. There was a problem with his tavern? This was a tavern that he had just renovated, how could there be a problem?
"This tavern is just not my cup of tea. I've been here twice, and both times I was taken away by the Knights of Favonius. It's outrageous!"
"I suspect someone in your tavern is targeting me, although I have no proof right now."
Seeing Su Bai's suspicious look, Diluc's lips twitched. He was right that he did it the first time, but this time it really had nothing to do with him. He really didn't do anything.
Fortunately, Diluc's dead fish eyes were already highly refined. He maintained a blank stare under Su Bai's suspicious gaze, which puzzled Su Bai. Could it be that Diluc was not deliberately messing with him?
“Mr. Su Bai, please come with us to the Knights of Favonius as soon as possible.”
Urged on by the two Knights of Favonius, Su Bai had no choice but to take out a key from the Eye of God's space and throw it to Ying.
"Ying, if you don't have a place to stay, you can stay in my room for the time being. If you don't mind, you can just use the blankets on my bed. Anyway, I haven't used them much since I came to Mondstadt."
"Hey? Why hasn't the blanket been used much? Su Bai, do you roll around in your sleep like Ying and end up off the bed? Next time, I'll just sleep with your tail to help you break that habit."
Paimon stood with his hands on his hips, looking like he was thinking of Su Bai's best interests. However, he was soon grabbed by the shy Ying, who pulled his chubby face. Ying silently complained about Paimon in her heart. This Paimon is really something. He says whatever comes to mind. And it was clearly you who wanted to touch Su Bai's tail. It would be better to cook him as soon as possible, which would save a lot of money on food.
"Haha, then there's no need to trouble Paimon. The reason I haven't used my own blankets much is thanks to our Wind God, Lord Barbatos."
"I have been in Mondstadt for less than ten days, six of which were spent in solitary confinement. Three of those six days were contributed by our Lord Barbatos, the Wind God."
Su Bai glared at Wendy through gritted teeth. He now strongly suspected that Wendy was involved in his arrest. Wendy was also very frustrated. He really didn't do it. Why was he being blamed?
"Hey, Su Bai, I'll treat you to a drink when you're released."
Feeling genuinely guilty, Diluc wanted to salvage Mondstadt's image in Su Bai's eyes through a drinking session. Whether he intended to apologize to Su Bai is unknown.
Paimon was only freed from the clutches of Luminous after Su Bai was taken away from the Gift of the Angels by the two Knights of Favonius.
"Ying, you bad person, you pinched my face until it's all swollen!"
"Little Paimon, how dare you say that? You actually told Su Bai such private things about me!"
"What's the big deal? I haven't even mentioned yours yet... umm..."
Luminous took the initiative and covered Paimon's mouth with her hand, ignoring Paimon's continued muffled resistance. After saying goodbye to Wendy and Diluc, Luminous carried Paimon away from Angel's Gift with her arm around him.
Lu Ying rushed towards the house Su Bai had told her about, her movements as swift as lightning. She hadn't taken a bath in days, and now she could finally have a hot shower. Su Bai was such a kind person.
Inside the interrogation room, Su Bai, unaware that he had received a "good guy" card, sat expressionlessly in a chair. In front of him, an unfamiliar nun was lazily playing with a small knife.
"You're the 'young man' that the group of treasure hunters were talking about? You have a good appearance, but your heart is a bit black. You've done such a despicable thing, aren't you afraid of retribution in the future?"
"I need to talk to someone in charge. If I remember correctly, nuns don't have the authority to handle these kinds of things."
"Alright, alright, Miss Rosalia, leave this matter to me. I'm an old acquaintance of Lord Su Bai."
Kaiya's timely appearance interrupted the confrontation between the two. Rosalia snorted coldly, gave Su Bai a look that said "I'll keep an eye on you," and then left the interrogation room in her high heels.
"Kaeya, tell me, where did you find my fox fur this time? Damn it, this is the third time the Knights of Favonius have arrested me. Aren't you just bullying an honest person?"
Kaeya smiled awkwardly. As a celestial being from Liyue, Su Bai should theoretically be considered a distinguished guest of Mondstadt. However, Mondstadt's hospitality did not seem to be reflected in this fox spirit.
"Ahem, Lord Su Bai, it's not that we wanted to invite you here, but this matter is just too big, and we have no choice but to do so."
“What you say makes some sense. After all, it’s quite a big deal that your Knights of Favonius’s office building was robbed. If word gets out, the other six nations will probably laugh at you to death.”
Su Bai stretched lazily, seemingly unconcerned. It looked like he would be sleeping with Klee again tonight. Thinking about it that way, it wasn't so bad. Kaiya's smile froze, and he said somewhat strangely.
“Lord Su Bai, we did not invite you here for this reason.”
"Not this matter?"
Su Bai frowned. He was clearly a law-abiding citizen in Mondstadt, and he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong. Besides, he hadn't used any clones to cause trouble in Mondstadt.
Seeing that Su Bai was somewhat puzzled, Kaeya first sent away the two Favonius Knights who were standing guard outside the interrogation room, and then looked around to make sure no one was there before whispering to Su Bai while leaning on the table.
"Your Excellency Su Bai, that group of thieves did one more thing before they looted our office building."
"They robbed the tomb of the Lawrence family, one of the noble families of Mondstadt."
Chapter Twenty-Five: Talented People
Inside the interrogation room, Kaiya looked serious. If this matter were to be exposed, the Lawrence family would definitely use it as an excuse to put pressure on the Knights. Fortunately, only Yura knew about it for now.
"But what does this have to do with me? It's not like I told those tomb raiders to go tomb raiding. What kind of business is it for you to arrest me?"
Su Bai was verbally responding to Kaiya, but inwardly he was quite shocked. Were all the treasure-hunting groups these days so audacious? They actually went so far as to raid tombs. He would have to talk to Keqing about this later in Liyue, lest the treasure-hunting group set their sights on Keqing's family tomb one day.
"Lord Su Bai, you can't say that. When we were interrogating the leader of this treasure-hunting group, he said that a guy with a fox tail gave him the order. Looking at Liyue and Mondstadt, the only person who relies on a fox tail should be you, Lord Su Bai."
"I instructed them? Impossible, absolutely impossible."
Kaiya's words almost made Su Bai flip the table. This was simply slander against him. If this were to reach True Lord Liuyun, he would definitely be locked up by True Lord Liuyun.
The thought of encountering Shen He, that devil, every day on Mount Ozo made Su Bai's face turn pale. No, this rumor absolutely cannot be spread, or he'll be finished.
"Kaiya, I'm going to meet that treasure-hunting gang. I want to see which scoundrel dares to slander me, Su Bai."
"You really think foxes have no temper, huh?"
When Kaiya saw Su Bai's reaction, he knew what was going on. This matter might not actually be Su Bai's doing behind the scenes, but he couldn't rule out the possibility that Su Bai was faking it.
"Please come with me, Lord Su Bai. The leader of the treasure-stealing gang is being held in the next room."
Kaiya led Su Bai to the place where the leader of the treasure-stealing gang was being held. To protect the leader's safety, and fearing that Su Bai would kill him to cover it up, Kaiya followed Su Bai into the prison.
"How could it be you!?"
The lights in the prison came on, and Su Bai was numb to the sight of this familiar idiot in front of him. But thinking about it from another perspective, it wasn't surprising that this guy dared to rob him of the graves of the Lawrence family. The leader of the treasure-hunting gang immediately perked up when he saw Su Bai arrive.
"Hey bro, bro, it's me."
"Tell me, what were you thinking, digging up the Lawrence family's graves and dragging me into it too?"
Su Bai casually dragged a chair over and sat down, his fox-like eyes sparkling with curiosity. Kaiya also leaned against the wall, intrigued. He had been a member of the Knights of Favonius for so long, but he had never encountered anything so interesting.
"This story begins after I got a lecture from the guy."
Ever since Su Bai gave him a beating, the leader of the treasure-hunting gang had become increasingly convinced that Su Bai's words made sense. So, he took his last bit of Mora to the black market and bought a copy of "The Tomb Raider's Notes" from a man called Uncle Three.
According to this third uncle, the book is based on true events, and he would never have sold it if he hadn't decided to retire from the business.
The leader of the treasure-hunting gang was a bit of a simpleton; seeing how cheap the book was, he bought it anyway. Seeing how generous the man was, Uncle San gave the leader a copy of "Feng Shui" as a gift.
After several days of study, the leader of the tomb raiding gang believed he had thoroughly mastered the book "Tomb Raiding Notes," while his underlings had also almost finished reading the book "Feng Shui."
So, the confident treasure-hunting team took their shovels and started searching for tombs in Liyue. But they didn't realize that Liyue was a place where immortals and humans coexisted, the origin of feng shui, and countless people who had received immortal blessings and were wealthy would surely have designed safe spots for their tombs after they died.
This poor treasure-hunting group endured being roasted by fire, soaked in water, struck by lightning, and hit by earth spikes, but they never gave up. It wasn't until one of their brothers almost lost their lives that the leader of the group realized that they simply couldn't get into the tomb in Liyue with their skills.
This treasure-hunting leader truly lived up to his title. While his underlings were still thinking of fighting to the death in Liyue, he directly suggested going to Mondstadt. After all, they could practice in Liyue anyway, and even if they couldn't enter the tombs in Mondstadt, they could still practice there.
When the treasure-hunting group, who had once again entered Mondstadt, stayed overnight at the home of a kind old man, they encountered an arrogant young man who claimed to be from the Lawrence family. The young man not only punched and kicked the kind old man, but also arrogantly said that he wanted the leader of the treasure-hunting group to be his dog.
These words immediately enraged the leader of the treasure-hunting gang. "Good heavens, do you think you're that fox spirit, making him your dog?" After dealing with the arrogant young man from the Lawrence family, the kind old man also told the leader of the treasure-hunting gang to leave the place immediately.
Seeing the indifferent leader of the treasure-hunting gang, who had described the Lawrence family as ruthless and wealthy, the leader instantly had a target after hearing the story: This is the perfect place to practice!
"So, that's why you robbed the Lawrence family's tomb?"
Su Bai rubbed his temples. Even novels wouldn't dare write something like this. Reality is sometimes even more outrageous than fiction. Kaiya was also trying hard to suppress his laughter. Poor Lawrence clan, they probably never imagined that their tomb would be robbed because one of their juniors was too arrogant.
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