The treasure thieves of Teyvat rob Shenhe

"They've been struggling with some issues lately, see if you can help."

"What about you?" Ying asked.

"Me? I'm waiting for your good news."

Ying sighed. She was already very familiar with this process.

"In addition to meeting General Lei Dian..." Ying said, "We also need to find someone else."

"Hmm? Looking for someone?"

"One of our friends, this is one of the reasons why we came to Inazuma." Ying said.

As he spoke, Ying looked at Shen He.

Shen He nodded. She had been waiting for Ying and Thomas to finish their conversation.

As the person who is most familiar with Lin Ye here, Shen He briefly describes his characteristics.

Thomas thought for a moment and said regretfully.

"I'm sorry, I don't know the person you're looking for. I've lived on the island for more than a month, and I have a good impression of everyone here. It's very likely that Lin Ye is not on the island."

"Really? Well, thank you."

Shen He felt a little disappointed, but kept it in his heart.

"It's okay, Shen He, Lin Ye is so strong... well, and rich, he'll be fine." Paimeng comforted.

Foreigners are in a difficult situation in Inazuma.

But Paimeng didn't think Lin Ye would suffer a loss.

It's just intuition.

Paimon's intuition has always been accurate.

Shen He smiled at Paimon, expressing his gratitude for her comfort.

Aye, where are you?

The large-scale TV series, "Shen He's Search for Her Husband", is played for you.

Afterwards, Ying and others found the location of the International Chamber of Commerce according to the address given by Thomas, reported Thomas's name, and successfully met the president Hisahisa.

Although his name sounds very similar to Inazuma, Kurisu's hometown is Fontainebleau, and his clothing is also in the style of Fontainebleau.

The difficulties posed by the Kande Bugyo made it difficult for this middle-aged man to hide his fatigue. He often looked at his falling hair in the middle of the night without anyone noticing, and wore a hat to cover it up.

"You are Thomas's friends...are you encountering any difficulties?" asked Kurisu.

Seeing that Ying Shenhe and the others were not from Inazuma, he immediately felt a sense of sympathy and offered help to the best of his ability.

"In the beginning, there was. It cost four million Moras to go through the retention procedure!" Paimon complained, "Fortunately, with Thomas' help, it was finally resolved with six hundred Moras."

After hearing this, Kurisu felt that the heaviness of life made him lose the ability to complain. He could only keep accumulating suppressed anger, and he spoke in a low voice.

"This is Kanjo Bugyo. Haha, you are Thomas's friends. You should avoid these guys and won't have much trouble on the outlying islands..."

"By the way, have you found out who I am?"

"Thomas asked us to help you. Are you having any difficulties recently?" Paimon asked with concern.

"Difficulties? I'm used to being in a dilemma and hitting a wall everywhere."

"The isolation order really makes it difficult for people coming from foreign countries," said Paimeng.

These words hit the nail on the head for Kurisu, and he said bitterly.

"The lockdown is actually not that bad. Although the atmosphere of activities is restricted, life is still good."

"What really squeezes us foreign businessmen is..."

Kurisu suddenly paused, took a deep breath, and said through gnashing teeth.

“…It’s those profit-seeking bastards from Kanjo Bugyo!”

Kanjo Bugyo, one of the three major bugyo, is responsible for managing affairs related to outlying islands.

They learned about this from Thomas.

"High taxes, unreasonable rules and regulations... Recently, a new tax law was enacted, requiring taxes to be replaced with crystallized bone marrow."

"Crystallized bone marrow, I've never heard of it before. I learned what this thing is from a friend in Liyue. He once delivered this material to Winter Solstice."

"Everyone has been collecting from all over the place, and finally the taxes have been paid, but the Kande Bugyo are a group of wolves that can never be fed. The amount they need is getting bigger and bigger, but the price of crystallized bone marrow is also getting bigger and bigger."

"In the end, there was only one merchant left who controlled the supply, and he sold it at an exorbitant price."

"We... simply can't afford it."

Kurisu said weakly.

Ying was deeply touched when she heard this.

She just experienced this feeling of powerlessness...

"Let's rebel!" Ying said suddenly.

Shenhe and Lamia looked at Ying in surprise.

"The current Thunder God is incompetent and unjust. He abuses his power for personal gain and brings disaster to the country and the people. This is the act of a tyrant and a treacherous minister who destroys a country. You and I should raise a pole as a flag, chop wood as weapons, and rebel against the Inado wife today, and give the Inado wife a bright and pure land!" Ying Zhengdi said in a loud voice.

Paimon was scared when she heard that, but she was Ying's best friend in the world.

What did Ying say?

She spends unconditionally!

“…Okay~!” Paimon said tremblingly but firmly.

Jiulisu listened to Ying's passionate and heroic words, but his heart turned cold and he was stunned.

Although life is hard and the prospect of survival is bleak, there is a saying that goes, it is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death.

Is this friend Thomas really here to help me?

How did I offend Thomas?

Chapter 553 Lamia: Damn, she's so handsome

"…When the time comes, you and I will raise our arms and call for action, and the whole world will respond, punish the atrocities, and clear the court of the emperor. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

After Ying's "inspiring" speech ended, she slowly put down her excited hands, her eyes fell on the middle-aged man who had been oppressed for a long time, and waited patiently for his reply.

In response to this, Kurisu's eyes suddenly calmed down. He looked at Ying, then glanced at the others, then looked up to the sky and sighed with three parts of melancholy, three parts of indifference, and four parts of nostalgia.

"Ah~ Fontaine, Fontaine, my hometown... I miss you so much..."

Kurisu probably thought that he had no way out, and at the desperate moment of his life, he subconsciously longed for his inner home, which is the root to which fallen leaves return.

"Ahem, Ying, let's take a long-term view on this matter. Let's first think of a way to solve the problem of crystallized bone marrow. How can we clean up the world if we can't even clean up our own house? Well, let's deal with the current matter."

Shen He, a normal person, felt that the atmosphere was slipping in a strange direction and couldn't help but speak out to stop it.

Lamia raised her hand in agreement.

She just wanted to find Lin Ye safely, return to Liyue Harbor safely, and live a good life on the ground. She didn't want to get involved in any power-grabbing or subverting events, or she would be treated as a terrorist!

Lamia was a good siren, or so she thought.

But what she had done in Liyue Harbor before was not much different from what terrorists did.

Ying blinked when she heard that, and she covered her head with her hands. She felt like she was possessed by a ghost just now and was a little impulsive.

"okay."

As we all know, she is a gentle girl who advocates solving problems peacefully. How could she think about fighting and killing all day long?

Jiulisu's ears moved. He felt that he didn't need to rebel and didn't need to learn from Lin Chong in the Snowy Mountain Temple who was forced to go to Liangshan. He cast a grateful look at Shen He.

"The deadline for handing in the crystallized bone marrow is imminent. I have repeatedly sought out the merchant who controls the supply, hoping that he would be lenient with the investment and financing."

"It looks like it wasn't successful," Paimon said.

"There's really no mercy at all."

"Huh? Are you friends with that businessman?"

"I kind of know him. His name is Werner, he's from Mondstadt, and he was originally a member of the International Chamber of Commerce. One day he suddenly quit without saying a word, and when he reappeared, he was already... Alas."

"This kid used to do business with Inazuma in Liyue Harbor, but the lockdown caused his business to go bankrupt, so he had to make a living by picking up shells on the beach. The Wan Guo Chamber of Commerce helped him many times." Kurisu was angry and resentful, "In the end, he turned a blind eye to kindness... That's it, I'll just treat him as an ungrateful person."

Ying felt something was wrong after hearing this. How could a person who was struggling to survive get such a huge amount of crystallized bone marrow? There must be something fishy going on.

"I always feel it's strange, is there some shady manipulation going on?" Paimeng thought intuitively.

"I thought so too, but no fool would say it out loud," said Kurisu.

"We have just arrived on the island and we are foreigners. Werner should not be very wary of us." Shen He thought for a moment and suggested, "Why don't we go and ask around?"

If Lin Ye were here, he would be very relieved that his crane no longer needs its fists to get things done.

Kurisu was stunned for a moment, then spoke from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I want to thank you on behalf of the International Chamber of Commerce."

"You're welcome, hehe."

Next, based on the clues provided by Kurisu, Ying and others found the lazy Werner under a tree by the sea in a residential area.

Werner saw that Ying and the others were new and asked what they wanted to see him for.

Before coming, Ying and Shen He discussed that if Werner was a stubborn person, they would not be polite and would use necessary force to "persuade" him to give up the source of the goods.

The two pretty girls only laughed hideously, which frightened Paimon and Lamia.

Of course, Ying and Shen He did not have any grim smiles, and their faces looked calm.

However, if Werner can still be saved, he can adopt local sentiments. As the saying goes, when fellow villagers meet, they will shed tears.

There are no Monds among them, but that doesn't stop them from using some Mond specialties, playing the emotional card, and evoking Werner's homesickness and conscience.

Ying was talking to Werner and asking about the source of goods, but was naturally interrupted impatiently by Werner, who said in a cold voice.

"Do you understand the rules? How can I do business if I tell you where the goods come from?"

"I'm not as idle as you. If you can't afford it, get out of here."

Ying and Shen He looked at each other.

"Don't say that. Be nicer." Paimon said worriedly.

The kind-hearted Paimon was afraid that Werner would be buried in the ground by Ying and Shenhe.

Ying thought about it and decided to give Werner another chance, she said.

"Idleness is also a kind of freedom. Mondstadt is such a country."

"Mond! You just said Mond!"

"Yes, the dandelion wine there is really delicious, refreshing and invigorating." Ying said.

"The Kiss of the Snow Mountain is also good." Shen He added.

"Dandelion Wine and Snow Mountain Kiss are both too lame. I tell you, a real man should drink Death in the Afternoon, which is a strong liquor that is no less potent than water and fire!" Werner yelled.

Then he realized that he had lost his composure, and his expression was dejected. "Mondstadt, my hometown... now only appears in my dreams."

At this time, Ying took out the windmill daisy, a tenacious flower that only grows in Mondstadt.

Then, Werner broke through the defense with precision.

"Windmill chrysanthemum, you actually carry it with you... I almost forgot when I last saw it."

Ying handed the little flower to Werner.

Werner took it and looked down at the windmill chrysanthemum. He sighed, "It makes me miss it. This is what it means to be reminded of someone."

It should be that seeing things reminds me of home. Paimeng wanted to correct him, but he held back in order not to ruin the current atmosphere.

"Close your eyes." Ying said softly.

"Why are you closing your eyes? You're not going to attack me by surprise, are you?" Werner raised his head doubtfully. He looked at Ying and the others and saw that they didn't have sticks in their hands, so he shouldn't be hit by a club.

"I told you to close it, so I closed it." Paimon said, "I won't attack you by surprise."