Crossover Anime: Randomly Setting Up a Stall with Binchotan Charcoal

"Come back~"

Summer held up her teacup and spoke to the figure passing by the door.

Nana looked up and saw Xia Tian sitting in the tea room, leisurely sipping tea with a faint smile on his face. The setting sun shone through the window, bathing him in a golden glow, making him appear exceptionally warm and serene.

Nana's heart skipped a beat; the man's aura was simply too captivating.

"Nana, you're off work..." Da Mai, happily sipping her milk tea, waved to Lin Na when she had a moment to spare. "Were you busy today? You look so tired."

Hearing this, Nana rolled her eyes at Xia Tian helplessly, "It's all thanks to someone. Yunmiao Village is on fire now. The number of tourists who came here today is almost the same as the total number of tourists in the previous three months. Mr. Xie's coffee shop, which was on the verge of collapse, is now extremely busy."

"Oh, Barley, you're so lucky. I'm working myself to the bone and can't even get a drink of water. Unlike you, you can just stay in your little courtyard and have delicious milk tea delivered to your door. I'm so envious."

Lin Na smiled slyly as she spoke, her eyes fixed on Xia Tian. "You should understand what I mean, Boss Xia!"

Hehe ~

Upon hearing this, Da Mai glanced at Xia Tian somewhat embarrassedly, thinking to herself that Boss Xia was such a kind person; knowing her severe social anxiety, she had even specially saved milk tea for her.

Seeing this, Xia Tian couldn't help but shake his head with amusement. With a gentle wave of his hand, a cup of warm red bean milk tea magically appeared in Lin Na's hand.

"what!"

Lin Na almost missed catching it. She looked at the milk tea in her hand with surprise. "Boss Xia has magic tricks too?"

That was a brilliant move.

"Boss Xia, your magic trick is amazing! Please teach me so I can show off to my colleagues later," Lin Na said excitedly, then happily inserted a straw and started drinking.

uh~

That's it!

The moment it enters your mouth, you feel your tired body instantly soothed by the delicious taste.

Come to life!

Xia Tian smiled slightly and waved her hand, "This isn't magic, just some simple tricks. You can't learn them."

Lin Na pursed her lips upon hearing this and didn't press the matter further.

"By the way, why are only two of you three standing around? Where's Master Ma?"

"He's off researching steamed bun recipes," Da Mai interjected.

Lin Na turned to look at Xia Tian and asked with certainty, "Did Boss Xia give it to you?"

Summer nodded, thinking it would be a bit of fun to see if Machiyama could open the Nanatsuji-ya shop in this world.

If someone else said that he could succeed with a steamed bun recipe, Ma Qiushan would ignore them, but since it was Boss Xia who said it and gave him the recipe, Ma Qiushan got excited.

If Boss Xia can make even a simple milk tea taste like nectar, he feels he could start a brand if his steamed buns could reach even 30% of the quality of his milk tea.

"Xiaochun said a new resident moved into the courtyard today, and she's an incredibly beautiful woman. Have you seen her...?" Lin Na asked.

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Before she could finish speaking, a series of cheerful footsteps came from the entrance of the courtyard, and in the distance, the lively laughter of Xiao Beichangtan could be heard.

"Look, actually it's not one, it's two." Xia Tian pointed to the door and poured three cups of hot tea. "Xu Hongdou, Chen Nanxing, tea?"

Two women entered through the door, one gentle and graceful, the other lively and agile—Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing. Each held one of Xiao Beichangtan's hands, appearing to be getting along very well.

Lin Na's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "Wow, she really is a great beauty! Xiaochun was right!"

When Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing saw Xia Tian, ​​they were slightly stunned, and a deep sense of gratitude appeared in her eyes.

The little guy dashed into Xia Tian's arms in a flash, exclaiming, "Brother, I'm back!"

"You were naughty again today, and you're all sweaty from playing. Ugh~~~" Xia Tian chirped her ear in annoyance, and said disdainfully, "You're also covered in horse manure. Hurry up and go away, we don't want a smelly kid in our family."

"Humph!"

The little one looked down, left and right. "Brother's lying! She's a fragrant little princess, she doesn't smell bad at all!"

And now she's not afraid of her brother abandoning her at all, he wouldn't dare!? I'll ask Mom to spank him.

"Brother, you're so mean! How dare you look down on me? I haven't even told Mom about what happened yesterday yet. Just you wait, I'm going to call Mom and spank you."

Just do it,

The little guy snatched the silly girl from Xia Tian's body, then toddled back to his room on his short legs to call and complain.

Summer smiled gently.

look up,

His gaze fell on a corner of the tea room.

"Guests are welcome. Tea has been prepared. Please, Miss Mulan!"

Xu Hongdou, Lin Na, and Da Mai looked at the corner in confusion. Was Boss Xia seeing things? There was no one there.

But as Xia Tian finished speaking, a strange ripple seemed to appear in the air of the tea room. A dashing figure in black, as if stepping out of thin air, slowly materialized in a corner of the tea room.

“Miss Mulan, I’ve heard so much about you,” Xia Tian said softly, her tone full of sincerity and respect.

Xu Hongdou, Lin Na, and Da Mai stared in disbelief at the Mulan that had appeared out of thin air, their hearts filled with indescribable shock. Was this magic? No! This was definitely not magic!

The moment this person appeared, the temperature in the tea room seemed to drop several degrees, and a bone-chilling cold quietly spread in the air, making everyone breathe cautiously.

Chen Nanxing was trembling with fear, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Does the young master know me?"

Mulan frowned, secretly on guard. This person not only allowed her to reveal her true form, but also seemed to know everything about her identity.

Just one glance was enough to instill in me a fear akin to facing Hades, the King of the Underworld.

Summer smiled gently, and the biting chill that had filled the tea room seemed to melt away instantly, as if the previous coldness was just an illusion. In the blink of an eye, the entire space returned to its previous warm and harmonious atmosphere (Zhao's Zhao).

"Let me introduce you to this heroine who embodies bravery, resilience, wisdom, loyalty, and filial piety. She is the legendary General Mulan, who disguised herself as a man to join the army in place of her father and fought bravely on the battlefield. By the way, her surname isn't Hua; her name is Mulan. Hua Mulan is just a name that was adapted by later generations to better reflect her female identity."

"Hua...Hua Mulan?" Linna murmured to herself, her eyes filled with disbelief, as if she had witnessed the most incredible miracle in the world.

"She's still alive? She must be over 1500 years old." Da Mai was also stunned, but his focus seemed to have gone astray.

Mulan choked on her words, almost snapping at him. "Has no manners at all? Don't you know a woman's age is always a secret?"

"Strictly speaking, she's dead. Her current identity is a soul ferryman in the underworld, that is, a ghost messenger... Yes, Red Bean, you guessed right, she's here to capture Chen Nanxing."

. . . . . . .

Chapter 515 Sister, don't be afraid, my Soul Society will fight its way from south to north.

!!!

The tea room seemed frozen in time, eerily quiet, save for the tinkling sound of wind chimes in the gentle breeze.

Barley's eyes practically popped out of their sockets!

What the hell?

Mulan is a ghost messenger, so Chen Nanxing, whom she is trying to capture, is also a ghost?

A chill ran from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head, and Da Mai felt the hairs on her body stand on end, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar. She subconsciously swallowed, her eyes wide and round, and she gripped Xia Tian's arm tightly, as if searching for a sense of security.

Lin Na looked at Mulan, then at Chen Nanxing, and finally at their shadows.

No?!!!

Lin Na was so shocked that she couldn't recover for a long time. She tugged at Xia Tian's sleeve and asked in a trembling voice, "Xia... Boss Xia, what... what's going on? Are they... are they really ghosts and ghost messengers?"

Yaoshou!

What was once a relaxing tourist destination has suddenly turned into a horror movie set.

Da Mai snapped out of his daze, swallowed hard, and said in a trembling voice, "I...did I eat poisonous mushrooms? Nothing I've ever written in my novels is as terrifying as this..."

The atmosphere in the tea room instantly became eerie, and the sound of the wind chimes seemed to become more urgent, each chime pounding on their hearts and making them feel palpitations.

Seeing the two people's terrified expressions, Mulan sighed helplessly and explained, "You don't need to be afraid. Although I am a ghost messenger, I will not harm the innocent indiscriminately. I am here to capture the fugitive Chen Nanxing."

Hearing this, Linna and Damai's fear did not diminish in the slightest because of Mulan's explanation; on the contrary, it was like a spark that had been ignited, instantly spreading like wildfire.

They looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief and deep terror.

Linna swallowed hard, her voice barely audible: "A...a fugitive? Then...then is she really a ghost?"

Mulan nodded slightly, her gaze solemn: "That's right. After death, a person's soul should go to the Yellow Springs to be guided, but she has not gone down yet and is hiding in the human world. I have come here this time to bring her to justice."

"I don't know! I don't know I'm going to the Yellow Springs." Chen Nanxing's face was as pale as snow, and his voice trembled as he tried to defend himself.

Mulan was stunned. Whose work had been neglected again?

"No matter what, humans and ghosts are different. You shouldn't stay in the human world. This is the law of heaven and earth, and no one can violate it." Mulan's voice was filled with unwavering determination.

Chen Nanxing's face grew even paler. She curled up, her voice trembling with sobs, "I...I didn't want this either. I just...I just wanted to finish our unfinished trip with Hongdou."

Mulan frowned. She understood Chen Nanxing's obsession, but rules are rules and cannot be challenged.

She took a deep breath, her tone icy: "A day should be enough for you to get rid of your obsession. Come with me, to where you belong."

"Nanxing, don't go!"

Xu Hongdou gripped Chen Nanxing's arm tightly, her eyes filled with pleading, not wanting her to leave.

"I want to ask, if Nanxing goes down with you, what kind of punishment will she receive?"

Mulan fell silent; it was a grave crime for a ghost to remain in the human world without permission.

Seeing that Xu Hongdou was about to cry, Xia Tian couldn't help but speak up: "Alright, since I've gotten involved in this, I'll see it through to the end. Chen Nanxing, you don't need to go anywhere. No one can take you away from me, not even Hades Acha."

Mulan wanted to say something, but Xia Tian simply waved his hand and sent her to hell—literally hell, he didn't kill her.

In the tea room,

Another eerie silence followed.

Linna and Damai felt their worldview had been shattered into pieces, beyond repair.

a long time,

Looking at the frightened Nana and Damai, Xu Hongdou gently told Chen Nanxing's story.

At first, Da Mai was scared, then looked expectant, and then became bored.

What a joke! Just an ordinary, sad story.

Coming out... a love story between a human and a ghost... nothing about a human and a ghost coming out of the closet and still having a love story, what is she expecting?!

No, no!

Barley shook his head repeatedly, trying to shake the filthy thoughts out of his mind. It was a sad story, and he couldn't let his mind wander.

After the story was told, Nana and Da Mai felt very sorry for Chen Nanxing, but despite their understanding, they were still afraid.

Then the two women started arguing over the right to sleep with Kobinchotan.

After the little girl finished her bath and heard their concerns, she patted her chest and confidently promised that she could protect her two older sisters.

"Charcoal, are you that amazing?" Nana asked, still somewhat skeptical.

"Yeah~"

The little guy slapped the table and raised his head, "Sister Nana, let me tell you, back then when my brother and I went to the Soul Society to set up a stall... you know, the hell over there in Japan, a bunch of Shinigami... you know, the ghost messengers over there. They were so annoying, they wouldn't let us set up a stall and even tried to kick us out."

Upon hearing this, the girls exchanged glances, looking at each other in bewilderment. "You siblings are really something else, daring to set up a stall even in hell. If we don't kick you out, who will?"

The little guy continued, "Big Sister Barley, if you don't let us set up our stalls, it means we won't have any money. If we don't have any money, we won't have rice. If we don't have rice, we'll go hungry. Going hungry is really, really bad."

"What, do you often go hungry?" Da Mai looked at the little guy with a puzzled expression. His round belly didn't seem like it.

"Yeah~"

The little guy sheepishly tucked in his tummy and nodded. "I used to do this all the time before I met you, brother. Oh dear, Sister Da Mai, don't interrupt me. Where was I?"

"I'm hungry," Xu Wo O栮贰哟叁陵玐阅-o漪红豆 reminded her.

The little guy continued to brag, "Yes, yes, Sister Red Bean, let me tell you something. The Japanese ghost messengers wanted to let me go hungry, how could that be! My short temper couldn't stand it at all. So I drew my 1.2-meter-long sword and slashed from south to north in the Soul Society without even blinking."

"In the end, their chief of ghost messengers, the captain, came out, but he was still beaten to tears by a single blow!"

Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to figure out if the little girl was talking nonsense, but her sincere expression didn't seem fake.

To increase the credibility of the story, the little guy even took out Ryujin Jakka, which looked like a legendary divine weapon.

"And then?" Chen Nanxing asked gossipily, this story was much more exciting than her own.