Genshin Impact: Please don’t bully me, fellow stragglers

Nan Ke knew from the beginning that today's meal would not only be for her and Kamisato Ayato.

But the strange girl who walked towards them was beyond all the candidates Nan Ke had guessed.

Nan Ke watched the other person approaching and became inexplicably nervous.

Because as the distance got closer, the comparison of appearances made the other person look more and more like he was carved from the same mold as Kamisato Ayato.

The girl, wearing a light blue dress, came up to them and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, brother. There was a traffic jam on the road, so I'm late."

"It's okay," Kamisato Ayato introduced to Nan Ke, "Miss Nan Ke, this is my younger sister, Kamisato Ayahua, please give me your guidance."

"Please give me your guidance, Nan Ke." Linghua extended her right hand to Nan Ke.

Nan Ke stood up hurriedly: "...Hello."

The waiter quickly brought a set of tableware. Linghua sat next to Kamisato Lingren and said to Nan Ke:

"Brother probably seldom mentioned me to you. We lost contact a few years ago due to some reasons, and only recently came to this city to reunite."

"Really?" Nan Ke avoided Ling Hua's gaze and said, "Congratulations."

"But Nan Ke is younger than I thought," Linghua rested her elbows on the edge of the table, holding her chin with her hands and smiling innocently, "and brother, is he more stable than I thought?"

Ayaka glanced at Kamisato Ayato and blinked.

"Time flies." A hint of helplessness appeared on Kamisato Ayato's lips.

Ayaka is more talkative than Kamisato Ayato.

Nan Ke also has a younger sister, and he quickly got used to Linghua's joining.

We had a very enjoyable meal and by the time we left the restaurant, it was already past 10:30 in the evening.

Nan Ke wanted to go find Mitsuyo, so she asked Kamisato Ayato to take her to a convenience store. When they said goodbye, Ayahua stood by the roadside and hugged Nan Ke earnestly: "Nan Ke, I hope we can become real good friends."

Nan Ke responded and looked at Kamisato Ayato behind him: "Mitsuyo's cat is with me. If Mr. Ayato happens to meet her, please tell her for me."

"It's just a piece of cake." Kamisato Ayato nodded.

Nan Ke said thank you and turned to walk towards the convenience store.

The street lights from far and near broke Nan Ke's shadow into pieces, and her whole body was hidden between the light and shadow, with her back appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Shenli Linghua watched Nan Ke leave, the corners of her lips remained curved for a long time, revealing bitterness: "Brother, Nan Ke's reaction is so cold."

"Because now, she has hardly established any interpersonal relationships, let alone friendships."

"Eh?" Linghua looked sideways in surprise, "How could it be..."

"So, if you can really become Miss Nan Ke's friend, you will be the first one," Kamisato Ayano patted Ayaka's shoulder, "Let's go back too. I remember that the general arranged for you to go to a university near Nan Ke?"

"Yes. By the way, brother, I am somewhat concerned about 'Mitsuo'. Who is she?"

"There's a bad girl nearby who has some connections with us."

"I remember that Inazuma had an ancient book that seemed to mention a shadow-facing Tengu, also called Mitsuyo..."

The brother and sister talked and turned to leave.

Nan Ke walked a distance and looked back, but they were no longer in the same place.

Nan Ke stopped, lowered his eyes to gaze at the hazy light on the road ahead, and took a long breath.

Nan Ke came to the nearby area to look for Guangdai on a whim, it was just an excuse.

She actually just wanted to find a quiet space and walk around alone.

The moment he saw Linghua today, Nan Ke was reminded of his childhood.

On one birthday, Nan Ke’s father came back from a business trip and brought a teddy bear specially for him.

It was a very big one, with round, fluffy light brown ears, enough to make all the kids envious. It was also Nan Ke’s favorite gift he had ever received since he could remember.

During that time, Nan Yi was hospitalized and the whole family was worried about it. Nan Ke rarely got rid of his worry about his sister. He hugged his father with a smile and said, "Thank you, Dad."

From then on, Nan Ke would hug the bear to sleep every night.

It was not until Nan Yi returned home that Nan Ke discovered that there was an identical bear in Nan Yi's luggage.

There is no need to ask who gave it to Nan Yi and when.

Nan Ke shouldn't be surprised.

Because they are twins, it is reasonable for their parents to treat them fairly.

But after that, even though Nan Ke still put the teddy bear at the head of her bed, she could no longer feel any joy when she saw it, and even felt lost.

That day, Nan Ke first had the selfish thought of "I wish it only belonged to me".

I am not a good kid.

It's the same now.

Kamisato Ayato's unconditional kindness and help to Nan Ke were like fragile and dense spider silk, sticking Nan Ke tightly.

That's why after lying to Kamisato Ayato, she was eager to reach out and try to protect the relationship from being destroyed.

Nan Ke is unable to define his own feelings and just wants to possess someone who is good to him.

But it turns out that it was in Kamisato Ayato's heart.

There are many people who are more special and closer than you.

--"family".

A fluttering sound passed over his head. Nan Ke looked up in confusion and saw several moths flapping their wings hard, scattering their scales around the wick of the street lamp.

Nan Ke walked forward aimlessly.

Does this mean that there is no one-to-one relationship between people?

The night wind was cold, mixed with the low sound of moths flying against the glass cover, which she left behind.

There is no such thing as no family, no friends, only relationships with each other.

The shadows of the trees along the road drowned Nan Ke and covered her dark pupils.

There is no relationship more unbreakable than "family" that transcends all friendships and all ties.

The park is quiet late at night.

The fitness equipment and children's slide reflected the cold light of metal in the dark night. Nan Ke sat on a swing, his head resting on the rope on the right, looking up at the night sky of the city in the distance.

No stars were visible, only a waning crescent moon immersed in the light haze, smeared into a shabby yellow by the city lights.

Nan Ke sat there with his mind empty for a while, when he suddenly heard faint ringing and sobbing sounds, mixed with the night cicadas and bird calls, getting closer and closer.

She sat up straight and looked in the direction of the sound.

The trees in the park were shaded in various shades, and a small shadow was dragging its feet, walking slowly through the shadows.

Nan Ke stood up immediately, but before she could take a step forward, a pitch-black object rushed towards her from the darkness.

Nan Ke was knocked back onto the swing.

The jingling of golden copper bells flashed across Nan Ke's eyes, and behind them was a purple cat's eye that was particularly gorgeous in the night.

"...The country is collapsing?" Nan Ke took the opportunity to embrace the furry creature in his arms, a look of surprise on his face.

Guo Beng ignored her, took small steps around her legs, lay down cross-legged, and looked at the crying child behind him.

The child's eyes were sparkling from crying. When he walked out of the shadow of the tree and saw Nan Ke, his mouth pursed and he cried even louder and more helplessly: "Wuwuwu!"

Nan Ke asked: "What's wrong with you?"

"Wow... I'm lost..."

Nanke sighed.

Why would a child get lost in the park in the middle of the night?

"Come here." Nan Ke waved to him.

The child came over reluctantly, looked at Nan Ke's face clearly, and then stared at the cat on her lap: "Is it... your cat?"

He said and hiccupped.

The swing was quite spacious, so Nan Ke moved to the side and pulled the child to sit next to him: "Can you recite the parents' phone numbers?"

The child grumbled and lowered his head, unwilling to answer.

Nan Ke took out his cell phone and turned on the flashlight.

The light illuminated the child's face. It was a little boy who was less than ten years old. He was wearing children's pajamas and dirty slippers. He probably had a conflict with his family and ran away without permission.

His home shouldn't be too far from here.

Nan Ke thought about it and didn't ask any more questions. He just sat here with him waiting for his parents to pick him up.

The little boy sobbed, sometimes looking at the cat and sometimes looking at Nan Ke. Soon his tears dried up. He wrinkled the corners of his clothes with his fingers and shouted, "Sister..."

"Hmm?" Nan Ke replied.

"Can I pet your cat?" the little boy asked pitifully.

"Did it bring you to me?" Nan Ke stretched out his hand to hold Guo Beng's body to prevent the little boy from suddenly reaching out and being hit by it.

The little boy nodded.

Nan Ke lowered his eyes and stared at the collapse of the country, and snorted with deep meaning.

She clearly locked it in the room before she went out, so how did it run out and run so far?

And its tail.

Nan Ke reached out and grasped Guo Beng's tail. A red ribbon was wrapped around the burned area in the middle, with a small brass bell hanging on it.

Who tied it on?

Guo Beng raised his head and glared at Nan Ke, wagging his tail impatiently.

"It's best not to touch it," Nan Ke could only say regretfully, "Don't look at it like that, it has a pretty bad temper."

The little boy shook the swing rope twice angrily and said, "...I have a cat too."

Nan Ke glanced sideways and saw that he lowered his head again, staring at the small area of ​​ground in front of his toes illuminated by the flashlight, his eyes red.

"It's prettier than this one, with softer, longer fur, but... when I got home from school today, my mom told me that it fell from the upstairs and died."

"Don't you have sealed windows in your house?" Nan Ke asked.

"What is window sealing?" the little boy frowned.

Nan Ke was about to say something but stopped. The little boy pursed his lips and said angrily, "It must be because they didn't want me to keep it and they lied to me on purpose! When I picked it up the day before yesterday, they didn't want to keep it anymore. They even nagged me all day yesterday. I have to take it back..."

The family gossip came and went like that. The child was talkative, and soon the topic turned from cats to his parents forcing him to attend cram school.

Nan Ke listened while paying attention to his surroundings.

It has been a while, and if the boy's parents don't come to find her, she will have to call the police.

Fortunately, the child's parents are not as impulsive as he is.

Five minutes later, urgent shouts and flickering flashlights were heard in the park. Because Nan Ke turned on the flashlight, the other party quickly discovered them and approached them quickly.

The little boy was still angry and stood up and tried to run, but Nan Ke grabbed him and said, "Listen to your parents' explanation."

"The cat is dead, what else is there to listen to!" the little boy struggled.

"Don't you believe it's dead?" Nan Ke asked back.

The little boy was startled, and looked at Guo Beng who was dozing in Nan Ke's arms: "I..."

The party looking for someone quickly ran up during this time. They were a middle-aged couple. The man in front saw the little boy and stopped yelling.

"You little bastard! You even ran away from home, huh?!"

The little boy's shoulders trembled, but he immediately stood up and shouted back unconvinced: "Then you are the old bastard!"

The father and son were glaring at each other and were about to fight.

"Shut up, you two!"

The woman at the back, holding a cage, stomped her foot between the two of them.

The man was silent. The little boy looked at his mother with an aggrieved face. He wanted to say something, but suddenly he saw a white cat lying in a cage: "Ah! Mimi!"

The little boy hugged the cage in surprise and jumped for joy.

"I told you to be obedient but you didn't," the woman held him down and lectured him with a raised eyebrow, "The cat fell down the stairs, luckily it landed on the awning downstairs. Your dad dragged me and struggled to find it for a long time. Why don't you apologize to your daddy now..."

Nan Ke sat on the swing, watching the family of three apologize to each other awkwardly, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.

"Thank you, little sister," the woman thanked Nan Ke before leaving. "Where do you live? Do you want us to take you back?"

"No, I live nearby," Nan Ke said politely, "Go home and be safe."

"Goodbye, sister!" The little boy waved and left.

Guo Beng watched the family walk away and looked up at Nan Ke.

Nan Ke also looked at it.

"The cat in the cage is very well behaved and clean," Nan Ke held Guo Beng in front of him, looked into its eyes and asked, "It doesn't look like a stray cat that was just picked up, right?"

Guo Beng tilted his head, opened his mouth, and bit her finger.

It didn't use much force, just glanced at her, and when it saw that she didn't react, it left a shallow mark and let go. It swung its drooping tail out of boredom, making a few ringing sounds.

The furry creatures are so adorable.

If the fire hadn't burned off some of his hair.

Nan Ke looked at the bald spots on Guo Beng's body for a while, then fluttered his eyelashes and approached him with a hopeful smile: "Guobeng, can I hold you to sleep at night?"

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No.

Of course not.

who do you think You Are?

If cats could talk, this is what they would say.

But cats can't talk.

So, in the dead of night, a certain cat curled up in the girl's soft arms, forming a ball comfortably.

Suddenly, the cat's ears twitched twice, and its squinting purple pupils opened and looked towards the bedroom door.

With a slight mechanical collision sound, the door core that was locked before going to bed began to turn.

The door was pushed open.

The young man with purple hair and purple eyes held a key in his hand, stood at the door in the night, and looked at Nan Ke who was sleeping soundly.

“You’re back…” The wanderer frowned and murmured when he saw the black cat lying in her arms.

The cat displeased the homeless for no reason.

So when Nan Ke went out in the afternoon, he took it out for inspection.

Perhaps because of its owner Guangdai, the black cat was particularly ferocious and it took the wanderer some effort to catch it.

Nan Ke should have washed the cat before. The cat itself was not dirty, and there was nothing suspicious about it.

But it had quite a few half-healed wounds on its body.

For Nan Ke, keeping such a pet is ultimately a hassle.

The wanderer originally wanted to hang a protective bell and throw it to Baalzebub using magic.

Who knew he would let go.

At this moment, the wanderer and the black cat that had been lost and returned stared at each other motionlessly. As the staring time lengthened, the cat's fur began to explode.

Concerned that it might go crazy and wake up Nan Ke, the wanderer backed away with a cold face and closed the door silently.

——The doll was not designed with the ability to sleep.

That person is like this, and the wanderer is no exception.

But the Rangers are not bothered by this.

Because the person you love is sleeping just across the wall from you.

The wanderer returned to his room.

The moonlight streamed in through the windows, illuminating the piles of books and notes on the low table and on the floor, revealing the countless efforts the owner of the room had made to integrate into the new world.

Apart from this, there was a bed with many odds and ends on it.

Fabric, needle and thread, ribbon, buttons...

Although I tried to cover them with the quilt, some of them were still exposed because there were too many of them.

The wanderer sat on the edge of the bed, brushed away the scattered threads on the sheets, and lifted the quilt.

In the middle of the bed were several palm-sized cotton dolls, lying quietly among a large amount of auxiliary materials.

They have different expressions, some wear kimonos, some wear light purple dresses, but without exception, they all have short black hair and clear black eyes.

This is what the wanderers do after they come into this world.

The wanderer casually lined them up, picked up one of them and the needle and thread at hand, lowered his eyes to tie the knot, and began to sew attentively.