Genshin Impact: Great, you guys still remember

The night is thick,

"Huh, am I cheating?"

He Li chuckled after shutting down the system and looked back inconspicuously.

Sure enough, there was a dark shadow hanging closely not far away.

"This girl..."

He smiled bitterly and shook his head, but did not expose her. He just slowed down his pace up the mountain and searched more carefully for dangers around him.

Ping'er, who had been trying her best to follow, finally had a chance to catch her breath and rest for a while after the other party slowed down.

"Why are you slowing down? Have you found prey?"

Ping'er felt a little doubtful.

He Li held a sickle and tried to smooth the path ahead, so that the girl wouldn't get scratched by thorns or protruding rocks if she followed too quickly.

The two of them walked up the mountainside, one in front and one behind.

soon...

He Li suddenly squatted down:

"This is... a wild boar. It's still relatively fresh. It probably didn't travel far."

Then he slowed down his pace and followed the wild boar's footprints.

Ping'er, who was following behind from a distance, saw this and knew that her brother had found the prey, so she slowed down her pace and tried not to make any noise.

After pushing aside a bush, He Li finally found the wild boar sleeping in it.

Good opportunity,

He Li's eyes lit up, and he immediately drew out his knife and tiptoed forward, intending to kill him with one strike.

Perhaps because it was downwind, the wild boar was very alert and woke up when He Li approached.

"Roar,"

The wild boar roared and rushed forward.

Without time to panic, He Li stood up straight and held the wild boar that was charging towards him.

The huge impact made him slide back several meters.

Fortunately, before Ping'er behind him could scream, He Li managed to steady himself.

With other thoughts in mind, he acted very quickly this time, using all his strength.

He twisted his hands hard to expose the wild boar's neck, and quickly moved the knife to it.

Ping'er was obviously shocked by the scene before her.

She had never seen He Li use his full strength, and she had never expected that he could subdue the wild boar with just two moves.

I was shocked, but also slightly relieved.

How could such a powerful brother be in danger?

After seeing He Li drain the wild boar's blood, Ping'er turned around and ran home.

She had to be back in bed before he got home.

...

The moon is dim and the village is quiet.

He Li carried the wild boar carcass back home, refrigerated it with ice cubes he had stored in the winter, washed up, and returned to his room.

The two rooms were next to each other, with the beds separated by only a wall.

After He Li lay back on the bed, he could still clearly hear the rapid breathing of the person opposite him, who was trying hard to suppress it.

Obviously he ran too fast and hasn't recovered yet.

"We need to let Ping eat more meat tomorrow. She's out of breath after running for such a short while."

He Li smiled and murmured to himself,

Feeling the fatigue of my body, I slowly fell asleep.

...

[As time went by, the crazy hunter seemed to be an isolated case, and such a situation never happened again in the village]

[Many searches failed, and the bitten father also showed no sequelae]

[You slowly relax]

[On Ping's eighteenth birthday, Ping's father suddenly and meaningfully proposed to move out and give this small house to you]

[You and Ping are well aware of the reasons why Ping's father made this decision]

[A Ping blushes as she cleans up her father's new home, while her father smokes a cigarette and pulls you out of the house——]

"Ah Li, we won't say much else. I watched you grow up, and you have been mature and steady since childhood. I feel relieved to leave them to you."

After saying this, Ping's father just puffed on his cigarette, quietly waiting for He Li's reply.

He Li turned his head and looked at the house behind him. The window had opened a crack at some point, and he could sense a look of expectation from it.

Turning back, meeting Ping's father's gaze, He Li had never been so determined and serious:

"Uncle, I will take good care of them. I swear on my life."

"Good boy, you still call me uncle."

Father Ping knocked him on the head with his pipe.

"dad!"

"Eh--"

Father Ping smiled brightly, and after a while he whispered:

"As for this brother and sister, don't shout anymore, or people will hear them..."

boom--

The window behind me was suddenly closed.

He Li looked back at the closed window, and seemed to still feel the girl's remaining shyness.

"This girl, just listen, why are you shy?"

Ping's father obviously noticed it as well, and after he finished jokingly speaking, the two of them looked at each other and laughed out loud together.

...

[With Ping's father's tacit approval and Ping's shyness but no objection, you two became closer]

[You have been particularly happy in the past two years]

[You even put the crisis behind you for a while and wanted to live here with Ping forever]

Until one day

[This year, you are 21 years old, and they are 20 years old.]

boom!

The mountain suddenly shook, He Li was startled, and hurriedly pulled A Ping out of the house.

"The earth dragon is turning over! It's the earth dragon turning over, everyone come out quickly,"

"Come out quickly, don't stand next to the mountain, stay away from the falling rocks"

There was a lot of shouting in the village, and many people ran out of their homes and hid in open areas.

"Brother, how are you, are you okay?"

Ah Ping felt around He Li's body and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw no injuries. She looked at the mountain peak not far away where rocks were still falling.

Worried:

"Why is there a sudden earthquake? Wouldn't it be harder to catch prey?"

Earthquakes are not uncommon in the villages at the foot of the mountain. The villagers are very experienced. Compared with the damage caused by earthquakes, the loss of prey is obviously more worrying.

"It's okay, just go back and practice the piano first, I'll take care of these things."

He Li frowned and looked at the mountains in the distance, then lowered his head and said comfortingly,

"No, you come back with me,"

Ah Ping pulled He Li's arm stubbornly.

"I'll go over there and take a look at the situation. Don't worry, I won't act stubbornly."

He Li pointed to the collapsed rock wall in the distance.

"...Then be careful,"

Ah Ping hesitated for a moment, loosened her arm, and gave another instruction:

"Come back soon."

"it is good,"

He Li responded and turned around, his expression becoming more serious.

The sound just now was not the sound that an earthquake should make!

I ran quickly towards the collapsed rock wall and observed its damaged cross section.

The guess in my mind is becoming more and more correct.

This is not the kind of damage that an earthquake should cause.

It's more like... the aura emitted from the battle was shattered!

The Demon War is about to spread!

[When you get home, your expression remains unchanged, and you spend the day happily with Ping]

[But there is a huge stone in your heart at this moment, pressing you so hard that you can’t breathe]

[You look up out the window, at the top of the mountain that no one has ever been to]

[The conjecture hidden for many years resurfaced in my mind]

[You want to go up and see if you can implement that plan]

"I told you I would protect you."