I Play Stat-Sticks in Honkai: Star Rail

Liuge spoke helplessly.

This interrupted Qingque's scrutiny of him.

"Wait a moment!"

With a look of confusion, Qingque took out the Diyuan Qiongyu and began to divine according to her own methods.

"Strange, so strange."

The more Qingque calculated, the stranger she felt.

"Um, what's strange?"

"No, nothing!"

Qingque put away the Diyuan Qiongyu tablet and looked at Liuge with a smile.

"Let's get back to what we were talking about!"

"Uh..."

Liuge looked at Qingque's eccentric appearance and couldn't help but think of a certain Hu Tao.

Why did they all feel so jumpy?

"It was the difference in your eyes that distinguished you from Miss Tingyun, which is why I called you Lord Tingyun back then, not Miss Tingyun."

Listening to Qingque, Liuge recalled their conversation when they were acting for Phantylia.

Indeed, Qingque had called him Lord Tingyun back then, not the more familiar Miss Tingyun.

So, he had been discovered as soon as he met Qingque.

It seemed he needed to read "An Actor Prepares" more often.

"So, what do you want from me now?"

"Hehe, I did suspect you might have ill intentions back then, but seeing your clear yet foolish eyes, I figured you weren't a bad person. You must have been forced to impersonate Miss Tingyun, so I didn't expose you and played along."

"..."

Liuge fell silent, listening to Qingque's words.

Seriously, you're making me sound like an idiot!

"So, you're done with your act now, right?"

"Mhm!"

No, after all this talk, what do you actually want?

Liuge felt a headache coming on. Why did he feel like this girl was just showing off her intelligence?

"Well... as payment for playing along, how about we have a fun card game?"

In an instant, Liuge seemed to see the figure of a certain Pharaoh behind Qingque.

Seriously, are card players really everywhere?

"Okay, okay!"

Liuge stood up and responded helplessly.

But at the same time, he felt that chatting with Qingque was quite enjoyable.

This feeling seemed to surge from the depths of his heart.

It was as if he had known her for a long time, like an old friend.

This is so weird! This feeling is truly strange!

Could that dream I had be real?

Is Qingque really Xiao Que'er?

Unconsciously, Liuge looked at Qingque's retreating back, and it seemed to gradually overlap with the Xiao Que'er from his dream.

"Xiao Que'er?"

Liuge called out uncertainly.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Liuge thought he saw Qingque ahead pause for a moment, but she didn't turn back.

"What? What did you say?"

Qingque replied.

"No, it's nothing."

So it wasn't her.

Liuge, who felt a sense of relief, somehow felt a pang of loss.

But what he didn't know was that Qingque, ahead of him, had already curved her lips into a slight smile.

"Hehehe... Damn Liuge, you disappeared for so long, and you didn't even come to play cards with me when you got back, you're finished! I'm going to make you experience the bottomless abyss of our past card games!"

At this moment, Qingque's expression was just like Liuge's in his dream, except their roles were reversed.

It was as if… as if Qingque was dragging Liuge into the endless abyss of Diyuan Qiongyu!

Meanwhile, at the dock of the Luofu Xianzhou.

A man carrying a pure white coffin slowly disembarked from the ship.

He glanced at the Cloud Knights patrolling the dock and frowned slightly.

But the next moment, as if nothing had happened, he walked past two Cloud Knights.

The Cloud Knights merely gave the man a slightly more attentive glance when they saw him, not paying him much mind.

Guys who looked like absolute softies like him usually wouldn't cause any trouble.

"Luofu Xianzhou?"

After walking for a while, the man reached the railings of Liuyun Wharf. Looking at the prosperous scene, he murmured to himself.

Like a tourist, like a traveler, the man wandered around the Luofu. When he encountered things he didn't understand, he would ask some Xianzhou people for explanations.

And for these foreign travelers, the Xianzhou people were very hospitable, so they would generally explain things.

After wandering for a long time, the man arrived at Chang'le Sky-Garden.

Looking at the harmonious scene, which resembled a night market, a hint of astonishment flickered in his eyes.

However, he didn't pay it much mind and simply began to wander.

First, he noticed a place called San Yu Bookstore that seemed to have many ancient books. He stopped to look and bought some. Carrying his purchases, he then saw what looked like a fortune-telling shop, and in front of it, someone seemed to be playing a game.

He walked closer and watched for a while, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

So he asked the old man beside him, "May I ask what this is?"

"This is called Diyuan Qiongyu. Let me tell you, if you're a Xianzhou person on a Xianzhou and you don't play Diyuan Qiongyu, can you even call yourself a Xianzhou person!"

Just as the old man finished speaking, a crisp voice rang out from a nearby card game.

"Haha, I won! Liuge, you lost again..."

"Damn it!!!"

047 Fu Xuan and Qingque

Liuge looked at the cards in his hand, completely bewildered.

Although Diyuan Qiongyu was similar to Mahjong, the cards were almost entirely different.

Even though Liuge felt a strange sense of familiarity as soon as he started playing, it didn't matter to Qingque.

It didn't matter to her whether Liuge was familiar with the game or a novice.

Because all she wanted was to make Liuge feel intense pleasure!

When Liuge lost the ninth round, he finally put down the Diyuan Qiongyu cards in his hand. Listening to Qingque exclaim beside him that he had lost again, he felt helpless.

He took a deep breath and looked up.

The first thing he saw was a man with long golden hair watching from the side, his face full of curiosity.

Seeing this man, Liuge's heart skipped a beat.

In that instant, he thought that Otto had somehow made his way to the Xianzhou.

However, after a moment of thought, he remembered.

Someone arriving at the Xianzhou at this time, and looking so much like Archbishop Otto, could only be one person.

That would be Luocha, who walks the Path of Abundance!

And as everyone knows, those who walk the Path of Abundance are, without exception, good people.

For example, Natasha, the counterpart of the little island's exploding crows on Jarilo-VI, or Bailu, the current medicine-carrying dragon maiden and sprint champion of the Xianzhou.

"Friend, you look interested in Diyuan Qiongyu cards."

Liuge looked at Luocha and greeted him.

"Yes, I am indeed a little interested. But I'll pass."

Luocha was startled for a moment, then shook his head.

Although it looked interesting, for an outsider like himself, it was something he absolutely shouldn't get involved with.

"What a shame, you're missing out on some fun!"

Qingque chimed in at this moment.

"You look like a traveler visiting the Xianzhou. Not playing Diyuan Qiongyu is really missing out on..."

Slap!

Before she could finish speaking, a fair hand rested on Qingque's shoulder.

At the same time, a calm yet angry voice came from behind.

"Qingque, can you tell this seat what fun you're missing out on?"

Hearing this voice, Qingque froze entirely.

Her neck turned with a creak, like rusted machinery.

Standing behind her was Fu Xuan, her expression grim.

"Ahaha, Esteemed Taibao. What brings you here?"

Qingque chuckled, feigning surprise as if she'd just arrived.

"What, can't I come here?"

Fu Xuan's smile didn't reach her eyes as she looked at Qingque.

But the next moment, she saw Liuge standing nearby.

"Oh? Young friend, you're here too. It seems this child brought you along to play cards!"

Fu Xuan shot Qingque a stern look, a mixture of disappointment and exasperation on her face.

Qingque, however, appeared completely unfazed, which only fueled Fu Xuan's annoyance.

Qingque was exceptionally intelligent, but she had a terrible habit of slacking off.

You're almost at the point of being demoted to Sect Master, and you're still like this! Can't you try a little harder!

"Uh, I was bored and just wandering around, and I happened to run into Qingque."

Liuge hadn't expected that accompanying Qingque to play cards would coincide with the Taibao coming to fetch Qingque back to work.

He had to admit, it looked quite interesting.

Luocha, who had been nearby, had already departed the moment Taibao Fu Xuan appeared.

"Um, Esteemed Taibao..."

"Hm?"

Fu Xuan looked at Qingque, emitting a soft sound of inquiry.