Medicine Master... Why...

After listening to Ying's explanation.

Baizhu, Changheng, and Zhongli finally understood Mu Yang's condition.

He was no better off than Changheng.

In fact, he was even worse off than Changheng.

He was only a little better than Qiqi, able to remember things from the past two or three years.

Baizhu checked Mu Yang's pulse.

He did not detect anything unusual.

Changheng also tried, examining Mu Yang's body.

Both of them shook their heads.

Not only was Mu Yang a normal person, he was far healthier and stronger than most.

His symptoms had nothing to do with illness.

Of course they could not find anything. Mu Yang had made the whole story up.

Half true, half false.

Mu Yang's story was starting to smell fishy, family.

Fishy? More like perfectly flavored! Damn it, stab stab stab stab stab stab stab stab!

Brother, don't be like this. You're scaring me.

Who turned you into this? Mihoyo?

Changheng asked Mu Yang another question.

"Then do you have any impression of that beautiful jade?"

This time, she received an affirmative answer.

"Yes. Someone very important personally tied it on me, but her appearance..."

Mu Yang shook his head slightly. "It's become rather blurry."

Paimon rested her chin in her hand. "An important 'person'?"

Ying and Paimon looked at Changheng with suspicion at the same time.

Their meaning was obvious.

Mu Yang said a person had tied it on him.

Aren't you a snake?

How could Changheng endure those looks?

"You little ones should get used to life in Liyue sooner."

Changheng leaped into the air. "Bang."

After a puff of smoke, a woman in plain white robes and a skirt appeared before them.

She had long, silver-white hair.

Her features were exquisite.

Changheng padded around Ying and Paimon twice on her bare feet.

The two of them stared so hard their eyes went wide.

As expected of Liyue—the land of gods.

She's so beautiful. How could anyone be this beautiful?

This must be an adeptus!

White hair? Jade-like feet!?

That's enough! What? Bare feet?! Hehe...

Stuff it in my mouth.

Mu Yang had not expected things to develop this way.

Why had Changheng suddenly taken human form?

Don't do this!

With an appearance like yours, you'll steal all my Popularity Points. How am I supposed to play now?

So this is how you treat a friend of several thousand years? Fine, fine, fine!

So that's how you want to play? You're something else!

Still, she looked more familiar like this.

Ever since she had entered human society, she had always used this appearance.

Though her eyes did not seem as red as before.

Ah, it was because she had made a contract with Baizhu.

She had used the Serpent Dragon Transformation Method.

Those eyes now were Baizhu's eyes.

But honestly, those ruby-like eyes suited her better.

This outfit's style was far too old.

She clearly added several black flowers during every Dragon Casting Ceremony.

Why did she change back after it was over?

That looked quite nice.

Sigh, I don't know how to put it.

The first time I saw her take human form, I felt like I couldn't handle her going barefoot.

If not for Mortal Power protecting her body, who knew what those feet would have become by now.

Why didn't she know how to take proper care of herself?

Medicine Master... why...

Why what?

Why was my vision getting blurry...

I reached out... What was I trying to do...

It was so quiet. Why did you all suddenly stop making noise?

Why were you all looking at me...

"Mu Yang... are you all right?"

I... was crying?

Changheng brushed away Mu Yang's tears with her sleeve.

Seeing Mu Yang cry felt like a knife twisting through her heart.

Yet she still could not remember anything.

She hated it—hated the memories she had lost.

Hated that she could not even offer a single word of comfort.

Mu Yang stood up. "Sorry."

Then he turned and walked out of Bubu Pharmacy.

Paimon wanted to chase after him, but Ying pulled her back.

Ying shook her head. "Let him calm down for a while."

The livestream chat had already been flooded with question marks.

Guinaifen was still in shock as well.

Because the camera had suddenly shifted to Mu Yang's perspective as he looked at Changheng.

They could also hear Mu Yang reciting fragmented lines.

They had even carried the kind of reverberation associated with memories.

Lines from different stages, carrying different emotions.

"...This outfit's style is far too old."

"Dragon Casting Ceremony... several black flowers."

"...It looked quite nice..."

"...Take proper care of yourself..."

"Medicine Master... why..."

Then the perspective returned to normal.

They saw Mu Yang, who had barely shown any emotion before, crying.

He cried silently.

He even tried to reach out, as if trying to grasp something.

Guinaifen finally recovered.

"Were those Mu Yang's memories?"

It seemed to be how he had evaluated Changheng when they used to spend time together.

Holy crap, what exactly is the relationship between these two? And who is the Medicine Master?

Mu Yang crying like that is making me lose it too.

Real sorrow is always silent.

He didn't even know he was crying...

What exactly did those two go through?

This hurts so much, Mihoyo.

"I'm telling you, family, that last line—'Medicine Master... why...'—really got to me."

"Who was the voice actor? How could they sound so deeply immersed?"

Amazing. Just call him Mu Yang.

So immersive, huh?

Outside Bubu Pharmacy.

Mu Yang let the cool breeze restore his mood.

This time, he had genuinely lost control.

Something outside his plans had happened.

He had only intended to show himself at the right moment, so players would connect the name "Changheng" on the character art with him.

Who could have expected Changheng to suddenly take human form?

It had directly stirred up his memories.

Those alone might not have been enough.

There was probably also this body's muscle memory.

He had likely grieved alone more times than he could count.

No, how many years had it been...

System: "Wow, Host, you're incredible. That performance made your Popularity Points shoot up!"

"The players had originally been talking about the barefoot white-haired beauty."

"But your crying completely threw them off. Brilliant, truly brilliant!"

Mu Yang: "System, let me be alone for a while."

The system did not speak again.

After quite some time.

Ying and the others had finished handling their business as well.

They walked out of Bubu Pharmacy and came over to Mu Yang.

Ying asked with concern, "Do you feel better now?"

"Much better."

"Then are you staying here, or..."

Ying was not quite sure about Mu Yang's current state.

She did not know what exactly he had remembered just now.

It was the first time she had seen Mu Yang so emotional.

Mu Yang usually gave people the impression that he rarely showed his feelings.

What exactly was the relationship between them?

Someone important—just how important?

The more Ying thought about it, the worse she felt.

But she could not bring herself to ask.

What right did she have to ask him such a question?

And Paimon? Didn't she usually love asking about everything?

Why had she gone silent today?

Mu Yang did not choose to stay.

"No, I'll leave with you."

"Okay."

Mu Yang did not say anything else.

Ying did not press him about why he was not staying.

Perhaps Mu Yang needed to find somewhere to calm down right now.