Not efficient enough.
But the upside was that he now had a "private territory" beyond the Serenitea Pot, so he could let Firefly out whenever he had nothing to do.
"Thank you so much for this."
Raven waved her hand, signaling Liu Bai not to bother with pleasantries.
"I gave you my contact information too. If anything happens, remember to call me. As long as I'm in Tianqiong City, I'll definitely be there within ten minutes—one of my jobs right now is cleaning up your messes, after all."
Raven sighed. To be honest, even Raven herself could not figure out whether her highest-priority mission right now was capturing Kiana or looking after Liu Bai.
"Oh, right. I'll give you Highlord's contact information too—though I wouldn't recommend contacting Highlord."
Firefly Swore to Save Liu Bai From the Abyss
"Huh? Is this our new home?"
Firefly blinked as she looked around the cozy little house.
Having spent nearly two days inside the Serenitea Pot, Firefly was now incredibly curious about everything around her.
"That's right, our new home. Though it really has been a long time since it was cleaned."
Liu Bai ran a finger across the coffee table, immediately picking up a layer of dust.
"The cleaning supplies are in the bathroom." Guinaifen brought out a broom, mop, and rag from the bathroom all at once. "Next, we clean the room, right?"
"That's right. Nobody can live here while it looks like this."
"I'll help too."
Firefly seemed afraid of being left out. The moment Liu Bai spoke, she raised her hand to make her presence known.
"Mm, then let's do it together." Liu Bai glanced at Firefly. Other than Entropy Loss Syndrome still being incurable, there was nothing wrong with Firefly's body anymore.
Though Entropy Loss Syndrome was still a sword hanging over Firefly's head.
"Mm! I'll work hard." Firefly nodded happily, but as she looked at Liu Bai, a hesitant expression appeared on her face.
"Something wrong?"
"N-No, nothing."
Mr. Liu Bai doesn't only have Miss Gui's scent on him...
Firefly keenly noticed something.
The scent of other women on him, an inexplicably luxurious home, and a job.
C-Could Mr. Liu Bai really be selling his body?
"Firefly, just help sweep the floor." Liu Bai handed the broom to Firefly, assigning her a relatively easy task.
"O-Okay! By the way, um—!"
"Mm?"
"Your... um... ah... Is your body all right?"
Even she knew that in the interstellar world, plenty of rich women would keep pretty boys and demand endless things from them, even making them do all kinds of perverse things.
"It's been fine for a while. My injuries were much lighter than yours."
Liu Bai had a mod that restored health through breathing. Those minor injuries of his were supposed to heal naturally in twelve hours, but in reality, he had recovered after taking a few breaths.
"That's not what I meant... A-Anyway, it's good that you're okay."
Firefly inexplicably grew flustered.
"Hmm-hmm-hmm~? Spring cleaning~ Spring cleaning~"
Guinaifen softly sang as she wiped down the table with a rag.
"I'll get to work too. I'm going to wet the mop, so I'll leave this side to you for now." Liu Bai picked up the mop and walked into the bathroom.
"No problem, leave it to me!"
Even though she said that... she was still so worried.
Firefly swept the floor a couple of times, clearly distracted.
"Um... Miss Gui?"
"I told you, just call me Little Gui~" Guinaifen turned to look at Firefly while wiping the table. "What is it?"
"There is something." Firefly lowered her voice. "Um... Miss Gui, what exactly was that chastity you mentioned yesterday?"
"It means Boss Liu was almost pinned to the ground and done by two naked beautiful girls." Guinaifen answered directly. "I was the one who protected Boss Liu's chastity."
So it was true! Mr. Liu Bai was doing improper work!
Firefly's heart skipped a beat.
But... it did not sound like he was being kept? Rich women generally would not "share an order," would they?
No, no! If he was not being kept, why would he have both money and a house?
With Mr. Liu Bai's looks, though, it did not seem impossible for him to be "shared."
"Then... then I really have to thank you, Miss Gui."
Firefly thanked her sincerely.
"Come to think of it, this house... Mr. Liu Bai must have done something incredible to earn it as a reward, right?"
Please, let it not be from selling his body!
"Huh? Something incredible?"
Guinaifen recalled what had happened during the day.
A dashing gentleman skillfully navigating between two beautiful women... did that count as something incredible?
Though the story might be a little cliché by Xianzhou standards, when they returned to the Xianzhou, she could find a storyteller to polish it up.
"Personally, I think it was pretty incredible~ But this house—no, this apartment—was probably just the result of calling someone big sister? Though I guess it was also an opportunity he got by selling his body?"
Being a lab rat counted as selling his body too, right?
Guinaifen felt there was nothing wrong with what she had said.
"C-Calling someone big sister? And he really did sell his body?"
Firefly could not help imagining a woman eight feet tall and built like a barrel holding Liu Bai in her arms, dangling the apartment key before him with an oily smile. "Come on, call me big sister, and this apartment is yours~"
"M-Mr. Liu Bai, how can you not cherish yourself like that!"
"Achoo!"
Raven, who was driving, suddenly sneezed.
"...Has the weather gotten colder? I should buy new clothes for Xiao Kong and the others. I should remind Liu Bai too."
"Mr. Liu Bai!"
"Huh? Firefly?"
After reading Raven's reminder to add more clothes in the chat interface projected by his wristband, Liu Bai turned to look at Firefly running toward him.
"What is it?"
"I... I want to get a job!"
"A... job?"
Liu Bai looked at Firefly in surprise.
"Why bring that up all of a sudden? Besides, we aren't short on money anymore."
If they needed money, he could just buy some spirit medicine and sell it to the dead soldier girl. It would make money faster than robbery.
"But money will always run out someday, right? W-We can't let you keep selling your body to make money, Mr. Liu Bai!"
Selling his body?
Liu Bai was stunned by Firefly's words.
What did she mean by selling his body?
He was a grown man; he had not become some gigolo... Did she mean his time as a lab rat?
Liu Bai felt like he understood something.
Was Firefly's ability to summarize things really that terrible?
Forget it. At least he could understand what she meant.
"Little Gui told you?"
"...Y-Yes!"
Although Firefly felt a little guilty for betraying Guinaifen after admitting it, compared to that, stopping Mr. Liu Bai from walking down a path of self-destruction was more important.
"Don't worry. Things are still fine for now. My value is very high."
Being a lab rat sounded a little scary, but Mobius's attitude toward him was not bad. At this stage, she was only drawing some blood.
The more valuable he was, the more cautious Mobius would be in dealing with him.
If he had no value, Mobius would at most lose interest in him. She had no reason to kill him off completely.
Besides, he had no intention of relying entirely on Mobius's "favor" to get by.
Firefly could not help falling silent after hearing Liu Bai's words.
"Things are still fine for now," "My value is very high."
That kind of answer was practically the prelude to degeneracy and becoming addicted to getting something for nothing!
It was precisely because of this kind of mysterious confidence that so many young people in the interstellar world got played by the rich, gradually fell into the abyss of desire, and were ultimately discarded once they had been used up!
"M-Mr. Liu Bai."
Firefly took a deep breath, looked up at Liu Bai, and reached out to press both hands against his shoulders—her seemingly slender, delicate arms and hands clamped down on him like iron pincers.
"Please stop doing this kind of thing! I-I really can help you!"
Bounty Notice and Some Notes About This Book
I'm opening a simple unlimited bounty.
It's my first time doing one, so I won't make it overly complicated. One extra chapter for every hundred blades.
That makes it simple and easy for me to calculate, and the blade system rewards more work with more rewards.
There are currently only 114 blades, so I'll count those too.
There's no time limit either. The bounty's popularity will die down eventually anyway.
I'll fulfill the bounty after the book goes premium. Chapters will be based on four thousand words, and before it goes premium, I'll write at my own pace. It should only take a week or two.
Now, a few words about this book.
All the necessary groundwork was laid in Chapter One. For most questions about the setting, please refer to Chapter One.
Since I'm writing a crossover, directly using the original worldviews would definitely turn into a mess. That was the real purpose of Chapter One.
That is why I came up with a new worldview and new setting that are broadly similar but different, especially since Hoyoverse has always had strong settings but weak presentation. One world-destroying attack, 70.jpg.
I've also written crossover works such as multiverse and anime mashups in my early years, so I understand these problems very well. If you write according to the setting, people bring up presentation; if you write according to presentation, people bring up the setting.
This kind of situation where everyone has their own argument is the most annoying, so I simply laid all the groundwork in Chapter One and claimed final authority over interpretation while I was at it.
You're welcome to discuss who has bigger breasts or who dresses more suggestively, but as for comparing combat power, I respectfully decline.
I just want to happily write a little something where I can have everything within feasible limits.
That's all.
Before you continue