The two of them soon arrived outside the Studio.
Kiana took out her key and quietly slipped into MiHoYo Studio with Hu Tao.
"Wow~ So this is a game studio~" It was Hu Tao's first time seeing such a novel place, so she was exceptionally excited.
"Strange... where did my sisters go?"
She led Hu Tao around the Studio several times, but they did not spot a single person.
It was not until they reached the voice recording room that they understood everyone had gathered there.
Kiana immediately spotted her sister among the crowd, along with the Mei she had been longing to see~
"Sis~ Mei!!"
With Kiana's cry, Mei saw a little white-haired ball burrow into her arms.
This familiar feeling...
"Kiana? Why are you here!"
Kiana looked up and said with a grin, "I missed Mei..."
But after saying that, Kiana noticed that every one of her sisters had red-rimmed eyes. They had clearly just been crying.
The sight left Kiana stunned. "Sisters... what's wrong? Did something happen?"
The girls looked at one another, then all turned their eyes toward Mo Li at the same time.
Mo Li: "..."
From the moment Kiana appeared, Mo Li's attention had been on her and Hu Tao behind her.
Durandal had mentioned before that Kiana was her younger sister and was currently in high school.
So Mo Li was not surprised to see Kiana.
The only thing that surprised him was the brown-haired girl who had come with Kiana—Hu Tao.
"I never expected Paramecium to end up hanging around Master Hu..."
With two mischievous girls like these together, Mo Li could not imagine how much of a headache they gave their teachers.
"Hey, you jerk! How dare you bully my sisters!"
Suddenly, anger appeared on Kiana's delicate face as she stormed toward Mo Li.
Fortunately, Mei grabbed her in time. "Kiana, you misunderstood..."
Clearly, the girls' unified glance just now had given Kiana the wrong idea.
"Kiana, don't make trouble," Durandal also stopped her. "He's our new boss."
"Even if he's the boss, he can't bully my sisters!"
The girls: "..."
They were genuinely too embarrassed to tell their little sister that the game's story had made them cry.
Seeing this, Ganyu had no choice but to step forward.
She wiped away the tears lingering at the corners of her eyes and explained gently, "The game's story... moved us. The boss did not bully us."
After hearing Ganyu's explanation, the anger vanished from Kiana's face at once. "Huh? I-Is that so...?"
She scratched the back of her head sheepishly. "Um... sorry, Boss..."
Mo Li smiled. "It's fine. Durandal mentioned you before. You really are a lively and adorable girl."
Kiana became a little embarrassed at his praise.
Her pale fingers scratched her cheek as she mumbled bashfully, "Not really..."
Although she was being modest, she was delighted inside.
Bronya, however, shot Mo Li a look.
She remembered Durandal describing Kiana as "mischievous."
How had it turned into "lively and adorable" by the time it reached this man's ears?
Sure enough, men's mouths were nothing but lies.
"Oh, right! This is my best friend, Hu Tao~" Kiana pulled Hu Tao from behind her and introduced her to Mo Li.
"Hello, Boss. My name is Hu Tao~"
Mo Li chuckled and nodded. How could he possibly not know Master Hu? After nodding, he considered the greeting exchanged.
He checked the time and found that it was nearly time to get off work.
"Since the two younger sisters came to see you, let's get off work early today."
Durandal and the others did not react much to leaving early, since working in games had been their hobby to begin with.
Kiana, on the other hand, jumped up excitedly.
"Thank you, Boss!!"
After Mo Li left, Kiana and Hu Tao eagerly hugged Durandal's arms.
"Sis, did you use me as the template for a game?"
"Big Sister Durandal, how about giving me a role in the game too~ It sounds so fun."
The two girls chattered endlessly around Durandal.
Rather than feeling annoyed, Durandal affectionately stroked Kiana's white hair.
"Although I helped make this game, I'm not the one who makes the decisions. Besides, it was Mo Li's idea to put Kiana into the game."
"Huh? So that's how it is?"
"Then that's such a shame..." Hu Tao sounded rather disappointed after hearing Durandal's words.
Just then, Bronya's cool voice suddenly came from beside them. "If Hu Tao really wants to play a role... the boss might agree."
"Huh? Really?"
Bronya nodded. "I'm not sure, but we can ask him."
After all, cute girls were also one of Honkai Impact 3rd's selling points.
So Bronya believed that, with Hu Tao's adorable appearance, if she wanted to play a role in Honkai Impact 3rd... Mo Li probably would not refuse.
"I'll take you to ask the boss. If he agrees, Hu Tao can earn quite a bit of money too."
"Wow~ Really?" Hearing that there would be income, Hu Tao's eyes lit up. "Big Sister Bronya, hurry and take me to see Boss Mo Li."
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When Bronya and Hu Tao found Mo Li, they discovered that he was packing up and getting ready to go home.
Mo Li was a little curious when the two suddenly came to find him.
"Bronya? What is it?"
"It's like this..." Bronya pulled Hu Tao in front of Mo Li and introduced her. "What do you think of Hu Tao?"
"??" Mo Li was instantly full of question marks.
Was she worried that he would make a move on her, so she was planning to introduce him to someone??
But this was way too criminal... she had directly found him a high school student...
"Bronya, are you joking?"
"Hm?" Bronya tilted her head, clearly not understanding what he meant.
"You..." Halfway through, Mo Li abruptly stopped himself and swallowed the words in his throat.
After a brief pause, he asked, "Just get to the point... why did you bring Hu Tao to see me?"
Bronya remained expressionless. "I think Hu Tao would make a very suitable template for a game character."
Only after hearing Bronya say that did Mo Li finally realize he had misunderstood.
Ah... so my mind is this dirty too...
After silently mocking himself, Mo Li nodded and smiled. "Miss Hu Tao really is very suitable as a design template for a game character..."
Before Mo Li could finish, Hu Tao jumped up excitedly. "That's great! Thank you, Boss!"
"Don't celebrate too soon... I may have some ideas now, but it will probably be a while before you appear."
Genshin Impact was also part of Mo Li's plans.
But Honkai Impact 3rd had only just launched, and he did not yet have enough popularity points to exchange for Genshin Impact.
"It's fine, however long it takes~ It's settled, then. Boss, don't you dare regret it."
"Don't worry, I definitely won't leave you out." Mo Li smiled and nodded. "When the time comes, you won't be able to run even if you want to."
"Hehe~"
After reassuring Hu Tao, Mo Li turned his gaze toward Bronya.
"Anything else?"
Bronya shook her head.
"Mm, then hurry home and get some rest. For a while now, we'll need to speed up the game's update schedule."
"After all, version 1.2 is about to go live, but we haven't even made 1.3 yet."
Bronya: "..."
"It's clearly because you never assign us work. The sisters have urged you so many times, but you keep the later story hidden and won't let us see it."
Mo Li felt a little awkward.
The main reason was that the games provided by the system were complete versions.
As long as he wanted to, he could instantly update every version of a game at once.
So he was not worried about the game's progress at all.
Perhaps because of those memories from Earth, Mo Li had an inexplicable fondness for these girls.
That was why he did not want them to work too hard, so he assigned them relatively little work.
He had not expected that to become the reason Bronya complained about him instead.
"Fine. If you don't think it's tiring, I'll speed up the game's progress from now on."
"That would be best." Bronya began persuading him with a serious expression. "Preparing the content for the next two versions in advance will also let us fix any bugs we find in time."
"And if we come up with any new ideas in the meantime, we'll have time to make changes."
"After all, we..."
Watching Bronya chatter on, Mo Li suddenly felt that she had an inexplicably... charming contrast to her.
After all, in Mo Li's impression, Bronya had always been "a little Duck Duck riding Project Bunny, wearing a blank expression, and floating through the air."
Seeing her display such a mature side now was really... kind of adorable.
Thinking of this, Mo Li could not help interrupting Bronya. As he walked toward the door, he said with a smile, "I know what I'm doing, so don't worry."
Before leaving, Mo Li subconsciously reached out and patted Bronya on the head. At the same time, he softly said in the tone one might use to coax a child, "So... let's leave it at that for today. We can talk tomorrow if there's anything else~"
Bronya stared blankly at Mo Li's retreating back. Two faint blushes appeared on her otherwise expressionless face, and she felt a little annoyed inside.
What did he mean by looking at me like I'm a little girl? And patting my head? Does he really think I'm some little brat?
How ridiculous... wait...
In the game, he made me look like I did when I was little... could it be that he... really sees me as a little girl?
With that thought, Bronya hurriedly looked down.
Mm... her view was blocked by two towering mounds. She could not see her toes at all.
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