Knew This Stingy Dog Wouldn't Be So Kind

"So my only job was to take you to see a ghost? Didn't you promise me you'd let me have some fun?"

Hu Tao stood in front of Bai Ye, complaining with great dissatisfaction.

She had been waiting to properly teach those Fatui who dared to slaughter indiscriminately a lesson, and bring them back to Liyue to be punished.

But as soon as she was released, Bai Ye told her she wasn't needed anymore.

The enemies had already been dealt with.

She hadn't gotten anything out of it.

"We were facing a Fatui Harbinger over there, and I was worried you'd be in danger,"

Bai Ye's young face flushed.

He had lost himself when he saw those Adeptal artifacts, and hadn't even thought about releasing Hu Tao.

"Hmph, who knows if you just forgot about me the moment you saw something valuable!" Hu Tao didn't believe Bai Ye at all. She complained to him, "If you break another promise to me next time, we won't be friends anymore."

"Mhm, mhm, mhm..."

Bai Ye nodded enthusiastically, of course.

Hu Tao was angry right now, so he had to appease her quickly.

He needed to be sincere.

Seeing Bai Ye's sincere attitude, Hu Tao was finally satisfied and let him off the hook.

"Let's go then, we should check on Ganyu's situation."

Bai Ye and Hu Tao walked over to Ganyu.

At that moment, Ganyu was directing Millelith soldiers to escort the remaining Fatui members over.

"How's your situation?"

"They've all been detained, and I'm preparing to send them back to Liyue Harbor. Negotiating with the Fatui is the Seven Stars' job."

Ganyu instructed the Millelith to leave first, then said to Bai Ye.

After speaking, she also asked Bai Ye with concern, "By the way, you were just fighting a Fatui Harbinger. Weren't you in any danger?"

"It's fine, my greatest skill is self-preservation."

Bai Ye recounted the battle that had just occurred to Ganyu.

Ganyu and Hu Tao were amused when they heard that Bai Ye had simply flown away.

Speaking of which, Ganyu asked Bai Ye with some confusion, "By the way, Bai Ye, I heard those Fatui say they found many Adeptal artifacts in the True Lord Jingxuan's abode..."

"They're all lying. There's not a single truthful word that comes out of those Fatui's mouths,"

Bai Ye said firmly.

Ganyu and Hu Tao exchanged a look, and they understood the situation perfectly.

"Well, not necessarily. Perhaps the Harbingers secretly transferred them,"

Ganyu nodded and said.

Hu Tao chimed in, "Yeah, yeah, it's probably that Harbinger called Childe who took them all."

At the same time, she didn't forget to mouth a shape to Bai Ye.

[Make me some interesting automatons when we get back!]

Bai Ye gave Hu Tao an 'OK' gesture.

Having done all this, Ganyu said to him:

"Then I'll escort these Fatui members back to Liyue. Our investigation here is almost complete, and I need to return to Liyue to handle work. You and Hu Tao should also head back soon. Miss Ningguang is waiting for your reply."

Her expression held a hint of reluctance.

Being with her junior disciple, his aura of immortal arts made her feel so comfortable.

She really wanted to spend more time with him!

However, she knew very well that Bai Ye couldn't handle her work.

Moreover, keeping him by her side would also limit his development.

She could only hope that there would be more cooperative work like this in the future.

"Mhm, I'll head back as soon as possible. Sister Ganyu, if Ganyu and Ningguang have any problems later, I might have to trouble you again."

"No problem, that's my job."

Ganyu said happily.

Then, Bai Ye bid farewell to Ganyu and left with Hu Tao.

Ganyu watched them walk away.

After saying goodbye to Ganyu, Hu Tao and Bai Ye immediately prepared to attend to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's business.

First, go tell those lingering souls that the Fatui base has been dealt with and they can leave with peace of mind.

Then, they returned to where the adventurers' corpses were. Bai Ye and Hu Tao loaded the bodies into the vehicle and drove away.

Of course, Bai Ye was driving.

Bai Ye swore that as long as he and Hu Tao were in the same car, he would absolutely not let Hu Tao drive.

The two of them set off.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Hu Tao asked Bai Ye, "Bai Ye, do you want to take those things back to show Zhongli? He's very good at appraising antiques. If he authenticates them, you won't get ripped off when you sell them."

Go see Zhongli?

Bai Ye shook his head.

With his teacher around, he would absolutely not meet Zhongli before knowing his teacher's identity.

"I wasn't planning on selling them. I'm going to keep these Adeptal artifacts to study them carefully."

"Tch, suit yourself. But you have to promise me you'll use your Art of Automata to make some good stuff for me."

"Yes, of course. This is our contract. I would never go back on a contract."

"That's more like it."

Hu Tao was satisfied.

Bai Ye continued to drive.

At the same time, he was also thinking about what interesting things he should make for Hu Tao.

For example, should he make a fully automatic high-temperature cremation machine?

The vehicle drove south from the Stone Gate, passed through Dihua Marsh, and arrived near Wangshu Inn.

By the time they reached Wangshu Inn, it was already night.

Driving through the night and risking fatigue was out of the question.

"Let's rest at Wangshu Inn tonight,"

Hu Tao said to Bai Ye.

"Mhm, mhm."

The two of them entered the inn.

As they walked in, Hu Tao boisterously said, "Proprietress Fei, give us two rooms."

"Call me boss, not proprietress,"

Fei said without looking up.

"Got it."

Hu Tao nodded without thinking.

It was unclear if she genuinely remembered or not.

Fei glanced at Bai Ye at this moment and looked astonished.

"Such a handsome young man. If you call me 'good sister,' I'll give you a 20% discount on the rooms."

"Good sister."

After his experience at Earth University, calling someone 'sister' carried no psychological burden for him.

Hu Tao shot Bai Ye a look.

"No integrity, absolutely no integrity. If I gave you a red envelope, would you call me sister too?"

Bai Ye shot back at Hu Tao.

"Impossible!"

"Hmph!"

Seeing Hu Tao puff up like a pufferfish in anger, Bai Ye smiled and said to Fei, "Oh right, good sister, also bring us a table of food."

"Bring us the best table!"

Hu Tao immediately said.

I'll eat you to death, you guy!

"Okay."

Fei nodded.

Seeing that she was actually going to do it, Hu Tao quickly said, "No, no, no, I was joking. Just a few dishes will be fine."

"It's fine."

Bai Ye said indifferently.

Hu Tao stared at Bai Ye in astonishment.

"Don't forget, I'm here to investigate for Ningguang," Bai Ye explained with a slight smile to Hu Tao.

"..."

She knew that stingy dog wouldn't be so generous.

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