What left Fang Xun at a loss for words was that
even in her sleep, Ningguang held him tightly, as if afraid someone would steal him away.
Wasn't she supposed to be the cool, wealthy lady?
How had she turned into such a clingy little goofball?
Holding Ningguang in his arms, Fang Xun looked up at Ganyu and said apologetically, "Sorry, the little girl fell asleep. I'll carry her over to the bench and sit for a while. You don't mind, do you?"
As he spoke, Fang Xun deliberately lowered his voice,
afraid of waking Ningguang in his arms.
Ganyu understood. Little children needed plenty of sleep, after all. It was perfectly normal.
"Don't worry about it, Mister Fang Xun. Let's go."
Soon, Ganyu followed Fang Xun over to the bench.
From a distance, they looked like a young couple out for a walk with their child,
and the scene seemed rather warm and harmonious.
"Miss Ganyu, what did you want to talk to me about?" Fang Xun asked, looking up at her.
Before he could finish, he felt a weight settle on his shoulder.
Then a faint, sweet fragrance wafted over him.
He instinctively looked up,
and realized Ganyu had fallen asleep too.
Ganyu had always had a habit of taking naps,
and once it was time for her afternoon break, she would fall asleep anywhere, no matter the place or occasion.
It seemed that her nap time had arrived.
Looking at Ganyu curled up and sleeping quietly like a deer,
Fang Xun's gaze fell on her pair of horns.
He had always wondered what it felt like to touch them.
After all, only adepti beasts had horns like those,
and, more importantly,
he had heard that when Ganyu was little, she needed someone to touch her horns before she could fall asleep.
Those horns seemed to have some sort of special effect on her.
Could they really be that magical?
Fang Xun reached out and gently took hold of one of Ganyu's horns.
It was a little cool to the touch, and not very hard—in fact, it felt rather smooth.
That would have been fine,
if not for Ganyu letting out a soft murmur the moment he grasped her horn. She shifted from her curled-up position and wrapped her arms around Fang Xun's.
For a moment,
Fang Xun didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Now he was holding Ningguang with his left arm,
while Ganyu clung to his right.
He was completely unable to move either arm.
More importantly,
why did Ganyu sleep like a child too?
Why did she keep burrowing into his arms??
Chapter 18: The Adorable Ganyu, Whose Affection Rose Rapidly
At that moment,
Fang Xun was holding a little girl in one arm, while Ganyu clung tightly to the other.
To avoid waking either of the two beauties, he sat perfectly still the whole time.
Holding Ningguang was fine.
The little girl hadn't grown much yet, so she wasn't heavy; she felt quite light.
Even holding her for a while wasn't tiring.
Ganyu, on the other hand, was a bit too much for Fang Xun to handle.
That black Slime was simply too huge,
and her crushing weight hit him like a falling mountain, putting him under tremendous pressure...
Fang Xun couldn't help but smile wryly.
Was this what they called suffering and enjoying it at the same time?
If he had to endure this suffering,
Fang Xun's answer was: Bring it on!
No one knew how much time had passed before Fang Xun heard footsteps and the clink of armor.
He looked up and saw a group of Millelith approaching.
"Ganyu-sama, we found something while clearing the scene. Could you—"
The Millelith had been reporting what happened,
but the moment they saw Ganyu fast asleep, their voices abruptly fell silent.
The Millelith all knew that Ganyu had a habit of taking afternoon naps.
As Liyue's top secretary, Ganyu was usually very busy,
so whenever it was time for her afternoon break, everyone tacitly agreed not to disturb her.
The Millelith realized they had interrupted her and immediately looked apologetic.
Of course,
along with their embarrassment, they also looked surprised.
They all knew that Ganyu curled up whenever she napped,
and that she had slept that way for as long as anyone could remember.
But today, Ganyu was napping with her head on Fang Xun's shoulder?
And,
she seemed very close to Fang Xun.
Even asleep, Ganyu clung tightly to his arm and refused to let go.
The Millelith who saw this felt as if a storm had swept through their hearts.
Was Ganyu-sama dating Fang Xun??
The Millelith could understand, though.
As Liyue's top secretary, Ganyu had devoted herself to maintaining order in Liyue all these years.
She couldn't spend her entire life working, so finding a partner was only natural.
In fact, the Millelith were genuinely happy for her and wished her well.
The Millelith then worried that they were intruding and getting in the way of Fang Xun and Ganyu,
so they decided to quickly explain what had happened and leave them alone.
"Mister Fang Xun, when Ganyu-sama wakes up, could you please give her this torn piece of a letter?"
"We suspect it might be connected to the Fatui, but the Millelith can't make sense of it. We'd like to ask Ganyu-sama to investigate."
"That's all. We won't disturb you any longer."
The Millelith handed Fang Xun the paper and hurried away.
They really didn't want to be a third wheel.
As they left, the captain of the Millelith squad turned to the others and said, "What we just saw stays between us, understood?"
"That's Ganyu-sama's private business. We can't go spreading it around."
The squad members nodded like bobbleheads and solemnly promised,
"Don't worry, boss. You know what we're like—we're always tight-lipped!"
"Exactly, boss. What kind of people do you take us for? As if we'd go gossiping about something like this!"
Before long,
the gossip had spread throughout Liyue.
"Have you heard? Ganyu-sama might be in love! The Millelith happened to see her partner today. Apparently he's a handsome young man from out of town?"
"What? How are you so behind? I heard Ganyu-sama has been secretly married for years. Her kid's old enough to run errands!"
Back to Fang Xun.
Since he had nothing else to do, he decided to pass the time by looking over the letter the Millelith had found.
The letter had been badly burned, and most of the writing was blurred or missing,
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