Genshin: Ningguang Is Still a Pitiful Little Thing, Invested in by Me

Little Qiqi shook her head. "Qiqi is a zombie... Qiqi can't feel anything..."

"But... Qiqi's memory seems a little better..."

"Qiqi won't immediately forget... what Fang Xun says..."

"Thank you..."

Seeing Qiqi's condition improve, Fang Xun smiled with relief.

He knew the talisman had begun to take effect.

"Fang Xun... Qiqi is going to pick Glass Bags..."

At that moment, Qiqi blinked her large pink eyes and spoke timidly.

Although Qiqi had forgotten everything from before, she had still retained the habit of gathering medicine.

So, as soon as her body could move, she immediately wanted to go pick herbs.

Right now, she was saying goodbye to Fang Xun.

After saying that, little Qiqi dashed out of the cave on her short little legs.

Fang Xun immediately remembered that quite a few villagers were still gathered outside watching.

Those villagers had never seen a zombie before.

If they encountered Qiqi like this, things could very well descend into chaos.

With that thought, Fang Xun immediately followed her out.

By the time Fang Xun ran out of the cave, the outside was already in utter chaos.

"A-a zombie?!"

"How terrifying!"

"Run!"

The villagers who had gathered to watch were all terrified.

Who would have expected a pale-faced zombie radiating chill to hop out of the cave?

Looking at the villagers fleeing in every direction, confusion and sadness filled Qiqi's peach-blossom eyes.

She didn't know what was happening.

Clearly, she hadn't done anything, yet everyone seemed to be very afraid of her.

Qiqi wanted to make friends, but no one liked her.

"Sorry..."

"Qiqi... scared everyone..."

"Qiqi... caused everyone trouble..."

Qiqi apologized.

Her face was expressionless, yet she looked as though she were crying.

Such a Kind Child—How Could She Hurt Anyone?

"Qiqi..."

"Doesn't mean everyone any harm..."

"Sorry..."

Little Qiqi was like a child who had done something wrong, standing there at a complete loss, her peach-blossom eyes filled with indescribable dejection and sadness.

She didn't know what to do and could only apologize over and over again.

Qiqi hoped to earn everyone's forgiveness. She hadn't meant to scare them.

However, the villagers were consumed by fear.

They fled without a care for anything else and didn't hear Qiqi at all.

Their panicked expressions were all seen by Qiqi.

"Everyone is afraid of Qiqi..."

"Qiqi should hide... Qiqi can't... scare everyone again..."

Qiqi felt that she only brought fear to humans.

She felt guilty.

After murmuring to herself for a while, Qiqi quickly turned and ran toward the uninhabited mountain forest.

In the blink of an eye, Qiqi vanished into the woods.

Although Qiqi was a zombie, she ran very fast.

In the game's backstory, Hu Tao had always tried every possible way to catch Qiqi.

If Qiqi had not been fast enough, Hu Tao would have caught her long ago.

Naturally, ordinary people could not hope to keep up with Qiqi's speed.

So by the time Fang Xun chased out, Qiqi was already nowhere to be found.

Even if he wanted to find Qiqi now, he had no way to begin in such a short time.

The villagers had also run far away.

Even if Fang Xun wanted to ask someone what had happened, there was no one to ask.

Just then, Ningguang hurried over from the side and tightly hugged Fang Xun.

To be honest, Little Ningguang had also been terrified when she saw Qiqi.

After all, Qiqi was a zombie.

And Ningguang had never seen such a creature before.

Although Ningguang had been frightened out of her wits, she had not fled in every direction like the villagers.

Because she remembered that Fang Xun was still inside the cave and had not come out.

Worried that something might happen to Fang Xun, the little girl had endured her fear and stood guard near the cave.

She had even been prepared to rush into the cave herself.

Now that she saw Fang Xun walk out of the cave, Little Ningguang naturally ran over at once.

"Brother Fang Xun, are you all right?"

"Let Ningguang see if you're hurt!"

Little Ningguang's voice was full of worry and urgency.

She was afraid something had happened to Fang Xun.

Seeing Little Ningguang's face full of concern, Fang Xun felt warmth bloom in his heart.

He smiled lightly and said, "Little Ningguang, I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me."

"Look, aren't I perfectly fine?"

To reassure Ningguang, Fang Xun even let her inspect him.

Ningguang carefully checked Fang Xun over, and only after confirming that he was not injured did she finally let out a sigh of relief.

Then, remembering the Qiqi she had seen earlier, Ningguang could not help asking curiously, "Brother Fang Xun, that little girl who ran out of the cave just now..."

"Everyone said she was scary, but... I didn't sense any danger from her."

"On the contrary, I felt that she was trying her best to show kindness to people."

"That girl... is she really a zombie who hurts people?"

Little Ningguang blinked, her face filled with confusion.

At that, Fang Xun smiled and rubbed Ningguang's head before softly saying, "Little Ningguang, that girl's name is Qiqi."

"She is indeed a zombie, but not a zombie who hurts people. She is a kind-hearted zombie."

As Fang Xun spoke, the villagers also realized that Qiqi had already left.

Besides, with an adeptus here, they had to be safe, right?

So the villagers gradually gathered around Fang Xun, wanting to hear him explain what had happened.

Fang Xun did not mind whether there were many people or few.

He only hoped that everyone would treat Qiqi kindly.

Fang Xun took a deep breath, then began to tell the story. "A very, very long time ago, Qiqi was only an ordinary girl who gathered herbs..."

Fang Xun told them Qiqi's story.

As Qiqi's past gradually came to light, all the villagers fell silent.

Everyone began to feel sorry for the girl named Qiqi.

They felt that Qiqi was far too pitiful.