Performance: There's no place for you in this family anymore

[Paimon: Could Xingqiu be the main character of this story?]

[Chongyun: The name really does sound like something to do with Xingqiu. I was just about to say that.]

[Yae Miko: If it takes place in the future, might he be wearing some other new clothes?]

[Yoimiya: We girls in Inazuma have some very pretty outfits too.]

[Xingqiu: I have no such hobby!!!]

Xingqiu: "Forgive my manners. I am Xingqiu, merely a book lover passing by."

Xingqiu: "Since we are both searching for books, why not pay Chang the Ninth a visit together?"

Paimon, Lumine, and Xingqiu went to Qingce Village, where they found a miserable-looking Chang the Ninth.

Chang the Ninth: "Don't bring up books. I'm worried sick already. The Cor Lapis business is tough, and the Fatui have been playing dirty. I've pawned all my beloved books."

[Ningguang: Hmph. The Fatui again?]

[Jean: The Fatui have never behaved themselves in Mondstadt either.]

[Kujou Sara: The Fatui...]

[Tartaglia: Please don't misunderstand, everyone. We Fatui are very friendly.]

[Eula: @Tartaglia, you're with the Fatui?]

[Diluc: Hmph. Tartaglia, one of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, codename Childe.]

[Ningguang: Responsible for diplomatic relations with Liyue.]

[Tartaglia: As expected of Master Diluc and Ningguang of the Liyue Qixing. We Fatui are all very friendly. Perhaps some of our people are a little impatient when handling things.]

Xingqiu: "Could you have pawned even volume six of the Legend of the Shattered Halberd?"

Chang the Ninth: "Oh? I never expected to hear that title... You have quite good taste!"

[Paimon: What's that supposed to mean? Is Chang the Ninth saying we have no taste? Hmph!]

Paimon: "Are you saying we have no taste?"

[Amber: That's our little Paimon. She really knows herself.]

[Yae Miko: The Teyvat Travel Guide sells fairly well in Inazuma. Why does nobody buy it in Liyue?]

[Xingqiu: I do indeed enjoy this book, but aren't there only four volumes out so far?]

[Sangonomiya Kokomi: That proves this could be one of the possible branches of fate in the future.]

Xingqiu: "Then you still have the book?"

Just then, Changhu swaggered over with his men.

Changhu: "Offending Mao Cai Gong means offending the Fatui. You understand that, don't you?"

Many of the people in Liyue watching the livestream turned to look at Mao Cai Gong.

[Mao Cai Gong: Th-this... I never said that! Changhu! Get your damn ass over here right now!]

It was public humiliation on a grand scale.

Changhu wanted to buy Chang the Ninth's Cor Lapis for thirty percent of its price.

Xingqiu: "That is hardly reasonable, my good man. Trade requires the consent of both parties. How can you justify forcing someone to buy or sell?"

Changhu: "Where did you come from? What business is it of yours?"

The livestream paused, and a question appeared.

"Ding-please choose what Xingqiu will say next!"

"1: I have nothing to hide. My name is Xingqiu."

"2: I am Liyue's most famous Cross-Dressing Master."

"3: Even your master, Mao Cai Gong, has to treat me with respect."

"4: You've heard of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, haven't you?"

"5: I am one who stands up against injustice and defends the weak. Xingqiu of the Guhua School."

"6: It seems you need to be taught a lesson before you'll know who I am."

"You have three minutes. Xingqiu and Chongyun may not answer or be selected, nor may they reveal the answer. Two participants may buzz in."

"The regular livestream chat will have fifty slots to buzz in. Correct answers will earn 30,000 Mora. For incorrect answers, run up to the third floor of Liyue Pavilion and back down fifty times. Participants in other regions will be teleported to a staircase with an equivalent number of steps."

[Keqing: Liyue Pavilion has a total of three hundred and four steps. Fifty times...]

[Yanfei: Wouldn't your legs give out?]

[Chongyun: Fine, Xingqiu can't answer his own question, but why can't I answer either?!]

[Shenhe: Because you two are close. Seven days ago, Xingqiu very generously lent us 400,000 Mora. I don't even know how to pay him back.]

[Paimon: @Xingqiu, give us a hint.]

At the Jade Chamber, the Knights of Favonius headquarters, and Komore Teahouse.

"Lady Ningguang, our records are very comprehensive. Xingqiu is the second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild!"

"Acting Grand Master Jean, Xingqiu is no ordinary person. He is the second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild."

"Sister, you should buzz in. Our records include Xingqiu."

[Arataki Itto: Hahaha, isn't this easy? Let yours truly buzz in. With servants that nasty, I'd obviously beat them up.]

[Yanfei: Then get ready to cry. Xingqiu would never do that.]

[Amber: From the way he's spoken in these two livestreams, we can immediately rule out 2, 3, and 6.]

"Ding-please buzz in."

"Ding-Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa have secured the slots. Please select your answers before speaking."

After they entered their choices.

[Thoma: That's our lady! She got a slot.]

[Ningguang: I actually lost the race.]

[Lisa: My fingers are still quite quick.]

[Arataki Itto: I didn't get a slot?!]

[Kaeya: So many of our levelheaded types made a move. Looks like everyone came prepared!]

[Sangonomiya Kokomi: This question isn't so simple.]

[Ganyu: Everyone must have gathered some information over these past seven days. Xingqiu is the second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, one of the foremost commerce guilds in Liyue.]

[Kamisato Ayato: The Feiyun Commerce Guild also has frequent trade dealings with the Yashiro Commission.]

"Kamisato Ayaka selected 4."

"Lisa selected 4."

[Kaedehara Kazuha: So it's a free point.]

Just as everyone was thinking that.

[Xingqiu: Ahem. I don't believe I would say that.]

[???]

"Incorrect! Kamisato Ayaka and Lisa's punishment is to perform: furious-there's no place for you in this family anymore."