Genshin Impact Simulation: Starting with Melsin's Friend

Chapter 99 Home and Adventure

"Hey, can the three of you take any more risks?"

Inside the room, Mu Feng instantly bristled upon hearing the three's probing plan, the light green short-haired rabbit doll at his waist swaying with its owner's angry movements.

Action Instruction: Cao's Covered Rice.

"Hmph... Speaking of adventure... isn't Brother Mufeng himself adventuring too...?"

Clementine's tearful question was so soft that Mu Feng, who had been so self-righteous just a moment ago, immediately felt a little guilty.

As usual, it's the system's fault!

"Um... oh well, it's okay, it's my fault, alright? Don't cry, don't cry..."

As Clementine and Elodie's soft sobs echoed in the room, Mu Feng, feeling a pang of heartache, instantly executed a series of three actions: a sliding kneel and an apology. His smooth movements left the three little ones from the Hearth House, who were peeking in from outside the door, completely shocked.

I don't understand, but I'm deeply moved.

With a soft sigh, Mu Feng silently cursed the system in his heart. He reached out and pulled Elodie, who had been silently weeping, into his arms, and gently wiped away Clementine's tears with his right hand.

After a long while, the crying in the room gradually subsided.

"Really... Pepe, why didn't you stop her?"

Mu Feng nudged Peruvier, who was sitting to the side, with his shoulder, wondering why his usually most rational father had decided to go on an adventure with the two little ones.

"It was my decision, do you... have a problem with it?"

Peruvier crossed her arms slightly, her bright red cross-shaped eyes narrowed slightly, and her high heels threateningly pressed down on Mu Feng's foot under the table.

"No, Pepe is right."

Mu Feng fell silent, feeling as if he no longer had a place in this family.

The world has rejected me!

"Puch."

Mu Feng's sullen expression brought a slight smile to Peruvier's lips. She patted Mu Feng's shoulder, her usually indifferent voice softening for the first time.

"Don't make that face, you'll scare the children."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze meaningfully toward the door, her eyes meeting those of the three little ones who were eavesdropping with great interest.

So, the three little ones from the fireplace family, caught red-handed, walked in with dejected looks and stood obediently in a row by the door with their heads down.

Elodie and Clementine covered their faces and turned away, frantically wiping away their tears, a blush of embarrassment rising on their lovely cheeks.

Meanwhile, Mu, who was questioning his life, recalled the smooth sliding kneeling he had just performed, and the thought of killing someone to silence him unconsciously popped into his mind.

The three little ones standing by the door suddenly felt a sudden wave of malice. They looked up blankly and secretly glanced around, trying to find the source of the murderous intent.

"Shouldn't the children be asleep by now?"

Peruvier crossed her legs and calmly looked at the three little ones standing in a row in front of her, her tone revealing neither joy nor anger.

The perceptive Linni vaguely sensed that his father didn't seem to intend to punish them today, so he immediately took advantage of the way Peruvier offered to break the awkward silence.

"I'm sorry, Father."

"We'll go right away."

With that, Linni pulled the still bewildered Linette and Fimini out of the room as quickly as possible, gently closing the door behind them.

"Click."

The door closed, and as the three little ones fled into the distance, the room returned to silence.

"Mufeng... Brother,"

"Really... is it you?"

In the ensuing silence, Clementine spoke first, breaking the oppressive stillness in the room.

She looked up at the boy in front of her, who looked exactly the same as he had ten years ago, his beautiful lake-green eyes brimming with hope and a little doubt.

Yes, it's been ten years.

Peipei watched him disappear with her own eyes.

Will they really come back...?

She was still afraid.

She feared that the person behind this identical face was not the one she longed for, and that this sudden reunion was nothing but a deceptive illusion.

Ten years ago she gained her freedom, but she has since lost the ability to enjoy it.

She knew that was the price she had to pay.

However, when fate placed a lottery ticket called "Reunion" in front of her, she found that she had even lost the courage to draw the ticket.

Because she was afraid to face the bloody future where he would never be there again.

Seemingly sensing the fear in Clementine's eyes, Mu Feng smiled and pulled her petite body into his arms, whispering casually in her ear:

"Oh dear, I also know that when Clementine first went to the kitchen to steal a cake, she got hit on the forehead by a baking pan; the second time, she fell into the lake because it was dark and almost became fish food; the third time..."

"Stop! Don't say it! Don't say it! Don't say it!"

Clementine's small earlobes gradually turned red. Overwhelmed with shame and indignation, she bit Mu Feng's shoulder fiercely, and white mist gradually rose from her forehead.

"Now you know who I am?"

Mu Feng teased Clementine's soft cheek, and the girl glared at him angrily, but then suddenly burst into laughter through her tears.

"You always bully me..."

Clementine mumbled softly, burying her face in the boy's arms, carefully hiding her tearful smile.

Clementine forgives you... as long as you come back.

The sweet scent of tangerines wafted from behind him, and the girl's soft arms wrapped around Mu Feng's shoulders. He could clearly hear Elodie's gentle breathing.

"I'm sorry, Elodie."

Mu Feng gently touched the girl's cheek, his voice filled with deep apology.

He lied to her again when the ship set sail.

"You don't need to apologize..."

"Brother Mufeng."

Elodie smiled sweetly, resting her head on Mu Feng's shoulder, quietly feeling his heartbeat.

Brother Mufeng never lied to me; he came back after all, didn't he?

However, it was a little too late.

"Pepe..."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Peruvée silently responded to Mu Feng's embrace, her gaze lowered, a gentle light flashing across her cross-shaped pupils.

Some people call her someone who can only see profit and has no emotions whatsoever. She knows this, but she never refutes it.

They couldn't see her pointing her scythe at the "Doctor" who planned to exchange the Evil Eye for Clementine.

They couldn't see their collaborators, who coveted Elodie, fall one by one to her sword.

They also failed to see that she was willing to risk her life for a news story whose veracity was unknown.

Self-interest is always more solid than emotions, but in her heart, there are always exceptions.

"Ah."

She answered simply, but Mu Feng could hear the emotion contained in that single word.

"Welcome home, Mufeng Xuenetsevich."

Mu Feng smiled and turned his gaze to the crackling fire in the fireplace. The warm light and heat filled the room, dispelling the chill of the night.

From now on, this will be his home too.

"Since you haven't been home for so long, why don't you stay here tonight?"

"The children might want to see you."

"Since it's Peipei who invited me, then I'll gladly accept."

"Grumpy."

"Brother Mufeng, you haven't told us a story in a long time."

"The story of the bard?"

"No way, I've already seen that drunkard..."

"Then tell me the story beyond this world, the story after I left."

"Alright, so what's outside of Teyvat?"

"It all started with a masked monster... Have you ever seen a world completely covered in ice and snow?"

"Huh? Do places like that really exist?"