Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

"Ning Guang?"

"Ningguang!"

Xu Ning and Bei Dou shouted out almost simultaneously.

The two's violent reactions startled Ningguang, the little girl, so much that she unconsciously took two steps back.

Although both of them called each other by name, the emotions conveyed in their words were slightly different.

One was an unbelievable yet perfectly natural surprise.

The other was pure, utter astonishment.

Beidou's small hand that was holding Xu Ning's sleeve had turned into a sharp claw gripping Xu Ning's forearm.

"Is this the wealthy Ningguang woman you've been longing for?"

The "ang" in Beidou was drawn out in a thin, long tone, and Xu Ning broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

Big Yellow, who was standing next to him, clearly sensed that something was off. He quietly moved to the side of the cart, sat down, and entered "watching the show" mode.

The three children, who were only ten years old, looked like they were about to stage a scene of carnage, which left Da Huang, who was still single, with an indescribable feeling.

Xu Ning forcibly pulled his arm out of Beidou's grasp and gently patted her on the head.

"Don't give someone a nickname the first time you meet them; it's impolite."

Beidou retorted, "Did I name it that?"

Xu Ning smiled awkwardly and turned to Ning Guang, asking, "What are you doing here?"

Ningguang found it rather strange that Xu Ning spoke to her in such a familiar tone.

But she still answered politely, "My trade route is from Nangangkou to Yaoguangtan. I always sell fruit to traveling merchants around here."

"But for some reason, so many Hilichurls suddenly appeared and built roadblocks on the road, so I can't go back and have to wait around here. Thanks to your arrival, by the way, I still don't know your names."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "I am Xu Ning, and this is Beidou."

Ningguang thought about the name "Xu Ning" carefully and confirmed that she had never heard of it before.

"Has he seen me somewhere before? We haven't exchanged a single word, yet he kept saying he's been thinking of me for so long..."

Ningguang blushed slightly as she thought about this.

Da Huang raised his hand from behind, intending to exchange names as well.

However, seeing that none of the three remembered him, he had no choice but to put it down again, feeling rather embarrassed.

However, BeiDou eased his embarrassment.

"Now that the monsters are gone, let's continue on our way, or it will get dark soon."

"ah!"

Ningguang suddenly exclaimed, "I forgot about the important matter!"

Ningguang took the basket off her shoulder and took out several large sunset fruits from it.

"These are as a token of my gratitude for helping me open up the road..."

Beidou waved his hand, "No need, we'll always be going this way, it's just a side trip."

Ningguang handed the Sunset Fruit in her hand to Xu Ning and said with an embarrassed smile, "The key is that I have another request. I hope that I can follow behind you on the road ahead."

"After all, we don't know if there will be more monsters later, so I can't take advantage of you for nothing."

Beidou said, "If you want to follow us, then follow us. We won't mind. Just forget about thanking us."

Xu Ning realized that in just a short while, Beidou was about to transform into his "mouth of God".

Xu Ning took two large Sunset Fruits from Ning Guang and stuffed them into Bei Dou's arms.

"The contract is established."

He noticed a slight displeasure appearing on Beidou's face.

Xu Ning immediately smiled at Ning Guang and said, "We're thirsty after fighting the monsters, so having some fruit to quench our thirst is just right."

Xu Ning's reminder made Beidou suddenly remember what the stack of ceramic bowls in his arms were for.

All her unpleasantness vanished instantly. She hurriedly put the fruit in the car, held up the ceramic bowl to Xu Ning, and said, "Drinking is the best way to quench your thirst. Have you forgotten what you promised me?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten. Let's all share a bowl, drink together, and then continue our journey."

Beidou immediately handed one to Dahuang, his eyes darted around, and as if he had thought of something, he smiled and handed another one to Ningguang.

Xu Ning took a ceramic bowl from Beidou and poured wine for everyone in turn using a gourd.

Except for Beidou's ceramic bowl, which was only six-tenths full, the other two, including himself, had their bowls filled to the brim.

"We are all fellow sufferers in this world, why should we need to have known each other before? It is fate that we are gathered here today, let me offer you all a bowl."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, he drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp.

Everyone raised their bowls in a gesture of respect.

Ningguang curiously picked up the earthenware bowl and took a sip, but then revealed a delighted smile and quickly drank the wine in the bowl.

Beidou drank the Manlong wine in his bowl, but secretly glanced at Ningguang's reaction.

Seeing how happily she was drinking, he thought to himself that Xu Ning had probably tampered with the wine again without anyone noticing.

However, with such good wine before me, I wasn't in the mood to bother him for the time being.

Ningguang asked Xu Ning, "Did you brew this yourself? It tastes like sunset fruit, and the sourness is from lemon?"

Xu Ning smiled and shook his head, saying, "Everyone tastes my wine a little differently, so I don't know what your bowl tastes like."

While holding his bowl and taking a few bites, Da Huang came over and asked.

"Xu Ning, I feel like something's wrong with this. In the past, at least it tasted like alcohol, but now it tastes completely like fruit juice."

Xu Ning turned around and looked into Da Huang's eyes, and said seriously, "If you're going to drink, you can't drive the carriage; if you're driving, you can't drink. We still need you to drive the carriage."

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As dusk settled, Da Huang started driving the carriage again, and Bei Dou once again rested his head on Xu Ning's lap.

Perhaps because she frequently travels back and forth on this road, Ningguang is quite fast on foot, almost always trailing behind the carriage.

Xu Ning leaned against the carriage, drinking wine while gently patting the half-drunk Beidou to lull her to sleep.

She would occasionally turn around and look thoughtfully at Ningguang walking quickly behind her.

Beidou reached out her little hand and gently pinched Xu Ning's calf, asking, "Do you want Ningguang to sleep on your other leg?"

Xu Ning immediately denied it three times: "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Beidou curled his lip, "What a hypocrite!"

Xu Ning used her fingers to smooth Beidou's hair. The little girl's hair was growing longer and would soon be able to be tied up.

"I was just looking at her feet, ouch, take it easy, that's not what I meant."

"What I mean is that she walks this road all day without ever wearing shoes. I've never even walked barefoot before."

Beidou was taken aback, sat up and looked behind him.

The little girl carrying a heavy basket was walking barefoot behind the cart the whole time.

"Hey, why don't you come sit in the car for a bit?" Beidou called out to Ningguang.

Xu Ning then asked Da Huang for his opinion.

"Brother Huang, is that alright? If it's inconvenient, I can get off the bus and let her come up."

“Oh, there’s no shortage of seats for a little girl like her. I’ll stop the carriage and you can call her over. But then you’ll have to move closer to the carriage shaft to sit down.”

Xu Ning smiled and said, "That's alright."

Ningguang was indeed tired after running for a long time. After expressing her gratitude repeatedly, she got into the car and sat next to Beidou.

After Ningguang got in the car, Dahuang no longer needed to deliberately slow down to wait for her. He cracked the whip a couple more times, and the car actually went even faster.

Xu Ning sat on the carriage shaft, looking at Ning Guang's pair of small, black feet covered in mud.

Suddenly, she spoke up: "Ningguang, let's go into business together!"