Genshin Impact: I wrote the plot into a novel to spoil the future

This scene is just like the lyrics from the anime "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day": "This summer with you, the dreams of the future."

I will never forget the hope we made together.

But their wish could not be fulfilled, because their wish was "to celebrate the Lantern Festival together with both families after they had settled down and started their own families."

It's impossible now, it's impossible again. Old Meng felt sad. Wolf Brother was his 'childhood', but his 'childhood' left him with such regret.

When readers saw Xiao Wu say that he would eat fragrant and tender pepper chicken every day from now on.

Seeing Mumu say he wanted to buy several super expensive toy boxes for everyone, I couldn't help but smile. What a dream of a young boy!

The innocence of youth and their fantasies about the future unconsciously evoked everyone's childhood memories.

The sadness remains sadness, but the tears seem to be shed because of 'warmth'.

They were lucky; they all achieved their childhood dreams. Only Lao Meng couldn't let go of the past.

This search for Wolf Brother raises the question: is Lao Meng trying to redeem Wolf Brother, who might become a 'vengeful ghost,' or is Wolf Brother redeeming his childhood friend Lao Meng?

Old Meng may have thought he was the redeemer, but in reality, he was the one who was redeemed.

Old Meng said, "We've always kept what we said in mind, treating it as a promise we had to fulfill no matter what."

We've all kept our childhood promise, and I've found you too.

Thank goodness there were no angst in this story; readers breathed a sigh of relief.

In the book, Walnut didn't want to disturb Wolf Brother and Old Meng's reminiscing, so she called the traveler aside to chat, giving them some space to be alone.

A traveler remarked, "The Temple of Rebirth is so different from what I imagined."

The reader is ambivalent about the traveler's sentiments, and judging from Zhongli's behavior after becoming a guest of the Hall of Rebirth, the Hall of Rebirth doesn't seem like a proper place.

However, no one objected, because the scope of the business was indeed somewhat unexpected.

[Hu Tao was unusually serious: "As I said before, the Hall of Rebirth didn't initially provide funeral services; it did something similar to being a doctor."]

"During the War of the Demon Gods, corpses littered the fields, lives were lost, infectious diseases spread everywhere, and 'death' relentlessly devoured our world of the living."

"At that time, the Hall of Rebirth was born, and as an insignificant human being, it took a long time to drive death back."

This short sentence encapsulates the dedication of generations of people at Wangshengtang.

Joking aside, the Hall of Rebirth is definitely a heroic organization; they are the first to stand up in the face of life and death.

It took the efforts of countless generations to drive away 'death'.

Later, during Liyue's development period, the 'Demon God Remnants' did 'return', but were quelled through the efforts of the Hall of Rebirth and Yaksha.

This is what Zhongli mentioned about the collaboration between Wangshengtang and Yaksha.

"After that, it was a very, very long time before balance was restored and boundaries were clearly defined, that's when you saw Liyue Harbor, the Hall of Resurrection, and—me—became what you see today."

At the end of the passage, the walnut in the illustration has an unusually serious and earnest expression.

[The traveler exclaimed in surprise: "I didn't know you could tell such serious stories."]

Hu Tao, looking serious, flashed his signature smile again, making it hard to tell if it was genuine or fake.

[Hu Tao laughed, "Hahaha, this is what the old master loves to ramble on about the most. I think I explain it better than all of them."]

At this point, the readers didn't realize that the "old master" Hu Tao was referring to was her grandfather.

However, Lin Qiu was about to let them know.

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Character Voice Acting - Fryna: About Kurumi

"I like her a lot, but... in my opinion, her smile doesn't seem that genuine."

Chapter 399: The story of Walnut ends, the story of Walnut begins.

[Hu Tao: "Phew, it's about time. Let's go! Take them to the 'Land of Beginning and Rest'!"]

The "place of beginning and rest" she mentioned was actually something she made up on the spot; it was simply the place where they stayed before entering the "border."

That's a terrible name. Why not call it 'The Land of Origin and End'?

Back in the "Land of Beginning and Rest," Walnut reminds Wolf.

[Hu Tao: "Brother Wolf, you should be quite satisfied now, right?"]

"If you ever harbor any more evil thoughts and actually turn into a demon, I won't hesitate to destroy you without any regard for our past relationship."

Wolf Brother assured everyone, adding with emotion, "I know everyone is doing well, and I don't want to disturb their lives."

Yes, this might be the best outcome. If we met in person, we might have a great conversation at first, but what would happen afterward?

They hadn't seen each other for so long, and their life experiences were so unfamiliar to Wolf Brother that they had become the most familiar strangers.

Besides, Wolf Brother's mindset is still that of a child. Can he really understand all the topics that the adults are talking about?

Just like Runtu in his childhood, they are now separated by a pitiful, thick barrier.

Will the estrangement between Wolf Brother and them shatter their beautiful dreams of their hometown?

So it's better not to see it. Just like Hu Tao said, it's better not to know what you shouldn't know.

Putting all that aside, Lao Meng is still very grateful to Hu Tao, because his dream has come true.

[Old Meng: "I also want to thank you all; this has fulfilled a dream of mine."]

[Hu Tao glanced at Lao Meng: "Then I'll pass on what I just said to you, Lao Meng. If you're still reluctant to part after this, I'll send you all off to reunite a little earlier."]

In the illustration, Hu Tao squinted at Lao Meng. Because of her height, she had to raise her eyes slightly, and the downward angle made Hu Tao's expression look a bit more 'dangerous'.

It is indeed 'dangerous', after all, Hu Tao's talk of reunion meant sending Lao Meng away as well.

When saying goodbye to Wolf, Hu Tao reminded everyone not to say 'goodbye,' because they couldn't say goodbye again!

Lin Qiu, however, felt that there was nothing she couldn't see again; if Old Meng passed away tomorrow, they could see each other again.

Wolf said goodbye, "I'll remember you all. Goodbye!"

They said they couldn't say 'goodbye,' but in the end, they still said 'goodbye'.

After Wolf Brother left, Old Meng revealed a nostalgic and regretful expression, and sighed:

"I envy my friends. Xiao Wu and the others still have the chance to realize their dreams, but my dream will never come true..."

In reality, his friends frowned slightly when they saw this, thinking that they should spend more time with Lao Meng in the future.

Other readers, however, recalled Aru and Wendy's words.

See this world for me...

Fly to the highest heavens in my stead.

It can only be said that the value of the God of Liberty is still increasing.

The traveler offered words of comfort: "Try to think more positively."

Hu Tao chimed in, "That's right, that's right. And if you think about it this way, everyone gets burned one day."

"Live life to the fullest while you're alive. When you've fulfilled your duty as a human being, isn't it a good thing that you can still see the people you want to see?"

Old Meng was speechless: "Uh... thank you."

The readers were quite helpless, and could only say that Hu Tao's level of comforting people was a bit too high; she could comfort a living person as if they were a dead person.

However, Hu Tao, as the boss, still had a conscience and gave Lao Meng a day off! Of course, it was unpaid leave.

I just don't know if Zhongli will come back to work after Lao Meng goes on holiday.

After Lao Meng left, the traveler and Paimon remembered that they had been running around with Hu Tao because they wanted to find their brother.

[Hu Tao: "Hmm? I took you to the 'border' so you could try to find it. But judging from your reactions, you probably didn't find it. What a pity."]

Ying: What a pity? It would be problematic if it were actually found at the "border," wouldn't it?

In the illustration, Walnut winks playfully, exuding charm and successfully winning everyone's forgiveness.

In fact, she did help the traveler find people, using some private methods, but unfortunately she didn't find any clues.

[A traveler remarked, "You seem to really enjoy this job."]

Hu Tao smiled and said, "Haha... I have my reasons too."

"The places we visited today are filled with the dead who still cling to the world of the living."

"But there, I never saw any of the past 'Hall Masters,' not even once."

Walnut's 'Legendary Quest' ends here.

But when you turn the page again, there's more—stories about the 'patriarchs' of the past.

The first illustration that catches the eye is 'Young Walnut'.

The walnut in the painting is still very young, with a chubby baby face, and is smiling adorably.

Beside her was an open copy of the Book of Songs, which seemed to have been tossed aside by her. At that moment, she was drawing something on the paper with a pen.

Upon seeing this, Hu Tao felt a surge of energy, raised her shoulders, and then lowered them after a moment.

Seeing her younger self appear, Hu Tao seemed to have guessed what Lin Qiu was going to draw, and Mei Hua's pupils stared at Lin Qiu.

Walnut: Stare—

Lin Qiu smiled brightly, but in her heart she was thinking, if the bosses mixed up three times, oh no, and Fufu too, making it four times, should I run or run?

The readers were all smiling because little Walnut was just so adorable.

In the painting, little Hu Tao hands her finished painting to the person next to her. The old man doesn't scold Hu Tao for not studying at all; instead, he smiles and gently strokes her hair.

"What do you want to eat tonight?"

A simple, understated question tells the story of their daily lives.

Turning the page again, this time the only image is of Walnut, and there are also paintings drawn by Walnut on the wall in the background.

Little Walnut has no playmates; aside from studying, she plays by herself during her free time.

Talking to myself, playing cards alone, playing house with dolls.

But all of this changed when she was six years old.

Hu Tao was very smart; she could recite poems while standing upside down at the age of three. However, she was lively by nature and disliked boring reading, so she secretly hid in a coffin to skip school.

Little Walnut fell asleep in the coffin. When she woke up, she found herself covered with a blanket, and her grandfather was beside her.

There was no blame, just the familiar question, "What would you like to eat?"

Little Walnut blinked as if she was thinking, but then her thoughts were replaced by a smile.

Having no friends, she seemed to be experiencing the joy of playing 'hide-and-seek' for the first time, with her grandfather as her playmate.

In real life, Hu Tao never expected that Lin Qiu would draw her past story, and seeing her grandfather again made her emotions unstable.

But Xiao Qiuqiu is so mean! She drew Grandpa, but why didn't she draw his face clearly?

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Character Voice - Walnut: About Childhood

"You say I'm lonely? I'm not lonely at all. Even before I met Xiangling and the others, I had many playmates, dolls, stone lions, and my grandfather, so I'm not lonely at all."

Chapter 400 Walnuts as a Child

Funina was quite sensitive to changes in expression. She noticed Hu Tao's unusual behavior, took the initiative to sit down next to Hu Tao, and casually kicked Lin Qiu's shin as she passed by.

Lin Qiu didn't dodge; he stood beside Hu Tao, waiting for an opportunity.

Turning the page, the time in the picture has come to when Little Walnut is eight years old. Little Walnut has grown up a little and is no longer as chubby as before.

That year, Little Walnut's grandfather began teaching her the funeral rites of the Hall of Rebirth.

Little Walnut has a quirky and mischievous personality, making it hard to associate her with something as serious as funerals.

But Little Walnut was a genius; she quickly mastered all the content and then started playing 'hide-and-seek' with her grandfather.