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

In order to meet the Rongcai Festival, he drew the illustrations on the very day he received Xingqiu's manuscript. He's practically a superman.

Xingqiu's work is called "Chenqiu Picks Up the Sword Record". Judging from the name, it sounds like a martial arts novel, but in fact, quite the opposite, I don't think so.

Actually, what he wrote was a science fiction novel... no, in Teyvat it should be called a fantasy novel, right?

This novel is very popular with Inatsume, it has received high praise and is selling very well.

However, it didn't sell very well in Liyue, where it was criticized as "divine illustrations paired with a dictionary," which shows the difference in cultural aesthetics between the two countries.

Only prophetic books can achieve universal appeal because they are all about authenticity.

On the surface, it's a novel, but in reality, it's humorous current affairs news—no, news about the future.

Paimon remarked on Abedo's prolific output: "Uh... I really don't know whether to sympathize with your creative environment or praise you as a genius."

Being so busy that you have to finish an illustration in a single day is a creative environment that would drive an ordinary person to despair. Fortunately, Aberdo is not an ordinary person; he is a pseudo-human and a genius.

The genius Abedo still has many things to do, one of which is the painting of the Five Song Immortals.

Abedo didn't even know what the Five Song Immortals looked like; the editor-in-chief hadn't told him yet, and Abedo needed to go and ask them.

Even readers have to admire Abelardo's incredible talent. He described the requirements on the spot and drew them on the same day. He's practically a superman!

Especially for some people in the painting industry, they were deeply discouraged by the big shots.

Fortunately, I often get criticized by big shots in this industry, but I've gotten used to it and my mentality recovers quickly. Let's continue reading.

In the story, the traveler takes Abedo to find the editor-in-chief, while Klee is put to bed, since the child hasn't slept at all, just like a primary school student on a school field trip.

When the travelers found the editors, they discovered that the editors were worried because the festival was approaching, but the reprint of "The Record of Chen Qiu Picking Up the Sword" was not yet completed.

This is an incredibly popular book in Inazuma, and it's practically poised to become the star of this festival. If the number of copies printed isn't enough, that would be a major taboo.

However, they were quite helpless. The quantity was clearly sufficient during the initial inspection, so they didn't know who had stolen the books!

Thankfully, it was discovered early; if it had been a few days later, it would have been disastrous. A few days later, they would have been on holiday after the festival.

As for who the thief was, they strongly suspected it was that 'suspicious guy in the warehouse'!

Several editors were chatting when the traveler approached, and they immediately changed the subject.

This is an internal matter, and not a good one at that, so it's best not to tell anyone else.

The traveler said: You guys are really pretentious. I didn't really want to know. I just wanted to know information about the Five Song Immortals.

Kuroda said, "Please rest at the International Chamber of Commerce for a moment. We will deliver the documents shortly."

His words were polite and formulaic, but Abedo still noticed something was off.

Abedo asked, "Is there some kind of accident with 'The Record of Chen Qiu Picking Up the Sword'?"

[Abedo explained his reasoning for this speculation: "Knowing I'm 'Chalk,' they wouldn't let me go directly to the editor-in-chief."]

"After thinking it over, the only explanation is that something happened to 'The Record of Sinking Autumn's Picking Up the Sword,' which is why you instinctively want to keep it from me."

Detective Abelardo quickly discovered the truth of the matter, and since that was the case, the editors no longer concealed it.

Here's what happened; the next part is the testimony section:

Earlier today, someone spotted a suspicious-looking foreigner in the Rongcaiji warehouse at the port and contacted the Tianling Envoy.

Fearing the theft of the goods, Tianling Fengxing contacted all the people who rented warehouses, and then the editors discovered that the new issue of "Chenqiu Shijianlu" that they had stored there was missing.

[Abedo: "I see. It would be such a shame if 'The Record of Sinking Autumn' couldn't be released on schedule, and it would also be very unfair to Mr. Zhenyu."]

Xingqiu felt ashamed: It was not out of regret, nor because it was unfair.

Xingqiu was a little nervous. Could he have done this himself? Because the story mentioned that "Teacher Zhenyu was present at the signing event."

It's not impossible that someone might cause trouble to avoid exposing their terrible handwriting.

They said they found a foreigner in the warehouse, but isn't Inazuma himself a foreigner?

But that doesn't make sense. With his meticulous mind, he wouldn't do it himself, even if he tricked Chongyun into stealing it.

Moreover, the Heavenly Commander has captured that foreigner. If it were me, I would definitely have been recognized. Great, it wasn't me!

Xingqiu breathed a sigh of relief. If he saw that he had been arrested by the Tianling Envoy in the warehouse, what would become of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce's second young master's reputation?

Xingqiu had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Paimon asking Abedo with some curiosity about the identity of the 'Pillow Jade' in the story.

[Abedo replied, "I've never met him, but the editor told me that his true identity is actually the second young master of the Liyue Flying Cloud Merchant Guild."]

Xingqiu:?

Holy crap! A box! And it's opened using the traditional method!

They sold me out so easily!? That was too fast! I wasn't prepared at all.

Not only is Xingqiu missing, but other readers are missing too. They still think this is a "reward for clearing the level" and believe that "Pillow Jade's" identity will be revealed after the event ends.

We never expected to be exposed so suddenly. The second young master of the Flying Cloud Merchant Guild—not only do travelers know him, but we do too.

It would be difficult not to recognize the second son of such a wealthy merchant family; it's just that he doesn't recognize us.

Hu Tao covered her mouth, looking surprised, though it was hard to tell if she was genuinely surprised. However, Xiang Ling beside her was definitely genuinely surprised.

She had read that book; it was written with... a lot of obscure characters.

Chapter 778 Wendy really lost face

Chongyun was also surprised, and forgot to lick the popsicle in his hand until a drop of water dripped onto the book before he realized what was happening and hurriedly licked it.

"So it's Xingqiu's book..." Chongyun licked his popsicle while pondering.

He had read that book before. At first, he thought it was some kind of martial arts story based on the title, and he was quite interested in it.

As a result, I felt dizzy and lightheaded, and had no idea what I had written.

Hu Tao's surprise was genuine; she knew Xing Qiu was writing something, but only now did she find out the specifics.

She quite enjoyed reading "The Record of Shen Qiu Picking Up the Sword" because the stories in it were rather inexplicable, and she liked that inexplicable feeling.

So I was a little surprised that the story I liked was written by my friend.

Xingqiu's good friends finally figured out the 'secret code' Wendy and Xingqiu used in the last New Year's story; it turned out to mean this.

It's really strange, though. How did Wendy and Xingqiu meet? And how did she know that Xingqiu was Zhenyu?

It's not surprising that Wendy knows Xingqiu, but it's quite surprising that Xingqiu knows Wendy.

Isn't what you're writing a light novel? Do you really need to collaborate with bards?

Where is the collaboration? In audiobooks?

Soon everyone will find out how they met, because the traveler is about to investigate the theft of the books.

No one suspects Xingqiu of doing it yet, because no one can imagine what reason Xingqiu would have to steal his own book.

I never would have guessed that he would cause trouble because his handwriting was too bad.

Now, everyone, both those in the story and those outside of it, is in sync, wondering who this captured foreigner really is.

The traveler and Abel arrived at the 'crime scene', where Kujo Sara was, and opposite her was—Wendy.

Although he didn't write a second story, he made a cameo appearance in someone else's story.

reader:???

Barbara: ? ? ?

Although I'm happy to see Lord Wind God, this scene... I really don't know whether I should be happy or not.

Readers were completely baffled, wondering, "What, is it you, Wendy?"

If it were wine that was stolen from the warehouse, we would suspect you immediately, but now it's books that are missing!

How could a drunken poet like you, who has absolutely no connection to 'refined elegance', steal books?

I remember Paimon once said, "If I hear there's a festival, I excitedly rush to Inazuma. It might not be childish, but it's still a little embarrassing."

This is truly embarrassing; the mighty Wind God has actually been arrested.

However, Wendy herself didn't feel embarrassed at all, and even had a smiling expression on her face.

Kujo Sara asked, "Traveler, Paimon, do you know this Mondstadt man who calls himself a bard?"

The traveler replied, "I wouldn't say we're completely unrelated... I'd say we're quite familiar with each other..."

This grammar, travelers may have once traversed the Tongliao universe.

Paimon then added: "Based on what we know of Wendy, the theft is definitely not his fault."

This is a point that everyone largely agrees on, because what was lost was a book; if you were to say that the wine was lost, then that would definitely be the case.

Unfortunately, even a traveler's guarantee is useless now, because Kujo Sara's 'accusations' against Wendy are not only theft, but also smuggling.

Kujo Sara said, "Although he claims to be a guest of the Rongcai Festival, he can't produce an invitation, so we suspect he entered the country illegally."

"After all, he was found in the cargo box of the dandelion wine from the Far Voyage Wind."

Barbara: Lord Wind God... Hmm... It's so free!

Dandelion wine! That's right, then it's not surprising!

Losing books shouldn't be related to Wendy, but if you say there's alcohol involved, then it makes sense.

It's reasonable for a wine cellar to have Wendy's; Lin Qiu has drunk quite a few Wendy's in his wine cellar.

The wine that others gave to curry favor with Lin Qiu all ended up in Wendy's stomach; otherwise, how could their friendship be so unbreakable?

Letting Wendy into the wine crate is like letting a mouse into a rice jar. Are there any dandelion wines left?

The travelers were speechless at Wendy's 'smuggling' behavior; how could a deity like her smuggle herself across the border?

Wendy said to the travelers, "Sigh, I heard you arrived in Inazuma using a similar method. I thought we could understand each other..."

Kujo Sara is alarmed: "A similar method?"

Kujo Sara: Oh! There's an unexpected bonus!

The illustration depicts Kujo Sara with a cold expression, exuding a powerful and imposing aura; he looks very cool.

This is exactly what everyone likes, and they even hope there will be more illustrations like this!

It's the same feeling as Yelan, but the difference is that Yelan's coldness is tinged with allure, while Kujo Sara's coldness is only about businesslike rules.

This might be because Kujo Sara frowns more often than Yoran.

Readers really want to see Kujo Sara's expression, but anyway, they're not looking at them.

But the traveler was ashamed, Wendy, let me ask you something.

Am I trying to clear your name? Why are you trying to drag me down with you?

Besides, how can they be the same? I entered the country illegally and openly! These are different contexts, and cannot be generalized!

It's definitely different, because the traveler really did smuggle himself into Inazuma, but Wendy was invited.

Wendy laughed, "Haha, just kidding. Don't worry, the invitation was sent to me by Ayato Kamisato, the company's magistrate. Someone who knows these things is unlikely to be an illegal immigrant."

Wendy said she received an invitation, but did not travel on the same boat as the other bards.

He happened to come across a ship full of dandelion wine bound for Inazuma, and he immediately boarded it.

According to Wendy, the captain and he hit it off and the captain treated him to a lot of drinks. Then, while drinking in the cargo hold, he fell asleep and woke up like this.

If someone else had said these words, people would question their rationality, but since it was Wendy who said them, it's something he's capable of doing.

If even Wendy's alcohol tolerance is so low that she fell asleep, is the quality of the alcohol in this warehouse really that good?

No wonder you slept in an empty box; all the wine in that box went into your stomach, didn't it?

As for Wendy's words, everyone believed them. Although he always lied to people, he really didn't steal anything.

The Sky Harp is different, because it originally belonged to him.

But readers still want to complain: Wendy really has no face.

As one of the Seven Gods, he was arrested as a thief and illegal immigrant.

And when he was arrested, he was lying sprawled out in an empty box, seemingly asleep...

Both are retired gods, but look how dignified Zhongli is. At most, he'll ask if you have any money, and at most, he'll be sent by Hu Tao to run errands.