The sun set in the west, and fishing boats sang in the evening.
The sunset glow quietly reflected on the lake, with an occasional carp leaping out, making a splashing sound.
As night fell, the people of Liyue closed their stalls, and candlelight illuminated every household.
The young adeptus, holding a long spear, stood quietly atop Wangshu Inn, observing all directions, silently guarding the peace and harmony of this land.
And a man with four arms was making his specialty grilled fish, then calling his brothers and sisters to eat.
Though only four people sat around the bonfire, five sets of bowls and chopsticks were laid out.
Morax, accompanied by Guizhong and Azhdaha, entered a teahouse, wanting to savor the finest tea and listen to the best opera.
Morax was a meticulous person; nothing could be done casually or perfunctorily, everything had to be the best.
Finally, he would add, "Send the bill to Mr. Faxun at the kindergarten."
The Raiden sisters and Yae Miko were leisurely strolling through Liyue's night market.
Along the way, the three had already eaten some sweets. One moment Raiden Ei said she couldn't eat anymore, and the next she was dragged into Wanmin Restaurant by Yae Miko.
As for Makoto,
After accompanying the Little Ones to see the initial Qunyu Pavilion, he took everyone home for dinner.
After coaxing the Little Ones to sleep, Makoto returned to his room.
He took out the spirit inducing lamp from his backpack and gently placed it on his desk.
For Makoto, lighting the spirit inducing lamp every night had become a habit.
As Makoto turned on the spirit inducing lamp, a warm yellow light filled the entire room.
Under the moonlight, a petite girl stood before Makoto.
The girl was not old, her small face was very tender.
She wore a jade green dress and had a peach-colored hair clip in her hair.
The girl's eyes were clean and clear, like a young deer in the mountain forest.
"Big Brother, can you please help Xiao Jiujiu with something?"
The girl named Xiao Jiujiu looked up at Makoto, her innocent eyes filled with anticipation.
"Xiao Jiujiu is looking for a book, but she can't find it no matter how hard she tries."
"That book was given to me by Brother Jiu. If I lose it, Brother Jiu will be sad."
"Big Brother, can you please help me find the book? Please, please."
Hearing the girl's name was Xiao Jiujiu, and hearing her request was to find a book,
Makoto immediately remembered that this was a side quest in the game.
There was an NPC named Xiao Jiujiu in Wu Wang Slope; the Traveler would get a quest to find a book by talking to her.
Makoto remembered this book-finding quest vividly.
Because when he was doing the quest, Makoto didn't find Xiao Jiujiu's lost novel.
When he returned to the starting point to look for Xiao Jiujiu, he found that Xiao Jiujiu was no longer there, replaced by a floating Seelie.
After understanding the whole story, Makoto realized it was a heartbreaking one.
Brother Jiu, who was Chang Jiuye, and Xiao Jiujiu were childhood sweethearts.
For this, Chang Jiuye specially wrote a novel for Xiao Jiujiu.
Xiao Jiujiu loved Chang Jiuye's gift very much and became engrossed in reading it without realizing.
When she put down the novel, Chang Jiuye had already disappeared.
Xiao Jiujiu wanted to go find Chang Jiuye but accidentally fell into the icy cold river.
Even though her fingers were frozen stiff, Xiao Jiujiu did not let go of the novel Chang Jiuye had given her.
After Xiao Jiujiu struggled to climb ashore, the first thing she did was place the novel aside to dry.
Immediately after, Xiao Jiujiu felt very tired and chose to rest nearby.
But in reality, Xiao Jiujiu had already passed away at that time.
And she herself was not aware of this, still constantly searching for the disappeared novel.
There was no little girl looking for a book, just a lingering obsession remaining in the world.
And Chang Jiuye did not know that Xiao Jiujiu had met with misfortune; he just hadn't seen Xiao Jiujiu since delivering the book that day.
Chang Jiuye mistakenly thought that Xiao Jiujiu's family disliked him and had moved Xiao Jiujiu out of Qingce Village.
This also explains why Chang Jiuye kept working hard on writing novels.
Because he wanted his novel to be famous worldwide, thereby changing Xiao Jiujiu's family's opinion of him and allowing him to meet Xiao Jiujiu.
It's just a pity that she waited long for her old friend, but her old friend never returned.
Looking at Xiao Jiujiu in front of him, Makoto remained silent for a long time, finally agreeing.
"Xiao Jiujiu, I promise to help you find the book."
Hearing Makoto's reply, Xiao Jiujiu beamed with joy: "Really? Thank you, Big Brother!"
"Then let's go to Wu Wang Slope now!"
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