"How are you here?!"
Childe was startled by Yu Jin, who suddenly appeared. Shouldn't Yekaterina be standing here? How did it become Yu Jin?
"Surrender!" Yu Jin had a good habit: he always finished the important business before talking nonsense.
When Childe saw Yu Jin charging, he showed no fear, directly raising his twin blades to meet him.
"Damn it! Last time you ambushed..."
However, before Childe could finish his trash talk, Yu Jin landed a direct punch to his stomach.
The punch was so fast it blurred. Childe couldn't react in time, only feeling a sharp pain in his abdomen.
"Hiss..." He immediately curled up like a large shrimp, his head almost touching the ground.
Then his head really did touch the ground—Yu Jin sat on Childe.
"Mr. Childe, letting Bubu Pharmacy see blood..."
Baizhu walked out of Bubu Pharmacy and, upon seeing the scene before him, swallowed the words "is not good" back into his stomach.
Where did this guy come from? He can actually pin a Harbinger down, unable to move!
"Baizhu?" Patches, squatting, Yu Jin looked up at the man with a white snake coiled around his neck, and incidentally tapped the unruly Childe beneath his butt.
"Indeed, may I ask who you are...?" Baizhu looked at Yu Jin, who remained as unmoving as a rock despite Childe's struggles, and adjusted his glasses as he spoke.
What a strong physique! Baizhu glanced at Childe beneath Yu Jin; Childe had clawed at the floor until it was ruined, yet Yu Jin's body hadn't trembled in the slightest.
"Yu Jin." Yu Jin replied, then followed Baizhu's gaze to see Childe struggling and clawing at the floor.
He lifted his butt, grabbed Childe's arms, twisted them back, and sat down again. The three actions were performed in one smooth, flowing motion.
"Don't move, I won't be responsible if your hand breaks." Yu Jin warned Childe, who was sprawled on the ground like a dead fish.
Childe's eyes lost their luster, and he nodded numbly. When Yu Jin had lifted his butt earlier, he had thought about escaping.
But Yu Jin quickly showed him what a 'dirty trick' was. Those arms, they grabbed him like he was a little chick, completely unable to resist.
"Ha... haha, Mr. Yu Jin has divine strength." Baizhu chuckled a few times at the sight.
Yu Jin? He had no idea such a strong person existed.
"Baizhu, what's going on outside..., hmm? Senior, and Childe?" Lumine and Paimon, who had waited for Baizhu for a long time, walked out of Bubu Pharmacy, accompanied by the bewildered Qiqi.
"Lumine, you know this powerful gentleman?" Baizhu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lumine greeting Yu Jin.
"Senior is an Adventurer; he joined the Guild earlier than me." Lumine nodded.
"I heard Cyrus, the Mondstadt branch chief, even wanted him to be the branch chief, but he refused." Paimon also added to Baizhu.
Baizhu's mouth twitched at the news. Had Mondstadt's Adventurers' Guild developed so rapidly? A branch chief could pin a Harbinger to the ground.
Lumine saw Childe beneath Yu Jin's butt, and the latter, noticing Lumine's gaze, quickly winked at her.
Lumine lowered her head in thought. She recalled Childe's "sponsoring" behavior throughout their journey and felt she should help him.
After all, she had just let him spend 2.99 million Mora; turning her back on him now seemed a bit unfair.
"Senior, why did you pin Childe under your butt?" Lumine squatted down, looking at the ashen-faced Childe as she asked.
"Tsk tsk tsk." Yu Jin saw Lumine's innocent expression, smacked his lips, and then said in a mature tone:
"You're still too inexperienced. Childe sent people to follow you, and you didn't even know. He could sell you, and you wouldn't even realize it."
Relying on Morgott's analysis, Yu Jin began to lecture Lumine. This feeling of scolding someone was so satisfying!
Childe, pinned beneath Yu Jin, couldn't help but shiver when he heard this. How did he know he was following Lumine?
Seeing Lumine's increasingly suspicious gaze, Childe immediately shook his head on the floor and argued, "He's talking nonsense! Lumine, have I ever harmed you? All your expenses during this time were covered by me!"
With that, Childe raised his head and stared at Lumine with his pure eyes, hoping to move her.
"That's right, Childe seems different from the Fatui we've met; he didn't immediately start yelling and attacking us."
"And he spent so much Mora on us. Lumine, do you think he likes you?" Paimon whispered the last sentence into Lumine's ear.
Lumine put her hands on her hips and stared at the giggling Paimon with a deadpan expression, "I think he likes you. Look, no matter how much you eat, he still pays for it, doesn't he?"
"Uh..." Paimon was stunned for a moment. The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible, so she hurriedly landed on the ground and, with righteous indignation, told Childe:
"Hey, even though you're very rich and generous, and you've spent so much Mora on me, it's impossible for us!"
As she spoke, Paimon threw all the little trinkets from her pocket in front of Childe—these were all things she had bought with Childe's Mora.
As for what she had already eaten, Paimon couldn't do anything about it. At most, she would pay it back when she had money later.
"..."
Looking at the pile of shiny children's toys in front of him, Childe silently turned his face away.
Why is this little guy's intelligence like a child's?
"Hahaha!"
Lumine saw Paimon like this, and her scarf lifted her into the air.
"Paimon, don't you think you and Childe are a terrible match?"
"Eh?"
Paimon blinked, then her white hair stood on end, and even the halo floating above her head turned crimson.
"Waaah! Lumine! I'm going to mess up your hair!" The enraged Paimon flew extremely fast, like a large white bee, messing with Lumine's golden hair.
In a short while, Lumine's smooth, neat hair turned into an explosion of frizz.
Yu Jin was having a great time. He grabbed Childe's hands, which were behind his back, and stood up with him.
"You two take your time playing; I'm taking this kid with me first."
"Oh, see you, Senior... Paimon! Stop moving!" Lumine, while dealing with the still-angry Paimon, waved her hand dismissively, as if Childe didn't exist.
In fact, that was indeed the case. Lumine had always been wary of Childe; although this wariness was less than for other Fatui, it was definitely present.
So, when Yu Jin and Childe's words clashed, Lumine decisively chose to trust Yu Jin, her senior.
She and Childe were, at best, using each other. But with Yu Jin, they had fought side by side and even dealt with the Dragon Scourge together; the two individuals' positions in Lumine's heart could not be compared.
Childe, hearing Lumine's "heartless" words, immediately widened his eyes. He looked as if he was about to turn grayscale.
"Let's go, you peeping kid." Yu Jin held Childe with one hand and walked down the steps of Bubu Pharmacy.
"Hmph!"
"Haven't learned your lesson, have you?"
Yu Jin exerted force with one hand, and Childe's hands, which were behind his back, felt as if steel pliers were closing around them. Vaguely, Childe even heard the sound of bones cracking.
"Stop, stop, stop!" Childe said in a hurry.
"That's better." Yu Jin immediately released his hand.
He wasn't worried about Childe escaping at all; the "Lightning Tornado Split" he learned from Sol City was not for show.
No matter where Childe fled, a single Lightning Tornado Split could instantly teleport him to his side.
"Where are you taking me?" Childe rubbed his reddened hands, his throat dry as he spoke.
This person's strength was like the Captain's; he couldn't see through him at all, let alone contend with him.
"Where?" Yu Jin raised an eyebrow, pointed upwards at the brightly lit pavilion, and said, "To Yujing Terrace, to punish you for peeping at the Damselette!"
-------------------------------
I've already uploaded 70 chapters of this story on Patreon!
If you enjoy it, come check out the latest chapters in advance.
Here's the link:
[patreon.com/Greyhounds]
Thank you so much for your support!!
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"