Genshin Impact, it's you who rejected me, why are you all in such a hurry if I just give up?

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Even if we find it, what then?

Why not first resolve the 'trouble' at hand, which also involves the sinners who slandered Lin Jiu'an in her past life, and do what Lin Jiu'an wanted to do for her in her past life, before taking the new Mond to find him and apologize to him?

"Will you help me?" Qin asked.

“Of course,” Lisa smiled and said, “We’re sisters.”

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late at night.

It was already past midnight.

Margaret, who had been lying in bed for a long time, opened her eyes, looked at the dark clouds outside the window that were obscuring the moonlight, and sighed.

The moment she saw Lin Jiu'an, she knew he was her type.

Although she had given up on developing a relationship with Ying after the appearance of other beauties, after a month of spending time together, she had gotten used to the feeling of being with this younger brother she liked so much.

She has also gotten used to the sense of security of living under the same roof with a man.

Simply put, she had insomnia.

"Let's go out for a walk."

Just as Margaret left the tavern to go outside for a walk.

Under the cover of darkness, a group of people sneaked to the entrance of the Cat Tail Tavern.

They pried open the lock and went straight into the tavern, smashing bottles of liquor on the bar and spilling them all over the room before setting them on fire.

By the time the group was pushed out of the tavern into the alley, the flames had already turned their faces bright red. The leader was none other than Kent, who had caused trouble at the tavern a month earlier.

"Boss, why are we setting a fire in the middle of the night?"

"How should I know? We just do what we're told."

"But if we burn this tavern down, how will our employer buy it? And aren't we afraid of offending Commander Qin? Didn't the higher-ups stop our operations last time because of Commander Qin's relationship with the tavern owner?"

"Offend her?"

Kent snorted and said, "Are you guys brainless?"

"Didn't they say there was a conflict between the higher-ups and the leader of the troupe? If you look closely, this is probably because the owner of the Cat Tail Tavern has a good relationship with her, so they're making an example of her."

While the group was chatting, the flames had already engulfed the entire house.

One of the henchmen suddenly exclaimed, "By the way, I remember the second floor of the tavern is a private residence. Did the people inside burn to death?"

"So what if he died? Why make such a fuss?"

Kent grumbled in dissatisfaction, his mind drifting back to events from the past month.

He sneered, "It would be better if they were burned to death, those two bullies who rely on their master's power."

Chapter Twenty: I'm not in a good mood, you'd better get out of my way.

In a single room at the hotel.

Lin Jiu'an leaned against the upright pillow, happily counting Mora over and over again.

Although I have to get up early tomorrow morning and set off with the caravan, I can already imagine starting a truly undisturbed new life in Liyue.

Some even fantasize about going to Liyue and using this startup capital, which is equivalent to more than a year's salary for an ordinary person, to make a fortune and live a wonderful future as a wicked capitalist with women on both sides.

Lin Jiu'an didn't feel sleepy at all.

"Count it one last time, then go to sleep."

Lin Jiu'an muttered to himself, about to count again, when he suddenly felt a fiery red light flickering in his peripheral vision.

Looking up as if sensing something, I saw that the sky at the horizon outside the window had turned red.

"Is that...the direction of Cat Tail Tavern?"

Lin Jiu'an's smile slowly faded, and he frowned. Although reason told him that it couldn't just be a coincidence that the direction was the same and that it was too coincidental for the tavern to catch fire right after he left, he was still extremely uneasy.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Jiu'an decided to go and take a look.

Lin Jiu'an carefully tucked the money pouch into his pocket and left the hotel.

The closer Lin Jiu'an got to the fire, the more uneasy he felt. After walking for almost twenty minutes at a faster pace, when he finally arrived at the fire site, Lin Jiu'an's heart sank completely.

It's Cat's Tail Tavern.

To be precise, the entire street where the Cat Tail Tavern is located has been set on fire.

The crowd of onlookers was densely packed outside.

Lin Jiu'an quickly pushed through the crowd and went inside. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the scene at the edge of the fire.

Margaret was kneeling on the ground, facing the direction of the fire.

However, several women were pointing at her and cursing her.

"What are you pretending to be pitiful for?"

"I clearly saw your house catch fire first, so hurry up and pay me back!"

"You're always so frivolous, with that foxy face you're always seducing men. Now you know how to play the victim? Let me tell you, it's no use. If you don't pay me back, I'll send you to a brothel to sell yourself and make you pay!"

"Stop playing dead, answer me now! Are you going to pay me back?!"

Hearing those women pointing at Margaret and cursing her.

Everyone else was just watching the spectacle.

Seeing that no one stopped her, a thin woman with thin lips even tugged at Margaret, but when she didn't react and just stared blankly in the direction of the sea of ​​fire, she reached out to slap her.

As she watched her hand about to slap Margaret across the face, a twisted excitement flashed in the thin woman's eyes.

Although Mondstadt is known as the city of freedom and has many taverns, a single, rich, and beautiful tavern owner is unlikely to have a good reputation.

The attitudes of her neighbors can be divided into three categories.

One type is people who are jealous of her beauty and wealth;

One type is those who covet her beauty but can't have her, so they're just jealous;

Another type is those who sympathize but follow the crowd.

She is the first type of person.

Out of jealousy of Margaret's looks and wealth, he often gossiped with others about how Margaret was always flirting with men. One day he would say he saw Margaret leaving that man's house, the next day he would say that several men sneaked into Margaret's house in the middle of the night, and the day after that he would say that he heard indecent noises when he passed by her window.

Anyway, spreading rumors isn't illegal.

Just as the thin woman's palm was only a few centimeters away from Margaret's face.

'Snap!'

A crisp sound of a fan being slapped rang out.

Margaret then raised her head in a daze.

She didn't feel any pain, and she saw a figure fly out.

Upon closer inspection, she saw the thin woman with a mean face lying on the ground like a dead dog, several of her teeth missing and mixed with blood.

The previously noisy scene of the siege of Margaret suddenly fell silent.

All that remained was the crackling sound of the fire burning the house.

Margaret turned her head as if sensing something, and saw the man she had wanted to see countless times looking coldly at the people who had been shouting earlier.

And in his cold gaze.

Those people who usually annoyed her and refused to shut up no matter what were now as quiet as ducks with their throats choked.

"Jiu'an?"

Margaret murmured helplessly, her eyes quickly reddening.

She thought she could get used to life without a man again, but when the house where she had lived her whole life burned down, she realized how helpless she was and how much she missed the man who had been with her for a month.

Hearing her tearful cries, Lin Jiu'an finally looked at her, his cold expression visibly softening.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Jiu'an squatted down and gently hugged her in his arms.

"No, no..."

Feeling the man's warm and solid embrace, Margaret could no longer hold back and buried her head in his chest, sobbing softly.

"Jiu'an, my home is gone, I have no home anymore, waaaaah!"

Lin Jiu'an gently patted her back.

"what happened?"

"I...I don't know, I can't sleep because I miss you so much. I was thinking about you, so I went for a walk to clear my head, and when I came back I found my house burned down, sob sob sob."

Lin Jiu'an suddenly laughed.

"You're still laughing!"

"I suddenly remembered something funny."

As Lin Jiu'an spoke, he picked up Margaret in a princess carry.

Just as he turned around and took two steps, several women came over with a knight.

"Sir Knight, it's him!"

The middle-aged knight walked over, glanced briefly at the tear-streaked Margaret, a glint of greed flashing in his eyes, then looked at Lin Jiu'an and questioned, "So you're the one who hit her?"

As for the thin woman who had been beaten and was still not up, he didn't even glance at her.

"Step aside."

The middle-aged knight was taken aback, then asked suspiciously, "What did you say?"

Lin Jiu'an patiently explained in a soft voice, "I'm not in a good mood right now, so you'd better step aside, otherwise I can't guarantee what I might do next."

The middle-aged knight laughed in exasperation.

He is a full-fledged knight of the Knights of Favonius, and in this day and age, he is a nobleman of the Old Mondstadt Union Jack!

Do you even know what "Master Meng" means?

In the past, he was the one who squeezed the marrow from the bones of these lowly people.

When did these lowly people dare to speak to me like that?

"If I don't..."

'Bang!'

The words have not yet fallen.

The middle-aged knight was sent flying backward like an arrow released from a bow.

It slid a few meters on the ground before its head tilted to the side.

He fainted.

Lin Jiu'an continued walking forward expressionlessly.

This time, however, no one dared to stop him. Whether it was those who had been shouting and cursing before or the onlookers, they all silently made way for him, watching as Lin Jiu'an carried Margaret away from the fire.

Chapter Twenty-One: Paying back debts is a matter of course.

When Margaret woke up.

He saw a man sitting on the edge of the bed with his back to him.

"Jiu'an?"

The man turned his head and looked at that familiar face, and Margaret's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was finally at ease.

"woke up?"

Margaret felt like crying again and sniffled.

She said, feeling wronged, "The tavern was burned down."

Looking at the proprietress who no longer resembled an older sister at all, Lin Jiu'an smiled and ruffled her hair.