Genshin Impact: After Getting Married, Something Changed in My Body Chapter 147 - 147 – Tabibito, What Were You Doing in My Offi

"Tabibito, you—!" Keqing was furious. She pointed straight at her, then rushed forward and grabbed Ryou's arm.

"You ca all the way to my office at the Ministry of Civil Affairs just to make a move on my husband? You've gone too far!"

"T-Tabibito..." Paimon was completely dumbfounded.

Things had blown up so badly that she had no idea what to do anymore.

"This is all your fault!" Tabibito shot back. "If you hadn't kept provoking , would I have done that?"

"I only ca over because I saw him slumped over his desk, completely motionless. He was obviously exhausted and had fallen asleep at work."

Then she glared at Keqing.

"Keqing, do I owe you sothing? You keep insisting I'm trying to steal your man, right? Fine. Then I really will steal him!"

With that, Tabibito yanked Ryou into her arms.

She pulled too hard, and even Keqing got dragged forward with him.

Bang!

The waterlon hit the floor and burst apart.

"B-Blood... it's blood! Tabibito, y-you killed him!" Paimon covered her face in horror.

"What?!"

People rushed in from outside. The mont they saw the floor covered in red, all of them exploded in anger.

To murder soone inside the Ministry of Civil Affairs—

This was beyond outrageous.

"Protect Keqing-sama!"

"Tabibito, you dare kill Ryou-sama? I'll fight you!"

"Zhongli, don't stop ! That woman is vicious! Ryou-sama was such a good man, and she actually—"

...

Zhongli blocked them all and turned back with a frown.

"Everyone out. This is probably a misunderstanding. Or do none of you want your bonuses anymore?"

"Zhongli, I don't like the way you're saying that! Ryou-sama treated us so well, and now he's nearly died in the middle of jealous scheming and chaos!"

"That's right! We absolutely can't let a vicious woman like this off easy!"

"Move aside! Are you trying to protect her?"

Tabibito's temper flared too. She planted one foot on a chair and snapped, "What do you an, vicious woman? Ryou was just asleep. What does any of this have to do with ?"

"A-Asleep?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Keqing hurried over, pulled Ryou back into her arms, and checked him over. A mont later, she said in disbelief, "He... really is asleep."

"I told you it was a misunderstanding. Now get out," Zhongli said, and began pushing the Ministry staff out of the office.

The sound of the door shutting woke Ryou up.

His head still felt heavy and foggy. Ryou rubbed at his temples and asked, "What happened?"

"Ryou, are you alright? You scared half to death."

"Mmm... I'm fine." Ryou rubbed his head again. He quickly guessed what had happened. With five streams of qi active at once, the prolonged drain had pushed his ntal energy past its limit.

"Keqing, help find sowhere to rest. I'm exhausted."

"Alright."

Keqing imdiately helped him over to a seat and sat down so she could let him rest in her lap.

"Ryou, how are you feeling? Don't scare like that..."

"Keqing, I'm just tired." Ryou leaned against her and felt a little more comfortable. The backlash from exhausting his spiritual power had left his head aching.

"That's good. You really frightened just now." Keqing lowered her voice to a whisper by his ear, afraid of disturbing him.

"I'm fine. There was a waterlon on the desk. You can cut it open and try so."

Ryou pointed toward the table, then looked up and frowned when he didn't see it.

"Did you eat it?"

Keqing shook her head.

"Mmm! It's so sweet!" Paimon was already happily gnawing on a huge slice of waterlon.

"Paimon, why do you eat literally everything you see?" Tabibito grabbed her and glared at her. Paimon's whole face had already gone blissfully silly from how sweet it was.

Luckily, only a third of the waterlon had been ruined. Two-thirds of it were still left.

It was huge to begin with, and after being infused with spiritual energy, the flesh had beco especially full and juicy. It was sweet, refreshing, and perfect for cooling off.

Tabibito thought back to what she had just done and imdiately felt her face heat up.

But then she rembered what Keqing had said and got angry all over again.

Especially Keqing—jumping to conclusions and accusing her without even asking what happened first.

Fine. If you want to talk like that, then one day I really will steal him from you.

Just wait until you're the one left alone.

Tabibito shot Keqing a hard look.

Of course Keqing noticed.

But she didn't say anything, because she knew she really had misunderstood Tabibito just now.

Still, once she thought back to Tabibito's earlier behavior, her guard went right back up.

This woman really was aiming for her husband.

She absolutely had to stay on guard.

A mont later, Keqing caught a faint fragrance on Ryou.

One note in particular was unmistakably Ningguang's.

Why did Ryou sll like Ningguang?

Had the two of them... done sothing?

"This is waterlon," Ryou explained. "It's very sweet, just watch out for the seeds when you eat it."

Then he turned and leaned further into Keqing.

"Keqing, hold a little tighter. My stomach still aches."

"Okay," Keqing said softly.

Ryou slowly closed his eyes again. His ntal exhaustion was still severe, and if Tabibito and Keqing hadn't argued loudly enough to wake him up, he would still have been asleep.

When Keqing saw him drift off again, she finally let out a quiet breath of relief. She stroked him gently and just kept watching him.

"T-Tabibito, I still want more..." Paimon stared at the waterlon and whispered at her side.

"Eat, eat, eat—eating is all you ever think about," Tabibito grumbled, glaring at her and covering her mouth before Keqing noticed.

If they stayed any longer, she really didn't know how she was supposed to handle things.

Still, Tabibito had already made up her mind to steal Ryou away one day.

And she still had sothing she could hold over him.

There was no way she couldn't win.

With that thought in mind, she gave Keqing one last long look, then quietly slipped out with Paimon.

Zhongli noticed that Tabibito had left without taking the waterlon, and that Keqing's full attention was still on Ryou, so he quietly collected the remaining pieces for himself.

Once he stepped outside, he saw the corridor crowded with workers who had gathered because of the earlier commotion.

Zhongli cleared his throat and said, "Ryou has fallen asleep. Keep it down and let him rest properly."

"Oh, got it."

"Don't worry, we'll keep quiet."

Everyone imdiately lowered their voices.

Zhongli also noticed several won nearby and felt another headache coming on.

There were more than a few pretty won clinging to him like sticky plasters, always circling around him.

Seeing that, Zhongli simply turned and headed back to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

"Consultant, why are you back? Aren't you supposed to be keeping watch at the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"

Hu Tao hurried over. Then she lowered her voice and asked eagerly, "Right, right—I heard Tabibito and Keqing got into a fight at the Ministry over Ryou. Is that true?"

"Hu Tao, don't spread nonsense." Zhongli coughed, then took out the waterlon and set it on the table. "It was all a misunderstanding."

He pointed at it and added, "This is waterlon. No one was paying attention earlier, so I brought it back."

"It looks like blood. That's creepy. Can you even eat that?" Hu Tao looked disgusted.

"Then if the Director won't eat it, I will."

Zhongli cut the waterlon into pieces.

"That won't do. I have to try it myself."

"I want so too. Guoba wants so too!" Xiangling took a piece and fed a bit to Guoba.

Watching several slices vanish at once, Zhongli felt a little pained.

Then he took a bite himself.

The mont he tasted it, his eyes lit up.

"This waterlon is excellent. Very sweet, and very refreshing."

"I want another piece too!" Hu Tao said at once.

"Hu Tao, weren't you just saying it looked like blood?" Xiangling laughed.

"That's none of your business. Since my consultant brought it back, of course I have to support him as the Director." Hu Tao picked up another piece and kept eating.

Zhongli glanced at her, then shook his head.

The group quickly finished the entire thing.

Hu Tao wiped her mouth, still not satisfied.

"Consultant, where did this lon co from? I've never seen one before."

"I'm not sure either." Zhongli thought for a mont. "I found it in Ryou's office. He should know."

Hu Tao's eyes turned crafty.

"Do you think Ryou's not feeling well today? Maybe we should buy so fruit and go visit him."

"I think that's a great idea!" Xiangling's eyes lit up too.

Zhongli looked at the two of them and said dryly, "I think you just want more waterlon."

"Hehe..." Xiangling scratched her head.

"What do you an? We're concerned about him," Hu Tao said, glaring at Zhongli.

Just then, she saw Tabibito walking in from outside.

"Tabibito? What are you doing here?"

"Zhongli is here too." Tabibito stepped into Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

"It's the waterlon rind! Hmph... how an! Zhongli, so you're the one who took the waterlon!" Paimon recognized it instantly and stamped her foot in outrage.

"Ahem." Zhongli coughed awkwardly.

"Paimon." Tabibito shot her a look, then plopped down beside Hu Tao.

"Hu Tao, tell honestly—wasn't that unfair? I only went to see Ryou because I had business with him, and Keqing imdiately accused of seducing her husband. That's pure slander."

She pointed toward Zhongli.

"Zhongli can vouch for . The whole thing was just a misunderstanding."

"That's right," Zhongli said with a nod.

"Oh, so it was a misunderstanding." Hu Tao sounded oddly disappointed.

"What kind of reaction is that?" Tabibito glared at her.

"Hehe, nothing, nothing." Hu Tao laughed dryly. "You didn't co here just to complain, did you?"

Tabibito clenched her fists.

"I'm furious, alright? Keqing said I was trying to steal her husband, didn't she?"

She leaned forward and said with complete seriousness, "Well, I've thought it through. Since she insists on saying that, then I really am going to steal Ryou away. Help co up with a plan."

"Xiangling, you too. Co here."

She turned her head.

"Zhong—"

Pffft!

Before she could finish, Zhongli spat his tea all over the floor.

"People say three ordinary heads are better than one great mind. Well, I've got three helpers here—and one real genius too!"

"With all of you helping , I'm definitely going to win back the husband who should be mine!"

Hu Tao just stared at her, not even sure what to say.

Zhongli slowly set his teacup down and coughed again.

Wasn't this supposed to be fine once the misunderstanding got cleared up?

Why are you actually trying to steal a married man now?

"I support you, Tabibito!" Xiangling said suddenly.

"Xiangling?" Hu Tao turned to stare at her.

Even Zhongli was caught off guard.

People always say you should never break up a marriage, so why was Xiangling helping her do exactly that?

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