Genshin Impact: After Getting Married, Something Changed in My Body Chapter 148 - 148 – Tabibito’s Plan

"Xiangling, you really are my best friend. At a ti like this, you're the only one willing to help . Hu Tao and Zhongli, you two are the worst!" Tabibito felt a warmth in her chest when she heard Xiangling speak up for her, and she shot the others a glare.

"H-Hey... you're trying to steal a married man. How exactly are we supposed to help with that? It's not like we can help you make Ryou divorce Keqing," Hu Tao said, scratching at her hat.

Then she added, "But my consultant is incredibly knowledgeable. He'll definitely be able to help you! And he works at the Ministry of Civil Affairs too. Consultant, this is your mont.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Zhongli had no choice but to speak.

"Tabibito, there's clearly a misunderstanding between you and Keqing. So things only need to be talked through."

"There's no need to take it this far. Keqing only said that because she was worried."

"No, she absolutely did not say it just because she was worried," Tabibito snapped. "Last ti, the way she stared at in her own house was already over the line. Tell this—what exactly do I owe Keqing?"

"She keeps targeting , so I'm going to make her pay for it. It just so happens that I kind of like Ryou anyway, so I'm making him my husband. Let's see if that doesn't piss her off to death!" Tabibito clenched her fists, the anger in her heart refusing to die down.

"Tabibito, then what about your brother?" Zhongli asked from the side.

"To hell with that. I found him, and he refused to co with , so my brother can wait." Tabibito slapped the table. "Right now, the priority is stealing a man!"

Then she turned to Zhongli and said, "Zhongli, just tell already. What kind of sweet talk actually works on him?"

"That's right. Zhongli-sensei, you've spent a lot of ti around Ryou. You've got a sharp eye, so tell us what you know," Xiangling asked from the side.

Privately, Xiangling was thinking that maybe if Tabibito and Keqing fought each other to the bitter end, she might get a chance to steal Ryou for herself.

So for now, letting Zhongli co up with the strategy could only help. Maybe later, she'd be able to use that advice too.

"Xiangling, why are you getting involved too?" Hu Tao pulled at her sleeve.

"That's not how you should look at it. Tabibito and I have always gotten along well. At a ti like this, we should stand together!" Xiangling said righteously.

"Xiangling, you really are my best friend!" Tabibito was deeply moved.

Out of everyone she knew in Liyue, she had known Xiangling the longest. They had t back in Mondstadt, and they had always gotten along well. Now that Xiangling was standing on her side, Tabibito was genuinely touched.

Zhongli gave Xiangling an odd look, but with all three girls staring at him, he could only continue.

"Ryou dotes on Keqing, and their relationship is very good. Trying to break them apart won't be easy."

"Easy or not, it still has to be done. Zhongli, you definitely have so idea. If you don't tell , I'll tell Hu Tao about those things!" Tabibito stared at him like a drawn dagger.

Zhongli's face darkened.

"What things? Co on, tell !" Hu Tao imdiately grabbed Tabibito's arm.

"Zhongli..." Tabibito dragged out his na and looked straight at him.

Zhongli gave in with a sigh.

"Fine, fine. I'll talk."

"The truth is, Ryou's personality and character are both excellent. Separating them will be very, very difficult."

He coughed lightly before continuing.

"But Keqing is clearly a Vision holder, and people like that tend to have greater demands in that area... So whether you dare make use of that opening depends on you."

"Ah!" The mont Tabibito understood what he ant, her whole face turned blazing hot.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Why don't I understand any of this?" Hu Tao grabbed Tabibito's arm tighter. "Consultant, what does that even an? Explain it to your Director properly!"

"Exactly, exactly." Xiangling moved closer too and turned toward Zhongli. "Zhongli-sensei, hurry up and explain, so we can help Tabibito co up with a plan."

Zhongli coughed awkwardly and darted a glance at Tabibito.

"I've already told Tabibito the thod. As for whether she uses it, that depends on her. I need to head back to the Ministry of Civil Affairs."

He set down his teacup and left at once.

"Hey, Consultant! You still didn't explain anything clearly!" Hu Tao shouted after him.

Once Zhongli had gone far enough, Hu Tao turned back to Tabibito and asked, "Alright, tell what he ant."

"N-Nothing. I've got sothing to do, I need to go." Seeing Hu Tao and Xiangling both staring at her and pressing her about sothing that embarrassing, Tabibito imdiately got flustered, stood up in a panic, and hurried outside.

"Tabibito, wait for Paimon!" Paimon hurried after her.

Only after leaving Wangsheng Funeral Parlor did Tabibito finally start feeling a little better. She rubbed her face, which was still burning hot and sensitive.

"Z-Zhongli actually gave a suggestion like that... How am I supposed to do sothing so shaless?"

Then she thought about it again.

"But if I do that, Ryou will have to take responsibility."

She clenched her fist again.

"I don't believe I can't win him over. Besides, I've still got one card in my hand. Tonight... yes, tonight I'll find a way to lure him out."

"Mmph! I've heard that kind of thing hurts!"

"Tabibito, what hurts?" Paimon flew up beside her and asked.

"N-Nothing. Paimon, let's go eat first. Tonight, we're going to Ryou's house."

"T-To Ryou's house? You were practically about to fight Keqing today, and you still want to go to her house?" Paimon was dumbstruck.

"Hmph. Tonight, we're going to steal a man!" Tabibito said, clenching her fists again.

As night fell, the lights of Liyue Harbor gradually ca on. Lanterns spread across the streets, bathing the whole harbor in a warm glow.

At that sa mont, the Ministry of Civil Affairs had reached the end of the workday.

And yet not a single person had left.

All the files were neatly stacked away, and everyone remained at their desks, whispering among themselves in low voices, as if afraid of disturbing the two people inside the office.

After so ti, Ryou finally opened his eyes.

That nap had helped a lot. His ntal energy had recovered by more than half, and he found that he was still lying in Keqing's lap.

He lifted a hand and gently stroked her face.

"Keqing, thank you. You've worked hard."

Ryou quickly sat up, but the mont he did, Keqing cried out and nearly toppled over. He reacted fast and caught her at once.

Keqing leaned quietly into his arms.

"When I saw you lying there unconscious, I got really scared. It felt just like back during the battle with the gods, when you suddenly vanished from Liyue Harbor."

"But once I saw you open your eyes and wake up slowly, I finally felt relieved."

After resting in Ryou's arms for quite a while, Keqing's condition gradually improved, yet she still had no intention of getting up.

By then, the temperature outside had already dropped because night had fallen. Even so, the Ministry still retained a faint lingering coolness.

Ryou lifted a hand and withdrew all the qi.

Keeping five streams active for too long took too much out of him. Even with his ntal energy doubled, he still could not sustain that kind of drain forever.

After learning that lesson, Ryou was much more cautious about it.

Once he withdrew the qi, he felt a lot better. Then he picked Keqing up, kissed her on the lips, and said, "Let's go ho."

"Mmm... carry on your back," Keqing said, reaching out her arms.

"Alright, alright." Ryou smiled and hoisted her onto his back, then headed for the door.

But the mont he pushed it open, he saw that all the staff from the Ministry of Civil Affairs were still waiting outside.

Not one of them had gone ho.

"What are you all doing here?" Ryou asked.

"Ryou-sama, are you alright? W-We were really worried about you!" Huixin stepped forward and asked.

"I'm fine." Ryou looked over the Ministry staff and more or less guessed what had happened. His heart softened a little. "Sorry for making all of you worry. Go ho and get so rest."

Only after seeing that Ryou was truly alright did the staff finally begin leaving the Ministry one after another. The whole group poured out in such numbers that even so nearby Millelith looked over.

"Keqing, stop being shy. No one's going to laugh at you—ow..." Ryou suddenly flinched and shut up.

"Keep talking, then!" Keqing pinched him from behind. How was she supposed to know that the entire Ministry staff would still be here? Being stared at by dozens of people like that was unbearably embarrassing.

As he walked, Ryou noticed Zhongli beside him and turned his head.

"What is it?"

"Ahem... well..." Zhongli looked a little embarrassed when he brought it up. "Do you still have any waterlon?"

"Waterlon?" Keqing poked her head out from behind Ryou and looked surprised. "Zhongli-sensei, so it was you who took it? I thought Tabibito had taken it."

"Ahem..." Zhongli didn't know how to continue that conversation.

Ryou laughed.

"It's fine. You've done a lot for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, so a little reward is only natural."

"Co ho with us. I'll give you so of the new fruit, and stay for dinner while you're there."

"This..." Zhongli had originally wanted to refuse, because he knew Tabibito would probably go to Ryou's house that night, and that sounded like the kind of thing that could easily turn into a disaster.

But the mont he heard there were several kinds of fruit, he changed his mind.

"Alright, then."

"Haha." Ryou laughed when he saw Zhongli give in so quickly.

"You!" Keqing lightly smacked Ryou when she saw him laughing like that.

Maybe in the past she wouldn't have thought much of it, but Zhongli was still Rex Lapis, even if he had beco much more grounded lately. That status did not just disappear.

"What is it?" Ryou tilted his head to look at her.

"Hmph!" Keqing snorted and turned her face away.

Watching how close Ryou and Keqing were, Zhongli felt a flicker of envy.

But then he thought about all the won who kept hounding Ryou and imdiately felt his scalp go numb, so he quickly buried that thought and followed them toward ho.

"Consultant! Ryou! Keqing!"

Hu Tao ca running over from the side of the road.

"Hehe, looks like we got here at just the right ti." Xiangling arrived too, with Guoba beside her and a few pieces of fruit in hand.

Zhongli felt another headache coming on the mont he saw Hu Tao and Xiangling.

So the two of you really did co.

And once he rembered that Tabibito was planning sothing tonight too, he had a very bad feeling this might turn into a full-blown fight.

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