Chapter 21

Su Bai smiled faintly.

"Lumine comes from a very distant place, so far that we may not even know what her homeland looks like."

"Especially since she can't remember anything from before."

"To her, this world is an utterly foreign existence."

"To be alone in a strange world, searching for blood relatives—just imagining it breaks your heart."

"I had no ties of my own, so I decided to stay with her and help her find her brother."

"Besides, a promise made has no reason to be broken."

Jean's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

In her eyes, when Su Bai spoke of all this, his gaze carried light.

It was less that he pitied Lumine searching alone for her blood relative, and more that Su Bai himself held special feelings for Lumine.

Jean very much wanted to ask Su Bai what he planned to do after helping Lumine find her brother.

Or rather, if things didn't turn out as he expected, how would he handle it?

But Jean ultimately said nothing to spoil this moment.

"It seems my judgment is quite excellent."

"You truly are a man of knightly spirit."

"Then the remaining matter..."

The remaining matter was naturally to take the Sky-Harp to Diluc's tavern and find Venti.

Su Bai and Jean walked out of the Knights of Favonius headquarters.

As soon as they stepped outside the gate.

They saw Lumine sitting on the steps.

"Lumine?"

Su Bai froze: "It's so late—why are you here?"

Hearing Su Bai's voice,

Lumine's slender frame trembled slightly.

She quickly stood up and hurried to Su Bai's side, her eyes darting about: "Um..."

"I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk..."

"A midnight stroll?" Su Bai frowned suspiciously: "Judging by your heavy breathing, were you working out?"

Work out your head!

Lumine rolled her eyes.

I just overheard you two were leaving, got excited, and ran all the way here.

Seeing Su Bai's blank expression, Lumine immediately turned to Jean: "Chief Jean, are you on a mission?"

Jean nodded, smiling but saying nothing.

"Then I'll come along too."

Before Su Bai could react in confusion, Lumine immediately grabbed his arm.

Baizheng Shenzi: "So you're feeling better now, Traveler, after eavesdropping on Su Bai's thoughts?"

Lumine: "Cough, cough—anyway, Su Bai from his past life was truly responsible."

Lisa: "Indeed, he told Jean outright that all this was part of a deal with Mondstadt—poor Jean thought she could recruit him."

Jean: "I really am a fool, but I still deeply respect people like Mr. Su Bai."

Nilou: "Mr. Su Bai is a gentle and witty man."

Navia: "Lumine is truly fortunate—Mr. Su Bai doesn't even consider what he'll do after truly finding her brother; he helps her purely out of kindness."

Jiuqi Ren: "I'm genuinely envious."

Su Bai's home.

Furina slumped dejectedly on the sofa.

"I thought the plot might spiral out of control."

"Turns out you're just such a responsible man."

Su Bai clearly knew what Furina meant by "out of control"—the harem chaos.

But at this moment, Su Bai was equally bewildered.

The scenes playing on the screen were indeed some moments from his reincarnation missions.

Yet Su Bai always felt the system was publicly beautifying him.

"Am I really that gentle?"

"I don't remember being like that."

Su Bai felt numb.

Especially seeing those Mondstadt blossoms in the livestream, all acting like they'd fallen head over heels.

Su Bai felt his face burning.

Eula: "I truly look forward to meeting the Honorary Knight of Mondstadt in this life."

Su Bai: "Cough, cough—thank you all for your praise, but those were all past-life events; let's not mention them."

Everyone: "??? "

Lumine: "Ah! So you're actually alive!"

Tianquan Ningguang: "Mr. Su Bai, would you be interested in coming to Liyue? We could discuss business cooperation."

Xia Luodi: "Mr. Su Bai, could you spare some time for an exclusive interview with me?"

Su Bai: "Keep a low profile, keep a low profile. All that is past and gone; there is truly no need to mention it."

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Chapter 21: Did the two of you not do good deeds last night?

Fontaine.

Lumine and Paimon have already returned to the place where they stayed temporarily when they first came to Fontaine.

"Lumine, why don't you chat with Su Bai in the group and ask where he is now?"

"Let's go find him."

Find him?

What for?

Lumine haughtily flicked her hair: "Why should we go find him? Why doesn't he come find us?"

"And I'm really puzzled about what exactly happened to me in my past life."

"Falling for someone?"

"That's not like me at all."

"Perhaps it is truly as others say." Paimon transformed into a detective and spoke with feigned maturity: "Maybe what was shown on the light curtain was only a general outline; many detailed circumstances were not fully disclosed."

"Perhaps only after you regain your memories will you be able to fully understand exactly what the two of you experienced."

Paimon's analysis calmed Lumine down.

But as soon as she saw Su Bai acting so familiar in the live stream,

Lumine didn't know why, but her chest felt stifled.

In the past life, they were like a loving couple; in this life, they are like strangers.

Playing quite the game, Reincarnator.

【Arrived at Diluc's tavern.】

【The group indeed found Venti.】

【Diluc said he didn't look old enough to drink, but Venti stated that he had been able to drink long ago.】

【Unfortunately, he could only drink some loose wine.】

【The group conducted a simple conversation; according to Venti's suggestion, they needed to use the purified blood of the dragon to repair the strings of the Skyward Harp.】