Chapter 221

"That thief stole my purse."

"Oh, I know he stole your purse."

"Eh?" Tianquan Ningguang heard this, stopped her hand, and froze in place.

What is this guy up to? He clearly knows the purse in his hand is mine, yet he won't return it.

Is he deliberately seeking amusement at my expense?

Thinking this, Tianquan Ningguang cried even harder.

However, Su Bai paid no attention to the little Tianquan Ningguang who was crying loudly.

He picked at his ear and said calmly, "I exerted quite a bit of effort helping you reclaim your purse."

"Our Liyue is the City of Contracts."

"You can't expect me to work for nothing; gaining without labor is the great enemy of the contract spirit."

"You must at least offer some sincerity to sign a contract with me to help you recover your purse before I can return it to you, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tianquan Ningguang.

Immediately fell silent.

Tianquan Ningguang, who was poor since childhood and wanted to change her fate through commerce, naturally understood that Liyue is the City of Contracts.

Just like commercial trade, there is selling and buying; for Liyue, which is commerce-focused, the contract spirit is especially important.

"But..." Tianquan Ningguang lowered her head dejectedly: "But I no longer have an equivalent item to sign a contract with you."

Contracts naturally require equivalent exchange. Yang

Tianquan Ningguang naturally understood this principle.

However, what she did not expect was that Su Bai pointed his finger at her pocket: "Don't you still have a lollipop in your pocket?"

Chapter 124: Su Bai on the Left, Tianquan Ningguang on the Right, the Time Archon Descends upon Teyvat

Indeed, just as people expected.

Su Bai did not take the last lollipop from Tianquan Ningguang's pocket for nothing.

But little Tianquan Ningguang was so cute; it was a pity Su Bai only took the lollipop.

In the live stream.

Lumine: "Su Ye lost out big time; at this moment, he should have taken little Tianquan Ningguang home to be a child bride."

Paimon: "Uh... Su Bai probably didn't expect Tianquan Ningguang's final achievement to reach such heights."

Keqing: "I agree; Su Bai took Seeing Shenhe, yet only wanted the lollipop from Tianquan Ningguang's hand; it's a pity."

Cloud Retainer: "What nonsense are you talking? Seeing Shenhe and Tianquan Ningguang are of different natures, okay?"

Tianquan Ningguang: "Perhaps Su Bai saw through my ambitions long ago, so he didn't take me into the immortal sect. Alas... what a pity..."

Xiangling: "Ah, even my lord Tianquan Ningguang feels it's a pity."

Tianquan Ningguang: "Missed the closest fate with Mr. Su Bai (So difficult · Furina)."

Seeing Shenhe: "(Staring · Seeing Shenhe)"

Ganyu: "Is junior sister unhappy?"

Seeing Shenhe: "Ah, no, I just sent it on a whim."

The wind on the Jade Chamber blew through Tianquan Ningguang's dancing white hair.

She stood at the edge of the sky, overlooking the entire Liyue Harbor.

The place where her gaze settled was precisely the district where Anjing Ju resides.

"Hey, kid, I've already given you the purse; why are you still following behind my butt?"

Su Bai, with the lollipop Tianquan Ningguang gave him in his mouth, looked with an expression of "impatience" at the little Tianquan Ningguang following closely behind him.

Hearing Su Bai's question, Tianquan Ningguang took small steps and quickly ran to Su Bai's front.

She handed the entire purse in her hand into Su Bai's hands.

"Hmm?"

The little white-haired girl's action truly made Su Bai stunned.

He couldn't quite understand what she wanted to do.

"What are you doing?"

Su Bai asked suspiciously.

"Sign another contract with me."

Tianquan Ningguang's voice sounded slightly weak, but her eyes were filled with expectation.

"You were able to snatch my purse from the thief's hands; you must be very powerful."

"So..."

"Can you sign a contract with me to protect Liyue's stability, so that thieves stealing money no longer appear?"

"Liyue is a country based on commerce; if those doing business do not have a stable business environment, how can business prosper?"

"If people's hard work is easily destroyed by others, no one will do business anymore."

The innocent Tianquan Ningguang mustered her courage, looking at Su Bai with determined eyes.

This scene truly exceeded Su Bai's imagination.

The little girl before him was young, yet her vision was so forward-looking.

In the future, she will absolutely be a figure of 597 unparalleled greatness.

Seeing Su Bai did not answer.

The momentum Tianquan Ningguang had built up instantly weakened.

"Um..."

"I know the money in my hand isn't enough to sign such a contract with you, but rest assured, it's just like when you helped me snatch back my purse earlier."

"I'll make up the difference in the contract once I've earned some money. How does that sound?"

Upon hearing this.

A smile curled at the corners of Su Bai's mouth as he tossed the purse back to Tianquan Ningguang.

The moment Tianquan Ningguang caught the purse, a trace of loneliness swept across her refined face.

"As expected, such a request was a bit too much."

To ask a powerful figure like the one before her to provide merchants with a stable business environment.

Indeed, the Mora in her purse was not enough to sign a contract with him.

However, the next second.

The voice that entered Tianquan Ningguang's ears left her stunned in place.

She looked at Su Bai's retreating back, and a joyful flush rose on her beautiful face.

"As long as you promise me that even when you become a very powerful merchant in the future, you will maintain the bottom line of being human and not become the kind of person blinded by greed, I will promise you to guarantee Liyue's peace and stability."

"I promise you." Tianquan Ningguang nodded vigorously at Su Bai's departing back.

"Good, the contract is sealed."

A smile curled at the corners of Tianquan Ningguang's mouth atop the Jade Chamber.

A faint smile.

"It seems I was too naive back in my childhood."

"That I fell for the True Lord's trick."

Recalling the past.

Happiness overflowed on Tianquan Ningguang's face.

With her current status and position, and the intelligence in her hands.

Uncovering Su Bai's identity was not particularly difficult.

Upon learning the result, Tianquan Ningguang was not overly shocked.

After all, in her feeling, the mysterious Liyue Stability True Lord should be someone like Su Bai.

"Sigh..."

Tianquan Ningguang turned to look at the Jade Chamber behind her.

"Originally, I wanted to erect a statue for you atop the Jade Chamber on the day it covers the seven nations."

"But it seems that won't be possible now."