Chapter 545

The old me was still too naive.

In an instant, a flash of inspiration lit up her mind.

"If you mix the drink well, hold it in your mouth, then spit it back into the cup.

Or do it right in front of the customer.

Even if, thanks to her constitution, it still ends up delicious, surely it would be hard to get past it psychologically, right?"

Thinking of this, a hint of delight appeared on Diona's face.

"This is amazing! Why didn't I think of this before? Coming to the manga shop was definitely the right call!"

Diona thought to herself, brimming with satisfaction.

But for now, reading the manga was still the priority.

She was still looking forward to how the story would develop next.

……

Liyue.

The alley entrance outside the branch of Jieyou Bookshop.

At this moment, a person with green hair, wearing glasses, and a white snake draped around his neck,

arrived here with a little zombie.

It was none other than Baizhu, the owner of Bubu Pharmacy, and his apprentice Seeing Qiqi.

"The place that Traveler mentioned should be right here, right?"

Baizhu surveyed the alley entrance and murmured to himself.

He had originally gone out to gather herbs today,

and hadn't expected that upon returning he'd run into the famous Traveler.

After hearing her say that Mondstadt had a very peculiar manga shop,

where one could obtain rewards just by reading manga,

and that there was now a branch in Liyue, so they could go directly if they wanted to read,

Baizhu naturally wouldn't believe such news.

Or rather,

any normal person wouldn't believe it.

But Seeing Qiqi had been pestering him for a Cryo Hilichurl.

She also said she wanted to read some zombie manga.

With no other choice, Baizhu still brought her along.

After all, it was rare for Seeing Qiqi to have somewhere she wanted to go.

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Baizhu naturally couldn't bear to refuse, treating it as taking Seeing Qiqi out for a stroll.

When the time came to expose this scam, she'd understand on her own.

"Seeing Qiqi, let's head over now and take a look at this so-called manga."

Baizhu said with a smile.

"Cryo Hilichurl! Manga!"

Hearing this, Seeing Qiqi also got a little excited.

Her memory wasn't very good.

Even though little Klee had told her a lot about the manga shop before,

she couldn't really remember much of it.

The only word she still remembered was "manga."

Of course, she'd also noted down that one could find a Cryo Hilichurl there.

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As the two passed the alley entrance, a Millelith soldier also greeted them with a smile.

"Mr. Baizhu is here at this bookshop too?"

Because the Millelith often dealt with Bubu Pharmacy,

they were also very familiar with its owner, Baizhu.

"Yes, I brought Seeing Qiqi over to take a look."

Baizhu nodded with a smile, then asked curiously.

"You know about this bookshop too?"

In his view, this bookshop's so-called reward-for-reading-manga was surely fake.

If so, in Liyue, where contracts were held in such high regard,

the Millelith, knowing this, should have stepped in.

But from the looks of things now, they didn't seem to have stepped in at all.

Instead, they were… standing guard?

"Yes, by Lady Ningguang's orders, we must stand guard here at all times.

At the same time, we must treat this bookshop with the same attitude we show toward the Rex Lapis.

If the shopkeeper has any requests, we must fulfill them; if we can't, we report to Lady Ningguang."

Because Baizhu was on close terms with the Millelith,

and since this wasn't anything important, the Millelith didn't hide it either.

"The attitude toward the Archon?!"

Bai Shu sucked in a sharp breath.

If it had been someone else, he wouldn't have been so stunned.

But after living in Liyue for so long, he knew very well the Archon's position in the hearts of Liyue's people.

It wasn't an exaggeration to call them a second parent.

Now,

the Seven Stars of Liyue were demanding such an attitude toward a bookstore owner?!"

Bai Shu had no doubt the Qianyan Army would lie to him.

The chance was virtually nonexistent.

"Could it be that the Traveler's words were true?"

A flicker of thought passed through Bai Shu's eyes.

After a moment of silence, he asked the nearby Qianyan soldier.

"Excuse me, is it true that reading comics here grants rewards?"

In Bai Shu's view, since the Qianyan Army stood guard here,

if there were rewards, they must know at least something about them.

"Reading comics for rewards? We're not quite clear on that.

But we have seen some strange things—like an umbrella that causes rain the moment it opens, and a machine that lends money."

The Qianyan soldier shook his head.

Then he remembered something and added quickly:

"Oh, right, right—there's also this 'Death God Constitution'—wherever he goes, people die."

Bai Shu: "..."

An umbrella that causes rain the moment it opens!

A machine that lends money!

A 'Death God Constitution' that kills people wherever it goes!

How is it that each one sounds stranger than the last?

Especially the last one—surely such a person would be arrested?

"Though strange, one thing is certain: this comic shop truly has magical properties!"

Bai Shu thought to himself.

If that's the case, then what exactly is the bookstore owner's background?