Genshin Impact: I Picked Up a Cat at the Start

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Qing finally spoke, "Are you interested in making money by filming videos? It's a quick way to earn money."

As if sensing the seriousness in Zhu Qing's tone, Yae Miko narrowed her eyes and asked, "Are there any downsides to this job?"

Zhu Qing frankly said, "You will be exposed to the public, become very popular, and many people will like you."

Kirara asked curiously from the side, "But is that a bad thing?"

Yae Miko chuckled and patted Kirara's shoulder, saying tactfully, "Then I'm not suitable for this job. After all, I'm just a weak woman now. If there are so many fanatic fans, it's quite dangerous..."

Watching Yae Miko put on such a serious act, Zhu Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry. A thousand-year-old fox pretending to be a weak woman?

Probably, with just a flick of her beautiful fox fingers, countless simps would rush to offer her everything.

This little fox who talks about others being in danger is the most dangerous one herself.

Zhu Qing thought carefully, "If you want to do it, I can still solve the problems."

Yae Miko blinked and continued to choose her clothes, "I don't want to be watched like an animal."

After a terrifying scene flashed in her mind, Kirara shuddered, "I don't want to either."

Zhu Qing stared at Yae Miko.

Staring at her fair face like white porcelain, the slight curve at the corner of her eyes was concealing her true thoughts.

Unexpectedly, the little fox is quite sensible, knowing to consider my feelings... Zhu Qing thought to himself.

Zhu Qing calculated his current assets and said, "Miko, Kirara, don't worry about the price, buy whatever you like, it's on me."

"Really?"

"Of course! Buy it, I'll take care of clearing the shopping cart."

Upon hearing this, Yae Miko's eyes lit up, feeling that Takezo was incredibly handsome at this moment.

Takezo nodded slightly: "Since you're following me, if I have food, you'll have soup."

But it might just be a misperception.

In that instant, Takezo saw a look of madness on Yae Miko's face.

While frantically clicking on the shopping cart, Yae Miko casually asked, "By the way, Takezo, how did you get to know us?"

From the beginning, Yae Miko had been very curious about this.

Even if he said he had some tricks to learn about the things on Teyvat, he shouldn't know so much.

However, Takezo not only knew everything about Teyvat, but even had a portrait of Lady Furina.

This made Yae Miko very puzzled. Had Takezo been to Teyvat? How could he be so familiar with it?

Faced with Yae Miko's doubts, Takezo was stunned for a moment.

From the beginning, he hadn't told them that Teyvat was just the world view of the Genshin Impact game.

He was afraid they wouldn't be able to accept the absurdity and pain of his first half of life being fabricated.

But with the speed of modern information flow, it was impossible for Takezo to hide it from them for too long...

Rather than waiting for their friendship to shatter after they discover the truth themselves, Zhuqing might as well give them a fatal blow now.

「Host, please note that the Teyvat continent where Yae Miko and Kirara currently reside is a Teyvat storyline that has undergone a mutation, not the real Teyvat continent.」

"Huh? What does that mean?"

「Host's permissions are insufficient.」

"What can I say?"

Putting aside the mutated storyline mentioned by the system, Zhuqing was still determined to tell Yae Miko and Kirara the truth.

He asked, pretending to be nonchalant, "It's quite simple, but you need to be mentally prepared."

Kirara took the tablet that Yae Miko handed over and began to choose new clothes for herself, her eyes glued to the screen.

Yae Miko looked at Zhuqing triumphantly, "Don't underestimate me. Let me guess, are we light novel characters?"

Having only arrived in the real world recently, Yae Miko couldn't yet imagine a game running on electronic devices.

Zhuqing pursed his lips, "Close enough, you're virtual characters, but not entirely virtual."

Yae Miko was stunned, temporarily unable to understand Zhuqing's words.

Zhuqing explained, "The you of the past were virtual characters. The you of today are standing right in front of me, a living, breathing person."

The tall young man's eyes held concern, explaining her existence as calmly and simply as possible.

Yae Miko felt a warmth in her heart, nodding with a light smile, "I understand, so how did you come to know about us?"

Zhuqing gently placed his palm on his chest: "With the heart."

Yae Miko was a bit surprised by this answer, and smiled with narrowed eyes: "That's truly making me feel flattered..."

Zhuqing provided a channel: "You can try searching for 'Genshin Impact', and you'll find out what you want to know."

"Really?"

Yae Miko curiously walked to the laptop that Zhuqing had placed on the table: "How do you use this? Can you teach me?"

Zhuqing suddenly remembered that they didn't know Pinyin yet, only the simplest Arabic numerals.

He slapped his forehead: "Don't worry, I'll search for Genshin Impact for you first, and I'll teach you to read later when we have time."

Soon, information about the vast universe of Genshin Impact was displayed in front of Yae Miko, and she stared intently at the demonstration video.

In the Bilibili video, she saw many people, the Shogun, Ei, Furina, the Traveler, Paimon, and others.

The initial excitement faded away as the world-building was repeatedly revealed, and at the end of the video, she saw the 'mastermind'.

Even though she had prepared herself mentally, upon learning that her first half of life was just a story written by 'miHoYo', she immediately lost her usual composed smile.

The five hundred years under the falling cherry blossoms were a bitter wine she couldn't let go of, yet dared not taste even a drop.

She still remembered the faded face of Yuurakusai, and still dreamed every night of Kitsune Saiguu, who had left her with the Narukami Shrine and then disappeared.

When walking on the land of Inazuma, she often reminisced about the true form that made Ei determined to pursue eternity, wishing that none of this had ever happened...

Only now did she realize, were all of these things planned? Just a story written by someone else with a flourish of their pen?

Zhuqing sat quietly beside her, and said softly, "If you need a shoulder, perhaps I can be of service."

Originally, Zhuqing wanted to provoke Yae Miko to laugh at his childishness again, so as to ease the atmosphere between them.

But unexpectedly, Yae Miko actually leaned on Zhuqing's shoulder, her fluffy ears pressing against his neck, twitching slightly.

She didn't cry, just quietly leaned on Zhuqing.

The fragile little fox was silent, with no expression on her face, and no one knew what she was thinking.

After a short while, Yae Miko regained her usual coquettishness, and the endless regret could only turn into a long sigh.

"Oh my, at times like this, little one is particularly considerate, I can't help but want to cry."

"Then why don't you cry, I'll take a picture for you, how about that?"

"Tsk, you really know how to be annoying!"

Yae Miko sat up straight again, her expression revealing an undisguised sense of loss, and her beautiful purple eyes had dimmed a bit.

But she still asked with a smile, "Will Ei come?"

Zhuqing nodded slightly: "As far as I know, all the characters in Teyvat will come, and she is no exception."

Hearing that Ei would also come, Yae Miko winked playfully at Zhuqing: "Then you must keep an eye on her then."

Zhuqing was stunned.

She looked at Zhuqing's surprised expression and nodded with a smile: "That's right, she will definitely slash the 'Mihoyo' headquarters with one sword!"

Hearing this, Zhu Qing felt a chill down his spine. 'Oh no, this is bad!'

He almost forgot about that!

Kira, who had finished choosing her clothes, put down her tablet. She had heard the video playing, but she was much calmer than Yae Miko.

After all, this little cat had a happy first half of her life, without as many bumps and hardships as others.

Surrounded by the two, Zhu Qing didn't even have time to mourn for 'Mihoyo'. Next up was the landlord, the great demon king, Chen Xiaoyan!

"Knock, knock, knock!"

"The door's not locked, Zhu Qing. I'm coming in!"

The sound of Chen Xiaoyan gently pushing open the anti-theft door outside the house was followed by light footsteps...