Genshin, No sad stories

Jiang Chen and Lumine didn't head straight to Mingyun Village.

Instead, they went down to the beach.

The path leading down hadn't been used in a long time, and the surrounding area was overgrown with weeds.

From time to time, some snakes even slithered by.

However, as soon as they poked their heads out, Jiang Chen instantly killed them.

Jiang Chen wouldn't allow such creatures to appear in his line of sight.

After descending, they arrived at Yaoguang Shoal.

The sand here was fine and soft.

A natural beach.

Looking at the quality of the sand, Jiang Chen was quite pleased.

The three of them began exploring the beach.

They were looking for a suitable spot to settle temporarily, as the entire area seemed quite ideal.

For now, they just wanted to have some fun here.

"Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen!"

"The seawater here is warm!"

"How amazing."

Paimon was fascinated as she played in the water.

The seawater here didn't feel cold.

Instead, it was slightly warm.

Very comfortable.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen also crouched down and touched the water.

"Indeed."

"Maybe it's because of the abundant sunlight."

"But this also means the seafood here must be excellent."

"The warm climate is perfect for many marine creatures to thrive here."

"If we go beachcombing, we'll definitely find a lot of seafood."

As he said this, Jiang Chen began wandering around.

Then... he indeed spotted quite a few large crabs.

Perhaps because no one came here and posed no threat to them, these little creatures had no sense of danger.

It was practically like picking them up.

Jiang Chen grabbed a large, menacing crab.

"So plump."

"Let's catch a few more, and we'll have them for lunch!"

After saying this, Jiang Chen got to work.

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Paimon's eyes lit up.

"Yay!"

"I'll help catch them too."

With that, Paimon also started working.

However... Paimon was likely to get bullied by the crabs while trying to catch them.

"Wow!"

"Lumine, help me! It's pinching me."

"Wahh!!"

"It hurts!"

The more excited she had been earlier, the more狼狈 she looked now.

Paimon was on the verge of tears.

Seeing her like this, Lumine was speechless.

"Silly Paimon!!"

With that, she quickly pried the crab's claw off.

Was Paimon trying to make her laugh to death? Getting bullied by a crab.

"Damn it, I'm going to eat you today!"

Paimon looked at her injured finger and glared fiercely at the crab.

She was absolutely furious.

No matter what, she was going to eat that crab today!!

Hearing this, Jiang Chen also laughed.

"We'll braise it for you later."

"Can't even beat a crab. How embarrassing, Paimon."

Hearing this, Paimon immediately protested.

"Hmph!"

"I just wasn't careful."

"It's not that I couldn't beat it!!"

Damn it.

Paimon was very angry, and the consequences would be severe!!

Today, she was going to eat that crab.

The three of them spent some time beachcombing and eventually found a suitable spot to build a house.

This place was close to Guili Plains and had a patch of green grass.

In the game, it was just a bit below the teleport waypoint.

Here, you could even find a luxurious chest.

But unfortunately, in reality, there was no such thing.

Many things from the game didn't exist in reality.

Primogems, for example, and Constellations too.

In a way, everyone was essentially at full Constellation?

"We'll just buy this place outright."

"The area is quite large."

"Judging from the watermarks on the ground,"

"Even during high tide, the water won't reach here."

Jiang Chen looked at the surroundings and shared his thoughts.

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Lumine also glanced around.

"This place is indeed quite nice."

"But is it really suitable for building a house?"

Lumine was a bit skeptical. If they built a house here, what if it got washed away by water?

After all, if there was a major flood upstream, this place would be completely isolated.

"No problem."

"It's fine."

"It won't be affected."

"If it were, there wouldn't be green grass here."

Jiang Chen wasn't worried about this issue at all.

Because it wouldn't be affected.

The terrain was relatively high.

Unless some ancient god came to cause trouble,

There wouldn't be any issues here.

But an ancient god causing trouble?

You wanna try?

Let's see if I don't take you out.

"If we buy all of this, it'll probably cost a lot of money, right?"

Lumine didn't have any more objections.

But looking at the vast area,

It had to be tens of thousands of square meters, right? Could they really afford this?

"Actually, we don't need to buy all of it."

"We just need the higher ground here."

"The rest... if anyone wants to build here, they can."

As he said this, Jiang Chen's expression turned a bit strange.

If they bought the higher ground, the lower areas unsuitable for building would likely be left untouched.

Which would essentially mean they owned it too.

After all, the lower areas were just beaches.

The actual land was only the higher part.

As long as grass could grow here, they could grow vegetables.

So, they just needed to buy the parts where they could grow crops.

Hearing this, Lumine thought about it and didn't say anything more.

She had no further objections.

Jiang Chen's suggestion made sense.

In such a remote area, no matter how expensive it was, it wouldn't be too costly.

After all, they only wanted this part.

The money they had should be enough.

The three of them sat together, roasting crabs.

Paimon vengefully ate the crab that had bullied her, finally getting her revenge.

After eating and drinking their fill, they played around for a while before continuing on to Guili Plains.

However, Jiang Chen didn't plan to take the long way back.

"We'll just fly over."

"Paimon, hold onto Lumine."

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, Paimon immediately acted.

Without hesitation, she grabbed Lumine's arm.

Meanwhile, Lumine was completely baffled.

"Fly?"

"How?"

Before she could react, Jiang Chen wrapped his arm around her waist.

Then they took off.

Suddenly being held by Jiang Chen, Lumine's face turned bright red.

"Ah!"

"You!!"

Lumine was extremely embarrassed.

She hadn't expected Jiang Chen to do this.

He had actually held her like this.

"Don't move around!"

"If you fall, you'll be fine, but Paimon will be in trouble."

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, before Lumine could say anything, Paimon spoke up.

"Yeah, yeah."

"Lumine, don't move around. What if I fall?"

"I'd get squished, right?"

Paimon fully agreed with Jiang Chen's words.

Jiang Chen was always so considerate of her.

Hearing this, Lumine was both angry and amused.

"Paimon, don't you know how to fly?"

"Why are you scared?"

"Wait, Jiang Chen, what are you doing?!"

"Stop moving your hand higher!!"

Lumine suddenly realized something was off.

What was Jiang Chen doing, moving his hand like that?

Saying she was moving around?

It was clearly you who was moving around, wasn't it?

Damn it, you're taking advantage of me?

Lumine felt like she had never suffered such a big loss before.