Genshin Impact: Return of the Immortal Realm starts with being chased by Shadow

It should be Youle Zhai, and he was the only one who would use this method to find him.

"Then I'll leave first, Youying. You should pay attention to safety when you go home."

"okay."

However, after Lin Jinnian turned around and left, he felt a slight force suddenly pull the corner of his clothes after taking only a few steps.

"Yu Ying?"

Lin Jinnian saw Youying following his feet, holding his clothes tightly with her right hand and lowering her head.

"Brother... um, can you touch my head?" Youying said softly.

For some reason, her voice made people feel a sense of pity.

"……of course."

Lin Jinnian knelt down, stretched out his hand and gently rubbed Youying's head, and then pinched her little face.

"Well...thank you, brother..." Youying smiled at him.

Youying smiled and thanked him, then ran away without looking back.

But even though she controlled it well, the sadness and gloom in her eyes could not be hidden, and Lin Jinnian still captured it.

silence.

He watched Youying gradually disappear from sight, his gaze so deep that he could only see the darkness in his eyes.

The Youying just now reminded him of someone.

He didn't want to see that look again.

……

……

After reorganizing his thoughts, Lin Jinnian's originally impetuous heart returned to calm.

He realized that this matter should not be done rashly. Blind intervention would be counterproductive. He also needed to know more information about Youying...

Maybe you can ask Xiaogong.

With this in mind, Lin Jinnian turned the corner and saw a familiar fireworks shop.

But when he came to the store, he didn't see anyone, neither Xiaomiya nor Mr. Naganohara.

In the backyard?

Just when he was about to go in and take a look, Xiao Gong's shout suddenly came from above his head.

"Lin Jinnian! I'm here!"

He took a few steps back, walked out of the store and looked up.

Only then did I realize that Xiao Gong had climbed up to the roof and was sitting on the eaves, with a few small sparrows staying beside him.

Seeing that Lin Jinnian finally found him, Xiaogong tilted his head and smiled, as if he had successfully tricked him.

As if being infected by her smile, Lin Jinnian also smiled a little, then jumped lightly, flew onto the roof, and landed on the narrow eaves.

His move almost scared Xiao Gong, but the movement was extremely small and did not even disturb the little bird on Xiao Gong's fingertips.

Xiao Gong came back to his senses and immediately showed an expression of admiration and said in surprise.

"Wow! It's amazing!"

"Want to learn? I can teach you."

"Well...if you're tired, forget it...hehe."

Lin Jinnian smiled and sat next to her and did not continue talking.

However, before he could speak, Xiao Gong took the initiative to introduce Xiao Tuan Que to him.

She saw three small and exquisite sparrows flying into her palm one after another. Xiao Gong pointed at them and said one by one.

"Look, it's Xiaoxiao, it's Tuantuan, it's..."

"Finch?"

"Hehe, you have guessed this!"

After being told that Hou Xiaogong's face was even brighter, she was obviously very satisfied with the three names she had chosen.

“Aren’t they adorable!”

She's like a little kid who finds a novel toy and can't wait to share it with her best friend.

"They even pecked me at first! It took me several days to get along with them..."

Xiao Gong proudly showed off to Lin Jinnian, constantly telling about the habits and characteristics of these three little finches, as well as what she thought were cute.

After chatting with Xiao Tuanque, Xiao Gong shared with Lin Jinnian the happy and troubled things she encountered these days, as well as what new progress she had made in fireworks.

He kept talking, as if he wanted to make up for what he had not said to Lin Jinnian these days.

Lin Jinnian didn't interrupt her, and just listened quietly beside her, making remarks from time to time, making Xiao Gong burst into laughter.

After a long time, when Xiao Gong finally said he was tired, Lin Jinnian started talking about him.

"By the way Xiaogong, Youying said you were looking for me?"

"Oh! We were so happy chatting that I almost forgot! Sorry..." Xiao Gong patted his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

Then she took out a folded note from her close-fitting bag and handed it solemnly to Lin Jinnian's hand.

"Well, this is what a friend of yours left for you yesterday when he came to my place. Don't worry, I didn't read it!"

"He said he came to see you, but I couldn't contact you for a while, so he left a note and left."

Xiao Gong put his index finger on his chin and recalled what happened yesterday.

"But... I asked him who he was and he refused to tell me. He was also wearing a black cloak... covering his face with a hood and lowering his head... it was completely unclear what he looked like!"

"Is he really your friend? That's weird..."

The more Xiao Gong thought about it, the scarier it became, because that outfit reminded her of the villain in the light novel!

"He's not a bad person, is he?"

She turned to look at Lin Jinnian, worry revealed in her eyes.

Lin Jinnian opened the note, looked at the contents, and replied calmly.

"Well, it's him, it's just that he's a bit weird."

"Thank you, Xiao Gong."

"It's okay, it's just a small favor."

After receiving Lin Jinnian's reply, Xiao Gong was relieved.

After getting the address where Youle Zhai asked him to go, Lin Jinnian had one more thing to do.

"Xiao Gong, I want to ask you about Youying. Is she acting a little strange recently?"

"You...know what?"

Chapter 255 Xiao Gong can’t say

For some reason, Xiaogong's body trembled suddenly when this topic came up.

Lin Jinnian felt that her mood had obviously become depressed, and her expression had also become gloomy... Compared with her usual liveliness, she simply didn't look like her.

"Well, actually it's because of her family..."

Xiao Gong waited for a while before speaking, but when he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly became speechless.

As if she remembered something, she quickly covered her mouth with her hands to stop herself from continuing.

Her unusual behavior made Lin Jinnian even more concerned.

"What's the matter? Is there any difficulty?"

"I..." Xiao Gong looked at Lin Jinnian but hesitated.

She glanced elsewhere, not daring to look at him, and tangled her fingers together, struggling internally.

Finally, she clenched her hands tightly, made up her mind and said cruelly.

"Well... I promised her not to tell... I'm sorry..."

As if afraid that Lin Jinnian would misunderstand him, Xiao Gong hurriedly added.

"This is different from the previous ones. It really doesn't work...she didn't want to say it...I'm sorry..."

Of course she wanted to help Youying, wouldn't it be nice to have one more person to care about?

But when she thought of the state that Youying was in when she came to ask her for help... she really didn't dare to tell her.

That humble, begging look, hoping for mercy... made her feel very distressed and worried.

And Xiaogong was afraid that Lin Jinnian would think that she didn't understand the importance of importance and would disregard Youying's safety for a promise... Then she really couldn't explain it.

Lin Jinnian is her very good friend, and she doesn't want that.

Seeing the embarrassment in Xiao Gong's eyes, Lin Jinnian did not continue to ask.

"Really...it doesn't matter."

Since Xiao Gong had an unexplainable reason, he could just investigate it himself. There was no need to embarrass a little girl.

"Um...sorry..."

Lin Jinnian did not ask any more questions, which made Xiao Gong's tortured heart feel better, but the depression in her heart still lingered.

The more Lin Jinnian behaves like this, the more he understands her difficulties and thinks about her, the more Xiaogong blames himself.

She bit her lip hard, and a little blood flowed out, but the strong pain also made her sober.

She knew what else she could do.

"But, but." Xiao Gong endured the pain and said.

"Although Youying doesn't really want others to get involved in her affairs, I still hope you can pay more attention to her, because she seems to like you very much... Please!"

She lowered her head towards Lin Jinnian.

"..."

Lin Jinnian saw the look of hope that Xiao Gong had given him just now, and was deeply moved by it.

Finally agreed.

"Well, I see."

Hearing this, Xiao Gong raised his head and thanked Lin Jinnian sincerely.

"Thank you, Lin Jinnian."

At this time, her long-suppressed heart finally relaxed, but the corners of her eyes were a little sore.

Great……

But suddenly, seeing Xiao Gong's relieved look, Lin Jinnian unexpectedly reached out and touched her head.

"Eh……"

Xiao Gong was stunned.

Her eyes were full of surprise and disbelief.

Lin Jinnian took his hand back before he could even react.

Then Lin Jinnian didn't stop, got up and left.