"Report to Lady Ganyu and Lord Su Yuan — the count is complete."
A Millelith soldier aboard the Alcor addressed Ganyu and Su Yuan:
"Based on the crew information of the Alcor submitted by Captain Beidou to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and after comparing with the remaining clothing and bodily remains, we discovered that two people are unaccounted for..."
"One is Captain Beidou herself, and the other is the sailor Furong..."
"Furong?" Su Yuan showed a puzzled expression — he actually had a fairly deep impression of that sailor.
"Su Yuan, do you remember that name?" Ganyu asked.
"More than just remember — she's a small girl, but really strong. Likes to arm wrestle..."
"She even said that if someone could beat her at arm wrestling, she'd make them her partner..."
"But according to her, no one's managed to beat her yet — aside from Beidou..."
"Wait a minute..."
Su Yuan suddenly seemed to have thought of something, then quickly spoke:
"Could it be that on the way back to Liyue from Inazuma, Beidou arm-wrestled Furong? And actually beat her?"
"And that somehow caused Furong to fall into an eerie state? Which then led to everything that happened aboard the Alcor?"
"But even if your theory holds true, Su Yuan," Ganyu said after thinking it over, "where would we even begin looking for Beidou and Furong? And once we find them, how would we get Furong out of her eerie state?"
"If the condition for Furong's eerie state was losing an arm wrestling match," Su Yuan continued, "then is it possible... that if someone were to beat her in arm wrestling while she's in that state, it might just bring her back to normal?"
Su Yuan said thoughtfully:
"But this is all just speculation. If Furong refuses to arm wrestle with us, or if this method doesn't work at all, then we'll have no choice but to find another way to deal with her..."
"But for now, the most urgent matter is figuring out where Beidou and Furong are..."
"If it really is because Beidou beat Furong in arm wrestling, and Furong now sees Beidou as her partner..."
Ganyu spoke up:
"Then according to Liyue tradition... could they have gone home to meet the parents?"
"Oh my god, Ganyu, are you a genius or something?!"
Su Yuan sighed and said:
"This possibility does make sense. Since we have no better leads right now, we might as well go and check it out."
However, the results of their investigation left Su Yuan a bit surprised...
It turned out that Beidou had been an orphan since childhood — she had no parents at all.
And Furong's parents had also passed away when she was very young...
"Either way, we can only go visit Furong's parents' grave," Ganyu said.
"If Beidou and Furong aren't there, then we'll just have to think of something else..."
"But we can't just rush over unprepared," Su Yuan added, clearly thinking ahead.
"We need to find someone who can definitely beat Furong at arm wrestling."
"Even before her eerie state, Furong had exceptional physical strength. With that eerie power enhancing her, she'll be even more monstrously strong..."
"Ganyu, Shenhe is your junior apprentice, right? Do you think you can get in touch with her?"
Su Yuan turned to Ganyu and asked:
"She was born with incredible strength. If she could help us arm wrestle Furong, we might actually stand a real chance..."
"Shenhe isn't in Liyue Harbor right now — she's currently cultivating in seclusion on Mt. Aocang," Ganyu replied.
"While I do have a secret technique from our master that can be used to contact her, it would still take her quite some time to return from Mt. Aocang..."
"Delays bring danger. I'm afraid we don't have enough time. The longer this drags on, the more likely it is that something worse will happen — more chaos, more casualties..."
"Then there's no other way. If we can't win through sheer strength, we'll just have to rely on some clever tricks instead..."
At that moment, Su Yuan already had an idea forming in his mind.
"Ganyu, let's go. We'll find a lumber shop, take a little time to customize something — then we'll head straight to Furong's parents' grave and see if Beidou and the others are there!"
...........
After customizing a special wooden board, Su Yuan and Ganyu hurried to the grave of Furong's parents...
Sure enough, at that moment, offerings of food and wine had been placed in front of the grave — and Furong was sitting there, holding Beidou in her arms, muttering softly to herself...
"Father... Mother... When I was little, you always said I wasn't ladylike enough, that I'd never find a partner in the future…"
"But I don't think I was wrong. I just wanted to find someone stronger than me — what's wrong with that?"
"But now it's fine. I've finally found the one I love — and that's Big Sis Beidou!"
"Don't talk to me about carrying on the family line — gender doesn't matter at all!"
"If we really want a child, we can just adopt one, right?"
"And if that doesn't work... we could just steal one from someone else!"
Beidou seemed to have noticed Su Yuan and Ganyu approaching the grave, and she spoke up in a flustered voice:
"Su Yuan? Ganyu? What are you two doing here?"
"Furong has already been taken over by the eerie force— everyone on the ship is dead!"
"You need to leave right now! Don't worry about me, just go! Don't look back!!!"
"Beidou, don't worry — we're here to save you!" Su Yuan called back.
"Save her? Hah! Looks to me like you're just here to take Big Sis Beidou away from me!"
Furong's arms loosened their grip on Beidou as she slowly stood up, glaring at Su Yuan and Ganyu with intense hostility…
"Anyone who dares stand between me and Big Sis Beidou — must die!!!"
"Furong! Wait — don't be hasty!!!"
Su Yuan shouted, then quickly placed the specially made wooden board on the ground!
"You like arm wrestling so much, right? Then do you dare face me in a fair and square match?"
The moment Furong heard the words "arm wrestling," her interest was instantly piqued.
A twisted, excited smile spread across her face:
"Hahahahaha… Su Yuan, I really didn't expect you to challenge me to an arm wrestling match!"
"Su Yuan! Don't arm wrestle Furong!!!" Beidou shouted loudly from behind.
"Furong's strength has always far exceeded that of normal people — and now that she's corrupted by eerie force, there's no way you can beat her!!!"
But Su Yuan acted as if he hadn't heard Beidou at all.
On top of the wooden board, his hand was already locked with Furong's.
"Let me explain the rules simply," Su Yuan said to Furong.
"Whoever's hand touches the board loses. Understood?"
"Bring it on," she sneered.
"In the realm of arm wrestling — I will never lose to you!"
"Furong" spoke with absolute confidence.
Su Yuan gave Ganyu a subtle glance, and Ganyu nodded in understanding before speaking:
"Then I'll act as the referee for this match."
"When I say 'start,' the contest will officially begin."
"Now then, contestants — are you ready? Take your positions…"
"Three… two… START!!!"
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