Time moved slowly.
In a flash, it was afternoon.
At Wanwen Bookhouse.
Jifang put down the book in her hands, stretched her waist, and cast her gaze toward the numerous readers sitting in the tea house.
Some were reading with rapt attention, occasionally lifting the teacup at their hand to take a small sip.
There were also quite a few young men and women excitedly exchanging their thoughts on the books with their companions.
"To be fair, although Old Thief Fang Qiu is guilty of terrible crimes, when it comes to character building, Old Thief Fang Qiu has reached the peak of perfection. From Kaori to Jack, then to Tang Xuejian, and now Lady Zixuan."
"The romantic entanglements spanning three lifetimes... being obsessed with love, and then disregarding one's own safety for the sake of love. It really is too moving."
"You forgot to mention Long Kui. To see her brother one more time, she waited alone for a thousand years. A thousand years... how lonely must that be? If only I had such a younger sister."
"Uh, I heard that the god who came out to stir up trouble a while ago was pinned into the sea by Rex Lapis for a thousand years back then. It should be able to understand that feeling."
"Although what you say makes sense, I still feel it's a bit strange."
"Speaking of which, aren't you worried the ending will be a tragedy again?"
"What can we do about that? I don't want to see the ending in advance; that would lose the joy of reading."
"It's fine. I just flipped to the last two pages and took a casual glance. Jing Tian and Xuejian are happily flirting playfully. Jing Tian even praised Xuejian for looking good, and Xuejian called Jing Tian cheesy and told him to go away, but Jing Tian said he wouldn't go."
"Although you spoiled the ending, it sounds like the ending is quite sweet, so I'll spare you this time."
"It looks like Old Thief Fang Qiu has changed her nature. I'm somewhat looking forward to the romantic development between Jing Tian and Tang Xuejian now."
"I didn't expect the ending not to be a tragedy... It seems my plan to sever all emotions and desires and go to Jueyun Karst to seek immortals and ask about the Dao will have to be postponed."
A bald youth, who seemed to have seen through the mortal world and had neither sadness nor joy on his face, sighed.
"Damn it, she's actually not torturing us anymore? I wanted to exercise my endurance."
The crowd discussed spiritedly, and the entire Wanwen Bookhouse was once again filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Hearing their conversation, Jifang couldn't help but stare blankly for a moment. She looked at the copy of Sword and Fairy at her hand and couldn't help but smile.
She hadn't expected that this book would actually have a grand reunion ending.
Meanwhile, at Fang Qiu's home.
Inside the room, Fang Qiu was lying on the bed like a Salted Fish, her eyes listless as she stared dully at the Jumpy Dumpty in front of her.
The snow-white, silky undergarments on her body were incredibly messy, revealing large patches of snow-white, delicate skin.
Her window faced the ocean, so the afternoon sunlight couldn't shine into her room. Even with the window open, the entire room appeared slightly dim.
A burst of gentle sea breeze blew past, brushing against her fair, slender, snowy back. Only after feeling slightly cold did Fang Qiu move. She shrank her body, then rolled over to prove she was still alive.
However, with this turn, the undergarments on her body became even messier, exposing large areas of white, tender skin. Through the clothes, one could even see the tender flesh pressed out of shape.
"What do I do? I'm so bored," Fang Qiu muttered, staring dully at the ceiling with listless eyes.
Hu Tao and Xiangling weren't home...
No one to accompany her...
She didn't want to go out alone.
As for writing books?
Writing books was impossible. As an old Salted Fish, after finishing a book, she just wanted to lie down properly.
New book?
If she could delay it a day, she would delay it a day. If she couldn't delay it a day, she would delay it by two hours.
As a 'pigeon', there was no such thing as disciplined writing work.
There wasn't in the past, there wouldn't be now, and there certainly wouldn't be in the future.
If there were a computer right now, she would definitely be curled up inside the Jumpy Dumpty, holding a blanket while watching anime or movies.
Or perhaps experiencing a hearty ten-game losing streak in a game.
Fang Qiu tried to perform a carp kip-up to get up—and failed...
Her body smashed back onto the bed. Fortunately, after getting money, she had changed the bed to a set with a soft duvet and mattress; otherwise, that fall would probably have been quite painful.
Thus, Fang Qiu honestly rolled over and propped her body up with her hands before finally sitting up from the bed.
Sorrow.
After so many days, the power of her Vision had clearly increased so much, yet her body remained terribly weak without a shred of improvement. Instead, because she had stayed at home for too long, it had become even weaker.
Let alone a carp kip-up, she couldn't even do a sit-up.
"Sigh."
She sighed faintly and waved her hand. A mist of azure icy fog rose up.
Three azure ice swords, shimmering with cold air, condensed into existence.
She didn't know if it was because Sword and Fairy had exploded in popularity, or because The Eternal and Your Lie in April were selling well in Inazuma.
The power contained within the ice swords had gone up another level compared to before.
Although she hadn't gone to the wild to find Hilichurls to test her combat power these past few days, according to her guess, she should be able to easily insta-kill two or three Hilichurls now.
Of course, the premise was that they all had to attack from the front. If they attacked separately from other directions, it wouldn't be that easy.
If she were ambushed, then...
Regardless, she had already made great progress.
This was the so-called 'thirty years east of the river, thirty years west'; do not bully a young girl for being poor.
Now, she was no longer that weakling who was only worth one-third of a wild boar.
"Disperse."
Exhaling gently, Fang Qiu waved her hand lightly.
The ice swords immediately trembled softly and turned into ice crystals, dissipating away.
After the ice swords dispersed, Fang Qiu's delicate body couldn't help but shiver.
Cold...
It was so cold that she subconsciously shrank her body and hugged her arms.
Ugh...
Speaking of which, having a big chest is so inconvenient...
Even hugging her arms caused squeezing...
If only they were smaller. Looking down, she couldn't even see her toes.
"Sigh."
After sighing faintly, Fang Qiu lay on the window sill, watching the sunlight outside pouring onto the sea surface, sparkling with shimmering waves.
Forget it. With such good weather, let's go out to Bubu Pharmacy and see if Qiqi is there.
She had been terribly busy lately; she wondered how Qiqi was doing.
Did she remember her properly?
Thus, she went to the bronze mirror and looked at the lovely, charming figure full of feminine allure reflected within. She tidied the messy undergarments on her body, brushed back her messy white hair, and tucked it behind her ear. Then, she took out a set of clean clothes that had been folded and placed in the wardrobe, slowly putting them on and concealing all the skin exposed to the air under the clothes.
After dressing, fixing her makeup, locking the window, and taking the keys from the table, Fang Qiu opened the door.
However, she had only just walked to the stairs when she saw a young girl dressed in purple, with a cat-ear twintail hairstyle, standing downstairs and preparing to come up.
Eh?
This is...
The Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, Keqing!
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