The next morning, Ryan brought Lumine and Paimon to Yujing Terrace.
Lumine and Paimon followed along purely out of curiosity and to see what Ryan's qiankun bag looked like after its modification.
"Auntie Ping, I'm here. They're here to help. Just tell us what materials you need, and we'll find them."
Yaoyao was busy with other matters today and wasn't present. Ryan approached Granny Ping and greeted her.
"Hello, Granny Ping."
"We're seasoned Adventurers! When it comes to finding things, we're very good at it!"
Lumine and Paimon also greeted Granny Ping, then Paimon patted her chest as she spoke.
"Hehe, alright, alright, you're all good children. But children, please wait a little longer. I've also entrusted a little friend with a task, and she should be back soon."
Granny Ping nodded kindly.
Just as Granny Ping said this, a pink-haired girl quietly approached.
"Granny~ I'm back~ Eh? Are these three..."
The pink-haired girl greeted Granny Ping, then her attention fell upon Ryan and Lumine.
"Let me introduce you. This child is Yanfei. She's the little friend I asked to run an errand."
Granny Ping waved to the pink-haired girl named Yanfei, motioning for her to come closer, and introduced her to Ryan and the others.
Only then did Ryan carefully look at this girl, who wore a red hat, a cool outfit revealing her navel and fair thighs.
The girl had waist-length pink hair and emerald green eyes. Besides the large hat on her head, the most striking features were the two 'horns' on either side of her head, shaped like green onions and drooping downwards.
The ends of these two white 'horns' had a light brown gradient, and they were fuzzy overall, giving them a deer antler-like feel.
"Yanfei, this is Ryan, the disciple of Cloud Retainer. These two are the Traveler and her companion. You should know them."
Then Granny Ping introduced Ryan and the others to Yanfei.
"Mm-hmm, of course, I know! Uncle Ryan, and you, Traveler, are both clearly recorded in the Millelith's archives."
Yanfei immediately nodded, raised a hand, and wiggled her fingers, greeting Ryan and Lumine.
"What? Uncle? Me?"
Ryan was stunned, his attention shifting from the deer antlers on Yanfei's head. He raised his hand, pointing at himself with a look of surprise.
Having always been the junior, it was his first time being called 'uncle.' "Yes, you call Granny Ping 'Auntie Ping,' and I call her 'Granny.' We're a generation apart. And by age, you could also be my elder."
Yanfei responded and explained as if it were obvious.
She had heard of this Ryan.
"...Then what do you call Yaoyao?"
Ryan opened his mouth, then remembered this point.
"Hmm? Of course, I call her Yaoyao."
Yanfei, though puzzled, stated the truth.
She was currently staying at Granny Ping's house, so she was naturally familiar with Yaoyao.
"That's right then. Yaoyao calls me Senior Brother. It's not quite appropriate for you to call me 'uncle,' is it?"
Hearing Yanfei's address for Yaoyao, Ryan finally breathed a sigh of relief and said.
"Pfft... You're afraid I'll make you sound old, huh? That's easy. Then from now on, I'll just call you Ryan."
Yanfei finally understood Ryan's meaning, covered her mouth, chuckled once, and cooperatively said.
Ryan immediately nodded in response.
"What about us? What did Yanfei mean just now about seeing us in some Millelith records?"
After Ryan and Yanfei settled the address issue, Paimon couldn't help but ask.
"It's an archive, which are documents compiled and reported for cases. It records that you were listed as suspects by the Millelith during the disturbance at the Rite of Descension and were wanted city-wide, and then you got involved with the Fatui..."
"Finally, you repelled the God with the immortals, and then, under the guarantee of the Qixing, you were completely cleared of suspicion. It's just a pity..."
Yanfei explained to the confused Paimon, finally showing a somewhat regretful expression.
"A pity...?"
Paimon scratched her head.
"It's a pity you didn't meet me sooner; otherwise, you would have been cleared of suspicion long ago."
"Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Yanfei, and I'm a legal consultant. For any legal issues, just find me."
"Oh, and this is my business card. It has my contact information and office address. Keep it safe."
"If it's urgent, just go to this address and leave a letter... Oh, and new clients get a discount on their first consultation..."
Yanfei said, pulling out business cards and handing one to each of them.
"Alright, alright, children, let's get back to business."
"Don't be too surprised; this child is always like this. Once she starts talking about her own affairs, she never stops."
Just then, Granny Ping spoke, interrupting Yanfei from continuing.
Hearing Granny Ping's words, Yanfei, who had obediently closed her mouth, stuck out her little pink tongue in embarrassment.
Next, the matter returned to business.
Granny Ping had already asked Yanfei to help prepare all the necessary materials in advance, but the noctilucous jade among them was quite rare, and Yanfei hadn't acquired it yet.
The reason Yanfei was asked to help, instead of Ryan finding it himself, was because Yanfei's information in Liyue Harbor was much more extensive than Ryan's.
noctilucous jade is not easy to find; even if one went to The Chasm, it couldn't be dug up on the spot, so the target was definitely the existing goods circulating in Liyue Harbor.
Although Yanfei hadn't gotten her hands on the noctilucous jade yet, she already had some information.
So after explaining to Granny Ping, Yanfei set off with Ryan and the other two.
"Yanfei, if someone pulls out another person's hair without their consent, how is that judged?"
Along the way, Ryan curiously consulted Yanfei.
"If it's a joke between friends, it might not constitute a crime. Otherwise, according to public security management law, it will result in 5 to 10 days of detention and a fine of 20,000 to 50,000 Mora."
"If the act is insulting, threatening, or causes actual DMG, such as pulling out a large clump of hair at once leading to a torn scalp, then it is a criminal case, treated as intentional DMG, and punishable by imprisonment of less than 3 years."
Hearing Ryan's inquiry, Yanfei answered carefully.
"..."
Ryan opened his mouth, then chose to close it.
Looking at Yanfei's deer antlers, Ryan hesitated for the first time.
Although he even dared to pull from the Exuvia... this girl knows the law...!
'No, no... Ryan, you can't be someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong... You must treat everyone equally... Even if they're tough, you have to go for it...'
Ryan silently cheered himself on in his heart.
"I seem to smell a crime..."
Yanfei's nose twitched twice. She looked around suspiciously but found nothing.
However, she didn't think too much and continued leading Ryan and the others to find the noctilucous jade.
The target was a Snezhnaya merchant who had once consulted Yanfei about legal provisions related to rare ores, including noctilucous jade.
However, upon finding the person, they learned that the noctilucous jade had already been made into a hairpin by the merchant and rented out...