The more she looked at Illustrious, the more she liked her, liking her to an unbearable degree. For a moment, Ganyu forgot her mission, forgot Liyue's survival, even forgot who she was. Now she desperately wanted to push Illustrious down, kiss her cherry lips with her mouth, tightly embrace her slender waist with both hands, make Illustrious see only her, and only her.
Ganyu now wanted to do many, many things with Illustrious, like cooking for her, bathing her, drying her body, finally soaking together in a narrow bathtub, and also wanting to stick close to Illustrious, loving each other, and finally making Illustrious pregnant.
"Push her down, kiss her, make her pregnant..." Ganyu became almost delirious, repeating these words incessantly in her heart. Now Ganyu was like a camel loaded with straw, just one straw away from crushing her last shred of reason.
Seeing Ganyu spacing out, the kind-hearted Illustrious wanted to touch Ganyu to bring her back to her senses.
Ganyu's hand was touched by Illustrious. Because of that touch, Ganyu could no longer hold back. She had become the overwhelmed camel. Her reason was gone; her mind held only Illustrious. She whispered softly, like a mosquito's hum, "Push her down, kiss her, make her pregnant."
Just as Ganyu was about to stand up and push Illustrious down, she was interrupted by Xiangling's loud shout. "Customers, sorry for the wait! Here are your two orders of roasted boar meat. Please enjoy!"
Xiangling's loud voice directly snapped Ganyu back to reality. Who was she? Where was she? What was she supposed to do? Right, she was supposed to seduce Illustrious! Taking a deep breath, she calmly looked at Illustrious. Ganyu inwardly exclaimed, 'Monster!' She had almost been bewitched by Illustrious. It was supposed to be her seducing Illustrious, not the other way around!
Ganyu almost wanted to slap her own uncooperative self. It seemed she had failed at Method One from 'One Hundred Ways to Seduce a Man'. What a disastrous start!
Fortunately, her luck was extraordinary, and Xiangling had woken her up, or she would have ruined everything! No, she had to strengthen her resolve, not let Illustrious disturb her mind: Illustrious is a pumpkin, Illustrious is a pumpkin, Illustrious is a pumpkin...
Looking at Illustrious again this way, she was no longer so delirious. She could speak calmly, she could... like hell she could.
Why couldn't she calm down even after imagining Illustrious as a pumpkin? Why did she still find her beautiful as a pumpkin? Why did those thoughts still swirl in her head even when she was a pumpkin?
No, no! It seemed even pumpkins wouldn't work. She needed to recite the Heart-Cleansing Immortal Art: 'Cleansing the heart like water, clear water is the heart...'
After reciting the Heart-Cleansing Immortal Art, Ganyu entered a state of desirelessness. After finishing, her mind was finally as calm as still water.
Looking at the vibrantly colored roasted boar meat on the table, Ganyu ate while thinking about which seduction method from the book to choose, and then how to seduce Illustrious. But Illustrious was too polite! With a great beauty right beside her, she only knew to bury her head in eating the roasted boar meat.
Was her charm inferior to a plate of roasted boar meat? Hmph! She really has no taste! What kind of judgment is that!
Ganyu sulked, her mouth puffed up, looking like an inflated pufferfish.
No, she had to seduce Illustrious. Liyue's survival depended on her! She couldn't afford to make no progress.
But there were too many seduction methods. Ganyu didn't know which one to choose for a moment. Just then, Xiangling delivered an assist.
"Actually, the boar you're eating is just ordinary wild boar. I once found a Prehistoric Boar frozen for 300 years in a cave. If we used that for roasting, it would be ten times more delicious!" Xiangling said with a smile.
These words directly enlightened Ganyu. She now knew which method to choose. In 'One Hundred Ways to Seduce a Man', Method Thirty-Six mentioned that if you want a man to like you, you need to make good use of unexpected events.
These unexpected events allow you to have emotional exchanges with the man you want to seduce. While resolving the event, you must continuously display your excellent qualities.
Make him depend on you, make him think you're doing great, make him feel that without you, the event wouldn't be completed so smoothly. Finally, when the conditions are ripe, after the event is successfully completed, your feelings deepen during the process. If he likes you, then you can consider it a success.
It appeared! This was the unexpected event. Ganyu was delighted. This was it. After saying a few words to Xiangling, Ganyu finally declared, "How dare a mere Cryo Regisvine block our path to delicious food? It deserves to die a thousand deaths! Xiangling! Where is that Prehistoric Boar? Lead the way. We'll help you kill the Cryo Regisvine and obtain the Prehistoric Boar."
Xiangling grabbed Ganyu's hand, and Ganyu grabbed Illustrious's hand. Together, they embarked on a journey to slay the Cryo Regisvine and obtain the Prehistoric Boar.
However, obtaining the Prehistoric Boar wasn't Ganyu's goal. Her true purpose was to use the unexpected event to increase her bond with Illustrious, ultimately achieving successful seduction.
However, the result disappointed Ganyu. Xiangling had actually forgotten where the Cryo Regisvine was. Consequently, Xiangling led her and Illustrious around Mondstadt for three days. Ganyu had hoped to grow closer to Illustrious during the battle with the Cryo Regisvine, but it ended in failure.
After the thirty-sixth method from "100 Ways to Seduce a Man" failed, Ganyu did not give up; failure is the mother of success. There were still many seduction methods left, and she refused to believe she couldn't seduce Illustrious.
However, three days had already passed, and time was growing short. Ganyu decided she could not afford to fail again, so she chose the final method from "100 Ways to Seduce a Man," which was the one-hundredth method.
The introduction to this one-hundredth method made Ganyu furious. Its content was as follows: "Yo! Hello there! I didn't expect that you would fail to seduce him even after using the previous ninety-nine methods."
"I have to say, you really are an idiot. If I were you, I would definitely just bash my head against a wall and die; don't waste the food. Wait, don't be in such a hurry to close the book. Look at you, you don't have a shred of patience; no wonder you failed with all ninety-nine methods."
"I won't waste any more breath. I'll tell you the ultimate seduction method directly. It only consists of six words; I call it the Six-Word Mantra. The mantra is: 'Cook the raw rice into cooked rice.' Hey, don't say this method is old-fashioned. There is a famous saying: It doesn't matter if a method is old, as long as it works."
"In country terms, it's like saying: No matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, a cat that catches mice is a good cat."
"Alright, the one hundred seduction methods in this book have all been introduced. I wish all readers of this book success in seducing the men they like. Goodbye!"
— Author: Kaeya
This Kaeya sounded like a man's name. How could he have so many methods for seducing men? Could it be... Ganyu didn't dare to imagine further, because the mental image was too beautiful.
Following the final method, Ganyu brought Illustrious and Xiangling to an inn. This was the largest inn in Mondstadt, but its true owner was Lady Ningguang, the Tianquan. In other words, the manager was one of their own.
Ganyu had already discussed the plan with the manager. Once Illustrious and Xiangling arrived, the manager would say there were only two rooms left, even though the reality was that there were plenty of rooms. Everything was for the sake of Ganyu's plan.
Ganyu had known Xiangling for a long time and knew she wasn't accustomed to sleeping in the same room as others. Xiangling would definitely be the first to claim a room for herself.
The result was exactly as she had imagined; Xiangling indeed rushed to take a room for herself. Ganyu couldn't help but smile. The first stage of the plan had succeeded, so now it was time for the second stage.
The second stage was that with only one room remaining, she and Illustrious would have to squeeze into the same bed. As they squeezed together, some indescribable, wonderful things would surely happen.
After entering the room, Ganyu felt that Illustrious was very nervous for some reason. Could it be her first time sleeping in the same bed with someone? That was impossible! Surely she must have had close friends or something!
"We're setting off tomorrow, so let's get to sleep early!" Illustrious was a bit tired, and after saying this, she lay directly on the bed.
"Alright! But don't just lie on the bed. Go take a bath first, then put on pajamas before sleeping, or else I'll kick you out." Ganyu frowned. She had a cleanliness habit, and Illustrious being covered in sweat made her very uncomfortable.
"Alright, alright! I'll go wash, okay?" As Illustrious walked into the bathroom, she chuckled and turned her head to say to Ganyu: "Do you want to take a bath together?"
"Pervert, who would want to take a bath with you!" Ganyu said, her face flushing red.
Upon hearing this, Illustrious walked into the bathroom with a disappointed look. Seeing Illustrious like that, Ganyu's heart softened. She was supposed to be the one seducing Illustrious! But when Illustrious invited her to bathe together, she had gotten shy and refused directly.
Oh! Ganyu really wanted to strangle her past self! She kept blaming herself internally: "Why are you being so shy? You're supposed to be seducing Illustrious! If the seduction fails, then war will break out in Liyue! You must do your best! Let go of your shame."
Illustrious, soaking comfortably in the bathtub, listened to the chirping of birds outside, and her mood became very comfortable.
Just then, however, the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open. Straight ahead, what entered her vision was a curvaceous body wrapped in a white bath towel. Looking up, she realized it was Ganyu. In her panic, Illustrious's face flushed red, and she immediately covered her private parts with her hands. "Ganyu, why did you come in? I haven't finished washing yet! You go out first, I'll be done soon, then you can come in."
Seeing Illustrious's shy appearance, Ganyu suddenly thought Illustrious was truly cute. She teased her directly: "It was clearly you who asked me to take a bath with you, so why are you starting to get shy now?"
"That was just a joke, wasn't it? Hurry up and get out." Illustrious said shyly.
"I won't. You tell me to come in, I come in; you tell me to leave, I leave. What do you take me for? I refuse to leave." Ganyu directly untied her bath towel, exposing her sexy, mature body to the air.
Startled, Illustrious immediately covered her eyes with her hands, though she didn't cover them properly, leaving a small gap through which she could clearly see the beautiful scenery outside.
Ganyu began to use shower gel to wash herself, talking to herself. Illustrious's hands were getting tired from covering her eyes, and she hadn't expected Ganyu to really not leave. Well, don't blame her for being a pervert! You were the one who came in yourself.
Illustrious lowered her hands and turned her head to the side, not looking in Ganyu's direction.
Ganyu, washing herself with shower gel, could keenly sense that Illustrious was clearly peeking at her body. Whenever she glanced at Illustrious, Illustrious would immediately turn her head to look the other way.
Regarding Illustrious's behavior, Ganyu thought to herself: "Still pretending. She's clearly peeking at me, yet she acts like she isn't. If she would just be honest and admit she likes looking, I would definitely let her see."
Illustrious turned her head to peek at Ganyu again, but those damn bubbles blocked the important parts, making it hard to see clearly. This reminded Illustrious of situations she encountered when watching anime in her past life; whenever a girl was soaking in a hot spring, all sorts of things would appear to block the view.
The most common was holy light, and the ugly ones had dark pastor effects. There was an even more extreme one that used floating duck toys to block the view; whoever could come up with such a blocking method was truly a talent.
After looking towards Ganyu for a while, Illustrious stopped looking; it was too much of a tease. She lowered her body in the bathtub, her mouth submerged under the water, and then boredly blew bubbles. Not long after she started blowing, she saw Ganyu's curvaceous body fully submerge into the tub, causing the water in the tub to overflow immediately.
"It seems a bit crowded! Move over a little." Ganyu said softly.
Crowded and you still came in? There was no help for it, Illustrious could only move back to make some room for Ganyu. "Is this enough?"
"Not enough!" Ganyu said expressionlessly. "Move back more!"
"Is this enough then?" Illustrious said, moving back a bit.
"Move back more!" Ganyu felt it was still a bit crowded and told Illustrious to move back again.
"Big sister, there's nowhere left to retreat. If I move back any further, I'll break a bone." Illustrious said with a bitter expression.
"Alright then! This will have to do!" Seeing that Illustrious truly couldn't move back any further, Ganyu had to let it go.
"Ah! Can you move your feet away a bit?" Ganyu said, her face flushing as she couldn't stretch her body out.
"Alright! I'll put them on the other side." After seeing Ganyu's so alluring appearance, Illustrious couldn't help but swallow her saliva. However, she was a decent person and wouldn't do those lewd things to people, so she immediately moved her feet to the other side.
"Don't you dare put them in other strange places, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite." Seeing Illustrious's feet moving around randomly, Ganyu's expression darkened.
Ganyu looked very fierce, very fierce, the fiercest in the world, but it didn't scare Illustrious. Instead, Illustrious found Ganyu very cute right now.
"Oh my! You're so troublesome!" Illustrious said, directly feigning a look of annoyance and embarrassment.
There was no other way; Illustrious could only move her feet again within the narrow space. This time, she very honestly placed her feet in non-sensitive areas.
"Alright, don't move like that." Ganyu felt their current position was fine and told Illustrious not to move around anymore.
"So crowded! This reminds me of the eight-person dorms in high school." Illustrious felt it was so crowded, which stirred up bad memories, making her recall the boys' dorm she lived in during high school in her past life.
"High school? Dorms? What are those things?" Having never heard these terms before, Ganyu said, looking a bit confused.
"High school is a place where a group of people go to school, and a dorm is a place where students live." Illustrious explained directly.
"So it's a private school!" Ganyu said, suddenly realizing.
"Something like that!" Illustrious said very calmly.
"Speaking of which, Illustrious, didn't you use to not have a gnosis? Did you ever get bullied by anyone?" Ganyu was a bit curious about how Illustrious lived before she had a vision.
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