Sitting inside the Wanmin Hall, Madala looked around before facing Master Mao.
"Hello, I'd like to purchase your milk tea recipe."
The motor came straight to the point.
"Acquire the formula?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Mu's eyes widened, but he remained silent, simply crossing his arms and looking at the two people in front of him.
After a brief moment of surprise, Master Mao smiled.
"Sir, I..."
"I know you value this milk tea recipe a lot," Madara laughed. "I won't let you lose out. Considering how hard you worked on the research and development, I'll buy it outright for 1 million Mora. How about that?"
"One million!"
Master Mao exclaimed in surprise.
Seeing this, Madara narrowed his eyes and said smugly.
"While I can understand your surprise, after all, there aren't many people as generous as me these days..."
"Cough cough..." Even Jiang Mu couldn't stand it anymore and coughed a few times.
“Mr. Madara,” Jiang Mu said, “I’m very sorry, this formula is…”
"Go away, go away..." Madara said impatiently before he could finish speaking.
“Your father and I are discussing business. What do you know, you little brat?”
"Uh..." Master Mao said somewhat awkwardly, "He...is not my son..."
"Not your son?" Upon hearing this, Madara laughed even harder. "Then what are you doing here, a waiter? You've ruined a big business deal for me and your boss. Can you afford to compensate us?"
"You..." Xiangling, who was standing to the side, was unhappy and was about to speak up when she was shut down by Madala.
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'what are you doing out here instead of staying at home, little brat?' Oh, I see, you've got your eye on this young man, are you planning to elope? Sigh, the social atmosphere in Liyue Harbor is really not what it used to be..."
As he spoke, Madara smacked his lips, making a regretful gesture.
Seeing this, Gan Yu was about to speak when Jiang Mu stopped her.
"Just watch."
Jiang Mu's lips curled into a cold smile.
"This time, you're not getting the agency rights no matter what."
………………
“Sir,” Master Mao’s face had darkened, “my daughter may be a little mischievous, but she’s still just a girl. I hope you can watch your words.”
"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Madara was completely stunned, his head buzzing...
"Ahem... I'm so sorry..."
He took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and then smiled at Xiangling with feigned gentlemanly manners, as if nothing had just happened...
Incidentally, this guy also took out a small square box from his chest, pushed it in front of Xiangling, and smiled.
"This is a specialty of Fontainebleau, a photo camera, which can take a picture of you, Miss. Hehe, it's a small gift, I hope you'll accept it."
“This…” Xiangling looked at Jiang Mu, as if seeking his consent.
Jiang Mu nodded.
Seeing this, Xiangling smiled, placed her hand on the phonograph, and then... pushed it back.
"Miss, what's wrong with you...?" Madara asked, puzzled.
“Brother Jiang Mu gave me an even better one before, so…”
"How is that possible!" Madara exclaimed in disbelief. "There's no way that a mechanical creation superior to our Fontaine could exist on the entire Teyvat!"
"Take it out." Hearing this, Jiang Mu shook his head. This guy was just courting death; did he have to see the last straw that broke the camel's back before he was satisfied...?
"Oh, oh." Upon hearing this, Xiangling took out the gift Jiang Mu had given her a few days ago—a camera given to her by the system.
Since it was a gift from the system, it must have something special about it... That was what Jiang Mu originally thought...
However, aside from not needing film and being able to develop it immediately, there's not much else to note about this phonograph...
And at this moment...
"You damn foolish host! The gift he received was meant to commemorate the shameless life he and the system shared, and you, you idiot, gave it away! And to your brother-obsessed adopted sister no less! How awful, how awful, how awful!"
As she spoke, Yan Tu's voice gradually faded...
"I was here first..."
"What's wrong, Yan Tu-chan? Is something bothering you?"
Suddenly, a voice rang out, its provocative tone enough to make anyone's scalp tingle.
"Bad woman!" Upon hearing this, Yan Tu suddenly jumped up and shouted into the air.
"Give up, I will never stoop to your level!"
"Oh, it seems my cute little kitten is still disobedient..." Upon hearing this, the woman paused for a moment, then chuckled.
"It seems I need to punish the kitten a little..."
As soon as the words were spoken, the surrounding darkness rippled, and after a moment, several dark "whips" emerged, slowly wriggling and crawling towards Yan Tu...
"No...no..."
Seeing this, Yan Tu hurriedly raised his hand, and several beams of light appeared, stabbing fiercely towards the "snake head"!
However, the moment it made contact with the "later one," a huge mouth suddenly appeared on the "snake's head," completely swallowing the light arrow...
"Buzz—" As if sensing the danger to its master, the light screen slowly writhed and transformed into a lightsaber, slashing down towards the "snake head".
"Get out of the way."
An external force suddenly appeared in the void and struck the sword hard, pulling it back to its original shape.
"Tools should have their own self-awareness; why bother protecting their masters for no reason..."
The voice from the void mocked...
"Crack." The whip struck Yan Tu heavily, leaving red welts on her fair skin.
What tormented Yan Tu the most was the viscous liquid on the "whip," which seemed to have a life of its own, seeping into her body through the wound and causing her waves of pain, numbness, and itching...
Gradually, a fire began to ignite in her lower abdomen... and gradually spread throughout her body...
"You big idiot, I'm sorry. It seems Yan Tu-chan can't keep her promise."
"Don't worry, I still have the ability to self-destruct. I will die cleanly, and meet you again in the next life..."
"However, I still have one regret..."
"Well, I'm a little reluctant to part with you..."
As she was losing consciousness, a shout of anger from outside jolted her back to reality.
"asshole!"
Accompanied by angry shouts, all the surrounding "whips" disappeared.
Feeling the bindings around her disappear, Yan Tu opened her eyes in confusion. The scene before her brought tears to her eyes.
The figure I had longed for appeared before me once again.
He raised his hands as if to embrace her, but after the illusory arms passed through her body, he could only lower them.
"They're already dead, why are you still trying to stop me...?"
The venomous voice from the void echoed once more.
The illusory figure did not answer, but simply waved its hand casually, and a seal that appeared out of thin air immediately suppressed the former.
"Noisy."
It merely made the mouth shape, but no sound came out.
"Damn it, you just wait! I don't believe you can protect her forever!"
After uttering a harsh remark typical of villains, the figure in the void fled in disarray.
The illusory figure became even more ethereal. He raised his hand and gently stroked every inch of his injured skin. A layer of golden powder slowly appeared on his fingers...
As the golden light swirled, Yan Tu's wounds slowly disappeared, and even the heat in her body gradually subsided.
After the treatment was completed, the figure placed his hand on Yan Tu's head and gently stroked it, while his eyes remained fixed on her tenderly.
"Huh?"
The sudden gentle touch on her head startled her. Yan Tu quickly looked up, only to see an increasingly ethereal figure...
"Wait...wait a minute!"
As intelligent as she was, how could she not have imagined that the "he" in front of her had exhausted his last bit of strength in order to make contact with her, and had condensed a part of his physical form?
He lowered his hand, placed one index finger to his lips, and clenched his other hand in the air, revealing a golden key in Yan Tu's palm.
"This is……"
Yan Tu seemed to understand something, and suddenly looked up at the person in front of him.
The latter smiled and nodded at her, then slowly disappeared into her tearful eyes...
Holding the key tightly, Yan Tu's face broke into a sweet smile.
"Thanks, you big idiot, I'll definitely find you..."
"This is our agreement..."
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