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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚

chapter thirty-five: “the walls have ears.”

(n/a: should I make our favorite doctor, Baizhu, one of the love interests?)

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     “FORGIVE US, BUT WE DIDN'T MANAGE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR CONTRACT.”

THE CONSULTANT apologized to the zombie child, who was clinging to (Name) for dear life. They apologized for not obtaining the adepti beast Qiqi calls "Cocogoat". The Queen was comforting the child, who was disappointed her wish wasn't fulfilled. Paimon felt bad too as Lumine joined in calming the small child...

     "Qiqi, can I ask you something?" Lumine favored, making the said child turn her head on the blonde. "What do you need from this Cocogoat?"

     "Cocogoat milk is tasty. So tasty," Qiqi replied. "Much better than normal goat milk. Only an adepti beast could make such tasty milk... I'm sorry I have a poor memory. I cannot remember the name of the milk. That's why I wrote it down. Where did I put it? (cue for the Queen taking the notebook from the table nearby) Ah... Here, the name is Coconut milk." 

     "EH?!" The others felt stupid for a moment. Zhongli looked at the females, "I owe you three an apology. I hastily agreed to what appeared to be an equitable agreement with this zombie child—"

     "The zombie child has a name," (Name) corrected.

     "With Qiqi." He coughed before continuing. "I should've perhaps undertaken further due diligence," he told them.

     "Nevermind, Mr. Zhongli. We all didn't know," Paimon assured. "As the Liyue Proverb goes, All things are random and so how can we predict anything? No one didn't see this coming."

     "Excuse me, everyone. Did Qiqi say a bad thing?"

All heads turned to Qiqi, who immediately earned a hug from (Name). She assured the child didn't do anything wrong and took responsibility on taking the blame for shattering the poor child's imagination. Zhongli sighed in the background with Lumine wryly laughing due to how innocent the zombie child was. After all, the name "Coconut milk" already gives the idea of where it comes from. The Queen felt bad as the zombie child wiped her eyes...

     "I'm so sorry, Qiqi. Pretty lady is sorry," (Name) said while caressing the head of the purple-haired girl.

     Then someone laughed behind them, "Someone learned a valuable life lesson today, hm?" There, a man with long green hair and a white snake wrapped around his neck was seen. He approached the small child and kissed the back of (Name)'s hand, "Thank you for looking after my little Qiqi."