Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 161 The Mayor's Men

Upon seeing Chur's ferocious face, the boy was clearly stunned and stood frozen in place, while the whispers of the surrounding children gradually ceased the moment they saw Chur.

After all, Chur was a notorious figure in the House of Hearths; almost no one dared to speak to him. At that moment, the boy felt a sharp pain in his wrist.

It was Chur, who had completely deformed the boy's wrist. "Ahhh, stop! Ahhh!" The boy cried out in pain and immediately knelt down.

Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face, and even then, Qiu Er continued to stare at the boy with her large, owl-like eyes.

"Useless team members, trash captain, birds of a feather flock together!" With that, Qiu Er kicked the boy hard across the face.

The boy was sent flying backward. Then, Chur slowly walked to the child lying on the ground and stepped on his stomach.

"In a life-or-death battle, the strong live and the weak die. If you feel it's unfair, you are free to ask for her opinion and challenge her, until you prove everything."

You have no right to judge a winner. He's thousands or even tens of thousands of times stronger than you. Someone like you, who can't even crack the top 20 in a duel...

You're not even worthy to carry her shoes, yet you dare to spout such arrogant nonsense here. Of course, you won't have that chance again.

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Er slowly raised his hand, and as he released it, a crumpled piece of paper fell onto the boy's face.

Qiu Er slowly withdrew his foot from the boy and turned around. "Your life is mine today." As he spoke, Qiu Er slowly turned his head to look at the boy lying on the ground.

A bloodthirsty, crazed smile crept across his lips. "Tomorrow, I'll be waiting for you in the dueling arena." The boy on the ground, upon hearing this, instantly forgot his pain in terror.

He then sat up abruptly and unfolded the crumpled paper that Qiu Er had just thrown down. After reading what was written on it, the boy was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.

His hands were trembling uncontrollably, and then he broke down crying and ran out of the restaurant. Qiu Er also glared at the member of the sword-needle team.

Seeing Chur's unfriendly expression, the team member was so frightened that he hurriedly ran away. Chur inwardly scoffed at this.

"A cowardly good-for-nothing," Qiu Shanshan said. After coaxing Lily for a long time, Lily slowly stopped crying, but was still sobbing.

Qiu Er walked up to Qiu Shanshan and looked at Lily with a very disdainful gaze, saying, "You've cried enough, that's enough."

"You were so easily brought to tears, I really don't know how you won." Hearing Qiu Er say this, Qiu Shanshan also chimed in.

"Chul, don't say that. I've seen how well Lily and Rocky get along. He was already upset about what happened, and now he's been subjected to so many people's..."

At this point, Qiu Shanshan hugged Lily again, gently patting her back to soothe her emotions. After hearing Qiu Shanshan's explanation...

Chur finally fell silent, and at that moment, Polar reached into the plastic bag Chur was carrying, took out a mandarin orange, and said while eating it:

"So, Mother really agreed?" Hearing Polar's words, Qiu Er finally hummed in agreement. Polar then took another bite of her tangerine and spoke up:

"This is truly unexpected," Lily said after a short while, having completely calmed down. She then gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Thank you, Qiu Shanshan, thank you for helping me out of that situation," Qiu Shanshan simply smiled gently. "You're welcome."

After all... after all, we're practically friends, hehe." Qiu Shanshan understood that currently, it was almost only she and Qiuhe and his group who were in regular contact.

As for Polar and Weiss, they neither disliked Qiuhe and the others, nor were they close enough to chat frequently. As for Qiuer, it goes without saying...

Qiu Shanshan was already grateful that he didn't cause trouble for Qiu He and the others. "Qiu Shanshan, why are you here too?"

Hearing Lily's question, Qiu Shanshan was about to say something, but Qiu Er then raised the small bag of tangerines in her hand, shook it, and said...

"This is a restaurant. What are you doing here? Do you even need to ask?" Hearing this, Lily was speechless and didn't say anything more, while Qiu Shanshan glanced at Qiu Er.

Seeing this, Qiu Er crossed his arms and remained silent. After a few seconds of silence, Lily hesitated for a moment before speaking again.

"Thank you. Thank you for speaking up for me earlier, Chur." Chur's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this; he simply spoke coldly.

"Don't misunderstand, I've just been annoyed with that guy for a long time. He's got no skills but dares to talk big. I just happened to run into him today, so just consider it..."

"Let him know his death date in advance," Lily didn't understand what this meant, but just then a very anxious voice came from the restaurant entrance.

"Lily!" Hearing the voice, Lily turned her head and saw Clementine running towards her with a worried expression, and Peruvier beside her.

"Lily, what happened to you? How did you get like this?" Looking at the cake crumbs on Lily's head and the cream stains on her clothes, I felt a pang of sadness.

And there were dried tear stains at the corners of his eyes. Clementine was also very anxious at this moment. "It's alright, Clementine, it was just a small matter, it's all in the past."

Seeing Lily's reaction, Peruvier then turned her gaze towards the person most likely to be the bully. Chur noticed the look in Peruvier's eyes as she looked at him.

Finally, she spoke with a cold expression, "Don't look at me like that, you freak." Peruvéri didn't care what others thought of her.

He only cared whether this guy had hurt his friend, and at that moment Lily also noticed the unfriendly look in Peruvieri's eyes.

“Peruveli, these things on me weren’t done by Chul. He helped me drive away the people who were bullying me.” And just as Lily was speaking…

Qiu Shanshan chimed in, "Qiu Er! You can't talk like that! You've gone too far! Apologize to Peruvier right now!"

Hearing Qiu Shanshan's tone and seeing his serious expression, Qiu Er reluctantly clicked his tongue and then said:

"I'm sorry." Seeing it was a misunderstanding, Peruvieri didn't say anything more. Seeing that Lily wasn't hurt (she wasn't seriously injured), the group finally left the restaurant.

Meanwhile, at the winter's end, a knock sounded at the door. The male homeowner opened it and saw a man and a woman standing there.

Seeing the unfamiliar couple, the male host asked with some confusion, "Is there anything I can help you with?" The woman bowed slightly in response.

Finally, they produced a business card, saying, "We are subordinates of the mayor. News of your child's situation has recently spread throughout Zhidong, and the mayor has expressed sympathy for your child."

Therefore, Your Majesty consulted a very good doctor and decided to send the two of us here to pick up your child and examine his condition.

"Of course, the decision is entirely yours. What do you think?" Hearing that it was the mayor's subordinate, and that he had even called a doctor for his child...

The man in front of him instantly became excited. "Ah, really, really? The mayor is willing to help my child? I'm so grateful!"

Thank you, Mayor, and thank you all. If my child can truly be cured, I will do my utmost to do anything you, Mayor, mayor, wish me to do in the future.

At this point, the man beside him impatiently spoke up, "Alright, alright, enough with the pleasantries. We're very busy too."

"Take your child to the doctor first, then we need to go on our mission. Don't dawdle," the man nodded quickly.

She then quickly went upstairs and brought her child down. The boy didn't say anything when he saw the two people outside; he just quietly looked at them.

The boy's father then spoke up, "Quickly, say hello to the older brother and sister in front of you. These two are here to take you to the doctor."

Upon seeing this, the boy greeted the two people in front of him. At this moment, the woman squatted down and looked at the boy, saying:

"What a pitiful child. If these strange things were removed, I can tell he must be very cute," she said, looking at the woman before her.

The boy had a vague sense of déjà vu, but remembering what the woman with the hidden mirror had told him in the room earlier, he didn't say anything.

The woman then picked up the boy and left with the man beside her, but just as they were walking away, something suddenly fell from the woman's clothes.

The boy's father, who was at the door, also witnessed this scene. He quickly ran forward, picked up the object, and discovered it was a card. He initially intended to call the woman in front to return it.

But then, when he inadvertently saw what was written on the card, his eyes suddenly widened, because what was written on the card was...

(Identity: Lady Hidden in the Mirror, 5th Company, under the command of the Fool Doctor)