Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 23 Les

"Mother," Kujavina smiled slightly upon seeing Qiuhe, "You did a great job just now. Keep up the good work, you'll definitely do even better next time."

Qiuhe came to Kujavina's side not for any other reason, but because he was thinking about something very dangerous: he wanted to try using the Void Rift Crossing technique to possess Kujavina's body.

But just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a little dizzy. Looking at Kujavina in front of him, he felt a sense of fear, though he didn't know why.

But he could sense that if he used the Void Rift Crossing technique on Kujavina, everything would be beyond repair.

He knew it all. Qiuhe just stood there dumbfounded, not saying a word. Kujavina looked at Qiuhe and smiled gently, slowly asking, "My dear child, is something the matter? You can tell your mother if there is anything."

Seeing the current situation, Qiuhe decided that the experiment was pointless; attempting it might lead to something horrific. Qiuhe then spoke, her voice still tinged with sadness.

“Mother, I… I want to go back to Mondstadt. I want to pay my respects to my father. I’ve been thinking about this for the past few days. I really want to go back and see him again, but I don’t know how to tell you. I’m afraid you won’t agree.”

As Qiuhe spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. Kujavina, hearing this, also thought to herself...

"Was he not giving it his all because he was thinking about these things?"

Then, Kujavina gave Qiuhe a very loving smile, looking at him with doting eyes. She gently pulled Qiuhe to sit down next to her and softly stroked Qiuhe's head.

"My dear child, of course your mother will agree. I can see that you are a very filial child. If you want to go, then go back and visit."

Qiuhe then mentioned that he planned to go back the next day, and after receiving Kugavina's consent, he waved goodbye to her.

After watering his lily of the valley, he left the Fireplace House and went to the nearest Sept statue to the right of the house.

Looking at the Seven Gods statues before him, Qiuhe slowly placed his hand on them, wanting to try and see if he could draw upon the power within, just like the Traveler.

After a while, there was still no reaction. "Sigh, so only travelers can do this. Thinking about it this way, there's no point in going to Mondstadt tomorrow."

"If I had known this would happen, I should have tried the statue first before going to find Kujavina. But perhaps I could also go to Dragonspine Snow Mountain."

"Going back to where we started might yield some different insights."

Just then, Qiuhe seemed to hear a sound coming from below. He walked to the edge of the platform and peered down.

I saw a man looking nervous, holding a black box. "Hey, I brought you what you wanted. Here's what I asked for, give it to me quickly!"

Qiuhe looked at the person in front of him, who wore glasses and had blond hair, and thought, "Isn't this Vashj from the Genshin Impact Fontaine Girls' Serial Disappearances case?"

Looking at the other man, Qiuhe noticed that he seemed a little mentally unstable. They also seemed to be making a deal. Qiuhe wondered if they were trading Les.

"Hmm, very good, it's what I wanted. Here, take it." Qiuhe looked at the bottle of water that Vasher had taken out, confirming his suspicions.

As the man left, Vashe also left, while Qiuhe followed him directly, trailing him all the way.

The man eventually stopped near a cave. Qiuhe was observing him when a voice came from beside her, "Leyi, what are you doing?"

"I'm tracking that ahead..."

Akikawa belatedly realized something was wrong and turned his head to look to the side, where he met Klorin's gaze. Navia was squatting next to Klorin.

In her shock, Qiuhe made a small sound, which the man heard. "Who's there!" Qiuhe had barely peeked out when the man saw her.

Upon realizing he was being followed, the man quickly ran into a cave. Seeing this, Qiuhe immediately gave chase, and Clarin and Navia, sensing something was amiss, also hurried after him.

Upon entering the cave, Qiuhe found it to be a complex and confusing place, and he couldn't find the man from before at all. "Damn it, we lost him!" Klorinde, seeing this, asked what had happened.

"Lei, were you following that man? Who is he?" "I just saw him trading Les with someone else," Clorind replied, still confused.

Upon hearing this, Navia immediately responded, "Les? Isn't that contraband?" Qiuhe was also puzzled; even Clarinde didn't know, so how did Navia know?

"Navia, how did you know?"

“My dad once caught people trading Nexium. He told me that Nexium is a hallucinogenic illegal substance that can be addictive if consumed in excess.”

Upon hearing the words "contraband," Clarind immediately frowned. "Contraband? We can't let him get away; we must bring him back immediately."

Qiuhe thought so too. After all, he had been tracking them for so long just to get his hands on that bottle of Less. Of course, it wasn't that Qiuhe wanted to drink it himself; he just felt that it might be useful in the future.

Then, Qiuhe used the Void Rift Intersection technique to sense the surrounding life forms. As his thoughts permeated the entire cave, he finally located the man, and Qiuhe abruptly opened his eyes.

"Follow me." Qiuhe then rushed into a nearby cave, with Clarin and Navia following closely behind.

Qiuhe had been using the Void Rift Technique all along when he suddenly sensed other life forms and abruptly stopped in his tracks, blocking Clarin and Navia from behind.

"Wait! Something's not right ahead. I feel like there's something else up there." Just then, Qiuhe noticed a Fire Axe Hilichurl emerging from the intersection next to the road ahead.

Looking at this guy in front of him, Qiuhe was also in a dilemma. Clorind said from the side, "Lei, Navia and I will deal with this Hilichurl. You continue chasing that guy ahead."

Qiuhe glanced at Klorind, then at Navia beside him. Putting aside Klorind, Navia looked only six or seven years old; wouldn't he be in danger?

Then they saw Navia pull out a yellow parasol, and load it with bullets. Qiuhe then understood; Navia was already using a parasol-gun at such a young age.

Qiuhe then bypassed the Fire Axe Hilichurl to chase after the man. Just as the Fire Axe Hilichurl was about to pursue Qiuhe, Clarin and Navia fired a shot at the feet of the Fire Axe Hilichurl.

“Hey, your opponent is us,”

Qiuhe sensed that he was getting closer and closer to the man, and he could even see the man stop in front of him, panting heavily.

Hearing footsteps behind him, the man turned around and saw Qiuhe chasing after him. Finally enraged, the man pulled out a submachine gun.

"You brat, stand there!" Qiuhe stopped abruptly when he saw the man pull out a gun.

"You brat, what do you want? Why are you following me?" Qiuhe's eyes were icy as she stared at the man. "Lesi is contraband, you should know that, right?"

"Trading contraband privately is a violation of Fontainebleau law." Upon hearing the word "law," the man laughed arrogantly.

"Law, hahahahaha, law hahaha, if the law is useful, then let the law arrest me! You brat, I didn't lay a hand on you because you're just a child, but you've been following me around."

"I've had enough! Go to hell!" the man shouted, about to fire, when two bullets from Qiuhe fired from behind, striking the man's gun-wielding hand.

The man felt a sharp pain and dropped his gun. "Lei, do it!" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiuhe swooped forward without hesitation.

By channeling his internal energy into his legs to enhance his agility, the man hurriedly picked up the gun with his other hand.

A shot was fired at Qiuhe, who dodged to the side, drew his Dragon's Roar from his holster, and with a graceful turn, cleaved the gun in two.

Then, Qiuhe leaped high into the air and delivered a side kick to the man's chin, knocking him to the ground. In the blink of an eye, Qiuhe secretly hid the bottle of L'Oréal in his clothes.

Klorind quickly apprehended the man and searched him for the contraband, but found nothing. Klorind looked at the man who had already fainted.

Feeling this was somewhat difficult, Qiuhe then said, "This man has likely taken a lot of Lorata in the past. Take him back to Fontaine and hand him over to the guards. They can extract samples from his body to determine if he has taken Lorata."

Claudia nodded after hearing this, and then dragged the man away. After Claudia left, Akiha took out the bottle of Laura from his clothes, smiled, and slowly walked out of the cave.