At the same time, Lumine, who had just passed by, keenly heard the sound from that moment and hurriedly stopped.
"Is that Ying's voice?! Ying! Ying, where are you?!"
"Who's calling me... the voice sounds so familiar...呸, familiar to the ear."
After hearing the voice from above her head, Lumine quickly looked up and exclaimed in surprise.
"Ying?!"
"Where, where?!" Hu Tao quickly followed Lumine's gaze and indeed found Ying hanging on the tree.
"It's really Ying?! Hey! You wait, I'll come rescue you right away!" Hu Tao shouted happily, then quickly climbed the tree and rescued Ying...
"Ying!"
After slowly placing Ying's body on the ground, Ying quickly turned around. Seeing the familiar faces before her, Lumine wanted to rush forward and hug her tightly, but her embrace fell empty.
Seeing the tear-streaked eyes of both of them, Ying felt a pang of guilt. She subconsciously thought they had come to see her off for the last time.
"Well... Lumine, I'm sorry, I can't go on with you any longer. After I'm gone, you must eat well and drink well every day. Oh, although the cooking was probably done by you anyway..."
"Cough cough~ If possible, please take good care of Paimon. Although she's a bit of a handful... but... but... but she doesn't eat much! And she can help you fight monsters. Taking her with you will definitely save a lot of effort~"
"Stop, stop, stop, stop!" Lumine quickly interrupted Ying, who was still chattering, and turned to ask anxiously.
"Hu Tao, what should we do next?!"
"Leave it to me, watch this director stuff her back in." Hu Tao said confidently. Her mood had turned from stormy to cloudy after ensuring Ying wouldn't die.
"Ah? Stuff? Stuff what? Huh?! You, you, you... you two won't let even ghosts go... Σ(|||▽|||)" Ying said somewhat fearfully as Hu Tao walked step by step towards her.
"Idiot! Do as they say quickly!"
Seeing Ying still fooling around even after she was supposedly dead, Lumine angrily stepped forward and knocked her on the head. Although the blow passed through, Ying inexplicably felt a pain in her head.
"Woo... I did this clearly because I didn't want you to be sad because of my departure... (≧﹏≦)"
Seeing Ying's wronged expression, Lumine couldn't help but soften. She patted the intangible little head and said, "Alright, alright, if you don't want us to be sad, then obediently follow Hu Tao's instructions."
"Oh..."
Cough, due to the process being too "cruel", let's skip it~
After a while...
"Ugh... it hurts..."
Ying slowly opened her eyes. Before she could check her body, she was tightly hugged by Lumine, who had been watching her for a long time.
Although she had practiced in her mind many times, the moment she saw Ying open her eyes, her tears involuntarily fell.
"Ying! Woo woo woo... you scared me to death, you idiot, idiot, idiot! Don't ever take your life so lightly again!"
Listening to Lumine's excited cries, Ying couldn't help but feel guilty. She lifted her head from Lumine's embrace, reached out to wipe the tears from Lumine's cheeks, and said to her with a smile.
"I'm sorry, I made you worry. I won't do it again..."
Watching the two embrace, Hu Tao couldn't help but shed tears and choked out.
"Ying... I'm sorry... it's all my fault. If I hadn't gone looking for you without permission, you wouldn't have..."
"Stop, stop, stop! If you say that, I'll get angry!" Ying quickly waved her two free little hands and said.
"But... but..."
"There's no 'but'. I saved your life, and you saved mine. It cancels out~"
"I..."
"What are you saying, really. It's a happy ending, and you're still being sentimental. Come on, let's go back, I don't want my eyes to be red from crying (￣へ￣)"
Ying said with feigned impatience, her nonchalant demeanor stifling the words Lumine and Hu Tao wanted to say.
............
"Haha... even after dying once, you're still not serious..." Lumine said with a tearful laugh.
"Exactly, you made me forget what I wanted to say."
"Aiya~ I'm doing this for your own good. Although the process was a little scary, the ending is beautiful after all~ (*￣з￣)"
"Yes, it is... I feel like I should learn from you sometimes." Lumine touched Ying's little head and sighed.
"Hehe~ That's very difficult. Alright, alright, let's go back quickly. Paimon and the others probably don't know I'm okay yet."
"Mm, but before we go, you should change your clothes. Your stomach is so exposed, it's almost like you're not wearing anything."
"Huh? Waaah! Σ(|||▽|||)" Hearing Lumine's words, Ying finally realized her current state and quickly ran behind a tree to change.
Lumine wiped away her tears. After Ying changed, she took her and Hu Tao and teleported back to Liyue Harbor.
The three who had already left did not know that someone was quietly watching them from a distant large tree.
"Hoo... it took me quite some effort to get her out... but it's not a big deal compared to not letting my sister be sad..."
"And that guy who was behind them... I didn't expect him to get away... Perhaps he wasn't meant for me to kill..."
"Mm... although it was just a small favor, I still have to collect my reward. Lumine... we'll meet again soon. We've been apart for so long, I wonder if you'll still get angry when your brother teases you..." Aether chuckled softly and turned to step into the teleportation portal that had just appeared.
The scene shifts to Liyue Harbor...
After Lumine teleported back to Liyue Harbor with the two, she felt extremely exhausted.
"Hoo... I feel a bit tired..."
"You worked hard, let this director... carry... you..."
Hu Tao was about to step forward to support Lumine when she suddenly felt a wave of nausea and fell. Fortunately, Ying reacted quickly and let her lean against her.
Seeing Hu Tao's discomfort, Ying gently patted her back and said, reading a book.
"Idiot~ Still trying to help others? Haven't you used Butterfly to Life many times when you were chased by monsters before?"
"Wuwu... I was clearly killing them all..."
"Okay, okay, you're the best."
Hearing Hu Tao's words, Ying shook her head helplessly. Unexpectedly, Lumine also pouted and leaned onto Ying's back.
"What about me?"
"Ah, this... you're both great~"
"Hmph... I'm tired, you carry me (￣へ￣)"
"Huh?! But, but how can I carry two people by myself?!"
"I don't care, who told you not to take your own life seriously and make me angry (￣へ￣)"
"You... I'll never dare again (t^t)"
In the end, Ying carried the two back to the battlefield that was already being cleaned up...
At the same time, Paimon, Qiqi, and the others had successfully reunited with Klee and Paimon. However, both parties tacitly avoided mentioning what had just happened...
[Combat prowess rating~~~ One person held off a horde of monsters like a zombie tide. Even when surrounded by succubi and a large number of summoned monsters, she managed to seize an opportunity and turn the tables. After several consecutive battles, she was able to protect the unconscious Hu Tao and persevered until reinforcements arrived. Ying can now firmly hold the position of the second strongest person under the Executive, and in a one-on-one situation, she can either entangle them for a long time or escape with ease!]
Don't be fooled by her usual cute, silly, soft, and笨 appearance. In reality, when it comes to combat, she has many clever tricks~ If the Ying of Mondstadt was purely reliant on others for protection because she couldn't fight, then the Ying of Liyue could stand out as a strong protector of others~ kanδん
Cough cough~ This was written after finishing two thousand words, I wasn't just filling space~