Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 171 Returning to the Beginning

Seeing this strange scene before him, Qiuhe hesitated for a long time before finally speaking to the shadowy girl in front of him: "Hello, excuse me..."

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Hearing Qiuhe's question, the shadowy girl in front of him didn't react at all, remaining seated motionless with her arms wrapped around her knees.

Seeing this, Qiuhe was also somewhat bewildered, unsure how to continue the conversation. "Um, hello, my name is Qiuhe, may I ask... what's your name?"

"Why would you be alone in a place like this?" Hearing Qiuhe's question again, the shadowy girl remained silent for a few seconds before slowly turning her head.

Although it was a shadow form, judging from its outline and the movement of its head, Qiuhe understood that the shadowy girl was looking at him.

But the girl just stared at Qiuhe quietly, without saying a word or making a sound. Qiuhe found this very strange.

But at the same time, he had a strange feeling. Even though the shadowy girl in front of him hadn't spoken or made a sound, Qiuhe just felt...

The shadowy girl in front of him seemed to be talking to him, and for some reason, Qiuhe felt a very warm feeling when looking at her.

It was as if even though she was just looking at Qiuhe, Qiuhe could understand what was on his mind: "Have we met somewhere before?"

Qiuhe asked this question on a whim, but the shadowy girl simply faced Qiuhe silently.

But Qiuhe seemed to hear him speaking, her eyes filled with complex emotions, and she couldn't help but ask again, "Why, why do you say that?"

"Are we really that close? Why do you say I don't need you anymore?" Qiuhe didn't understand, even though the shadowy girl in front of him hadn't spoken.

But it was as if he could hear his own heart saying, "You don't need me anymore, I'm no longer important to you, we can't go back to the way things were."

As Qiuhe listened to these heartfelt words, he felt a sharp pain in his heart for some reason, as if he had forgotten memories that he shouldn't have.

This heart-wrenching feeling was something Qiuhe couldn't understand at all. "I'm sorry, I don't know if we've met before, but I have this feeling in my heart."

We are inseparable, my heart tells me. We may have known each other for a very long time, but I can't recall a single detail. Please tell me.

"Who exactly are you?" Looking at the dark figure before her, the girl remained unchanged, but Qiuhe spoke, "You are me? A part of me?"

As Qiuhe gazed at the shadowy girl before her, it seemed as if her inner voice was telling her that the girl was a part of her own body.

Qiuhe remained silent for a few seconds, then slowly walked forward and extended his hand to the shadowy girl. "If you are truly a part of my body..."

Please come back. I don't know why, but I can feel that you are very important to me. This body cannot live without you; I cannot live without you.

Without you, I would be incomplete; without you, I would no longer be myself; without you, Qiuhe, I would be nothing but an empty shell.

I really need you. Please. Come back.” Qiuhe didn’t understand what he was saying, as if his inner voice was telling him how to express himself.

It was as if the person in front of her was truly important to her; looking at the hand reaching out to her, the dark-skinned girl sitting on the ground simply watched quietly.

The silence didn't last long before the shadowy girl slowly reached out and gently placed her hand on Qiuhe's.

Seeing the girl in front of him take his hand, Qiuhe's face inexplicably lit up with a very happy smile, and then he took the hand of the girl in the shadows.

He gently helped her up from the ground, then took one of the shadowy girl's hands in his own and softly asked, "May I ask your name?"

The girl didn't speak, but she had already revealed all her feelings. Qiuhe gradually revealed a very gentle smile, "Yu Rou, is it?"

As Qiuhe spoke, she gently closed her eyes, took the hand of the shadowy girl before her, and slowly placed it on her forehead. "What a beautiful name. Welcome back, Yu Rou."

After Qiuhe finished speaking, a gentle breeze began to blow in the strange, dark place where the two were, and then cracks began to appear on the shadowy girl's body.

At the same time, a series of cracking sounds were heard, and cracks began to appear in this strange, dark place, gradually splitting the sky into pieces.

The earth was the same, until a dazzling light emanated from the cracks in the shadowy girl's body, until the warm light enveloped everything.

When Qiuhe finally opened his eyes, the two of them had instantly transformed from that strange, dark place into a clear blue space, looking at the white clouds floating in the sky and the blue sky.

There was also the ground, clear and transparent like the surface of a mirror-like lake. Qiuhe slowly raised his head and gazed ahead. The shadowy girl he had been holding had now regained her color.

Looking at Yu Rou before him, Qiu He remained stunned for a long time. Every smile and frown of hers was as bright and beautiful as stars, and the gentleness on her face was captivating.

She was as pure and flawless as an angel, and her hair, like silken satin, flowed smoothly from her shoulders, shimmering softly in the sunlight.

Seeing Qiuhe standing there dumbfounded, Yu Rou also embraced Qiuhe with a gentle smile and whispered:

"Yes, Yu Rou will not abandon Qiu He this time. Yu Rou will be with Qiu He forever. The wrong path in the journey of fate has been given a chance to turn back and return to the beginning."

"This wish, to start anew," she said. Then, Yu Rou and Qiu He's bodies began to blur from bottom to top, eventually transforming into starlight and disappearing into the space.

Before the two disappeared, Yu Rou seemed to leave behind a final message: "Remember to tell Du Lin. The free wind cannot reach the seabed."

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"Leiyi, Leiyi, wake up! It's time. We promised to go on an adventure today, don't forget!" Qiuhe, half-awake, heard the familiar voice calling her.

When Akikawa slowly woke up, she found herself lying on her bed in her room, with Clementine calling her to get up. Peruvieri and Lily were sitting beside her. Akikawa slowly sat up.

Kree stared silently at Qiuhe, her eyes trembling slightly, as if she were dreaming. Kree watched Qiuhe stare blankly at her.

Thinking Qiuhe was still asleep, she reached out and pinched Qiuhe's face with both hands. "It's already 7 a.m., Leyi should be more awake by now."

"Navia and the others are probably all packed and waiting for us at the beach. Let's hurry up and pack our things and head out," Kreevi said.

And feeling the incredibly realistic sensation of Clay pinching his cheek, Qiuhe slowly shed a tear, which landed on Clay's hand.

Clay was also stunned for a moment when he saw this scene.

"Huh?" Akikawa's lips trembled a few times before she hugged him tightly, and then she burst into tears, "Waaaaaah!"

Seeing this, all three were completely bewildered. "Lei, what's wrong?" Kree tried to ask Qiuhe what was going on.

But the only response to Kree was Akikawa's heartbroken sobs. It took several people a long time to comfort her before Akikawa gradually calmed down.

"Okay, Leyi, don't cry. You should feel better now. Can you tell us what happened?" Kreeway asked, listening to her question.

Qiuhe still felt like he was dreaming. Lily then said from the side, "Leiyi, are you having a nightmare?"

After hearing this, Qiuhe recalled everything that had happened, still vivid in his mind, yet he felt as if he had forgotten something, something like when he saw Claye die right before his eyes.

Suddenly, all the energy in his body surged out of control. After unleashing his final strike, he was transported back to the past. Qiuhe thought this for a few seconds before falling silent.

Finally, she spoke very seriously, "Yes, it was indeed a terrifying dream. I almost thought it was real." At this point, Qiuhe wiped away her tears, looking aggrieved.

He feigned a deeply wronged expression: "I dreamt that Clementine and Pepe didn't want me anymore. They planned to leave me and never see me again."

At this point, Qiuhe adopted a very weak and delicate demeanor, letting out a soft "hmm," before turning her head away and gently covering her mouth with her hand.

Two tears rolled down her cheeks, a sight that left all three of them stunned. Qiuhe thought to herself, "I can't possibly say I've traveled back in time, can I?"

Furthermore, recalling what Clay had just said, Qiuhe guessed that he had probably returned to the day when the group went to sea to fight the Ironclad Molten Emperor.