November 30, 1993 of the Teyvat New Calendar, North Wharf, Liyue Harbor It was the end of the month again.
Kuaixue, who had taken a rare stroll around the North Wharf of Liyue Harbor, arrived at a restaurant in the North Wharf just in time for a meal to make do.
The wharf had always been a place where Kuaixue gathered inspiration.
Ships built for trade would also dock when they encountered ports, which was why Liyue was a place where all wealth settled.
At this wharf where merchants from all corners of the world traded, Kuaixue could gain a lot of knowledge just by sitting quietly there for a morning and listening to the chats among sailors from various countries.
At the age of 7, Kuaixue discovered the charm of the wharf.
At that time, although listening to the sailors’ words brought up many points of interest that she wanted to ask about, the socially awkward Kuaixue ultimately didn’t speak up, instead silently noting down her doubts in her heart, thinking of looking them up in books upon returning.
Fortunately, an unexpected opportunity appeared.
At first, the young Kuaixue sat blankly and quietly alone by the edge of the wharf.
Although the surrounding sailors were puzzled, they thought Kuaixue was probably some sailor’s child waiting at the wharf for her father to come home.
As a result, unexpectedly, Kuaixue sat there for a whole day.
At this, quite a few warm-hearted sailors also asked the young Kuaixue with some concern whether she needed help.
Kuaixue truthfully informed them of her purpose in coming to the wharf and took the opportunity to raise her questions.
Although the enthusiastic sailors felt that Kuaixue was a strange child, they still did their best to answer Kuaixue’s questions and incidentally recounted their sea voyages.
Even though it sounded like there was plenty of bragging at a glance, Kuaixue truly benefited a lot.
Upholding the principle of equivalent exchange, under Kuaixue’s insistence, the sailors accepted Kuaixue’s “intelligence fee” — 200 Mora, which in Kuaixue’s words was “drink money” and “loss-of-work compensation”.
After that, because Kuaixue occasionally appeared at the port at the end of the month, either south or north, and was generous and cute, she became a famous check-in spot in Liyue Harbor among the sailors, a “drink philanthropist” with a high probability of refreshing at the end of the month.
Although there were always some sailors who thought of bullying Kuaixue for being young and inexperienced, bringing fabricated stories over to exchange for drink money, they were always seen through by the well-read Kuaixue, who refuted them publicly, giving them a bad reputation among the sailors for cheating children out of money.
That aside, Kuaixue, having acted as a “dispenser of wealth” all morning, ate a Jade Parcels, wore a 5° smile on her face for the first time in a long while, and walked home in satisfaction.
As a result, unexpectedly on the way, she ran into acquaintances.
“Kuaixue, why are you here?” Kuaixue, who originally wanted to pretend not to see them, had no choice but to stop and go over to greet them.
“Yunyan, Ningguang, how do you two busy people have time to tease children here today?” It had only been 28 days since their last meeting, and Kuaixue ran into her two business partners again.
One had to admit this frequency was a bit high.
Ningguang felt somewhat embarrassed; after all, being close to 20 years old and still teasing young children near the port was indeed a bit excessive.
Even so, Ningguang shook his head at this, pointing his finger at Yunyan to indicate he didn’t want to speak.
“Hey hey, what do you mean by teasing children?
These few are our reliable informants, and they exchange intelligence with us every weekend, right?” Yunyan loved children very much, setting aside a little time almost every weekend to play with them, and even preparing the job of “informant” for some children from single-parent families.
Although in Kuaixue’s view, it was just a “playing house” game to subsidize single-parent families.
“Exactly, exactly.” “We are the most formidable informants in Liyue Harbor.” “Aren’t you a child too?” Several “informants” looked unconvinced upon hearing Kuaixue’s words.
“Who are you calling a child?
So disrespectful, call me older sister and let me hear it.” “You?
Hmm?
Purple hair, oh, I remember now, you’re that so-called ‘weird kid’ my mother often talks about.
How come you went to the port again today to waste your parents’ hard-earned money?” One of the children clearly didn’t know how to measure his words.
Hearing such criticism, Kuaixue’s expression remained as usual, while Ningguang and Yunyan on the side frowned.
“Alang, did you forget what sister said?
Quickly apologize to Sister Kuaixue.
Sister Kuaixue’s money was earned through her own ability.” Yunyan changed from her previous amiability and criticized sternly.
“…I’m sorry, Sister Kuaixue.” Alang regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth, and upon hearing the reprimand from his dear Sister Yunyan, he immediately conceded defeat.
“It’s fine.
Pay attention to what you say next time, especially do not casually spread baseless rumors.” Kuaixue didn’t want to bicker with children, and was even less inclined to bother with the rumors of some port residents.
“Sorry, Kuaixue.” “It’s fine, Yunyan, you know me, I won’t mind.” “Um… Sister Kuaixue, can you teach me how to make money?” The child who had misspoken earlier blushed and looked timidly at Kuaixue.
“?” “Kuaixue is our business partner, serving as an advisor and responsible for offering strategies, which is why she can make money.
What’s wrong?
Xiaolang, is there any place you need money recently?
If you have difficulties, you must tell sister.” Before Kuaixue could reply, Yunyan asked concernedly upon hearing the child’s question.
“It’s not me, it’s Xiaofeng.
Isn’t his sister sick?
He has recently often gone to Feiyun Slope to buy herbal medicine.
As brothers, I want to help him.” “?
His sister is sick?
How come no one told me?” Yunyan became a bit angry.
“Uh… Xiaofeng seemed not to let us tell you, for fear of causing you trouble.” Xiaolang, acting as a “good brother”, clearly forgot about this matter and felt a bit awkward for a moment.
“Sigh, where is he right now?
I want to talk to him.” Xiaofeng’s parents died in a maritime accident two years ago.
Since then, Xiaofeng had shouldered the responsibility of taking care of his sister all by himself, being strong yet proud.
Whatever difficulties there were at home, he always thought of ways to solve them himself.
Toward such Xiaofeng, Yunyan was both angry and heartbroken.
She probably saw her former self in Xiaofeng.
“Speak of the devil and the devil arrives.
Sister Yunyan, look, Xiaofeng is there.” The little girl who had been silent on the side pointed behind Yunyan.
Xiaofeng, the center of the topic, was carefully holding a “herbal medicine” whose top flower was vermilion-colored in his hands at this moment, hurrying along the way home.
“Xiaofeng, come over for a moment.” Seeing that Xiaofeng didn’t seem to notice this side, Yunyan quickly spoke up to signal him.
— “How is it?
Kuaixue, do you recognize this ‘herbal medicine’?” After Xiaofeng came over, Yunyan asked Xiaofeng to let her take a look at the bought “herbal medicine”.
Out of trust in Yunyan, Xiaofeng readily handed the “herbal medicine” to Yunyan and turned around to go find trouble with his good brother who “betrayed” him — Xiaolang.
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”