Yan'er was huddled in Stelle's arms, all her previous displeasure towards Stelle now vanished into thin air.
Instead, she was consumed by a feeling she had never experienced before.
She couldn't say whether this feeling was good or bad, but at least Yan'er had never tasted this kind of sensation in her life before.
Unfortunately, the Wind Glider's speed was very fast, and the whistling wind in her ears proved this point. From the moment Stelle picked her up until she landed, it was only a mere few tens of seconds.
These few tens of seconds felt incredibly short to Yan'er.
"Yan'er, um, shouldn't you get down now?" Landing steadily on the ground, Stelle looked down at Yan'er, who was still in her arms with her eyes tightly closed, and said helplessly.
"Hmm?" Yan'er slowly opened her eyes, staring blankly at Stelle's face for a long time before she finally, somewhat reluctantly, released her hands and slowly got down from Stelle's body.
If only this mountain were a bit taller, Yan'er couldn't help but think to herself.
Stelle, of course, didn't know Yan'er's thoughts, and even if she did, she wouldn't care, as similar things had happened to her more than once.
Besides, Yan'er herself was a wanted criminal by the Liyue authorities, and she probably still had bad intentions towards her.
Stelle wouldn't pay too much attention to Yan'er's current attitude towards her; anyway, she would eventually be locked up in her little black room.
As for the rest, it wouldn't be too late to discuss it after Yan'er reformed.
"A-Zhi~ it's almost time, you can jump!" Stelle looked up at A-Zhi, who was slowly descending, and shouted loudly.
A-Zhi had already descended to about halfway down the mountain. She looked down, and even for someone like her, who spent years climbing and traversing mountains, the height made her a bit nervous.
To be honest, she hadn't expected Stelle to call out for her to jump at this height.
However, she still trusted Stelle completely, without the slightest hesitation. As soon as Stelle said she could jump, she immediately let go of her hands, then pushed off slightly with her feet, jumping directly from halfway up the mountain.
Stelle also reacted immediately. She took a slight step back to get a running start, then sprinted quickly, directly stepping on the almost vertical mountain face and leaping up.
In just a few steps, she had already reached A-Zhi's falling position, then caught A-Zhi in mid-air, simultaneously deploying her Wind Glider.
This series of fluid movements completely stunned Yan'er, who was on the ground.
Stelle seemed to defy the physical laws of this world.
In just a few short steps, she could seemingly take flight and reach such a high place.
Which meant that, in fact, Stelle didn't need to slowly climb like them earlier...
Moments later, Stelle landed in front of Yan'er, holding A-Zhi.
Yan'er finally came back to her senses. She looked at A-Zhi in Stelle's arms, a disdainful smile appearing on her face.
For no other reason than that A-Zhi was also like her, even more disheveled...
It seemed that any woman found it hard to resist Stelle's charm.
"Alright, how long are you going to hold her?" Yan'er, seeing that A-Zhi still hadn't let go, said with some displeasure.
She probably forgot how she had behaved just moments ago.
"S-sorry!" A-Zhi, as if waking from a dream, quickly let go of her hands and got down from Stelle's body.
"Hmph… Alright, let's go back quickly," Yan'er snorted lightly, then turned to leave.
A-Zhi tilted her head, looking at Yan'er in confusion, then at Stelle.
"Cough, it's nothing, don't mind her, she's just like that… Let's go too," Stelle said, rubbing her head.
"Okay."
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The three of them finally made it back to Qingce Village before dark.
People often say that going up a mountain is easy, but coming down is hard. In reality, for Stelle, with convenient things like the Wind Glider, going down the mountain was truly not difficult at all.
For some of the steep slopes they had climbed with great effort before, she only needed to take one person and fly down, then let the other person jump down for her to catch.
Of course, this consumed a lot of her stamina, and the other two, considering this, didn't let Stelle continue doing it afterward.
Otherwise, they might have returned to Qingce Village even earlier.
"Hmm… Should we go find Grandma Ruoxin first?" Standing at the entrance of Qingce Village, Yan'er stretched, then asked the two behind her.
"I don't think so. Grandma Ruoxin should already be resting at this time. We'd better not disturb her," A-Zhi shook her head.
Although it wasn't completely dark yet, there were no activities in Qingce Village at night, and the elderly villagers went to bed very early.
"Then never mind, we can go tomorrow just the same," Yan'er was anxious, but she wasn't in such a hurry that she couldn't wait another day or so.
And to be honest, after walking all day, she seemed less interested in the so-called 'Chi' corpse.
Because now there was a more alluring treasure right beside her…
Thinking this, Yan'er turned her head to look at Stelle.
"Let's go back quickly and get some rest," Yan'er said this, and the two of them naturally didn't object. Besides, they had been tired all day and indeed needed a good rest.
Stelle was actually fine, but the others, their physiques were far from matching Stelle's.
"Speaking of which, how do you bathe here?" Walking on the way to A-Zhi's house, Yan'er suddenly asked A-Zhi curiously.
A-Zhi's house was just one small room, with no distinction between host and guest, let alone a bathroom or similar place.
"There's a bathhouse in the village; we usually go there to wash," A-Zhi replied.
"Oh~ Then let's go there for a bath after we eat… What do you say, Stelle?" Yan'er turned to look at Stelle, her eyes seeming to hold a different kind of emotion.
Stelle, of course, could guess Yan'er's thoughts; after so many experiences, she was no longer the naive little Star Core she once was.
It was just…
Stelle's expression immediately became conflicted.
She couldn't very well refuse, as she had been active all day. Although she hadn't sweated much, and her clothes also had a high-tech self-cleaning function for the body.
But these things were hard to explain to them, and even if she did, they probably wouldn't believe her.
So, if she were to say she wasn't going… Stelle didn't want them to think she was an unhygienic person.
But if she went, and something unexpected happened, it might affect her plans.
This was truly a dilemma…
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