"I'm anxious... I'm really anxious! Nathan, let her go, I want to duel with her!"
After receiving another provocative glare from Shenhe, Keqing loudly pointed at the ice beauty opposite her.
"Nathan... let me go, let me eliminate this enemy!"
Shenhe also spoke calmly from within his embrace. Without further discussion, this place was about to transform into a real battlefield.
"How could I possibly let you two run wild!!!"
Regarding the current situation, Nathan felt his headache growing worse.
If he truly let the two women fight freely, half of Liyue Harbor probably wouldn't be enough to contain their destruction.
"Mmph!"
"Mmph!"
But for these two women, they had already reached their boiling point, commonly known as seeing eye to eye.
Even with Nathan's intervention, they still wanted to fight to determine superiority.
"Hey... Ganyu, why are you just standing there watching? Help out!"
The pressure in his hands gradually increased as Shenhe tried to break free from his restraint.
At this moment, Nathan could only look pleadingly toward Ganyu.
For some reason, this usually stoic secretary of Yuehai Pavilion seemed to want to join in the excitement.
Judging by her upturned lips, she appeared quite pleased to see the two about to fight.
"Ganyu!!!"
Nathan called out her name again urgently, as Shenhe was becoming almost impossible to restrain.
This time, a gratified smile appeared on Ganyu's fair cheeks.
Her red lips trembled slightly, but no sound came out.
However, reading her lips, Nathan could make out her intention.
"Afterward... I want a reward"
Asking for a reward for helping? Isn't this taking advantage of the situation?
However, due to the urgent circumstances, Nathan could only nod.
"Fine, fine, fine, whatever you want!"
As soon as he agreed, the smile on Ganyu's face reached its fullest bloom.
She was ready to act, and Nathan could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
As for whether Keqing would initiate an attack, he wasn't actually that worried.
Because Nathan had already seen Ningguang gradually approaching behind her.
With the level-headed Ningguang handling that side, there shouldn't be any major problems.
So the most difficult to deal with was still the yandere-natured Shenhe.
"Junior Sister Shenhe, you can stop now, Nathan has agreed!!!"
"Mm!!!"
But what he didn't expect was that Shenhe, who had been so persistent just now, instantly calmed down after Ganyu spoke.
The ice dagger in her palm vanished, and her previous aggressive aura disappeared as well.
It felt as if everything just now had been an act.
"All settled!!!"
Ganyu spoke at the right moment, giving him a knowing look.
Now, how could Nathan not understand?
Everything just now had been a performance put on by these sister disciples.
Their main goal was to get Nathan to agree to their reward.
After realizing this, Nathan felt his vision go dark.
Schemes, schemes, it was all schemes!!!
He had some words he wanted to say, but in the end, he gave up.
He could only shout in his heart: Ganyu, you schemed against me!!!
As the women beside him calmed down, over at Keqing's side, Ningguang had placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Keqing, calm down a bit. Where has your judgment as one of the Liyue Qixing gone?"
"Ningguang, don't interfere with me!"
Unlike Ganyu's side, Keqing was truly angry.
Shaking her head in anger, her cute twin tails swayed left and right.
"Keqing, look carefully, you've fallen into their trap!!!"
With Ningguang's reminder reaching her ears, Keqing finally gained some composure.
When she suspiciously looked toward the two women opposite, the sisters' victorious smiles after their successful scheme made her instantly understand.
As the high-ranking Yuheng, she quickly figured out everything.
She had fallen for those two bad women's tricks in her anger.
"So Ganyu and this woman called Shenhe are sister disciples?"
"Mm!!!"
Keqing's face was cold, feeling very displeased about being schemed against.
"You see, they're sister disciples on the same side. Going up against the two of them alone, you'll only end up at a disadvantage!!!"
"Then... what are you trying to say, Ningguang?"
"These sister disciples are united in heart, we should form an alliance too. Two versus two, we can't be at a numerical disadvantage!"
Ningguang's invitation this time made Keqing somewhat interested.
"But Ningguang, I don't trust you. What if you betray the alliance halfway through?"
"Since we're united now, we should advance and retreat together. You should trust in my reputation as the Tianquan, how could I possibly backstab an ally?"
"Heh!"
Before the words had fallen, Keqing let out a cold laugh.
After all, Ningguang's reputation in the business world had always included an iron-blooded aspect.
The merchants who had been schemed against and backstabbed by her were too numerous to count!
"Keqing, if you don't trust me, then let's make a palm oath. Let's form a contract in the name of Rex Lapis, and may those who break their word suffer the punishment of stone erosion."
The Geo Archon wasn't just the god of commerce, but also held the title of god of contracts.
Only when the two made a contract would it truly be impossible to go back on their word.
At this, Keqing finally felt at ease.
"That's good then, it's a deal!"
She extended her palm, making the oath with Ningguang.
"Contract established, now we're allies on the same side!!!"
As the two women's alliance was formed, their hostility began radiating toward Ganyu's direction.
"Ningguang, why are you here!"
Ganyu likewise held back her junior sister, facing those aggressive gazes directly.
In her view, the Tianquan had always been level-headed in character; compared to her, Keqing was a bit easier to deal with.
"What are you all trying to do?"
At this point, Nathan found himself in an even more passive position.
The four women's gazes clashed in the air, instantly freezing the atmosphere around them.
Nathan could see at a glance that both sides had now formed their own battle lines.
Two women versus two women, this conflict seemed about to break out at any moment.
"Aha ha ha, my parlor is really lively today!!!"
Just at this tense moment, an outsider's voice suddenly interjected.
It was Hu Tao, with traces of sleepiness still on her face, walking out from her room.
"Perfect timing!!!"
Nathan secretly cheered in his heart. Due to Hu Tao's appearance, the tense atmosphere had been eased.
Although the young lady had caused him many troubles last night, seeing this scene now, he just wanted to shout: Hu Tao, you're my superman!!!
But Nathan seemed to have forgotten that this energetic young lady who was slowly walking over also had inappropriate thoughts about him.
Now... Hu Tao officially joins the battlefield.....
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