I'm a male god in Liyue

Page 890

"This is my home. Wait a moment, I'll go open the door!"

Zhu Zi ran over and knocked on the door.

A familiar female voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Mom! It's me!"

"Zhu Zi?!"

The door was quickly opened, and a middle-aged woman who looked somewhat like Zhu Zi came out with a surprised expression.

"You're back!"

"Yes, we agreed to come back after the New Year."

"It's good that you're back. Let me see, you haven't lost weight."

"I'm doing great out there! Oh, by the way, Mom, let me introduce you to some of my friends I've made out there."

Zhu Zi gave a brief introduction.

Everyone then learned that her mother's name was Man and her father's name was Yao, but he was not at home at the time; he had gone out to work.

Man grabbed Xia Zhi's hand and thanked him earnestly: "Boss Xia, it's all thanks to you for taking care of my Zhu Zi. If you hadn't taken her in to work in your shop, I don't know what would have happened to her."

Xia Zhi smiled and said, "Auntie, you don't need to do that. Zhu Zi is a very capable child. I can't see, so she takes care of me most of the time. She even washes my clothes."

Zhu Zi stood to the side, listening with a slightly embarrassed expression.

She used to be able to compete with Shen He to wash the clothes the boss had taken off, but after Liu Yun Zhenjun joined the team and they got a washing machine at home, she hasn't been able to properly wash clothes in a long time.

Afterwards, Man warmly invited everyone into his home for tea.

Zhu Zi's house was a fairly ordinary house in Inazuma; it wasn't very big.

With so many people inside, they barely had enough room to sit down after splitting into two separate rooms.

Zhu Zi helped her mother make tea and serve her snacks.

Watching her quick and efficient movements, Man felt that her daughter had indeed become much more sensible.

Everyone was drinking tea and chatting when they suddenly heard a knock on the door, followed by a very familiar girl's voice: "I'm back..."

Everyone was stunned.

Because this voice sounds exactly like Zhu Zi's voice.

Then, without waiting for anyone to open the door, the girl outside simply pushed the door open and came in.

His movements looked very practiced.

The door was pushed open.

A girl who looked exactly like Zhu Zi walked into the house.

She seemed surprised to find so many guests in the room and stood there stunned.

Zhu Zi, holding a plate of snacks, stared at the girl and froze in place.

After a long pause, Zhu Zi asked, somewhat puzzled, "Who are you?"

A look of panic crossed the girl's face, and she stammered, "I'm sorry, I... I went to the wrong place!"

After she finished speaking, she turned to leave.

But suddenly a gust of wind blew in and slammed the door shut.

She slammed into the door and cried out pitifully, "It hurts!"

Xia Zhen glanced at Wendy, who was watching the commotion from the side, and knew that he was the one who had closed the door earlier.

Mitsuru came out of the house carrying some snacks. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "You're back."

The girl covered her face, turned around, and nodded pitifully, "Yes, Auntie..."

Zhu Zi looked around, somewhat bewildered, and asked, "Mom, what's going on? Who is she?"

With a smile, she explained, "A few days ago, your dad and I were taking a walk outside when we came across a raccoon with a small injury on its leg. It looked at me and even cried. We felt sorry for it, so we took it home and took care of it. Later, its injury healed. I guess it was because your dad and I talked about you every day during those days that it turned into your appearance and came over, saying that it wanted to take care of us in your place."

Xia Zhi couldn't help but recall the legend of "The Civet Cat Repaying Kindness" that Zhu Zi had once told him. At that time, he had even given Zhu Zi a small raccoon cat doll. He never expected that such a thing would eventually happen to Zhu Zi herself. It was quite interesting.

Zhu Zi stared at the girl who looked exactly like her and exclaimed, "Hey, you're a tanuki?"

The girl seemed a little shy and said cautiously, "I'm sorry for taking your form so abruptly..."

Zhu Zi shook his head and said, "That doesn't matter. Are you really a monster?"

The girl honestly replied, "I'm just a little monster who has just taken human form..."

As she said this, she glanced cautiously at Yae no Miko over there.

She naturally recognized the great fox spirit who was stationed at Narukami Shrine.

Yae no Miko smiled slightly at the other party. She had known about the existence of this little tanuki monster for a long time. Ever since Kira told her that Zhu Zi was one of the employees of the juice shop, she had been keeping a close eye on the situation of Zhu Zi's family.

How did you transform into human form?

"I don't know... I think I ate the delicious food you sent back, and then I took human form."

"It must have been the boss who made those, right?"

Xia Zhi wasn't quite sure, but Zhu Zi did have Qi Liangliang bring back some of the pastries he made, some of which were Liyue specialties that she bought herself from shops on the street.

Hana Sanri watched as Chikuko and the tanuki chatted, and suddenly frowned.

She felt like she had forgotten something quite important, which seemed to be... also related to tanuki...

But what exactly happened...?

Chapter 552 Naganohara Yomi-no-miya (4K)

When they suddenly learned that the legend of the raccoon dog repaying a debt of gratitude had happened around them, everyone was a little surprised. But after chatting for a while, they found that this little raccoon dog was actually very simple-minded, didn't know much about common sense, and had a clear sense of foolishness in his eyes.

Like Xia Lin, who had just been brought home by Xia Zhi.

After all, she was a demon who had only recently taken human form.

The immortals looked at her, and a hint of nostalgia appeared in their eyes.

In some ways, there is no difference between spirit beasts and monsters.

Long ago, the immortals who had just successfully transformed into human form went through a period of confusion and curiosity.

Ying'er looked at her and asked curiously, "What did you originally look like?"

The little fox spirit lowered its head and whispered, "This is how I always have been."

Ying'er paused, then exclaimed in surprise, "Ah? You originally looked exactly like Zhu Zi?"

Upon hearing this, Yae no Miko explained, "Generally speaking, the form a yokai takes after transforming is entirely up to them. However, if a yokai has a very strong desire in their heart when they transform, then they may become the form they long for after transforming."

"So that's how it is... Wait, something's not right, is it? Zhu Zi left home last year, how do you know what Zhu Zi looks like?"

“Um…I…I used to live around here and saw Zhu Zi many times, so I know…”

"Oh, I see."

This was quite an interesting little incident.

After drinking tea and eating snacks, everyone got up to say goodbye.

However, Zhu Zi's mother was very enthusiastic and insisted on keeping Xia Zhi from leaving, saying that everyone had to stay for a meal.

Xia Zhi smiled and said he would come back in the evening, when Zhu Zi's father would be off work.

Zhu Zi's mother nodded and said okay. There were too many guests and not enough food at home. She would go out to buy some in the afternoon.

After leaving Zhu Zi's house, everyone continued shopping.

Zhu Zi also pulled out the little fox spirit, took her hand, and led her around.

When Zhu Zi was away from home for a while, someone took care of my parents in my place. Even if it was just out of gratitude, I should thank her properly.

The little fox spirit looked around. It seemed she hadn't really gone shopping much before, and she was very interested in the goods sold at the street stalls.

Seeing her longing look, Zhu Zi immediately took out his money and bought all the little trinkets she had her eye on.

As a bestselling novelist, Zhu Zi is now much richer than her parents.

The little fox spirit looked like it wanted it but was too embarrassed to accept it. Zhu Zi forced the item into its hand, so it had no choice but to accept it and whispered a thank you, but the joy in its eyes was undeniable.

As a newly transformed little demon, she didn't have much money.

She wasn't just saying she would take care of Zhu Zi's parents; she genuinely went out every day to work hard and bring back strange seeds or wild fruits to give to Zhu Zi's parents to exchange for Mora at the market.

Looking at her now, as if she's holding a bunch of treasures, it inexplicably makes one feel... a little heartbroken.

Xia Zhen glanced at the little tanuki, then turned and asked in a low voice, "Is life this hard for all the yokai in Inazuma these days?"

Yae no Miko nodded, her expression helpless: "Yes, in the past, there were great yokai who patiently taught the little yokai, helping them integrate smoothly into the human world. But now... those predecessors are no longer in this world, and I can't take care of them all by myself. These little yokai are ignorant and don't understand many common sense and rules of the human world. In addition, they don't have any special skills, so even if many yokai successfully transform into human form, they still live their original lives in the wild..."

A typical example is Kira Ryo.

When she first used her demonic power to transform into human form, she explored every corner of Inazuma Castle, even the roof of the Shogun's castle tower.

Later, through repeated chases by the "Heavenly Enforcers," she came to understand human rules such as "not climbing onto other people's rooftops" and "not eating fish from ornamental ponds."