Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 247 Debts Are Hard to Repay (The Author's Pain)

"This student is fine."

After a preliminary examination, Baiji determined that March 7th's physical condition was acceptable, and the bruises on his wrists and ankles would heal on their own in a few days.

"I already told you, I just slipped. I'm not that fragile!"

March 7th suddenly jumped up from the hospital bed, grinning at the others.

After glancing at the lively March 7th and then at the energetic Qiong, Dan Heng simply said something expressionless.

"Since you're alright, let's leave and not take up medical resources."

Ultimately, he just suddenly wanted to create an environment where they were alone, to give March 7th a chance, a chance to work hard and win back Qiong, but...

Perhaps the timing isn't right yet.

Goodbye, teacher!

Qiong politely waved to Bai Ji, then turned to run outside—if she didn't leave now, she wouldn't be able to keep up!

"Sky".

But somehow, Bai Ji grabbed him.

"what happened?"

Bai Ji stared at Qiong, his gaze carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"I have already decided not to interfere with your decision, and I believe you are not the kind of scoundrel who would be fickle, promiscuous, or fickle... But I am still your teacher, so I must remind you."

Bai Ji paused, then met Qiong's puzzled gaze.

"As a partner, one should not start something and then abandon it, nor should one want both. As the saying goes, one must be willing to give up something in order to gain something. If one is unwilling to give up something..."

Qiong: ...

Qiong was speechless. Did he really look like a scumbag? Coraline had inexplicably questioned it, Bronya had mentioned it, and now even Baiji...

Is he the kind of person who can't resist temptation?

"I understand, teacher. I will always be loyal to Mei!"

Having guessed what would happen next, Qiong decisively broke free from Baiji's hand, nodded, and immediately followed Sanyueqi and Danheng, leaving Baiji alone in the infirmary.

"Unwavering loyalty..."

Bai Ji nodded with satisfaction, then shook his head: nodding naturally meant that monogamy suited his old-fashioned Martian mindset, while shaking his head indicated his distrust of Qiong Neng's fidelity.

After all, neither of them nor she would let this go easily.

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"Let's go! Where should we go? Want to take some photos with me? Or how about trying the Fairy Happy Tea here? It's called milk tea, right?"

Qiong rejected one of the proposals for March 7th.

"March is fine for taking photos, but I suggest you avoid milk tea."

"why?"

I don't understand March 7th.

"Milk tea is no good; it's bad for your health. Besides, milk tea contains neither milk nor tea—"

Especially after hearing Kiana say that recently, they've been giving away small toys with every milk tea purchase, and so many customers are coming just for the toys that you might have to wait in line for half an hour and still not get a drink. What's more, I've heard that some unscrupulous milk tea shops are using toys and merchandise for scarcity marketing... Anyway, Qiong doesn't plan to drink milk tea right now.

Qiong certainly had his reasons, and there were two of them, but in Dan Heng's view, that was troublesome.

Oh no, a disagreement has arisen.

Disagreements were commonplace in their small team. Minor disagreements wouldn't cause any major trouble, but the train crew's usual solution for disagreements during activities was to change team building into a free-for-all – as everyone knows, a significant portion of the friends Qiong made from various places were met during these free-for-all periods…

If they separate now because of a small disagreement with Milk Tea, then according to convention, Qiong will definitely run off to March 7th to find Milk Tea and organize her own development log and think tank, and that would be the end of their separation, wouldn't it?

Normal exploration trips are one thing, but this is Earth, a high-risk area! March 7th, completely oblivious to the danger, is pushing Sora away from him!

"We can drink milk tea anytime, but not now. Let's take a picture first."

"Okay, let's change our clothes first, and then you two can take pictures of me. It's settled then! By the way, is there a changing room here?"

March 7th hurriedly ran towards the teaching building, thinking there might be a changing room or something there. Watching March 7th leave to find a changing room, Danheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, it's not a big problem.

March 7th is over, and now it's just the two of them here. Danheng and Qiong naturally sat down on the bench.

Qiong originally just wanted to daydream and scroll through her phone, but Danheng didn't intend to waste this time.

“Qiong, do you know? During the time you disappeared, you happened to encounter the escape of Bu Lizhan, the chief of the Luofu Immortal Ship, Hu Lei. In March, she thought you had been captured by Bu Lizhan, and even confronted Hu Lei directly with Yan Qingyun Li on the Jingfeng Ship.”

"what?"

Qiong stopped scrolling through her phone and turned to look at Dan Heng.

Qiong was incredulous: March 7th, fight that big wolf?

“In March, she cared about you a lot. She worried about you every day during that time. After the Hulei Rebellion, we searched almost every corner of Luofu. In March, she said she would dig three feet into the ground to find you. We used the power of the judges of the Ten Kings Division to search the entire Netherworld Prison. The new Dan Ding Division Master and I also explored the Lin Yuan Realm. The three generals also sent the Cloud Cauldron to search for your whereabouts, but to no avail. In the end, we had to ask Fu Taibu to take action himself to find the approximate location of you and Mr. Walter…”

Qiong: ...

Dan Heng saw Qiong's shocked expression and continued speaking to himself.

“You know, March was the most eager to come to Earth. She was in such a hurry that she even considered sending the train directly to Earth to find you and Mr. Walter, regardless of the consequences. Unfortunately, the train's fuel is almost exhausted, and it will be difficult to escape the gravitational pull once it lands on the planet's surface. That's why we could only wait until now, using a section of the train car to search for you…”

"Danheng, did you really have such a long story to tell?"

She clearly had many questions to ask, but somehow this meaningless question popped into Qiong's mind and she blurted it out.

Danheng: ...

If he could, someone as skilled at crafting words as him wouldn't want to say so much, but what can he do when the person who usually talks the most isn't here?

Looking at Dan Heng, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, Qiong wondered if she had said something wrong.

We can't let the atmosphere get too awkward; we need to salvage it.

"Wait for me a moment."

Qiong stood up and ran towards the convenience store. Dan Heng was stunned for a moment, then stood up as well, intending to chase after her.

"Qiong, where are you going?"

"Don't move, I'll be right back!"

A moment later, Qiong returned to Dan Heng's side with two ice creams and, without saying a word, shoved one of them into his hand.

Watching Qiong lick the ice cream, Dan Heng's lips curled up slightly.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Between train crews, there's no need for polite phrases like "thank you."

Danheng tore open the ice cream, and the two sat on the bench, quietly waiting for March 7th to return.

Qiong suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, Danheng, where did Uncle Yang go?"

"Mr. Walter must be negotiating with that Ms. Theresa, right?"

Dan Heng suddenly felt that the sunlight was a bit too bright, so he pulled out a pair of sunglasses from somewhere and put them on his face.

Where did you buy these sunglasses?

"It wasn't bought; it was a gift from Dr. Einstein of the Anti-Entropy organization."

"Did Auntie give this to you?"

"Aunt?"

Dan Heng looked puzzled.

"Isn't Uncle Yang's sister Auntie?"

Dan Heng thought about it and agreed, then stopped thinking about it, but Qiong found it hard to imagine that the doctor with the messy hair would send something like this...

The thought of Dr. Chicken Head reminded her of her daughter, the cunning strategist, and the ice cream in her hand. Qiong quickly remembered that Coralie had just treated her to ice cream (please come back next time!) and what she hadn't finished saying…

What was she trying to say? A flying carriage entered the headquarters of Destiny?

"Danheng, you just mentioned the train carriage, right? You entered the Heavenly Mandate headquarters?"

"Yes, in order to help Mr. Walter rescue that... Aunt Walter, we and the two ladies used a carriage to break into the floating island group."

Dan Heng sensed that Qiong's gaze had become more shocked.

However, he didn't think much of it; in his view, this matter wasn't a high priority and wasn't worth mentioning. The outcome was just a bit unexpected.

"We not only rescued that one, but in March we also discovered a secret room and rescued someone who looks eight-tenths like that Miss Sushang from the Cloud Cavalry—Qiong, you dropped your ice cream."

"Sorry to keep you waiting, I'm back!"

Dressed in red and white attire with her hair tied up in two red buns, March 7th appeared before the two, carrying the twin swords given to her by Yanqing and wearing white stockings. In her mind, Qiong would be absolutely amazed! Almost everyone who knew her thought she looked amazing!

Sure enough, Qiong was so surprised she couldn't close her mouth, and ice cream fell all over the floor... Wait, ice cream?

"Oh, you two went to eat ice cream without inviting us! That's so unfair!"

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Statistics in progress...

There are two chapters now, and tomorrow there will be three (sad).

Let's skip the filler chapter; debts are really hard to pay off.