Travel through Teyvat and spend your life with Linghua

Chapter 221 Looking for trouble

Keqing said to the stall owner with a serious face, "Boss, business is about mutual consent and fairness. I think your prices are too high and I want to talk things over, but you're being unreasonable and now you're even slandering me. There's no such thing as forced buying or selling in business."

Gan Yu also echoed, "That's right, Boss. We were originally having a great time visiting the temple fair and wanted to buy some things we liked. You're really ruining our mood by making such a fuss. If you really want to do business, you should offer a reasonable price instead of being so unreasonable."

The stall owner took a look at Keqing and Ganyu. Seeing that they were dressed in ordinary, simple clothes, although he was unsure of their identities, he was certain that they were not from wealthy families. He then continued stubbornly, "How am I forcing a sale? The price of this bracelet is already so low. They can't afford it, and yet they want to devalue my treasure. Naturally, I don't like it."

Keqing was slightly annoyed by the stall owner's stubbornness. She straightened her back and raised her voice a few notches. "How did a merchant like you manage to get into Liyue Harbor? Liyue Harbor has always upheld fair and just business practices. We can't tolerate your reckless behavior. Taking advantage of others' ignorance to arbitrarily quote prices, and refusing to tolerate any questioning, you're simply bringing discredit to Liyue Harbor's merchants! Ningguang values ​​Liyue Harbor's commercial order above all else. If she knew of your actions, she would definitely not let you off."

Ganyu and Linghua tugged at Keqing's clothes and whispered, "Don't be angry. We're here to have fun. Don't let people like this ruin our fun. Let's go. We're not buying."

Keqing took a few deep breaths, suppressed her anger, and snorted coldly, "Forget it, there's no point in getting entangled with him. Let's go, and let Ningguang deal with him later."

With that, the group was about to leave, but the stall owner pushed further, smugly mocking them, "Master Ningguang is so busy with everything, how could he have time to deal with such trivial matters? Humph, you little girls, why are you pretending to be so powerful? You're even trying to scare me by using Master Ningguang. I think you're just a bunch of poor bastards. Who do you think you are? You're just a bunch of idiots, but you're so ignorant. Don't think you can act like a big shot in front of me just because you're pretty."

Keqing's suppressed anger suddenly flared up again, her face flushing crimson. She broke free from Linghua and Ganyu's hands, spun around abruptly, her eyes piercing with sternness. "You've gone too far, you profiteer! If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'd be unworthy of being one of the Seven Stars of Liyue!"

A flash of lightning suddenly appeared in Keqing's hand, making a slight "sizzling" sound.

When the situation became tense, a gentle wind element slowly spread around Keqing, gradually suppressing the lightning in Keqing's hand.

Xin Yang stretched out his hand to block Ke Qing. "If you fight him and someone with ulterior motives gets out, it might damage your reputation. It's better to ask the Qianyan Army to handle it."

The stall owner listened as if he had heard some ridiculous joke. "Hahaha, you really think you're one of the Seven Stars of Liyue? Which Seven Star would dress so casually and hang out outside the temple fair? I think you're just putting on an act. Humph, even if you contact the Thousand Rocks Army, so what? I have backers there. Who knows who'll suffer the consequences then."

As soon as the stall owner finished speaking, a breeze blew by, and the stall owner fell to the ground as if he was punched by someone.

The stall owner covered his face, looked around in confusion, and muttered: "Who... who attacked me, stand up if you have the guts!" But the people around him just looked at him coldly, and no one responded.

Immediately afterwards, the stall owner was punched on the other side of his face. He widened his eyes in horror, kept backing away, looked around, and finally locked his eyes on Xinyang.

"You want to vent your anger for them, don't you? Let me tell you, I'm not afraid of you. If you have the guts, don't try to sneak up on me."

Xin Yang put his hands in his pockets and sneered, "So what if it was me? So what if it wasn't me? You started this all yourself, are you afraid of retribution?"

The quarrel attracted more and more onlookers, including many local people from Liyue Harbor who recognized the identities of the people present.

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Isn't this Lady Keqing and Lady Ganyu? Are they bullying the small vendors?"

"Are you a walking half millionaire? You're saying that! Open your eyes and see clearly. It's this merchant who's being unreasonable and has now bullied Lady Keqing."

"WC, you dare to act like a spoiled brat in Liyue Harbor and bully Lady Keqing. You must be tired of living. Lady Keqing, teach him a lesson."

"Don't bother my goddess. If you dare to make my goddess angry like this, don't stop me. I'm going to beat him up."

"Hey, why are you pulling me? If I don't stop you, go beat him up. It's a good way to vent my anger on my wife."

"What do you mean your wife? She's obviously my wife."

"Come on, you guys, if you have the time to spare, why don't you go find the Qianyan Army? Doesn't he have a strong backer? When the Qianyan Army arrives, we'll see whether his backer is stronger or Lady Keqing's."

"Makes sense."

The stall owner became more and more flustered after hearing these words, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead. However, he still said stubbornly, "Come on if you want to. I haven't done anything shameful. I have powerful backers." But his trembling body and flickering eyes had already exposed his fear.

Xin Yang looked at the stall owner's outwardly timid appearance and snorted coldly, "You keep talking tough. I wonder what you'll say when the Qianyan Army arrives. I was trying to reason with you, but you insisted on making a big deal out of it. I wonder how this will end. Oh, and let me remind you, the Qianyan Army is currently cracking down on bad practices. I want to thank you on Keqing's behalf for making their job easier."

When the stall owner heard this, his heart skipped a beat and his face turned even paler, but he still stubbornly muttered, "Humph, I... I don't believe it. You're just trying to scare me. I haven't done anything wrong, but... it's just a normal business dispute."

The crowd around them all burst into laughter, and someone shouted, "You call this a normal argument? Forcing a sale, slandering customers, and insulting Lady Keqing—none of these is a serious offense. Stop quibbling and wait for the Qianyan Army to deal with you."

The stall owner was left speechless by what everyone said, his body shaking like a sieve, his eyes full of despair and panic. He could only stare at the Qianyan Army's approaching figures, praying in his heart that things would turn around, but he also knew in his heart that he was really doomed this time.

Just when the stall owner was feeling anxious, Qianyan Army had already arrived at the scene.

The leading officer, with a scoundrel air, swaggered up to the stall owner, took a look at his red and swollen face, then turned around and waved his hand, "Whoever hit someone, please come forward. Don't make me check them one by one. If I find out, it won't be so easy to deal with."

Everyone watching the fun tacitly kept silent, trying to suppress their laughter while watching the fun. Xinyang stood there calmly, with his arms folded across his chest, looking as if it had nothing to do with him.

Seeing this, the stall owner stood up and pointed at Xinyang and said, "Brother Biao, it's him. I think he did it. He was just provoking me. I mentioned your name, and they said they would find someone to deal with you. You have to take charge of this for me."

"Catch him for me." Brother Biao waved his hand, and two Qianyan soldiers walked forward to capture Xinyang.

But when they reached Xinyang, the two Qianyan soldiers stopped and one of them turned to look at Brother Biao, "Brother Biao, shouldn't we inquire more about this matter? After all, this is just his one-sided statement, and we didn't see him take action. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to arrest him rashly."

"Since when do I need a reason to arrest someone? If you don't want to do this, just get out of here and stop whining at me!"

The two Qianyan soldiers still didn't dare to arrest anyone.

Brother Biao spat, "You two losers, I have to do it myself to catch someone. Get out of here."

The two Qianyan soldiers stepped aside as if relieved upon hearing this. Brother Biao walked up to Xinyang with a furious look on his face and cursed, "Humph, little bastard, you dare to touch my people? I think you are tired of living, right?"

When he got closer, Brother Biao saw Ganyu and Keqing behind Xinyang at a glance.

Without the slightest hesitation, Brother Biao knelt on the ground with a plop. "Master Yu...Master Yuhengxing, this is a misunderstanding."