Stelle walked back, her steps light and even floaty.
She looked like someone who had done physical labor all night and still hadn't rested.
Of course, Stelle had indeed worked all night, and then pulled an all-nighter this morning.
Even the sturdy physique of a Trailblazer couldn't quite handle it, sigh...
She should really get a good sleep when she gets back.
Thinking this, Stelle walked back to Feiyun Slope.
The entrance to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was still quiet. Stelle remembered that she was Hu Tao's temporary employee, and by rights, she should be at work at this hour.
But Hu Tao hadn't told her about any work recently. In fact, these past few days, other than accompanying Hu Tao on a trip to investigate Hua Chu's matter, she hadn't done any work for Wangsheng Funeral Parlor at all.
Even Wangsheng Funeral Parlor didn't seem to have any work during this period, spending every day just drinking tea and walking birds with Hu Tao, grandly calling it "promotion."
Stelle shook her head and finally pushed open the door to the room she and Lumine rented and walked in.
"Lumine—are you there?" Stelle called out into the room, but heard no response.
This made Stelle feel a bit strange. If Lumine had gone out, she should have locked the door, right?
Did she forget...?
Stelle first walked towards Lumine's room. Pushing the door open, she saw that it was indeed empty.
Tilting her head in confusion, Stelle closed the door again and then walked to her own room.
This time, when she pushed the door open, it wasn't the scene Stelle had expected.
"Hu Tao?!" Stelle exclaimed.
As the landlady here, Hu Tao naturally had a key, which was quite normal.
But lying naked on her bed wasn't very normal, was it?!
"Oh, Stelle, you're back." Hu Tao's cheeks were slightly red. She pulled back the covers and burrowed in, finally hiding her pale body.
"Why are you in my room, and..." Stelle looked down. Hu Tao's clothes were casually scattered on the floor.
"Hmm, I originally wanted to ambush you last night, but Lumine said you might not be back," Hu Tao said very calmly, delivering a lot of information.
"I thought I'd come in the morning, but who knew you'd only come back now."
Hu Tao looked at Stelle with a hint of resentment.
She knew who Stelle had gone to see last night. Since she hadn't returned all night, it was easy to imagine what had happened.
"Cough, something, something delayed me a bit..." Stelle coughed unnaturally, then slowly walked to the bed and sat down.
"Hmph, Yelan is very dangerous, you need to be careful." Hu Tao snorted softly, extended a hand from under the covers, and gently stroked Stelle's thigh.
Although she didn't have much contact with Yelan, she could gather some information through the connections at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Yelan was someone who engaged in dangerous work, and it could even be said that much of that dangerous work was somewhat illicit.
Interacting with such a person, Hu Tao was genuinely concerned about Stelle's safety.
Of course, she also knew that no woman would be able to bring herself to harm Stelle, but danger didn't necessarily come from Yelan herself.
With that kind of work, Yelan definitely had many enemies, from ordinary Treasure Hoarders to the Fatui.
"I'm very strong, besides, Yelan..." Recalling everything that happened with Yelan last night, Stelle's face couldn't help but flush slightly.
Yelan was indeed very dangerous; she had to control it, to master that degree.
"It's nothing. Anyway, Yelan can be trusted, don't worry." Stelle shook her head and held Hu Tao's small hand that was causing mischief on her leg.
Yelan had lost everything to her, including herself.
"Let's not talk about this. I plan to sleep a little longer." Stelle quickly took off her outerwear and shoes, then burrowed into the covers.
This small bed was already filled with Hu Tao's scent.
"I'll have to trouble Hu Tao to be my body pillow for a while."
"Hmm? Hmm... Okay, of course, no problem." After a moment of thought, Hu Tao said with a cheerful smile.
Stelle saw Hu Tao's expression and knew that she was probably going to play some prank.
But it didn't matter. Mainly, Stelle was really tired right now, so she would just let Hu Tao do as she pleased later...
Thinking this, Stelle hugged Hu Tao and closed her eyes.
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A morning quickly passed. When Stelle woke up again, Hu Tao was indeed not very well-behaved, and she didn't know how long she had been playing pranks.
Stelle's eyebrows immediately raised. She had already recovered her energy at this moment, so how could she let Hu Tao mess around?
A moment later, she educated Hu Tao with profound principles, making her understand that pranks were wrong and that she should be a good child who slept honestly.
In short, by the time the two of them walked out of the room, a lot of time had passed again.
"Phew... That feels good. I feel full of energy today." Hu Tao stretched a big yawn towards the sun in the sky.
Although Hu Tao was usually very lively and active, and her body was incredibly good, every time she interacted with Stelle, she always felt that her physical condition had improved to another level, and all accumulated fatigue was swept away.
It made her want to stick with Star all day, not separated for a moment.
In that case, her energy would be limitless.
Unfortunately, that kind of thing was clearly not very possible.
For example, Hu Tao had to leave early now.
"So, do you really not need my help?" Star turned to look at Hu Tao, saying with some hesitation.
Actually, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor wasn't without work during this time; the body from the Hua Chu case hadn't been buried yet.
Because Hua Chu herself didn't die, De'an didn't acknowledge her illegitimate daughter at all, and what's more, now that the matter had spread and his reputation was ruined, De'an was directly bedridden and didn't even leave his door.
So this matter was delayed for a few days, and in the end, it was the Liyue government that funded Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to hold a simple funeral.
Liyue people are very particular about this; no matter what, they at least have to let people rest in peace.
Although Wangsheng Funeral Parlor only does cremations...
"No, no, you've been very busy these past few days, you should rest well," Hu Tao shook her head.
Although Star was nominally a temporary employee of her Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Star's main job was to accompany the Funeral Parlor Master in playing, in all sorts of ways.
After all, if someone starts from scratch in the funeral industry and wants to participate in normal work, it would require at least several months of training.
Star clearly didn't have that much time to study, so there was no need for Star to participate in this incident.
"Alright," Star nodded. She also knew that even if Hu Tao let her participate, she would probably only be able to stand by and watch.
But since Hu Tao was going to be busy, what should she do during this time...
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