Arknights: It Was Game Over for Me a Bit Too Early

"..." Xi held Hong Yu's casual drawing and fell silent.

She pointed to the strange creature on the paper that had four legs, was entirely black with a white belly but had a few black stripes, and then looked at Hong Yu who was on the side with a proud face.

"Yu, this is... what kind of strange creature?"

"Haha! I call it—A'Yao!" Hong Yu confidently raised his head, with a somewhat exaggerated laugh on his face.

Yu is messing around again...

Looking at the clowning Hong Yu, Xi had this thought, and then helplessly shook her head, put away this paper that was obviously just a random drawing by Hong Yu, and picked up the next piece of Hong Yu's "homework."

The brushstrokes were no longer rough, the form was basically correct, and the colors were distinct and not garish.

Great progress...

Xi selected one of Hong Yu's paintings from today that she was most satisfied with and put it into the space she specially used to store Hong Yu's paintings.

Over the past month, Hong Yu had really been seriously learning the art of Danqing with Xi.

Looking at his paintings one by one, you could also find that his progress was really great. From the technique that was initially evaluated by Xi as "ghostly scribbles," he had gradually gained Xi's recognition and praise...

This point made Xi, who was called "Teacher" by Hong Yu, extremely proud.

Xi: See! Learning from me makes you improve fast, right! (Hands on hips)

"Xi, can you try using your authority to turn that painting into one of your creations?"

While Xi was secretly delighting in being Hong Yu's "Teacher Xi," a sentence from Hong Yu interrupted her brainstorming.

"This one?" Xi took out the painting that Hong Yu called "A'Yao" again. She asked curiously, "Why?"

"Don't you think it's cute?"

"...Cute... is it?"

"Isn't it cute?"

Xi carefully looked at "A'Yao" again.

How to say it... well, it's ugly-cute...

This was Xi's evaluation.

"You want me to use this painting as the blueprint for my creation?" Xi asked with a hint of uncertainty, and Hong Yu on the other side nodded at lightning speed.

He had thought A'Yao was very cute when the man in the painting was active. But now, with his existence, he didn't know if Xi would still create this creation...

Of course, this was only the most minor reason.

And the main reason was that according to Hong Yu's calculations, his time was almost up.

No matter how much he struggled or was reluctant, the existence of "Sui" was always a sword hanging over Hong Yu's head.

If there was the existence of "A'Yao," then the damage caused to Xi by his unannounced departure... should be a little smaller, right?

Out of concern for the reclusive Xi, Hong Yu for the first time requested Xi to create a creature for "himself."

On this point, Hong Yu had not thought of telling all the fragments what he had done, and then saying goodbye to them or anything...

But was that possible?

None of them would allow it.

And then what? Who would solve the problem of "Sui"?

According to his memory, the problem brought by "Sui" had always affected all the fragments, whether it was the threat to their own existence or the suspicion and doubt of Yan.

These were things that Hong Yu did not want them to bear.

Since now, due to his existence, the problem of Yan's suspicion and doubt no longer existed, they would sooner or later even be able to become honored guests of Yan, instead of being ostracized and hunted as giant beasts.

So, since his lifespan this time was almost at its end, and he couldn't accompany them for much longer anyway, how could he not solve the problem left by "Sui" and just grow old meekly?

Hong Yu thought a lot, but his face just had that familiar smile, as if he was looking forward to Xi using her authority to create this creation called "A'Yao."

And Xi didn't keep Hong Yu waiting any longer. She then picked up a paintbrush and drew another "A'Yao" on the Xuan paper in just a few strokes, and it looked much more delicate than the one Hong Yu had drawn.

As Xi's last stroke fell, the creature in the painting also let out a "gao—" sound and directly drilled out of Xi's painting.

After it came out, it looked at the woman with a calm face on one side, and then looked at the man with a smile on his face on the other side...

Are these my master and mistress?

A'Yao tilted its head, trying to scratch its head with its short front limbs but failed because its hands were not long enough.

And on the side, after sensing what her creation was thinking, Xi's face instantly turned red.

Xi: I approve of this creation!!

"Tsk tsk tsk... come here, come here..." Hong Yu squatted down, his hand making a continuous beckoning gesture towards himself, signaling A'Yao to come over.

A'Yao was silent for a moment, then a question mark appeared above its head.

What is the master saying? What is he trying to express? Why does he look a little not so smart?

Hong Yu had no idea that his evaluation in A'Yao's mind was gradually becoming a little strange, and still maintained the posture of calling a dog.

"A'Yao, come here." On the other side, Xi just bent down slightly, and A'Yao immediately understood Xi's meaning and ran over happily.

Xi picked up this creation that felt quite good in her hands and gently stroked and kneaded its body.

Mmm... it feels surprisingly good...

Looking at it like this... it's really a bit cute.

"Hey! Why can it understand your meaning at once, but it ignores me?" Hong Yu on the side said with his arms crossed, dissatisfied.

"Who knows? Maybe it's your problem, Yu," Xi's small face was full of pride. She held A'Yao, her eyes smiling.

Come on, you're its creator. It would be strange if A'Yao wasn't close to you, right?

But the smiling face of the person in front of him made Hong Yu hold back this buzzkill sentence.

What a picture that was...

The noon sun just happened to be able to illuminate this cool room, and at the same time, it also dragged the young girl into a filter.

Her pair of red eyes were bright and clear, as brilliant as the stars. When she smiled, they curved like crescent moons, as if the spirit buried deep within them was also overflowing.

The smiling corners of her mouth were alluring, her cherry lips soft and moist...

Xi was very beautiful, Hong Yu did not deny this.

But, Xi's mind was also very delicate. In Nian's words, it was very interesting to mess with her mentality or tease her.

So Hong Yu, who was rarely in a playful mood, decided to tease the Xi who was currently in a state of smugness because of A'Yao's closeness.

"Sigh, sure enough... a newborn child is closer to its mother..." Hong Yu deliberately sighed, speaking in an exaggerated tone into Xi's ear.

The warm breath and the wrong words made the innocent Miss Xi's brain shut down for a while.

Chi-chi-chi-child... its mother?!

Then wouldn't Yu be...

"Sure enough, I, as the child's..." Hong Yu was about to continue, but only heard a "bang!" sound. Xi had already run back to her own room with A'Yao.

"...grandfather..."

Where did she go? You don't want to accept me positioning myself as your father that much?

Hong Yu blinked.

Inside the room, Xi was still holding A'Yao and giggling foolishly because she had misunderstood Hong Yu's meaning, while Hong Yu outside the room began to think about whether the other fragments were also very resistant to the fact that he positioned himself as their father.

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[Legend has it that in a mountainous area of Gouwu City, there is a group of creatures called "A'Yao".]

[Their appearances are all roughly the same, and the legendary first "A'Yao" was the handiwork of the first Prefect of Yan...]

[Source: A storybook from a street stall in Yan that costs two Lungmen Dollars a copy]

"What kind of ghost and monster storybook is this..." Nian's eyelids twitched. She really couldn't believe that she had wasted two Lungmen Dollars to buy such a book.

"Sigh, cheap goods are harmful..."

On the other side, Huiqi Mountain.

"Gao—!"

"Gao—!"

A group of "A'Yao" were jumping around a piece of Xuan paper, and on the Xuan paper was drawn the first "A'Yao."

The "A'Yao" drawn by Hong Yu.

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