Genshin Impact: This fireplace house is your graveyard.

Chapter 160 The Grievances Deep in My Heart

Soon after, footsteps sounded outside the room. As the footsteps grew closer, the boy's bedroom door slowly opened. "Little Siya,"

"Mom, I think I heard voices here just now. Were you talking to someone?" The boy, hearing his mother's question, simply replied:

"I'm talking to my little bear. There's no one else here, only my little bear who doesn't mind me, who talks to me and plays with me."

The flame in the boy's hand had vanished, replaced by a small bear he was holding, and the woman with the hidden mirror had also disappeared.

Seeing her child like this, the mother felt a surge of sadness and went inside to gently embrace the boy.

"Little Siya, don't be sad. Mommy and Daddy will find a doctor to cure you eventually, and then you can go out and play with other children."

"The other children won't dislike you anymore." The boy simply gave a blank "Mmm" and watched his mother leave the room.

The boy glanced at the teddy bear in his hand, seemingly lost in thought. Meanwhile, at the Hearth House, Clementine, Lily, and Peruvian were playing dice.

“Three days have already passed, I wonder how things are going with Leiyi,” Peruvieri said after hearing Lily’s words.

“Lei comes back every now and then, and from what he said, he should have everything sorted out in a few days,” Peruvieri said.

He also glanced at Qiuhe, who was sitting to the side with his eyes closed, and called out, "Krei, Krei? Krei!" Krei was sitting there in a daze.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Lily called out several times. Clay finally snapped out of her daze. "It's your turn to roll the dice." Clay glanced at the dice in her hand.

Finally realizing what was happening, Lily asked, "Clementine, are you still thinking about Mother?" Clementine was slightly taken aback by Lily's question.

Knowing that her prediction had come true, Lily fell silent. Peruvier then gently patted Clementi's back a few times.

"I don't know what this feeling is like, but I can imagine it must be very sad. But don't be sad, Clay. No matter what, Le Elily and I will always be by Clay's side."

After listening for a moment, Clay took a deep breath, then forced a smile and said, "It's alright, Pepe. So many days have passed."

I'm actually much better now, I know that, no matter when, no matter how long. Peipei, Lili, and Leyi will always be by my side.

"With everyone here, that's enough." With that, Clay hugged the two of them. After a while, Lily also spoke up, "I'm getting a little hungry."

"Crevi, Peruvian, I'll go get some cake. Would you like some?" Seeing that the two nodded, Lily went to the dining room.

But on his way to the restaurant, Lily noticed that some of the children at the Fireplace House avoided him whenever they saw him.

This wasn't the first time; Lily noticed that ever since she returned from that battle, the way some of the children in the Hearth House looked at her had changed.

Moreover, some children would even whisper among themselves, as if they were muttering something. Lily didn't know why, but she kept herself from paying attention.

And on Lily's way to the restaurant, the same thing happened again: some of the children wandering around the Fireplace House saw Lily...

Almost everyone walked around her; some children looked at Lily with strange disdain, while others whispered amongst themselves.

Lily also felt an unprecedented sense of suffocation, and finally had no choice but to quicken her pace. When Lily arrived at the restaurant...

He noticed that the children here looked at him exactly the same way the children outside did. It was already 2 p.m., and most of the children had finished eating; there weren't many children left in the restaurant.

Almost everyone came to grab some snacks or desserts. Lily didn't want to linger and planned to leave quickly after getting her cake. But just as Lily was getting her cake...

Suddenly, a child came up beside Lily and deliberately bumped into her. Lily, who was holding the cake and had just turned around, was still a little unsteady when the child bumped into her.

He was knocked to the ground by Lily, and the piece of cake she was holding hit him directly on the head. "Hey, don't you watch where you're going?"

"Or are you blind? Can't you see something this big?" Even though the other person bumped into him, he still got a scolding from them.

As soon as Lily opened her eyes, she noticed that the boy in front of her looked somewhat familiar, but then she remembered, "You are... the captain of the Sword Needle Team."

Lily realized that the person in front of her was the captain of the Sword Needle Team, the same team Little Rocky belonged to. "You were the one who bumped into me just now..."

Before Lily could finish speaking, the boy interrupted, "I think you're not only blind, but also mentally challenged. You said I bumped into you?"

"Then ask the people around you, who can testify?" Lily looked at the children around her, but then noticed that everyone was looking at her strangely.

No one stepped forward to speak for her. Seeing this, Lily felt an indescribable sense of grievance well up inside her. Lily then slowly stood up.

But before Lily could even regain her balance, another child stepped forward and shoved her to the ground with his shoulder, knocking her down. And the cake from before...

Lily's skirt was covered in smears, and when she looked up again, she saw a boy staring at her with a mocking expression.

Lily recognized the boy as a member of the sword and needle team. "Why...why?" she asked, seeing Lily's aggrieved expression.

The captain of the sword-needle team also spoke with a look of disdain: "Hey, are you going to cry? You bumped into us, and we didn't say anything."

You fell down twice and you're going to cry? Who are you trying to fool with this weak and helpless act? Ugh. I mean, how did you even survive a fight?

You used this fake, weak act to gain Lugia's sympathy, and that's how you defeated him, right? Hmph, you're utterly shameless.

Lugia usually listens to you so much and always calls you "sister, sister, sister." Is this how you treat your younger brother?

You used your fake face to gain his sympathy and ultimately killed Lugia! Even if he wasn't your biological brother, he called you "sister" for so long.

"Don't you have any conscience at all?!" This incident had been lingering in Lily's mind from the very beginning, and now she had been verbally abused to her face.

Lily couldn't help but drop the small pearls, and finally managed to stand up again, crying, "I...I didn't...Little Rocky, Little Rocky..."

Lily was choked up and couldn't speak clearly, while the boy became even more aggressive upon seeing this, "I said, are you really going to cry?"

"And you dare call him 'Little Rocky'? You don't deserve to call him 'Little Rocky'!" the boy said, shoving Lily. "He killed Lugia, and now he's here crying crocodile tears."

"What are you pretending to be innocent for!" The boy in front of her kept insulting Lily, and the surrounding children also pointed at Lily and gossiped about her.

Lugia was such a good boy, it's truly sad for him to have met someone like you. Why wasn't it you who died there?

The boy in front of her became increasingly excited as he spoke, then picked up a piece of cake and slammed it directly onto Lily's head, rubbing it against her head and face several times.

"People like you should just die already. Don't get in everyone's way here. Just looking at you makes me want to vomit," Lily finally broke down in tears.

Seeing this, the boy reached out again to grab Lily's clothes, but just then a hand suddenly reached out from the side and grabbed the back of the boy's collar.

With a sudden jerk, the boy was thrown aside. He managed to steady himself by pressing his hand against the food shelf.

But his hand was also pressed on a basin of oil, and the boy was very angry when he saw this. When he turned his head, he saw that the person who had pulled him was Qiu Shanshan.

Qiu Shanshan kept tidying up the cake crumbs and cream on Lily's head, saying, "Lily, Lily, don't cry, it's me, Qiu Shanshan, don't be afraid."

"I'm here. I won't let anyone hurt you." Tears of grievance mingled with loud sobs, filling the restaurant.

No matter how Qiu Shanshan tried to comfort her, Lily was too heartbroken to hear anything; all she could hear was her own sobbing.

Her mind kept replaying the boy's words and the story of Little Rocky. "Hey, I know you, you're Qiu Shanshan, right?"

Is that Qiu, the captain of that squad? You're still defending someone like that? You're not on his side, are you? It's true what they say, "Like attracts like."

As the boy spoke, he moved closer to Qiu Shanshan. Just as he reached out to grab her, a hand reached out from the side.

He grabbed the boy's arm tightly first, and feeling the pain, the boy immediately turned his head to look, then stared into Qiu Er's bloodshot eyes.