Genshin Impact: Danmaku—Live Comments in My Eyes [2]

With hurried footsteps, a small figure ran through the streets of Liyue, weaving through the crowd.

Now and then he bumped into someone, hurriedly tossing out an apology: “Sorry! I’m late for school!”

Those he collided with could only shake their heads helplessly. Another family’s kid—sleeping in again and even late for class.

Stumbling all the way, Wang Hao finally made it to the academy on Feiyun Slope just as the bell rang.

“Wang Hao, why are you late today!”

An elderly man with white hair and beard called out, stopping the flustered Wang Hao.

Hearing the familiar voice, Wang Hao braked to a halt, then bowed respectfully to the old man.

“Wang Hao greets the Headmaster. A few days ago, this student accidentally fell into the water and caught a cold. I only just recovered today, which is why I arrived late.”

The old man looked him over, then reached out to take Wang Hao’s pulse. “Your pulse is weak—indeed the sign of someone who recently recovered. Since there was a reason, I won’t punish you this time. Go on in.”

“Thank you, Headmaster.”

Wang Hao bowed again before hurrying into the academy.

As soon as he entered, he felt everyone’s eyes on him.

“Hey, Wang Hao, why haven’t you been coming to class these past few days?”

A blue-haired child asked.

“Don’t even mention it,” Wang Hao said, a little embarrassed. “I was running a stall at the docks and got exposed. I panicked and ran, fell into the water, and caught a bad cold.”

Leaving aside the matter of gaining danmaku after getting sick, this time he really had been terribly unlucky.

His little stall trick had been exposed, the Glaze Lilies he’d faked with ordinary lilies were all wasted, and on top of that he’d fallen into the water and gotten sick. Medical treatment and medicine had cost him a large sum as well.

Right now, all Wang Hao wanted was to use the information provided by the danmaku to make a quick buck.

With that in mind, he looked at the blue-haired child beside him.

“Xingqiu, I heard your family runs a big merchant guild. Do you know who’s been selected in the new round of the Qixing?”

At that moment, the sparse danmaku in Wang Hao’s vision suddenly exploded.

[Wow, it’s Xinqiu—so cute when she’s little too~]
[So pretty. Was Xinqiuthis refined even as a kid?]
[It’s Xinqiu before he started martial arts—Little Wang Hao, hit him! Let’s see if he cries with one punch.]
[That’s a serious golden thigh. Little Wang Hao, grab on tight—you’ll never lack Mora in the future.]

The flood of danmaku instantly took up more than half of Wang Hao’s field of vision.

Just as he was starting to feel uncomfortable, the danmaku suddenly turned translucent.

They were still there, but Wang Hao could now see the scene ahead through them, no longer completely blocked.

So amazing…

Wang Hao marveled inwardly, then began observing the danmaku more carefully.

Before long, he picked out several keywords that appeared repeatedly.

Feiyun Commerce Guild · Femboy · Xingqiu · Second Young Master · Hydro Vision · “Bestfriends” Combo

“So… Xingqiu is the second young master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, will have a Vision in the future, and will form some kind of combo with someone I don’t know?”

Wang Hao pieced together a rough picture from the information he’d caught.

On the other side, Xingqiu heard Wang Hao’s question and looked at him oddly.

He couldn’t understand Wang Hao would be concerned about the Qixing.

In the past, Wang Hao was always thinking about earning Mora, but he’d never shown special interest in the Qixing—he was more concerned with new commercial laws.

That scheme of passing off ordinary lilies as Glaze Lilies had come from exploiting loopholes in those laws.

“When Party A does not know that the goods are defective, Party A need only compensate Party B for the value of the goods and does not bear further legal responsibility.”

In other words, as long as there was no proof that the seller knew they were selling fakes, they only had to refund the money and wouldn’t face harsher punishment.

This clause came from the old saying: “Those who do not know are not guilty.”

That day, he’d been caught by that white-haired big sister exploiting the loophole. He’d accidentally admitted that he knew the lilies weren’t Glaze Lilies, which was why he’d panicked and run.

Although Wang Hao’s question was strange, Xingqiu still answered. “I heard the one being replaced this time is the Tianquan. As for the candidates, a few names have been mentioned, but I didn’t remember them. If you’re interested, I can check when I get home today and tell you tomorrow.”

Perhaps just as the danmaku said, Xingqiu really did have that chivalrous nature. Even though he and Wang Hao were just ordinary classmates, he offered to help without hesitation.

“Great, thanks! Xingqiu, you really have a strong sense of chivalry!”

Wang Hao tried praising him using the wording suggested by the danmaku.

Then he saw Xingqiu’s small face flush red, and the look in his eyes toward him subtly change.

For Xingqiu, secretly reading chivalric novels was something no one knew about. And now Wang Hao had suddenly praised him for having a chivalrous spirit—

It was a direct hit to the deepest G-spot of his heart, instantly making Xingqiu regard Wang Hao as a kindred spirit.

This was the first friend who had ever praised him for having chivalry!

“Don’t worry, leave it to me! I’ll get you all the information on the candidates!”

Xingqiu patted his chest and made a bold promise.

The exaggerated movement drew the attention of quite a few classmates.

Wang Hao hurriedly tugged at Xingqiu, signaling him to mind his image, while the danmaku in his vision were already laughing themselves silly.

[Is this what the Second Miss was like as a kid? So cute!]

[Got bought off with a single compliment—little Xingqiu is so dumb!]
[That’s it, Xingqiu’s definitely treating little Wang Hao as his best friend now. Chongyun won’t stand a chance.]
[I hereby declare the Hao–Xing combo officially formed!!!]

The danmaku scrolled wildly.

Just then, the teacher entered, and a new day of lessons began.

…

The next day, Xingqiu indeed brought Wang Hao a rolled-up sheet of notes, densely packed with information about several people.

Wang Hao uinfurled it and quickly found his target.

Ningguang—a major merchant who rose from humble beginnings, with striking white hair and… a Geo Vision.

A sharp glint flashed in Wang Hao’s eyes. This was the person he was looking for.

According to the danmaku, the newly appointed Tianquan this time should be Miss Ningguang.

However, Wang Hao didn’t know why, but the more he looked at the description, the more familiar it felt.

He shook his head, pushing aside those stray thoughts, and quickly came up with a decent way to make money.

In Liyue, gambling wasn’t forbidden. At the very least, opening betting pools on major events was far from uncommon.

It was said that in a place called the Yanshang Teahouse, a large number of Liyue’s gamblers gathered.

“But if a kid like me opens a betting pool, probably not many people will place bets. What should I do?”

As he thought, Wang Hao turned his gaze to the danmaku again. In just two short days, he’d already grown used to their presence and help.

[Ask Xingqiu. His family runs a big merchant guild—he’ll definitely know people.]
[That kind of betting pool can’t involve Xingqiu’s family. Why would they help you open one for no reason?]
[Yeah, they don’t know for sure that Ningguang will win.]
[If you just need some emergency money, why not open a pool at the academy? You’ll just be earning kids’ pocket money—less is fine.]

Looking at the danmaku, Wang Hao pondered for a moment. He really did only need some emergency funds—not much, just enough to send over to Granny Headmaster’s side.

Besides, if the pool was too big and something went wrong, he wouldn’t be able to cover the losses.

After thinking it through, he made his decision: he’d open the betting pool at the academy and just earn a bit of his classmates’ pocket money.

After all, small amounts add up.

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