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Snake pit (baizhu/reader)

It's my first time writing a fanfiction in a language I understand perfectly but am not used to using myself that much so please be gentle (*/▽＼*)

I picked a few prompts from the lists I posted earlier together and mashed them into this ( but asks are still open don't worry)

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What the fu... happened?

Oh yes, little Qiqi had gotten stuck in a command, or rather the plant she was supposed to fetch was out of reach for her short arm. You were on the way to find shade somewhere, because you had become dizzy after the training. You had drunk enough, so you just wanted to get out of the burning sun of Liyue, when you saw the little girl. Her tiny hand was trying so hard to reach the violetgrass. Clearing your throat, you made yourself known, reached into the crack of the rock next to her, and pulled out the herb for her. She looked up at you shyly and mumbled something...then nothing.

The next thing you could remember was the dark wood paneled ceiling and the intoxicating smell of incense and herbs. Your sorrowful moans were of two origins. On the one hand, the dull pain in your head, exactly the place that had first hit the floor. On the other hand, the fact that you suspected with whom you had landed.

You knew who the little girl was working for and you knew you hated that scoundrel's guts. Baizhu was known for his outstanding medical skills, but also for the prices he charged for the treatments and remedies.

"Hey, the little one's awake!" hissed a bright voice from across the room.

Perched on a beautifully preseverd and curved branch was the white snake usually found around the doctor's neck. Her red eyes fixed on you briefly, then she laid her head back in a fork of the branch and flicked her tongue with boredom.

You didn't notice Baizhu's presence until he was already in the room and made you flinch. Another thing you couldn't stand about him. The few times you couldn't avoid going to see him (thanks to a certain foreign adventurer), your encounter was characterized by the fact that the green-haired one seemed to have a serious "aura problem". You didn't know how else to describe it. Once he came into the Bubu-Pharmacy after you and you had the feeling a damn Ruin Grader was walking behind you. Another time it was like now, you noticed him only when it was actually already too late, if you would assume it was not the doctor but an enemy. There was more wrong with this man than the DNA obviously shared with a snake.

His ember eyes investigated you with interest and on his lips was a modest smile, "Long time no see, Y/n. How are you?"

His voice always sounded a little too smooth, but a slight provocative note resonated with it if he spoke to you directly.

You had never made a secret of how little you thought of him. You had never said it directly, but showed it through your body language. Like now, when you turned your head away, glaring at him from the side dissaprovingly, "How much is this fun going to cost? Say it."

"Don't you think your health is above these minor things?"

"If I risk starving to death instead of something as ridiculous as sunstroke and a small head wound... no."

Your financial situation wasn't that bad for sure, but you certainly didn't want him to know that, not that he considered you a new target to be fleeced. His eyelids half-closed, which always made his irises look huge and hypnotizing. Then he slowly raised an eyebrow and focused on the F/c crystal on your collar, "Huh?"

"That's gla..."

"It's not," he shook his head slowly and teasingly at that.

A sigh escaped you as you remembered back. Every time the squad asked him for help since the rite of parting was for minerals and gems (and Zhongli wasn't around). When you looked up again, his glowing eyes were looking right through you. You knew from Gui that he himself was not in the best condition, so you carefully reached out to him without touching him.

A devilish giggle escaped from his rather thin lips as he held your own wrist before your eyes. Three fingers grasped it as if he were taking your pulse. When had he taken hold of it? Now you felt his cold skin on yours very clearly, but you couldn't remember when he might have grabbed your arm. Piqued, you withdrew from his practiced grip. A judegmental stare from him followed.

You looked at him skeptically and continued to think about how you could pay him differently to keep your exact assets a secret. Wasn't information considered a form of payment in Sumeru? It was worth a try, even if the chance was small.

But before you could open your mouth, the green-haired man grabbed your jaw tightly and turned your head so he could look at the aching part of your head. You could have sworn you heard a hiss from him before he turned your head back to its original position.

"You can work it off. The temperatures in the near future will fluctuate and that means more rushes of minor ailments to the Pharmacy. Besides, it doesn't hurt to have someone to gather herbs at hand who can think more than two steps ahead, as much as I love little Qiqi."

The expression of affection towards the little zombie girl sounded as serious as it did fake.

You swallowed hard, calculating about either revealing to him that even his prices didn't concern you much and making yourself the potential next prey, or agreeing to work for the "wrong snake" and not only endure but also play along with his games day in and day out for who knows how long.

"How long?"

Baizhu had turned away by now and was sorting something on the table opposite the stretcher you were sitting on. He didn't quite turn to you and seemed to be thinking. Now it was him who was eyeing you with a checking sideways glance. You could have sworn that the white snake in the corner of the room looked a bit disbelieving for a moment, before she took up her disinterested position again and continued to flick her tounge.

"Four months,"

There it was, Baizhu's famous "first and last offer" face. Eyelids closed, so that one could not see that his disarming, sugar-coated smile did not reach his eyes at all. The head innocently bent to the side, but not submissively at all. The expression that told every poor patient that there will be no discussion about the price.

"Or 3 Million Mora...", he said casually opening is amber colored eyes, showing you that indeed his smile did'nt reach them. The white snake shoot up from her spot and fixated Baizhu with wide eyes: "Do you like her or something?"

Stunned by this call out you turned your head to the serpent and then back to Baizhu, looking at him like he was some kind of even more exotic creature.

The tall man raised to his full height and snorted in a huff, before he fixated his pet ( or companion?) with his eyes: "Wouldn't be the first time I hold somebody close because they look nice next to me... maybe this one knows when her comments are appropiate" now it feld again like he was much more then just the man standing there.

"Tsss... I got the hint", she didn't really seem intimidated. Instead she tapped her tail on the branch once and turned her head away from the room.

"Sorry, dear Changsheng can be quite cheeky. But I think you will get used to it while you work here.", it was like he knew that you struggeld with the idea to just give him the money and leave this situation as fast as possible.

Slowly he raises your chin and starres right in you eyes. His glare has something hypnotizing again and you want to wind youself out of his influence but instead you hear youself say: " Sure thing. This might get interesting enough to keep me on my toes."

Your damn curiosity had got you into trouble again.

"Sssplendid."

With this word he turned around and left you alone. Leaving you just the tingly feeling of his touch and the slight smell of Mist Flower and herbs.