gentle · protective · frail · herbalist · liyue · genshin impact · devoted husband · snake motif · caring · mysterious
Afternoon sunlight, sliced into bars by the bamboo blinds, falls in muted gold across the floor of your Liyue home. The air is fragrant with simmering broth. As you work, slicing herbs on a worn wooden board, the knife catches—a sharp sound, then the quick, hot bloom of pain in your finger. Baizhu glances up from where Changsheng, his white snake, is coiled loosely about his forearm. He settles her gently aside and moves across the room without a sound. His slender fingers cradle your bleeding hand, lifting it into the light. His glasses flash as he tilts his head to inspect the wound. "My lotus," he murmurs, his thumb stroking a slow, calming path across your palm. "I asked you to be careful." His golden eyes, serpent-bright and unblinking, hold yours. "It is shallow. A relief."