Me and Qian
Last updated 2025-08-05
Me and Qian is a Hearsay Commission in Failume Heights.
Steps
- Accept the mission from Sweety
- Talk to the client waiting at the street corner
- Head to Rough Machining Center
- Tune Ether
- Talk to Qian
- Repair the machine
- Talk to the client
Dialogue
Talk to the client waiting at the street corner
- Young Miner: You're... the one who took on that device repair commission, right?
Are you the client?- How did you know it was me?
- Young Miner: No, no, I'm a friend of the client. From what you're saying, I can tell you're the one who took the commission.
- Young Miner: I asked everyone who came out of Yum Cha Sin. That's how.
- Young Miner: I know it's kinda rude, but we gotta get that machine fixed ASAP.
- What's the situation like?
- Anything I should watch out for?
- Young Miner: Thank you. Here's the thing. We're about to meet the client, Qian. He's pretty stubborn, thinking stuff shouldn't be fixed unless it's completely broken.
- Young Miner: So please try to be nice when you talk to him later, and try to go along with his somewhat stubborn way of thinking. Getting the equipment fixed is our top priority.
- Young Miner: And about the price, remember to keep it low. It took me forever to convince him to post a commission request... And I'll cover any extra costs myself.
- Young Miner: We'll get into the details once we're there. Qian's still in the Lemnian Hollow right now.
- Young Miner: Before the staff comes out with a broom to chase me away, let's hurry up and go find him!
Head to Rough Machining Center
- (Talk to Qian)
- Young Miner: Qian, I brought some — Qian? Qian!
- Young Miner: Qian, can you hear me?!
- Don't move him.
- Let me see...
- Young Miner: Okay, okay, I won't touch him... Oh, so you're a doctor too?
- (Checking on him)
- (Sensing the condition within the body)
- Young Miner: His temperature... it's way too high! Please, Qian practically raised me like a father. You've got to help him!
- Young Miner: How's it going... Are you done with the checking? Can we save him? Or should we carry him back to town first?
- Looks like he's just corrupted by the Miasma. Let's harmonize the Ether in this client's body and get him back on feet.
Tune Ether
- (Complete Ether Tuning)
Talk to Qian
- (Talk to Qian)
- Qian: W—What... what happened to me?
- Qian: I was working just fine a moment ago. Can't believe I just passed out like that.
- Qian: Must be the humid weather lately. My body's soaking up all that moisture.
- No way. It's not the humidity.
- It's the "Ether-ity."
- Qian: Who's this? Things like humidity sensitivity, you'll understand when you get to my age.
- Young Miner: Qian, this is the person who saved you. We were here to fix the equipment and happened to see you in trouble.
- Young Miner: You might've been a goner just now.
- Qian: Cut it out. Stop saying such unlucky stuff.
- Qian: I know my own body, if it's not humidity then it's probably heat. Nothing a bowl of herbal tea won't fix.
- Qian: Hey kid, since you're here to fix the equipment, might as well get started. Though I gotta say, I don't think there's anything wrong with my gear.
- Let me take a look first.
- Alright, time to get to work!
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (The device is a watch-like monitor on the client's body, probably used to detect the Ether concentration in the surroundings.)
- (ProtagonistProtagonist): (The gear itself isn't malfunctioning. It's just the needle got stuck by some crystals formed inside. It reads moderate dangerous but actually, the Ether concentration in the area has already exceeded the limit.)
- Just a minor issue. Let's balance the Ether in the device and get it back to normal.
Repair the machine
- (Complete Ether Tuning)
Talk to the client
- Qian: That's it? You didn't even open it? Kid, where'd you dig up this person?
- Young Miner: Don't be so paranoid. This friend here saved your life!
The two seem used to bickering at the drop of a hat. After exchanging a few heated words, the client turns his back, no longer wanting to deal with the young miner.
- Young Miner: Sorry. That's Qian... super stingy, stubborn as a mule, and always thinks people are trying to scam him out of his money.
- Young Miner: He said he just needed some herbal tea and a bath to get better, but well, you saw what happened — made a fool of himself in front of you.
- And you still respect him.
- What's the deal between you two?
- Young Miner: Hmm... yeah, I do respect him. We're walking the same path after all... Both of us have had it rough.
- Young Miner: The year the old city fell, I was just a kid in elementary school. Debris hit me and broke my leg. It was Qian who dug me out of the rubble.
- Young Miner: Back then, I'd just lost my parents and felt like everything was over. I desperately tried to push Qian away, but he refused to give up on me.
- Young Miner: I could see he was badly hurt, so I told him he wouldn't make it out carrying me. But he said that his eyes were corrupted and he couldn't see clearly and that without me, he'd have even less chance of escaping.
- Young Miner: And just like that, I became his eyes, and he became my legs, a blind guy and a limping dude finally making our escape from that hellish nightmare.
- He saved your life.
- You saved him.
- Young Miner: Well, I found out later that he didn't have any old eye injury. He was just faking it.
- ...
- ?
- Young Miner: He's always been such a "liar," and so stubborn too, always treating me like a kid, even now.
- Young Miner: So as he got older... he refused to get any health issues checked out. He's terrified that if they find something serious, requiring a lot of Dennies to treat, it'll ruin my life.
- Young Miner: Everything just gets brushed under the rug like it never happened... *sigh*.
- Young Miner: But I'm just as stubborn as he is. No matter how he tries to dodge check-ups, I'll always find roundabout ways to look after him.
- It's your turn to carry him forward.
- It's your turn to look out for him.
- Young Miner: Yeah, haha, thanks. Here's the payment we agreed on.
- Young Miner: I'll take him to check out Suibian Temple later. Who knows? Maybe all it'll take to crack open that stubborn worldview of his is one lucky fortune slip.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Me and Qian |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 我与老钱 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 我與老錢 |
| Japanese | 私とチエンさん |
| Korean | 나와 전 씨 아저씨 Nawa Jeon Ssi Ajeossi |
| Spanish | Qian y yo |
| French | Qian et moi |
| Russian | Я и дядя Цянь Ya i dyadya Tsyan' |
| Thai | ฉันกับ Qian |
| Vietnamese | Tôi Và Lão Qian |
| German | Qian und ich |
| Indonesian | Aku dan Qian |
| Portuguese | Eu e Qian |