"Xianjun, why didn't Keqing come with you?" Ganyu asked the two of them as she approached Tassel and Shadow.

Tassel replied, "Keqing should be dealing with things related to the game with Ningguang and them." ”

Ganyu looked at Yae Miko, who was still in a coma, and asked, "That's right, but Miko hasn't woken up yet, is it really okay?" ”

"It's okay, just rest for a while, the Son of God is not as weak as before." Shadow replied expressionlessly.

Ganyu: "."

After listening to Ying's words, Ganyu looked at the other party with a tangled expression, opened his mouth to say something, and finally turned into a helpless sigh.

Paimon and Ying walked over and asked, "Tassel, we're here, is Miko awake?" ”

"Nope."

Paimon asked, "Do you need our help?" ”

Tassel shook his head and replied, "No need, Ying said that she would just rest for a while." ”

"Okay, by the way, what about Keqing? We just watched her and Ningguang leave, when will they come back? ”

As soon as Paimon finished asking, Keqing walked over to him and asked, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Paimon looked at Ke Qing with a slightly tangled expression on his face and asked curiously, "Hmm?" Why do you seem to have something on your mind? ”

Keqing: "."

"I've got a tricky thing to do." Ke Qing was silent for a while and spoke.

Tassel asked, "What's the trick?" Let's hear it. ”

Keqing replied, "Master, that's the case, I voted for Yan Xiao in this competition. ”

"That's it?" Tassel glanced at her and spoke.

Keqing scratched her head, a little embarrassed to face the tassel's gaze: "."

Paimon listened to Keqing's words and analyzed, "Is Keqing worried about not being able to vote for Xiangling?" ”

"No, as a judge, it should be fair, this vote is a decision I made after careful consideration, with a clear conscience." Keqing shook her head and said, "Xiangling is my friend, so I should confess this matter to her." ”

"But I also know that my thoughts are only my personal position after all, and Xiangling may not be able to understand me as a contestant. I'm not good at dealing with people with that kind of personality... Alas, it's really hard to speak. ”

Hearing Keqing's words, Paimon was relieved, "I don't think it's okay, don't care about the words, Xiangling won't mind that when she sees it." Besides, she won in the end! ”

"Tassel, do you think I'm right?"

Tassel: "Ah, yes, yes, yes. ”

Paimon: "."

"By the way, Nahida and Little Klee, why didn't you see them, I forgot to ask just now." Paimon changed the subject.

Tassel pretended to have a headache and replied, "I think I'm going to play somewhere in Liyue, but she can't go anywhere with her abilities." ”

Nahida seemed to be getting more and more wrong, and now she only knew how to play except to learn what she had taught, and now she never heard anything about Sumeru from her mouth again.

Nahida now wears a smile on her face every day, except for a moment when she gives Tassel a headache and gives her a sugar-fried chestnut with a pitiful expression, the rest of the time she spends the rest of her time like a silly roe deer, running around like a full moon, especially after Klee arrives, she runs even happier.

"Hehe, Nahida is completely different from when we first met, and now she's just like little Klee, happy every day." Paimon said with a smile.

Tassel sighed and replied, "She's happy, I'm having a bit of a headache, and I'm going to keep an eye on her if she and Klee have a big bang from time to time." ”

Rumble!

As soon as the tassel finished speaking, an earth-shattering explosion came from the direction of the Lone Cloud Pavilion, and Paimon, who heard the voice, also fell into deep thought as he looked at the red-green mushroom cloud representing the grass elemental and fire elemental energy in the sky.

"Look, here it is again, but now she at least knows that she can compress the blast so that it doesn't spread to other places."

"It turns out that the thunder we've heard in Liyue these days was actually caused by Nahida and little Klee." Paimon exclaimed.

Tassel heard Paimon's words, glanced at her and said, "Otherwise, what else can the two of them do together?" ”

Hearing Tassel's words, Paimon agreed, "Also, the destructive power of Klee and Nahida together is really amazing. ”

"You have to be glad they don't have a partner who uses the thunder element, otherwise the destructive power will be even more amazing."

Paimon wondered, "But why do Nahida and Klee like fried fish so much?" Did you finish frying so many fish? ”

Tassel replied: "You don't understand this feeling, they just like the process of frying fish, it doesn't matter if there are fish in the back, where are there a few normal fish under this explosion, so after they blow up the fish, they catch a few in the shallow water by the way." ”

Paimon: "."

"Everybody's here." At this time, Xiangling, who had been dealt with, came over and greeted everyone.

Paimon waved his hand and beckoned, "Xiangling." ”

Keqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiangling, there is something. I want to talk to you. ”

Boom!

"Oops!" Ke Qing covered the place where it was knocked and looked at the tassel with a puzzled expression, not understanding why the tassel had to do it.

Tassel said lightly: "What do you hesitate, just say what you want to say, how did I tell you before." ”

"I see, but you can't knock me like you knocked Nahida." Keqing whispered.

Tassel glanced at her and replied, "You're not as old as Nahida." ”

Keqing: "."

"Keqing, what's the matter?" Xiangling wondered.

Keqing said: "My grandfather said that if you take food as a race, you must do as you like. That is, when there is a dispute or competition over food, you should vote for the one you care about more. This should be done in accordance with the heart and not be influenced by external forces. ”

Of course, this is just my grandfather's personal opinion. But I do think he has a lot of sense..."

Tassel looked at Keqing, who started again, and reminded: "Talk about the point." ”

"Okay, okay, it's me who voted for the fairy who jumped over the wall." Speaking of this, Qing covered her face a little and didn't dare to look at Xiangling.

"Keqing is throwing golden shrimp balls, right?" Paimon corrected.

"yes, what's wrong! I just like golden shrimp balls, can't I? Keqing replied loudly.

Paimon hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

"Keqing." Ganyu pulled the excited Keqing and reminded in a low voice.

Xiangling replied with a smile: "Seeing that you have a serious face, I thought something was wrong!" It's okay, I don't mind. ”

"Huh?" Keqing looked at Xiangling suspiciously.

Xiangling explained: "What Keqing does is just vote for the side he chooses, it's no problem at all, it's supposed to be like this, otherwise wouldn't the game be fair?" ”

"Well, you're telling me this because you're worried that you're not interesting enough to be a friend?"

"Ahem, how. Yes, that's it! Ke Qing just wanted to say something, but when she saw the tassels clenched in her fists next to her, she hurriedly changed her words.

"So, don't care about this, I appreciate Keqing's seriousness, because for me today, there is no point in not having an insistent opinion."

"The pursuit of comfort is something that novices do, and I'm not a novice. From now on, the dishes to be made and the road to be taken will be more challenging than now, and I need friends like you very much. ”

Tassel echoed: "Xiangling is right, the pursuit of comfort is something that novices do, you are not a novice, so you can understand what I mean, right?" ”

"I, I see." Keqing lowered her head and replied, listening to the tassel's words, she felt that her life would not be peaceful in the future.

"It's good to understand, you're just thinking too much." Tassel rubbed Keqing's head and said in relief.

"What the tassel said is right, Keqing, you are too responsible, sometimes you really don't have to care so much about responsibility, you are Qixing and yourself, you are with friends, you don't need to think about it so thoroughly."

"You know that's what Miss Ningguang is like, right? Sister Beidou told me several times that she and Ningguang were familiar with each other, and they would also play chess on the boat. ”

"Miss Ningguang is very daring to play, and she won't hold her identity and shelf! You can learn from her, and relax when it's time to relax. ”

Listening to Xiangling's words, Tassel couldn't help but complain: "She also dares to play, and directly unloaded the position of Qixing and Ganyu to travel for more than a month, and only came back a few days before the Moon Festival." ”

"Really?" Xiangling looked at Keqing with a surprised expression.

"Me"

Paimon explained, "Hehe, I also know that Keqing just doesn't know how to get along with her friends, she doesn't have many friends, only Ganyu and us, so it's inevitable that she will think a little more." ”

Keqing: "."

Ke Qing felt that everyone's eyes were cast, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, we can't stand stupidly here, we still have to go and see the situation of the Stove God Statue!" ”

Paimon chimed in, "I almost forgot about that, go check it out!" ”

Ying: "."

You have a hand in changing the topic, and I still plan to eat melons, but it's gone?

So Shadow held Yae Miko and followed everyone to Yujingtai to check the so-called Stove God statue, because she didn't know where she should go, so she better go with the flow.

Rushing to the boulder, Paimon looked at the boulder in front of him with a puzzled expression, and asked suspiciously, "Why is it still like that, there is no change at all?" ”

Xiangling also said with a look of loss: "How can this be. Obviously the game is so hot"

"Could it be that the game failed to revive the Vesta Statue?"

"Are you talking about the god of the hearth like something in this stone? Do you want me to split it and take a look? Shadow suggested.

"No, no." Paimon hurriedly refused.

"Oh."

Keqing sighed and said, "It seems that there is still no fate."

"Don't worry, there's still a lot of time." Ying said with relief.

"Yes, yes, it's been a long time anyway, and it's not bad for a while." Paimon chimed in, "Right, Xiangling? ”

Xiangling nodded and said, "Well, we will accompany you, speaking of which, Keqing, I have good news for you, the recipe you told me before has eyebrows!" ”

"Master made a trip before the game and made up the words on the recipe for me, oh, I can make this dish now."

"I'll find a place to cook for you right away, you wait for me! Travelers come along, is that okay? ”

Paimon clasped his arms with his hands and looked at Xiangling with a proud expression and said, "Huh? Xiangling, this guy just finished the game, is he going to challenge us now? ”

Ying crossed his waist and also raised his head to Xiangling and said, "Uh-huh, Xiangling has seen the crushing from the kitchen god, my cauldron is already hungry and thirsty!" ”

Xiangling looked at the common expressions of the two, and hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, how can I challenge you, don't you like to collect recipes very much?" I see that most of you need this dish when you travel around, so I will share it with you. ”

Paimon listened to Xiangling's words, scratched his head and said, "I see, we think too badly of others."

Ying hurriedly shook the pot and said: "It's you who think people too badly, I just echo you, it has nothing to do with me." ”

"Ying, how can this be!" Paimon huffed, "Well, Xiangling is really a great chef!" ”

"Huh? Paimon, little Paimon, now knows how to make a fool of himself! ”

Ying's face echoed expressionlessly, "It's just that when it comes to eating, Paimon's attitude changes very quickly." ”

Paimon turned to look at Ying angrily and shouted, "Hey! ”

"Poof" Keqing was also amused by Ying and Paimon's actions.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were all on him again, Ke Qing hurriedly put away her smile and said to Paimon, "Ahem. Look at what I'm doing, aren't I going to cook, go quickly. ”

"Because, you're so good-looking." Ganyu replied with a smile as she watched Paimon and Ying leave.

Keqing scratched her head a little embarrassed and said, "Ganyu, don't say that"

After listening to Keqing's words, Ganyu replied with a serious face: "I'm not wrong, what's embarrassing, didn't you say this to me before?" ”

Keqing: "."

Okay, Ganyu, who used to be afraid of society, is now teasing himself in turn, all of this must be Liuyun Zhenjun's fault.

Shadow suddenly said, "Miko, get up when you wake up, I just noticed it." ”

Yae Miko: "."

Seeing that Yae Miko hadn't moved yet, Shadow directly pushed away Yae Miko, who was attached to him.

Yae Miko saw that Shadow pushed himself away so directly, and hurriedly stabilized his body and said with a look of grievance: "Oh, Shadow, why are you so ruthless, just push me away, I fainted after eating the dishes you made before, and now I don't care about others, woo woo, I'm so pitiful~"

"Miko, you are normal." Shadow rubbed his swollen head and sighed.

"Am I not normal? I've done so much for you, and you've treated me like this, and my heart has broken into pieces. ”

Shadow: "."

Ganyu: "."

Ganyu looked at the interacting Yae Miko and Shadow with a tangled little face, and always felt that the relationship between them was not normal, but people were gods and her dependents, so it was normal to think about it like this?

"Keqing, we're done, this dish looks like Mora meat, but it smells good, and we made a lot of servings." After a while, Ying and Paimon walked over with Xiangling.

"So fast?" Ganyu wondered.

How long has it been, and the dish is finished, and there are many servings?

Keqing bowed his head and said, "Oh, thank you. ”

"Come on, one for each person, and taste it while it's hot." Paimon spoke, while Ying and Xiangling stood behind with plates handing out food.

"Then you're welcome." After Keqing finished speaking, he took a bite into one of the nests he picked up.

Keqing: ".?! ”

Paimon was taken aback by Keqing's sudden expression and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" How is this expression? Aren't we making it delicious? ”

"It's delicious." Yae Miko replied while eating the wowo head.

Ying echoed: "I also think it tastes good, it would be better if there was bubble tea." ”

With that, Ei cast her gaze to the tassel next to her.

Tassel: "."

Ying took the milk tea handed over by the tassel, took a sip, and thanked him with a satisfied face: "Thank you." ”

"Wow, bubble tea, I want it too!" Paimon hurriedly said.

"No, it's delicious, and that's what I remember." Keqing was silent for a moment and replied.

"Very tasty, and... Incredible, I'm like... Back to the time with my grandfather. ”

"Really! That's great! Xiangling said excitedly: "I didn't have time to say it just now, in fact, when the master finished making up this recipe for me, I found that I would make everything for this dish." ”

Paimon took a sip of milk tea and wondered, "I used to make it, meaning I can do it without a recipe?" ”

"Hmm. My dad taught me how to make this dish. Xiangling replied.

"But, isn't this dish from Keqing's notes from her grandfather's notes?"

Keqing held the milk tea and explained: "About this dish... I don't think my grandfather was the original author of the recipe. ”

"My grandfather was a well-known land tycoon in Liyue and a scholar. He is an avid collector of ancient books and has a good understanding of many of Liyue's traditional cultures. ”

"When I was a child, I often accompanied my grandfather to read in the study, followed by reading a lot of classics, and discussed with him whether Xianjun was a real person, and how many of these ancient books were credible..."

"But isn't the Immortal Monarch a real existence?" Paimon scratched his head and said.

"Yes, I was too young to have access to Liyue Skynet, so I was curious, and my grandfather told me that although he hadn't seen the Immortal Monarch, the Immortal Monarch was as real as the Rock Emperor."

As he spoke, he pointed to the yellow earrings on his ears, saying that they were the most precious treasures that the Rock Emperor had bestowed upon Liyue, including the Immortal Monarch's handwriting.

"At that time, I was very curious, because everyone on the street, except for the children, wore yellow earrings on their ears, and I will never forget the look of admiration they had when they looked north, because I couldn't see anything in the north at that time."

"That must be the tree in the north, right?" Paimon spoke.

Keqing muttered, "Yes, when I was twelve, I received my own Skynet and saw the golden ancient tree, just like the Emperor of the Rock Standing in the north protecting Liyue, and that feeling made me feel very relieved. ”

"I was also funny at the time, I ran there stupidly to see the tree up close, but when I got there, I found nothing." Keqing said this, and shook her head helplessly.

"Hehe, that's because the tree isn't in Teyvat World." Paimon replied with a wink.

(End of chapter)