The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 223 A Day of Leisure
Chen Tianfeng opened the door and saw the blonde girl holding food in her hands. He walked over and took the food. He smiled and said, "Little Paimon's favorite is you. Even delicious food and Mora are ranked below you."

"We are best friends."

Ying handed the things over naturally, walked into the yard, smiled and stretched out her hand to rub Paimeng's hair, with a smile on her face, "Isn't that right, Paimeng?"

"Of course! Ying's best friend is of course Paimon!"

“It’s also the best emergency food.”

"Yes, it is also the best emergency food!"

The little mascot nodded vigorously, and immediately realized something was wrong. Seeing Ying and Chen Tianfeng snickering, he stomped his feet in the air angrily: "Damn it! Paimon is not emergency food!"

A lot of laughter,
Chen Tianfeng and Ying worked together to take out and arrange breakfast. Paimeng's eyes seemed to be shining, and he was obviously very excited.

Chen Tianfeng looked at Paimeng, who was holding the chopsticks and always loved all kinds of food. He thought for a moment and said, "Paimeng, I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"You had breakfast this morning, do you still have an appetite for the feast at Liuliting later?"

"……Eh?"

Paimeng stood there in a daze, holding the chopsticks in his little hands, looking at the fragrant and steaming fish porridge in front of him, feeling conflicted and distressed. Finally, he gritted his teeth and put the chopsticks on the bowl: "Paimeng won't eat anymore, I have to save my stomach for the big meal!"

"You really don't want to eat?"

"Yeah! Paimon keeps his word."

The little mascot nodded vigorously and tried to turn his head away, but was tempted by the aroma and could not help but turn his eyes back to look. He wanted to eat but resisted the urge to eat, and looked pitiful.

"See, this is the disadvantage of getting up too early." Chen Tianfeng said with a twisted logic: "If Paimeng got up later, he could go directly to the big meal instead of worrying about whether to eat breakfast."

"Woo..." Paimon cried softly.

Ying glanced at Paimeng, then quickly looked away, shook her head slightly and said, "Come to think of it, Paimeng got up so early today on purpose."

"Oh? Why is that?" Chen Tianfeng cooperated tacitly.

"In order to prepare for the feast at Liuliting, little Paimeng not only got up early, but also didn't sleep well the whole night." Ying said with emotion.

Chen Tianfeng was half surprised and half regretful: "It turned out to be like this, oh, how pitiful."

"Woo..."

The little mascot continued to wail.

Ying and Chen Tianfeng looked at each other and saw smiles in each other's eyes.

Although I ate more and spent more, the happiness I gained from having Paimon accompany me on the journey was something that no amount of Mora could replace.

"Okay, Paimon, don't worry about it." Ying smiled softly and pinched Paimon's soft cheeks: "We can pack up the feast at Liuli Pavilion if we can't finish it."

Paimeng was delighted at first, but then he became a little worried: "But for such a high-end place, wouldn't it be a problem to pack it up?"

For example, losing face, being stopped, being looked down upon?

"Don't worry, no decent restaurant will refuse takeaway orders." Chen Tianfeng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "If a high-end place like Liuliting even prevents customers from taking away food to save food, then I will ask the Liyue Seven Stars to investigate them thoroughly. Maybe I can solve the fight between Licai and Yuecai in one fell swoop."

He paused and added, "If Paimon is really worried, I can do it."

"Tian Feng, you are such a nice person!"

Paimeng looked grateful, and suddenly seemed to have made some kind of decision, and said solemnly: "I've decided! From now on, Tianfeng, you are the third most important person in my heart!"

"I'm really flattered." Chen Tianfeng smiled even more deeply, and then asked curiously: "Paimon, which one of the delicious food and Mora was squeezed out?"

"nothing."

"None?" "Yes! Paimon decided to let Mora and Delicious tie for second place, so Tianfeng will be third!"

"..."

Chen Tianfeng's smile froze, and he pointed at Paimeng in an angry and amused manner: "I'm really flattered, Paimeng."

The little mascot smiled foolishly, pretending not to understand, picked up the chopsticks, and happily lowered his head to eat his meal.

After dinner, the three of them cleaned up the table together and then trimmed the branches of the flowers and plants in the yard together.

The three of them had a clear division of labor. Ying was in charge of cutting, and Chen Tianfeng was originally also in charge of cutting, but because his cutting was too ugly, Ying took away the scissors, so he had to carry the basket and follow Ying around.

As for Paimon—the little mascot was cheering and encouraging the team, and it was very hard work for him.

"Ying, there is something I haven't told you yet."

Chen Tianfeng adjusted the flowers and branches in the basket and looked at Ying's delicate profile.

"You said."

Ying took the scissors and moved them on the branches of the plum tree, looking for the right place to cut.

"I'm going to Inazuma, maybe today, or in two days."

"Click."

Ying calmly caught the cut plum tree branch, turned around and put it in the basket, raised her eyes to look into Chen Tianfeng's eyes, and smiled gently: "Why, you still want to go by yourself this time, and then wait for me at Inazuma?"

"That must be impossible!"

Chen Tianfeng denied it immediately with a righteous tone, and then said with an embarrassed look: "It's just that the way to go to Inazuma this time may be a little special. Inazuma is currently in a closed-off state. It was only thanks to Mr. Zhongli's arrangement that I had the opportunity to sneak into Inazuma. Since it's a sneak crossing, the conditions may be a little difficult."

Smuggling…Ying looked at him, put down the scissors, and frowned slightly: "Tianfeng, why do you want to go to Inazuma?"

Tianfeng had said before that Inazuma was in a state of chaos at the moment, and it would only be a little bit of an exaggeration to describe it as [treacherous ministers in power, the people suffering, and wars everywhere].

If that’s the case, why did Tian Feng go and cause trouble for himself?

Paimon also looked over at him, curiously.

Chen Tianfeng said truthfully: "Mr. Zhongli said that in Inazuma, I have a chance to find a way to revive the soul."

"So that's how it is." Paimeng nodded and said suddenly, "I almost forgot that Tianfeng is still a living dead."

"..."

Chen Tianfeng pretended that he didn't hear it and said, "I've thought about it carefully. Mr. Zhongli is one of the oldest demon gods in Teyvat. He shouldn't lie to me about this kind of thing, so I want to go and take a look."

"Then let's go together. We clearly agreed to be travel companions. I can't always ask you to leave early, right?"

Her clear golden eyes reflected his shadow, and she said seriously: "I want to be with you this time, and you are not allowed to refuse."

"This is smuggling..."

"It's not like I haven't sneaked across the border before."

The girl raised her eyebrows slightly, her spirits were high and she looked very beautiful: "Could it be that in Tianfeng's heart, I, a traveler who travels through the sea of ​​stars, am just a foolish person who only knows how to follow the rules?"

"This, following the rules can't be described as stupid, right?"

"Don't change the subject, Tianfeng."

"Ying, your journey in Liyue has just begun."

"Just go to Inazuma first, and then come back. Inazuma is isolated overseas. If you want to go to other countries after your trip, it will be closer to return to Liyue by the original route."

(End of this chapter)