Genshin Impact: Zhongli discovered that he was stealing tributes at the beginning

Chapter 257 In front of others and behind others

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Zhongli walked into the academy kitchen and found Guo Ba helping to clean up the unprocessed ingredients.

When Guo Ba saw Zhong Li coming in, he was stunned for a moment, and then hummed happily, "?~"

"I just came back from watching Night Lights with that alcoholic poet. I saw the lights on in the kitchen, so I went in to see who it was. It turned out to be you."

"Watching my old friend carrying vegetables and making a fire makes me feel very happy."

"How about... I go and borrow Liuyun's secret cooking machine from Feng Zhenjun, Xianyun?"

Guo Ba’s eyes widened immediately: “!”

"...Can't let it go? Okay."

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On the deck of the Death Star ship, the two teenagers looked at the colorful night lanterns in the sky, illuminating the ship clearly.

"What a magnificent boat! Facing the sea breeze and looking at the festive lanterns, I really want to sing a song!"

"Wanyu, what are the prospects for me coming here to be the resident bard?"

Wanyo smiled and replied: "Well, with your level Wendy, it's no problem. But we crew members who are not good at poetry, I wonder if we can taste the deep meaning hidden in poetry."

"Haha, how can you say that? Poetry is a spontaneous creation. People who are in the same scenery and atmosphere must be able to feel it... Huh, Mondstadt also has a harbor, but I have no chance to get on the boat. But there are quite a few." Wendy smiled.

"Having said that, this ship is good for everything, except for one thing..."

Manyo: "Huh?"

"How about we have a drink and enjoy the scenery."

"Well...does drinking have something to do with enjoying the scenery?"

"Yes! There must be! Have you read "Chinese Language"? Just read it. Then you should also know that there is a great poet named Li Bai in the book. He just likes to drink and look at the scenery. Oh! He can do it in one go I have created many great works that are unparalleled throughout history, and I thought we might as well give it a try, what if it works?"

"Uh..." Wan Ye was a little confused. After all, the eldest sister Tou Beidou said that she was not allowed to drink under age.

"It's okay, just take a sip. I happen to have some friends here who make their own wine. It doesn't taste alcoholic. Just blow it with some air and it'll be fine." Wendy took out a pot of peach blossom stuffed wine.

Wan Ye thought for a while, but still refused: "Wait until I am an adult. I will drink with you when I am an adult."

"Okay, then I'll drink it myself, but you can't tell your eldest sister, I'm worried she'll kick me off the boat."

"Yeah, but Wendy, you look about the same age as me, drink less."

"It's okay, it's okay, I have a good drinking capacity, look." Wendy tore off the lid of the wine bottle and drank it all in one go.

"Hey, I didn't lie to you, and then I blew the sea breeze-"

"Wendy!" Wanye helped up Wendy who suddenly fell.

"Hey! Wendy! Wendy..."

Wendy was really drunk, and Wanyo smiled helplessly, and had no choice but to help him sit in a spare guest room on the ship and let him have a good rest.

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"Hu Tao, Gan Yu called me over. I'll go ahead. If Wu Ye comes to see me, tell him I'm at Yuehai Pavilion."

"Yeah, I know, bye."

After Keqing left, Hutao found the three people gathered together - Xiangling, Xingqiu and Chongyun.

"Hmph, Xingqiu, please tell the truth!"

"Huh? What do you want to explain?" Xingqiu looked at Hu Tao who suddenly appeared in confusion.

"You seemed to know Wendy very well at the dinner table just now. How did you and him meet?

"Why, why do you suddenly ask about this..." Xingqiu hesitated.

Noticing Xingqiu's strangeness, Xiangling asked curiously: "Huh? Aren't you a book friend?"

Xingqiu nodded repeatedly, "It's true that we are just friends we met a few times at the book club, not worth mentioning..."

"Eh - really?" Hu Tao obviously didn't believe Xingqiu's words.

"I think Wendy has extraordinary bearing and literary talent. She must be extraordinary."

"After all, anyone who can chat with you and me, the guest, must at least be on my level as the hall master."

Xingqiu scratched his face and said, "Well, I think you think too much..."

Hu Tao rubbed his chin, "Well..."

"Hu Tao, Xingqiu won't lie to us..." Xiang Ling said seriously.

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll tell the truth." Xingqiu shrugged.

"Eh?!" Xiang Ling was stunned.

"Xingqiu...!" Chongyun also looked shocked.

"Actually, I am a fan of Wendy's poetry."

"You know I love reading, and inevitably I read the poems sung by Mondstadt."

“Among them, I admire Teacher Wendy’s works the most. As the host said, the poems are just like the person they are, with extraordinary bearing and high literary talent.

"At the dinner table before, Teacher Wendy was probably afraid of embarrassing me, so she didn't say it directly. She is such a considerate and good poet."

"...Yes, that's right, I can testify." Chongyun agreed.

"When I had no time in Xingqiu, I was asked to secretly buy a collection of poems."

Xiang Ling nodded: "I see. It's not a big deal. Xingqiu just tells us."

"Yeah, so I'll tell you in private now." Xingqiu said.

"Oh...it turns out to be such a story..."

Hu Tao waved his hand, "...Hey, forget it, let's not mention this. It's rare for the four of us to get together, what should we do next? Play hide and seek like we used to when we were little, hopscotch or recite poems and make pairs?"

Chongyun suggested: "Or... if there are four of us, how about playing cards?"

"Okay, it just so happened that Wu Ye taught me some card-playing skills. Let's see how this hall leader dominates the audience."

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In the Qunyu Pavilion, two women looked at the night lanterns over the port.

"Hey, you asked me here this time to play chess again, right?" Beidou said with his arms crossed.

"What the captain said needs to be more clear."

"Do you think that playing chess is boring, or do you think that I have no new ideas?"

"If you don't explain it clearly, I don't know how to get what you want."

Beidou smiled helplessly, "You... I say something to you, and you say something to me. Why don't we all do business in the future? It would be more comfortable for everyone to keep things simple."

Ningguang joked: "I can handle official business, but I don't know if Captain Beidou can afford the business."

"Don't come here anymore. The owner of the teahouse sometimes comes to my ship to inquire about information. She says she wants to trouble the fleet to bring in some goods, but don't think that I don't know who she works for."

"Oh, as expected of the captain, he knows so much. Then... I ask her to come too, or we go directly to her tea room? If there are many people, there is no need to play chess between two people, and the captain The adults are bored.”

Beidou sighed, "Tsk, it turns out we really have to play chess!"

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