Playing house in the anime world

Maybe because everyone was in high spirits, this feast took three hours to prepare. The table was full of dozens of dishes!

Paimeng was so confused by what he saw that he didn't know where to start.

Because there were so many people and delicious food, they adopted a semi-self-service model. Each person took a plate and picked up food by themselves, and continued to pick up food after they finished eating.

The dining table is also quite casual. People can sit in groups of three or four on the lawn, or in the pavilion by the waterfall, or squat on the rockery.

Aiko Gojo and Paimon were the most direct. They sat next to the food and picked up dishes while eating.

"Oh, this is a bit spicy!" Wendy saw Oda Sakunosuke eating curry rice with great satisfaction, so she took a bowl curiously. As a result, her eyes turned red from the spicy taste.

"Hehehe, this pudding is so delicious!" Paimon was happily eating pudding while watching Wendy shivering from the spiciness.

Zhongli stewed a pot of pickled pork with preserved vegetables, the rich aroma of which was comparable to curry. Gojo Aiko liked it very much. It was not spicy or heavy, but tasted very fresh, and there were both meat and vegetables. After drinking a bowl of soup, the whole person would feel warm.

Zhu Fu Jingguang was thinking about how to steal his skills.

He bought a lot of cookbooks in Liyue Harbor, and one of them seemed to include pickled pork with preserved vegetables.

But based on his intuition as a chef, judging from the process of Zhongli making this dish in the kitchen just now, the pickled pork with preserved vegetables he made seemed to be different from the ordinary version.

Moreover, the ham used for pickled pork with preserved vegetables was brought by Mr. Zhongli himself, and it was probably of high-quality. He didn't quite understand the tricks involved, so he had to find a chance to learn it.

There are also Mond potato pancakes made by Ying. Although he can also make potato pancakes, there seems to be a slight difference in the taste. The recipe given by Ying said that the taste seems to be different because some pine nuts were added to it.

He thought that maybe he could find a chef in Liyue Harbor to learn from, or sign up for a class if there was such a cooking class.

"Ahem!" Wendy barely finished the small bowl of curry rice, then couldn't wait to run over and snatch the pudding from Paimon.

Zhongli also took a small bowl of spicy curry rice, but he didn't eat it as messily as Wendy.

He even commented that "the Jueyun peppers used were not spicy enough."

Then I started to discuss with Oda Sakunosuke how to select qualified Jueyun peppers, as well as the techniques and tips to pay attention to when cultivating Jueyun peppers.

"Wow! I'm alive again!" After Wendy ate a piece of Patissala pudding and drank a glass of grape milk, her tongue finally regained feeling.

"Singer, if you sing now, will it be a mess?" Paimeng looked curious.

"Hehe, how could that be? I'm the best bard in the world! It's just a chili pepper, it won't affect my singing voice!" Wendy turned her head away in embarrassment.

"He must be trying to be brave..." Paimon leaned close to Gojo Aiko's ear and said.

"Would you like some apple pie?" Gojo Aiko silently raised the last piece of apple pie, and then, under Wendy's shining eyes, she cunningly said, "I want to listen to Mond's folk songs!"

Wendy: "...Paimon, you're corrupting the kid!"

Paimon immediately pretended to eat the last piece of apple pie, and Wendy quickly took out her piano and played it a few times.

Five minutes later, Paimon and Gojo Aiko, who had eaten and drunk their fill, lay in a row on the lawn. The cunning bard was singing a lullaby, and both of them felt a little drowsy.

"I want... to eat another sweet flower-stuffed chicken..." Paimon said dazedly.

Aiko Gojo’s eyes suddenly widened. Was it really “a sweet flower-stuffed chicken”, and not “a sweet flower-stuffed chicken drumstick”?

Sweet flower stuffed chicken is a whole roasted chicken!

"Or have another strawberry chocolate cake..." Paimon turned over and closed his eyes.

Strawberry chocolate cake...Gojo Aiko had only seen Gojo Satoru eat a whole cake by himself.

Paimon: "Or a few more sandwiches..."

Gojo Aiko: "...Paimon, are you still awake?"

The sandwiches made by Zhu Fujingguang are all full of ingredients, and each one is huge.

Adults can even finish an entire sandwich and still be full.

Paimon didn't say anything and seemed to be asleep.

"Mm, apple pie is delicious!" Wendy was eating apple pie beside her, looking very satisfied.

He had already eaten a whole apple pie, but the double apple version of apple pie made by Zhu Fu Jingguang was so delicious that he would never feel sick of it no matter how much he ate!

Aiko Gojo stared at him silently. Although Mr. Wendy looked like a teenager, she always felt that he was not a real teenager. He might just look younger.

But this height... isn't it a bit too short?

If he is actually an adult, but not only does his face look like a minor, but his height also seems to be underdeveloped, then that would be too... miserable, right?

After all, it sounds like he likes drinking, but will the tavern owner really sell him alcohol?

"Aiko, would you like some coconut charcoal cakes?" Ying approached Gojo Aiko quietly from behind, holding a plate of something black.

Aiko Gojo quietly turned over and moved away. This coconut charcoal cake didn't look very delicious.

"Wendy..." Ying looked at Wendy again. Wendy turned around and tried to run, but failed.

"Ugh... this taste..." Wendy swallowed the food in her mouth with a painful look on her face, "It really lives up to its name..."

"I have perfectly restored the taste of Xumi's most traditional coconut charcoal cake!" Ying said proudly.

Coconut charcoal cake is a traditional snack in Xumi. The taste is not bad, but if it is not eaten with sweet jam, its taste is a bit ordinary, and it does have a taste similar to charcoal.

"You are worthy of it! Can you perfectly recreate the dandelion wine of Dawn Winery..." Before Wendy finished speaking, Ying quickly picked up a coconut charcoal cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Hey! Such delicious food, share some with Mr. Zhongli! I won't come to snatch it!" Wendy ran away quickly.

Ying turned around to look for Zhongli, only to find that Zhongli, who was originally with Oda Sakunosuke, was gone!

"Are you looking for Mr. Zhongli? He went to make tea." Oda Sakunosuke glanced at Gojo Aiko, who was holding Paimon with her eyes wide open. It seemed that Wendy's lullaby did not put her to sleep.

Ying looked regretful, then took her coconut charcoal cake and went to find her next victim.

As soon as Ying left, Zhongli came back with a teapot, followed by Wendy.

"Oh, I ate a lot today!" Wendy patted her stomach and lay down on the grass. "I wish I could eat delicious apple pie like this every day!"

"As long as we have Mora, it's fine." Aiko Gojo said quietly beside her.

"Ahem, Mora... yes, Mora!" Wendy was choked, because he... was a bard without a stable income! He could only afford his favorite dandelion wine in bulk!

"Brother Wendy, don't you have Mora?" Gojo Aiko saw something from his expression, "Isn't he the best bard in Teyvat?"

The bard should be similar to the singer idol, right? Then shouldn't he make a lot of money from a single performance?

"Uh... this... that... because..." Wendy hesitated, not knowing how to explain, "I... bards don't actually make that much money!"

After all, he performed for everyone voluntarily. Unless he was a resident singer in a pub, he could indeed get paid and occasionally get some tips or something. Otherwise, he could only earn Mora purely by relying on tips.

Besides, he didn't sing hymns for everyone every day. He only occasionally performed on the streets or in bars!

"Well... since you have the Eye of God, you can also become an adventurer, right?" Gojo Aiko heard that adventurers can make a lot of money by taking a commission, after all, it is a dangerous job.

"Well... a bard's hands are used to pluck the strings of the guitar. Besides, I often compose music, play the guitar, and study poetry!" Wendy moved on the lawn, found a comfortable position, stretched out her limbs, and comfortably felt the fragrance of the grass and listened to the sound of flowing water.

"Can I really support myself like this..." Gojo Aiko muttered softly.

But looking at Wendy's outfit, he definitely looks well-fed, so maybe he's just crying poor?

Or maybe... he spent all the money outside of daily expenses on buying alcohol?

Gojo Aiko turned over and looked at Zhongli who was making tea. This guy looked even more wealthy, and she always felt that he must be very particular about his food, clothing, housing and transportation.

"Would you like some tea?" Zhongli poured a cup of tea and asked Gojo Aiko who had been looking at him.

Gojo Aiko stared at the small teacup in Zhongli's hand with a conflicted look on her face.

Drinking tea late at night will make you unable to sleep, right?

But that cup looks nice, I want to drink from it!

Gojo Aiko jumped up and said, "Thank you, Uncle Zhongli!"

Uncle Zhongli: ...is older than the one next door, which is very good, very good.

"Haha!" Wendy laughed softly, "Aiko, Aiko! Bring me a cup~"

Aiko Gojo took a sip of the tea first, and then found that it was sweet?

She looked at Zhongli, who very calmly added sweet flowers and pure heart petals into the teapot.

It turns out to be scented tea!

Aiko Gojo poured Wendy a cup of tea. The small and exquisite cup contained green tea with some white petals floating in it.

"Huh? It's scented tea!" Wendy asked knowingly. He had known for a long time that Zhongli was making scented tea, not only because he smelled it, but also because Zhongli actually called Gojo Aiko to drink tea at night.

Not to mention children, even adults are not suitable to drink tea late at night, because tea does have a refreshing effect after all, and it would be bad if you suffer from insomnia at night.

But what surprised him was that not only was this scented tea, but it was also sweet.

Aiko Gojo stared at the flower on Wendy's hat. She had never seen such a flower before. It should be a flower from Mond. It looked a little bit like a lily.

"This is Cecilia flower~" Wendy took out his harp from somewhere, and then played and sang the story of Cecilia flower to Gojo Aiko.

Aiko Gojo took two steps back warily. She suspected that Wendy wanted her to go to bed quickly.

Although it was almost time for her to go to bed...

Ying said that she had plenty of empty rooms and warmly invited everyone to stay overnight, so they slept in Chen Gehu tonight.

Aiko Gojo rubbed her eyes and thought, "Why not go to bed directly? The adults will definitely continue playing, so she won't join in."

"What's wrong, little Aizi?" Wendy looked at her aggrievedly, "Is my poetry not good? Why are you distracted?"

"Because... I want to sleep with Brother Wendy!" Aiko Gojo rolled her eyes and tried to pull Wendy into the water.

"Hehe~ Actually, Mr. Zhongli over there is very good at telling bedtime stories~ Why not let him..." Wendy started to promote Zhongli again.

"You two have a really good relationship." Gojo Aiko complained speechlessly. It looked like they had just met today, but they didn't look like that, as they often teased each other at every turn.

"Uh... hehe, maybe it's because I hit it off with Mr. Zhongli right away!" Wendy smiled guiltily at the look in Zhongli's eyes.

"Then I'm going to bed." Gojo Aiko patted her clothes and stood up. Ayuan had already cleaned up the room for her.

"Huh? So early?" Wendy looked regretful, the night had just begun!

"Go to bed early and get up early so that you can grow tall." Gojo Aiko ran away.

Wendy was stunned. Why did this sentence seem to have some hidden meaning?

"It's getting late. After drinking this pot of calming tea, it's time to rest." Zhongli is also an early to bed and early to rise person. If there is nothing to do, he usually goes to bed very early and gets up very early.

"Hey? How come Mr. Zhongli is so healthy?" Wendy originally wanted to ask why his lifestyle was so similar to that of an old man, but she didn't dare to say it.

"We have important matters to discuss tomorrow, so we should rest early today." Oda Sakunosuke also agreed with Zhongli's words, mainly because they all stayed up late last night, so they naturally had to rest early today.

So, Wendy, who had thought she could have another round of drinks in the evening, watched helplessly as everyone went in groups of three or four to clean up the mess, wash the dishes and go to rest in just a few minutes.

"Wendy, which room are you sleeping in?" Ying hugged Paimon and almost laughed out loud when she saw Wendy's depressed look.

"Alas, the best bard in the world, it's time to take a rest!" Wendy touched his chin, turned around and climbed up to the window of Gojo Aiko's room, and secretly opened the window under Ying's cautious gaze.

"what?"

The room was empty. Wendy raised her eyebrows and was about to close the window and pretend that she had never been there when Gojo Aiko suddenly appeared out of nowhere at the door.

Gojo Aiko: …

Wendy: "...Hi? Do you need a lullaby before bed? All you need is an apple pie, and you can enjoy the most thoughtful sleeping service from the best bard in Teyvat~"

Gojo Aiko: “…”

Wendy: "Uh...how about an apple?"

Gojo Aiko: “…You saw it…”

Wendy looked at Gojo Aiko who was walking towards him with a gloomy face, and smiled awkwardly: "What? What did you see? Oh, I didn't see that little Aiko didn't sleep well~"

Aiko Gojo looked at Wendy who was playing dumb, her hands on her hips speechlessly.

Didn’t she just go back to Meteor Garden to get some pajamas and reply to the messages in the group?

How come it is such a coincidence???

Could this guy have done this on purpose?

Aiko Gojo suddenly became suspicious.

Isn’t it said that the travelers Ying and Paimon have met gods from several countries?

Logically speaking, the two of them should know these gods well, but when it comes to gods, they found two guys who are said to know the God of Wind and the God of Rock very well...

Isn't this too much of a coincidence? Not only does he know the God of Wind and the God of Rock, but he also knows someone who knows the God of Wind and the God of Rock very well...

She originally suspected that Wendy and Zhongli might be the gods of wind and rock, but then she remembered that the god of rock, Morax, had passed away...

No, Detective Aiko is online now! Let Detective Aiko solve the mystery behind this!