The afternoon of the next day.
Amber, Ying and Paimon finally returned to Mondstadt City again. Then, in the evening, at their invitation, Anne, who had also returned to Mondstadt at this time, met at the Deer Hunter Restaurant. The three of them met together.
"Hi~!"
╰(￣▽￣)
"Hello everyone!"
??(^??^*)
Anne, who ran down the steps of the fountain in the Mondstadt Center, saw the three people at a glance, and then waved and greeted them from a distance.
"??"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"What's wrong? You look sad?"
(??????.??????)????????
Then, after getting closer and seeing the miserable expressions of the three people, Anne couldn't help but asked a little strangely, wanting to know what was going on.
"ah!"
!(;??o??)o
"Now that people know it, your plan to play the piano must have failed, right?"
o(??▽｀)o
Then, after reacting, Anne suddenly remembered what these three people had been doing in the past two days, and then her expression changed, and she asked tentatively with a smile that was a little bit gloating.
(…)
(●￣??￣●)
"!!"
"wrong!"
"It's playing the piano to the dragon!"
"It's a dragon!"
Hearing Annie's words, Paimon, who was flying dangling on the table, quickly became excited, then flew to Annie's side and loudly corrected and protested.
"..."
(????▽｀)??
Unfortunately, Annie didn't want to listen to Paimon's protest at all. She just smiled and stretched out her hand, pressed the other person's face and pushed him away. She walked to Amber and Ying, pulled up a chair and sat down.
"You mean that plan..."
"Of course it didn't work!"
"Why."
"It was almost done, but it turned out..."
Sighing, thinking of the situation at that time, Ying suddenly didn't want to say more, she just felt very tired.
After all, if you think about it carefully, it seems that no matter what they do recently, it doesn't seem to go well. I don't know if it is because of bad luck or because of their lack of ability?
"correct!"
"Annie, where have you been for the past two days?"
Shaking her head, not wanting to recall those bad things, Ying asked instead, wanting to see what was new about Annie.
"Um……"
(???????`)
"I didn't go anywhere, I just went around looking for delicious food with a big sister and little Keli."
??(??^o^??)??
"Yesterday, we also discovered the camp of a group of Qiuqiu people. After destroying them, we found a big treasure chest they were guarding!"
(*??︶??*). .:
"pity……"
(′～`●)
"When I opened it, I found it was full of boring junk!"
ε=(??ο｀*)))Alas
Speaking of the big golden box, Annie couldn't help but feel a little unhappy.
At the beginning, she and Keli thought those Qiuqiu people were hiding something good, but it turned out to be a bunch of messy things... Of course she didn't need those things, and Keli didn't need them either, so in the end , Sister Xiangling took them all away.
"!!"
"Kelly?"
"Are you and Kelly together?!"
However, it was a good thing that Anne didn't say anything. As soon as she mentioned the name "Kelly", Amber, who was sitting peacefully opposite, suddenly exclaimed, stood up and asked:
"Annie!"
"you……"
"The explosion last night wasn't really caused by you, was it?"
After hesitating for a moment, Amber quickly asked with a serious face.
Although the cadres of the Knights who immediately used the Wings of Wind to fly across the lake from Mondstadt found nothing at the explosion site except a large pit filled with lake water and mess on the ground. The instigator had already run away. , and the method and elements of the explosion were also a little strange, but right, the leader Qin and the others still suspected Keli for the first time, and were ready to arrest each other for questioning as soon as they came back?
But unfortunately, they couldn't find anyone.
Therefore, now that she heard that Annie was actually with Kelly, Amber subconsciously asked about the situation immediately and eagerly wanted to know what happened at that time.
"explode?"
=???????('ヮ'=????????)
"oh!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"Are you talking about the big mushroom cloud?"
(??????c)
"People have seen it too!"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
"But at that time we were catching golden bass in the lotus pond in Qingquan Town, and we were chased by a bad old man. If he hadn't paid the money in the end, we would have been regarded as thieves!"
(????????-)??
After speaking, Annie stuck out her tongue playfully, with a proud expression on her face.
As for the explosion that the other party mentioned... she did not give a clear answer. After all, it was indeed not done by 'them'. It was just done by 'Keli' alone and had nothing to do with 'them'.
"That golden seabass is delicious!"
(????﹃????)
At that time, after seeing the knights of the West Wind Knights, Anne teleported to Qingquan Town with Xiangling and Keli, and immediately jumped into the spring in that town.
Fortunately, the spring in the lotus pond used by the townspeople to draw water is very small and the fish is easy to catch. There is no need to put bombs at all. Otherwise, if Keli is allowed to throw the bouncing bomb in again, it may be something else. a story.
"Qingquan Town?"
"Were you in Qingquan Town when the explosion occurred?"
"It's really not you who did it?"
After hearing Annie's description, Amber couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, but since she had no concrete evidence herself, she didn't ask any more questions.
"All right!"
"I will investigate..."
"If you didn't do it, it would be troublesome."
Amber nodded, frowned again, but secretly kept the situation in mind, planning to go back and report to Captain Qin later, and personally go to Qingquan Town to find Old Finch and the Orions to ask about the situation. , to see if Annie, Keli and others were actually catching fish and playing in the lotus pond where the residents of Qingquan Town drew water when the incident occurred.
"We really didn't do it!"
(????ˇεˇ????)
"How dare I guarantee it in the name of Tibbers!"
??'??'??ヾ(⌒??⌒*)??
Annie said loudly and righteously, and also used her own little bear as a guarantee.
After all, that matter was indeed not done by them. It was just a good deed done by Xiao Keli alone and had nothing to do with Queen Anne and Xiang Ling. Therefore, she could indeed speak confidently and confidently about this matter. There is absolutely no shame or anything else.
(…)
(●￣??￣●)
"That……"
"Do you know where Kelly went?"
"It seems like she hasn't been back for two days."
Amber thought for a while, then sat back down again, and asked in a passive manner.
"We've been looking for her for so long that Jean is going crazy."
"I just hope it wasn't really you who did it..."
That matter, whether it was done by Keli or not, is not a trivial matter. Therefore, necessary interrogation is definitely indispensable. Who let the frequent visitor of the solitary room, the blasting master of Mondstadt, the man who called "the escapee" Why does the little guy from "The Sun" have so many criminal records?
"of course I know!"
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"She went to that Eagle Soaring Beach."
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"certainly!"
(????ω????)
"Maybe it's another beach?"
(*??????`??)
Anne was indeed a little unsure about this, but what was certain was that the other party must have gone to the beach, but which beach it was, you would have to look for it to find out.
Anyway, when they parted, she kindly gave the other party a house with a universal capsule so that the other party could use it as a research institute. As for when the other party would come back, she didn't know.
Maybe it would be ten days and a half, maybe he would come back in a few days. Anyway, it was not an important thing, and the little guy was also capable of protecting himself, so there was nothing to worry about.
"Going to Eagle Soaring Beach?"
"ah!"
"Isn't she going to fry fish again?"
Hearing this, Amber couldn't help but exclaimed.
She knew that if that guy Keli was frying fish in the Cider Lake, he would definitely be caught and put in solitary confinement for at least three days!
However, if the other party goes to the sea to fry fish, no one will be able to control the little guy.
Furthermore, there are a lot of fish in the sea and they are very big. If Keli only fried some fish to a limited extent and did not interfere with others, even the group leader might turn a blind eye?
"Probably not."
(°ー°〃)
"She went to study 'deuterium' (dāo)."
????(????｀??)??????
Annie didn't hide much, and directly and openly told Keli's highly purposeful research plan.
"Research knife?"
"this……"
"What's so good about knives?"
"No, when did Keli start to like studying weapons?"
Amber said she was a little baffled by this.
After all, as far as she knows, although the little guy Keli has that kind of innocent curiosity about everything in the outside world, he will be more enthusiastic about explosive objects.
Compared to weapons such as swords, that little guy prefers to secretly develop various new types of powerful bombs, and then either use them to fry fish or cause trouble, or to cause horrific forest fires, or even change someone's life. The terrain of a place or something.
"strangeness!"
"If you want to study knives..."
"Can't we just go to the blacksmith shop in Mondstadt and find Uncle Wagner or Schutz?"
"Why are you running to the beach?"
After pondering for a long time, Amber couldn't figure out why Keli went to the beach to study the knife, so she folded her arms in confusion and muttered softly.
"This question..."
(*??????*;)
"You'd better ask her yourself!"
(??????????)hey-hey!
Anne knew that the 'knife' in Amber's mouth did not mean the same thing as the 'deuterium' she just said, so of course she didn't want to explain too much.
After all, if Amber knew that she taught Keli some more powerful explosion methods and provided her with a lot of research conveniences and explosive samples, it would definitely cause her unnecessary trouble. !
Unfortunately, Queen Anne hates trouble the most, so she doesn't want to talk too much about this matter.
"OK!"
At this time, Paimon, who was waiting on the side, was a little impatient.
"You have said so much, have you said enough?"
"Amber, I'm hungry!"
"Now that Annie is here, let's start ordering quickly!"
She flew directly over, flew between the two of them and interrupted the conversation that the two might have continued. At the same time, she did not forget to protest angrily with her hands on her hips.
"Too!"
"Then let's order food first."
"Then……"
"Let's talk while eating again?"
Seeing that it was indeed getting late and everyone was hungry, Amber nodded and agreed to Paimon's suggestion.
"Hello!"
“Sarah, we’re ordering food!”
"I'm treating you today!"
"It's all on my account."
So, she shouted and waved to Sarah, the waiter at the counter.
"Very good!"
"Today I want to eat 'Sweet Flower Stuffed Pigeon' and a 'Honey Sauce Carrot Fried Pork'!"
“Want a big portion!”
"Pamon can finish it!!"
Seeing that Miss Sarah finally came over with a notebook, Paimon hurriedly said the name of the dish she wanted to eat.
"Um……"
"so!"
"I want a piece of fisherman's toast and a side of radish and vegetable soup!"
Immediately afterwards, Yingya spoke.
She seemed to be in a bad mood, so she didn't order much, and it was relatively light, and she didn't order anything with heavy flavors.
"I am also a old appearence."
"Then……"
"Annie, what about you?"
After Amber finished speaking, she looked at Annie sitting opposite her again.
"Um……"
(ー`??ー)
"Give me a glass of apple juice, and remember to add ice!"
ヽ(????▽??)ノ
After thinking about it, Annie also ordered a drink, and then said that there was no more, and that was all.
"Huh?!"
"Annie, don't you want to eat?"
"Just order a glass of apple juice?"
Amber was shocked.
You know, she was prepared for a heavy hemorrhage today, planning to use half a month's salary to satisfy the little guy Annie's terrifying appetite that was deeper than the Valley of Fallen Stars. But who would have thought that the other party actually gave her a cup of apple stuffed wine? Are you satisfied?
"Um……"
(????ˇ??ˇ????)
"I really don't want to!"
??(?????????)
"ah?"
"Why?"
"You don't have to save money for me!"
Amber was a little confused, and then quickly added angrily.
"Annie, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
At this time, Yingya, who was sitting next to him, asked with concern.
She and Paimon didn't come back in the past two days, and were busy working on the Wind Demon Dragon Tevalin, so she didn't know what Annie had done.
"No la!"
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"I just ate Sister Xiangling's big meal in the afternoon. I'm still full now and don't want to eat much."
??(ψ｀▽′)o
Anne didn't hide anything and spoke truthfully.
"Xiang Ling?!"
Amber subconsciously exclaimed.
"Xiang Ling?"
"who is it?"
After looking at each other with Paimon who came over curiously, Ying, who said he had never seen that name before, asked strangely, wanting to know what new friends Annie had made.
"Xiang Ling?"
"No way?"
At this time, without waiting for Annie to answer, Sarah, the Deer Hunter waiter who came over to take orders for the four of them, exclaimed in surprise while recording.
"??"
"Miss Sarah, what's the problem?"
Ying was a little strange. She looked at Amber and then at the thoughtful Sarah. She didn't know why the two of them were so surprised, so she asked directly.
"Don't you know?"
"That Xiangling is a talented young chef from Liyue with a reputation!"
"She is very talented in cooking, especially spicy dishes. It is said that she is excellent?"
"Annie!"
"Next time, if it's convenient, please tell Xiang Ling that I want to compete with her again. This time, I will definitely not lose to her!"
After explaining these few words to Amber, Sarah gave Anne a few more instructions, and then seeing that the four of them had nothing more to say, she turned over and went back to the counter to get busy and prepare.
"!!"
"Is the one named Xiangling really good at cooking?"
Seeing Amber's reaction and hearing Sarah's praise, Paimon quickly approached Annie and asked expectantly.
"Maybe?"
o(￣▽￣)
"But she always likes to put some messy things into the pot..."
ε=(??ο｀*)))Alas
As she said that, Annie began to have that little look of disgust on her face.
"Just last night!"
(；′⌒`)
"She also used fire-attribute slime slime mixed with Jueyun chili powder to brush on the body of the golden sea bass and then grilled it. Although it turned out to be very delicious, fragrant, spicy and fresh, but..."
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"People always think it's a little weird..."
(????︵??`)
As she thought about it, Annie frowned, with a tangled look on her face.
Because that kind of slime is the same as the slime monster she has seen, and it makes her feel sick just looking at it. However, Sister Xiangling cooks with slime, which of course always makes her feel disgusting. I have the illusion of eating an ooze monster, and I always feel strange in my heart.
"!!"
"Anyway!"
"Annie, next time, if you go out looking for delicious food with that Xiangling, please be sure to bring Paimon with you!"
At this moment, Paimon suddenly spoke and pleaded.
She doesn't care about slime, she just wants to eat the dish made by Miss Xiangling, who even Miss Sarah admires and praises very much.
"you?"
Σ(°△°|||)︴
"forget it!"
╮(╯▽╰)╭
After glancing at Paimon, Annie shook her head without even thinking about it.
"??"
"Why?"
"Do you still have any objections to Paimon?"
Paimon asked a little unhappily.
"No."
(????ω????)
"only……"
??乛??乛??
"If you let that Xiangling guy see you, she will definitely find a way to put you in the pot to cook."
????(??????????)???????
"Eh?"
"Annie, do you want to eat Pamon too?"
"That's great!"
"I've longed for this emergency food and reserve food. Should we steam it, or just put it in the pot and braise it?"
At this time, Yingya suddenly came over, grabbed Paimon and held him in his arms, saying this teasingly.
"!!"
"hateful!"
"fluorescent!"
"Let go!"
"Paimon is not your food reserve!"
"Let go!!!"
Hearing this, Paimon protested loudly and struggled desperately.
"Don't let go!"
"Annie!"
"Come and help!"
However, Ying didn't buy it. She just hugged him hard and bit Paimon on the face. At the same time, she didn't forget to call Annie forward.
"..."
(??˙o˙)??
The sun began to set gradually in the west, and the sky gradually became darker.
At this time, the street lamps on the roadside of Mondstadt began to be lit one by one by lamplighters, so that the dim yellow street lamps began to shine on the streets of Mondstadt that were gradually falling into darkness.
At this time, at a round table in front of the Deer Hunter restaurant, Annie, Amber, Ying and Paimon were sitting in their respective places, eating their dinner and talking and laughing. They were frolicking on their seats, and their bell-like laughter and the delicate looks of the beautiful girls naturally added a bit of vitality and brilliant colors to this quiet city at night.
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(゜▽＾*) Don’t hide your monthly pass~??
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