The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 386: Meeting Again (1)

"Xiangling, give me some sweet and sour rice crust~"

Looking at Ruojin who was smiling and asking for a serving of sweet and sour rice crust in front of her, Xiangling dropped the spatula in her hand to the ground with a bang. Then, under the surprised eyes of the diners in Wanmin Hall, Xiangling pounced directly into Ruojin's arms.

"Brother Jin, you are finally back. I missed you so much."

Greedily sniffing the scent that had appeared in her dreams so many times, Xiangling buried her head in Ruojin's chest and hugged her tightly, refusing to let go. Unconsciously, her words were already filled with tears.

"Okay, okay, I won't be traveling for too long in the future, dear~"

Feeling the warmth in his arms through his clothes, Ruojin touched Xiangling's little head lovingly and comforted her softly. Seeing Xiangling looking like she was about to cry, Ruojin felt a little guilty.

After all, he had been away from Liyue for quite a long time this time, and Xiangling had never been separated from him for such a long time since she was a child. After seeing Xiangling like this, Ruo Jin felt his heart was broken.

"Xiang Ling has never acted like a spoiled child with an old man like this in her entire life."

Master Mao looked at his little girl who had always followed him and now threw herself into Ruojin's arms with an excited look on her face as if she was about to cry. Although Master Mao believed that Ruojin was a person worthy of entrusting Xiangling to, he couldn't help feeling jealous when he saw with his own eyes that his daughter was so intimate with Ruojin.

"Master Mao, it looks like we will be able to have the banquet soon."

Old Wang, who had just finished eating crystal shrimps, saw this scene and started teasing Master Mao. After hearing what Old Wang said, Master Mao's mood, which was already not very good, became even more irritable.

He first glared at Old Wang fiercely, and then, under the gazes of a group of diners who were watching the show, Master Mao, who wanted his daughter to take a rest, said with a cold face.

"Wanmintang will not be making any other food for lunch today. We will only provide noodles. If anyone wants to eat, please let us know in advance. If you don't want to eat, you can leave."

As soon as Master Mao said this, a burst of wailing suddenly sounded in Wanmin Hall. However, Master Mao did not care about it at all. Now that Ruo Jin was back, he finally found a reason to let his daughter have a rest. No matter how much these diners wailed, he would not change his mind.

"Dad, this is not good..."

Xiangling, with her head buried in Ruojin's arms, was a little hesitant after hearing what Master Mao said. As a chef, although there were a lot of customers these days and she was quite tired, if she could still hold on, she didn't want to just provide noodles to the diners of Wanmin Hall.

After all, for Xiangling, every time she cooks is a practice of her cooking skills. She wants to pursue the highest level of cooking skills, so Xiangling thinks it doesn’t matter if she is a little tired.

"Okay, Xiangling, just listen to me, Dad. We at Wanmin Hall will just provide some noodles today."

"But Brother Jin hasn't eaten yet, and..."

Seeing that her father had taken out the flour and was preparing to knead the dough, Xiangling, who wanted to cook for Ruojin, opened her mouth and wanted to say something. But before she could finish her words, Ruojin, who could sense that Xiangling was a little tired, pushed Xiangling onto a chair and spoke first.

"Okay, Xiangling, just listen to Master Mao. Come over here and take a rest. Ying has learned a lot about cooking in Xumi. She will cook a Xumi meal for us later. You're right, Ying."

"Well, leave it to me. Xiangling, you can rest assured. " Ying was stunned at first when Ruojin said this, but after seeing Ruojin's eyes, Ying immediately took over the conversation and agreed. As for Paimeng, who was still in a daze, Ying directly took an apple to cover Paimeng's mouth.

After all, according to the plan before coming to Wanmin Hall, everyone intended to taste Xiangling's cooking at today's meal. In order to prevent Paimon from letting the cat out of the bag, Ying directly made Paimon, the God's Mouth, speak without a mouth.

"But if we let Ying cook, well, okay..."

Under Ruojin's tough attitude, Xiangling, who was forced by Ruojin to rest on the chair, could only sit on the chair obediently. Seeing Ruojin secretly putting Xiangling on the chair, Ying also pulled Paimeng and walked directly to the kitchen.

The current Ying is no longer the Xiaobai from before. She can see Xiangling’s fatigue at a glance, so when Ruojin winked at her just now, Ying nodded and agreed.

"Ying, why did you stuff an apple into my mouth?"

With a popping sound, Paimon pulled the apple out of his mouth with great effort. After his mouth was free again, Paimon angrily wanted to grab Ying's golden hair. It seemed that if Ying didn't give a reasonable explanation, Ying's hair might be in trouble.

"Paimon you idiot, don't you realize Xiangling is very tired?"

He slightly tilted his head to avoid Paimon's sneak attack, and Ying grabbed Paimon's phantom limb. After hearing what Ying said, Paimon looked at Master Mao in the kitchen with some doubt and questioning eyes.

"The traveler is right. Since there are so many guests these days, Xiangling is really tired. Even my waist is hurting from exhaustion."

"During the Moon Festival in previous years, there weren't so many tourists coming to Liyue Harbor. I don't know what happened this year, but so many people came all of a sudden. -"

Master Mao pounded his waist with his hand. His Wanmin Hall has been open for some years and he has experienced the Moon-Chasing Festival before, but this is the first time that Master Mao has seen so many people come to the Moon-Chasing Festival like this year.

"Master Mao, is there something wrong with your waist? Then you can take a rest aside and I will make the noodles."

Seeing Master Mao kneading the dough while holding his waist, Ying also took the dough from Master Mao and started kneading it. It was just some noodles anyway and it wouldn't take too long, so Ying simply took over.

While Ying was busy making noodles, some people left Wanmin Hall because of what Master Mao said just now. The hall was not as crowded as before, and Ruo Jin and his friends successfully found an empty table and sat down.

"Kumi, you're back too, it's been a long time."

"Hehe, I thought it would take some time for you, Xiangling, to find me. I didn't expect you to find me so quickly."

Seeing that Xiangling, whose eyes were full of Ruojin, noticed her so quickly, Hu Tao stuck out her tongue in surprise. In fact, she had just wanted to scare Xiangling, but she didn't expect Xiangling to notice her.

"Mr. Zhongli, Mona, it's been a long time since we last met. Come to Wanmin Hall for dinner in the evening. I'll prepare a delicious welcome meal for you."

After slapping away Hu Tao's evil little hand that was reaching out to her face, Xiang Ling stretched her body and directly invited Zhongli and Mona to have dinner in the evening. The two of them, who had not tasted Xiang Ling's cooking for a long time, readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)