The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 39 Morning Routine

"Boss Ruota, what were you doing in the seal last night? It was so late and you were still awake. This is not like your style."

Last night when Ruo Jin woke up in a daze to look for water to drink, he unexpectedly discovered that the Rādhāra Dragon King in his body was not snoring like before, but instead kept his eyes open and no one knew what he was doing. However, he was too sleepy at the time and really didn't want to ask more questions.

"Boy, do you think that the wind god Barbatos went to cause trouble for Tevarin last night? I thought I heard Tevarin's howling last night."

Inside the body, the Dragon King Ruotu thought about it all night but still couldn't figure out why Tevarin was howling. After observing Barbatos for the past few days, he didn't think that Barbatos would go to find Tevarin alone.

ha?
A question mark appeared in Ruo Jin's head. That drunkard Fengshen would go to find Tevarin alone. Don't be kidding. If that drunkard Fengshen was really that reliable, he would not have fooled the simple Ying to steal the Sky Harp.

Maybe Captain Qin forgot to tell the people in the Cathedral of Favonius. Now if you walk on the street, you can still see the Church of Favonius issuing a wanted notice for the thief who stole the Sky Harp.

"Hey, Ruojin, why did you get up so early today? Don't you usually sleep until noon?"

Seeing Ruojin coming down from upstairs, Paimeng looked at the rising sun outside and felt surprised. She had lived in Ruojin's house for such a long time but this was the first time she saw Ruojin during breakfast. Ying also cast a curious look at her.

"Little Paimon, I usually get up very early in Liyue, but I just slept in for a few days because I had nothing to do in Mondstadt."

"Eh, I don't believe it. Paimon also likes to sleep in, but he won't sleep until noon like you, Ruojin."

"Oh? Paimon, you didn't sleep straight through the night, did you? That's definitely different from me."

She pinched Paimon's chubby face teasingly, and regardless of Paimon's struggle, Ruojin sat down next to Paimon. Ying watched with a smile on her face, with no intention of stopping her. Paimon was very angry at Ying's look of watching the show.

"Ying, you've changed. I'm not your best friend anymore. You didn't come to protect me when your best friend was bullied."

"It's okay. I think emergency food will taste better if it's a little more elastic."

Stared at by Paimon's wide-open eyes, Ying deliberately picked up the chopsticks on the table and pretended to taste the delicious food. Paimon became even angrier now, because it was because of Ying's word "emergency food", which made everyone around her know her name "emergency food".

"Ying, has everything been going well these days? If you need any help, just let me know. I'm not busy lately."

"There's really no need for help or anything like that. Living in your house every day is already a big help."

In response to Ruojin's question, Ying shook her head slightly. Ruojin had already helped her a lot. Even if there were difficult things to deal with, Ying would still want to trouble Ruojin. Now she was no longer the ignorant Ying who had just stepped into Mondstadt.

When she was working on the commission, she inquired about the rental prices in Mondstadt. After receiving a series of prices that she definitely could not afford, Ying realized how much help it would be for Ruo Jin to let her live in his house for free.

If she really rented a house in Mondstadt, she would probably have to work hard on commissions to prepare three meals a day for her and Paimon. She wouldn't be able to just sit at the dining table and wait for Xiangling to prepare the meals like she did now.

Moreover, after Xiangling came, she also paid for her and Paimeng's breakfast and dinner. She remembered all those who helped her, and if they needed her help in the future, she would definitely pick up her sword and do it without saying a word.

"Hey, Brother Jin, you're up. Drink some porridge to nourish your stomach first. The food will be ready soon."

Xiangling came out of the kitchen carrying a pot of hot porridge. She was a little disappointed to see that Ruojin was already up. She had been thinking of waking up Brother Jin after the meal was ready. When she was a child, she would always go to Ruojin's room to wake him up every morning when she went to Ke Mansion to play with Ruojin.

"I made an appointment with Keli to go out and play today, so I got up a little earlier on purpose."

Seeing Xiangling serving the porridge, Paimeng ignored Shang and Ying's anger and flew to the pot to taste Xiangling's cooking skills. However, the big spoon used to scoop the porridge was longer than her, so Paimeng could only ask for help on his face. After taking the big spoon from Paimeng's hand, Ruojin had a bad idea in his mind and deliberately asked Paimeng.

"Little Paimon, do you want more rice or more soup?"

"Um, this question~"

Ruojin's question stumped Paimeng. Not knowing how to answer, Paimeng fell into deep thought. Seeing that Paimeng couldn't make up his mind for a while, Ruojin looked at Ying again. Ying raised her eyebrows. It seemed that Ruojin underestimated her IQ. Did he really think she was as stupid as Paimon?

"Only children make choices, but as an adult, I want them all!"

Ying snatched the spoon from Ruojin and served herself two bowls of porridge. Of course, she did not forget to look at Ruojin provocatively. Ruojin glanced at Ying. Judging from Ying's various physical development conditions, Ruojin felt that Ying and Hutao should be about the same age, at most fifteen or sixteen years old. How could this be considered an adult?

"You two, humph, I'm not going to bother with you two. I'm going to go find Xiangling to see what to eat for breakfast."

Seeing Ying successfully served the porridge, Paimeng realized that Ruo Jin was teasing her. Ying, her best friend, not only did not help her but was actually an accomplice. She stomped her feet in the air a few times and flew to the kitchen in a huff.

In the kitchen, Guoba was spitting fire beside the stove, and Xiangling was busy preparing the ingredients. Paimeng flew into the kitchen and saw another large ball of dough on the chopping board. She took advantage of Xiangling's inattention to quietly pinch off a small ball and started playing with it in her hand.

"Xiangling, what are you going to eat this morning? Noodles? I want three bowls."

Seeing that there was no other side dish on the chopping board except a large lump of dough, Paimon happily came up to Xiangling and told her about her appetite this morning. Well, because she was bullied by Ying and Ruojin in the morning, she didn't have much appetite and only had to eat three bowls of noodles.

"Hey, Paimon, why are you in the kitchen? If you want to eat noodles, I can make some for you. This morning I was going to make the snacks I learned from Sarah."

"Hey, dim sum! Na Xiangling, you don't have to make noodles specially for me. I'll eat whatever you make."

Upon hearing the good news that Xiangling was going to make a new dish that she hadn't eaten yet, Paimeng rushed to the living room with her wine. She wanted to go to the living room to persuade Ying to drink more porridge, so that she could eat more of Xiangling's new dish.

As the sweet smell in the air became stronger and stronger, Ying, who had already drunk five bowls of porridge, also realized that something was wrong. Oh no, it seemed that she had really been tricked by Paimon. She should have thought that Paimon, who loved to eat so much, would actually take the initiative to serve her porridge. There must be something fishy about this.

Seeing Xiangling coming over with a large plate with a lid and Paimeng smiling beside her, Ying was stunned. She was actually tricked by this guy Paimeng. Just now, she was busy chatting with Ruojin and had finished her porridge without realizing it. It was such a shame.

"Wow, it smells so good. Xiangling, open it quickly and let me see what's delicious."

Paimeng walked around the plate. The sweet smell made Paimeng swallow his saliva again and again. Xiangling didn't care. She put on thick gloves and opened the lid.

A burst of heat hit Paimon, and he subconsciously closed his eyes, sniffing the rich sweet smell in the air. From this smell, Paimon could tell that Xiangling must have made Mond's dessert. Paimon opened his eyes expectantly to see what kind of delicious food it was. The next second, the expectation on Paimon's face froze.
Ying, who had been observing Paimon, saw that the expectation on Paimon's face disappeared. She curiously leaned over to take a look, and when she saw the delicious food on the plate, Ying burst out laughing.

“Haha, hahahaha, Xiangling, you actually made something delicious with apples.”

"Hey, what's wrong? These apples are the ones you gave me yesterday. Some of them were bruised and can't be kept for long, so I made them into apple pies today."

"Paimon, try it. Sarah and I learned how to make apple pie. An adventurer named Alice taught her how to make it. It's delicious."

Xiangling picked up a piece of apple pie and put it to Paimeng's mouth. In the past, Paimeng might have swallowed it in one gulp, but now, after the apple hit him on the head yesterday, Paimeng didn't want to see the apple at all. Moreover, Paimeng knew very well that the apple that Ying gave to Xiangling was the apple that hit her yesterday.

(End of this chapter)