The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 401: Several People and Milk Tea after the Preliminary Round
"Mona, are you okay? Do you need me to find Bai Zhu to help you?"

Seeing Mona retching and even turning pale as soon as she came back, although Ruo Jin knew that the ingredients of the cooking competition had been inspected and were not poisonous, but seeing Mona being ruined like this by the unknown food, Ruo Jin was still worried that Mona had food poisoning.

"No, no thanks. I'm fine. I was just disgusted by the food in the cooking competition."

Thinking back to the weird dishes he had eaten on the judges' panel all day, Mona dry heaved a few times. If time could go back, Mona would rather go hungry than serve as a judge again. Although those so-called creative dishes were not poisonous, they were unexpectedly unpalatable. In his more than ten years of life, Mona had never seen anyone so smart as to come up with a dish like spicy tofu stewed with sunset fruit.

This would have been fine if she had only eaten it once, but since there were so many participants in this cooking competition, Mona and the other judges had to eat from morning until sunset before they finished grading the dishes of all the preliminary contestants. So now Mona can't remember how many of those so-called creative dishes she has eaten.

"Ahem, Mona, in the preliminary round of a cooking competition like this, there will inevitably be some weird dishes mixed in, but after the preliminary round is over, the rest of the competition will be normal. After all, contestants who can make it past the preliminary round are all very capable."

Based on past experience, Ruo Jin also comforted Mona. Of course, while comforting Mona, Ruo Jin was also somewhat glad that he did not serve as a judge. After all, the fact that Mona could be made so disgusted showed that there were quite a few evildoers in the preliminary round.

While comforting Mona, Ruo Jin secretly glanced at Zhongli. When he was watching the fun at the competition site with Klee, he seemed to vaguely hear the host of the preliminary round say something like "Judge Zhongli needs treatment, go find Doctor Baizhu immediately."

At that time, he really thought that Zhongli had eaten something poisonous, but now it seems that there is nothing wrong with Zhongli. He must have heard it wrong.

While Ruojin was observing Zhongli, Hu Tao, who had returned from the Hall of All People with Klee, pushed open the door of the Hall of Rebirth with a bang. Then Hu Tao put the dinner in her hand on the table and greeted everyone.

"Everyone is here, so come over and eat with us. Is Mona not feeling better yet? Then come and try Xiangling's creative mint salad. This dish should be cool and make you feel better. I specially asked Xiangling to help make it."

Before Hu Tao could finish her words, Mona, who was holding the sink, retched even more violently. Although Zhongli's expression did not change, his face turned noticeably paler.

Seeing Mona suddenly retching again, Hu Tao, who had just returned and didn't know the situation, was scared. She turned around and wanted to go to Bubulu to find Bai Zhu to come and take a look.

Although Mona was a guest at her Wangsheng Hall, after spending these days together, Hu Tao had already regarded Mona as a good friend. Now seeing Mona in so much pain, how could she remain indifferent? But before Hu Tao walked out of Wanmin Hall, Mona's somewhat weak voice came from the bathroom.

"I don't want to hear the words 'creative cuisine' anymore! Ugh!!!"

Hearing what Mona said, Hu Tao paused, and her plum blossom pupils became a little confused. What was going on? Why did Mona react so strongly to the words "creative cuisine".

Ruo Jin, who was standing by, noticed Hu Tao's confusion and explained to her why Mona reacted so strongly. However, because the refugees said the words "creative cuisine" during this period, Mona dry-heaved several times.

"Well, it seems that Mona will not be able to finish her meal. Then, Keli, you should drink a glass of milk and go to sleep. Tomorrow, your sister will take you to play with Qiqi."

Because she and Klee had already had dinner at Wanmin Hall and Ruojin had also eaten dinner at home before coming to Wangsheng Hall, the food Hu Tao packed was just for Mona and Zhongli. But considering their current state, Hu Tao felt that they might not be able to eat any more.

"Brother Ruojin, Brother Ruojin, Keli doesn't want to drink milk today. How about Keli give today's milk to Sister Qiqi? Keli remembers that Sister Qiqi likes to drink it."

"Your sister Qiqi likes to drink coconut milk. Little Klee, you can't escape this glass of milk today~" Ruojin rubbed Klee's little head and put a glass of milk in front of Klee with a wicked smile. Although Ruojin didn't like drinking milk very much, in order to make little Klee have a balanced nutrition, Ruojin felt it was necessary to let Klee drink a glass every day, because when he was little, he was forced by sister Keqing to drink a glass every day, which made him taller than his peers since he was a child.

"But Keli doesn't want to drink milk. She hates drinking milk the most."

Keli hung her head with a look of aggrieved. Seeing Keli's aggrieved look, Ruojin's heart softened and he almost gave in. However, thinking of how Zhiyi had explained to him the various benefits of milk when they met a few days ago with a glass of milk in his hand, Ruojin hardened his heart and took the milk to Keli.

"Brother Ruojin, Keli doesn't want to drink milk, woooooo~"

When Keli saw that Ruojin still brought the milk, she immediately pretended to be more pitiful, which made Ruojin's heart soften, and he sighed and said.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, Keli. I'll make you some milk tea later. When I was at Inazuma, I saw that Inazuma's children liked to drink it very much."

"Milk tea, great! It's something Klee has never had before!"

When she heard that she could drink milk tea instead of milk, Klee jumped up without caring what milk tea was. But when Klee was happy, Zhongli next to her suddenly felt something strange in his heart, and then he immediately knew what this strange feeling was.

Seeing Ruojin greet him and go into the kitchen with the tea he had just bought, Zhongli opened his mouth, but he couldn't say no because of Keli's pitiful look.

Never mind, it's just some tea. I'll buy some tomorrow. As this god gets older, his love for children increases exponentially. Thinking that he will have to go to Qiaoying Manor to buy tea in person tomorrow, Zhongli sighed.

A few minutes later, a scent of milk mixed with tea slowly drifted out from the kitchen. When people smelled the scent in the air, not to mention Klee, even Mona, who had been dry-heaving just now, stopped retching and turned to look at the kitchen.

Maybe it was because the milk and tea used in Ruozuma were not of the ordinary quality used by ordinary vendors like the one used by Inazuma, this unique smell of milk tea was much more fragrant than the milk tea they smelled in Inazuma, which made them interested all of a sudden.

"Come on, come on, everyone come and try it. In order to make Klee like it more, I even added some nectar."

Under the aroma of milk tea, Ruo Jin also came to the hall carrying a large bowl of milk tea, and then Hu Tao, who was very expectant, picked up the cups and distributed it to everyone.

Zhongli, who had never had milk tea at Inazuma, was the first to try it. The sweetness of milk combined with the freshness of tea leaves created a unique taste in Zhongli's mouth. After savoring it carefully, Zhongli could even taste the flavor of nectar. This milk tea was really good.

While Zhongli was savoring the milk tea in the cup, Klee had already gulped down a large cup. Maybe it was because she had tasted something this delicious before in Mondstadt. After drinking the milk tea, Klee held up the cup and spoke in a baby voice, imitating Kaeya.

"Brother Ruojin, give Keli another drink!"

(End of this chapter)