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Chapter 403 Sister Keqing, You Came at the Right Time

"Happy birthday, kiddo."

"Hey, Master Ruota, it's rare for you to get up so early, is it because of my birthday?"

Because it was his birthday today, Ruojin was worried about Hutao, who would give him gifts every year on his birthday. He was still in a dream when Xiangling and his sister Keqing came to see him. Moreover, Hutao said yesterday that she wanted to give him a surprise, so Ruojin also got up early for a rare occasion.

What Ruo Jin didn't expect was that when he just opened his eyes and was about to put on his clothes, the Dragon King Ruota also woke up and wished him a happy birthday.

You know, on his birthday in previous years, his boss Ruota would either wish him a happy birthday after waking up at noon or wish him a happy birthday in advance the night before. This was the first time in all these years that someone woke up early to wish him a happy birthday.

"Hmph, don't be so self-indulgent, I just couldn't sleep, so I got up early."

It was not known whether what Ruo Jin said was right or he went back to sleep, but after replying, there was no further movement from the Dragon King Ruota. This made Ruojin smile. Well, his boss Ruota ignored him again.

Forget it, I'll wait until old man Ruota wakes up at noon before teasing him. Ruo Jin put on his clothes and walked out of the room. Outside the room, the little maid had already brought him longevity noodles. After taking a look at the longevity noodles to make sure that they were not made by his sister, Ruo Jin took the noodles and slurped them into his mouth while staring at the entrance of his courtyard.

Soon, Ruojin finished the bowl of longevity noodles. Just when Ruojin handed the empty bowl to the maid, two hurried footsteps sounded from outside the courtyard. Ruojin's eyes lit up and she hurriedly stood up to greet them, because Ruojin couldn't think of anyone else who could run and jump in a place like Ke Mansion, except Hu Tao and Xiang Ling who was being pulled by Hu Tao.

And the facts proved that what Ruo Jin thought was right. Before Ruo Jin had taken a few steps, Hu Tao pulled Xiang Ling into his sight. Then, at Hu Tao's cry of "Ah Jin", Hu Tao pulled Xiang Ling into Ruo Jin's arms.

"Master Ruota, please fall asleep first. I will cut off my connection with you."

Feeling the two warm sensations in his arms, Ruojin left these words to the sealed Ruota Dragon King, and then he directly cut off the perception between him and the Ruota Dragon King. This made the Ruota Dragon King in the seal feel that he only had Ruojin as his old friend to talk to, and he almost died.

After feeling the surroundings and making sure that Ruojin had really cut off his perception, the Ruota Dragon King howled several times in dissatisfaction within the seal. This was simply forgetting one's friendship for the sake of beauty. Even though he knew Ruojin's feelings for the two girls outside, the Ruota Dragon King, whose perception had been cut off by Ruojin, still couldn't help shouting "forgetting one's friendship for the sake of beauty" within the seal.

Because his perception was cut off, Ruojin, who was being dragged into the house by Hutao, had no idea that the Ruota Dragon King was howling inside the seal. After Ruojin was dragged into the house by Hutao, Ruojin asked in some confusion.

"Hu Tao, Xiang Ling, what gifts have you two prepared? They are so mysterious."

"Hehe, Ajin, you will know soon~"

After saying this, Hu Tao winked at Xiang Ling. Receiving Hu Tao's signal, Xiang Ling gritted her teeth and made a sneak attack from behind on Ruo Jin, throwing her onto the bed. Then, under Ruo Jin's somewhat fiery gaze, Hu Tao smiled and jumped onto the bed.

While Hu Tao and Xiang Ling were showing Ruo Jin the beauty of the "gift", Keqing selected twelve golden shrimp balls that looked better from the more than one hundred golden shrimp balls she had fried herself, put them on a plate, and walked towards Ruo Jin's courtyard.

Thinking about how she had just held the plate of golden shrimp balls and asked the chef in Ke's mansion how it was, and the chef said it was very good, Keqing couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.

You know, in order to make a plate of golden shrimp balls, she took a whole day off today for the first time. When she handed the leave report to Ganyu, Ganyu thought she was sick and insisted on checking her pulse.

Recalling Ganyu's incredible expression after confirming that there was nothing wrong with her body, Keqing suddenly felt that Ganyu was exaggerating. In the past, when her brother's birthday came, she had always taken half a day off. This year, she just took a whole day off because she finished her work in advance. She shouldn't be so surprised.

Ningguang is the same. I just took a day off. Why did you bring it up at the Seven Stars meeting? It was just a big deal and a waste of the Seven Stars' time. Keqing felt that Ningguang was wasting the Seven Stars' time by bringing up the matter of her taking a day off at the Seven Stars' meeting last night. Even though the other five Seven Stars were concerned about her health at the time, she felt that Ningguang was doing it on purpose.

Forget it, forget it. I won’t think about that woman Ningguang anymore. I don’t know when she offended that woman Ningguang. I’ll find a chance to find out later.

Smelling the aroma of the golden shrimp balls on the plate, Keqing stopped thinking about work and felt a little proud. She thought she would need to fry the golden shrimp balls for a whole day before she could pick out a satisfactory plate, but she didn't expect that she could make a plate of good-quality golden shrimp balls in just one morning.

It seems that I am quite talented in cooking. Keqing took a deep breath at the plate of golden shrimp balls in her hand. The delicious taste in the plate made Keqing swallow her saliva. She felt that the golden shrimp balls should taste good. She could even imagine the shocked expression of her brother when he saw the plate of golden shrimp balls.

Thinking of this, Keqing quickened her pace. She must be the first one to give a gift to her brother this time. Hutao and Xiangling, huh, they should line up behind her.

With this thought in mind, Keqing quickly arrived outside Ruojin's courtyard. However, before she walked in, Keqing unexpectedly discovered that the maid who was usually in charge of Ruojin's courtyard was guarding the door of the courtyard.

"Ms. Keqing, this is your birthday present for Master Ruojin, just give it to me."

Having seen Hu Tao and Xiang Ling enter Ruo Jin's room with her own eyes, the maid who had read countless light novels guessed how things would turn out next. So when she saw Keqing coming, in order to prevent her childhood sweetheart from having a mental breakdown, the maid diligently stopped Keqing.

"It's okay, I'll just give it to Ajin."

"Ah, well, Miss Keqing, if Master Ruojin hasn't woken up yet, just leave it to me."

When the maid saw that Keqing had no intention of giving the golden shrimp ball in her hand, she hurriedly changed her words to try to stop Keqing. Unfortunately, the maid miscalculated this time. When Keqing heard that Ruojin was still asleep, her eyes lit up. If Ruojin was still asleep, then wouldn't she be the first person to give Ruojin a gift?

"If Ah Jin hasn't woken up yet, I'll just wait for him in his room."

Thinking of this, Keqing walked directly around the maid and went towards Ruojin's house. Looking at Keqing's back, the maid stretched out her hand and wanted to say something, but she really couldn't think of any reason. Finally, the maid could only sigh helplessly and continued to guard the door of the courtyard and prepared to comfort Keqing.

After arriving at the courtyard, as Keqing got closer and closer to Ruojin's room, she suddenly heard several strange sounds similar to cat's meowing in Ruojin's room. Curious Keqing couldn't help but put the golden shrimp ball in her hand on the stone table in the courtyard and then pushed open the door of Ruojin's room to see if there were any small animals like cats in Ruojin's room.

And the moment Keqing pushed open the door and the scene inside the house was exposed to her eyes, Keqing immediately understood why the little maid had been standing at the gate of the courtyard and stopped her again and again.

Looking at Hu Tao and Xiang Ling who were held in Ruo Jin's arms, Keqing suddenly felt a little uncomfortable for some reason, and then tears unconsciously flowed down her cheeks.

"Sorry, I came at the wrong time."

Keqing, who now just wanted to go back to her room and have a good cry, turned around and wanted to close the door and leave after saying this. But before Keqing turned around, her wrist was grabbed by Ruojin. Then, under Keqing's tearful eyes, Ruojin smiled and said.

"No, Sister Keqing, you came at the right time."

"Eh???!!!"

(End of this chapter)