The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 404 Final (1)

After several days of competition, the cooking competition held by the Zhuyue Festival has reached the finals. Ying, one of the judges in the finals, was dragged out of bed by Paimeng early this morning.

"Paimon, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise you'll have to use the emergency food this morning."

Ying, with sleepy eyes, opened the window and stretched, looking at the sun that had just risen over the sea. Her lazy tone concealed a lot of bad temper, but it was not Ying's fault. These days, except for the time when she served as a judge, she had almost spent the rest of her time completing the commission given to her by Ningguang to clear the monsters near the Stratum Abyss. Ying was exhausted these days.

The difficult thing today was that during the final of the cooking competition, Ying, who originally wanted to sleep in, was woken up by Paimeng so early. In this situation, even if she had not been in a bad mood before, she would be now.

"Ying, you are trying to scare me! Today is the final of the cooking competition. Zhongli, who is also a judge of the final, has already left."

"Huh, I've never seen you get up so early, Paimon. Now that food is mentioned, you don't even want to sleep, right?"

After glaring at the smirking Paimon, knowing that this foodie must be craving for the delicious food in the cooking competition finals, Ying stretched her sore body and prepared to set off. After all, according to the schedule Ningguang gave her, the finals would start quite early.

And because the winner of tomorrow's final will compete with contestants from other countries, Ying heard Ningguang say that she would invite contestants from other countries to watch the final, so Ying thought it would be better to wait until everything was done before having a good rest.

"I don't know if Keqing has recovered in the past few days."

Gently hammering the aching joints, Ying was a little worried about Keqing's health. When Ningguang entrusted Ying with the task of clearing out the monsters in the Chasm, Ningguang also said that this was originally Keqing's job, but because Keqing had been feeling unwell recently, she entrusted it to Ying.

"Keqing should be fine now, right? The night before yesterday, when Hu Tao came back, she brought us some beef offal that Keqing made herself."

Hearing Ying's words that expressed some concern for Keqing, Paimon drank the milk that was most likely secretly hidden in Ying's room by Klee, and signaled to Ying not to worry.

"Keqing made the beef offal herself? How come I didn't know about this?"

Paimon's words stunned Ying for a moment, and then she looked at Paimon with some confusion. Although she felt very tired from dealing with the monsters in the Layered Abyss these days, she was not so tired that she couldn't even remember such things.

Could it be that Paimeng was secretly eating alone? Thinking of Paimeng's past record of eating alone, Ying's eyes suddenly became sharp. Being stared at by Ying with a suspicious look, Paimeng, with his eyes wandering, nodded his fingers and said guiltily.

"It was already very late when Hu Tao came back the night before yesterday. I saw that you were very tired, so I didn't wake you up. Besides, beef offal is easy to spoil, so I ate it all because I was worried that it would go bad. Hey, hey, hey, Ying, don't bite my face."

“Ahhhhhhhhhh, help!!!”

While Ying and Paimon were playing around, Keqing, who had been working for a while, put down the documents in her hand. As soon as she put down the documents in her hand, she began to mutter to herself, "Father and mother are really stupid. Ajin is not sensible. Now the Rock King has just passed away. Liyue Port is in need of people. How can I take so many days off to hold an engagement ceremony with Ajin? It's more convenient to hold a wedding directly when we get married in the future."

Even though she complained about her parents, Keqing still felt sweet in her heart when she thought that it was Ruojin who proposed this to her parents. If Liyue Harbor wasn't so busy and she had so much work to do, Keqing might have really agreed to the engagement ceremony.

Alas, it seems that the General Affairs Department's expansion plan needs to be implemented quickly. Looking at the many documents on the table that have not been processed, Keqing sighed slightly and stood up to prepare to go to the final of the cooking competition.

Being a judge for the cooking competition finals was not originally Keqing's job, but because Keqing took another day off a few days ago, Ningguang helped Keqing handle a lot of work. Keqing, who did not owe Ningguang a favor, took the initiative to ask to replace Ningguang as one of the judges for the cooking competition finals under Ningguang's advice.
"Humph, it's all Ah Jin's fault. He wasted a lot of time the whole day, but he insisted on not letting me go out the next morning. Now I have so much work to do."

As she complained in a low voice, thinking of the ridiculous incident that happened on Ruojin's birthday two days ago and the meaningful look that Ningguang gave her, Keqing's face still turned a little red even though she had been honest with Ruojin.

Ajin, that big pervert, only knows how to bully her as his sister. Tonight, I will make him know what the dignity of a sister is. Recalling the miserable defeat in bed, Keqing gritted her teeth and secretly swore in her heart that she would get revenge tonight.

No, I can't think about it anymore. If I keep thinking about it, I won't be able to be a judge in a while. Feeling the temperature on her face rising, Keqing quickly stopped those fantasies in her mind that are not suitable for children.

Not only that, in order to prevent others from noticing anything unusual, Keqing washed her face with cold water before leaving the office. She didn't leave the office until the blush on her face faded away.

"Ruo Jin, I haven't seen you for a few days. Are you hurting your kidneys?"

On the way to the finals, Ying accidentally saw Ruojin, who was holding her waist, buying tea at a stall. This made Ying, who was a little thirsty, pick up the teacup and pour herself a cup of tea while teasing Ruojin.

"Injured? What a joke. How can I be injured when I'm this strong?"

After glaring at Ying who was able to feed herself, Ruo Jin took a sip of tea with a rather proud tone. Although he had narrowly won last night, Xiangling and Hutao were badly defeated, especially Hutao, whose plum blossom pupils were almost turning into heart-shaped pupils.

"Yes, yes, you are the best. Do you want to go to the finals with me? According to the time, the finals should be starting soon."

Without realizing the hidden meaning in Ruojin's words, Ying also invited Ruojin to go to the final together, because one of the two contestants in the final was Xiangling, so Ying didn't think Ruojin would not go to watch.

Hearing Ying's invitation, Ruo Jin thought about it and nodded in agreement, because he was really too tired last night. When he got up this morning, Xiangling and Hutao had already left. It was a good time for him to go and see how they were doing.

(End of this chapter)