Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

"Ah, that's great. You guys can take care of the dishes now. I'm going to check on Kiana and the others; they're probably still hungry."

"Okay, go ahead!" Yae Sakura nodded, without saying anything more.

So Jiuxiao packed up the extra portions of instant noodles and braised beef he had specially cooked beforehand and headed to Ji Zi's house.

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"Gulu~"

Kiana stared blankly at the moon outside the window; her stomach was growling with hunger.

"Tonight was supposed to be my chance to shine and conquer everyone with my culinary skills... Sigh, I've messed it up again..."

"Never mind, let's go get something to eat first. I'll go to Bronya's and get some canned food!" Kiana said, putting on a coat and tiptoeing towards Bronya's room.

"Huh... Bronya hasn't rested yet? Why are there still lights on?"

When Kiana arrived at Bronya's room, she noticed a light shining through the crack in the door. Kiana knocked, then pushed the door open and went inside.

Kiana froze upon seeing the scene inside the room. Despite the temperature being in the mid-twenties, Kiana felt a chill. This time, Kiana truly understood the taste of betrayal.

"What...are you doing?!"

Chapter 199 The night is deep

In Bronya's room, Huihuo and Bronya were playing games all night while indulging in fried chicken and beer delivery.

"What...what are you doing?!" Kiana shouted angrily, then pounced on them.

"You guys secretly ate delicious food behind my back without even telling me! That's too much, too much!"

Kiana angrily grabbed two large fried chickens, taking a big bite with her left hand and a bite with her right, as if she were always eating Huihuo and Bronya.

"What's wrong with that idiot Kiana now..." Bronya glanced at Kiana a few times but didn't pay much attention to her, continuing to focus entirely on the game.

Startled by Kiana's sudden shout, Huihuo dropped the controller. In the instant he picked it up, the character he was controlling was killed by an enemy.

"You're dead! It's all your fault, please..." Hui Huo simply threw down the controller, stopped playing the game, and turned around to pounce on Kiana, who was frantically showing off her fried chicken, and pinned her to the ground.

"You wretched Kiana, I'll teach you a lesson!"

"Haha, it itches so much! Huihuo, stop fooling around, let me eat something first..."

"No way! Take this!"

People's joys and sorrows are not shared; Bronya only found Huihuo and Kiana noisy. Because Huihuo had been defeated, Bronya suddenly felt immense pressure. Having no other choice, Bronya could only start playing with her hands.

People's joys and sorrows are not shared. The person on the other side thought that losing one person would be easy, but unexpectedly, the remaining one simply stopped acting.

The enemy, who was carefully defeated by Bronya, couldn't understand why they were just two weaklings fighting each other one second, and then they were killed the next.

In the end, all I could do was type a few words in the public chat, feeling quite resentful.

"It's open? The show's over?"

Bronya replied with a few words after seeing the message in the public chat.

"If you're bad at something, just practice more. A bad person sees everything as a failure."

"???"

“Boring.” Bronya ended the battle in the online game and turned to look at Huihuo and Kiana.

Huihuo clung to Kiana, constantly tickling her. Kiana, grinning from ear to ear, ate voraciously.

Bronya has always suspected that Kiana's body structure is different from normal people... so how can she still eat this...?

"Forget it, I can't be bothered with it." Bronya took out her treasured canned food from under the bed, placed one in front of Kiana and Huihuo respectively, and then opened one for herself to slowly savor.

Bronya: "Kiana, eat quickly, then the three of us can play together online."

"Yay!" Kiana jumped up excitedly, sending the Radiant Flame flying.

"Kiana, you bastard!"

Hui Huo rubbed his butt and got up from the ground. He was about to curse Kiana when Bronya covered his mouth.

"Shh, keep it down. Don't wake Himeko and the others, or we'll definitely get yelled at..."

"Let's turn off the light too. I only came in because I saw light coming from Bronya's room." With that, Kiana turned off the lights in the room, and the three of them started playing video games together happily.

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On the other side, Jiu Xiao, who had climbed in through Kiana's room window and was carrying large and small bags, was dumbfounded.

Jiuxiao stared blankly at the blanket that Kiana had kicked over to the ground.

"Where is she? Where is my Kiana, who's so big?"

Sure enough, I was hungry, so I went to find something to eat...

After picking up Kiana's blanket and putting it on the bed, Jiu Xiao prepared to go to the living room or kitchen to find Kiana.

"..."

However, not long after leaving the house, Mei was seen holding a kitchen knife, eavesdropping on the sounds coming from inside Bronya's room by her door.

"Mei, what are you doing here? And why are you holding a knife...?"

Jiuxiao suddenly became very curious. Why did Mei, like Yae Sakura, like to observe secretly? Was this a common trait among housewives?

"oops!"

Mei was startled by Jiu Xiao and quickly covered her and Jiu Xiao's mouths.

"Shh~ Don't let Kiana and the others find out..." After saying that, Mei took Jiuxiao's hand and pulled him into the living room.

"I was thinking that everyone might not have eaten enough tonight, so I made some late-night snacks. When I was about to ask Kiana and the others if they wanted something to eat, I found that Kiana had secretly slipped into Bronya's room."

Mei put the knife back in the knife holder and opened the two pot lids next to it, which contained chicken soup and rice noodles that Mei had cooked.

"I could smell the fried chicken and barbecue coming from outside Bronya's door, along with Kiana and Huihuo's laughter. I knew they must have secretly ordered a lot of takeout."

Mei served Jiuxiao and herself a bowl of rice noodles, then poured chicken soup on top, and carried the two steaming bowls of noodles over.

"I was planning to treat them to a late-night snack, but I reckon they're already stuffed. I'm not letting them find out because if Kiana finds out I made a late-night snack, she'll definitely be grinning and asking for another one. It's late, and eating too much isn't good for your health."

"Oh, I didn't think that through. Look, I also brought some late-night snacks to share with you all." Jiu Xiao presented the instant noodles he had packed.

Mei looked at it curiously, and when she saw it was instant noodles, her brows furrowed immediately. She said seriously to Jiuxiao:

"Eating too much instant noodles is unhealthy and bad for your health! Jiuxiao, you should eat less instant noodles... If you want to eat anything, you can tell me and I will make it for you."

"Hehe, I was just thinking of grabbing a quick late-night snack... Look, there's meat, vegetables, and eggs—it's very nutritious!"

"You're so glib, how can this be the same? Eat my chicken noodle soup, don't eat instant noodles." Mei put the instant noodles aside and pushed her chicken noodle soup towards Jiuxiao.

"Um, don't be so disgusted with instant noodles... it's okay if you don't eat too much!"

Jiu Xiao took back the braised beef and vegetables that were in the instant noodles. After being soaked in the broth from the instant noodles, they were incredibly sweet and delicious.

The remaining instant noodles can be given to Iselin and Xing to deal with later. Jiuxiao guesses they are still doing experiments in the lab and don't have time to eat.

After a quick bowl of noodles, Jiu Xiao and Mei Yi washed the dishes together, their figures gradually drawing closer.

Mei lightly touched Jiu Xiao's shoulder, instinctively pulling away, but quickly leaned back again, snuggling against Jiu Xiao.

Mei raised her head slightly, looking at Jiuxiao's profile: "Jiuxiao, hasn't it been a long... a long time since we've spent time together as a couple?"

"Hmm... I've had a lot of missions lately, so I haven't had much time to stay at the academy..." Jiu Xiao wiped the plate dry and put it back on the dish rack, not thinking too much about it.

Chapter 200 Should I change it for myself?

Mei kicked Jiuxiao, puffed out her cheeks, and said angrily:

That's not what I meant... I meant...

"What is it?" Jiuxiao turned around and looked at Mei, who was fidgeting and shy.

"It's...it's a date!"

Mei mustered her courage and shouted it out, then looked at Jiuxiao expectantly, waiting for his response.

"Now that you mention it, it really has been a long time... The last time we went on a date was...?"

Jiuxiao awkwardly scratched his head. To be honest, he felt like he had never really spent time with Mei properly.

The only time the two of them could spend alone was when washing dishes, grocery shopping, or buying clothes... If that counts as a date, it was a long time ago...

"Mei... I'm sorry, although I really want to have a serious date with you... I've been really busy lately. I have a mission to carry out tomorrow afternoon, and I might not be back for a month..."

Jiu Xiao took out his phone with an apologetic look; the calendar on it was filled with schedules...

"Oh, I see..." Mei lowered her head in disappointment. This was the first time she had mustered the courage to confess her feelings, and it seemed it would end like this?

Jiuxiao patted Mei's head and comforted her, "But we won't be launching until tomorrow afternoon~ We still have a morning!"

"Early morning?"

Mei's fighting spirit rekindled, and suddenly, as if she had thought of something, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.