Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

"What was your original plan?"

"First, we'll drive surrounding businesses out of business by offering low prices, and then we'll raise prices appropriately to start making a small profit to recoup our investment."

Li Qingping: "..."

Where did she learn these business war skills? If Keqing, who has abundant capital, continues to do this, the catering business of Huyan will probably be monopolized by her within half a year.

Li Qingping immediately felt no guilt for exploiting the eldest daughter. Fortunately, he locked this business genius in Huishan Hall. Otherwise, if he let her go out to do business, it would probably cause another bloody storm.

Old Yuhengxing was right!

"and then?"

"I have no choice but to limit the supply every day and raise the price at the same time."

"loss?"

"The ingredients are solid, the chef's skills are top-notch, and I even invited a number of internet celebrities to promote the restaurant. Your tablemate, Kamisato Ayaka, even made a friendly guest appearance. As a result, not only people from Liyue, but even people from Inazuma and Mondstadt came from far away to eat here. So, we've made a lot of money." Keqing showed no emotion. Earning this little money wasn't as exciting as resting her head on Li Qingping's thigh just now. "This will also bring in foreign tourists to Tiger Rock. Grandpa finally has nothing to complain about."

Li Qingping had nothing to say and gave Keqing a thumbs up.

You have to earn this money!

Soon, the eldest lady's exclusive delivery man delivered dinner, and Keqing pulled Li Qingping to have another meal with her.

After eating and drinking her fill and packing up her lunch boxes, Keqing went upstairs to take a shower, changed into pajamas, and came down to watch TV series with Guizhong.

It was almost eleven o'clock when Keqing's accumulated fatigue from the day finally took effect, and she leaned back on the sofa and fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, Gui Zhong stretched, waved to Li Qingping, and returned to the Chains of the Mortal World.

Li Qingping quietly turned off the TV and carefully carried Keqing to the bed on the second floor.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss. I wish you a sweet dream."

After covering Keqing with a blanket, Li Qingping left the room and returned to the living room.

After making the bed, Li Qingping prepared to start tonight's challenge.

Ding ding ding.

A sudden phone call interrupted Dikarapian's practice in the studio.

Caller ID, Barbara.

"Good evening, Barbara."

"I hope I didn't disturb your rest by calling you so late. My sister made an exception and called me twice today, so I'm late. I wanted to contact you earlier."

"Not too late, I usually rest at 12 o'clock."

Li Qingping started to lie again. What he did was not called sleeping at all. He used to be cutting the rapids, but now he just switched to Dicaprian.

But Barbara believed it.

"What a coincidence! I'm not sleepy right now and I want to find someone to talk to."

"Then it has to be me."

Barbara began to talk about her concerns. She said that it was her first time performing on such a large and important stage. It was as if she was back to her debut, and she was so nervous that she couldn't speak in the audience.

"Don't feel any burden. As long as you go on stage and smile foolishly, people will buy it."

"how could be!"

"That's not right. Am I not a human?" Li Qingping pretended to be surprised.

"...I don't want to talk to you anymore!" Barbara didn't hang up. Instead, she tossed the phone aside, wrapped herself in the quilt, and twisted and turned on the bed, muttering to herself, "He must like me! He's willing to watch this!"

Barbara lost herself in thought and fell off the bed onto the floor.

The noise was so loud that it even attracted Kaia who was on duty in the corridor.

"Barbara, what's wrong with you?" Kaia's voice came from outside the door.

"Nothing... nothing, I'm talking to someone on the phone!" Barbara poked her head out from under the quilt. She glanced at the dressing mirror beside her in the moonlight and found that her hair was a mess, quite like the Lion King's. But she didn't mind at all, and her face was full of smiles.

Kaiya understood instantly, but just in case he still called Li Qingping.

——The number you dialed is currently in use.

That's fine.

"Go to bed early. Albedo and I will take turns keeping watch tonight."

"thanks everyone!"

After dealing with Kaia, Barbara threw herself back onto the bed with her calves hooked over the quilt and quickly grabbed her cell phone.

She just said it casually, don't really die!

Seeing the call timer still ticking, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hey, no one likes to hear the truth, but you are my friend, I have to tell the truth, I can't lie to you!" Li Qingping heard the noise of Barbara coming back, and continued to speak, speaking righteously.

"It's great to have you as a friend!" Barbara looked up at the window, and for a moment she understood why the writer Inazuma's line "The moonlight is so beautiful" became a famous line of confession. She could hardly hold back!

"So don't feel any pressure, just go out there and perform. I'm rooting for you!"

"Ok!"

Barbara now felt tenderness when she looked at the floor where she had just hit her head.

"Barbara, can you tell me about the King of the Tower? I've been reading Mondstadt's history lately and have become very interested in this old god who once ruled Mondstadt. I suspect that as a priest of the Church of West Wind, you must have some unique insights into him."

"The Tornado Demon God? I do know him."

"All ears."

"In fact, the Mond people have very complicated feelings towards Dekalapian."

Barbara's identity in Mond is very special. She has access to a large number of ancient books that are not circulated in the outside world. These are things that Li Qingping has no chance to read.

In her description, Diocletian was not a simple tyrant, but more like a king who did not understand human nature.

It sounds very much like a knight king disguised as a man in a light novel by Yaedo. Could it be that the King of the Tower also has a round table?

"Dekarapian did indeed blow away the cold air from the snowy mountains for the people of Mond at that time, breaking the ice covering the tundra. Thanks to his protection, the people of Mond were able to survive."

"The King of the Tower is a lover, but he is too aloof and doesn't consider that his people want more."

"The people of the city are weighed down by the fierce winds that constantly surround the tower, unable to stand up straight and without a trace of dignity."

"The fierce winds blew away the Mondstadt people's appeals, and they never reached the ears of the Tower King."

"That's why Lord Barbatos came into being."

"As a prayer pastor, what I'm going to say may be inappropriate."

"I'm actually very grateful to Diocletian for protecting Mond at that time, but times are changing, and Lord Barbatos is more suitable for Mond today."

After hearing this, Li Qingping had some different opinions about Diecarapian.

It seems that the King of the Tower is not as bad as recorded in history books.

"That's all I know, I hope it helps you!"

"It's a great help. Maybe I could have saved myself a few more lives."

"You're kidding again! You're so powerful, who can be your opponent?" Barbara still remembered the sword that Li Qingping struck when the stage collapsed today. Whenever she recalled it, she couldn't help but clamp her legs together, her heart pounding.

"It's barely enough. I need more practice, but I'll definitely be able to protect you tomorrow."

"Well, I'll leave it to you tomorrow!"

Before they knew it, they had been chatting for almost an hour, and Barbara finally felt sleepy.

The two said good night to each other and hung up the phone.

Another one dealt with!

Li Qingping counted on his fingers and realized that he was very busy today, dealing with all the female friends around him.

"Now we can finally go to Diekarapian's training room, right?"

Before he could fantasize for a few seconds, his cell phone rang again and broke the silence.

It’s not over yet!

Li Qingping took out his cell phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He wanted to hang up immediately, but then he saw that the caller was from Zhidong. After thinking about it, he decided to pick up the phone.

What if it was the Ice Queen of Winter who came to apologize in person? I can’t really die!

"Excuse me, who is this?"

"I, ma'am."

"Sister, don't we have an informant among us? Is it okay to contact him directly?" Li Qingping was confused. Instead of waiting for the Queen of Winter, an executive officer came.

"This situation is urgent. I need to let you in Liyue know."

"Okay, you go ahead."

"The Skirmishers are in Liyue, but the Fulong Tree is just a cover. He did have a hand in this, but I heard it was to kill someone."

"who."

"Kamisato Ayaka."

"This skirmisher is such a jerk!"

"Be mindful of the impact; he's my colleague after all," the lady said calmly.

"Then what do you want me to do! Kamisato Ayaka is also someone I want to protect!"

"Just curse in private. Both sides of my call are monitoring it."

"..." Li Qingping could see that the lady also had a problem with Sanbing. The two of them were just colleagues on the surface at most. "Thank you for the reminder. I will bring Kamisato Ayaka to the concert tomorrow."

"By the way, who were you talking to on the phone just now?" The lady's tone was no longer calm, but rather teasing. "Let me guess, was it Barbara?"

Li Qingping: ???

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ps

If I can update one more chapter today, can I make you lose your memory?

Volume 1: 113. Golden King Beast

"Did you install a surveillance camera on my phone?" Li Qingping jumped up from the sofa.

"Oh, it seems that I guessed right." The lady smiled.

"Are there any members of your Fatui around Barbara?"

"I ran into Barbara's strategist today. When I called you just now, the line was busy. It's really hard to guess who's on the other end of the phone in the middle of the night."

Li Qingping looked through the call logs and found that there were not only missed calls from the lady, but also from Kaiya!

Considering what Barbara had said to the people outside the house before, he had reason to believe that Kaia had the same purpose.

A cavalry captain of Mondstadt and an executive officer of the Fatui, you both have a lot of free time, right?

“This is all for my work.”

"Hahaha, I haven't heard this kind of joke in years."

The lady hadn't laughed for a long time. After meeting Wendy during the day, she had been holding a grudge. Now, seeing Li Qingping's stubborn look, she finally felt relieved.

It feels like I saw my past self... No, it should be the feeling that I am a better version of myself than before.

With so many objects, there has to be one, right?

"Let me count, Keqing, Shenhe..."

"Sir, please stop reading. I know I was wrong!"

The lady said that the call was being monitored by both parties, so how could he let the other party continue talking?

What's more, except for Shenhe, which has made considerable progress, the others are slander!

"I will stay in Mondstadt for a long time from now on. I will come to visit you when I have time."

"No time, I'm a loyal minister of Liyue!"