People in Xumi: I am really not the Dragon King

Chapter 471 Qi Liangliang: A scholar moved into the neighborhood? Phew, as long as he's not the kind of person who scratches cats.
"——Huh, I finally get to see you. It's really not easy!"

"——I heard from Dad that you live alone. How is it? Did you lack supplies when you first arrived? Could you find a place to buy vegetables and other daily necessities? Is it convenient for you to cook?"

"——Let me tell you, everyone in Hanamizaka basically has their own farmland, so they rarely buy vegetables or other daily necessities from outside.

You just moved in, so if you have no other options, you can come to our house temporarily. It’s right next to the Naganohara Fireworks Shop, but if you have too many friends, we might not have enough food.”

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Chattering, before Lin Feng could say anything, the girl in front of him, who was dressed unexpectedly boldly but was very enthusiastic, had already said a lot.

Perhaps because it had been so long since anyone had moved into the neighborhood, the girl handed the gift box to her "new neighbor" while sharing some tips on living nearby:
Things like, "Ms. Kinan Anna from Kinan Ryoten can help you buy ingredients," "If you're sick, you can borrow some medicine from Yaedo," and "If you've lost something, go to the nearby "Manduan Coral Detective Agency" and post a request."
He was full of interest and talked non-stop, as if he could keep talking without anyone interrupting him.

It was not until he saw the young man in front of him hesitate at first and then gave him an inexplicable look of admiration that Xiao Gong paused, blinked, and asked with some confusion:
"Um, is there something you didn't understand? Or is there something about my clothes that I'm not wearing properly?"

After carefully checking her body and even slightly pulling the bandage on her chest, the blonde girl breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there was nothing wrong.

"No, Miss Xiao Gong explained it clearly, and there was nothing disrespectful about it."

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled, with some emotion in his tone:
"It's just that many people I usually meet don't like to talk much. After seeing Miss Xiao Gong's spirit, I suddenly admire someone who can speak so long in one breath."

“Huh?”? !
“—Huh?! Oops, I think I forgot to introduce myself!”

"——I just came up and talked so much. You don't think I'm a weirdo, do you?"

I wanted to ask why the other party knew my name, but soon I realized that I had missed the most crucial step.
The girl who was full of energy just now had a dull look in her eyes and felt that the first impression she gave to others was probably ruined.

"No, I've already introduced myself."

Lin Feng waved his hand, indicating to the girl in front of him not to mind it.

"The successor of Naganohara, the queen of the summer festival, the 'all-powerful' Miss Yosomiya, I knew all of this even though I just moved in."

"—My name is Yuan Shang, a scholar returning from Xumi. I'm glad to meet you. Since we'll be neighbors from now on, please come in and have a seat."

He accepted the gift that Xiao Gong insisted on handing over, opened the hinged door behind him, and extended his hand to greet the person.

Knowing that Inazuma had the habit of visiting newly moved neighbors to say hello, and after all, Nashida had helped to prepare it, Lin Feng also placed a shoe cabinet at the entrance to receive guests.

"Phew, I've been busy making fireworks lately and haven't had much time to chat with others. I'm almost suffocating."

"Although my dad likes to listen to me talk, his hearing is not very good after all, so it is difficult for him to give some surprising responses."

A moment later, a square table was set with several cups of tea and desserts.

He heaved a sigh of relief and looked curiously at the obviously high-quality ornaments and furniture in the house.
While Xiao Gong was wondering which master had created this work, he explained what he had just said with some embarrassment.

"Please use."

"Although I'm not a master at brewing tea, these tea leaves from Liyue and the desserts I made shouldn't be too disappointing if you just taste them."

After all, the people I dealt with before were generally of very high status, and it was rare to see someone who was so lively and talkative.

Feeling the warmth and intimacy in the other person's heart, like the warmth of fireworks, Lin Feng could understand why the heir of a fireworks workshop would have the title of "all-powerful":

——If one day I were to walk into the Naganohara Fireworks Shop and insist on ordering fried rice and three-color dumplings to Yoshimiya in front of me,

This guy might be distressed, but he's basically the type who can actually serve you food in a fireworks store.

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"Hmm? Liyue's tea? A homemade dessert!"

"——Please, please let me try some! I'll trade you with some of the three-colored dumplings I made myself later, and I'll give you the bigger ones!"

His eyes lit up instantly. He loved desserts very much, and under the lockdown order, he was very curious about everything in the outside world. Xiao Gong clasped his hands together and made a pleading look.

"Haha, please feel free to do as you please. Didn't Miss Xiao Gong also put three-colored dumplings in her gift box? Let's consider it an exchange."

He pushed the plate of dessert in the middle toward the girl opposite, signaling Xiao Gong not to be polite.

After all, the two little ones at home love to eat desserts, and the authority of Guoba can also play a certain auxiliary role.

Since Lin Feng had the idea of ​​opening a dessert shop, he was certainly confident enough in his ability to make desserts.

"Okay, then I will..."

With great anticipation, he picked up a small piece of cake that was obviously different from the traditional snacks from Inazuma and put it in his mouth.

Looking at the age of the young man Yuanshang in front of her, Xiao Gong, who had been planning to encourage him no matter what, froze. The originally talkative girl suddenly fell silent as if the microphone had been turned off.

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".Something not to your taste? Come to think of it, I don't think I tasted it. Then I'll change it for you."

Worried that something might have gone wrong, although the probability was extremely low, Lin Feng still planned to reach out and take the plate and try eating a piece.

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“.”?
He reached out and pulled, but the plate didn't budge at all, held firmly in place by another hand painted with red nail polish.

I vaguely realized something,
Lin Feng looked up, and sure enough, he saw a girl who was protecting her food, with shining eyes and a burning gaze looking at him.

"Wow, your snacks are so delicious! If you set up a stall at the festival, it will definitely be the most popular one."

“There really aren’t any particularly good dessert shops here in Inazuma. Compared to those street vendors, sometimes I feel like the ones I make are not as good as the ones I make myself.”

"—I've strayed off topic again! I was trying to say how sorry I am. I came here to visit, but ended up eating so much."

Just now, I easily exposed my true thoughts in the eye contact.

Then, Lin Feng was stuffed with several plates of food with excuses such as "I accidentally made too much, I can't finish it all by myself", "It's a pity that it's not fresh after being kept for a long time", and "Just think of it as an advance taste test for my dim sum shop".

I have never eaten such delicious snacks. Although I don’t know what Lord Ogosho’s daily diet is, I even think that even the food eaten by gods is probably no more than this.

But no matter what he thought at the time, after emptying his mind and eating a lot of food under such warm hospitality, Xiao Gong came to his senses and now felt only endless embarrassment and regret:
—Who goes around devouring other people's desserts on their first visit? They're not some kind of overprotective mother who enjoys fattening people up. If they get a bad first impression of being a glutton, it'll ruin any future interactions.
"Oh, Miss Xiao Gong, don't worry about it. You are the one who helped me a lot."

"At first, I was worried about not being able to adapt to the local environment. Now that I see that these desserts are very popular, I will have a little more confidence when training employees in the future."

Pushing a cup of tea forward, Lin Feng, who had often fed Ganyu in various ways back in Liyue, was in a very good mood at the moment.

——Inazuma’s dessert needs are not ordinary. She can count a lot of people who like desserts.

Since Xiao Gong said that there are no particularly outstanding dessert shops here, after opening my own store, maybe I can ask the people from the Abyss Cult to help fill the market gap.

"Ah, come to think of it, I was just about to ask you. Isn't Mr. Fuchigami a scholar? Why did you want to open a pastry shop? And your pastry-making skills are so superb."

"Well, maybe because food is the medium of the soul, so I just wanted to try it to get a friend who is staying at home to come out."

Lin Feng smiled and gave a brief explanation.

"of course."

"After the shop on Machi Street is renovated, I won't have many opportunities to make desserts myself. Whether the sales are good or not will depend on my 'employees'."

Not only the Abyss Cult, he also planned to throw some of the people he brought back into the snack shop.

It would be best if it is useful, but it is also okay if it is useless. At worst, it can satisfy the request of the little yellow-haired man in the abyss and let Kalibel experience the life of an ordinary person for a while.

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Looking at the girl in front of me with shining eyes, she almost asked me where the address was.
Lin Feng shook his head and smiled, then stood up and went to another room. When he came back, he placed a handbag on the table in front of the puzzled Xiao Gong.
"—This is a bottle of dandelion wine I brought from Mondstadt. I rarely get a chance to drink it myself, so I'll just consider it a meeting gift. Miss Xiao Gong, please help me deliver it to Mr. Naganohara."

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"——Oh, no, no, I've already eaten so much, I really can't take it anymore!"

Although my father seemed to particularly like Mond's dandelion wine, when an old customer gave it to me, he praised it to me all day long.

But I just gave some homemade snacks, which at most took a little effort and time to make. The value of this gift is totally disproportionate.

"Ha, things can only play their true value when they are in the hands of people who need them.
I don't have many opportunities to drink, and the end of this bottle of wine in my hands is probably that it will be blackmailed away by a friend."

"——Liyue values ​​reciprocity, and I can feel the heart behind an item more than its surface value.
I really like Miss Xiaogong's tricolor dumplings. I'm just giving them as a token of my gratitude for your kindness. I hope you don't mind.

All the wine in his hands was simply the "currency" for Wendy to run errands, and this "currency" would often evaporate and disappear without a reason.

Now that there is a situation where it can be used, it is rare to experience such pure kindness in a gift. Lin Feng even hopes that Xiao Gong will take a few more bottles back.

“.”?
"Hmm? What happened to Miss Xiao Gong?"

As he was talking, he noticed that the girl opposite him stood up from where she was, acting as if she had finally met a confidant. She took a deep breath, stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve.

Lin Feng:? ? ?
"——Dad always said that I was a little too enthusiastic and didn't fit in with the other people in Inazuma, but I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted!"

"—Let's go! Please come to our house for dinner today! I'd feel bad if I didn't treat you well!"

After thinking for a long time, I really wanted to bring that bottle of wine to my dad during the lockdown.
Looking around at the elegant yet lifeless rooms, Xiao Gong felt that since this new neighbor had just moved in, it would probably be inconvenient for him to cook. He grabbed his arm and started to drag him away.
——Every time I visit a new neighbor with a bunch of gifts, they always feel a little overwhelmed.

This is the first time in such a long time that she has seen a neighbor who is more enthusiastic and generous than herself. Today, she must drag the other party over for dinner no matter what!

Lin Feng: "."

What's going on? Is Inazuma different from other places? Or is this guy really that familiar?

The wine I gave Wendy could be counted as a car loan, but that drunkard never treated me to a meal.
I tried to pull the sleeves, but couldn't pull them open.

I looked up and confirmed that Xiao Gong's attitude was very firm. There was an inexplicable belief in his eyes that "I must take you to be my guest today no matter what."

Lin Feng, who was always slandered by a drunkard for eating and drinking for free, sighed slightly and felt that this was really not his problem.

Time passed and it was evening.

I made a bunch of delicious dishes to entertain my new friend, and also packed two lunch boxes for him to eat in the evening.
After sending the people back, Xiao Gong, who had just exchanged a lot of experiences in making desserts with them, was in a good mood and had a relaxed smile on his face in the sunset.

"Haha, Xiaogong girl, did something happy happen to you? I haven't seen you so happy in a while."

Across the road, a white-haired old woman with a cat by her side smiled and waved, greeting the little girl whom she had watched grow up.

"Ah, Granny Aichuan! Are you out walking the cat again? Your kitten seems to be coming back often lately."

I also saw this grandma who loved small animals very much.
For some reason, Xiao Gong discovered that the little kitten adopted by her grandma, who often ran away, seemed to be spending more time at home recently.

"Ha, you mean her? Maybe the child is tired outside, so she came back to rest for a while."

"When I first found her in the box, she was actually as clingy as she is now. But as she grew up, I actually wanted her to live her own life rather than accompany an old woman like me."

She glanced at the kitten with unique patterns next to her with a smile. She had actually already guessed about the situation of this kitten.

"Well, I also heard from Ryunosuke that the young man who just moved in is very much to your liking. I heard he's a scholar from the Imperial Academy."

".Meow?!" The cat next to me raised its fur and its originally light footsteps became heavy.

"Heh, it's not easy to come back during the lockdown. First it was Yao and the Man family's Zhuzi, and then there's this young man like this."

"After studying abroad for so many years, he still remembered to return to his hometown. It is a blessing for us to have such a kind young man living in Hanamizaka."

"Meow" breathed a sigh of relief, and its upright tail fell back to its feet.

——After being touched from head to toe again in Mondstadt, I decided to hide in my mother-in-law's house until the god left Inazuma.

After analyzing what I just heard, I confirmed that I was not in any danger of being caught by that cat-stroking maniac.

Qiliangliang, who had previously disguised himself as an ordinary kitten and eaten dried fish crazily, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that his decision was brilliant even among all the monsters.

(End of this chapter)