Genshin Impact: The Recorder of All Things

Then--

Paimon stared wide-eyed as Zhong Gui began pulling out food from an unknown space, filling the table with all sorts of exquisite delicacies she had never even smelled before.

That wasn't all; Zhong Gui then took out another table and filled it with it again.

Paimon: “!!!”

"What a... truly kind person, who is this?"

"Oh, this is a dish made by Chef Long."

"Dragon... Dragon Chef!?" Paimon was shocked. Although he didn't know what level this was, dragons were very strong, so it must have been made by an extremely skilled chef.

"Then, then, why did you take me out to eat?" Paimon blinked and asked blankly.

"Because I just remembered I still have food, it's definitely not so you can eat your fill and not sneak any more~"

Paimon: “???”

Paimon picked up a plate and tried one. Delicious! Absolutely delicious!!!

Then, before I could finish even a third of the plate, my stomach was too full to eat anymore...

"Waaaaaahh ...

Paimon, not caring about getting oily on his clothes, started wailing as he hugged the plate.

Zhong Gui calmly installed soundproofing on the bedroom, then put a heatproofing cover on the food, affectionately patted Paimon's head, said goodbye to Guoba, and turned to leave.

"You big bad guy! You big bad guy!!! Waaaaah—!!!"

After an unknown amount of time, Ying and the others came out rubbing their eyes and saw two large tables of food, while Paimon sat on the table with his belly bulging and was eating.

However, judging from the two plates next to her and the one she was holding, you could tell she forced it on her...

Ying: "Um... what's wrong?"

"A Gift from Angels"

"Hey, isn't this Captain Kaiya? What are you doing serving tea and water?" Zhong Gui saw Kaiya serving tea and water as soon as he entered the room.

Kaiya: "What would you like to drink, sir?"

Have I really become a waiter?

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Chapter 226 Zhong Gui: I've considered having Mondstadt manufacture my phones!

Location: "The Gift of Angels".

Time: Afternoon.

Characters: Zhong Gui, Wendy, Diluc, Kaeya, and onlookers.

Status: Zhong Gui is drinking tea, Wendy is playing the piano, Diluc is opening the tavern door to come in, and Kaeya... he's hanging from the rafters, with onlookers watching.

Diluc: "What's going on?"

With just a few words from the crowd, Diluc understood the whole story.

Yesterday, Kaiya worked as a bartender and sold Yora a high-proof liquor that she pretended was low-alcohol.

Diluc later found out and punished him by making him work as a waiter.

After Zhong returned today, he discovered that Kaiya had deliberately had Yura bring the wine to Xiangling and the others.

Because he had found out that Ying had brought people to buy alcohol for the whole day, Yura was there to find Amber, and Ying and the others were with Amber.

Kaiya: "Shouldn't we drink together?"

Kaia immediately asked the bartender Charles to step aside, saying he would be the bartender for a while.

Although Kaia is no longer with the Leganfinde family, everyone still considers him their young master. Furthermore, with Kaia and Diluc's relationship recently improving, Charles readily relinquished his position.

Kaiya didn't get any advantage either, as he replaced the apple wine with a high-proof spirit he bought at his own expense.

For safety, he followed Yura to see where she went. He only left after seeing her enter Amber's house and start drinking.

It's not enough if you don't just pass out drunk in the street.

When he returned, he bumped into Diluc. Diluc saw that he was working as a bartender and said that since he liked doing odd jobs, he could be a waiter.

In the end, Zhong Gui discovered his sinister intentions and, in order to vent Xiangling's anger, hung him up...

Kaeya: "Hey, hey, hey, isn't this incredibly insulting?"

Kaiya swayed back and forth like a swing, "Couldn't you give me a different way of binding me?"

"scoff~"

Kaeya: "Hey, you're laughing, aren't you?"

Diluc replied with a straight face, "No."

Kaiya sighed: "Laugh if you want to..."

Wendy: "Hahahaha!! ~ "!"

A special knotting method was used to tie Kaiya Zhong Guicai's knots; as to what it was, I can only say those who know, know. He also wove bows of varying sizes on his head, chest, lower abdomen, buttocks, and ankles.

Diluc composed himself and put Kaeya down.

"You deserve it."

"Not next time."

The tone was very insincere.

The four went to a lounge on the second floor, which was more like a large private room than a lounge, but it was not open to outsiders and was usually Diluc's resting place.

After sitting down, Zhong Gui didn't drink tea. Instead, he took out a lot of snacks and a bottle of low-alcohol liquor.

"Speaking of which, I have some business to discuss with you in Mondstadt this time."

After everyone had a drink, Zhong Gui spoke.

Diluc looked up at Wendy, who was simply drinking.

"What do you need the three of us for?"

A wandering bard who just loafs around doing nothing, a merchant selling wine and beverages, a cavalry captain without a horse.

Zhong Gui smiled, "Poets can vouch for us, businessmen can pay for it, and the captain can... um... um..."

Kaeya: "Can I?"

"Haha~ Stop with these third-rate jokes." Zhong Gui glanced at Venti. "During the Lantern Festival, he came to Liyue and thought Liyue was developing well. Our two countries have a good personal relationship, from gods to rulers, so we can be considered brother countries. Therefore, he wanted Liyue to help develop Mondstadt, which can be considered as attracting investment."

"Like I just said, with Wendy here, you don't need to worry about me deceiving you or using my power to bully you. We're here to do business properly, not to rip you off."

When the topic of national affairs came up, Kaiya stopped joking and nodded seriously.

Who he was before is no longer important; now he is a member of Mondstadt, and Mondstadt is his second home and currently his only home.

Personal relationships are personal relationships, and national affairs are national affairs.

The people of Liyue are all businessmen, and their words often contain hidden traps when doing business, so you have to be careful when dealing with them. Just like Captain Jean and Tianquan Star of Liyue, they have a very good personal relationship and can talk about anything, but when it comes to national affairs, they are uncompromising.

With Wendy here, Mondstadt won't really suffer any losses, and they'll feel much more at ease.

As long as they don't oppress and plunder the people of Mondstadt, let the people of Liyue make their money. Besides, Kaeya thinks that Zhong Gui at least came with the idea of ​​a win-win situation.

But who wins big and who wins small here...?

He doesn't care much.

Zhong Gui: "Master Diluc is rich, he can accomplish many things, such as opening a factory."

"Of course, others can also do it, but I'm not familiar with them. It would take forever to talk about all sorts of things, not to mention that I would have to consider all sorts of messy things. I don't like that kind of backstabbing and scheming."

"We can just make things clear and then write a treaty for outsiders to see."

Diluc knew Zhong Gui had one more thing he hadn't said: "Who are they? Are they going to talk to me directly?"

Zhong Gui: "~ Diluc sets an example and takes the lead, and they will follow suit."

"As for you..." Zhong Gui glanced at Kaiya, "You spend all your time with me, aren't you just Qin's spokesperson? She told you to keep an eye on me."

“It’s not just watching, it’s being by your side,” Kaiya said with a smile.

"Anyway, you now represent the Knights of Favonius, right?"

Kaiya hesitated for a moment before nodding. "I can only tip you off."

"It's alright, let's have a brief discussion first, and then let the officials handle the negotiations when it's about time."

Kaeya nodded, understanding that Zhong Gui wanted to finalize the situation privately and then have the Mondstadt Knights of Favonius and the Liyue General Affairs Department staff discuss the specifics.

Kaia: "What exactly are you talking about in terms of cooperation?"

Zhong Gui took out a phone. "Take a look."

"This is... a cell phone? It's different from the one Jean has." Kaeya had seen it with Jean, but that one looked much better than this.

"Is the one that Captain Qin has special (Zhao Hao)?" Zhong Gui took out his phone, which was the same version as Qin's, but with different personalized settings. "Her one is a high-end version made by the technical department. Today, only Diluc can afford it in the entire tavern."

Wendy paused, then pulled a phone from her pocket. It had a simple logo with only a wind element on the back.