"Oh my! This guy is so cool, he looks like my future friend."

"A visitor is a guest, and meeting is a beginning. Everything is self-explanatory. Take a seat! Take whatever dishes you want. I'll ask them to bring you a pair of bowls and chopsticks!"

Although Wendy suddenly barged into the dinner party, Hu Tao still warmly invited him to take a seat and asked the waiter from Xinyuexuan to bring some tableware.

"Well, look at this lady's demeanor. She is as bright as a flower or the morning sun. It's obvious that she is the person with the most say here!"

Hearing Hu Tao's invitation, Wendy smiled and complimented her, then sat next to Zhongli.

However, after sitting down, his eyes were always on the jar of wine in front of Nangong Ya. Since Nangong Ya and Xiao Ruotuo were sitting on the other side of Zhongli, it was a bit out of his reach.

"Eh……"

Wendy had no choice but to secretly touch Zhongli's arm with her elbow and nodded towards the jar of wine, but Zhongli seemed to feel nothing.

"Well, it seems that Xiaoya is quite lucky. She was able to buy this kind of fine wine that is worth collecting. However, I have to remind you that children should not drink."

After inviting Wendy to take a seat, Hu Tao turned his attention back to the jar of wine that Nangong Ya had just taken out.

It clearly looked like a jar of wine bought from a roadside stall, but the aroma of the wine was so mellow and tempting.

"I know, I know."

Nangong Ya waved her hand. She didn't like drinking. Her only interest in alcohol was watching others drink. Part of the reason she learned how to make cocktails was because of this interest.

"Come on, Xiaoli, you are the youngest here, go and pour wine for the uncles and aunts."

After giving Nangong Ya a warning, Hu Tao reminded Xiao Ruotuo beside her.

"...?"

It was not until the wine jug filled with wine from the jar was stuffed into little Ruota's hands that she came back to her senses.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoli is usually a little taciturn, but she is still very obedient."

"Remember to call me uncle or auntie, okay?"

Seeing that Xiao Ruotu still didn't respond, Hu Tao reminded her again in her ear.

"..."

After coming to his senses, Xiao Ruotu had no choice but to take the wine jug and walk towards Zhongli in a depressed mood.

“Although fine wine is good, don’t drink too much.”

Zhongli reminded Xiao Ruotuo and then pushed the empty cup out.

Little Ruota had no choice but to pour some wine into the bowl, about half a cup.

After pouring wine for Zhongli, Xiao Ruotu looked at Wendy beside him.

"Uncle Wendy, please have a drink..."

Little Ruota felt more and more that he had stepped into a big pit, but he still cooperated and shouted, then poured wine for Wendy.

"Oh my, that's enough, I can't fall down anymore. What if I get drunk after drinking so much? I can't fall down anymore..."

When Xiao Ruotu was pouring the wine, Wendy quickly spoke up to stop him and reached out to pull Xiao Ruotu's hand away.

But Xiao Ruo Tuo swore that this person's hand was clearly holding his hand tightly. He refused to let him move the wine pot, and even replaced the wine glass he was aiming at with a bowl for eating...

In this way, little Ruota was forced to pour a full bowl of wine into his bowl.

"Hey, there's really nothing we can do about it, but since it's already poured out we can't let it go to waste."

"Oh, by the way, as an elder, this is the red envelope I gave you."

After pouring a full bowl of wine, Wendy let go of her hand with satisfaction, and then took out two red envelopes from somewhere.

"..."

After hearing what Wendy said, Xiangling, Chongyun and the others were stunned.

Generally speaking, only the elders in Liyue would give red envelopes to the younger generations during the Lantern Festival. This time, Hu Tao said that she was inviting friends to a small gathering, and they had never thought about having children...

When little Ruota saw the red envelopes, his eyes lit up. He couldn't wait to put down the wine jug, took it and opened one of the red envelopes.

Inside was a packet of dandelion seeds.

"...?"

After seeing clearly what was inside, Xiao Ruota looked at Wendy unkindly. If he hadn't opened it on the spot, wouldn't this guy have gotten away with it?

"Ahem, what I put in the red envelope is the most important thing for us in Mond, that is the seed of freedom. I wish you can grow up freely, happily and without any restrictions."

Wendy coughed lightly and explained. He didn't expect that Xiao Ruotu would take it apart on the spot. Isn't this a very impolite behavior in Liyue?

"Humph."

Little Ruota snorted, took the wine jug and left.

However, with Wendy's reminder, Xiao Ruotu realized that pouring wine for these people was not a bad thing...

"Uncle Xiao Shangxian, please have a drink~"

No longer resisting like the previous two people, Xiao Ruota couldn't wait to pour a glass of wine for Xiao, and then looked at him eagerly.

"..."

Xiao knew Xiao Ruotuo's identity, and felt complicated for a moment. He also didn't know what red envelopes between mortals meant, so he could only secretly look to Zhongli for help.

After getting a slight nod from Zhongli, Xiao finally felt relieved and took out a bright blue and purple stone.

"This is a rare ore I accidentally found in the Layered Abyss last time. If you don't mind, please accept it."

Xiao handed the brightly colored stone in his hand to Xiao Ruota.

"Thank you, Uncle Xiao Shangxian!"

Little Ruota almost drooled when looking at the stone. He quickly took it and put it away happily, then ran to continue pouring wine for others.

Except for Paimeng, Xiao Fushe and Nangong Ya, Xiao Ruotu quickly and smoothly poured a glass of wine for everyone present and successfully received multiple red envelopes.

Some people, like Xingqiu, were well prepared and directly took out a red envelope containing Mora, while others, like Ying and Xiangling, were completely unprepared and had to take out some items as red envelopes.

Apart from the high-quality "old stone" that Xiao gave to Xiao Ruotuo, which made Nangong Ya slightly interested, she didn't care much about the red envelopes given by others, so she didn't compete with Xiao Ruotuo for them. She also consciously did not share them with Nangong Ya.

With the wine, everyone was no longer as restrained as before, and the discussion at the dinner table became more lively.

“It is such a pleasure to be here with you all at the start of the new year.”

"In this situation, please allow me to raise a toast to everyone."

As the dinner was coming to an end, Zhongli refilled his glass of wine, stood up, picked up the glass and spoke to everyone.

"what……"

Xiao opened his mouth but didn't dare to speak.

"I feel a little embarrassed when I talk about this. I am an uninvited guest who suddenly barged into the party, but everyone treated me as a friend. In this case, I would like to toast everyone! Thank you for the hospitality!"

Wendy also stood up and filled her own glass of wine.

"..."

Xiao wanted to escape from here.

"Although I cannot drink alcohol, I will offer a glass of tea to everyone, especially Xiao Shangxian."

Nangong Ya also stood up and picked up a cup of tea to join in the fun.

"Uh……"

Xiao wanted to escape, but he couldn't expose the identities of these people. He could only force himself to stay calm and watched the three people toasting with a sense of despair, especially Nangong Ya. Zhongli and Wendy toasted to everyone in a circle, but she toasted directly to herself...

"Xiao Li, you are the youngest, and you have received a big red envelope from the Immortal, why don't you kowtow to the Immortal Xiao."

After the toast, Nangong Ya turned around and said something to Xiao Ruotuo who was secretly chewing on "Old Stone" with his head down.

She had been preparing to say this to Zhongli for a long time, but unfortunately he had changed back before the Lantern Festival...

……

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