Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"Nana, aren't you going to take your friends out for dinner? Go quickly, don't let them go hungry."

"Dad? Why do you suddenly become like a different person?"

"Go on, go on, tell Brock to put the bill on me, and tell her to do what she does best! I'll catch her a good boar tomorrow."

Durav put his hands on Deona’s shoulders and pushed her away from the house.

"Then, shall we go?"

"Let's go."

Duraf stood behind Diona and blinked at Wang Chen.

Not far from Diona's house, Wang Chen smelled the aroma of barbecue wafting in the air.

As we got closer, we saw a restaurant with a barbecue grill, grilling pork belly and poultry.

This restaurant is completely open-air, similar to a food stall. There are tables placed in the large open space outside, and at this moment, they are all full of people.

“It looks like there are no seats left.”

"Look at me!"

Diona walked around the diners and went straight to a fat woman who was grilling meat.

"Aunt Bullock!"

"Hey, it's Diona, why are you here today?"

"I brought a friend here to see your cooking skills, but it seems... there are no seats left."

Brock glanced at Wang Chen who was following Diona and asked, "You two, right? That's easy. I can just ask someone to add a small table."

Diona's eyes narrowed into crescents: "Thank you, Aunt Brock."

"Hey, you're still so polite to me. What do you want to eat?"

"Two servings of secret grilled meat chops! And..." Diona looked back at Wang Chen, who was several heads taller than her, "and five skewers of wild mushroom and chicken."

Brock nodded and said a few words to a waiter next to him.

"By the way, my dad also said that the bill will be kept with him, and he will catch a good wild boar for you tomorrow."

"Oh! Could it be the wild boar king? I've been looking forward to it for a long time!"

Brock's eyes rolled around as she looked at the young man wearing a fox mask, thinking that maybe... She laughed heartily a few more times: "Hahahaha! I understand. Since Durafu takes it so seriously, I'll show off my best skills to your friend."

The waiter from before brought out a small table from the house. Although it was smaller than a normal dining table, it was more than enough for two people to sit.

Wang Chen and Diona pulled two chairs and waited for the food to be served.

"What were you talking about with my dad just now? Why did you talk for so long?"

"It's probably that your father suspected that I wasn't a good person or something like that. I explained it to him for a long time before he made it clear."

"Oh."

Diona sat in the chair and kept shaking her legs.

"You said, I seem to have only met the spring elf once in all these years. Does she not like meeting humans?"

Before Wang Chen could answer, Diona said worriedly, "Wouldn't it be difficult to call her out?"

"It's not necessarily that she doesn't like humans. After all, she saved the original child and gave you her blessing. It must be true that she is hard to see, otherwise why would others regard the spring elves as legends."

"Hmm..." Diona laid her upper body on the table decadently, raising her hands forward as if stretching, and the tail behind her swayed slowly.

After a while, Brock personally brought two plates of large steaks that looked plain but were full of meaty aroma to their table.

"What's wrong with Diona? Is there something on your mind?"

"I...something big happened today, but I can't tell you."

Is it true? But isn't Diona too young?

But the one wearing the fox mask looks pretty decent. I don’t know what Duraf is planning.

Brock comforted him, "Don't worry, eat more meat and think about it carefully."

The wild mushroom and chicken skewers were also served. Wang Chen was really hungry, so he took his portion of grilled steak and started to devour it.

"Hmm~, the only seasoning I can taste on this grilled steak is salt, but it tastes even better than the one at the Deer Hunter Restaurant, it's amazing!"

"Hehe, Aunt Brock has been studying meat ingredients for many years. Her restaurant mainly serves meat dishes. The characteristic is that there are very few seasonings, relying entirely on the aroma of the meat itself. And these wild mushroom chicken skewers are all prepared for you. I have a small appetite, so please don't be polite."

"Uh-huh."

After eating the grilled steak, Wang Chen devoured five skewers of wild mushroom and chicken in no time at all, feeling very satisfied.

After Diona finished her piece of grilled steak, Wang Chen said, "Let's go to Qingquan to take a look."

"It seems a bit too early now. Usually, there will be no one around the spring until after 10 pm. I think we can't expose the existence of the spring spirit, otherwise many people might come to disturb her."

Wang Chen nodded secretly. It seemed that Diona had also noticed this. "Then let's take a walk around the town. Exercise after a meal will help digestion."

"Ok."

As a result, the two of them walked in silence and finally arrived near the clear spring.

Just as Diona had said, there were occasional residents walking along the road near the spring, and there were also a few tourists in the pavilion to the west of the spring.

There was a pair of men and women among them. The boy pointed at Qingquan and made vows of eternal love. When the love reached a peak, the girl covered the boy's mouth to stop him from uttering the curses that she could not bear to hear.

Then the boy's hands naturally wrapped around the girl, and he held her in his arms and kissed her passionately.

Although the light in the pavilion was dim, Wang Chen and Diona were not ordinary people, especially Diona, who had night vision and could see everything clearly.

"Strange person..."

She and Wang Chen turned their heads away, leaned on the railing facing the spring, and continued in silence.

After being watched by the entire world, Wang Chen became particularly sensitive to other people's gazes, and even more so after training his mental strength.

At this moment he realized that someone was looking at him. He followed the gaze and saw an old man standing behind the window of a two-story building opposite the spring.

Old Finch?

The old man was exactly the young man in the story of "Heart of Clear Spring". Decades passed in a blink of an eye, and he was still guarding the spring. Not only did he stand by the spring during the day, but also when he returned home at night, he still stared at the spring silently, hoping to see the spring spirit again.

Noticing Wang Chen looking at him, Old Finch nodded slightly, not hiding his gaze at all.

"Diona, have you seen "The Heart of the Spring"? "

"Who in Qingquan Town hasn't seen it?"

"Since the spring spirit is real, that story is probably true too, right?"

"This……"

Diona also noticed the gaze of old Finch, and recalled that when she was a child, Grandpa Finch often stood beside this spring. She widened her eyes and said, "No way..."

"Perhaps 'The Heart of Clear Spring' was written by that old man. As far as I know, 'The Heart of Clear Spring' has only been published for a few decades, right?"

"Maybe... No wonder Grandpa Finch lives alone and doesn't work much, but he never has to worry about food and drink... But isn't this too sad?"

"In fact, at the end of "Heart of the Clear Spring", he probably already understood it, he just wanted to get confirmation..."

Wang Chen changed the subject and said, "That's not important. What's important is that you don't see clearly enough about the existence of the spring water spirits. I, an outsider, saw it before you."

Although with the help of a little off-field knowledge.

"Huh, what's there to brag about?" Diona shook her tail angrily.

"I mean, you may not see things clearly enough. After thinking about it, I still think that you should not remove the blessing, especially after deeply understanding that you are still a child."

"Hey! I'll bite when I get angry!"

"Then have you ever thought about this? You said you wanted to mix unpalatable wine to help those alcoholics quit drinking, but if the wine you mix doesn't taste good, they won't drink it obediently. Do you want to force it into their heads? This plan is just wishful thinking on your part."

Wang Chen attacked Diona mercilessly.

"I..." Diona didn't expect Wang Chen to suddenly say such a thing, and she was completely stunned.

Wang Chen also sighed in his heart, why do I always do this kind of thing?

Whether it was Klee's "advance preparation for parents' death" or exposing Diona's unrealistic plan, they all hurt their hearts. Wouldn't it hurt all the loli characters at the same time?

But Wang Chen was still determined to rub salt into Diona's wounds: "When you lose your blessing, without your support, the Cat's Tail Tavern will inevitably weaken. By then, no one will be able to break the Dawn Winery's monopoly on Mond's wine industry. Everyone will go to the Angel's Gift to drink, and the poor kittens in the Cat's Tail Tavern won't even be able to afford cat food..."

“These are things you haven’t considered.”