Genshin Impact: Learning makes me stronger

At three quarters past the hour of Mao, the morning mist still lingered on the eaves of Liyue Harbor, but the sweet aroma of almonds wafted from the kitchen of the Su Mansion.

Shen He held up her aching waist and took the steamer off the stove. The nine-month pregnancy had caused a thin layer of sweat on the forehead of the usually cold disciple of the immortal family, and the ice-blue pregnancy lines flowed like stars in the morning light.

"This tray of lotus cakes must be steamed for a full quarter of an hour." She murmured to the recipe, ice crystals condensed on her fingertips to adjust the stove fire, and suddenly she felt a regular pulsation in her stomach.

Looking down, she saw red rope-like patterns emerging from the small hillock beneath her white clothes - that was the pregnancy-preserving spell that Master Liuyun Jiefeng had just cast yesterday.

"Shen He, you sneaked into the kitchen again!" Hu Tao's voice wrapped in the fragrance of plum blossoms broke through the window.

The five-month pregnant head of the Wangsheng Hall sat astride the window frame with her round belly bulging out, holding a half-string of candied haws in her hand. "Your master told you not to use magic before the hour of dawn!"

Before he could finish his words, Kurumi suddenly covered her stomach and cried out "ouch".

Shen He flashed to the window in an instant, and the frost and mist condensed into a cloud step to support the shaky girl: "Be careful that your heart is disturbed."

She placed her cold palm on Hutao's slightly bulging belly, and the ice element resonated with the blood of Wangsheng Hall, actually blooming a red plum-shaped halo between the two pregnant bellies.

Chenshi Corridor

Yae Shinko leaned against the vermilion lacquered pillar, looking at the chaotic scene in the courtyard and chuckled: "This house is really lively."

She bit her fingertips gracefully, and the lightning element condensed into a little fox that snatched away the sugar residue in Walnut's hair.

Ying, who was meditating, suddenly raised his eyes, and the purple lightning from his naginata accurately chopped the pastry in the hand of Paimon who was stealing the tribute.

"Son of God, stop teasing them." Su Xun carried the medicinal food through the moon cave door, with twelve medicine lamps floating beside him. "Ahe's tranquilizing soup should be taken while it's hot...Hu Tao! What are you hiding in your hand?"

With her plum blossom pupils spinning around, Hu Tao stuffed the candied haws into the secret pocket of her skirt: "Give the baby some sugar~"

Suddenly, Lei Dianzhen hugged her from behind, and the gentle demon god as a sister gently tapped her forehead: "Xiao Tao, stop messing around."

Sishi East Wing

The rock element Xing Xuan at Ningguang's fingertips was reorganizing the joints of the crib, but was suddenly disrupted by the returning dust.

"This gilded sparrow must be embedded three inches from the mortise." The Demon God of Dust twisted the paper money he had brought from the Hall of Rebirth into a building model, "When I built Guiliji..."

In the corner, Miyu Chiyo was using the secret method of the ghost tribe to embroider lightning patterns on the swaddling clothes. She suddenly raised her head, and her red horns glowed faintly: "Do you want to cast a small naginata handle for the child?"

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking air outside the window.

The crane puppet of Master Liuyun Jiefeng smashed the glazed tiles and grabbed the newly picked ice mist flowers from Aozang Mountain in its claws: "Where is that girl Shenhe? This immortal calculated that she should have the Qi circulation at the hour of Chen..."

Noon·Atrium

Funina sat on the swing made of water elements and watched Shen He set up the ice crystal array.

As soon as the talisman was attached to the center of the formation, a blue light suddenly burst out from Shen He's abdomen, transforming the entire formation into a lotus shape.

However, the cold air made Kurumi sneeze.

"A-choo! I want pregnancy marks like this too!" Hu Tao pulled open the apricot-colored shawl, revealing slightly glowing plum-shaped pregnancy marks.

Su Xun, who was passing by with a medicine cup, almost broke the glass cup: "Hu Tao! You can't show your pregnancy casually..."

"What's the difference? We're all family." Hu Tao suddenly spun around and jumped onto the stone table, her pregnant belly brushing against the condensed light of Xing Xuan. "Look, Shen He's pregnancy marks are changing into new patterns!"

Before she could finish her words, she was tied up like a dumpling by the thunder rope. Lei Dianying had no choice but to stuff a piece of sunset fruit into her mouth: "Be quiet."

Weishi Study

Hu Zhaigong was flipping through the account book, and the abacus with his fox tail rolled up made a crackling sound.

Suddenly, Su Xun hugged her from behind, and the account book with the ink still wet floated back to the desk.

"Take a break." He rested his chin on her shoulder and looked at Ying who was stirring the Laba porridge with wind element outside the window. "Ahe said the child wants to hear your story."

The white fox beauty's ears moved slightly, and the lightning outlined the outline of "Child Care Encyclopedia" on the rice paper.

Suddenly, there was a sound of something breaking coming from next door.

Gui Zhong rushed in holding a half-broken jade hairpin and asked, "Who among you took apart the gift I prepared for my baby?"

Youshi Observatory

Shen He leaned in Su Xun's arms and watched everyone adjust the sky lanterns. The baby in her belly kicked gently as the lights flickered. "Xun, do you think the baby will like the lights in Liyue?"

She used the icy mist to draw a brilliant star map in the night sky, but it was blasted into pieces by Walnut's Reincarnation Butterfly Fireworks.

"This hall master has booked a Netherworld-themed fireworks show!" Hu Tao had her hair tied up in a bun by Ying, and her pregnant belly was still covered with icing that Paimon had secretly stuffed. She suddenly held Shen He's hand and pressed it against her belly, and the two pregnancy marks resonated to form a double lotus pattern: "Look! Our baby is saying hello!"

As dusk deepened, seventy-two specially made sky lanterns in the Su Mansion were lit up at the same time.

Shen He's ice lantern depicts the story of a red rope circling the moon, Hu Tao's fire lantern is engraved with the name of the 76th generation head of the Wangsheng Hall, and the lanterns of his other wives interweave into a river of stars in the night sky.

When the first cluster of fireworks exploded, Shen He suddenly grabbed Su Xun's sleeve.

"coming……"

The ice lotus in her belly suddenly blossomed, and the entire Liyue Harbor's ground veins trembled.

The voice of Master Liuyun Jiefeng cut through the night sky: "You little bastard! Hurry and catch this disciple of mine!"