Original God Zhongli BG Xiao Qinglong traveled through time

Chapter 356 Playing with Maple Flower (Part )

The glazed tiles of Yujing Terrace were immersed in the honey-colored twilight, and amber ripples appeared when the evening breeze blew past. The purple clay teapot of Grandma Ping was steaming with mist, and the fragrance of tea and the ink fragrance of the contract documents intertwined into a wonderful rhythm. The "Liyue Commercial Law General Principles" on Yanfei's knees was gilded by the setting sun, and the tail of her fiery red hair swept across the files on the desk, and the glazed lily hairpin in her hair refracted tiny starlight.

Xizhi curled up on the edge of the inkstone, his snow-white fur gleaming with pearly luster as he breathed. The tip of his tail tapped Yanfei's wrist every three times, and his claw hook took the opportunity to hook up a strand of red hair and weave it, as if adding some playful cursive words to the annotations of the code.

"Sister..." Yan Fei pinched the ends of her hair that were about to be braided into a heart-shaped knot, and her fingertips touched a piece of colorful petals that fell from the cat's ears. "If you make trouble again, I will write you into Article 37 of the Liyue Pet Management Law: 'Anyone who changes the contract document without authorization will be punished by drinking three bowls of Baizhu special refreshing soup.'"

"Meow~" Xizhi suddenly turned over to reveal his velvety belly, his blue eyes glowing with gilded light in the twilight. His pink paws held half a piece of almond biscuit, and his tail curled with a wolf-hair brush to draw a crooked plum blossom on the "penalty for breach of contract", and the ink dots splashed on his sleeves to form a red plum seal.

Grandma Ping's hands were shaking with laughter as she poured tea. "The last time I saw Ah Huan being so noisy was when she made a cat toy out of the mechanical iris of Master Liuyun. When the Master came to apologize with a food box, the iris was entangled with Ah Huan's hairpin."

Ganyu spread out the yellowed Earth Vein Observation Record on her knees, her ice-blue hair fell on her shoulders, and her fingertips unconsciously combed the fur on Xizhi's back. When the cat jumped onto Yanfei's shoulder with almond cakes in its mouth and tied a bow in the girl's hair with its tail, she finally sighed, "Yes, Ah Huan has always been steady and gentle. Since then... it's really rare to see him so naughty and completely relaxed."

Before he finished speaking, Xizhi suddenly jumped into Ganyu's arms, and rubbed the ice mist pattern on her wrist with his pink nose. His tail rolled up a note on a page of the observation log - "Record of abnormal fluctuations in the veins of the Layered Rock Abyss", and a plum blossom paw print was printed next to the ink.

"You dare to review Gan Yu's documents?" Ying came to the table with the newly picked Qingxin in her arms, and put the bouquet into the celadon vase with a smile, "How about lawyer Yan Fei change his career and open a cat cafe? How about calling it 'Legal Consultation and Cat Master'?"

Yan Fei hugged the ball of fur that had fallen onto her shoulders again, her long red hair tangled in a cat's tail and tied into tassels: "I dare not steal the sign of the Wangsheng Hall. But -"

She suddenly choked up, her fingertips sinking into the fur of Xizhi, "In the past, Sister Huan always held me in the form of a baby animal... At that time, I had the impression that she always walked in the world in the form of a human incarnation..."

After a pause, Yan Fei gently wiped the corners of her eyes, and the fur ball rubbed against her hand, nuzzling around affectionately, as if comforting her, or whispering something.

The dusk cast a shadow on Ganyu's eyelashes: "On the night of the Lantern Festival more than four hundred years ago, it was the Prince of the Abyss and Dainsleib who accompanied her... I only knew that was her final farewell to Liyue Harbor and the world of mortals, but I never thought about her state of mind at that moment..." The ice mist hairpin suddenly formed frost, which was then melted into water droplets by the warmth in the arms.

Xizhi suddenly jumped into Ying's arms, and with his tail wrapped around the saliva-soaked almond biscuit, he pushed it towards the girl's lips. Ying's unspoken questions were all melted in the sweetness of the icing.

"Flowers, wine, and almond candies can be shared with friends, but she would rather swallow the pain and poison alone... than let us worry." Ganyu stroked the cat's exploded tail tip, and the gilded pattern was faintly visible under the fur. "If the abyss had not torn open the old wounds, we would never see the cracks in these scabs, which are still festering and bleeding..."

Finally, Ganyu raised her head, looked at the traveler, and whispered, "In that case, I have to thank your brother..."

The evening breeze brought the sound of glass from the Qunyu Pavilion. Xizhi spread out on Yanfei's lap like a snow-white blanket, with a knot of red hair woven between her paws. The crescent moon in the sky was reflected in Grandma Ping's teacup. Ganyu's earth vein observation record turned to the latest page - a line of small regular script was added next to the crooked cat paw print: "The third winner shall be given three hu of almond candy."